maybe mr. rubio does have a lot of personal financial issues that would put that much more of a spotlight on the fact that mitt romney will not release his tax returns. so that could be it. it could also be that when mr. rubio was being thought of as a vice presidential prospect, he kept saying things like this on tv. >> you're a strong supporter of mitt romney's. we heard the republican nominee speak just a short time ago. as a guy who supported an individual mandate in massachusetts -- isn't that an issue for him? >> but what a big difference. he supported it on a state level, which meant if you didn't like it in massachusetts, you would move to another state. >> to hear marco rubio tell it, the good thing about mitt romney's record as governor of massachusetts is the things he did to massachusetts you could escape them by moving to another state. the good thing about romney's last turn as a political leader is you could run away from him. you could flee for your life to a place where mitt ro

maybe mr. rubio does have a lot of personal financial issues that would put that much more of a spotlight on the fact that mitt romney will not release his tax returns. so that could be it. it could also be that when mr. rubio was being thought of as a vice presidential prosspblth, he kept saying things like this on tv. >> you're a strong supporter of mitt romney's. we heard the republican nominee speak just a short time ago. as a guy who supported an individual mandate in massachusetts -- >> but what a big difference. he supported it on a state level, which meant if you didn't like it in massachusetts, you would move to another state. >> to hear marco rubio tell it, the good thing about mitt romney's record as governor of massachusetts is the things he did to massachusetts you could escape them by moving to another state. the good thing about romney's last turn as a political leader is you could run away from him. you could flee for your life to a place where mitt romney was not in charge. so

maybe mr. rubio does have a lot of personal financial issues that would put that much more of a spotlight on the fact that mitt romney will not release his tax returns.

was going to be mr. romney's vice presidential pick. now marco rubio isn't even on the short list? i mean, if they're trying to make an impact, i suppose it could be they're leaking short lists that don't include mr. rubio so as to fake everybody out that they're not going to

was going to be mr. romney's vice presidential pick. now marco rubio isn't even on the short list? i mean, if they're trying to make an impact, i suppose it could be they're leaking short lists that don't include mr. rubio so as to fake everybody out that they're not going to fake him so there will be extra impact from the surprise of the fact they did pick him. i suppose that's

mr. romney called all hands on deck to prepare for this announcement. if it's not paul ryan there is a possibility there are other of those, bob mcdon qlal qlald -- mcdonald. in addition marco rubio has been a prominent pick on the route he's been doing for weeks and later in the trip they'll wrap it up in ohio. and mr. romney told us whoever is speaking in august was not necessarily qualify them for being picked as a nominee. and those accompanying him on the bus trip would not necessarily qualify or disqualify them of the it appears paul ryan in wisconsin we won't know until tomorrow morning but mitt romney will let the nation know as he kicks off this bus tour. a fox tour exclusive, romney will be announcing his running mate tomorrow morning 9:00 a.m. norfolk, virginia. >> carl you're breaking up there just a little bit. i want to stay with you for just a moment. paul ryan is leaving for vacation with his family at this point. >> that is right. virtually his life, mr. ryan has been vac

mr. rubio will speak and introduce mitt romney on thursday night. ann romney now, no longer speaking on monday. she will speak in primetime tuesday evening. >> todd akin held a news conference saying he is still not dropping out of the race despite urging by republican party leaders. >> apparently there are some people having trouble understanding the message, i'd like to be clear on that toda today. we are going to be here through the november election. we are going to be here to win. >> bret: jim angle tells us a campaign supposed to be about the economy has been partially focused on something else. >> todd akin's comments about rape and abortion have given new life to an old issue. >> we have them obsessed with our position on abortion. >> they disavowed akin and wonder why they don't ask about obama position on abortion. >> he favors partial birth abortion, abortion at any level. it's unbelievable position. >> in the legislation, they voted to protect the lives of infants surviving abortion. and republicans say the views are out of the mainstrea

