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Selected . here is the chat from earlier. >> lets ask about your relationship with mitt romney. people who saw you campaigning together in wisconsin back during the wisconsin primary noticed that for a while you were just introducing him as a local boy introducing the guy from out of state. before it was over you were basically sharing the stage. what happened between you two men? >> we spent about five days on the road, five, 14-hour or so days and driving from appleton to green bay and to milw...

Campaigning together in wisconsin, back during the wisconsin primary noticed that for a while you were just introducing him. before it was over, you were sharing the stage. what happened between you two men during those days out there? >> swy spent about five days on the road. five, 14-hour or so days. and in between all of those stops, driving from appleton to green bay to janesville, to milwaukee, we got to know each other. we conversed on policy issues, where to take the country. sooner or la...

Anyone over 55 years old. so again you are seeing both sides on these issues. and its interesting as well from a strategic standpoint, what the president is trying to do, you saw him say paul ryan is a good and decent man and challenged him on policy issues. dew david axlerod attacking paul ryan personally calling him a radical and right-wing ideologue. chris stirewalt mentioning brats and cheese and bake tag cake. you can see the corn behind me as we stream through iowa on this bus tour. also t...

>> 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." ...

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 ...

To capitol hill and actually be an intimate player on all the policy issues. >> jonathan chat and john nichols, thank you for trying to lift the veil of mystery over paul ryan. we look forward to speaking to you again soon. >> look forward to it. coming up, the susan g. komen foundation faced blowback when it joined the fight against pl planned parenthood. now late tonight comes news that the group is making changes. and the war on women didnt do romney any favors with female voters, but rus...

Washington hanger-on, went into congress, and then moved himself ultimately into the vice presidency, paul ryan is a washington hanger-on. hes been in washington for the better part of 25 years, as a congressional aide, as a senate aide, as a think tank member, and then as a member of congress. he is not of the midwest in most senses. he really somebody who spent his entire adult life in and around congress. that, as with cheney in the bush administration, would make him a very powerful figure. ...

The problems that david talks about are never going to be solved. we need growth. we want all of america, we want the candidates to focus on growth. that is -- its an up idea, its aspirational and weve got tons of solutions there including five chapters by nobel prize winners. >> its fascinating, george w. bush wrote the forward. really sticking his neck out in politics that much right now but he got involved in this project, why? >> because he is deeply involved in policy issues why he set up t...

survivors. >> this one guy, he was crawling on all fours and it seemed as if he had been shot in his back and he was just gasping for air, it was terrible. >> the battle wages again over americas gun laws. the shooter bought all four of his weapons legally in the last four months. this is "piers morgan tonight." an act of evil that in seconds left 12 people dead. all the victims wanted was to see the new batman film. a packed theater, nowhere to run or escape from this maniac. police s...

>> he was not saying anything at all. he was just quiet. he was literally shooting everyone. like it was, like, hunting son or something. >> at least 12 dead, 59 more injured, including a 4-month-old baby. is this a face of evil? why would anyone commit this atrocity? plus, chilling stories from survivors. >> this one guy, he was crawling on all fours and it seemed as if he had been shot in his back and he was just gasping for air, it was terrible. >> the battle wages again over americ...