end. that s just one more step in this whole process. what are your plans for friday? i mean, do you plan to go to charlotte, vice president biden was supposed to come here, but i was hoping he d come here. he s our best surrogate we have in the republican party. we were hoping that joe greta: a surrogate for you? oh, absolutely. we were going to lay out the red carpet for him and give him whatever passes and party badges that he needed. greta: i don t think he wanted any. we had love him to come down and give a speech every day. unfortunately it s not going to happen. we ll have a presence in charlotte. greta: like what? is it mischief or no. i think it s substance and we re going to draw a contrast between a campaign that i got to tell you, i think it s a pretty divisive campaign, based on distractions. we think america wants to talk about serious things, like why president obama didn t fulfill his promises, why so many people are out of work. you know, barack o
greta: how would you secure the border? the border is relatively secure in texas and in california. why can t they secure the border in arizona? we need aerial defense, more troops on the border, and we need them to understand that we are the gateway we are the gateway for illegal immigration into america. it s not just the aliens that are coming here and looking for work. it s the drug cartels. greta: it s interesting, your story, your state s story was all over the news when the sb 1,071st passed, and you got sued. everybody was discussing it, whether you re for or against it, whether you want to secure the border. now that the suit is pending, where there s skirmishes, legal-wise, there s no attention on the issue nationally. it s unfortunate, because we re still living in that environment, which is not healthy. not healthy for arizona.
god bless the people of south mississippi having to deal with it all over again, greta. greta: shep, thank you. right now we re coming to you live from tampa, florida, where the republican national convention officially kicked off today. tonight we have an all-star lineup of guests. rnc claire reince priebus, former mississippi governor haley brewer, jan brewer and donald trump. but first florida senator marco rubio joins us. good evening, sir. good evening. greta: i thought you might want a thought on this hurricane. first of all, it s just unbelievable that on the seventh anniversary of katrina we re seeing such a repeat of it. hopefully the storm won t be anything as close to that. i m confident the folks up there have done everything they can over the last seven years to improve their capacity. florida has been battered in the storms in the past. 1 year we had five.
high stakes election. greta: governor. thank you. i know your wife is waiting from out of town. appreciate that, too. thank you, greta. greta: coming up, arizona governor jan brewer is here. she s been battling with president obama over immigration. she even tuck her finger in his chest on the tarmac in front of air force one. she has more to say tonight. governor jan brewer joins us next in tampa. and look out, here comes isaac. he looks very mean. [ male announcer ] at scottrade, you won t just find us online, you ll also find us in person, with dedicated support teams at over 500 branches nationwide.
let s give a big round of applause to our 2012 statesman of the year award winner, mr. donald trump! greta: donald trump honored by the republican party of sarasota county, florida, but did the stormy weather force trump to change his convention plans? we caught up with trump in sarasota. first let s talk about the weather. hurricane, tropical storm isaac. what political impact do you think that will have on this convention? i don t think it s going to have an impact. it does miss one day. i was a big part of monday. i just got here and find out monday was canceled. i don t think it s going to have a huge impact. i think the message is going to get out. the message is going to be a message of jobs. it s about jobs. mitt romney is and was a very,