it could also be that when mr. rubio was being thought of as a vice presidential prosspblth, he kept saying things like this on tv. >> you're a strong supporter of mitt romney's. we heard the republican nominee speak just a short time ago. as a guy who supported an individual mandate in massachusetts -- >> but what a big difference. he supported it on a state level, which meant if you didn't like it in massachusetts, you would move to another state. >> to hear marco rubio tell it, the good thing about mitt romney's record as governor of massachusetts is the things he did to massachusetts you could escape them by moving to another state. the good thing about romney's last turn as a political leader is you could run away from him. you could flee for your life to a place where mitt romney was not in charge. so yeah, marco rubio is not going to be mitt romney's vice president al nominee. you never know, but yeah, no. however, on that same subject of health reform, the romney campaign today tried a whole new angle on th

rubio's case on family vacation now and in mr. ryan's case, taking a vacation next week to colorado with his family. he won't be watching and waiting for a phone call on the vice presidential ticket. jenna: john says that colorado is it great anytime of year. very interesting. [laughter] jon: okay. on the campaign trail today. why are iowa and colorado so important to these campaigns at this time around? they are to battleground states. the president won in 2008. iowa has a recentry of being a squeaker in presidential races. it went narrowly for al gore in the year 2000. then barely went for president bush four years later. as for colorado, hispanics make up 20% of the population and% of the population and it is just one of to battleground states that has 1 million or more hispanic residents, florida is the other one. meanwhile, new polls showing two swing states the president won in 2008. one in colorado is split between president obama governor romney. the republican presidential candidate is ahead of the president in colorado a

rubio's case on family vacation now and in mr. ryan's case, taking a vacation next week to colorado with his family. he won't be watching and waiting for a phone call on the vice presidential ticket. jenna: john says that colorado is it great anytime of year. very interesting. [laughter] jon: okay. on the campaign trail today. why are iowa and colorado so important to these campaigns at this time around? they are to battleground states. the president won in 2008. iowa has a recent history of being a squeaker in presidential races. it went narrowly for al gore in the year 2000. then barely went for president bush four years later. as for colorado, hispanics make up 20% of the population and% of the population and it is just one of to battleground states that has 1 million or more hispanic residents, florida is the other one. meanwhile, new polls showing two swing states the president won in 2008. one in colorado is split between president obama governor romney. the republican presidential candidate is ahead of the president in colo

. >> i did not know the demand named mr. garcia, marco rubio said grandfather. i had never heard his name before. along of a discrepancy of coming after castro i wanted to know about him because he had spoken about him. one of the things to love about washington we have very tiny little rules and a lot of them. i found out if you airborne 100 years ago all immigration records are transferred from the u.s. immigration service to the national archives. that may not seem like a big deal but to get those records you have to make the freedom of the information act request. it is much easier at the archive. they were kept in kansas city. i looked up on the internet randomly the archivist name was in charge and i called her up and got to her on the phone. [laughter] she said i am so busy today. i was bracing myself. before i could get a word out she said i don't think i can get to to those records until after lunch. i said i guess i can wait. [laughter] she called back and said she found the file and would be happy to overnight it to me. i was surprised. your tax dolla

mr. romney is making a tough charge that the president is essentially a big government liberal who wants to bring in more government solutions and a culture of dependency. listen. >> he removed the requirement of work from welfare. it is wrong to make any change that would make america more of a nation of government dependency. we must restore and i will restore work in the welfare. >> well, democrats say mr. romney is distorting the president's position and in fact he is not gutting it of its work requirement. president clinton the co-author of the welfare work reform bill weighed in saying romney's charges just aren't true. the administration has taken important steps to make sure that the work requirement is retained and that waivers will be granted only if a state can demonstrate that more people will be moved into work under its new approach it is worth noting that mr. romney says he is in favor of welfare reform. but not the removal of the work requirement. said he vetoed such attem

mr. romney says he is in favor of welfare reform. but not the removal of the work requirement. said he vetoed such attempts and president obama was on the record in opposition to welfare reform through much of the 90's. >> shepard: carl, the president is campaigning in colorado today. and so is one of governor romney's top supporters the ohio senator rob portman, he is somebody we keep seeing on the v.p. short list. >> speculation friendsy. rob portman the ohio senator is campaigning in colorado, bracketing as they say the president's visit there five events from portman acting as a surrogate from mitt rodge any is he definitely one of the topics on the possible short list. in addition, tim pawlentyy the former governor of minnesota is campaigning today in michigan. mitt romney's native state. is he out there on the romney bus in the next couple of weeks we are going to see mr. romney go on a bus trip in which he will be joined by paul ryan, the chairman of the house budget committee who

