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President in the des moines area. this is the third time i've been with the president in the last three weeks in iowa. ohm six electoral votes, yet he's spending an awful lot of presidential time here. the romney campaign says they think that's because he's on defense in a state he won in 2008. the polls hoe it neck and neck. the obama campaign pushed back is they say no, they're just trying to compete in every one of these battle grounds, big or small. as you noted, there were new lines from the president. they've said for days that the president did not watch the republican national conventi...

Reluctant to take a chance. but if he can prove he's got it. you are dead right. he could rule over the swing states and pick up wisconsin and michigan. >> you never know, patrick, thank you, good to have you. >> thank you, my friend. >> in des moines where the president is going to be. i don't know how many times he's gone to that state. but he might as well buy a condo. >> i am thinking about it this is the third time in the last two weeks i was in the state of the iowa with the president. one of those trips was a bus tour that was three full days in the states. they are not just drive bys a...

The economy. >> they're, john, in fact, that unemployment number for august that you mentioned will be coming out the first friday in september there. which is the end of the democratic convention in charlotte. all of the politics and the economy coming together there look at our latest poll in terms of what is weighing down the president wants approval rating. it's the economy. right now disapproval of his job performance at 50%. approval is at 56%. white house spokesman says jay carney says basically what the president is trying to do is hit these battleground states and lay out a choice wit...

Battle grounds will be contested closely. >> thank you. paul ryan released his tax returns. we'll show you how his tax rate compares to golf knee's. the vice presidential candidate is campaigning virginia. the state where he made his big debut last weekend. fox news is there with him. we'll get a live update coming up on the fox report. >> u.s. troops handed him a gun and he used it to shoot them dead. investigators say a new village police recruit in western afghanistan opened fire on american service members during an inauguration ceremony. police say coalition and afghan forces killed the g...

>> you are watching cnn breaking news. i'm 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 king is with us as well. wolf, what are the choices and the possibilities? >> the short -- [ no audio ...