His leadership begins with character and values. paul is a man of tremendous character, shaped in large part by his early life. paul s father died when he was in high school. that forced him to grow up earlier than any young man should. but paul did with the help of his devoted mother, his brother s and sister and a supportive community and as he did, he internalized the virtues and hard-working ethic of the midwest. paul ryan works in washington, but his beliefs remain firmly rooted in janesville, wisconsin. he s a person of great steadiness whose integrity is unquestioned and whose word is good. paul s upbringing is obvious in how he s conducted himself throughout his life, including his leadership in washington, in a city that s far too often characterized by pettiness and
in this special hour, we re taking a close look at the man mitt romney s asked to join him on the republican presidential ticket, congressman paul ryan of wisconsin. fittingly, romney made the big announcement in front of the battle ship, the uss wisconsin. ryan is chairman of the house budget committee, made a name for himself here in washington, by battling deficits and fighting for cuts in government spending. listen to how mitt romney broke the news. it s an honor to announce my running mate and the next vice president of the united states, paul ryan! [ cheers and applause ] his leadership his leadership begins with character and values. paul is a man of tremendous character, shaped in large part by his early life. paul s father died when he was in high school. that forced him to grow up earlier than any young man should, but paul did, with the help of his devoted mother, his brothers and sister, and a supportive community. and as he did, he internalized the virtues
cheering this decision as a bold move by romney that will help energize the base and show voters that romney is really serious about economic change. the two men will appear together for the first time as running mates in norfolk, virginia with the uss wisconsin. the old battleship as a backdrop. then they will begin a bus tour that will take them toward the republican national convention in tampa. that begins in about three weeks. we ll bring you mitt romney s announcement live. we re standing by for that from norfolk, virginia. let s bring in our own jim acosta on the scene in norfolk for us now. you re there. that crowd is getting a bigger and bigger. folks are showing up to hear history unfold. that s right, wolf. i just got confirmation from a senior romney adviser this is not earth shattering. it s obviously a given. paul ryan will be here for the announcement later on this morning. we can also report a new twitter handle has been set up for the wisconsin congressma
District. paul ryan works in washington but his re-beliefs remain in janesville, wisconsin. greta: paul ryan, prom king, brown noser, husband, father, congressman, house budget and now, republican vice-presidential candidate, a hometown hero, now in the national spotlight. i am excited for what lies ahead. i am thrilled to be a part of america s comeback team. and together, we will unit america and get this done! greta: now to the person who may know vice-presidential candidate paul ryan the best. it s his big brother. we spoke with tobin ryan in the high school gym in jesanlle, wisconsin. how fun is this for you? it s pretty crazy. absolutely. greta: how did you find out? greta: you know, maybe a few hours before everybody else, frankly. friday night, late, we got the
Ma memorial and tragedy to get a day behind them. an opportunity for the candidate to liven his campaign. we saw it it today. a new bounce in mitt romney s step and paul ryan and mitt romney complement one another on the stage and there was a moment in fact when paul ryan himself showed a little bit of h his ability to criticize the president as well as compliment the man at top of the ticket. here is paul ryan. now, we need leadership. we don t need attack. we don t need blame. we need leadership. we need someone of principle. someone of achievement. someone of integrity. that man is standing next to me he. his name is mitt romney and he is going to be the next president of the united states! reporter: paul ryan endorsed mitt romney in the republican primaries early on. mr. romney made his decision on august 1 and so until just recently most of his staff didn t even know and last night at 11:00 when we broke the