steve: apparently mr. rubio was the first one of the vice-president contenders to complete the vetting process. a couple of people who could have been on the list and be up there as well governor haley will be there . mike huckabee who lives down in florida and john casec couple of speakers. >> gretchen: john mccain and condoleezza rice and rick scott, florida goverr. >> interesting line up. >> gretchen: we'll all be down in tampa for that. paul ryan is making his solo debut in iowa. why we go to iowa? he went there because president obama is in iowa and did they show a sharp contrast. the key to the discussion who was telling the truth and who wasn't. kelly wright is with us. >> good morning, vice-president candidate paul ryan talked about the vision for america. he faced a enthusiastic crowd some for him and some against. >> it is in the wrong direction and wrong way to go. we want to give people hands up not hands out. >> there was yelling throughout his speech. congressman ryan delivered his argument t

if you have dirt on mr. rubio to let them know. >> it is an e-mail blast. share what you think the rest of the country should know about rubio has done in florida. good bad and ugly and why he would be a disaster for the next vice president. >> steve: they did it in rob port man. >> she is now outsourcing her job. >> brian: but she didn't go to india asking them what they know about marko rubio. i like to give the other side . >> steve: it is it a volunteer thing. if you ask for dirt, it is no guarantee that the dirt is true. >> brian: and karl came itron -- cameron had a sit down with mitt romney. why do you think it is a misdirection . he could be tricky and say you can speak to the rnc. >> steve: in the sit down with carl cameron used a word. it was obamalonie and a take off on balony and that comes on the hells of the president of the united states in connecticut where he used word romneyhood. listen to both of them recently invented words. >> it is like robin hood in reverse. it is rom no hood. >> we have watched the president say a lot of things about

mr. eastwood. later in the show. yes, i know you have a lot of explaining to do. can i do my show? we're on the air now. did you have a good flight? we'll get to you. but let's start with tonight's lead. party's over. republicans had their week. now democrats are punching back. it began today with vice president biden speaking to workers in ohio where he took aim at the gop ticket including the false statements made by paul ryan. >> you heard congressman ryan on wednesday night in a stirring speech blame the closing of a gm plant in his hometown of janesville on the president of the united states. what he didn't tell you is the plant in janesville actually closed when president bush was still in office. what they didn't say. but for the sacrifices you all made and the courage of the president of the united states, all those gm plants would be closed. here, all across the country. >> the vice president also went after ryan for voting for all the bush policies that exploded the deficit. >>

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officials say florida senator marco rubio gave up his speaking spot to mrs. romney so she could speak during primetime tv coverage. mrs. romney originally was going to speak monday when no broad ka cast was planned. rubio will still have a prime speaking spot before romney's acceptance speech. we'll bring you live reports from tampa, florida, tomorrow night and bring you live coverage from the democratic national convention in charlotte next month. >> president obama will head to charlottesville, virginia, next week, but he will not speak at the university of virginia because the school turned him down. university officials say it has nothing to do with politics. they don't want to have to cancel the classes on the second day of the semester. they also don't want to pay for the extra security for the event. if the president did speak at the school, the university would have to provide equal opportunity for mitt romney because it's exempt from state and federal taxes. >>> virginia's role as a key battleground state is also making a hotbed for unusually early g

did they get the video of mr. romney? no. did they get marco rubio? no. what they got was that. clint eastwood. >> they said it was a mystery speaker. what we didn't realize was it was a mystery to them as well. >> surprise. >> surely, they did not expect everybody to be talking about this. the nominee gave a perfectly serviceable speech. quite a good speech, but it's lost in this now. i guess i blame hurricane isaac for just jumbling the whole thing up and they just got some bad karma. >> i'm not so sure about that. karen, i want to play one bit of sound from last night from the nominee himself because that's who we should be talking about. a bit where he paid tribute to the late neil armstrong. >> that unique blend of optimism, humility and the utter confidence that when the world needs someone to do the really big stuff, you need an american. >> some people have suggested that was a little nod towards those who believe the president, the current president is something other than an american. >> i also sort of took it as this idea, remember in the beginning of the campaign, ro

