potts, wbal-tv 11 news. >> among the speakers last night was maryland governor martin o'malley. he was given a prime time window to make his case for a second term for barack obama. jennifer franciotti has more on the governor's speech. >> the governor talked a lot about moving america forward. governor martin o'malley walked out on stage to a cheering crowd at the convention. the governor spoke to the convention, telling the crowd that america needs to move forward by electing president obama for another term. >> maryland always chooses to move forward. we understand that progress is a choice. job creation is a choice. whether we move forward or back, this, too, is a choice and that is what this election is all about. >> our political analyst will talk about the grade that he gave o'malley's speech, coming upp. >> another woman has come forward in the sexual harassment case against john leopold. carla sagerholm was on leave because of what she called a toxic environment in the office . she said it records were destroyed to avoid being subpoenaed. she claimed she had to indoor sexual j

grrwing rivalry between o'malley, a democrat - and virginia's republican governor bob mcdonnell.john dedie: 15:22:05 gentlemen see each other as a possible uture rival on the national stage. and i think this is kind of the preeiminary for them."the two lot lltely in he national a sunday talk shows - where they've taken shots at each other... ann tteir respective parties.(cnn - february 2012) create jobs a lot faster, governnr mcdonnell, if your party were not captivv ... you haae taken different two men approaches.... (show ile of hopkins or a lab) o'maaley has biotechnology. policy experts state full of edical researchers. anirban basu: 10:26:31 "at this point, that industry makes all the sense in the world. what is frsuttating about that is that we have not creattd large companies and moreejobs through entreprenuership and innovation."whereas virginna has lured new businesses witt incentives, ower cooporate tax rates - nd fewer regulations.and mcconnell's plan - is paying off.basu: 10:20:17 "virginia's unemployement rate is less phan six percent. maryland's unempllyment is... about

martin o'malley's turn in the spotlight. we began from charlotte. >> the first lady brought her star power to the opening night of this convention. she asked the voters to give the president four more years. firstly michelle obama spoke of her husband character and conviction, their humble beginnings and shared values. >> barack knows the american dream because he has lived it. he wants everyone in this country, everyone, to have the same opportunity, no matter who we are or where we are from or what we look like, or who we love. >> she touted the accomplishments of his first term. >> today, after so many struggles and triumphs and moments that have tested my husband in ways i never could have imagined, i have seen firsthand that being president doesn't change who you are. no, it reveals who you are. >> for president jimmy carter addressed the delegates by video, crediting them with help middle-class families. >> because president obama sits behind that desk, everyday people, from plains, georgia, to pittsburg, have somebody on their side. >> santonio mayor katz buhle in castro gave

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. brian, back to you. >>> meantime maryland governor martin o'malley found himself the center of controversy over whether the country is better off than it was four years ago. o'malley said no when asked yesterday. then democrats quickly scrambled over the past 24 hours to recast that as a yes. fox 5's tom fitzgerald spoke to the democratic spokesperson tonight. what did she say? >> reporter: democratic officials spent the better part of today trying to clarify exactly what governor o'malley said and didn't say despite a detailed economic of the economic hardship the president inherited, that explanation left open to interpretation whether the country was really better off under president obama. governor o'malley was askedn face the nation yesterday if the country of better off than four years ago and answered no. since then democrats have been scrambling to get on the same page with an answer that begins with the word yes. appearances in ohio and michigan is where both the vice president and president pressed their case for a second term today. tonight we have dnc spokesperson a

spoke last niggt &pat the ccnvention... onn of them was governor martin o'malley. ann people are talking about it this morning... with praise. in the governor's speech he urged thh country to make the choiie to quote move forward... not back... by re- nominating president barack obama.a theme he weaved in &thr in... 22:26:15 by making college more affordable president obama is moving... by securing medicare ppesideet obama is 3 back... by putting forward a plan to cut waste ask those at the top to pay more and reduce our ddficit... forward not back. 22:26:50 22:26:50also last night... her husband's record.today... we're expected to hear from a few more speakers ... &pincluding former pressdent bill clinton.the ddlegates pill alss voteefor the for president of the unnted . - tomorrow president obama and vice presideet biden are expected to ccept the nominations.i'm megan gilliland, fox45 morning news. like megan mentioned... president obama doesn't take pational convention until tomorrow... but republican vice presidential nominee paul ryan is lready offering up a c. ccunterattack

