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Ticket. mitt romney told nbc what he was looking for in a running mate and he said this is a quote. he was looking for somebody with a strength of character of vision for the country that ads -- adds something to the political discourse about the direction of the country. mitt romney clearly thinks based on his own criteria congressman ryan fits the mold and big announcement comes 7 days before voters head to the polls on november 6th. back to you in new york. >> all right. peter doocy thank you...

Fox news alert this morning. good saturday morning. many of you waking up to find out this news. getting the alert on iphone, blackberry or whatever that mitt romney has selected paul ryan. the house budget chair. but committee chair. 42 years old. guys, this is a bold pick. some are saying its in the necessarily that risky. but it puts medicare on the table. hopefully it moves us to a serious substantive debate and enough of the garbage. >> i think a lot of the pundits saying bold transformatio...

>> welcome back on a big news saturday as we have been telling you all morning. as the mitts vp app. confirms. romney choosing ryan as running mate. how will react to this pick. joining us now is brian benjamin. a delegate and top fundraiser for the democratic party. good to see you this morning, brian. how will the obama campaign go after this selection? let me guess. medicare? >> well, thats a start. first of all, if you look at paul ryans budget, we have to go through this in complete detail ...

With our peter doocy. he will will be live in washington, d.c. to talk little bit more about exactly who representative paul ryan is this is his seventh term in congress. peter joins us now. >> good morning. we know the announcement is going to be 9:00 this morning in norfolk, virginia at the uss wisconsin. congressman ryan is going to join mitt romney on at least the first leg of his swing state bus tour throughout virginia today. after norfolk the two are going to head to ashland, virginia hom...

>> if you are just waking up. mitt romney has chosen paul ryan as his running mate. how will this impact the race moving forward. reaction from the other side of the aisle. former pennsylvania congressman joe sestak. congressman, good to talk to you this morning. >> good to be with you, dave. >> what do you make of this pick? its a bold one. >> i think its a good pick for both campaigns, actually. because maybe t might get us at least temporarily away from the mutual destructive approaches that ...

I would go right to florida and go talk to the senior citizens and tell them im both protecting you and looking out -- >> go to our chief political correspondent carl cammeron. is he live in norfolk, virginia. getting ready for the mitt romney announcement there. been tracking this story since last night. first on the story, first here, carl, tell us. >> well, good morning, from the uss wisconsin, where mr. romney and mr. ryan will become officially the republic ticket it in just a little bit un...

Entitlements. >> we hope. look how the left attacked paul ryan. they shoved the granny over the cliff. will we see more of that and mud wrestling. >> you will i think it shows a seriousness of purpose this is a pick that folks were not anticipating. a lot of the pundits so this young 42-year-old father of three. seven term congressman who set the world on fire in terms of opposing obama care and coming up with a deficit reduction plan its a transformational move a lot of people are seeing this m...

Fools joke on mitt romney. stylistically, i will ask you, he would are in the media this is what we do. late on friday night. usually reserved for bad news, news dumps. not by saturday morning. on monday morning its already on day three. are you is surprised from the stylistic standpoint of how they rolled this out. >> i am. because mitt romney is pretty risk averse. even the fact that he chose paul ryan and didnt choose someone who is more safe like portman is very surprising. so maybe this is ...

>> thats a challenge for them. we just rattled off everything they would rather talk about instead of facing the fact. our country is at a crossroads now. too much spending, too much debt and high unemployment. how does their conversation the more entitlements and more spending hip our country get on the right path i think this was a good pick. i think this was something that could help change the trajectory of our country and get us on the right path. >> i know and our viewers do a lot of peopl...

Good or bad? what kind of pick is this? >> good or bad. you know what? i think there are some good things here. at least for conversation i would liked it to it be a little bit more exciting and a little bit out of the box. >> take a look at tim geithner and paul ryan arguing over the budget. see what kind of candidate he is. >> were not claiming this solves all the problems facing the country, but it does meet the critical essential tests. >> which is? >> of restoring our deficits it a more sus...