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i will leave the details to marco rubio and mr. cruise. [applause] >> thank you. my question is, i revere the constitution and i believe it has given many opportunities for your grand parents and my grandparents. but in america, we do have a tradition of common law or laws can be changed and even our own constitution were theoretically it could be possible that murder could one day be constitutional. how can national law play a role in this increasing tendency of this in our culture. >> he raised a great issue that would be the subject of another lengthy lecture. let me refer you to an article that i wrote about are called natural law, judicial review, and the constitution, which is included in my book, which she mentioned called a clash of orthodoxies. let me say this. there is no serious question that any intellectual historian will tell you that the concept of natural law was foundational to the american family. people like madison and jefferson believed that they were giving effect and the positive law of the constitution to principles that obtain even apart f

marco rubio gave up his tuesday night speaking for for mrs. romney. he will speak thursday. >>> republican congressman todd akin is renewing his vow to stay in the senate race. ep emphasized he plans to continue his campaign no matter how many gop officials tell him to get out. >> i may not be the favorite candidate of some people within the republican establishment. but the voters made a decision and this is an election, not a selection. >> congressman akin says he will not attend next week's republican convention. jointing me is a reporter for the st. louis dispatch, reporting on this all week. good morning, nicholas, let's talk about your newspaper which shows later poll numbers, senate race has been turned upsidedown now. claire mccaskill has a 9-point lead. 50 to 41%. surprising or not given what you've been covering? >> i think that's what everyone was expecting. when these comments came out from congressman akin on sunday, everyone had expected that this race was going to totally change and that mccaskill, who was trailing her opponent todd aki

. >> mr. norquist said to rubio, do you know about this? he said this is ridiculous. i'm going to take action. and marco rubio said this on his twitter feed. he said olympic champs should not have to pay tax on medals, and he forwarded this to president obama, who always checks his tweets. he believe they didn't earn them, someone else did that because that's a knock at the president's speech from two weeks ago. >> and although the other side is, you know, some people say, look, these guys and gals who win the olympic medals, they already have sponsors, they have income so since the irs considers in earned income internationally, why shouldn't they have to pay. >> noble peace prize get taxed on their trophies. and the nine-year-old children get taxed. >> if we have to pay taxes on our income regardless of where it comes from, why should they get a pass? >> because you haven't on the world stage made us proud yet. >> i know. >> or on this stage. let's be honest. >> so it's a performance thing. so you are saying to be patriotic, let's give them a tax pass. >> that's wha

. >> thank you, senator rubio. let me just have one or two more questions. mr. secretary, you mentioned in your opening statement about the legislation that i supported on the finance committee. i had a colloquy with the majority leader on the floor today. sometime later today or tomorrow there will be an effort to move those. i do hope that you take the message back, as well as the secretary, that i am all for creating economic opportunity and jobs in the dr and in the region as well as in the african countries. we need to be concerned about creating jobs in the united states. it is totally unacceptable that a u.s. manufacturer has to pay a 13.5% tariff for the same imported cotton material that a foreign country, under these trade agreements, can send in for zero. how is it that an american manufacturer can compete? they cannot. in my own state, there are hundreds of jobs. there are over 10,000 jobs. i hope the administration is going to work with us toward the cotton and world -- and wool trust funds and create a level playing field that you want for hemisphe

rnc officials say senator marco rubio gave up his speaking spot for mrs. romney so she could speak during primetime tv coverage. mrs. romney was originally going to speak monday when no broadcast coverage was planned. romney will still have a premium speaking spot. he's expected to speak right before mitt romney's acceptance speech on thursday nit. we have complete coverage of the republican national convention. aaron gilchrist and julie kerry will bring you live reports from tampa, florida. that begins tomorrow night. and we'll bring you live coverage of the democratic national convention in charlotte next month. >>> president obama will head to charlottesville, virginia, next week, but he will not speak at the university of virginia because the school turned him down. university officials say it has nothing to do with politics. they don't want to have to cancel classes on the second day of the semester. they also don't want to pay for extra security for the event. if the president did speak at the school, the university would have to provide equal opport

