Classmate of pauls in 88. we had a great time. those kids the ones that i brought from janesville out there, were treated to 3 hours of just great conversation and one of the funniest things for me is that congressman ryan talked with amanda terrell about hunting for 30 minutes deer hunting and amanda talking to her congressman over a rack of ribs at this beautiful place. greta: coming up, he has been the vice-presidential candidate for a short time. but representative ryan has been in congress for 14 years. how will his experience impact the campaign? byron york is here to talk about that, next. and hadt had the makings of a big screen thriller. how did governor mitt romney keep the v.p. decision quiet? how did paul ryan pull off the tough secret mission? we ll take you behind the we ll take you behind the scenes, coming [ male announcer ] at scottrade,
Here, paul ryan is here. his brother toby here. tell me, when the ryans come in, this is a congressman, does he get bothered? is heaise celebrity? does he like to keep hotohis own? absolutely. paul ryan and his family are very, very much loved in janesville. it s a small community. so everybody knows everybody. and so when paul comes in to eat in here, for example, we would tell our staff, don t bother him. don t ask him any questions, let the man enjoy a peaceful dinner. with his family. fortunately, everybody s just adoring him. so when he is there eating with his family, they want to come up and say a quick hello to him. and he gets interrupted all the time. every time he tries to put a fork in his mouth, member s coming, hey, paul, how are you? and paul stops and says a few words to this person. reporter: saat this moment,
Be up. your heart s thumping. oh, my gosh! i said, i will go in the bathroom. there i am in this motel bathroom, he s like, you will see paul on tv tomorrow. i couldn t say anything, i was in the room with them. it was amazing. reporter: you must be proud. were you in the homecoming in waukesha? i couldn t, we were traveling. we were at the airport. i will never forget that. we were walking through o hare and there he was, speaking live. we just stopped and it kind of, you know one of those days you will always remember. we are so proud of him and proud of wisconsin and proud of romney and excited for romney. yeah. it s surreal. reporter: i know you want to play your part and be as supportive of this tight network and this family, but do you have hopes? have you thought about what you hope for this campaign? i do. it reflects janesville values, wisconsin values, what we just went through, which is hard on
And more take-home pay for working americans. greta: he is the man everybody is talking about. romney and ryan paul ryan. mitt romney and paul ryan. greta: who is congressman pall? the wisconsin policy wonk who governor mitt romney just tapped as his republican runningmate. 42 years old, head of the house budget committee and the third youngest person to be picked as a vice-presidential candidate. but there is much more to him. who was he before he came to washington? janesville, wisconsin, january 29, 1970. paul davis ryan entered the world, the youngest of four children was born to betty and paul ryan. he grew up in the historic courthouse hill neighborhood. he s always been a very serious kid, very friendly. quite frankly, he really has never changed. like i say to a lot of people, what you see is what you get. greta: at age 16, tragedy struck. his most difficult day.
Idea. what s yours? erskine bowles, the democrat part of the bowles-simpson commission said, he s trying, he has ideas and a serious plan. at the beginning, president obama said that, i don t agree with his plan, but it s a very serious plan. the thing that has distinguished paul ryan from democrats and from his fellow republicans on capitol hill. you are afraid of talking about medicare and social security. you think it s a third rail, it will kill nupolitics. i am not afraid of this. i have a plan. the situation is so dire that we have to come up with a real plan and i will put my name on it. that distinguished paul ryan from everybody else in congress. greta: straight ahead, the secret journ tote big announcement. how did he get from janesville, wisconsin, to the uss wisconsin without anyone finding out? we will show you next. nutritio. great grains. great grains cereal starts whole and stays whole.