setting the stage for a serious showdown. more on that as we get it. and just last hour from the white house said that president bashir matt is losing control of syria as a civil war engulf the country. it comes after rebels take responsibility for assassinations of a current and former defense minister and president bashir matt s brother today. studio bee has more on these stories in just a moment. also wanting to bring you this update. one of the american heroes we introduced you to on july 4. joseph wilkinson just outside of albany, new york. his home is being funded by donations collected by the jerry keats foundation. he took the helm of the excavator to knock down the first tree on his lot. he said ernie has plans for the
trying to fend him off, and it was fierce and feisty and it s a good sign for romney. he s going to need a lot of that in his tank to get through in november. megyn: one reason newt gingrich got ahead in the primary for a while is he was able to articulate certain principles very eloquent lee and forcefully and without apology and we saw the surge behind him at a couple of debates when he did that, chris. one of the complaints about romney is, he hasn t been able to do that. he hasn t been able to inspire people and give voice to conservative principles in the way we saw gingrich do. was jed such yesterday such a moment? it was definitely such a moment. the reason why romney worked so hard to stay on the economy, private enterprise, free market, those issues, that s where he likes to be, he is very comfortable talking about that stuff. doesn t have to grope around for the words, he understands it an knows it. when he talks about the function of government and says that the
reply. somebody helped to create this unbelievable american system that we had that allowed you to drive. somebody invested in roads and bridges. if you got a business, you didn t build that, somebody else made that happen. the internet didn t get invented on its own, government research created the internet so that all the companies could make money off the internet. the idea to say that steve jobs didn t build apple, that henry ford didn t build ford motor, that poppa john didn t build poppa john pizza. that rey crock didn t billed mcdonald s. that bill gates didn t build his company. to say something like this is not only foolish, it s insulting to every entrepreneur in america and it s wrong. megyn: chris stirewalt is your fox news digital editor. you write that this may have been romney s best stump speech ever. on tuesday you write, seemed to have found his voice. what do you mean? well, the voice, there is a saying in golf, megyn, grip is and rip it. you get up t