who are, you know, gays and it s not so judgmental toward people who have made choices that the church does teach against. then you ve got conservatives who are riled up because he s actually open hearted. you know, so i don t get it. but anyway, it s a delight to watch him do his thing. it s a bit like, in my mind, like average bishop romero in el salvador in the 80s. he was brought in when there was this huge conflict going on. they thought, well, we ll bring in this guy because he s sort of a book nerd and he ll hold things down. i think that s what people thought about him. romero started working with the rebels, working with the poor. he became a vocal force within the country. to a certain dedegree, the vatin maybe made the same mistake in some people s minds or a good decision. i want to take a slight exception to your idea that this pope s actions, symbolic though they are, but substantive in
the governor met by hundred of protesters as he got a firsthand look at the toxic algae at the st. lucie river. protesters claim federal and state governments have been slow to offer assistance. the governor agreed to commit $40 million to a storm water treatment facility. moving on to the rest of the weather now there will be more rain out there for south florida today. along with the rest of the southeast and parts of the ohio valley, and severe storms in the midwest, northern plains. thunder is going to roll across the rockies and the southwest. there will be showers in the northwest. 81 in seattle. 90, portland. lots of 92s on board. today, albuquerque, colorado springs, omaha, new orleans, in the 80s for the northeast corner of the nation. now to a story about a hap happy couple who had true fairy tale start. to their formal life together. erica ramos and paul phillips. when paul knew it was time to propose marriage, he wanted it to be a real storybook type of event. h
the governor met by hundred of protesters as he got a firsthand look at the toxic algae at the st. lucie river. protesters claim federal and state governments have been slow to offer assistance. the governor agreed to commit $40 million to a storm water treatment facility. moving on to the rest of the weather now there will be more rain out there for south florida today. along with the rest of the southeast and parts of the ohio valley, and severe storms in the midwest, northern plains. thunder is going to roll across the rockies and the southwest. there will be showers in the northwest. 81 in seattle. 90, portland. lots of 92s on board. today, albuquerque, colorado springs, omaha, new orleans, in the 80s for the northeast corner of the nation. now to a story about a happy couple who had true fairy tale start. to their formal life together. erica ramos and paul phillips. when paul knew it was time to propose marriage, he wanted it to be a real storybook type of event. he crea
long. you won t catch people flipping by. it s almost becoming appointment viewing particularly on the networks where it s just that one hour. i do think there is the sense that this is a campaign where voters don t love either of the candidates. they don t like the direction of the country. they are waiting to see a big leadership argument, and that remains mitt romney s biggest opening against barack obama to make this a big leadership election about changing the course of the country rather than focusing on the small things. martha: in the 80s the average viewer watched the convention for 10 to 13 hours a person. the idea that obviously committed political viewers will watch more of this. but not the average americans, not spending 10, to 13 hours of summer watching speeches in the afternoon. the voter who is undecided that is still up for grabs is so disinterested, so disaffected, so disappointed they are not going to watch these
she does. it was no accident, folks. ous to prove it. dana: that was mary lou retton in 1984 at age 16 won two silver and bronze and gold in first american gymnast to do so. born in west virginia in 1968. that clip we just saw there, is my first memory and most enduring memory of the olympic games. it tried my han gymnastics and i was not made out to be an olympian. she has gone on to be an olympian in life. does anybody else remember that? eric: unbelieve. greg: what is she doing? dana: mom of four girls, living in fairmont, west virginia. three of them are gymnasts. one of them is a cheerleader who is one of the really good kind. greg: we were married briefly in the dana: really? greg: in the 80s. things fell apart. dana: she was shorter