morgan, where the biggest employers in charlotte? -- who are the biggest employers in charlotte? guest: charlotte is the second- biggest financial services sector in the country, and is home to bank of america. the financial-services sector employs about 50,000 people in the region. healthcare is extra the largest employer, in plain over 80,000. we are home to the carolina health care system, the largest nonprofit health care provider with hospitals throughout the carolinas, with over 28,000 employees in the charlotte-area. we have a major presence by the presbyterian hospital which is headquartered in winston, -- winston-salem, just an hour and half from charlotte. healthcare is growing because as the baby boomer population ages health care is where there will be a lot of growth. we have seen a rise in the energy sector. since the downturn in 2008, anchored by duke energy, we have seen companies like toshiba and siemens, and many others, some in traditional fossil and nuclear energy businesses, and others in some of the alternatives, the dearly lithium battery related technologi

and this week in charlotte. the "full court press" live from charlotte. >> announcer: heard around the country and seen on current tv, this is the "bill press show." >>who the heck does mitt romney think he is? (vo) this is joy on current tv. >>if mitt romney treats his magic underwear the same way as his tax returns, then he's been going commando for the past it doesn't matter who you are. she was trying to be cool. she walks in, bonus, bonus bonus, bonus. [ screaming ] by the way in heels, the same height. [ applause ] >> wow. >> stephanie: she's awesome. as is john fuglesang. thank you, boston. 18 minutes after the hour. let's continue on "the stephanie miller show." >> announcer: for a good time, >> announcer: live from the democratic national convention in charlotte north carolina, this is the "bill press show." live on your radio and on current tv. >> bill: happy tuesday. tuesday, september 4. first day of the democratic national convention and we are here in charlotte. live at the time-warner cable arena.

why the did they pick charlotte? we're hearing charlotte already. why was charlotte picked for this convention? >> on the one hand, conventions are often in a reach state, for the party that's holding them. the republicans go to minnesota and pennsylvania. the democrats, last time, went to colorado, denver, a state that was a reach for them in that election. but north carolina is really embodies how the changing demography have brought some of these sun belt states. obama, the first democrat to win it since '76, only the second since '64. and he won it because there are enough college-educated white voters, many transplants from the north, meck linberg county, only the second democrat since world war ii to carry mecklenburg county. and this is the kind of state they were hoping to put on the table, as well as influencing virginia, which is also competitive, and georgia, which is moving along the same continuum, but not quite there. big minority vote, growing college-educated white-collar white vote, and that is what's bringing this state within reac

some will be in charlotte. congressman ryan will be 200 miles from charlotte. engaging in a campaign tactic called bracketing. john roberts live in charlotte with details on that. what is bracketing? >> reporter: call it bracketing, counter programing a counter convention. republicans are here making sure their message particularly the one they drove out in tampa, does not get lost in the huge megaphone of the democratic national convention in addition to paul ryan being here. they have nikki haley from south carolina. oklahoma governor mary fall lynn and virginia governor bob mcdonnell, all pushing the theme, are you betting off than you were four years ago. here is what sean spicer, communications director for the rnc told me about their messaging. >> we saw a lot of comments sunday morning where the top surrogates couldn't answer the fundamental question is america better off than four years ago. those kind of gaps give us a opportunity to drive our message on a daily basis. >> reporter: they have a nascar painted up romney-ryan 2012. that is something as we

. >> dave: bill and martha, next from charlotte, north carolina. >> good morning and welcome to charlotte, north carolina. home of the 2012 democratic national convention. >> martha: this week the democrats kick off their big bash, america's newsroom, live from charlotte, starts, right now. now. ♪ captioning by, closed captioning services, inc. >> 10:00 in charlotte and president obama and mitt romney chasing each other in key battleground states and governor romney holding rallies in cincinnati and florida, yesterday, where he wants to capitalize on the momentum after his party's convention in tampa. we have moved up the road, haven't we? good morning, everybody, welcome to charlotte, north carolina. this will be our home for the next week, i'm bill hemmer, how are you doing, martha. >> martha: good, we are getting settled in, i'm martha mccallum. good morning, everybody, governor romney speaking to big crowds and tapped the president as a failed coach of a struggling team. here's how he said that: >> the president's answer to times like this is -- he said play golf, that is true... bu

