. >> he was the same pastor in texas that ran that empty stadium event with rick perry last year. i prayed that nobody would show up at that event, and it worked. michelle obama tells you to eating habits she is criticized, but this guy is fine telling people to fast. >> eliot: what explains it, then in do think it is going to work? what is the game here? -- why not just kind of brush the whole thing aside, and say okay this didn't work out so well. >> it's about tribalism and who's side has the power, and they would rather have the guy they hate in power who will be a one-term foot rest but have the other guy on the power. it's not really about ideology it's about who has got the ball. >> eliot: that's exactly right. you cannot appease your enemy. >> yes, and the romney folks all saying the polls are weren't saying this when 75% of the republicans were against mitt romney in the primary, but they are now. >> eliot: he is starting to talk about his own record embracing the thing that most people said worked when he was governor which was his own health care bill. >> you know mitt

rick perry, you were not a good candidate but you are an even worse surrogate. it was rick santorum, the runner-up from the primaries who got a speaking gig at the convention. mr. santorum used a teleprompter and gave a very good speech. that was very well received. no single line of it was more well received than this one. >> i thank god that america still has one party that reaches out their hands in love to lift up all of god's children, born and unborn. >> big applause, the big show of enthusiasm for not just rick santorum but for rick santorum talking about abortion and criminalizing abortion. that was one of the breakthrough moments for social issues at this whole convention. republicans were very careful to stay away at the convention from the party's newly uniformed hard line stance on social issues, they have prioritized it so much over the years but do not want to talk about it when it comes to the presidential race. there was that rick santorum line and one line from mike huckabee in his speech. a six-word sentence from mitt romney and on leak referen

people forget one of the key ways he knock out rick perry was going after hi on immigration. i think there may have been an opening because of the economy hitting hispanics because obama didn't follow through on promises of action he made. i think they blew the opportunity in the primary. >> this is in the state of virginia about 8% of the voters are hispanic. there is significant can't block of voter autos even here in north carolina. you're right. i wonder, too. he was so blatant with both parties trying to appeal to latino votes and there is to say well you're going put a base base out there. >> whether it's going to hit the street now between now and november. >> right. >> stick around. another break. we're going to check back in a few minutes. up next president obama makes remarks about the you didn't build that controversy. what he said, and also from tampa to charlotte which party was more successful some and how do you define success? coming up. >> for me this is a season of hope. hope for a justice and fair prosperity for the many and not just for the few. new hope a

. >> rick perry funny he didn't sleep, so his whole campaign felt like a dream. to be honest, we don't remember most of it. rick santorum found the rest of his sweater. that's nice. >> ron paul, he's actually still running. not much has changed. herman cain said if he won the nomination, he would have a "substantial lead over president obama." in that world, obama would have bigger issues to focus on, what with all the flying pigs and mothersmen of the apocalypse flying about. i'm done talking now. >> thank you brett. all right everybody someone's always in our war room, so you should check us out on line at current.com/thewarroom, check out our web extras to find stuff that we don't talk about on the show but you love to see. tomorrow is voter registration day across the nation. everybody who's watching this program needs to grab a family member, friend or stranger off the street who is not registered to vote and get them to register. it's a huge issue. we're going to be all over it. we checked out a wilco concert over the weekend. we're going to bring that you

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perry explained it for us. america needs to be about where you need to be about freedom from overtaxation freedom over litigation dream oh. regulation that's the key right there when republicans are talking about freedom they're not talking about freedom like we think of it and i'm talking about freedom for what they're actually talking about is freedom for billionaires and corporations that's freedom from taxation like the freedom for mitt romney to treat as capital gains income is special pay a lower tax rate than the rest of us or the freedom for a corporation like general electric to pay no taxes the time of freedom from regulation like the freedom for koch industries to pollute entire towns are less oil pipes explode if government regulators are taken out of the picture they're talking about freedom from litigation like the freedom for doctors and hospitals to not get sued when they amputate the wrong leg or freedom for banks not to get sued if they gamble away your savings or blow up your home's value the

