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Unlike republicans, have no debt clock, not either on the national level or what has been acquired since their convention began that formally kicks off in 45 minutes or so from now. with us right now is the new mexico governor, former secretary of energy, so many other great resume titles, but, i have to ask you as a former cabinet official, there was a cabinet meeting and the news is out, what do you do? >>guest: i think you immediately get the whole cabinet and the president says to the cabinet, look, all of you guys need to participate, everyone of your agencies, i want idea. i think this p...

There. one kept a tally of the total national debt. the other showed how much it went up while the convention was in session. more than 8 1/2 billion dollars with a b. no sign of any debt clock here at the dnc. the democrats say the gop's proposed budget could ultimately kill millions of jobs. gerri willis is live this evening. it seems the democrats still tonight want to talk attention to the debt, even though congress people on both sides of the aisle had plenty to do with it. >> listen, $5 trillion of that came on obama's watch. that's one reason they're not looking at the numbers today. as...

Crash the party and they had to call that tripast minute because of then prtrap c storm isaac? paul ryan is expected to campaign today in greenville, north carolina. still a ways away from charlotte. still never the less he will be campaigning as democrats get ready to kick things off in charlotte. back to you in new york. >> we will be following that through out the week and give us updates. thank you so much. >> these guys didn't get a break. one convention to the other. now to the top five stories. when the democratic national convention starts it will start with a milestone. official debt ...

Very similar to what it was in 2008. take a look at this. >> if you are willing to work with me. >> if you are willing to work even harder in this election. >> i promise. >> then i promise you. >> i promise you, change will come. >> the romney campaign and the rnc are determined to stay engaged during this convention. recalling what happened 8 years ago back in 2004 when the kerry campaign basically went dark and he went wind surfing during george bush's campaign. here is sean spicer a communication's chief for the rnc. >> they sat back and waited and obviously it didn't work out too well. we ...

That's the national average for a gallon of gas today, breaking the labor day record set in 2008 by 15 pennies. that's news by the numbers. >> brian: 23 minutes after the hour. national debt is expected to cross the $16 trillion mark. that's more than i have in my checking about. right in the middle of the democratic national convention. the obama campaign seems to be placing blame on republicans for exploding the debt. listen? >> they are not credible on the deficit. paul ryan stood on that platform and looked up at that debt clock and he made no mention of the fact that he voted for every si...