in charlotte in 2012, zero. international broad hood of electrical workersers in dnc four years ago, $4 million. in charlotte. zero. clearly there is a rift there, senator? >> bill, you're right there is unhappiness over selection of a city not organized. some of the lowest union membership in charlotte in the state of north carolina of any major state in america but there was a strategic decision made to compete in north carolina. barack obama running for president in 2008 won the state of north carolina, won the neighboring state of virginia. and i think his message of fighting for the middle class, fighting for better working conditions will resonate here in charlotte. one of my hopes is that after this convention there will be real conversations amongst those who are in the service union service, excuse me, sector here in charlotte about how would their lives be different if they worked as a unionized hotel? walking down the street last night i ran into four union organizers from the seiu who successfully or

charlotte is. i think they will be back. >> that was a lot of work. good though, you need another. success. time now for the big reveal here. it is fantastic and bringing southern pizza to my new york friend and that was supposed to say fox. it is a jumbly mess. >> it was made out of the pepperoni. you didn't see it >> brian: a for effort. >> steve: brian we'll have something approximate coming up tomorrow for everybody. >> gretchen: thank you, nana. >> steve: both parties firing off political ads. which ones are work not working? that man polster frank lunz joins us next. >> gretchen: and now brian's big surprise reveal. he will get back in. >> brian: good job. >> steve: your own version of water boy. ♪ ♪ ♪ hang on. ♪ ruby with the ret dress. ♪ ooh. ♪ but when sloopy. staying active can actually ease arthritis sympto. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. prescription celebrex can help relieve arthritis pain so your body can stay in motion. because just one 200mg

joining us now from charlotte is tim funk of the charlotte on or about. mr. funk, is the arena ready to go to the -- for the convention? >> it looks like it is. i was there friday and it looked pretty dazzling. i think they spent $7 million over seven weeks, i think, to try to make it ready for tv. it's got a 60-foot high array of screens and all kinds of patriotic symbols and north carolina delegation is sitting right up front. we noticed that right away. host: tell us about the preparations for charlotte over the past six months, year, how long long it's been. what's the process been like? guest: well, there's a share lot host committee, which has sort of been preparing welcome parties for the delegates which happened last night. they had a big party for the press saturday night. they had like -- we had press from all over the world here, so they would like everybody to write nice things about this city that has sort of come into its own. it's the home of the biggest bank in the country, which is why we have a lot of protestors here, but it's also a really

. >>> y dan los últimos toques a la convención nacional demócrata que arranca en unas horas en charlotte carolina del norte, comenzamos >>> este es su noticiero univisión edición nocturna con ilia calderón y enrique acevedo ♪. y desde charlotte, maría elena salinas ♪. >>> qué tal, ilia tiene la noche libre, a unas horas que inicie la convención nacional demócrata en charlotte , carolina del norte, el presidente barack obama viajó a louisiana, donde se reunió con trabajadores de emergencia y ofreció ayuda para la reparación de la región tenemos los detalles. >>> el presidente barack obama llegó a louisiana para ver los daños causados por isaac y para mostrarle a los residentes que tiene la situación de recuperación bajo control. >>> estamos aquí para ayudar, dijo el presidente a su llegada, visitó el distrito bautista de saint young, una de las zonas más azotadas >>> quiero agradecer a fema y a las autoridades estatales y locales, porque en el pasado no vimos esta clase de coordinac . >> esto en clara referencia a las críticas que se le hicieron en el pasado al ex

