brad mentioned the unions, and we have a union segment coming up right after this break. so good-bye to you. thank you both. [laughter] i m going to go down and see dick after the show. that ought to be interesting, won t it? i ll bring you an update later. in just days, the commander in chief will accept the democrats nomination here in north carolina, a state where unemployment is at 9.6%, where same-sex marriage was just banned and where a new labor law has the unions so angry they are skipping in the convention completely. so why exactly did the democrats choose this city? chairwoman of the dem character national committee debbie wasserman-schultz joins us at the top of the hour, and we ll talk about it. plus, some prominent public worker unions promise a strong effort for the president s re-election campaign in critical midwest states. this labor day we re going to look at what to expect from big labor and what they re predicting. you might find this interesting. right after
accept the democrats nomination for the presidency in charlotte, north carolina. this is a state where unemployment is at 9.6%, well above the national average, same-sex marriage was just banned, and a new labor law has the unions so angry they re skipping the convention entirely. why this city? debbie wasserman-schultz is her live next. ragu for years. [ thinking ] i wonderhat other questionable choices i ve made? [ club scene music ] [ sigh of relief ] [ male announcer ] choose taste. choose prego. [ male announcer ] isn t always the one you plan to take. whoa, check it out. hey baby goat. nohat s not yours. [ hikers whispering ] .that s not yours. [ goat bleats ]
[ .] megyn: welcome to the time warner arena here in charlotte, north carolina. here you can see where we re broadcasting from, i m waving down to our camera on the floor and all of you, so we ve got you covered. the cameras on the floor where you will see the speakers take to the stage tomorrow and wednesday, and you can see us up here in our skybox so we can give you the bird s eye view as well of the delegates and so on. then thursday we head to bank of america stadium where president obama is going to give his acceptance speech in front of a crowd that they very much hope will be 75,000 people strong. we re told they re busing people in to make sure that the stadium is full, trying to replicate what we saw in denver in 2008. and we ll talk with debbie