on this year s summer games. and no men allowed. saudi arabia s ambitious new plan to separate the sexes, a first of its kind city exclusively for women by women and of women. newsroom begins right now. good morning and thanks for joining us, everyone, i m deborah feyerick in for carol ko costello. the wisconsin congressman hits the campaign trail on his n. he is set to visit the iowa state fair today. meanwhile, mitt romney will continue on his bus tour. the gop candidate is in florida making two campaign stops today, the first in st. augustine, romney s first event will soon get under way. interestingly enough romney is joined this morning by florida senator marco rubio, a man who is on the short list in the veep stakes. jim acosta is joining us now from st. augustine and, jim, what s going on there? reporter: well, this romney event is getting started a little later than the romney campaign expected. they got in very late last night. well after midnight. it s been
cairo. president mohamed morsi is shaking it up and the country s strong leadership by replacing two key generals including field marshall mohammed hussein pentawi who is the most powerful man in egypt. he is the defense minister in power after the removal of former leader hosni mew bark and he was given a top medal and sent into retirement. that is right. for more, we are joined by ian lees in cairo. and ian, a lot of people look at this and say, political tsunami and game-changer in egypt. how does morsi and this guy survive? is there going to be any backlash when he has the top military general s out and his own people in? well, suzanne, he is definitely now the most powerful man in egypt and not only presidential power, but legislative power and enormous sway over the writing of the constitution. and people are wondering what will the military s response be? the military has been tight lipped so far, and in the past, we usually don t hear what the military is going to d
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
the seven-term congressman and chairman of the house budget committee still lives in his hometown of janesville, wisconsin. what a great shot. green bay packers fan, camper, bow hunter. you ve seen pictures of him with a deer. and his wife has a law degree from george washington university. she decided to stay at home to raise their kids. they are young, 7, 9, and 10, and that is officially a mittful. but paul ryan, what about him and his background? he s young. joining me now is cnn political editor young paul steinhauser in washington. nice to see you, paul. i ve had such a great weekend watching tv. i hate to see it but i was glued from friday night on when the rumblings were out that he was the pick. i have had a fascination with him. i have to admit. the blue eyes got me at the beginning. the fabulous hair, and then the plan had me hooked on him. now i m finding out so much more about his background. this dude has been at the job a long time. he sure has. you know, he
it was eight days, nine days ago we were discussing paul ryan, the article in the new yorker called fuss budget. did you know then he was actually on the fast track to be a pick for the vp? no, we barely talked about it in my interview. the reason i wrote the piece, i wanted to think about what is romney going so do if he wins. if you want to understand what republicans will do if they gain the white house, paul ryan is the guy to understand. it was his policy agenda that you knew romney was going in the direction. i didn t think he would take paul ryan himself. you could have said yes and told us you did i want to be honest. i did say he was a long shot for veep. we re talking all about paul ryan today. in fact, we want to get up close and personal with the congressman. mitt romney says he is very happy with his new running mate, ryan seems genuinely moved by the appointment and at point practically crying with emotion. last night on 60 minutes. paul ryan said