live stream coverage of events inside and outside the hall. you can also follow along on twitter, using the hash tag pbs election. ifill: we re not alone. with us are syndicated columnist mark shields and david brooks. welcome back we re glad to see you. what do you expect tonight? i expect history being made. i do. ifill: you re excited? i am. i m excited. i think it s a defining moment, the biggest moment of mitt romney s public career. balloons will drop. before that we ll get to know something about the guy. as i said i think they have not done enough biography but we ll get a little autobiography that will be great. woodruff: we talked earlier about paul ryan s speech last night. how much did that sort of get the delegates fired up? paul ryan could have read the while pages of the phone book, they were excited. he delivered. he certainly in the room and i think beyond the room to conservatives in particular, particularly the sort of wall street journal ec