all the republicans are going to make the case and i suspect voters going to notice and say, maybe i d vote for bill clinton for president but that wasn t barack obama. there was definitely some of that sentiment seeing him on stage. thank you so much chris for your coverage. bill: the bes god is back. the best line was before they were against him now they are for them. bill: the democrats are amending their platform to include god and an aeu fir phaeugs t and affirmation that jerusalem is the capitol of israel. our founding documents, the declaration of independence references god. our national model in god we trust, this is part of our heritage and i think their having removed purposely god from their platform suggest a party which is increasingly out of touch with the mainstream of
economy on stronger footing, if we didn t move the country forward and we absolutely have over the past four years. let s remember what life was like when we took office. we were losing 800,000 jobs a month. president clinton said that last month. in the six months before president obama was elected we lost 6.5 million jobs. banks were going bankrupt. middle class families punished for a decade were really struggling. where are we today? we have thriving auto industry. 4.5 million private sector jobs created. middle class families are still struggling to get by. martha: what president clinton said, you might not feel it yet, people might not feel it that things are getting better. by many measures things have not gotten better. unemployment was higher than in january of 2009. total unemployed have gone from 21.5 to 23 million people out of work. more people are out of work now than when the president took office. their median income has slipped and 67% of americans
this in prime time. statement from the network. tom brokaw felt light-headed. out of abundance of caution he was taken to a hospital. he is being evaluated. age 72. we wish our best for brokaw and that he is okay. we ll keep you updated as we get information breaking here in charlotte. martha: well tonight president obama will take the stage to formally accept his party s nomination and make his case for a second term in the u.s. presidency. so what can we expect tonight? what will we hear from the president? stephanie cutter is the obama for america deputy campaign manager. stephanie, thanks for making time for us this morning. good to have you. president clinton, former president clinton said last night, no one, not him, no president could have fixed the economy in the time given so far to president obama and that is the argument for electing him for a second term. that is kind of a set up i would assume for tonight in terms of what the president needs to accomplish. he needs to set
he wanted to sort of put an exclamation point on it and remind everybody, he s talking about me, he clearly had a lot of the floor last night making a surprise appearance. bill: a second headline from the observer, clinton says unite and fight. there are two separate main pages in the charlotte observer newspaper. the folks at politico.com are helping them out with that, that s why the paper is thicker than it usually is. this is the hometown newspaper, there is no mention of the fact that the bank of american stadium has been shut down and the entire event will move inside to the time warner arena. martha: surprising. bill: i find it to be very surprising, especially when you consider the history of this city and talking to folks who live here, this is like their super bowl. they were so jacked up to come out and see it, they don t care if they are democrat, republican or what they are. they wanted that event in their city take place and it won t happen. the fact that it s not on the
this november each of us must speak out. you must vote and you must reelect president obama barack obama. i proudly nominate him to be the standard bearer of the democratic party. [cheers and applause] how will bill clinton affect the obama campaign. there will be strong reaction from the romney camp on that one. there were a lot of strong signals here. there was a tremendous amount of excitement. fox news alert everybody on the second day here in charlotte. are you receiving a payout from a legal settlement or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today.