. >>> governor martin o'malley is expanding remarks he made about the state of the country over the weekend. o'malley told face the nation that people are not better off than they were four years ago. but this morning the governor said we are better off as a country because we're creating jobs rather than losing. o'malley will speak at the democratic national convention. >>> well, for many women, labor day is the day they spent in labor giving birth to their children. it's aimed at improving a turn nal healthcare. locally members of improving birth choices gathered at the columbia mall this morning to speak out on the need for women to seek as much information on birthing options before they make choices. >> we have a voice. if you're going to choose cesarean, make sure what the real outcome is. ask for evidence-based information. >> things like convenient cesareans and when someone offers you that option and doesn't explain all the risks, it's easy to make that choice. >> the group is asking that hospitals implement incentive programs for doctors and nurses to get the most recent i

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? well, coming up next we're going to hear what governor o'malley had to say to the rest of the country at the democratic national convention. we'll take a look just ahead. >>> and who cares about the game when you have this going on? we'll show you the moves on the field that were going on down in tampa. >>> we have sticky conditions that will continue for today. i'll tell you when the dryer air moves in. >>reporter: i'm mike massco. we do have volume picking up on 695 at liberty road. we'll have a look at the traffic coming up on the other side of this break. (bell rings) hi. yes? you know those delicious granola bunches in honey bunches of oats? i love those. we've added more to every box. really? wow! honey bunches of oats. make your day bunches better. >>> good wednesday morning. thanks for joining us, i'm megan pringle. time for your abc 2 news to go. we're going to start things off now with meteorologist lynette charles. how's it looking out there? >> we're not looking too bad. humid, though. we do have one spotty shower try to go move into the picture this morning, megan

o'malley appears to have done the same thing to the democrats on the eve of their convention this week, when there's a whoops moment in the news room, our gary nurenberg is usually involved. so we decided, gary, you are the guy to tell this story. >> anita, we've all had moments when something comes out of our mouth we wish immediately we could take back. this is one republicans will make it hard for governor o'malley to forget as he fumbled the old ronald reagan question, are you better off than you were four years ago. sunday morning, martin o'malley who started out as a governor with his own band. >> can you honestly say that people are better off today than they were four years ago? >> no, but that's not the question of this election. ♪ [ music ] >> what a difference indeed. o'malley monday morning. >> we are clearly better off as a country, because we're now creating jobs rather than losing them. >> reporter: but republicans have their opening. >> the president can say a lot of things, and he will. but he can't tell you that you're better off. >> reporter: vice-president biden h

obama and right before the keynote address our governor, martin o'malley, he took the stage. abc 2 news' linda stow is here to tell us what he said. linda. >>reporter: he had fighting words for romney and republicans, saying under their leadership, america would move backward. o'malley was on the attack as he took the stage in charlotte. he spoke for about nine minutes. his message to voters, give obama another four years in office and a chance to keep moving america forward. he criticized romney saying his policies would take the country back. >> swiss bank accounts never created american jobs. governor romney, just because you bank against the united states of america doesn't mean the rest of us are willing to sell her out. >>reporter: now, it's been widely speculated that o'malley is seeking a presidential bid in 2016. politico is reporting that later this morning o'malley is set to have breakfast with iowa's delegation to the dnc. as you know, iowa is the state that always holds its caucuses before any other state. linda stow, abc 2 news. >>> news time right now 5:36. in news around

