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His entire career, self importance was a key target for pj orourke. he viewed it with a combination of withering disdain and a very powerful line in put—downs. and i might add he never lost track of his midwestern roots, indeed, at the time of his death, he is thought to have been writing a book about the united states, viewed from the perspective of his hometown toledo. finally, people across china have gathered together to celebrate their age—old traditions and welcome the lantern festival...

Throughout his entire career, self—importance was a key target for pj overworked. he viewed it with a combination of weathering distain and a very powerful line and put downs. i might add he never lost track of his midwestern roots. indeed come at the time of his death, he is thought to have been writing a book about the united states viewed from the perspective of his hometown toledo. ~ , ., ., toledo. david willis and not los angeles. _ thank you so much for that update. you have been watchi...

Comedian Charlie Berens grew up in suburban Milwaukee and talked with WISN 12 News' Joyce Garbaciak during "Season to Celebrate."

With midwestern roots, iowa could be a very open territory for him. >> its interesting seeing that bit of the bernie sanders rally. hes the candidate who has had the most money and hes still behind pete buttigieg in iowa. joels exactly right. in this usa today poll caucus goers are more undecided than they were in june. it is a wide open race. right now buttigiegs moves are pointing way more favorable than his idealogical kmcompetitor whh i think would be joe biden. this past week biden wasnt as...

There. it was snowing. this is quite an image for an announcement. and kirsten gets to what her -- if not her explicit, her implicit theme here. im from the midwest. im from the middle of the party. im the one who can win. >> we see her leaning more into that. shes going to head to wisconsin after going to iowa saying that the last democratic nominee didnt spend time in wisconsin, taking a slight jab at hillary clinton. shes playing on those themes that this is the part of the party that we have...

And a political reporter and editor of "above the law dotcom." youre looking at those pick commerce and having fomo. and really wishing that you were there. why would they do this outside in february in minneapolis? i know theyre minnesotans, but, i mean -- >> i want to go there to see childish gambino. there we go. look, its -- its -- >> come on now. >> its really important, i think, for klobuchar in this announcement to show how she is going to build a coalition that can go take on trump. espe...

Confirmation process for supreme court justice, whether its hearing that involves any kind of wrongdoing or alleged wrongdoing that we are trying to get to the bottom of. its got to be the truth. not only am i a midwesterner, and glad to hear you got those midwestern roots, harris. im also married to a sheriff. he spent his career, 34 years in law enforcement, making sure he did everything he could and the people he leads do everything they can to get to the truth. and harris, whether you have a...

>> its an honor to announce my running mate and the next vice president of the united states, paul ryan! >> now a look at paul ryan. the man. >> jamesville, wisconsin, is where i was born and raised, and i never really left it. >> the lawmaker. >> i have focused on solving the problems that confront our country. >> and his impact on the race for the white house. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." ...

i dont know anyone who doesnt respect his character and judgment. >> paul ryan was only 28 years old when he was first elected to the united states congress. he served seven terms, almost 14 years. at 42, hes the same age as the eldest of romneys five sons. ryans catholic with a wife and three young children. >> i want you to meet my family. this is my wife, janna. our daughter, liza, and our sons, charlie and sam. im surrounded by the people i love. i love you too. janesville, wisco...

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...