attacks on our embassies are the result of president obama's wait foreign policy and governor good hair rick perry released his scathing attack on the president reading it president obama is shameful lack of leadership in egypt they called it in the burning of our flag our own embassy in cairo yesterday it is no wonder our enemies in the region are emboldened and our allies are afraid so is this a new low coming from the right which is now relying on misleading attacks to exploit the tragedy overseas to hurt president obama might happen tony joins me now he's an attorney and host a ring of fire radio mike welcome back tom are you just great and i hope you're well to a point it out mitt romney's stutters during his press conference the one yesterday the you know when he full day later when he genuinely knew that he is lying he was just choking to get those words out and he kept looking down into his left which is where people usually store auditory information like the words that are memorized you know the n.l.p. thing. do you agree with that analysis. well here's the way i see this whole thi

perry released a scathing attack on the president reading in president obama's shameful lack of leadership in egypt the call made in the burning of our flag or our own embassy in cairo yesterday it is no wonder our enemies in the region are emboldened and our allies are afraid so is this a new low coming from the right which is now relying on misleading attacks to exploit the tragedy overseas to hurt president obama might happen tony joins me now he's an attorney and host a ring of fire radio mike welcome back tom just great and i hope you're well too a pointed out mitt romney's stutters during his press conference the one yesterday the you know when he full day later when he genuinely knew that he is lying he was just choking to get those words out and he kept looking down into his left which is where people usually store auditory information like the words that are memorized you know the n.l.p. thing. do you agree with that analysis. well here's the way i see this whole thing tom just like most things about mitt most americans have very little information about what mitt thinks about for

perry in a conference call with evangelicals tuesday as part of the forty days to save america religious campaign perry told those on the call that president obama is engaged in spiritual warfare and is trying to quote remove any trace of religion from american life and quote and that. his message is inspired by satan himself carries for a period then called on christian warriors and christian soldiers to stand your ground against the president. all religious freedom is an essential part of america governor perry's choice of words like soldiers and were fair or. poor at the very least if not downright dangerous and a very very ugly bug johnson johnson in texas resident hung a chair from a tree and is fraught yard as an effigy of president obama playing off the clint eastwood's aren't sees speech johnson also tied an american flag to the chair to make sure his point was clear as to what the hateful and outrageous act johnson said really give a do. and whether disturbs you or not even take your concerns you go straight to hell and egg obama with you i don't give an expletive you don't like

perry and the long history of the gifted remarks. it seemed to me that many of them, that is the republican establishment, was simply a phrase to condemn such rhetoric to speak in favor of social tolerance. b's leaders were not just uninformed about gay issues i think but frankly scared to death of any discussion of them and i think that plays into the hands of organized bigotry. what most analysts expected was going to be another election about economic issues and replacing much of the legislation passed by the obama administration like the election in 2010, was suddenly hijacked or the so-called values voters crowds and social issues were suddenly at the top of the republican list of priorities often getting the lion's share of attention during those endless number of debates and 2011. such as when a gay servicemember when asked a question during one of the republican debates. so in spite of the fact that in the race there were pro-gay writes candidates like congressman ron paul, former governor of new mexico gary johnson and forme

perry signed a voter id bill into law a law that not only requires photo i.d. polling places but did not allow student i.d.'s to be used concealed carry i.d.'s however were just fine here's part of his celebre tory speech. to our duty to ensure that it watches are fair. reproach accurately reflecting the will be. that's what voter id is all about. we're fucked in the will of the people in the room with governor perry and those who look like them may have in fact been to more accurately what the law is all about now perhaps that's why a few weeks ago three federal judges voted unanimously to block that texas law finding it intentionally discriminatory but there are many more still in the works i'm talking about states like ohio and pennsylvania in traditionally democratic districts in ohio hours at polling places that were decreased later brought back after a lawsuit by the obama administration that law still may head to the supreme court and later this week in pennsylvania the state supreme court there is scheduled to hear arguments on the voter id law you may

perry explained it for us. america needs to be about where you need to be about freedom from overtaxation freedom over litigation freedom oh. regulation that's the key right there when republicans are talking about freedom they're not talking about freedom like we think of it and i'm talking about freedom for what they're actually talking about is freedom for billionaires and corporations that's freedom from taxation like the freedom for mitt romney to treat as capital gains income a special pay a lower tax rate than the rest of us or the freedom for a corporation like general electric to pay no taxes the time of freedom from regulation like the freedom for koch industries to pollute entire towns or let oil pipes explode if government regulators are taken out of the picture but talking about freedom from litigation like the freedom for doctors and hospitals to not get sued when the amputate the wrong leg or freedom for banks not to get sued if they gamble away your savings or blow up your home's value the so-ca