romney or paul ryan during her speech. maryland governor martin o'malley though is not holding back his criticism of the nominees. o'malley also spoke at the dnc last night. romney and ryan were the main targets of his attack. >> instead of investing in america, they hide their money in swiss bank accounts and ship our jobs to china. swiss bank accounts never built an american bridge. swiss bank accounts never put cops on the streets or teachers in our classrooms. governor romney, just because you bank gaines the united states of america doesn't mean the rest of us are willing to sell her out. >>> a lot of people speculating that o'malley is run for president four years from now and, of course, we are in charlotte for the convention. they will be bring you live reports today and tomorrow only on news4. >>> republicans are hoping to make noise in north carolina this week as well. bob mcdonnell will campaign today and tomorrow near the convention site. mcdonnell is one of the mitt romney's most active surrogates. gov her o'malley spend part of last week in tampa. vice president bid en

o'malley. he took cent are stage to introduce last night's keynote speaker. >> mark plotkin says he could see o'malley taking on a different role during the 2016 presidential campaign. take a hook at when he said last night. >> just a for you moments ago, martin o'malley walked off that stage behind you. a lot of people have been speculating he may be a candidate himself in four years. >> may be? tom, not may be. he will be a candidate. you can bet on it. he was very well received and he doesn't mind going after mitt romney, the head of the democratic governor's association. when i asked ike leggett, the chair of montgomery county, where is governor o'malley, he pointed to all the news studios, every one of them. that is where he is. he is doing his audition. >> a bit later, we'll hear what other local leaders told the crowd. >> fox 5 morning news at 4:30 starts now. >> good morning. it is wednesday, september 5th. take a live look outside right now. we'll see what it will feel like later on today. i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm wisdom martin. welcome to fox 5 morning news. >> before we check

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have information about the fire call the fire marshal. >>> before the big night governor o'malley made the rounds on the sunday morning shows, giving a preview of what to expect. he touched on job creaption and voiced his support for president obama. governor o'malley is set to take the stage at 10:00 in charlotte and will be introducing the keynote speaker, julian castro. >>> they will be showing the documentary "bully." it highlights the problem across the country. it will be shown at the amc theater at the columbia maw. families can check it out at the reduced price on september the 29th and october the 6th. you can check out the story under the local news tab on abc2news.com for a link to buy tickets. >>> in your consumer alert, the labor day weekend has come and gone but we will all have to keep laboring to put gas in the car. as of yesterday officials say about 12% of manned oil rigs in the gulf were still not online. aaa said the average price is up to $3.82. in baltimore we're lower at $3.76. this day last year we were 0 -- 20 cents lower. >>> it's been a few months since new y

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. and, of course, right before the keynote speech last night, governor o'malley took the stage and abc 2 news' linda stow breaks down what he talked about and the reaction. linda, a big focus on jobs, right? >>reporter: yeah, he used maryland as an example, pointing to the state's 29 mobilities of job growth in the private sector. o'malley was on the attack as he took the stage in charlotte. he spoke for about nine minutes. he criticized romney, saying his policies would take the country back. his message to voters? give obama another four years in office and another chance to keep moving america forward. >> let us move forward, not back by reelecting barack obama, president of the united states. god bless you all. >>reporter: it's been widely speculated that o'malley is speaking a presidential run in 2016. politico is reporting that later this morning o'malley is set to have breakfast with iowa's delegation to the dnc. as you know, i-wa is one of the states that always holds its caucuses before any other state. linda stow, abc 2 news. >>> the 15-year-old accused of shooting a classmat

campaign stop. >>> maryland governor martin o'malley admitted today on national television the nation is not better off than it was four years ago. listen to what governor o'malley told cbss' bob schieffer on meet the press. >> can you honestly say people are better off today than they were four years ago? >> no, but that's not the question of this election. the question without a doubt we are not as well off as we were before george bush brought us the bush job losses, the bush recession, the bush deficits, the series of desert wars charged for the first time to the national credit card. >> governor o'malley is the head of the democratic governors association, vice presidential candidate paul ryan immediately releasing a statement saying the comments were proof that president obama's policies are not working. >>> a gas station clerk in prince george's county is recovering tonight after a confrontation with an armed robber. the clerk struggled with the robber inside the store on old sandy springs road in laurel last night. the clerk tried to throw a chair at the man and the robber fired

