>> greta: do i hear you. i know that it has, at least this week, has consumed the discussion in the campaign. let me ask about you sequestration. come january, unless something happen, there is going to be a huge jolt in many areas of the government. tell me what could be done to sort of forestall the sequestration and come up with a solution that really works and is wise and is prudent. >> first of all, i think we did a stupid thing when we said if the select committee failed, then there would be automatic across-the-board cuts. should you never do do across-the-board cuts because you take a meat ax and put valuable programs on the same level as those that need to be eliminated. i plead guilty. it was a bad thing to do. okay? having said that, we are now aware that the secretary of defense, all of our uniformed chiefs have said it would devastate our national security. it would devastate our ability to address our national security challenges. i mean, in the most graphic terms. now at the same time, the secr

greta is next. we'll see you tomorrow night. >> greta: live from janesville, wisconsin, a city many say has been transformed to ryansville. they are very proud to have him on the ticket. we're inside the gym at joseph a.craig handguns. you will meet his brother and one of his teachers. also wisconsin's scott walk ear and john boehner are both here. he tells something about congressman ryan we bet you didn't know. rush limbaugh he is jazzed. why is so jazzed. rush will tell you himself. first, he may know paul ryan. he is his brother. nice to see you kevin. >> it's pretty crazy. >> greta: how did you find out? >> maybe a few hours before everybody else. friday night late we got the call. just gotten off the phone speaking with my mother. told me the news. i didn't know what to tell him. i didn't sleep that night. >> greta: how many years? >> five years. >> we have a picture when you were young. i take it you are close? >> he is very close. there is four of us. ten-year span. he and i are number three

>> that's right. >> greta: he played socker and did track & field. >> he did. >> greta: he was -- no, prom king? >> prom king. but it's -- you are not voted -- >> greta: how do you get to be prom king -- >> i hope they have changed this. if you are class president, you are the prom king. >> greta: all right. that's how you became the prom king. >> he did. >> greta: he gets back here every weekend with his family? >> absolutely. you know, i bet he spends the least amount of time in washington of any congressman. sleeps on his couch and is on the first flight back to see his kids and adorable wife. >> greta: would you have guessed that this is how paul ryan would end up? >> of course not. you know, never would have guessed. he grew up fast. you know, he matured, quicker than most, i think teenagers. and you could see it -- as he developed, he was in college and high school maybe very differently. you saw him accelerate in his development in many ways. >> greta: did it have anything to do with your father died when he was in high school? >> there is no doubt that that was a very importan

. >> how are you, greta? >> greta: very well. mayor, obviously, representative ryan wants to keep this discussion on the economy, as does governor romney. there is a lot of push from the other side, the democrats, to bring this question back to issues of abortion, congressman akin. how does the candidate ryan keep this on the economy? >> i think he did today. he did exactly the right thing today. he talked about the fact that the economy is going through the worst recovery we have had in our lifetime. the four years of obama have been a disaster for our economy. if the american people were go to go to the polls and ask if you are better off than we were four years ago, we would probably throw him out 60-40. obama and biden are trying to get the focus on something else. the new york times helps them, the two main articles on the front page were about congressman akin. hard to believe when they never put biden's remarks even on the front page. here we are talking about a sitting vice-president, making totally idiotic remarks, blata

greta is next. we'll see you back here tomorrow night in tampa with a crowd, 9:00 eastern. >> greta: this is a fox news alert. isaac is barreling toward the gulf coast, and it is dangerous. it is expected to make landfall in less than 24 hours as a category 2 hurricane. this storm is huge, so huge that it's targeted a wide stretch of the gulf coast. right now seven years after hurricane katrina hit, new orleans is again in the bull's eye, but four states have declared emergencies already and people are evacuating. rick reichmuth has more. >> south of louisiana, and we're seeing rain showers back here across parts of florida, now into the carolinas. when you start to feel the impacts of this storm you'll be feeling the impacts for probably at least 36 hours. that means a lot of wind and a lot of rain for a lot of people here across the northern gulf. right now winds right just under hurricane status. the next advisory hopefully we'll have it right at the end of your show, greta. i think good chance w

greta's next. see you tomorrow night. >> greta: tonight. >> greta: this is a debate we want to have. this is a debated we need to have. this is a debate we are going to win. >> the romney/ryan campaign comes out swinging on medicare. the white house is stuck playing defense. >> they are going to put you back in chains... >> you know that's not what this is you know he was talking about, if you look at what he said, about wall street reform. >> greta: then one democratic group is attacking former navy seals, saying they don't have guts for criticizing the president over the intelligence leaks. one small business owner has a message for president obama and the president is not going to like his message. but first, vice-presidential candidate paul ryan is ready for battle, taking the medicare debate head on. >> the president was talking about medicare yesterday. i am excited about this. this is a debate we want to have. this is a debate we need to have and this is a debate we are going to win. >> what

