governor of oklahoma as well. ryan gave what was more the most part a standard stump speech signal the question for the week for are you better off now as you were four years ago reagan made famous. here is paul ryan s 2012 rendition. every president since the great depression who asked americans to send them into a second term could say you are better off today than you were four years ago except for jimmy carter and for president barack obama. [cheers] the republic national committee will hold daily news conferences, daily attack ads. new commercials from the dnc as well. steady stream of republicans across north carolina and particularly at charlotte all meant to act as what they call bracketing or the counter programming to the dnc, shep. shepard: bracketing it is the word for the season. as we reported, carl, the
very similar to what it was in 2008. take a look at this. if you are willing to work with me. if you are willing to work even harder in this election. i promise. then i promise you. i promise you, change will come. the romney campaign and the rnc are determined to stay engaged during this convention. recalling what happened 8 years ago back in 2004 when the kerry campaign basically went dark and he went wind surfing during george bush s campaign. here is sean spicer a communication s chief for the rnc. they sat back and waited and obviously it didn t work out too well. we are going to make sure that we take advantage of every minute that we can be here in charlotte. to show just how powerful this bracketing is, shep, all democrats could talk about today is how they thought that americans were better off than they were four years ago. clearly thrown off message today, shep. shepard: forgot all about the wind surfing. that was quite a moment. john roberts with us. thank
national convention will happen here. president set to speak in outdoor stadium. the weather maybe, i don t know, maybe mother nature is pulling for the other team. we have team fox coverage ahead for the democratic national convention live in charlotte, north carolina. home of those bobcats. we ll be right back. [ odd couple theme plays ] humans even when we cross our t s and dot our i s, we still run into problems. namely, other humans. which is why, at liberty mutual insurance, auto policies come with new car replacement and accident forgiveness if you qualify. see what else mes standard at libertymutual.com. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what s your policy?
clock is expected to cross the 16 trillion-dollar mark. just as democrats start their convention. it s pretty close. never been this high in the history of the nation. republicans had a debt clock at their convention but organizers say there will be no such debt clock at the convention here in charlotte. more to come convention hall inside fox report. first august was reportedly the deadliest month in syria since the uprising began there. now one western leader is warning of a massive response. if the regime resorts to using chemical weapons or using them. we will get to that live report on that. a fierce wildfire burning outside of los angeles. officials say it got so big and so quickly. as fox reports live from the home of the democratic national convention in charlotte, north carolina. this is america s choice for news and information on cable we re so glad that you re with us. that game was awesome last night. we got crushed, dude. awesome game.
stadium for president obama s acceptance speech. ed state yum does not have a dome. pretty good chance of thunderstorms. mike emanuel is here in charlotte. pretty good reason to worry about the weather based on the deluge we had this afternoon. that s right, shep. we have had really big thunderstorms in recent days, including a doosie today at an outdoor festival for delegates and for the public. weather clearly was a factor. in fact, north carolina s own james taylor, the headliner at an event this afternoon was playing and trying to get through the driving rain, did his very best to try to power through and instruments. in driving rain with thunder and lightning the plug was eventually pulled on his show. obviously it would be a much bigger deal if such a weather factor happened during the president s speech, shep. shepard: sure it would. he has seen fire and rain and