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look governor martin o'malley's speech. >> we will begin with hallie jackson. >> democrats came out of the gate with some fierce attacks against mitt romney. michelle obama day not mention mitt romney by name. she focused on her husband's story. take a listen. >> governor romney has undergone an extreme makeover. [laughter] and it ain't pretty. we are going to say no! >> we must work like never before and we must come together and stand together for the man we can trust to keep moving this great country forward. my husband, our president, barack obama. >> that was michelle obama wrapping up her speech. taking the stage and later tonight, elizabeth warren followed by president clinton. besides and dentists and showcasing a diversity in the party, there was a moment of a military veteran who talked about losing her legs fighting in iraq. we heard from some up and comers in the party. martin o'malley from maryland giving his speech in primetime. >> hallie jackson, thank you. we continue our team coverage with jennifer franciotti. how to the experts think the governor did? >> all indica

you need... tomorrow on fox45 morning news. governor martin o'malley speaks at the demmcratic national convention.what he had to say and how people aree reacting to his speech. a special needs child.. told he can't fly on a plane!the airline who banned him... and the reason his parents believe he wasn't allowee to board. and move over, big mac... the new menu items mcdonald's will soon offer at one of their restaurants! 3 3 today is wednesday, september 5. 3 3 3 &p ((anim)) the democratic national convention conninues today. severalldemocrats are laying thh groundwork for president obama's second term. terr.megan gilliland is here maryland's governor is playing in that and hat's ahead for today. good morning guys,several democrats that are considered up and coming spoke last night at the convention... one of them was governor martin o'malley. and people are talking aaout it this morning... with praise. pn the governor's speech hee urged the country to make the ccoice to quote move forwardd.. not back... by re- nominatiig president barack obama.a theme he eaved in throughout th

. the governor's office announced the eight-day trip today, o'malley leading a delegation of a elected and civic leaders. o'malley is scheduled to speak of renewable energy conference. he is expected to meet with prime minister netanyahu. >> of the governor was on hand for today's special welcome home ceremony honoring a lesbians and apparel ambience at the downtown in the harbor. the biggest draw was michael phelps, but it did not end when that ceremony was over. the party looks like it is going on there. >> people shouting out to them, michael phelps definitely made the rounds including stops at tonight's game and over at the inner harbor. michael phelps said the other olympians serenaded by the high school marching band as they sailed into the inner harbor. once felt stepped off the boat, he was greeted by cheering crowd. >> i am happy to see him. >> i want to say this is the best to be a part of. >> olympics history and pure gold. >> he became the most decorated olympiad after the london olympics. gov. o'malley, mayor stephanie rollins blake and others celebrated his accomplishment

o'malley took the podium last night during prrme time... emphasizing one ey hr. phrase...forward not backward backwardone delegate ttere said he fired them up and brought some energy to the convention.espeeially when hh talked about their republican opponents.here's what he said... ryan want to take america aul & back... baak to what? back to the failed policies that drove us into the deep recession back to the days of record job loses back to days of insurance cmpanies being a woman a preexsisting condition i don't wann to go baak do you? you?today... the delegates will vote for the deeocratic party candidate... for president of the united states. tomorrow president obama nd vice president biden are expected to accept the nominatiins. our crew caught up with governorro'malley, right after he left the stageeo'malley says it was a great hhnor to delivvr his speech...and he many maryland faces.he g so - recently stirred up controversy... y his answers... as to whether he bblieves we're better off now ago.we asked again... nd here is his response. 3our country is doing better... ...and

governor martin o'malley was there to represent maryland. o'mally defended the -- o'malley defended the president's record on the economy. >> president obama is moving america forward not back. >> the governor also said it's an opportunity to brag about maryland saying we are home to the number one public school system in america. in four years o'malley may be speaking as a candidate. it's been widely speculated he could run in 2016. >>> the next five days will be fun. first the yankees. cal gets his statue tomorrow and then the ravens open monday night. jamie? >> how will i make this through the next five days. ray lewis will come ot of that tunnel for his 17th season. for the first time in recent memory the ravens are sharing the spotlight with the orioles. i want you to listen to arthur johns who talks about oral closer jim johnson. >> we're from the same hold time. we have the same friends, same teachers in high school. it's cool. it's imponing to be our -- going to be our game monday night. >> listen to this. torrey smith tweeted to adam jones saying he was planning on coming to th

