mitt romney and paul ryan, headed into the holiday weekend, with joint appearances today in florida and virginia. two key states. the republican convention, of course, came to a close last night, with romney s acceptance speech. and also his endorsement by a legendary hollywood tough guy. abc s t.j. winick is standing by in tampa with a full wrap-up. good morning, t.j. reporter: good morning, rob and paula. that s right. some of the thunder may have been stolen by a hollywood legend and an empty chair. more on that later. mitt romney appeared emotional at times speaking to the crowd in tampa last night. and he sounded some of the campaign themes he will look to hammer home over the next two months. mr. chairman and delegates, i accept your nomination for president of the united states. reporter: the nation s eyes were on mitt romney, the businessman and former governor, who made his case for leading america. what america needs is jobs. lots of jobs. reporter: th
turn the page. this morning, a fact check of romney s claims to create 12 million jobs. plus this. what do you want me to tell romney? i can t tell him to do that. he can t do that to himself. you re crazy. you re absolutely crazy. clint and the empty chair. the off the script speech that has everyone buzzing this morning. i m rob marciano in new orleans where the rain has stopped, but in many parts of the state, the floodwaters have yet to recede. a live report coming up. in new york, it s the eve of penn state s season opener. i sat down with some of the players to talk about what pressure they feel as the school tries to rebuild itself in the wake of the sex abuse scandal. i ll have that story coming up. and roddick s retirement. andy roddick, the best american men s tennis player the past decade is stepping down after the u.s. open. cnn newsroom starts right now. good morning. happy friday to you. i m carol costello. we begin with the good, the bad, and th
everyone. the last day of august. here we go. mitt romney and paul ryan, headed into the holiday weekend, with joint appearances today in florida and virginia. two key states. the republican convention, of course, came to a close last night, with romney s acceptance speech. and also his endorsement by a legendary hollywood tough guy. abc s t.j. winick is standing by in tampa with a fl wrap-up. good morning, t.j. good morning, rob and paula. some of the thunder may have been stolen by a hollywood legend. mitt romney appeared emotional speaking to the crowd in tampa last night. and he sounded some of the campaign themes he will look to hammer home over the next two months. mr. chairman and delegates, i accept your nomination for president of the united states. reporter: the nation s eyes were on mitt romney. the businessman and former governor, who made his case for leading america. what america needs is jobs. lots of jobs. reporter: the republican nominee promi
from the east off the atlantic, tropical showers. plan accordingly for the rest of your weekend. right now, though, it is spinning over arkansas and spreading heavy rains in the southern missouri. also the southern part of it, still raining heavily in parts of louisiana. and that system is going to be taking a turn to the right. once it gets up into missouri, across southern illinois, ohio and come our way. does look like perhaps sunday and into labor day. between now and then, clear, dry weather for this morning. gorgeous full moon on the western sky. and we ve got a little patchy fog in some of the rural areas around this clear sky. temperatures down in the 60s in our suburbs and rural areas. and off to our west. shenandoah valley, panhandle west virginia. they are in the 50s again this morning. quite a cool start. much of southern maryland though, hour by hour today. by 7:00, we ll still have a little patchy fog, sunny, upper 60s to near 70. near 90 noontime for your lunch
good friday morning, everyone. the last day of august. here we go. mitt romney and paul ryan, headed into the holiday weekend, with joint appearances today in florida and virginia. two key states. the republican convention, of course, came to a close last night, with romney s acceptance speech. and also his endorsement by a legendary hollywood tough guy. abc s t.j. winick is standing by in tampa with a full wrap-up. good morning, t.j. good morning, rob and paula. some of the thunder may have been stolen by a hollywood legend. mitt romney appeared emotional speaking to the crowd in tampa last night. and he sounded some of the campaign themes he will look to hammer home over the next two months. mr. chairman and delegates, i accept your nomination for president of the united states. reporter: the nation s eyes were on mitt romney. the businessman and former governor, who made his case for leading america. what america needs is jobs. lots of jobs. reporter: the r