school districts across the nation will follow in broward county steps to bad texas governor rick perry in a conference call with evangelicals tuesday as part of the forty days to save america religious campaign perry told those on the call that president obama is engaged in spiritual warfare and is trying to quote remove any trace of religion from american life end quote and that. his message is inspired by satan himself carries for kerry then called on christian warriors and christian soldiers stand your ground against the president. or religious freedom is an essential part of america governor perry's choice of words like soldiers and warfare. poor at the very least if not downright dangerous and a very very ugly bug johnson johnson texas resident hung a chair from a tree and is front yard as an effigy of president obama playing off the clint eastwood's aren't see speech johnson also tied in american flag to the chair to make sure his point was clear and asked about the hateful and outrageous act johnson said i really give a damn whether disturbs you or not you can take your concerns

. >>> there is a new book out about rick perry's campaign for president this earlier this year. and the author claims to know why perry made so many mistakes and misstatements during his campaign. one of the most memorable came during a debate in michigan. >> it's three agencies that are gone when i get there, it's commerce sand education and -- what's the third one there -- commerce, and education and -- what's the third one? [laughter] >> he blames that on emotional distress. they are claiming that he had a mild case of sleep apnea that resulted in tiredness. >>> "the new york daily news" obtained arnold schwarzenegger's new book. in the week, schwarzenegger says he told his wife, maria shriver, the truth in january of '11. he said he -- was in a counseling session. he said he knew the boy was his. he said this was politically acceptable because he had not campaigned on family values. >>> a flight attendant claiming a lot of ipad has -- a -- claiming an ipad was lost has kept it for herself. she claims she planned it turn it in but police say they found her personal informatio

last year taxes governor rick perry signed a voter id bill into law a law that not only requires photo i.d.'s at polling places but did not allow student i.d.'s to be used concealed carry i.d.'s however were just fine here's part of his celebre tori's speech. duty to ensure that it like sins are fair. beyond reproach accurately reflecting the will of the people. that's why voter id is all about. reflecting the will of the people in the room with governor perry and those who look like them may have in fact been to more accurately what the law is all about now brown says why a few weeks ago if three federal judges voted unanimously to block that texas law finding it intentionally discriminatory but there are many more still in the works i'm not going to say it's like ohio and pennsylvania in traditionally democratic districts in ohio hours and polling places were decreased later brought back after a lawsuit by the obama administration that law still may head to the supreme court now later this week in pennsylvania the state supreme court there is scheduled to hear arguments on the voter

vulture capitalism came from newt gingrich and rick perry. this whole project of defining mitt romney and frankly think it was quite easy because he continually reinforces this definition and it seems valid. >> my observation at least on that point is let's give credit where credit's due. that's to mitt romney himself. because he has not run a bigger campaign. you talk about the troubles, the internal turmoil, the shiftless -- the gaffe after gaffe after gav. it is a reflection of the candidate. the candidate has not done a very good job managing himself much less the campaign. that's where a lot of the troubles have come in. >> eliot: just you're successful doesn't mean you're either very smart very competent or articulate or can even think clearly. that's a critical message. i want to come back for a moment to immigration. you saw mitt romney using that, trying to use that as an attack point today. it seems to me so completely false and groundless. sam, what am i missing here? how can they get away with this or will they get away with this?

based on their level of vitriol you would think that rick perry and michele bachmann had just learned the u.s. was on the road to armageddon. actually, they were reacting to the decision by the supreme court to uphold president obama's affordable care act probably does signal the end of time. let us be honest. chief justice roberts to the disappointment of many conservatives sided with his liberal peers is actually no lefty. and if mitt romney is elected president and gets several supreme court picks justice roberts, chief justice will preside over the most conservative court in our nation's history. and joining us from new york to discuss the intersection of presidential politics and the supreme court is jeffrey toobin, the author of the "the oath, the obama white house and the supreme court." jeffrey toobin, so glad to have you inside "the war room." >> great to talk to you governor. >> jennifer: you and your great books on the series of the court. will you go down in history as the documenter of all of the good gossip behind the pillars up there. before we talk about your book, i w

