name from james todd smith. this was pretty damn cool. "a.c. 360" starts now. everyone, a lot of politics to cover. first, the breaking news we are following now. new information on tropical storm isaac. you already know it may threaten the start of the republican convention in tampa on monday. but it would be a matter of life and death for hundreds of thousands of people in its path. living in tents in haiti and exposed to elements, wide open to bad weather, and they are some of the first that could be in jeopardy. what do we know from this new data? >> i know you have been to haiti and that situation. i can't imagine what it's going to be like in 24 hours. this storm is on its way just to the south of port-au-prince. the worst side of the storm will

be there about this time tomorrow night. you have 400,000 people or close to that number living in tents and wind blowing around at 80 -- wind going sideways. i can't imagine tomorrow night in haiti, absolutely unbearable. the wind, 45 miles an hour a gust of 50. that is up 5 miles per hour from the last update. hurricane hunter aircraft are in it, they're finding it more organized, and that's how it gets to be a hurricane before it hits haiti tomorrow, anderson. >> it does seem likely it could become a hurricane tomorrow? >> i believe so. it's in the very good water now. it's warm. there is not a lot of shear. there is not wind blowing all over the place and it hits land when it hits land and it breaks apart. and then the hurricane goes away, we are back to ts and over cuba, we are still a tropical storm. as it gets near key west is when it gets to be a hurricane again. and the hurricane center has a category 1, 85-mile-per-hour storm in the gulf of mexico. but in the update, they said

that may be very conservative. we'll have to keep watching. >> as you said, 400,000 people in haiti lives in tents from the earthquake still. and i mean those tents could be blown away. a lot of people wondering about the impact on the republican national convention monday. what point do you think we will be able to tell if it looks like it may hit tampa in a big way? >> well, it's 100 miles away in the center line. if it's a hurricane here, you will have very close to hurricane force winds in tampa or at least tropical storm winds. and that point in time, although maybe the faa doesn't shut airports down, certainly airlines are going to say we're not flying. and you're going to have all these people canceling plans. that is going to be a big headache on monday. if this thing does -- anderson, we were in tampa waiting for charlie in 2004. and it was going to be a big storm. it turned to the right at the

last moment and hit punta gorda. if it's over here and this storm turns to the right, then tampa is another very big story. that might be only 24 hours before landfall before we know that. that is the real rub about when do you start telling people to stay home or getting out of the way. these things turn right and left quickly. >> we have folks in haitwe are going to talk to coming up. chad, thank you very much. heading to tampa. the storm known as congressman and senate candidate todd akin has arrived in florida. congressman akin said he's going to be skipping the convention, leading republicans who wanted him to drop out of the race entirely, of course. and they hope out of the national picture. here is a sign how politically toxic they think he is. mitt romney doesn't not only want to be asked a question about akin or abortion.

he doesn't want to be asked those question. there was a catch no questions about akin or abortion. the obama campaign sent out on e-mail says women across america deserve to know the truth about romney/ryan's extreme agenda. that notion is part of a larger effort to paint the romney/ryan ticket as the romney/ryan/akin ticket. take a look. >> the republican party has now adopted congressman akin's policies as part of their platform. >> paul ryan and todd akin, like two peas in a pod. >> and now we have a republican party platform that was designed by mitt romney. >> that's the message, that the platform, the republican party platform was designed by mitt romney. keeping them honest, though there are truthful ways of making that message and less than truthful ways. debbie wasserman shumenchultz h

up the democratic national committee. i'm going to talk to her in a moment but first he want to show you some of the fund raising letter that she sent out this week. it starts off by saying friend, here's the republican party's message to women in 2012. no choice. no exceptions. it went on to say, their party just voted to embrace akin's position by including a constitutional ban on all abortions even in cases of rape or incest in their 2012 platform. then the dnc chairwoman calls out romney and ryan for saying they don't totally agree with that platform. but guess what? "the los angeles times" was written at the direction of romney's campaign. it seems pretty clear, right? keeping them honest, that quote was taken completely out of context. it was ripped in fact out of a sentence. if you put it back into that sentence, here's what it looks like. quote, this is from "the l.a.