the charlotte bobcats. if you want to watch a sports fan, you should not be watching me but you should stay tuned for shepard smith who has made it to charlotte. he is ready to continue programming with you. welcome back. >>shepard: there is no hurricane. have you had a nice time? >>megyn: no one is here. >>shepard: good to see you. the democrats are not the only ones campaigning here this week. we will have details on the speech from the vice presidential nominee, paul ryan, in his key battleground state. with a day until the democratic national convention kicks off, we are learning more about the platform on issues from economy, to abortion, to immigration rights. and across the state of louisiana and the gulf coast, hundreds of thousands are reportedly without power after the complete drenching from the hurricane. we are live in new orleans. it is all coming up, unless breaking news changes everything. this is "studio b" this afternoon. first from fox at 3:00 in charlotte, north carolina, the democrats a

president obama arrived here in charlotte this afternoon. he was held up by weather. tonight's big event here is a first. a former president placing the name of the current president in nomination. tonight's big speech from bill clinton. before we get to members of our political team who are standing by for us tonight, we want to begin here tonight with what just happened a few hours ago, a very revealing interview with bill clinton, who left his hotel suite to come talk to us, then returned to his room to continue working on the speech. he said this speech has actually kept him up at night. he's more worried about this than any other he's given in a long while. he called it the first of a new era for him, because he's had to go through and remove anything super pacs could use in commercials out of context againshim, against president obama. but he said he also has to guard against what he called, quote, turning the talk into mush, a hot air, gas bag, rhetoric-filled talk. we talked about the advanced expectations for this speech tonight. >> i know you read everything

one charlotte video in charlotte comes and goes. now it won't happen. outdoors it will come indoors and a much smaller space. how do you view it? to you can fool some of the people sometimes, but not enough of the people. it is clear from the democratic strategy that i see, they told me they could not build phillis arena. as much as they tried to bus people in, there is no room at the inn within the confines of charlotte to house people. busing people and became very difficult because of the transportation, length of time. whether became a convenient excuse. bill: you are saying that the weather forecast is the rationale for changing us? >> absolutely. a 40% chance of rain. democrats that can't be afforded caramels almanac? all you have to do in planning goes on a year in advance -- look at the weather patterns. they knew when they planned this thing. bill: well republicans took a risk with tampa, florida. with hurricane isaac. it was downgraded to a tropical storm when it was on land. as a democrat, how do you think this place? doesn't rain on the para

. >> there's a gap going on in charlotte. heard about this? he will say a lot of things and he will but he can't tell you you are better off. >>> that is a line hrepublicans will sell you about are you better off than you were four years ago. it is very difficult to compete with that spotlight. >> thanks very much, doug. this is the question everybody is asking about. are you better off than you were four years ago. jamie joins us from charlotte. good morning, jamie. talk to us about this. republicans seem to have trouble finding their footing in terms of the message before. have they hit their stride with this simple theme? >> it goes back to the question of ronald reagan when he ran on are you better today than you were four years ago. no, we weren't jimmy carter did not do a good enough job to get us to a point where they felt they were better off. they are trying to reprize that question. one even said we are not better off before flipping to the next day. >> hold on. let's talk about that one. you are referring to democr

gwen: hello, charlotte. hello, charlotte, and thank you for joining us here at u.n.c.-charlotte. this city will be the epicenter of the political universe next week when democrats gather to renominate president barack obama. we arrived this morning straight from tampa where republicans may still be partying tonight after sending their new ticket, mitt romney and paul ryan, on the road. >> unlike president obama, i will not raise taxes on the middle class of america. as president, i will protect the sanctity of life, i will honor the institution of marriage. and i will guarantee america's first liberty, the freedom of religion. president obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans. [laughter] and to heal the planet. my promise is to help you and your family. [applause] gwen: that speech and the rest of the g.o.p. convention showcased the party's leading light and energized debate. can democrats do the same thing next week, karen? >> this is interesting because the two conventions are back to back with a holiday weekend in between. but one thing -- gwen: oh, a holiday? i

we end here in charlotte. very excited because one week from then, friday september 15th going to be up in buffalo, new york putting out the good word to all of our good friends where i went to school in that greater front tier of upper new york state. come on by to the talking leaves bookstore next friday night, all of the details on the billpressshow.com. we'll talk about my latest book talk about the complain and have a good time. just a couple of highlights last night and then get back to your calls. duval patrick, real rising star gave a phenomenal speech the governor of massachusetts telling the democrats to go out and grow a pair and fight back. >> it's time for democrats to grow a backbone and stand up for what we believe! [ cheers and applause ] >> bill: yeah. well he didn't say grow a pair but you know that's what he was thinking. and then the keynote speaker, julian castro what a great, great new face of the democratic party, and he poked a little fun at mitt romney when romney says hey, if you want