the rick perry oops moment that one was good. and the famous sigh. that's why he lost the debate right? wrong. he won 48 to 41 in that first debate. and the sigh debate was the first up with where the american people believed that al gore won. but the media said no he lost. he lost. he lost because he sighed. shockingly enough george bush won a debate. the third up with he lost again. so gore won two out of the three debates, and the entire media painted it as if because of expectations, in fact george bush had won. not true. when you ask the american people they said gore won two out of three. and how did bush do against kerry? republicans say this democrats say that. oh hell no. john kerry 52-39 won the first one, won the second one, and won the last one 53-47. so george bush got his ass kicked in five out of the six debates he was in. and the media painted him as the victor. and what happened in the next debate. debate number three another crushing victory, 56-30. so in fact at it out of the last nine presidential debates have been won by democrat

perry, newt gingrich and rick santorum without moving sharply to the right on a number of issues that have narrowed his appeal in the general election. two jump out. the biggest thing he did in the spring was use immigration at his cudgel to try to argue that gingrich and perry were insignificant. and you can see that now exceeding the 66% of hispanic that is he won in 2008. even though unemployment among hispanics has been in double digits. the other critical thing is in the spring, romney did not disassociate, in fact joined in a significant movement to the right on social issues. again, you can see the result of that in polling showing that while obama's support among most whites have declined, he is still running right at or even above the 52% he won among college-educated white women in 2008. that's left mitt romney with a very narrow path to the presidency. if obama can hold the 80% among hispanics and the colle college-educated women, it's a tall order. >> republicans traditionally in primaries, presidential primaries, they run to the right. then if they wirngs they become the

it sparked a lot of backlash and a response from the governor of texas, rick perry. the governor also wrote that he wanted to remind the president about this $16 trillion national debt. we can still win a little. a little easier to see 16 trillion. there is. facing a looming fiscal cliff that could fix the country and depression. putting off all long to do list and tell after november. today's recess marks the earliest that members of uptown before an election and more than half century, but that is not the only notable thing about this congress. the 100th of congress is the last month our elected representatives have passed 173 loss. impressive. hardly. the comparison to the so-called do-nothing congress of 1948 passed as you see their 906 loss . senators have run this weekend. everyone will be gone for seven weeks until a week after the election. they come back on the of the 13th of november. republican senators claim we have learned more about the libyan terrorist attack from television and newspapers than from the administration. why is the country's distrust of

. >>> what do president obama, rick perry and ted nugent have in common? tonight an idea that has brought some unlikely characters together and is making the people who thought of it millions. tim is no stranger to big ideas. he launched pandora radio in the year 2000. pandora is now used by 150 million people worldwide but for most of its 12 years, pandora has been on the verge of debt, battling record labels over royalties, fighting washington over legislation. >> it's been jekyll and hyde. the other side is the business part of it is a much tougher slog. >> until he and his team had an idea that is finally putting profits back into pandora. >> we're doing everything from a local state assembly race in california to to a senatorial race in connecticut. >> pandora is getting into candidates. and with the latest polls showing the president and mitt romney within a few points of each other in key states, every vote counts. >> we know who we're delivering it to literally. >> how do they do it? >> when you register for pandora, you give your age, gender and y

>> i remember when rick perry announced he was running for president, i started looking at all of his old videos. this guy is going to have some issues. he is not the most articulate speaker. there were videos i found that i did not think would play well to the republican primary as a whole. >> where are you looking? >> i am looking at youtube, c- span -- with c-span, you can search people's transcripts by words. if i want to find paul ryan when he is talking about medicare or talking about romney's health-care plan in massachusetts, i will go back and watch a program that paul ryan was doing in 2010. sometimes, it is just searching by whether things were said in a specific date range or sometimes you are just looking for keywords. >> let's go back to a 1995 clip. paul ryan was not even in congress. >> he was a legislative director. >> where did you find this? >> this was in the c-span archive as well. i noticed there were four people named paul ryan in the archives. this is the paul ryan running for congress. nobody would notice it. >> he is a legislative assistant. let's watch this.

