soled designer christian louboutin shoes seized in los angeles. turns out they are all fake, worth about $3 a pair. an investigation is under way today friday, august 17th, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welcome to today friday morning. i m savannah guthrie. i m willie geist in for matt. that shooting in afghanistan just beginning to be investigated. we can tell you now the gunman has been shot and killed. this is actually the sixth time something like this has happened in the past two weeks highlighting a recent spying in violence in afghanistan. we re going to have details straightaway. an investigation under way into a deadly parasailing accident in florida. 28-year-old woman in connecticut was riding with her husband when she fell more than 150 feet to her death. we ll hear from her heart broken father. when you buy sunscreen, you probably think the higher the spf, the better you re protected. after all, it costs more mon
military we want to v. 70 percent of the veterans believe that the debt is a national security problem. until we get it under control and provide solutions . we may not have the resources and will have to make tough decisions. allyson: paul ryan spoke last yearr, a weak economy means a weak military. we are hear being jobs jobs jobbs. do we need to focus getting back on track as a country or military? they go hand in hand. economic vitality feeds military strength. paul rhine believes in america s role in the world. you better have a strong economic base and propelled our military strength in the world. they understand the linkkages between the two. you will not balance the budget on the backs of the defense department. but there is it a lot of fat that needs reform justt like
paul ryan will bring the issue to the forefront and under a romney rin an you will see it. they haven t even passed a budget through the senate of the united states for three years . do you, senator fully embrace the ryan budget even the rom romm point suggests that elements are the plan but we ll come up with our own budget proposal. i think so, that is appropriate for the pop of the ticket. but when the democrats talk about pushing grandma over the cliff on medicare. you know that ron widen, a bipartisan senator joined with paul rhine on a volunteer program from seniors. that they could be responsible
politically? do his views on the budget and medicare make the pick higher risk than reward? we ve got it covered from both sides. two top republicans who know him well. the chairman of the republican party reince priebus. and the governor of ryan s home state of wisconsin, scott walker. plus, the man whose job it is to help president obama defeat the romney/ryan ticket, chief strategist for the obama campaign, david axelrod. and finally, full analysis on what this all means for the remaining 86 days of the campaign. with us, editor of the national review, rich lowry. msnbc s rachel maddow. author and radio talk show host bill bennett. chief washington post correspondent dan balz. and nbc s political director and chief white house correspondent, chuck todd. and good morning. even though the olympics aren t even over, the presidential campaign has kicked in to a new gear. so, who is paul ryan? let s get to some of the key stats about someone you re going to learn a lot more
house. fox and friends starts right now. steve: hello, everybody. heart of rockefeller center in manhattan. gretch is still on vacation and brian is in the yacht club . we have eric and ainsley with us. with the hat. you heard the big announcement that paul ryan is the vp pick for romney. that happened over the weekend. you probably talked about it with your friends from the barbecue. we had the interview of these two. this was the two in wisconsin. he went home for the home town celebration and got emotional there. saying hey to all of his supporters. my veins run with cheese, bratwurst and a little spot of miller. i like to hunt here. i like to fish here and i like to snow mobile here . i think ice fishing is interesting. i am a wisconsinite through and through and i have to tell you how this means to be home. yeah, the roads are jammed for miles. thousands of people came to show the local boy suddenly thrust in the nation s consciousness as perhaps next vice-