times," delegates for presumptive nominee mitt romney are voting down substantive changes to the platform language that were written at the direction of romney's campaign. so the dnc letter takes the last eight words out of it and suggests something that it doesn't suggest. that language obviously wasn't written by the romney campaign. it hardly differs from the 2008 language and the 2004 language in the platform. that language obviously wasn't written by the romney campaign. in addition our own correspondent peter hanby was in the room while it was being drafted. he said romney's advisors made any number of suggestions but not on the abortion plank. you've been sending out fund raising appeals that seem to attempt to link romney and ryan. you do admit he supports it in

rape incest and the life of the mother, don't you? >> well, i think that women need to know the dramatic difference between obama's position as well as the democratic party's position and mitt romney and the republican party. so mitt romney's words are very nice, but the bottom line is that his campaign just directed the republican party platform to include the most restrictive constitutional amendment that would say to women that you would have no opportunity to make your own reproductive choices under any circumstances, even in the case of rape or incest. >> you're saying his campaign -- >> sorry? >> you're saying his campaign directed the writing of the platform and that's the claim you make in your fund -- >> that's the responsibility -- >> but it's not. i mean you're saying -- >> that's the responsibility of a presidential campaign. >> but factually speaking mitt romney did not design or -- the writing of the republican

party platform -- >> i'm sorry, that has been if you look -- >> are you saying that he wrote in 2000 and 2004 and 2008? because it's the same language and according to our reporters that were in the room as the platform was being discussed people could suggest changes and they did suggest changes but didn't say anything about the abortion language and you could fault them for that but can't say they designed the abortion second. >> anderson, we comfortable can say it because in the previous one mitt romney embraced that language and said he'd be delighted to support a constitutional amendment banning all abortion. he supported personhood amendments. >> he also vocally for years -- sorry. he has for years publicly said that he suorts abortion in the case of rape, incest and when the life of the mother is at stake.

>> i can certainly acknowledge that he says that out loud. and i think it's very clear that mitt romney talks the talk, certainly doesn't walk the walk. he has fully embraced his party's platform that includes a constitutional amendment banning all forms of abortion including with no exception, for rape or incest. >> do you at least acknowledge that the quote that you gave from the "l.a. times" is completely incorrect? >> no. i don't acknowledge that. i know that's were you're saying but i acknowledge that -- >> i can read it to you right now. what you said is -- guess what, the "l.a. times" -- >> anderson, what i'm saying is it doesn't matter. >> i think what you say does matter. you're quoting the "l.a. times" and you've misquoted them to back up a position. >> anderson, the point of the e-mail, and there's no getting around that, and i would think

you would agree, that there's no way that a presidential candidate can separate themselves from that party's platform. >> he has. >> there is no exception for rape or incest in the human life amendment. he has insisted that his own party's platform. no he hasn't because he insisted -- he had an opportunity during the drafting of that platform language to make sure that his own view, if that really is his view, is in that party's platform's language. it isn't. he didn't do that. neither did his campaign team. that's why we sent the e-mail because i want to make sure women know that. >> you sent the e-mail to raise funds and you're misusing a quote and i do think accuracy is important and my job is to point out things which are not factually correct. you said that the platform was, and i quote shgs written at the direction of romney's campaign. that sounds very direct but that's not what they actually said. >> the bottom line message -- >> the bottom line, what they said -- >> the bottom line -- >> -- are voting down

substantive language written at the direction of the romney's campaign. they're not saying they wrote all the language but specific language that they wrote, their sore gats are voting down and abortion language was not part of that. >> anderson, the bottom line message of our e-mail is that "a," women need to know the difference between the two parties and the two presidential candidates on a woman's right to make her own reproductive choices and that mitt romney can say that he's for an exception for rape or incest. his party platform doesn't reflect that. he has previously fully embraced a human life amendment with no exception and said he would be delighted to support it and women need to know the difference. and women need to know that mitt romney is simply saying one thing but not insisting that his party's policies as reflected in their platform reflect his views. and we're not going to let him get away with it. this is an important decision and they need to be informed.