and aisha, the decision in texas was interesting, because rick perry says he is going to appeal the decision all the way to the supreme court. do you think that these problems would be resolved if we had federal election standards? >> you know, first of all, here is the reality, we already in our constitution say that every citizen of the united states has the same right to vote. we have the right to vote. we cannot have any state that is suppressing anyone's right to vote based on race or gender. and one would think that would be enough. and that's why we're seeing the courts strike down these really crazy laws. but surely we need some more federal intervention as it's very clear that we do. i think we have to do something to reel these republicans in keep them from throwing so much into the system to bialek shuns, and get federal elections in place to keep them from disenfranchising people of color. >> jennifer: absolutely. in florida a judge struck down their voter id law. that voter id law in florida, shocking how much impact it has had. because in democratic registration was down 95%. w

but that just got totally blown out of the water when one after the other, you know, rick perry and herman cain and newt gingrich and rick santorum all tore him to shreds and were leading in the polls, and i think this tax plan was part of his comeback, his way of responding and i think it was just slapped together, you know, in the middle of the night by a couple of his political advisers and i would be surprised if his economic advisers had any input at all. >> bruce bartlett bringing the tax knowledge as always. thank you very much. >>> there is this term you may have heard before now and that you are definitely going to be hearing in the months to come. that term is sequester. and what it really means is big, dumb spending cuts that nobody at all wants to happen but may happen because congress is terrible at its job. bob greenstein will join me next to explain what you need to know. >>> if you want a perfect illustration of the dysfunction afflicting washington today, you don't have to look any further than the sequester. let's not call it the sequester. that is a name chosen because n

. >>> what do president obama, rick perry and ted nugent have in common? tonight, an idea that brought some unlikely characters together, and making the people who thought of it millions. tim wester fwrin is no stranger to big ideas. he launched pandora radio in the year 2000. it's now used by 150 million people worldwi. for most of its 12 years, pandora has been on the verge of death. battling record labels, fighting washington over legislation. >> it's a jerkley and hyde. we have incredible growth. the other side, business part of it is a much tougher slog. >> a tougher slog until he had an idea that's finally putting the profit back into pandora. >> we're doing everything from a local state assembly race in california it a senatorial race. >> pandora is getting into politics, by helping candidates reach voters with laser like precision and with the latest polls, mitt romney and president obama within a few points of each other in key states, every vote counts. >> we know who we are delivering to, literally. >> how do they do it? >> you provide a few dif

>> i got into these -- the video world i remember when rick perry announced he was running for president, i started looking at all of his old videos. when i first did looking, this guy is going to have some issues. he is not the got -- the most articulate speaker. there were videos i found that i did not think would play well. to the republican primary as a whole. >> where are you looking? >> i am looking at youtube, c- span, with c-span, you can search people's transcripts by words. if i want to find paul ryan when he is talking about medicare or talking about rodney's health- care plan in massachusetts, i will go -- mitt romney's health care plant in massachusetts, i will go back and watch a program that paul ryan was doing in 2010. sometimes, it is just searching by whether things were said in a specific date range or sometimes you are just looking for keywords. >> let's go back to 1995 clip. paul ryan was not even in congress. >> he was a legislative director. >> where did you find this? >> this was in a c-span archive as well. i noticed there were four people named paul ryan in the

rick perry's suffers from sleep apnea. if the book could explain a series of gaffes and statements during his presidential campaign. one of the most memorable mistakes came during a mission in debate in which he cannot rockefeller the three federal agencies he proposed to amend it here explains his condition went undetected for here but kept in check because of exercise. when he had acted, it limited his physical exercise ice. in a nevada abutter recall to tell you about. and voluntary recall, 29 cases of salmonella could be linked to the speed of other serious disease causes so physicists still have a use for hiatuses cepheus if that have enough. will be right back as the kron4 if if the fifth fifth of couples just about over cuneiform we will be right back. >>mark: in national news, to officials in washington have released details that may explain the death of a giant panda cub born one with a go at the smithsonian national zoo. here is some of video from the pan the camera as a cub was too small to see. and it died yest

governor rick perry's oops remark. romney's high dollar wager. >> a $10 bet? >> and obama's comment about hillary clinton. one thing analyst's agree on. >> he's got two very tough competing goals, be likable and may out a contrast. >> we have gotten to know barack obama pretty well, we have seen anymore as president for four years. mitt romney, he has still got a little white space on his canvass, he can still show us who he is and where he would lead us. >> reporter: the president spends the first part of the week in the battleground state of nevada where he'll be practicing with john kerry, and president obama will be practicing with rob port man who is playing president balm. >>> president obama and milt romney face to face as american voters weigh the choices. the first presidential debate starting wednesday night october 3. watch it live right here at 7:00 eastern time on cnn and on cnn.com. >>> police in winter springs florida are investigating a deadly shooting this morning outside a veteran of foreign wars lodge. our affiliate says a group of bikers wa