scam will sock you in the pocket books. >> and find out what governor o'malley meant to say next at 6. >>> 84 at bwi, your two-degree guarantee was 82. our weather winner, con dprats to you. you get an abc2 umbrella. you will need the umedz for days. details coming up. [ female announcer ] caroline penry began using olay total effects in 2001. since then, there's been one wedding, 2 kids, and 43 bottles of olay total effects. so in spite of 185 tantrums 378 pre-dawn starts and a lot of birthdays, caroline still looks amazing. thanks to the trusted performance of olay you can challenge what's possible. 60 years, millions of women, real results. >>> you got a window of opportunity top enjoy, laurel because you'll have off and on showers for the rest of the night. wyatt everhart will have the details coming up. >>> buying a house can be stressful and confusing. that's what schemers are counting on. a new tactic is trying to get money from you in the weeks after you buy. >> reporter: the joy of buying a home can oftenning lost in the flurry of paperwork as mortgage records and loan docume

, o'malley will introduce the speaker, and attending the convention, congressional members, hoyer and edwards and u.s. senator barbara mikulski. >>> we are get a check on the first forecast with lynette charles. the weather is something people are going to have to pay attention to today. >>> scattered showers throughout the afternoon. downpours, we have to watch flooding potential as we go throughout the day as well. if your travels are taking you northern bound, they are dealing with flooding across the area. flood watches and vivaries and warnings -- advisories and warnings. reisterstown 71. muggy this morning. see the dew point at 70 and 71 is the temperature. visibility issues this morning with the fog out there, 72, 72, we have fog in buoy as you step out the door, be prepared. the temperature in pilesville 71, dew point in the 70s, oppressive feeling, sticky, continuing throughout the day and speaking of going throughout the day, hour by hour forecast as we start you out at 8:00, scattered showers possible, 83 degrees by lunchtime, 86 the high temperature i'm going with today, t

o'malley will take the stage in primetime at 10:00 tonight. response tells us who else we will see on the bottom -- tracie potts tells us who else we will see on the podium. >> today we will hear from democrats that president obama has moved the country for, including mitt romney's successor, massachusetts gov. deval patrick. >> we were 47th in the nation. >> and up-and-coming democrat, the san antonio, texas mayor, is tonight's keynote speaker, the same roll that put president obama in the national spotlight eight years ago. >> the most challenging part is not at the speech itself, it is the enormity of the crowd and the arena. >> the focus tonight will be on first lady michelle obama. >> she will tell the story of what he has done for this country. >> vice president biden arrived today, the president arrives on wednesday. also today, the party platform, which includes support for same- sex marriage, abortion r ights, and experts for the middle-class. >> coming up, a hotel obliterated and its trade and an actor's life cut tragically short period and carrie engel from valley view f

martin o'malley. and congressman ee leej gentleman cummings and rea ins priebus and jim rogers, the co-chairman of the host committee for the democratic national convention. and design guru ty pennington is joining us as well. it's monday, september 3rd and "starting point" begins right now. >>> welcome, everybody, our "starting point," breaking news overnight, a car that was packed with explosives slammed into a u.s. consulate vehicle in peshawar in pakistan. two u.s. consulate employees were injured. we're being told two pakistanis have been killed as well. jill dougherty joins us with the latest. what are you hear, jill? >> hey, soledad. there's a bit of confusion about who might have been killed and how many killed and injured but the latest figures we're getting from the state department are two americans were injured and two pakistani employees of the consulate in peshawar were injured. but none from the consulate were killed. now the local police are saying there were two pakistanis killed. it could be that they were people who were around the site of this blast and that 25 w

