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the world. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." in this special hour we will take a close look at the man mitt romney has skoed sked to join him on the presidential ticket, paul ryan. romney made the announcement from front of the battleship "uss wisconsin." ryan made a name in washington by battling deficits and fighting for cuts in government spending. listen to how mitt romney broke the news. >> its an honor to announce my running mate and the next vice president of the u...

a u.s. navy destroyer is damaged heading into the persian gulf. not from combat, but essentially a traffic accident in the strait of hormuz. the "uss porter" collided with a japanese-owned oil tanker. police shot and killed a man near new yorks times square. the man allegedly threatened officers saturday with a knife. its unclear whether the suspect injured any pedestrians. police pepper sprayed t man six times, and he still refused to drop the knife, and it was a big knife. the man ...

His family and could put wisconsin into play. the one question mark, though, is with the democrats are going to go after him on the cuts in medicare and on some of his budget issues. youve got a problem potentially there are seniors in places suddenly like florida, for example. could be put in jeopardy now if the democrats take the fight effectively on the ryan budget as they clearly plan on doing. so i think youve got some demographics that could shift around, but geographickiccally, its defini...

In his own biography. >> andrea, in looking at other parts of the battleground, whether ryan is a factor, does his youth help at all? perhaps in colorado and virginia, two of the younger states, in you will, in the battleground with independent voters less sensitive on the entitlement front. >> yes, i think that the independent voters, some of the young marrieds and younger voters concerned about the solvency and the budget issues, the tea party energy that might be reignited by this, it is not ...

Do we want to be europe or what is going on in greece and spain and we are less than four years from being there. we cant afford it quee have someone who understands the budget and cutting spend taxs and making ouritate sas more competive thats what is happening in mississippi and michigan and iowa and indiana and pennsylvania and show show. those are the battle ground states. we need a president that will do what the republican governors are do and with ryan on the ticket well have someone to l...

Liabilities he faces in his own biography. >> and andrea, looking at other parts of the battleground, you know, whether ryan is a factor, does his youth help at all? perhaps at colorado and virginia, two of the younger states, if you will, in the battleground with some independent voters who may be less sensitive on the entitlement front. >> yes, i think the independent voters, some of the young marrieds and younger voters who are concerned about the solvency and the budget issues, the tea party...

in this special hour, were taking a close look at the man mitt romneys asked to join him on the republican presidential ticket, congressman paul ryan of wisconsin. fittingly, romney made the big announcement in front of the battle ship, the "uss wisconsin." ryan is chairman of the house budget committee, made a name for himself here in washington, by battling deficits and fighting for cuts in government spending. listen to how mitt romney broke the news. >> its an honor to announce my ...

virginia. ryan monroe is the editor of cnnpolitics.com. hes joining us from our washington bureau. sources telling cnn that it will be paul ryan. what do you think? what do you think he brings to the ticket? >> this is either going to be his boldest move or probably his riskiest mistake. paul ryan is a galvanizing force. for conservative republicans, hes seen as the voice behind conservatism. he is the voice that wants to get rid of medicare. if either of those are truthful, it will be...

Of bin laden. that is totally fair. i think mitt romney has spoken about that in the past but there is a serious conversation to be had about the idea of american exceptionalism. that appeals to a lot of voters. there is a conversation to be had about allies like poland and israel many feel are being sold out to benefit other folks not as friendly to us. i think that is conversation mitt romney can have. what he did smart in the speech, connected it to budget issues, defense cuts and economy. th...

For those businesses that are willing to employ and given tax credits for businesses willing to employ veterans at a rate that is unprecedented in our past. increased funding for va. you have people coming home from the war that just served maybe, three, four tours in afghanistan, iraq and theyre waiting a year to get their medical benefits? that is not keeping pace with the veterans the obama administration is doing something. responding with the same scale and in its response to match the prob...