national convention party insiders saying the president's top aides are reportedly worried about a poor showing for his acceptance speech due to the current economic situation. democrats as a result said to be taking steps to make the convention more open to the public. those are your headlines on your monday morning. >> steve: they had that problem in london at the olympics. that made the organizers look back. >> brian: again, media might not cooperate. let's talk about what the rnc will be doing. more drama on their side because we'll be seeing the vice vice presidential candidate center stage. established stars and up and coming stars on the stage and a new detainee where we're used to seeing the president. look at the names that have been reloosed that will have key speaking parts. >> steve: nikki haley, martinez, condoleeza rice are all female speakers. none of these seven names will be the keynoters, apparently. it has been rumored that chris