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i had to get to charlotte. boise state cheerleader gets caught in the cross hairs of a play during a football game against michigan state. watch this. the quarterback throws the pass intended for the wide receiver. the ball sails out of bounds and the girl gets tackled on the side line! the cheerleader apparently all right. she laughs it off. who gets to ice her down after the game? she's okay. >> steve: and there is the pita pit pita that joe trippi ordered that caused all the racket. >> brian: order a quiet pita during the show. >> steve: i think that was karl. >> brian: sure. blame it on him. so typical of you. >> steve: gretch, over to you and your three special guests. >> gretchen: all right. thanks so much. as the dnc gets ready to kick off, the burning question is, are you better off than you were four years ago? things are different today than back in 2008 when then senator obama accepted the presidential nomination. listen to this. >> we measure progress in the 23 million new jobs that were created whe

applause ] [ applause ] >>> welcome to special edition of "way too early," live at the black fin saloon in charlotte. we keep finding ourselves in bars at 5:30 in the morning. story of my life. good morning, i'm willie geist. four years ago we were in denver where then-senator obama filled a football stadium with an address of hope and change. this time he'll have a three and a half-year record to defend. 15 electoral votes in the state of north carolina where he won by 14,000 votes in 2008. the last democratic presidential candidate to win this state before barack obama, jimmy carter in 1976. >>> looking ahead to november, a new poll shows the president will have a tough fight here in north carolina if he wants to win again. among likely voters, mitt romney right now leads the race, it's tight, 47-43. good reason now, you can see democrats chose this state to put on their biggest show. one of the first orders of business this afternoon will be to adopt a party platform. which democrats unveiled last night. it echoed president obama's call for higher taxes on wealthier americans, while backing same-

and now the news from charlotte. >>reporter: this extraordinary moment is not the full flowering of a warm friend but a transaction between two pros, former president clinton is the democratic party's superstar fundraiser, surrogate speaker. he also is, at times, veering wildly off topic. but that is nothing compared to the antagonism between the clintons and the obama forces during the 2008 democratic primary. >> they played the race card. we now know from memos they planned to do it automatic along. i hear things being said, by former president clinton, which i don't think so seemly. to use the "race card," on president clinton. >>reporter: and mrs. clinton is now a member of the obama cabinet. he will rebut the charge that president obama has gutted welfare reform and the president who declared big government over will make the case for the economic stewardship of an incumbent would has more governed from the left, something bill clinton has done in recent campaign ads. >> this is a clear choice: the republican pl

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now from charlotte is kim funk from "the charlotte observer." is the renne ready to go for the convention? >> it looks like it is. i was there friday and it looked pretty dazzling. they spent $7 million over seven weeks i think to make it ready for tv. it has a 60-foot height array of screens and all kinds of patriotic symbols and the north carolina delegation is sitting up front, we noticed that right away. >> tell us about the preparations for charlotte over the past six months, year, however long it has been. what is the process? >> you know, there is a charlotte host committee which has been preparing welcome parties for the delegates which happened last night. they had a big party for the press saturday night. we had press from all over the world here so they would like everyone to write nice things about this city that has come into its own, it is the home of the biggest bank in the country which is why we have a lot of protesters here, but it is also a vibrant city. the recession has had some doubts. it has its reputation for being a can

charlotte north carolina. now whether or not organized labor will be a major talking point at the d.n.c. remains to be seen but joining me now for a preview of the convention is our t. correspondent lives wall in charlotte hey their lives so a lot of controversy surrounding the venue why north carolina. that's exactly yes mag and a lot of controversy surrounding the decision to hold a democratic national convention right here in charlotte as i mentioned in that report charlotte is one of the twenty three right to work states look beyond that charlotte also has some of the harshest anti union laws in the country and of course a huge event like this attracting scores of delegates and members of the media descending upon charlotte and staying at hotels and the hotels here happen to not be unionized so a lot of union members not happy about that which could pose a president a problem for president obama because back in two thousand and eight they donated more than eight million dollars to his campaign so they were