the question of this election. >> that happened over the weekend. one day later o'malley suddenly backtracking and saying something very different. listen to this. >> we are clearly better off as a country because we are now creating jobs rather than losing them. >> what happened there? we will tell you about that later. new york mayor cory booker another democrat who quickly backtracked after he said democrats attacks on mitt romney's career at bane capital were nauseating. o'malley will address the democratic convention. >>> hurricane isaac leaving much of louisiana still under water and in the dark. it has been about a week since the storm hit still more than 100,000 people waking up this morning without their power. meantime president obama toured the damage and pledged to help the victims get back on their feet. >> we are going to make sure that at the federal level we are getting on the case quickly enough to figure out what exactly happened here, what can we do to make sure it doesn't happen again. >> at least 2200 people are currently in shelters through out that state. >>

and malia. coming up, we'll go to charlotte for a live report. >>> maryland governor martin o'malley also addressed crowd at the democratic national convention last night. mark plotkin is also in charlotte. he and on fox 5 news at 10:00 last night saying o'malley will play an important role in the 2016 presidentialual cain. >> just a few moments ago, martin o'malley walked off the stage behind you. a lot of people are speculating he may be a candidate himself in four years. >> may be? he will be a candidate. he doesn't mind going after mitt romney as head of the democratic governors association. when i asked ike leggett where is governor o'malley, he pointed to all the news studios, every one of them. that is where he is. he is doing his audition. this is his new haven for broadway. >>> we continue to follow a developing story you saw first here on fox 5. a prominent defense attorney says he was awalled after seeing video that seems to contradict the storive a prince george's county police officer who claim his gun went off during a strug wail teenager. -- story of a prince george's

martin o'malley did a 180. >> we are clearly better off as country because we're now creating jobs rather than losing them. we have not recovered all that we lost. >> reporter: the problem compounded by the fact two top advisors to the president would not say yes or no. >> it took us a long time to get in the hole and will take us a long time to get out of it. >> there are plenty of people in our economy who have been impacted by the positive way by decisions the president made >> reporter: seeking to further clean it up, a top campaign official added by any measurement the country is better off, which drew cackles from the romney camp. other officials try to change the question altogether. >> the question that americans are asking is how do we restore economic security for the middle class. governor romney ultimately failed to answer that question last week. bolstered by fact that the unemployment is lower than the national average and the president previewed his convention speech with attack on romney. >> it was a rerun. you might as well watched it in black and white tv with rab

democratic national convention in charlotte, but last night all eyes were on our governor. martin o'malley spoke at 10:00 last night about an hour before first lady michelle obama and there are some big issues that the governor will weigh in on here in maryland over the next two months. however, he focused last night's speech on supporting barack obama and attacking mitt romney. >> swiss bank accounts, never created american jobs. governor romney, just because you banked against the united states of america doesn't mean the rest of us are willing to sell her out. >> politico is reporting that this morning governor o'malley is set to have breakfast with iowa's delegations de democratic national convention. he's not talking about any plans for 2016, but iowa is a state that holds caucuses before any other state's primaries, something a lot of people are speculating about this morning. >>> 10 minutes after 5:00. let's get a check with lynette and the weather. how's it going out there? >> not too bad. we're pretty quiet right now. if you're heading out to the airport this morning, bwi's temper

speech tonight. maryland governor martin o'malley will also speak in prime time. as susan mcginnis reports, a misstep by the maryland governor has thrown democrats off message. >> reporter: the stage has been built, the party platform released and democrats are ready to kick off their 2012 convention. >> this has been such a historic time, i couldn't imagine not coming. >> reporter: but as the festivities begin, republicans won't let go of the question are americans better off than they were four years ago. >> they can't tell you that you're better off. >> reporter: the obama team opened the door to the attacks when some, including maryland governor martin o'malley had trouble answering the question. >> can you honestly say that people are better off today than they were four years ago? >> no, but that's not the question of this election. >> reporter: republicans pounced saying that's proof president obama's policies aren't working. since then the democrats regrouped and came out swinging. >> you want to know why we're better off? i've got a little bumper sticker for you. osama bin

