actually facts bringing forth showing that drew peterson committed the crime for which he is charged, not that he might be a, not a nice guy. i think a lot of people can agree he is pretty arrogant and a narcissist. that doesn t mine he committed the crime which he is charged. criminal law and trials are not popularity contests. they are about proof and actual evidence. not hearsay statements made by a person who may have heard something. it is direct evidence that needs to be brought forth, actual evidence. not inferences. and there is just not enough circumstantial evidence and the totality of this case that the jury can rely on. so if they want to believe that there s doubt they have enough from the state east own witnesses. jenna: i have to give you the final thought because faith started us out. how long do you think it take as jury to have a ruling on this? you know what? i ve done this a long time. i can t plan what a jury will do. if they re thorough they will go through all
upper edges of that margin with a bit of a lead, and it shows he s actually gained some ground and surged ahead since the last time this particular poll did a survey. and amongindependents, which will be so important in these battleground states, romney also has a six-point lead over president obama. north carolina, a state that is traditionally red, turned blue during the 2008 obama victory, but the romney camp believes notwithstanding the attempt to hold a convention here, they will be able to carry this state and make it a waste of time and money for democrats to have held their convention here. it s only monday. we ve got four days to watch the democrats have their show, but republicans are going to do everything they can to try to overshadow it or undercut it, and paul ryan s going to lead that charge today. jon: carl cameron there covering the big convention. carl, thank you. and the day before that convention gets underway, democrats are still struggling to come up with a good
stage here in greenville and rally north carolina, a state where president obama won last year and is holding his convention four years ago, rather, and is holding his convention in hopes of keeping it in the blue column. but it s an open question as to whether or not he can do that. this is a state that traditionally is much more republican and conservative than democrat and liberal, so paul ryan today will lead the charge in the sort of across the state and across the country exercises in trying to make sure that folks watching the democratic national convention get a big, hefty dose of the republican view of the way things are going. jon: obviously, the democrats hope that by holding their convention in north carolina, it s going to help the president win that state again as he did four years ago. the question is, will it work? reporter: it could, but it s so close. the national polls, the battleground state polls, the north carolina polls show that it s effectively a tie. in fa
jason chaffetz very popular congressman from the state of utah who says, you know you can t just lay low during these conventions anymore snu can t, used to be you could respond in the next day or two and put out a letter. between tweets, facebook and 24 hour news cycles you better be right there on the scene to provide a perspective. reporter: and the perspective they are trying to put forward in this convention, jon, is, the idea, reagan did back in 1980, many people say it helped him win the election, are you better off now than you were four years ago. jon: we heard congressman chaffetz there talking about twitter and facebook. is that how they re getting the message out? that is part of how they re getting it out. the republicans have rented space in the big nascar headquarters here. very popular place. they have access to a television studio. they had a press conference about an hour ago. they had a party last night. gave out little chot keys a lego set that says on the back,
the united states for the first time in a generation. so we re on the mend. jenna: okay. governor schweitzer, nice to have you today. thanks for sticking with us to answer a whole bunch of questions. we look forward to having you back, sir. thank you. thank you. jon: well, some downhill racers using gravity to get their kicks and reaching impressive speeds in this race to the finish. we ll show you some of the highlights. also, is the president and democrats as the president and democrats get ready for their big convention in charlotte, we ll take a closer look at the battle growmed state of north carolina. battleground state of north carolina. 435,000 people out of work in north carolina. you know what, north carolina? we can do better than this. [cheers and applause] help is on the way. [cheers and applause] if you have copd like i do,