>> my only point is, and, again, it's my job is in a fund-raising e-mail to misquote something to serve your argument doesn't seem in the long term to serve your argument very well. >> i understand your point, but i think we -- i mean, the balance of the e-mail makes the case very clearly. and the main thrust of the information we're trying to convey is that mitt romney is disingenuous when it comes to a woman's right to make her own choices and he's extreme and has embraced an extreme position and we women to know that. >> congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz, i appreciate you being on. thank you. >> thanks, anderson. >> let us know what you think about the discussion right now on twitter. one late note from our senior congressional producer on todd akin, deidre walsh, she's learned of a possible threat against him.

capitol police are working with the fbi on that matter. so let us know what you think, we're on facebook. follow me on twitter, we'll be tweeting throughout this hour. up next the raw politics of a presidential race that could come down to a tiny number of people in a handful of key states. john king crunched the numbers. and perspective from candy crowley.arl ed. and then, in one blinding blink of an eye, their tree had given its last. but with their raymond james financial advisor, they had prepared for even the unthinkable. and they danced. see what a raymond james advisor can do for you.

hey, welcome back. raw politics. a new poll that shows the gap

narrowing. between obama and romney. john king is here to break it down for us. before we go to john king on that, we should say, we spent a long time trying to come up with a title for john king's segment. might make you sit up more, take notice, when one of the best political minds in the business is coming on. but we have not ruled out a title because all of our ideas stink. king size download. they are cheesy and lame. john is taking his head. we decide to call it what we think it is. part of the show where john king makes you smarter. john? >> three new battleground state polls out today in and this race, 75 days before the election and days for the republican convention is about as close as you can get. and all the states, obama states in 2008, wisconsin, ohio, and the state of florida. let's go through them one by one. we look at wisconsin and stretch it out, you see this is the "new

york times"/quinnipiac poll that is a dead heat. the president with a slight advantage. proof positive the paul ryan pick is giving them a bounce in wisconsin. it has been a democratic state in presidential politics for a long time. it's a battleground now. the one up place where you do see evidence of immediate help for romney. when it comes what is often the decisive battleground, the state of ohio. here you see a slight advantage for the president. some other new polling shows the race a little closer. this is a competitive race and this is a state, it's almost impossible to do romney wins math without the state of ohio. so he needs to improve his standing here. and the state of florida, the home state of the republican convention, weather permitting. we'll watch that one play out but at the moment, as close as they come. the president with a slight advantage, 49/46. that is within the margin of error a dead heat in the state of florida. the convention, a chance for romney to move the numbers

there. as he tries to do that, let's look at the key subgroups there. older voters will be critical in the country, especially in a state like florida. the medicare debate front and center now. if you look at the age breakdown, the president, winning among younger voters a key part of his coalition in 2008. but look at this, mitt romney now in the state of florida, the senior vote is critical with a big 13-point advantage. that is better than mccain in 2008 and better than bush in 2004. if romney can hold that, it bodes well for his chances in florida. so what does all this mean? let's switch maps and take a look at how it plays out with the electoral college. if you look, wisconsin, ohio, florida, we have them as toss-ups. play out this scenario. right now, the president, a stronger lean. 237 of the 270 he needs. governor romney is a bit behind. 206 of the 270 he needs. if governor romney can pull out florida, ohio, look at that, he is closing -- he is past the president, knocking on the door. if he can get wisconsin, he's

knocking at the door of being the next president of the united states. he needs one more big state. that is if he can win all three. let's put this back to toss-up. what if the president won florida and lost none of the states he has right now? if he wins florida and ohio, to it's game over. that shows you why the three states we are talking about now, especially florida and ohio, are so critical. governor romney has a tougher map. he needs to win florida, needs ohio and would like to win wisconsin. it would make a challenge a lot easier. of the three states we're talking about today, florida and ohio, if they are not red come november, very hard to see romney in the white house, anderson. >> john, i want to bring in candy crowley, obviously chief political correspondent. the poll numbers john just outlined, a point of two increase here and there. what do you think is behind that? >> i think a couple of things and i think the dynamics of the race like the poll numbers haven't changed all that much.

