boy were they amazing. welcome to early start, i m zoraida sambolin. and i m john berman. 5:00 a.m. in the east. what we re all talking about is morning is politics. after 36 hours joined at the hip, mitt romney and his new running mate are going their separate ways today. the former massachusetts governor says he s happy with his new teammate. at one point, ryan teared up with emotion during a stop in wisconsin. on 60 minutes, romney praised his vp pick for being a lot like him. of course, the president is weighing in, too. this is a man who s dedicated the last 14 years working in washington in ways that are not highly partisan. this is a man who s also analytical. he s a policy guy. people know him as a policy guy. that s one of the reasons he has such respect on both sides of the aisle. i m a policy guy, believe it or not. i love policy. i love solving tough problems. congressman ryan is a decent man. he is a family man. he s an articulate spokesman for gove
interview with michael phelps. this is piers morgan tonight. good everybodying, the games in london will be some of the most spectacular performances in history. a remarkable 22 medals. i sat down with michael phelps. as you see, he speaks from the heart and holds back very little. so michael, welcome. you told me if you re ever tired, you get a bit grouchy and you can be very short. so how are you feeling? i feel all right. grouchy? tired? you ve been answering questions all day. and if i just repeat the same old nonsense, then you re going to give me less time? i ll just be like a tape recorder. london is my hoechl town. what s extraordinary is every american athlete, when i asked e asked them to describe a role model, almost every one of them said you. with that comes responsibility. are you aware of the status you have amongst your peer group? and what do you feel with that responsibility? i mean, sometimes i feel it. i like to think of myself as a normal person
budget committee. democrat iic congressman chris n holl hollen. and then re-opening the search with david axelrod and ed gillespie on why his candidate gambled on a wonk who is wanting to overhaul medicare. and then risk/reward with jessica yellen. i m candy crowley, and this is state of the union. no surprise, president obama s campaign and other democrats are wasting no time attacking the new romney/ryan presidential ticket. descriptions we ve heard thrown around so far, wrong, harsh and extreme. joining me now, former new hampshire governor and romney campaign adviser john sununu. welcome, governor, and good morning to you. nice to be on, candy. happy sunday. so let me ask you, this is certainly comes as a surprise to the romney campaign. they certainly knew ahead of time how this would taken. how do they move against what clearly is going to be an attempt to say, this is a man who wants to fundamentally change medicare and social security and going back to his rec
wait till you hear his story. this is piers morgan tonight. you only have to hear melissa etheridge s voice once and you ll never forget her. also known for being outspoken on all kinds of issues close to her heart. welcome. nice to be here. you re a kind of fiery soulful character, aren t you, on and often stage? i m just trying to live this interesting life we all have in front of us. just making some choices. when you look at your extraordinary life professional and personal, how do you feel now about where you ve arrived, where you are right now? i think at this point, i m 51 now, i ve realized, oh, it s just a journey. you never get there. you never get it done. it s all about how you re doing it. that is so true. i mean, really. you re never actually going to arrive, are you? no. this train never gets to a station. it does not. there is no there there. for myself, i ve achieved some of those markers that you think, oh, the oscar, those things. e
exploding definite silts and crushing debt and the disaster that awaits us if we don t change course. he combines a profound sense of responsibility for what we owe the next generation with an unbounded optimism in america s future and understanding of all the wonderful things the american people can do. i worked closely with republicans as well as democrats to advance an agenda of economic growth and job creation. i m proud to stand with a man who understands what it takes to foster job creation in our economy. someone who knows from experience that if you have a small business, you did build that. after that rally, ryan and romney boarded their bus and headed to ashland, virginia, for an afternoon rally. as cnn s political reporter jim acosta arrives, he joins us by phone. what does the romney camp think he will bring to the ticket? reporter: i just got an e-mail from a senior romney advisor, fredricka, who e-mailed me some guidance as to what the thinking was for mit