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State. david gregory, a very frank discussion that we had this morning. earnest as well. >> earnest. its the first big test for the vice presidential contender. hes facing off against president obama today of sort for the spotlight in the battleground state of iowa. both men campaigning in the hawkeye state as ryan flies solo as the other half flies with the ticket. heres msnbc ron mott joining us from des moines. youre at my favorite place in the world this time of year. ron mott, what do we ...

Kind of up for grabs. i know republicans were confident and democrats were nervous. now its a total coin flip down there. from one vp contender to another, i sit down with senator joe lieberman. its our first in a series of interviews that i did with retiring senators. by the way, a little programming note, "jansing & co." returns tomorrow. they will look at the future of big labor in the 2012 election. big union boss will be joining chris "jansing & co." at 10:00. of course, right now youre w...

im glad youre with us. im randi kaye. some reaction after republican presidential hopeful mitt romney picked paul ryan to be his running mate. our political analyst acosta takes us on the road for a view of what theyre calling ameras comeback team. >> reporter: mitt romney descended from the battle ship "uss wisconsin" to call for a campaign of republican arms. >> we take another step in helping to restore the promise of america. >> reporter: and theres no bigger gun in the conservativ...

Be a good choins. even grover norquist put in a good word for ryan at c-pac. >> we know what tredirection we want to go. we want the paul ryan budget. pick a republican with enough working digits to handle a pen to become president of the united states. >> paul ryan has become a top contender in the mitt romney viep stakes. hes in the running with rob portman and tim pawlenty. in the last 24 hours, ryans stock has doubled over intrade. its a site based in ireland that takes political bets. so fa...

Morning. >> its always interesting something like this. if he is indeed home, you have to wonder if they are sitting in a dark room listening to you talk about where he may or may not be. alex, youve been following his movements. what this they been like the last week or so? >> reporter: well, congressman ryan has been here in wisconsin all week. he did a couple of close fundraisers for local candidates. did a police night out ove in oak creek after the shooting there. all of this kind of happen...

Ed -- talented individual. hes tried to do the right thing. >> karl rove said he would be a good choice. even grover norquist put in a good word at c pac. >> we want the paul ryan budget. we want the president to sign this stuff. pick a republican with enough working digits to handle a pen to become president of the united states. >> congressman ryan has been a top contender in the mitt romney veep stakes. hes in the running with senator rob portman and minnesota former governor tim pawlenty. in...

twitter at sanjay gupta cnn. time now to get you a check of your top stories in the cnn newsroom. here in the cnn newsroom im debra feyerick in today for don lemon. lets get you up to speed on the stories making headlines this hour. there he is. the republican candidate for vice president of the united states. mitt romney announced today wisconsin congressman paul ryan running along side him for the white house. the two are making their next official stop as ticket mates right now in...

cheering this decision as a bold move by romney that will help energize the base and show voters that romney is really serious about economic change. the two men will appear together for the first time as running mates in norfolk, virginia with the "uss wisconsin." the old battleship as a backdrop. then they will begin a bus tour that will take them toward the republican national convention in tampa. that begins in about three weeks. well bring you mitt romneys announcement live. were ...

>> you are watching cnn breaking news. im colleen mcedwards. we received confirmation a short time ago that the republican white house candidate mitt romney is going to reveal his vice presidential candidate. this is going to happen at a major campaign stop on saturday. in the u.s. state of virginia a few hours from now. a little over eight hours from now. we are expecting that announcement to be made after weeks and weeks of speculation. wolf blitzer is with us in d.c. and john kin...

Out what this announcement could possibly be. at that point jon huntsmans campaign was not a joke. he was still seen as a potential contender in the race. political reporters flocked to florida where this major announcement was set to take place, and then this was it. >> people like jon huntsman, i believe, are the best person for the job. to begin with i would say that his resume and experience, in my opinion, is just far better than any other candidates in the race. >> whos that guy? that guy,...