because what you have are countervailing forces. you have the economy, which really is a drag on president obama. still when you look at the polls. any time you have an economy showing the kind of figures that this economy shows right now, it's a danger zone for the president. on the other hand, you have mitt romney who the american voter has not yet warmed up to. they still have this skepticism about mitt romney about whether he can make things better. some of the early advertising from president obama and folks supporting him has done pretty well at tamping down any kind of expectation that mitt romney would kind of pull ahead in this sort of economy. so you've got these two forces. you've got the economy and the likability of mitt romney, which really he's shown no headway. and that's why when you look at the convention and the upcoming debates, it's so important for mitt romney. >> john, in the states where romney is showing signs of improvement, how much of that do you think is the addition of ryan to the tickets or signs

that obama's ads might be working? >> i would say a bit more evidence of the former rather than the latter. in wisconsin, paul ryan has been worth a point or two in his home state. if you look at the new polling data, if you look at florida, if you look at ohio, one of the things that is crystal clear, it has helped among the conservative base. ogs's doing well among conservative, anderson. this has helped a little bit. you have a fascinating dynamic now. hundreds of millions are about to be spent. if you look at the latest polling, in part because of paul ryan, governor romney is rock solid among conservatives and among republicans and guess what, president obama is rock solid among liberals and among democrats. the key is the very small slice in the middle that describe themselves as independent and n undecided so it's a bit of paul ryan. the ads have been mostly a wash. both sides and all the super pacs, essentially what they're doing is confusing people. >> it's interesting, though, in this battle for undecided for independents, perhaps, this poll doesn't show any fallout from the congressman akin remarks

because of when this poll was taken. do you think that may have an impact, just the whole discussion about abortion, abortion rights? >> we'll see. i think the romney team is lucky they have the conventions coming up where they can turn the conversation back to where they want, which is the economy. it doesn't surprise me there is no real switch here, because we know there is a huge gap between the percentage of women intent on voting for obama and those intent on voting for romney. there was already a huge gap there and just to add one thing to what you and john were just talking about and that is that, yes sh yes, it is certainly going to be about the swing voters and more than that, this is why we got the ryan pick, it's about getting your voters enthusiastic and i'm getting them out. it's a turn-out election more than a message election. >> how much of a bump can a candidate like mitt romney expect from a convention and how long does that bump last?

if you look at past years, past presidential races, whatever bump, it has faded for a number of candidates. >> they do tend to fade, especially for the candidate who goes first and mitt romney is going first. anderson, i remember leaving atlanta in 1988 with michael dukakis and they were 17 points ahead. guess what? he lost 40 states. he would love to boost his number in the national horse race. we'll get a lot of local coverage and national coverage as well. he would love to boost his number there. and more than a two or three point bounce in the national polls for governor romney, do they go deeper in the polls. candy is right. the obama people have defined him as a rich guy who doesn't understand. that's what he has to move. when you look at people, does he care? does he understand? does he get your problems? and governor romney leads among seniors. he needs to boost that number.

because when the democratic convention comes down a week later, they are going to hammer romney and ryan on medicare. so romney needs to boost his standing among olders voters and get to the perception that the obama people have started to paint that he doesn't care about everyday americans. >> thank you. an amazing story coming up. a texas county judge is facing calls to resign his elected position after saying civil war could break out if obama is re-elected. he is talking about u.n. troops sent to texas. details ahead. tom's photos, bute loves the access to tom'ss, bute personal information. oscar's an identity thief who used tom's personal info to buy new teeth and a new car, and stuck tom with the $57,000 bill. [tires squeal] now meet carl who works from the coffee shop and uses the free wi-fi. marie works from there too. she's an identity thief who used a small device to grab his wi-fi signal, then stole enough personal information to hijack

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welcome back. there's growing fallout by an elected county judge in texas. his name is judge tom head. he is a republican and oversees emergency plans efforts in lubbock.

