tension between personal beliefs and a public persona. >> that's monday night for "romney revealed." family, faith, and the rod to powerment a profile of the soon to be republican presidential nominee. it will be followed by a preview of the convention itself which starts at 9. 306789 eastern. on monday live coverage of the gop convention begins at 7:00 eastern right here on cnn. a very exciting week coming up. >> i know. we look forward to all that. >> yeah. >> all right. we'll see you again tomorrow morning. >> okay. 6:00 a.m. bright and early. >> that's right. bright and early. thank you so much. >> sure. >> we're going to continue to keep a close watch on tropical storm isaac. right now making its way around cuba after leaving a lot of rain in haiti. you're looking at the map right now as it continues to generate some power there.

dumping a lot of rain in haiti. the last thing that people need there, so many people still living in tent cities as a result of an earthquake two years ago. now being hammered by a lot of wind, a lot of rain. we're going to be joined by our jennifer delgado momentarily to give us an update on where the storm might be heading next. but first, martin savage in haiti. >> reporter: fred, there is a little bit of improvement, at least the winds have begun to subside here in the southern part of haiti. but the rain continues to come down. it's always been feared the rain is the real danger. last night the winds picked up around 11:00 last night and they continue that way until about 10:00 this morning. whipping the trees into a frenzy, bringing down branches and in some cases bringing down whole trees. the power lines have been brought down in certain areas. there is no power here except that which is being produced by a generator. cell phone communication has been in and out. but it's the flooding that is the real concern and always has been for haiti. haiti is very mountainous.

a lot of the trees and brush have been cleared from the mountains by people burning it or using it for construction. so the truth is that water and it depends how much water, but it's been project the anywhere from a foot or more could come crashing down. that triggers one of two events. one flash flooding which is a very real possibility. the other, a landslide. and those are dangerous whether it's here or port-au-prince. we have not heard of that happening. quite frankly, you have to remember emergency communication, emergency response in this particular country is weak at best. it probably almost nonexistent. we have not seen traffic on the streets. we've seen some people out and about. we do know around the corner there is structural damage and tree damage. so it's hard to really give you an estimate as to whether there have injuries or hopefully no fatalities and how extensive the damage is. one thing is certain, isaac delivered a battering blow to the southern part of haiti. port-au-prince appears to have been spared somewhat. the reality is we probably won't

know for some time. meanwhile, the rain continues to fall. fred? >> all right. thanks so much, martin savage. you can follow the latest on isaac on our website. there you'll find photos, satellite images and information on how can you help storm victims recover from isaac. new projections are out on where the storm just might be heading next. let's go to meteorologist jennifer delgado. this is a tough storm to predict, isn't it? while at first it appeared as though it would hit cuba and then break up and then generate speed, it's bypassing cuba apparently. >> it's hugging the coastline. the problem is while it's not going to be interacting with cuba this is going to allow it more time to develop. now as i show you on our graphic here, i want to point out we have hurricane threat, of course. we have warnings in place anywhere you're seeing in pink. south of bonita shores and key west. can you see key largo. anywhere you're seeing in red. that includes the bahamas.

we have a hurricane watch in place. but, yes, we are very concerned about this because now you can see some of the tropical storm warnings and watches have been extended. look at this. for flagler beach, we're looking at yellow. that's the watch. anywhere in blue that, is tropical storm warning. and that means those conditions are expected as we go through tomorrow morning. conditions are really going to go down hill for parts of florida and towards the western coastline. we do have a -- should say a tropical storm watch in place. here it is on the satellite imagery. you're wondering where is that circulation? it's right about here. just to the eastern part of cuba. it's going to be moving through the florida strait. the sprob as it moves through there, we're talking very warm waters. so this is going to be the fuel for it to develop. now as we take it into the future, want to point out to you as we go through sunday morning there is the location of isaac. you can see the wind 65 miles per hour. and then on sunday, winds 75.

just at hurricane strength. it's going to continue to sweep up towards the northwest very likely. and that means hurricane conditions are expected tomorrow for parts of southern florida. of course, key west. as we take it out into the future this is new. notice now because it's going to be moving in that warm water, we're talking potential for category two. so the storm could certainly get stronger as it moves in this favorable environment. then we go even further into the future. notice as we go through, wednesday as well as into thursday we're talking still a tropical storm into an area of low pressure. this is going to be bring a tremendous amount of rainfall. very quickly, i have one graphic to show you. yesterday some of the models were in disagreement. now you can kind of see all of them are really kind of taking it to the florida strait. but we want to point out to you for areas including new orleans over towards the western coastline of florida, everybody needs to be prepared for the potential of isaac to go in

their direction. there is still uncertainty with that. >> yeah. and those gulf waters, very warm. >> temperatures in the 80s. >> yeah, that means, i guess, helping that storm to pick up speed. >> absolutely. need some warm water and open water to develop. >> thank you very much, jennifer, we appreciate. that keep us posted throughout the afternoon. let's look at a very different dynamic. a pair of typhoons threatening to unleash major damage overseas. a typhoon roared ashore in southern taiwan on friday causing damage and dumping torrential rain there before moving out to sea. forecasters warn the storm could turn around and strike taiwan a second time next week. okinawa, japan, is bracing for a direct hit from a super typhoon tomorrow. damage there could be the worst in a decade. you know that cool kind of finger scrolling feature on your iphone? perhaps you have a samsung fascinate or galaxy. well, apple wins a major victory in federal court. it's they're patent.

