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>> national connection in charlotte north carolina now being cut from four days down to three. the convention committee says it will use the first day of the convention to throw a labor day party at the charlotte motor speedway instead. democrats deny that the changes have anything at all to do with fundraising problems. and the people videotaping this elephant thought they were getting a treat just from this view alone. but little did they know that this catch this -- i'm sorry they caught this scene on camera. how would you like to be the guy behind the wheel of that minivan? you are worried...

you shortly. let's put up on the screen right now the exit poll information for maryland. here is why we could make this projection that mitt romney is the winner in maryland. take a look at this. based on the exit polls, what people were telling us as they left the polling booths throughout the day, 49% in maryland said they were voting -- they already had voted in fact for mitt romney, 28% for rick santorum, 11% for newt gingrich, 10% for ron paul. based on those exit poll numbers, we are able to make the projection that mitt romney, the former governor of massachusetts, is the win...

People next year who voted for obama last go round. which have no choice. we have to put the numbers together. we have to break into the independent category. we've even got to break into the old reagan conservative democrat category in order to make the math work for whoever will win the presidency on the republican side next time. let's not forget the importance of the whole electability side of the discussion. you have to have someone who can win and someone who can lead and think we demonstrated both in our career. jon: let's get to some of the questions our viewers have been sending in. r...

9:00 am on the east coast, 6:00 am out west. marathon talks lead to a new debt deal. at least in theory. the president backs it. so do leaders of both parties. still, no reason to celebrate just yet. in syria, a violent crackdown on anti-government protests. more than 7 0 people killed and counting. and new this morning, a big change to health coverage. the federal government will require insurers who provide birth control without co-payments. now, in just a few hours, we could see the beginning of the end of the debt crisis. it's been the issue in washington for weeks. and you...

won't support deep cuts without increases in taxes. >> if you are trying to get to 2.4 trillion without any revenue, then you are effectively gutting a whole bunch of domestic spending that is going to be too burdensome and not something that i would support. >> david gergen is the cnn political analyst. there was a time when john boehner and president obama both talked of doing something big to change america's unsustainable economic path. what do you think? do that you think that opportunity is lost? >> well, a week is a long time in politics. it can be a lifetime, as you know. i t...