>> i have no idea, greta. but that's what our investigation -- we opened one door and we find four or five more scandals. this thing is mushrooming out of control. this is only-- the conferences are only the tip of the iceberg. this agency controls 14,000 properties, buildings, many of them, you helped me focus on -- being vacant, under utilized, losing millions of dollars -- >> greta: this is, the whole insanity. every time we need office space, instead of using empty buildings, we rent those. every place you look, it's more inefficient and more wasteful. it is other people's money. that's the problem. it is other people's money. >> right here in washington, in three empty buildings. one two blocks from the white house. a huge building empty. 15 years. recently at the power facility, two acres behind the ritz carlton in georgetown, vacant for 11 years. we are going to do one on monday in miami in a courthouse that has been vacant five or six years. >> greta: the irony is that the gsa, how much do they make in

>> nice to see you, greta. >> greta: all right. mayor, you have some problems with him, i know a lot of people do, with the vice-president's comments. what's your objection? >> well, i have to tell you, i am not a victim. joe biden's comments dont affect me. however, i happening it's time for americans to stand up and say, we are not going to allow this administration to divide us any longer. we are not going to allow them to ignite hatred among feelingo americans. we have to say we are not going to stand for this in appropriate language. >> greta: i am sure you know, the obama campaign has responded and stephanie cutter has said that vice-president biden was referencing comebs by leading republican who is say the support unshackling the private sector from -- and it goes on and on. but that was the reference. it was not meant in the context imfg sinister or covert or meant to divide. >> well, then, it's okay to disagree. let's have a conversation about regulation. let's talk about regulation. why doesn't he talk about regulation i

thank you. >> we midwesterners have to stick together, greta. >> greta: indeed. coming up, you know california is not good with its money. but this may be the dumbest thing we have ever heard. we will tell you and you can decide. and washington, d.c. man orders a tsp online. but that's want what is delivered. what was in the box when he opened it? it's shocking, have you to see this. [ female announcer ] for everything your face has to face. face it with puffs facial tissues. puffs has air-fluffed pillows for 40% more cushiony thickness. face every day with puffs softness. begins with back pain and a choice. take advil, and maybe have to take up to four in a day. or take aleve, which can relieve pain all day with just two pills. good eye. introducing share everything, only from verizon. a shareable pool of data to power up to 10 different devices. add multiple smartphones to your plan, so everyone in your family can enjoy unlimited talk and text. the first plan of its kind. share everything. get your student a samsung galaxy nexus for $99.99. ♪ three, six, nine

greta is next. >> greta: tonight hit the road, barack. ouch? one mainstream publication taking on the president facing a huge backsplash. plus, president obama firing back at military veterans saying he doesn't take the veterans who have publicly criticized him too seriously. this is getting a bit ugly. but first another small business owner taunting the president, this time in new hampshire. the small business owner putting up a sign, "we did build it" sign in front of the president's motorcade route on saturday. the president of the company joins us. good evening now. >> good evening, greta. >> greta: al, what provoked puttings up this sign? >> i think like a lot of business people in america, i was just completely incensed with the president's remarks, that if you built a business, or if you have a business, you didn't build that, somebody else built that. and i couldn't believe it. you know, i built my business along with my family and my team. i could not believe that the president would make a remark like that. and we wanted to have an op

greta's next. see you tomorrow. >> greta: tonight -- put up or shut up. that's what governor mitt romney is telling senator harry reid and that showdown is rough. the mud slinging is just getting started. hear from the combatants straight ahead. who is the smart choice for runningmate? dick morris will tell us. and eric cantor is here, what is happening with the extension of the tax cut? did it hit the wall? what does it mean to you? leader kantor will tell you. right now, former secretary of defense, donald rumsfeld is swinging, saying congress is failing to do its job. why? we spoke with the secretary rumsfeld earlier today. mr. secretary, nice to see you, sir. good to be with you. >> greta: big fight over sequestration. what do you think? i think it's mindless. the idea of sequestering that amount of many hundreds of billions of dollars is fundamentally wrong. it's poor government. and if it does fall the way it looks like it could, and it hits the department of defense, it would be a monumental mistake. >> greta: you may monumental mistake,ed about go