samsung shouldn't be free to use it. a federal jury in the copyright infringement case ruled that samsung has to pay apple more than $1 billion in damages. the ruling says samsung willfully violated the patents in developing mobile products. samsung says it will appeal. we'll have much more on this story later on with our legal guys right around the corner. we head to the republican national convention in tampa, florida. thousands of delegates that may be faced with an unwelcomed complication. that in the form of tropical storm isaac. you'll love on a school night. pillsbury crescent dogs with just a few ingredients you have an easy dinner... pillsbury crescent dogs... school night ideas made easy.

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just two days before the republican convention kick oz inform florida. mitt romney is courting voters in another battleground state, ohio. and running mate paul ryan is by his side. they held a rally out side columbus this morning. both took aim at president obama's economic record. >> but as he lays out all the wonderful things he's going to do, people are going to stop and say but how are goug do something different than last time? they've experienced the last four years. they know if they re-elect him,

they get four more yearsst same. it is not his words that people have to listen to. it is his action and his record and if they look at that, they'll take him out of the office and put people into the office who will actually get america going again. >> president obama came into office promising to lower the unemployment rate. it would never get above 8% if we just pass this stimulus legislation. it's been above 8% for 42 months. the unemployment rate in massachusetts went down under mitt romney's leadership. family income, we just saw some new really ugly statistics this morning about how the middle class has been hit so hard in the last 3 1/2 years. family household incomes have gone down by more than $4,000 over the last four years. >> in just a few days, ryan and romney then head to tampa, florida, for the republican national convention. that four-day event kicks off monday. tropical storm isaac is

threatening to cause a few problems. cnn political director mark preston is in tampa. mark, how are people preparing for the potential of isaac? >> reporter: well, you know, it's really interesting. we're here at the university of tampa right now. we have students moving into their dormitories. you would never know that, in fact, there is some concern that this tropical storm could cause some damage certainly to this area. it was only a couple months ago where tropical storm debbie did come marching up this way and caused some massive flooding here in the tampa area. but we have 50,000 people coming in for the republican national convention. i have to tell that you organizers are very, very concerned. they're concerned for two reasons. it will take the republican tickets messaging off. it will force all thought to be on what happens if this storm does, in fact, come very close to tampa? what do you do with the 50,000 people? how do you get them out of here? also, if this storm goes up into the gulf and it does make land

fall and cause sometimes destruction up there as well, how do you hold a convention down here? they've been holding meetings late last night. they're meeting this morning. fred, i have to tell you, nobody really knows the answer what's going to happen. >> so on the table, are they actually considering at what point they would actually have to cancel the convention? >> reporter: well, what would happen is the most important thing that happens during one of the conventions is to insure that mitt romney becomes the nominee for the republican party. so a lot of reasons for. that but primarily because mitt romney will then be able to start spending general election funds. they have that already set up. that will happen on monday just as the storm is starting to come up and through the gulf. so technically that will be okay. but as far as what happens with all the visitors, you know, people here in florida know how to get out of harm's way. they're used to it. i think they're okay on that. >> right. it's just the people coming in who may not be as familiar that many folks are most concerned about. all right. so say things continue to go on

as planned in terms of the convention begins on monday. ann romney was scheduled to speak at the convention on monday. her speech has been moved to tuesday. is that related to the storm or is that something else? >> reporter: no. it has to do with the fact that three broadcast networks decided that they were not going to air the first night of republican national convention. that's the night that ann romney was going to headline the romney campaign. they wanted a book end effect. she kicked off the convention and mitt romney closing it. they realized after the broadcast networks said they would not broadcast that night, she wanted to showcase ann romney. she is a very good speaker. there was a little confusion. they were thinking of moving marco rubio, one of the rising stars in the republican party out of his speaking slot. marco rubio is supposed to introduce mitt romney on thursday night. there was consideration of taking him out and putting ann romney in that slot. after a few hours yesterday, a lot of moving around, they decided to leaf marco rubio

there. ann romney will now speak on tuesday night, the same night that chris christie gives his big speech. but, of course, that's all up in the air. >> there's a lot up in the air, just two days away from the officially beginning of the convention. keep us posted on what ultimately happens. thanks so much, mark preston. don't forget this programming note. cnn's live coverage of the republican national convention does start monday night. 7:00 p.m. eastern as far as we know. a massive blast at one of the world's largest oil refineries leaving dozens of people dead or injuredment we. l

