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here. they're going through the preliminary speakers now. you see a big crowd behind me. trust me, it runs out there way as well and over this way. this is the wisconsin homecoming. paul ryan and mitt romney landed just a short time ago. paul ryan said it was great to be home. he said he's been flying into the airport in milwaukee for the 14 years he's been in the united states congress. never has he returned home for a welcome like this. he now will be the republican vice presidential nominee. we're in a state that's been democratic for a long time. these republicans here think beca...

-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good morning, everyone. happy sunday. i'm randi kay. it's 7:00 on the east coast, 4:00 a.m. on the west. thanks for starting your morning with us. off and running, the newly formed republican ticket of mitt romney and paul ryan now on the second day of a bus tour that will take them across key battleground states. after kicking thinks off in virginia the pair is now in north carolina. later they'll make a special appearance in ryan's home state of wisconsin for an evening rally and then they'll head their separate ways for campaign events tom...

the way to manassas on the press bus there. jim, what's the message romney and ryan are holding on to? >> well, we've seen a lot of messages today from the romney/ryan ticket. we can now call it that starting this morning where mitt romney really threw down the gauntlet to the obama campaign and said this is not going to be about a personal attack in this campaign. it's going to be about the issues. and they started to get into some of those issues. paul ryan of course took the stage and talked about the need to cut the national debt in this country. and then fredricka some of that w...

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 ...

killing three soldiers in the country's southern helmand province. >> cnn's chris lawrence is live from the pentagon. what are your sources telling you about this attack this morning? >> well, john, they say they are still trying to figure out whether this was actually a true afghan police officer or someone just wearing the uniform. although the taliban is claiming that this was an actual afghan policeman who lured these three soldiers to his residence or to a party and had planned to kill them for some time. u.s. military officials are now confirming that part of the detail. but ag...