. >> greta: all right f. sequestration is resolved, if there's a deal that's met, is there a harm in the long delay going on for essentially a year? does that uncertainty have a cost on our -- on our ability to plan for a military? >> yes. it does. we have made the mistake, after world war ii -- nam, korea, you name it -- the end of the cold war, we have peared back dramatically. it's easy to do. you can pear back in a month or six months. to build back takes years. it takes investment ttakes time. it takes training people. the thing that worries me the most about today is the projection of america as a country that's weak and behaving in a way that is not going to be good for our future. if you cannot have that kind of debt and those kines of deficits and not spend a signal to the world that we are behaving a lot like europe and that is not a model that works. you can't be cutting a half trillion dollars out of the defense budget and have sequestration come along with the possibility of another travel a tril

greta is next. captioned by closed captioning services, inc. >> greta: tonight. >> obama is going for the moron vote and no question obama is going for the moron vote. who is rush limbaugh calling a moron? that is just for starters. you will hear more from rush in a se is here to talk all about it. plus, vice presidential candidate paul ryan telling president obama to put up or shut up. but he is not alone. he and senator john mccain are both blasting the president over the automatic defense cuts. senator john mccain goes "on the record." and remember the salahis? the white house party crashers. are they now headed to tampa bay for the convention? no, but you someone else is crashing the republican national convention. who are the convention crashers. start guessing because that is all straight ahead. right now, brace yourself. rush limbaugh says president obama's second term is not the country's biggest wore arery. he says something else is. so what is it? here is rush. >> i think that the country

it's a pleasure, greta. thank you. >> greta: thank you. another big name veteran is slamming president obama, arizona senator john mccain is calling president obama the weakest commander in chief since jimmy carter. now why such harsh words and is it fair? former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. john bolton joins us. that's stinging, too. first the navy seal officers, and now senator mccain. >> i don't think it's harsh criticism. it's entirely accurate. in fact, jimmy carter looks better and better every day compared to the way president obama is conducting our affairs. i think what senator mccain is pointing to is not just the conduct of president obama during war, but his entire approach to protecting american interests around the world. i wish it was were a much bigger issue in the campaign, because i think it demonstrates a failure of leadership that could hurt us very badly. >> greta: the aclu takes great offense with him because of some of the things he does, for instance, ordering the drone attacks. on the other hand, he's also getting s

we'll go the other way. >> greta: thank you. >> thank you, greta. >> greta: now more on the sneak peek we're getting into the republican national convention. tonight we know seven of the major speakers slated to take the podium. one of the headliners is south carolina governor nikki haley and she joins us. good evening, govern. >> hi, greta. how are you? >> greta: very well. who called you to tell you you were one of the chosen ones? >> beth myers called. >> greta: and i suppose you said yes right away? >> yes, of course. i would be honored to speak at the convention. listen, i've been a strong believer and support are of governor romney since 2008. the past, you know, 3 1/2 years we've watched under president obama proves even more how great president romney will be for this country. i'm honored to be there. i'm honored to represent the state of south carolina. i'm honored to represent a good group of governors who understand that we've got to get washington turned around. >> greta: i actually remember coming down to south carolina and tonef the skin, it's important that you have si.

greta's next. >> greta: tonight... >> absolute blooming idiots! they are applauding their own demise. >> greta: who is rush limbaugh calling blooming idiots? he's in rare form. but right now, donald trump. he wants to know if president obama's hiding something. what is it this tiime d d nald trurump ilalain to do somethingngnge, v vy jort thee r rublicann natatnana nvention. hehe is donald trump. >> hi, greta. >> greta: so, donald, the republican convention's coming up. are you going? that's the first question. secondly, if you are, do you spend to be speaking to the audience. >> well, they want me to go. i will be in sarso the at night before, where i am being honored by the republican party in florida as the statesman of the year. that will be very interesting. i look forward to that. i probably will be going. >> greta: have you been asked to speak? >> i would rather not say that, but they wantny do something very major at the convention. >> greta: something very major. now you have certainly teased -- what's the very major? can you give us a hi

joe, thank you. >> thanks, greta. >> greta: straight ahead, what >> greta: straight ahead, what town has the worst name in the chances are, you're not made of money, so don't overpay for motorcycle insurance. geico, see how much you could save. until i got a job in the big apple. becoming a fulltime indoor cat wasn't easy for atti. but he had purina cat chow indoor. he absolutely loved it. and i knew he was getting everything he needed to stay healthy indoors. and after a couple of weeks, i knew we were finally home! [ female announcer ] purina cat chow indoor. and for a delicious way to help maintain a healthy weight, try new purina cat chow healthy weight. >> greta: did you ever wonder what town has the worst name in america? a new poll has a survey. the towns with the worst names in include, monkey's eyebrow, kentucky. roaj town, illinois. belcher town, massachusetts. and boring, oregon. the town with the worst name of all, towedsuck, arkansas. it's ray bear in a candy store, caught on camera. a young black bear way sweet tooth forced the door open by himself and he propped himsel

