answer this question because the real convention hasn t gotten underway yet, but are folks welcoming delegates with open arms and, you know, the spending money they bring with them, or is it considered a hassle because of the motorcades and the road closures and so forth? i think a little bit of both. there are a lot of people that are welcoming with open arms, and there are a lot of people that are just staying as far from downtown and the convention activities as they can. i think it s also something that the democrats are trying to use this convention to move the needle, as they say, in the campaign in north carolina. we talked about it being a close state. democrats are using the convention to recruit volunteers and register voters, so they hope it makes a little difference. jon: all right. jim morrill from the charlotte observer, thanks very much for being with us. thank you. jon: we are going to take you now to the president who, it s my understanding, is on his way,
jon: congressman paul ryan, the republican vice-presidential nominee, a campaigning today in north carolina of all places. the day before the democratic national convention kicks off there in charlotte. other top gop leaders also will be in that state this week. it is a political tactic some call bracketing where one party tries to take spotlight away from the other party s big event. john roberts has more on it. he is live on the convention floor. no, outside. reporter: we re inside and outside, john. used to be during the conventions the opposition party would lay low and allow the their people to rest up. republicans launched democrats did in tampa an aggressive counter programing yesterday. we were in the war room. they re bringing up some of the republican stars, nikki haley from south carolina, mary falin from oklahoma and
that compelling. however, if i want to bring this home i m going to focus on the 30 fact witnesses i called as a prosecutor and also the three expert witnesses i ve called to rebut the initial ruling this death was an accident. you brought in experts now that are credible, reliable. their testimony was accurate and what they described. they said there is no way that kathleen savio could have died the way that initial description was put forth. so that is just simply not accurate. here you have a is a right of here say hearsay witnesses who come forward, people who don t know each other, who never crossed paths before, but all say somehow kathleen savio said drew peterson would kill me that is what he was telling people. that is what he is telling her. jenna: faith brings up an important point, 30 witnesses. not just one or two. there is no physical evidence but hearsay evidence. there are 30 of these folks. how do you bring it home? the state could have brought 3,000 people. the fa
so if the jury wants to find any doubt, reasonable doubt, which is the threshold for convicting somebody, they have it from the state s own evidence. i would also add, i would also add that the last witness prior to this divorce attorney was the child of drew peterson and kathleen savio who believed in his dad s innocence. which is very compelling for a jury. jenna: that son is of college age. he is going to the university of pennsylvania. he said i believe my dad is innocent. but the judge struck the testimony as soon as jurors heard it. but that son has been in court. he has been talking to his dad. sitting mind his dad, showing confidence in his father. faith, if you re giving your closing argument tomorrow, how will you bring this one home for your team? jennifer that is her son. a son loves his father and he is going to be supportive of him. that is not a surprise there. so i don t think that testimony is necessarily
if the president has a choice talking about his personality and pool game versus talking about his record on the economy and foreign policy he will take the former and the new york times knows it. that s why they did it. i was one of the state breakfast and one the labor leaders went through the talking points the president will be talking about thursday night. jim to your disappointment he will talk about his economic record. and i think that he is going to talk about the changes he has made. change and hope, remember those two words, jim? i do remember those. again the times is talking about this, not 8.3% unemployment. obviously obama will give his own best spin what happened when he speaks thursday night. meanwhile the press can be counted on not to take him apart in any serious way. jon: it has been pointed out in the press the president has not had time to meet with jobs panel but he had time to play golf. the article points out, that someone dealing with the world s weight