rick perry and rick santorum and huntsman all try today get on the ballot but failed to get on the ballot so the primary in virginia didn't matter, it didn't really exist. you know who did make it onto the ballot for the general election in november? this guy, hello, who are you? a former congressman named virgil goode. he's a traveling man, a democrat and an nment and a republican. but this year, vigil goode is running for president as the nominee of the rather right libbertaria libertarian-ish constitutional party and he'll be on the ballot in november along with the major party candidates. now, think about this strategically. mitt romney does not want to see virgil goode's name on the ballot as another right-wing candidate, right? he doesn't want to see his name there as a choice for conservative virginiaens other than him. virginia's republican party challenged virgil gooe's challenge, saying he didn't have enough valid signatures qualify. they don't want him on the pallet because look how high he's polling, as high as 9%. presumearily, those votes would go to mitt romney and he needs

. >>> what do president obama, rick perry and ted nugent have in common? tonight, an idea that brought some unlikely characters together, and making the people who thought of it millions. tim wester fwrin is no stranger to big ideas. he launched pandora radio in the year 2000. it's now used by 150 million people worldwide. for most of its 12 years, pandora has been on the verge of death. battling record labels, fighting washington over legislation. >> it's a jerkley and hyde. we have incredible growth. the other side, business part of it is a much tougher slog. >> a tougher slog until he had an idea that's finally putting the profit back into pandora. >> we're doing everything from a local state assembly race in california it a senatorial race. >> pandora is getting into politics, by helping candidates reach voters with laser like precision and with the latest polls, mitt romney and president obama within a few points of each other in key states, every vote counts. >> we know who we are delivering to, literally. >> how do they do it? >> you provide a few d

rick perry and rick santorum and huntsman all tried to get on the ballot but failed to get on the ballot, so the primary in virginia didn't matter. it didn't really exist. you know who did make it onto the ballot for the general election in november? this guy. hello. who are you? a former congressman named virgil goode. he's a traveling man, a democrat and an independent and a republican. but this year, virgil goode is running for president as the nominee of the rather right libertarian-ish constitutional party and he'll be on the ballot in november along with the major party candidates. now, think about this strategically. mitt romney does not want to see virgil goode's name on the ballot as another right-wing candidate, right? he doesn't want to see his name there as a choice for conservative virginians other than him. virginia's republican party challenged virgil goode's challenge, saying he didn't have enough valid signatures to qualify. they don't want him on the ballot because look how high he's polling, as high as 9%. presumably, those votes would go to mitt romney and he needs ev

following the money, the rick perry super pac money. huge, gobs amounts of money spent on his behalf but not coordination with the campaign, technically, aened if you looked how much money was spent, we should be having a president rick perry. >> yeah. he lost badly. >> but it didn't work. how do we know that all of this money is actually buying anything if there's so much money working in cross-purposes. you can call it the law of returns at some point? >> i wonder at long last we are reaching the point of returns when it comes to especially television advertisement? a great use of the grass roots communication, but is it possible there is finally a limit to the public's tolerance and their ability to be impacted and affected and have their opinions swayed by something as simple as a television ad? >> well, i think that what's more to the point is that the only people whose voice can be heard are those that have gobs of money. >> did you -- >> they are drowning out the voice of everybody else in the country. >> did you give to any camp

perry, who ended up imploding for other reasons, i don't think there was anybody else on that stage who could have gotten the nomination and been competitive in a presidential race. you can look at a lot of republicans didn't run and wonder what might have been, mitch daniels, chris christie, some others, but of those on the stage, mitt romney had the experience. he had the background as running before. he had the money. he was really -- and this is what got him through the primaries, the candidate who republicans believed had the best chance of beating barack obama in a general election. >> i want to put you in a difficult position, make you a republican spin doctor for a moment. you're the guy who's been charged now with trying to resuscitate the romney campaign. you've got him in a room, it's you and him, man-to-man. what do you say to him? >> you got nothing left to lose. you've got to go out there in the next six and a half, seven weeks, and show people a few things. one, show them your heart, show them your passion. number two, you got to show them your agenda for what you're