in radio and television interviews this week he warned that civil war could break out if president obama is elected. take a listen. >> what do you think he is going to do in the next term? he is going to try to hand over the sovereignty of the united states to the u.n. what is going to happen when that happens? i'm thinking civil unrest, civil disobedience, civil war maybe. we're talking lexington, concord, take up arms and get rid of the guy. >> judge head claims that president obama is going to bring united nations troops into the u.s. into lubbock, texas. he actually said that we'll play it for you in just a minute. the texas democrats are calling for him to resign. ed lavendera joins me now from dallas. ed, what is the latest on this? >> anderson, if you back up a bit here, it's even more amazing when you look at the context as to why all of this started.

it had to do with a debate there in lubbock county where the commissioners were debated to add extra taxes to add funding to the sheriff's department. you're wondering how in the world do you go from debating that to talking like this? >> he is going to send in u.n. troops. i don't -- >> u.n. troops. >> huh? >> u.n. with the little blue beanies. i don't want them in lubbock county. okay, so i'm going to stand in front of their armored personnel carriers and say, you're not coming in here and the sheriff, i already asked him, are you going to back me? he said, yeah, i'll back you. i don't want a bunch of rookies back there. i want trained, equipped, veteran officers. >> so you can imagine local reporters there in lubbock heard of this and went and asked the sheriff about this conversation. how did it all take place, the

sheriff, anderson says, they had talked about emergency plan contingencies but none of this talk of civil war came up. >> he wants to raise taxes to buy equipment to fend off lubbock, texas, from the u.n. troops that he belves president obama may send in after he cedes sovereignty over to the united nations? >> exactly. he said in a couple of interviews he doesn't think this will actually happen but he has to be prepared for worst-case scenario. >> could judge head face any kind of repercussions for the comments? he's a sitting judge. >> well there's no -- right, he is an elected official. he's had a great deal of overwhelming support for more than a decade there in lubbock county. there is no way of re-calling someone in his position. obviously, many local officials mostly democrats of which there respect very many in lubbock county put out a statement this afternoon saying "judge

head's paranoid fantasy of a u.n. invasion has taken over the world. a disease of the mind has taken control of the republican party. judge head would rather have an imaginary conversation with our sheriff to prepare for united nations tanks invading lubbock county than do the serious work that preparing a county budget requires." and i spoke with the lone democrat, county commissioner on that court. and i asked, is this something that is typical from a judge head? and i asked, do you feel like he has fit to serve in office? and i'm saving this for the end because i wouldn't be able to stop laughing to be able to get through this but the quote i got back from the commissioner, "judge head is a 6-pack short of a 12-pack of beer, if you know what i mean. >> appreciate the update. remarkable story. coming up, a teacher accused of sexually abusing his students, yet the school actually has to pay him to leave. you say there ought to be a law?

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welcome back. another keeping then honest report about a bill that recently died in california's legislature. this is probably going to make you mad. we should say that this contains adult subject matter. if there are kids in the room, you might want them to leave for two or three minutes. the bill was designed to make it easier for public schools to fire teachers who commit sexual, physical or drug-related acts with their students. it sounds pretty noncontroversial.

but it's hard to fire teachers even if they are charged with completely despicable crimes against students. a sponsor wanted to change that. keeping them honest did money from the state's powerful education units drive their actions? >> reporter: in the halls of the california state capital, assembly member carter is not in the mood to talk. >> i want to chat about senate bill 2530. >> reporter: she wouldn't stop to answer a single question. as silent here as when faced with the bill on sexually abusive teacher. >> i have no comments on the bill. >> reporter: but a voice in california's capital is what parents were demanding. this is miramante school in los angeles

where teacher mark burnt blindfolded children and placed things on their faces and he spoon fed his semen to them near their mths and forced them to eat cookies laced with his bodily fluids. he pled not guilty and faces trial next year. as disgusting as the acts are, they're just the beginning of the outrage. despite what the teacher did to his students, the school could not fire him. that's because in california, the process to fire a teacher can take years. so what can they do with burnt? they could have suspended him with pay pending a hearing. but instead they chose to pay him to resign. >> $40,000 simply to retire. >> reporter: california state senator alex padilla said it was a signal the system was broken. so he drafted a new bill that would allow a faster way for schools to fire teachers accused of the most heinous crimes against children. >> we are specific to the serious and egregious crimes,

