tampa. that starts on monday. that could be a problem here come late monday. hopefully, we can get this thing out of the way by tuesday and wednesday. all right, jeff. we ll check in with you and the entire team at the weather channel to keep track of isaac. thank you so much. we turn now to the republican platform now being hammered out which one committee member called the most conservative platform in modern history. the current draft contains a number of tea party planks and is at odds with mitt romney on abortion. joining me now radio show host steve d.c. e. it s a pleasure talking to you. how are you? absolutely, mr. gingrich released his 138 convention delegates today and urged the support of the romney/ryan ticket. are you no fan of mitt romney as i point out every time you re on the show. here we are with his debate on the abortion, the platform different from governor romney and different from the actions and the support that congressman
democrats are tying the romney/ryan ticket to akin. it approved the abortion amendment in its platform. it is essentially the same as the last two election cycles. rnc s abortion amendment doesn t mention exceptions. yesterday, democrats started calling it the akin amendment. rob, paula. important distinction. party platform does not make exceptions for rape or incest. governor romney personally feels that way, said his administration would support legal abortions in those cases. important distinction to make there. so everyone is clear. a hot-button issue. in cases of incest, rape or the mother s life was in danger. there s a not what paul ryan believes. there is a petition, it says i stand with todd akin. give $3 to his campaign. he says when you make a mistake, you tell people you are sorry, you don t try to hide it. i made a mistake, i am sorry. on the petition it says, i made a mistake, i used the wrong word in the wrong way for that i apologize.
million in july. brought in just over $49 million. meantime, the romney campaign spent $33 million, however, brought in more than $40 million. the third straight month that romney outearned the president. in tampa, the republican national chairman unveiled the stage on which his party will nominate the romney/ryan ticket next week. it features 13 video screens. off to one side a running tally on the national debt clock. the convention starts monday. and in san jose, california, closing arguments set for today in the battle of the cell phone titans, apple and samsung embroiled in one of the biggest tech disputes ever. apple demanding $2.5 billion in a lawsuit accusing samsung of ripping off the iphone and ipad technology. samsung countersuing for $400 million saying apple illegally used samsung technology. speaking of apple, the most valuable company in history. already the most valuable company in the world. the company s market value is now $623 billion. stocks are soaring the
proposals. well, he s now put a guy on the ticket who sillustrated a very deep policy proposal. is this what you want? can you elevate paul ryan. typically vps get a little bump, then they go away unless th a little bump? can you elevate paul ryan to the point where he is a liability because of the specificity of the proposal that he let out? i think people are voting for the top of the ticket. defining the romney plan, on the record an adviser came on the plane and said it s the romney/ryan ticket. it s odd that you even have to say that. it s a big unanswered question here, is this electorate ready for a different medicare debate? we don t know yet. we ll be back.
to the ship s name. powerful winds and waves forced a hong kong flag ship to run aground in one of chile s most important seaports. giant waves crashing against the ship s hull. 22 crew members airlifted to hospitals. the powerful waves also breached a seawall spilling onto streets and disrupting traffic. well, we have some more shocking details in drew peterson s murder trial, some brand new testimony. why one witness believes the bathtub drowning of peterson s third wife was no accident. we ll tell you for about that. and paul ryan wrapping up his first week as governor romney s running mate. coming up, how the media s reacting to the romney/ryan ticket. we have that for you straight ahead.