y en charlotte muchos se adelantaron al inicio de la misma. con celebraciones extraoficiales con un festival que da un toque popular a este evento. y otros se mano fifestaromanife cristina londoÑo con el reporte. >>> fiestas . >>> latino para obama olÉ. >>> fiestas y protestas le dieron el inicio a la convenciÓn democrata. de lejos el carolina ferbt parecÍa una fiesta mÁs. porque el presidente estaba omnipresente. >>> como latina, y madre tengo bastante fe en los demÓcratas que vayan a pasar inmigraciÓn, que vayan hacer cosas para los inmigrantes. >>> las grande causas demÓcratas como la ley de salud del mandatario eran pieza de baile se le puede llamar el obama bien ferbt. >>> la mayorÍa se negaba a dar entrevistas >>> el asegura que votÓ por el presidente obama hace 4 aÑos, pero estÁ decepcionado. por eso, dicen analistas, los demÓcratas necesitan eventos como este para revitalizar a sus partidarios. >>> estamos muy preocupados esto serÁ una campaÑa, que al final se ganarÁ por un porciento. >>> el descontento con el gobierno

>> from charlotte, north carolina, this is "democracy now!" we are breaking with convention: war, peace, and the presidency. we are broadcasting from the democratic-to convention, inside and out. >> we don't think the government can solve all our problems, but we don't think the government is the source of all of our problems. any more than our welfare recipients or corporations or unions or immigrants or gays, or any other group we're told to blame for our troubles. >> president obama accepts the democratic nomination in charlotte, asking voters for four more years. we host a debate on the obama presidency with glen ford of black agenda report and michael eric dyson, professor at georgetown university. >> what is it going to be like under romney and ryan? like that song, if you think you're lonely now, wait until overnight. see how extremely difficult and complicated and nightmarish our future could be. >> all of that and more coming up. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we are broadcasting

what is the charlotte magic? >> so many fit, beautiful, seemingly healthy people eat the world's most appalling diet. ( laughter ) ( applause ) this-- this morning, jon, for breakfast, i had a pulled pork egg and tobacco pure ito. or as it's known here, the number three on the healthy choice menu. these people should be dead, jon. ( laughter ) ( applause ). >> jon: thank you, assif, that's very much appreciated. take care of yourself. we're going to go on finally, al madrigal. >> i will miss nothing, jon, because my duplicate is staying here in charlotte. you have a duplicate. i went off and ran a perfect facsimile of myself. jon, meet pal madrigal. come here, pal. don't be shy. he's a nice man. >> jon: forgive me, al, are you sure that's an exact copy? >> all right, well, they may have been low on torn, all right. >> jon: does-- does pal talk? >> not in the traditional sense. ( laughter ) but he's very strong and quick tip-- don't let pal cuddle any small animals. >> jon: all right, we won't. thank you very much

nbc's steve handelsman is in charlotte with the latest. >> reporter: arriving in charlotte for the democratic convention delegates from florida will boost their efforts in the biggest battle ground. >> florida is a tough state. it's going to be down to the wire. >> reporter: >> what is nice about the convention it wraps everybody up. >> reporter: charlotte has become a kind of obama fest. >> we're very excited. students in general. >> reporter: college democrats in town grateful the president kept rates low on student loans. >> he helped him, i'll help him. we're in this together. >> reporter: president obama is crisscrossing battle ground states on the way to charlotte. today colorado talking about his gm and chrysler bailouts. >> i bet on american workers and american manufacturing and today the u.s. auto industry has come roaring back. >> reporter: he defended obama care. >> i don't know exactly what the other side's proposing, i guess you call cowl it romney doesn't care. >> vice president biden was in pennsylvania, mocking mitt romney and paul ryan last week's republican convention. >> a

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