sex, drugs or violence involving students. i mean, these to me are no-brainers. >> reporter: the bill looked like a shoo-in. it sailed through the senate with overwhelming bipartisan support. its next stop, the state assembly and there it died. not just by lawmakers voting no but lawmakers who chose to stay silent. they chose to not vote at all. >> is there a motion on the bill? >> reporter: this is education committee earlier this year. there are 11 voters. four key members, members of padilla's party, cho not to vote at all which in california is as good as saying no. their silence killed the bill. that fell one single vote short of being sent to the full state assembly. why would they stay silent? >> out of fear that the campaign dollars will no longer follow or throw their way. >> reporter: it comes down to cash. campaign contributions from

special interest groups charges former state senator gloria romero who knows a thing or two about it. she's a former head of this committee. not voting, she says, is political teflon. they don't look bad to their constituents and the money from the powerful education unions keep flowing. >> they voted no because they were tied to the hip with power and money thinking that nobody would ever find out about an abstain vote. well, we found out and we're outraged. >> reporter: is it simply about the money? dan newman is a president and co-founder of map light, nonprofit nonprofit research group dedicated to looking at money's influence on politics. he looked at teachers unions and committee members from january 2009 to may 2012. >> you can see how the money correlates with the vote. >> with the exception of the committee chair, the numbers reveal a pattern. all those voting no or not voting received much more money

over the years from education unions than those voting yes. >> i don't know what is in the lawmakers' head but i do know on average it's striking that lawmakers who receive more money from the teachers union in this case tended to vote more with that union, and what that correlation shows is that the money is having an influence. >> reporter: we also don't know what's in the lawmakers' head. we got no response when we asked for sit-down interviews with the four who were silent so we went to sacramento to see them. >> can you take the camera out? >> reporter: kicked out of one office to another, staffers saying their bosses couldn't talk. when assembly member carter wouldn't answer our questions in the hall, we followed all of them to the assembly floor where rules state interviews may be granted if you send a note. can we first ask assembly member carter? assembly member carter

who received more than $7,000 since teacher unions in 2009 ignored the note. mike ang, received 18,000 from 2009, barely glanced at the note. assembly member butler. betsy butler, who received more than $11,000 from teacher unions visibly reacted to my note but still ignored the request. assembly member williams. only assembly member doss williams, receiving nearly $30,000 walked right over. >> i thought the bill was too much of an overreach. >> reporter: an overreach, but he wouldn't elaborate what that means nor would he talk about his decision not to vote because he said the assembly was in session. this is the underbelly of how government works, say critics. and laws, they say, are the people who these people are supposed to represent. children in a classroom where their teacher has been accused of feeding them semen?

these legislators just threw the kids to the wind and say we don't even want to think about you. >> that assembly member that you actually talked to on the floor, he reached out to you after the session. what de tell you? >> he gave me a phone call and he said basically he used that word overreach, anderson, and what he is trying to say, he felt that the bill did too much. there is a process in place and he said it wasn't the campaign dollar doing the talking. when he wasn't talking. he said if there is a new bill drafted with senator padilla, something he's hoping to do, perhaps there's new version he might support. >> it's interesting they don't vote no, they abstain and it protects them from blowback from it. what did the teachers unions in california have to say about it? >> yeah, the california teachers union, perhaps one of the most powerful groups here in california because they have one of the largest war chests, they have so many members and so many contributing dollars, what the cta is basically saying is

that there is a due possess in place. that it simply does work. yes, there are bad examples but they feel that overall the teaching process, the process there in place with the teachers should not be interfered with and they say, campaign contributions, they are not going to talk that way. >> taxpayers paid $40,000 to get rid of that teacher accused of the most abhorrent behavior to students is shocking. i appreciate the report. interesting reporting. breaking news next. latest on isaac. heading straight to haiti. gary tuchman is there in port-au-prince with a live report. more than 400,000 people still living in tents. octor. and she might have, if not for kari, the identity thief who stole jill's social security number to open credit cards, destroying jill's credit and her dream of retirement. now meet amanda. with a swipe of her debit card, she bought some gas... and an all-expense-paid trip to hawaii for ben. ben is the identity thief

