former arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords led the crowd in a very emotional pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, in liberty and justice for all. [cheers and applause] gregg: gabrielle giffords as you know was shot and wounded in january of 2011 and some say her triumphant spirit in the face of tragedy was one of the highlights of the dnc s final night. martha maccallum is here and she said last night there wasn t a dry eye in the convention hall, there wasn t a dry eye in my office either when i was waeufpgt. heather watching it. heather: that s something that
inherited it. he is always talking about what a mess he inherited. why doesn t he say i inherited good things like the staging of the end of the iraq war? so you have to play it both ways and so republicans do too. we have to be fair and say if you can t blame bush for everything, then you don t credit bush for everything either. it happened on his watch. give him credit for that. heather: finally i want to talk about this. why did governor romney not pay tribute to our troops overseas in his acceptance speech? do you think that was a mistake? yeah, in retrospect he should have mentioned the fact that we still have men and women in harm s way, serving to keep us free. i think it was focus was on the economy. i understand that, but i think it was not an intentional slight. i think it was oversight. only some things that could have been in the speech but frankly that should have been in there. heather: thank you very much. you re welcome. heather: appreciate your insight as always. g
gregg: father of supply-side economics. and the laffer curve. always great to see you. thanks. great to see you, gregg. bye-bye. heather: heavy rains causing severe flooding, roads washed out homes and cars sitting in water. we ll tell you where folks are struggling just to stay dry. gregg: bain capital brought up yet again last night at the convention, democrats hammering away at the company and governor romney s activities there. do we really know the truth about it? a closer look next. so some of us had this idea if we really believed our advice was helping companies we should invest in companies. we should bet our ourselves and on our advice. so we started a new business called bain capital.
rain submerging roads in massachusetts as well as rhode island. the storm cut power to some 125,000 people, water from the fall river rose so fast it trapped drivers inside their cars. i started pushing the door, pushing the door and finally the door just opened a little bit and i squeezed out. when i got out it was above my stomach. i had to rescue my daughter out of the house and my two dogs. we ended up with 3 inches, close to 4 inches in our store. gregg: isaac is not the only problem in the region. hurricane leslie, that is right, creating some big waves along the coastline. heather: vice president biden hammering governor romney s record at bain capital, suggesting to americans that he would run the country like a corporation. the vp saying that even though romney grew up in detroit and his father ran american motors he was, quote, willing to let
peter doosey live. reporter: a u.s. official tells us that many u.s. military and defense officials support the state department s decision because they think the financial sanctions that go along with the title of foreign terrorist organization will help cut off fund-raising dollars flowing into the haqqani network which has launched attacks in the past against the u.s. embassy in kabul and outside u.s. bases in afghanistan. we just got record from brunei, that secretary hillary clinton has already signed a report during a stop there that will be sent over to congress telling lawmakers the haqqani networks meets the statutory criteria for designation as a foreign terrorist organization, and ftl. even though this terror tag is new, the pressure on the militant group is not. we are putting steady pressure on the haqqanis, that