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greta's next. >> greta: tonight... >> absolute blooming idiots! they are applauding their own demise. >> greta: who is rush limbaugh calling blooming idiots? he's in rare form. but right now, donald trump. he wants to know if president obama's hiding something. what is it this time? and donald trump is planning to do something very, very major at the republican national convention. here is donald trump. >> hi, greta. >> greta: so, donald, the republican convention's coming up. are you going? that's the first question. secondly, if you are, do you spend to be speaking to the audience. >> well, they want me to go. i will be in sarso the at night before, where i am being honored by the republican party in florida as the statesman of the year. that will be very interesting. i look forward to that. i probably will be going. >> greta: have you been asked to speak? >> i would rather not say that, but they wantny do something very major at the convention. >> greta: something very major. now you have certainly teased -- what's the very major? can you give

>> thank, greta. new information about the man who behind the massacre out of wisconsin's sikh tempole sunday. investigators reveal that wade michael page died of a self-inflicted gunshot after he was wounded by police. he left no note and no hint of a motive for the deadly rampage that left six worshippers dead. three others were critically wounded, including a police lieutenant. gas prices in california could top $4 tomorrow in the wake of chevron's richmond refinery closure t. produces 75% of the gas for california. the cost of gasoline going up at least 5 cents overnight. the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded, $3.65. >> greta: president obama and governor romney are trying to court the ladies. the women's vote will be critical in november, especially in the swing states. how are the candidates doing? president obama seems to be the ladies choice. according to the latest rasmussen poll, president obama is leading governor rom romney, 52% to 39%. why is that? and is that poll reliabla.

back to greta. >> greta: is she kidding or serious? former secretary of state madeline albright said this at a barack obama rally in colorado last week. >> i'm with the truman foundation, and i was in missouri, speaking on behalf of president truman and the foundation, and so i kind of presumed it was a democratic audience. gets up and says, how long are you people going to blame the previous administration? and i said forever. >> greta: chief political correspondent byron york joins us. was she serious or trying to be funny? >> you know, there are some jokes that are true. i think this is one joke that is true. and clearly, you know, every speech the president gives, every speech representatives of the president gives, they always talk about the mess that they were left by the bush administration. i checked my email box not too long ago. it's emails from the white house with transcripts of the president's and first lady's statements, statements from the dnc, other democratic groups. jay carney said talked about the sea of red ink that

thank you. >> thank you, greta. >> greta: this is a fox news alert. just momes ago, the rnc, releasing the names of more republican national convention speakers. we told but scott walker. also on the new list of speakers, florida attorney general pam bondi, ted cruz, puerto rico governor, fortuno and sam olints. sam oulence. i hope i got the names close. straight ahead, rush limbaugh is on fire, calling a-list celebrity, blooming idiots. that's next. and cities across the nation are strapped for cash. but an ambitious nine-year-old boy has found a with way to help the city. his inspiring story is next of with all the opinions about stocks out there, how do you know which ones to follow? the equity summary score consolidates the ratings of up to 10 independent research providers into a single score that's weighted based on how accurate they've been in the past. i'm howard spielberg of fidelity investments. the equity summary score is one more innovative reason serious investors are choosing fidelity. get 200 free trades today and explore your next inve

. >> greta: casey, thank you. we look at this and see those pictures and it's horrifying and a vision of what we saw seven years ago. >> yes. >> greta: casey, thank you. coming up governor romney's wife made a big splash but how does she, and her family think her speech went? here with a look at that interview next. on the record coming to you from tampa this week continuing our coverage of the republican national convention. >> announcer: meet jill. she thought she'd feel better after seeing her doctor. and she might have, if not for kari, the identity thief who stole jill's social security number to open credit cards, destroying jill's credit and her dream of retirement. now meet amanda. with a swipe of her debit card, she bought some gas... and an all-expense-paid trip to hawaii for ben. ben is the intity thief who used a device called a skimmer to steal her formation from her card to open a fraudulent account. every year millions of americans just like you learn that a little personal information in the wrong

greta is next. we'eell s you tomorrow night. >> greta: live from janesville, wisconsin, a city many say has been transformed to ryansville. they are very proud to have him on the ticket. we're inside the gym at joseph a.craig handguns. you will meet his brother and one of his teachers. also wisconsin's scott walk ear and john boehner are both here. he tells something about congressman ryan we bet you didn't know. rush limbaugh he is jazzed. why is so jazzed. rush will tell you himself. first, he may know paul ryan. he is his brother. nice to see you kevin. >> it's pretty crazy. >> greta: how did you find out? >> maybe a few hours before everybody else. friday night late we got the call. just gotten off the phone speaking with my mother. told me the news. i didn't know what to tell him. i didn't sleep that night. >> greta: how many years? >> five years. >> we have a picture when you were young. i take it you are close? >> he is very close. there is four of us. ten-year span. he and i are number three

