washington post poll it s up from 23% last week. 33% viewed ryan unfavorably. nbc s steve handelsman has more. reporter: his opponent got the weekend busby picking a running mate, but in drought-stricken iowa, president obama created his own buzz as only an incumbent condition. we ve got a lot of freezers. reporter: the president said the farm bill frozen on chile and would help more and singled out mitt romney s running mate to help block it. so if you happen to see congressman ryan tell him how important this farm bill is to iowa and its farming communities. reporter: he, too, went to that swing state. a chaotic event. his speech repeatedly disrupted. we don t want a welfare state. we don t want a debt crisis. we don t want to prolong this recession. reporter: romney s pick put him in trouble in the state of florida, a state full of people using medicare that ryan wants to stink but in st. augustine romney charged obama did that. it was to cut it by $700 b
growing on some americans. according to a new abc washington post poll it s up from 23% last week. 33% viewed ryan unfavorably. nbc s steve handelsman has more. reporter: his opponent got the weekend busby picking a running mate, but in drought-stricken iowa, president obama created his own buzz as only an incumbent condition. we ve got a lot of freezers. reporter: the president said the farm bill frozen on chile and would help more and singled out mitt romney s running mate to help block it. so if you happen to see congressman ryan tell him how important this farm bill is to iowa and its farming communities. reporter: he, too, went to that swing state. a chaotic event. his speech repeatedly disrupted. we don t want a welfare state. we don t want a debt crisis. we don t want to prolong this recession. reporter: romney s pick put him in trouble in the state of florida, a state full of people using medicare that ryan wants to stink but in st. augustine romney ch
and we re going to begin this morning with on the campaign trail, with the race for the white house taking center stage in the battleground state of iowa. yesterday it appears mitt romney s vice presidential pick may be growing on some americans. according to a new abc news/ washington post poll, 38% favor congressman paul ryan as romney s running mate, up from 23% last week. still, 33% viewed ryan unfavorably. nbc s steve handelsman has more. reporter: his opponent got the weekend buzz by picking a running mate. but in drought-stricken iowa, president obama created his own buzz as only an incumbent can, ordering the federal government to buy $150 million worth of meat and fish from hard-hit farmers. we ve got a lot of freezers. reporter: the president said the farm bill, frozen on capitol hill, would help more and singled out mitt romney s running mate for helping block it. so if you happen to see congressman ryan, tell him how important the farm bill is for iowa an
receiver after he was arrested. according to reports, it was a classic case of he said, she said. his wife says chad headbutted her. he claims they knocked heads during an argument. one thing is for sure, his time in miami is over. on the flip side, andrew luck s career is off to a promising start, aed the on his first ever nfl pass, donald brown, 63 yards to the house, colts beat the rams 38-3. back to baseball for what could be the catch of the year. blue jays and yankees, casey mcgee lifting to left. deep enough for a home run, rajai davis climbs a wall and hauls it in robbing mcgee of a sure home run. davis is 5 9 , highway robbery. that s your first look at sports, i m mario solis. now for another look at the weather, here is nbc
we begin this morning with running mates. after a weekend of being side by side, mitt romney and his newly minted vp pick paul ryan will be campaigning solo until the republican convention. the two drew huge crowds last night in ryan s home state of wisconsin after making a pit stop in north carolina sunday morning. nbc s claire leka join us us live from washington with the details. reporter: good morning, mara. in their first interview together on 60 minutes, mitt romney made it clear he would be the one calling the shots and they would campaign on his budget plan. my veins run reporter: thousands of supporters turned out to welcome home wisconsin s native son and presumptive republican vice presidential nominee. when we win this election, we go fix this mess in washington! reporter: in the 48 hours since congressman paul ryan was added to the romney ticket, the gop presidential campaign has fired up. i guess you think i made the right decision, the right cho