o'malley, the governor of maryland, who also is the head of the democratic governors association. listen to what he said. >> can you honestly say that people are better off today than they were four years ago? >> no, but that's not the question of this election. the question, without a doubt, we are not as well off as we were before george bush brought us the bush job losses, the bush recession, the bush deficits, the series of desert wars, charged for the first time to credit card, the national credit card. >> yeah, but. >> so, most of that answer was on message, talking about the fact that it's president bush's problem, but that first answer, no -- >> no, but doesn't help. >> yeah, but let's look at the real numbers, break it down and look at where we are now versus four years ago. let's start with job growth, the number one issue, of course, jobs. in january of 2009, remember, the economy was in horrible, horrible shape. it lost 818,000 jobs. this summer, july 2012, it was up 163,000, not great, but certainly, obviously, a lot better than bleeding jobs when the president took over. th

the economy. >> the president's case for four more years with marilyn governor mark o'malley, beth purdue and antonio villaraigosa. and also, we will be joined by eric fehrnstrom and also the other star of the republican national convention, ann romney. and we will be joined by "washington post" chief political writer dan balz and jessica yellin, cnn chief white house correspondent. all on this special edition of "state of the union." >>> the president is running for re-election on difficult terrain. no president has won re-election in this economic climate. no president has retaken the presidency over after 8% unemployment, and chairman ben bernanke warn that is the economy is far from satisfactory and the stagnation of the market is of grave concern. and the president's job approval rating has hovered around 50%, and enthusiasm among democrats is down from four years ago. joining me are north carolina governor bev purdue and mayor of los angeles antonio villaraigosa and also chair of the democratic governors association, martin o'malley. what do you hope people will take away fro

very well. she is president obama's best surrogate. also, martin o'malley, the governor of maryland, is speaking right at 10:00. this is the guy who struggled on the whole, are you bet are off, question. >> tonight he will have a script. >> tonight he will be very much on script. don't forget, martin o'malley, when the presidency is open again, in 2014 or 2020, martin o'malley's name will be in that mix. this is a little bit after trial for him too. michelle obama is clearly the headliner. but keep an eye on o'malley and castro. >> you have all of these young democrats that hope hillary clinton stays in the cook island and beijing where she has been dealing with questions of south china seas, while the young democrat are going door to door from iowa to the caucus breakfast trying to get a start. >> martin o'malley is speaking on wednesday. you have kirstin jill brand, appointed to replace senator clinton when she was chosen as secretary of state. these people don go to the iowa breakfast because they like the iowa beef. those it is beautiful, i've had it many times, they go there fo

, that he can use the stage to remind people of. >> rose: we continue with governor martin o'malley of larnd, arising star in the democratic party. >> i hope that we make the case that america's best days are still in front of us. if we continue to make better choices, if we continue to make the investments our parents and grandparents made in our nation so that we can create jobs, and expand opportunity. and that's what i hope comes out of this convention. and then there's a lot of cynicism in the world. and therere alot ou neighbors who are still hurting. and a lot of us have stopped believing that america's best days are in front of us. and i hope what we're able to do is underscore those areas where we actually are making progress creating jobs and getting our country out of this bad recession. >> rose: we conclude this evening with antonio villa rog osa, chairman of the democratic national convention and co-chair of president obama's presidential campaign. >> we know that social security isn't the reason why we got here. we got here primarily because we were in two wars that we di

want to talk about this right now. i know governor o'malley is on the stage. you and i spoke yesterday about governor o'malley. in your words, auditioning for president at this convention, and i know that there are also members of the maryland delegation who are there in charlotte who seem to be jockeying, as you said, for the governor's seattle. they got -- governor's seat. they got together for a kickoff luncheon at the convention. tell me about the luncheon and who is there? >> governor o'malley exited the stage. i am sure, laura, he would like to you say that he looked presidential. his tailoring seems to have improved and he is a degfied blue -- dignified blue tie. today, there was a moving tribute to sarg shriver, the former vice presidential candidate in 1972, who was a maryland resident. mark shriver pushed his buck, a good man and there was -- his boo, a good man, and there was lieutenant governor anthony brown. peter franchot and ansler. i didn't see heather maisler, but i am sure she was there as well. if o'malley was auditioning for president, they're all audition