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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. we'll bring you mitt romney's announcement live. we're standing by for that from norfolk, virginia. let's bring in our own jim acosta on the scene in no...

unite and uplift america. it was a patriotic setting to be sure for what many consider to be a bold announcement in front of the old battleship, the uss wisconsin. named after ryan's home state. but it began with a glitch of sorts. mitt romney mistakenly introducing ryan as the next president of the united states. he later corrected whhimself an he joked about it. listen to this. >> join me in welcoming the next president of the united states, paul ryan. every now and then, i'm known to make a mistake. i did not make a mistake with this guy. but i can tell you this. he's going to be ...

>> 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 ...

Over their head or food on the table, and governor romney doesn't appear to know this at all. we would like to introduce him to the reality of our nation. >> you don't think he knows this, and you think it would be an educational experience for him if he did join you on the bus tour? >> that would be our goal, because he can't make the kinds of statements that he just made in this ad about -- that infers that people who are in poverty are lazy. he has no idea how hard it is to keep a family together when you have low income, how hard people work every day just to make the basic necessities for...

Join them for a day and give him the opportunity to meet the people who depend on the programs he wants to cut. the romney camp has yet to respond to the invitation. joining me tonight, the sister simone campbell, leader of nuns on the bus and director of the national catholic social justice lobby. sister, nice to have you with us on the program tonight. what do you want and what would you like for mitt romney? what does he have to know that he may not know? >> he didn't know how those at the lowest 20% of income in our society live and how hard way work and how they struggle every day and he ...