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breaking news tonight, the people of haiti, many still recovering from 2010's devastating earthquake are in danger of yet another natural disaster. tropical storm isaac expected to be hurricane isaac when it reaches haiti bringing with it as much as 12 inches of rain. hundreds of thousands of haitians are still living in tent camps two years after the earthquake and aid organizations are bracing for the worth as the storm approaches. our gary tuchman is there live in port-au-prince. gary, how are people there preparing for the storm? are they? >> reporter: i think what's incredible, anderson, with all the tropical storms and hurricanes i've covered, i've never gone through a city and capital like port-au-prince and seen absolutely no preparations whatsoever. there's no sign of the imminent arrival of the storm. in some wealthier neighborhoods there may be and those people

are going to shelters and churches and police stations. but here we're in a section of port-au-prince only ten minute as way from the presidential palace, a tent shantytown. there are hundreds of people here and we had to notify at least eight or nine of them that a storm was on its way. they said they're not leaving. they feel if they leave, someone will come and take their place in the only homes they've had for the last 2 1/2 years since the earthquake so these people are staying. we're less than 24 hours from the arrival of a dangerous storm and we haven't seen anyone leave here for shelter whatsoever. they're sticking it out. >> amazing they haven't been notified. it seems to be a slow-moving storm so flooding for people in those tents, that's obviously a real concern. >> yeah. i mean this country has suffered so grievously throughout the decades from mud slides and storms. in 2008, 800 people were killed from 4 different storms that came through haiti. in 2004 when hurricane jean hit

3,000 people were killed. there hasn't been a tropical storm or hurricane that hit haiti since the earthquake. a tropical storm fizzled out last summer. so this will be a test. the fact that these people suffered so much. you're talking about 300,000 people who were killed 2 1/2 years ago. nevertheless we've let people know, and they're scared but they're not leaving. gary, thanks. we're following other stories and susan hendricks joins us. susan? anderson, a prosecutor says the accused colorado gunman made threats prior to his deadly rage and police knew about them. she says the threats began after he failed oral exams at the university of colorado. he was barred from campus and police were notified. a short time later he allegedly killed 12 at a suburban denver theater. a shocker for lance armstrong, the seven-time tour did you france winner tonight saying he is ending his fight against doping charges that could cost him those titles. in a statement just out he says he refuses to

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ah, yes, it's that time in the program. the riduculist. tonight we're talking about adventures in local news, starting with an impromptu vocabulary lesson. a news anchor in canada learned the hard way that a certain word doesn't mean quite what he thought it did. >> a lot of them brought their girlfriends out to canoodle or whatever. >> people canoodle in union bay. >> they did canoodle in union bay. >> it's time to look for your forecast with astrid. maybe we can canoodle before you get into it about -- >> we're not going to be canoodling. what? >> oh, i thought canoodle meant chat. >> chat? >> oh. >> astrid, you're lucky there's

a producer in my ear. i would have carried that on and on. >> wah, wah. canoodling, kissing, cuddling. not to be confused with noodling which can mean catching catfish with your bare hands. two things that astrid wouldn't agree to do with him either. lest you think local news has the market cornered, let us not forget about this moment right here on cnn. >> i know who likes chocolate, zain verjee. nice melons behind you there. >> whoa, whoa, whoa. >> i'm sorry. >> hey, lady. enough with the innuendo and double entendre. allow us to raise the maturity level a bit. check out what happens when a local reporter is live on the air with a super flatulant rhino. >> oh. >> oh, my. >> there you go. >> there's the morning ritual. got to love that one. she just said, hey, pull my finger.

>> good times. >> it smells ripe in here now. let me tell you. that is so funny. >> yeah. how's that working for you? >> now, at this point you may be wondering how can one possibly top a gassy rhino live on the local news? well, how about an entire seismic event. >> 7.2 magnitude earthquake. magniturd -- magnitude -- magnitude 7.2. it was a very large earthquake. the good thing is, there were no immediate reports of any damages or injuries. i give him points for just moving on with that. magniturd, it's a great band name. not so great method of measuring