anna, you've heard these roomum they may move mrs. romney's speech, maybe because of this tropical storm isaac. it could come at marco rubio's expense a little bit. what are you hearing? >> florida is florida right now. the cuban american stations are buzzing with this rumor that there is a possibility that marco rubio will get bumped from the thursday night speech where he was to introduce mitt romney, who accommodate mrs. romney, who would then are moved to thursday. i understand that rubio would possibly be moved to tuesday night. i think it's a mistake. the cuban american community and other hispanics see marco as a home guy, our political star. it's a mistake to bump the one hispanic on primetime, it's a mistake to bump the governor of florida with one of the best oratories if not the best. i would tell you in politics today, figure out a way where marco rubio gets to keep his slot. we've seen the hispanic numbers and it's going to be a very big disappointment for the hispanic community and cuban americans. they had great expecta

and mr. romney did not pick to balance himself out with florida senator marco rubio or new mexico governor, susanna martinez. he did not choose one of the party's up and coming latinos, or someone who's more moderate on immigration. he picked one of the congressmen from the republican congress who voted no on the dream act, which >>> as we reported earlier in

and mr. romney did not pick to balance himself out with florida senator marco rubio or new mexico governor, susanna martinez. he did not choose one of the party's up and coming latinos, or someone who's more moderate on immigration. he picked one of the congressmen from the republican congress who voted no on the dream act, which caused president obama to act on his own for immigration reform, which led to scenes like this one around the nation today. how on earth does a republican candidate expect to win the presidency in 2012 if he loses latino voters by more than 40 points? how? how can that be even so much as conceivable to them that you could lose so badly among latinos and still win the election? did somebody say voter i.d.? that does it for us tonight. now it's time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." have a great night. >>> and on this day in 2012, american politics came to this. the most important political interview of the day was done on "entertainment tonight." >> the rom

and mr. romney did not pick to balance himself out with florida senator marco rubio or new mexico governor, susanna martinez. he did not choose one of the party's up and coming latinos, or someone who's more moderate on immigration. he picked one of the congressmen from the republican congress who voted no on the dream act, which >>> as we reported earlier in the hour, the secretary of state

. >>> now that we know the mystery speaker no longer a mystery, it is clint eastwood, mr. dirty harry himself. he will be the speaker tonight right before senator marco rubio here in florida, and then of course, the man of the night, mitt romney. and it kind of got us thinking, what other celebrities do republicans have in their corner? we have a look at that here as we're looking at some of these live pictures on the convention floor, in the forum. we are, again, watching and waiting for clint eastwood. also, mitt romney. both should be swinging through this forum any moment now. be right back. there are a lot of warning lights and sounds vying for your attention. so we invented a warning you can feel. introducing the all-new cadillac xts. available with a patented safety alert seat. when there's danger you might not see, you're warned by a pulse in the seat. it's technology you won't find in a mercedes e-class. the all-new cadillac xts has arrived, and it's bringing the future forward. the economy needs manufacturing. machines, tools, people making stuff. companies have

and mr. romney did not pick to balance himself out with florida senator marco rubio or new mexico governor, susanna

he said mr. ryan's plan is devoid of credible math or hard policy choices and it couldn't pass if republicans were to take the presidency and both houses of congress. the republican national committee said marco rubio of florida will get a spotlight role of the gop convention introducing mitt romney to accept the nomination. former first daughter chelsea clinton told vote magazine she is not ruling out a future in politics. she said i believe engaging in the political process is part of being a good person. >> white house aides confirmed that president obama is one of the first modern presidents to have a home brew. white house honey ale coming in a light and dark variety and the honey portion of the name is taken from first lady michelle obama's garde beehive. that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. >> now here's the first look at how wall street will kickoff the day. the dow opens at 13,172 and the, and p was down a fraction and the nasdaq lost five. looking at overseas trading, the nik

campaigning with mr. romney in the course of this trip. interesting in his absence was congressman wall ryan. he's not there. many have thought maybe that's something to look into. we are told there are no plans at this point to reveal the running mate during the bus trip, which ends on tuesday. meaning thee receipticcally it would system after. but you never know. sometimes these things cannot plan to do something and sometimes it happens. >> somehow i think you'll be the first to know. >> i would love to be. >> thank you. u.s. marines murdered in afghanistan. officials say they know who did it and how. plus the leader in venezuela announcing his forces arrested an american and he says they had a good reason for it. that's coming up on the fox report ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] gillette. the best a man can get. you tell us what you want to pay, and we give you a range of coverages to choose from. who is she? that's flobot. she's this new robot we're trying out, mostly for, like, small stuff. wow!