this morning on "world news this morning on "world news now" -- republicans running. mitt romney and paul ryan hit the campaign trail going in separate directions. with the newly minted gop teams, each candidate taking on a key battleground state today. it's monday, august 13th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." good morning, everybody, i'm john muller in for rob nelson. >> rob nelson is on vacation in paris with the love of his life. >> lucky. >> i told him one thing don't say -- [ speaking french ] >> what does it mean? >> kiss my bum-bum. only thing i culled from high school french. and -- [ speaking french ] >> i learned two things, i learned how to say my name. >> back from a week off. looking radiant. >> thank you. back in michigan seeing my family, family insanity.