god bless the people of south mississippi having to deal with it all over again, greta. greta: shep, thank you. right now we re coming to you live from tampa, florida, where the republican national convention officially kicked off today. tonight we have an all-star lineup of guests. rnc claire reince priebus, former mississippi governor haley brewer, jan brewer and donald trump. but first florida senator marco rubio joins us. good evening, sir. good evening. greta: i thought you might want a thought on this hurricane. first of all, it s just unbelievable that on the seventh anniversary of katrina we re seeing such a repeat of it. hopefully the storm won t be anything as close to that. i m confident the folks up there have done everything they can over the last seven years to improve their capacity. florida has been battered in the storms in the past. 1 year we had five.
greta: and you re ready? i hope so. greta: senator, good luck. we ll be watching. i think everybody will be watching. i don t mean to put pressure on you. senator, thank you. thank you. greta: tomorrow the tampa bay times forum will be filled with thousands and thousands of people. this afternoon rnc chair reince priebus calling the convention to order but recessed it within less two minutes. how does the gop plan to gets its plan across in three days instead of four. we asked the chairman. good to see you. good to be here. greta: everything is on schedule now? yeah, everything is on schedule. first day of the convention, it was a flawless day. greta: how long was it? about 90 seconds. we pulled it off. no problem. gaveled in, recessed. you know, we had to make the call, greta. running these conventions, it s not like waiting for the first pitch to make the call.