today. we see that really strong band coming through the gulf of mexico. through mobile, alabama, and this one south of meridian, mississippi. certainly, the risk for tornadoes throughout the day and even into the overnights. we have an earlier report of a tornado across the florida panhandle. this storm is far-reaching. still as we go into day five, jenna, and the flooding is the flooding is incredible. in the city of slidell, flood emergency for them. we will bring you the very latest be too even if it s not a tropical storm, a lot of attention needs to be paid. thank you. jon: new developments in the drew peterson murder trial. the former police officer accused of killing his third wife. what the couple s 9-year-old son told jurors just before the defense rested. vice presidential nominee paul
delegates and americans all over the country. good morning to you, i m jon scott. jenna: do you think he has butterflies? jon: i don t know. i think he s been ready for this. jenna: you can tweet us on that. it would make me nervous, a big stage and audience. i m jenna lee. this is the second hour of happening now. we get word that governor romney wrote to speech. he knows it backwards and forward. it s 40 minutes, twice as long as any speech he s delivered on the campaign twaeu trail. paul ryan accept his party s nomination weaving in themes about family, love and country and america s future making it clear they will take their fight to president obama going forward. i m the newcomer to this campaign. so let me share a first impression. i have never seen opponents so silent about their record, and
the stage and apparently he has a pretty big job ahead of him. governor haley barbour is the former governor of mississippi and the former chairman of the republican national committee. if the reaction is any indication, mitt romney has a big job ahead of him. because the bar is set so high from last night. how is he coming into the speech tonight to make the most memorable of the convention? we think is key to that? the challenger this is always the greatest opportunity and a great challenge. because the bar is always high. the incumbent president is in our living room every day. everybody says this will be the close good look that millions of americans haven t mitt romney. the bar is high, but you know, i think it is keyed up very well for him. from his wife s speech, paul
play to the strength. that s what you do. don t create something that is a weakness. expectations, dana is right. expectations for this guy giving a speech that is good is low. andrea: don t you think ryan raised the bar? last night, everybody is talking about him. andrea: he can get better. a different speaker. eric: take a listen to a piece of sound from paul ryan last night. we have had different careers. mine mainly in public service. his, mostly in the private sector. he helps start businesses and turn around failing ones. by the way, being successful in business, that is a good thing! [ applause ] eric: we were talking about that convention hall last night. when paul ryan started to talk, you could hear a pin drop. everyone was watching. everyone was listening. he did a fantastic job. what did you think? greg: he set the bar so high joe biden gets a nose bleed thinking about it. pulling about the remaining
work our way through one of the biggest driving weekend of the year. labor day. when all the demand for gasoline tends to jump up. perhaps the good news and bright side of us is that that while over 90% of all oil production is taken during the storm, over the weekend, analysts are predicting that as we see that production come back online, we could see a somewhat quick retreat from the higher energy prices that we are paying today. we will keep our fingers crossed. jenna: it never seems quite fast enough. reporter: exactly. they tend to come down a little bit slower then they go up we do thank you very much, sandra. jon: fox news is america s election headquarters. vice presidential nominee paul ryan using his convention speech to attack president obama. challenging his opponents to debate on the medicare issue. a romney-ryan administration