. >> greta: all right f. sequestration is resolved, if there's a deal that's met, is there a harm in the long delay going on for essentially a year? does that uncertainty have a cost on our -- on our ability to plan for a military? >> yes. it does. we have made the mistake, after world war ii -- nam, korea, you name it -- the end of the cold war, we have peared back dramatically. it's easy to do. you can pear back in a month or six months. to build back takes years it takes investment ttakes time. it takes training people. the thing that worries me the most about today is the projection of america as a country that's weak and behaving in a way that is not going to be good for our future. if you cannot have that kind of debt and those kines of deficits and not spend a signal to the world that we are behaving a lot like europe and that is not a model that works. you can't be cutting a half trillion dollars out of the defense budget and have sequestration come along with the possibility of another travel a trill

. >> greta: casey, thank you. we look at this and see those pictures and it's horrifying and a vision of what we saw seven years ago. >> yes. >> greta: casey, thank you. coming up governor romney's wife made a big splash but how does she, and her family think her speech went? here with a look at that interview next. on the record coming to you from tampa this week continuing our coverage of the republican national convention. ley earhardt, back to greta. >> it's moms that had to work a little harder to make everything right. the moms really hold this country together. we're the mothers. we're the wives. we're the grandmothers we're the big sisters. we're the little sisters and we are the daughters. you know it's true. don't you? i love you, women! >> last night governor mitt romney's wife delivering a personal, passionate speech about her husband today, shannon got the first interview since the night in the spotlight. and asked about her family's reaction to her speech. >> we went home, a lot of my grandchildren w

thank you. >> thank you, greta. >> greta: this is a fox news alert. just momes ago, the rnc, releasing the names of more republican national convention speakers. we told but scott walker. also on the new list of speakers, florida attorney general pam bondi, ted cruz, puerto rico governor, fortuno and sam olints. sam oulence. i hope i got the names close. straight ahead, rush limbaugh is on fire, calling a-list celebrity, blooming idiots. that's next. and cities across the nation are strapped for cash. but an ambitious nine-year-old boy has found a with way to help boy has found a with way to help male spirit present.trong it's the priceline negotiator. >>what? >>sorry. he wants you to know about priceline's new express deals. it's a faster way to get a great hotel deal without bidding. pick one with a pool, a gym, a great guest rating. >>and save big. >>thanks negotiator. wherever you are. ya, no. he's over here. >>in the refrigerator? and i thought "i can't do this, it's just too hard." then there was a moment. when i decided to find a way to keep go

greta's next. see you tomorrow night. >> greta: donald trump has big news. and it's a shocker. so what is donald trump's big surprise. it has too with the republican national convention in tampa bay. a local business is featured in a presidential campaign ad. isn't that good publicity isn't business owner says, no. and she's not happy with president obama. she is here to tell you what she wants the president to do. and small business owners from coast to coast are hoping mad. you guessed it. >> somebody helped to create this unbelievable american system that we have that allowed to you thrive. somebody invested in roads and bridges. if you have a business, that -- you didn't build that. somebody else made that happen. >> greta: president obama insists he was stalking about building roads and bridges, but one small business owner isn't buying it. posting this sign in his store window, his defiant message is grabbing lots of attention. some are applauding him and others are yelling at home him and even hitting him. >> how are you? >> greta: i'm very well. obviously, the president

we'll go the other way. >> greta: thank you. >> thank you, greta. >> greta: now more on the sneak peek we're getting into the republican national convention. tonight we know seven of the major speakers slated to take the podium. one of the headliners is south carolina governor nikki haley and she joins us. good evening, govern. >> hi, greta. how are you? >> greta: very well. who called you to tell you you were one of the chosen ones? >> beth myers called. >> greta: and i suppose you said yes right away? >> yes, of course. i would be honored to speak at the convention. listen, i've been a strong believer and support are of governor romney since 2008. the past, you know, 3 1/2 years we've watched under president obama proves even more how great president romney will be for this country. i'm honored to be there. i'm honored to represent the state of south carolina. i'm honored to represent a good group of governors who understand that we've got to get washington turned around. >> greta: i actually remember coming down to south carolina duringhe primary, and interviewed both you and govern