What does she think of her brother-in-law, congressman paul ryan running for president? and what is the ryan family really like? reporter: tell me. you are a closely knit family. we are. it is the ryan is a big family. i remember the first time i was introduced, we went out to dinner in janesville in the 90s and it took us a half hour to get to the table because he was introduce me to all the cousins. really? there is a lot of ryans. there are and they live in the old neighborhoods and they like older houses. they re a wonderful, warm, fun family. reporter: you know, i happen to know you are from memphis. i m a memphis guy, full disclosure. i think tobin made a wise choice. what it was like, integrating into the family and learning their values and the way they do things. toby and i spent the most time in wisconsin together, helping paul in his first campaign. we had just had our baby girl
Meatballs that he always likes to eye am sure he is eating that for the protein. greta: coming up from prom king to hometown hero. how did paul ryan get from janesville, wisconsin, to the number-2 spot on the republican ticket? we talked to one man about ryan s rise up close. meet his high school government teacher, next. also, the house budget committee chair is the vice-presidential candidate. that puts the economy front and center on the campaign trail. will the budget plan help or hurt the g.o.p. campaign? byron york is here to talk about it. these fellas used capital one venture miles
Meatballs that he always likes to eye am sure he is eating that for the protein. greta: coming up from prom king to hometown hero. how did paul ryan get from janesville, wisconsin, to the number-2 spot on the republican ticket? we talked to one man about ryan s rise up close. meet his high school government teacher, next. also, the house budget committee chair is the vice-presidential candidate. that puts the economy front and center on the campaign trail. will the budget plan help or will the budget plan help or hurt the g.o.p. campaign? abigail higgins had. .a tree that bore the most rare and magical fruit. which provided for their every financial need. and then, in one blinding blink of an eye, their tree had given its last. but with their raymond james financial advisor,
Call. just gotten off the phone, speaking with my mother and told me the news. i didn t know what to tell him, but i didn t sleep a wink that night. greta: how many years older are you than your brother? five years,. greta: we have a great picture of you when you were young. i take it you were close. very close. there are four of us. 10-year span. he and i are number 3 and number 4. we shared a bedroom growing up. and so, we have certainly been thru a lot together. and now we are raising our family together in janesville. we are about a three-wood away from each other. greta: i met your wife. she is not a native cheesehead. but she is from out of state. will you accept her into the cheesehead family. we have. greta: his wife is from oklahoma. we have two southern gals who have embraced janesville as their own. greta: we have a picture of
And more take-home pay for working americans. greta: he is the man everybody is talking about. romney and ryan paul ryan. mitt romney and paul ryan. greta: who is congressman pall? the wisconsin policy wonk who governor mitt romney just tapped as his republican runningmate. 42 years old, head of the house budget committee and the third youngest person to be picked as a vice-presidential candidate. but there is much more to him. who was he before he came to washington? janesville, wisconsin, january 29, 1970. paul davis ryan entered the world, the youngest of four children was born to betty and paul ryan. he grew up in the historic courthouse hill neighborhood. he s always been a very serious kid, very friendly. quite frankly, he really has never changed. like i say to a lot of people, what you see is what you get. greta: at age 16, tragedy struck. his most difficult day.