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and law professor joining us from los angeles today. good to see you as well. >> hi, fred. >> all right. gentlemen, this is a very fascinating case. you know, people are very familiar with the whole turning a page feature. using your finger to scroll a phone on iphones and then on samsung phones and some of the others, too. but now we're talking about apple winning this patent infringement suit, richard. you first. this is interesting. whenever a company comes out with a new invention or idea, others fall suit like in cars or in other, you know, cell phones, televisions. what is different in this case that samsung will get nailed for copying, so to speak, a design and invention, idea of apple's? >> fred, here it is. i just got it. what am i going to do with this thing? >> that's your samsung. >> the galaxy. >> it means you can still use it. it's just the problem for those who, i guess, were expecting to get the next generation of

samsung's galaxy. >> yeah. you can use it for now, at least. listen, you know, apple works very hard to develop their technology. and they protect their technology by patenting it. and when other companies get desperate as apple argued samsung got a couple years ago, they tried to steal some of that technology and they got caught with their hands in the cookie jar. now this is a million -- a billion dollar verdict for them that could be tripled to $3 billion. samsung made over $8 billion with the sale of their phones. >> so $1 billion is not going to hurt. >> right. >> they're not going out of business for this right. >> so, avery, you know, what is at the heart here? there are a few things. it's the design. there were three patents in particular that apple said, wait a minute, our patents were stolen, robbed, borrowed. we didn't get credit for it. isn't a case samsung said we really like that design.

we like those patents. can we pay you a price? here are some of the claims that apple has, fae tours theature t stolen. samsung said we love these things. we'll pay you for a price. then it would have been okay? or is it the issue that they kind of stole or borrowed? how did apple win this case? >> that's the point. apple's claiming they stole it. you know what's amazing in this profoundly complicated case, fred? there were 700 questions that the jury was required to answer. seven of which dealt with the question of design and software. and there was no question in the mind of the jury. but, yeah, sounds like an enormous amount of money, $1 billion. it's tip of the iceberg. this is one of many cases going on. take it to bank. this case is going to the court of appeals in san francisco along with other cases worldwide. so while it's significant powerful patent infringement

decision, we're only in the middle of it. if richard is concerned about losing the samsung, he can hold on to it. this thing is far from over. >> fred? >> yeah? >> you know how complex patent law can be. and apple's attorney said to the jurors, listen, this doesn't feel like an apple. does it work like an april snl that apple? the juries all said, yes, it does. >> and apple said this in a statement yesterday. let me pull it up here. okay, we applaud the court for finding samsung's behavior willful and for sending a loud and clear message that stealing isn't right. but then samsung says, oh, no, we're going to be paelg aappeal. today's verdict should not be viewed as a win for apple but a loss for the american consumer. it will lead to fewer choices, less innovation and potentially higher prices. >> yeah, we'll see. >> we'll see if they ever havet.

so a game of poker or a few games of poker were being played in the basement of a staten island home. and then comes a challenge as to whether poker is considered gambling or is it a game of skill or is it by chance? which is it? apparently a federal judge actually ruled that poker is a game of skill. it's not a game of chance. hence it was not gambling, avery? >> this is an amazing decision, fred. it was 120 pages written by one of america's legend airy federal judges. and what he did is he relied on an expert who testified that examining 150 million hands of poker, 415 million hands of poker, it is skill like an he equate the it to golf. >> and chess. >> yeah, like chess. well, chess has higher skill but playing golf or playing bridge is the equivalent of playing

poker. it's not chance unlike, you know, lotteries or slot machines or something like that. so what the judge did is threw out the criminal case. what a stunning, amazing opinion. i don't think it's going to deter the justice department from prosecuting cases under racketeering, for example. wow, what a blockbuster. i think it is absolutely amazing. >> richard, how do you see this potentially changing the landscape of what is considered legal play? >> well, fred, understand that last week in new york city there was talk of having -- if they voted last week it would have been approved for vegas type gambling in all five boroughs in new york. new york wanted gambling. number two, this decision by judge weinstein, he's right, he's a legend. it doesn't get any bigger than this in new york, specially in federal court. i've been before judge weinstein before. he handles a lot of the mob cases. he is a prolific judge. he took his time.

he wrote over 100-page decision. he relied on an expert showing that skills statistically have a significant effect on texas hold'em. the government went under a gambling stat constitute and had they gone on rico or state laws, they could have shut it down and got the conviction. i think that's where the government it s. going to go in the future. woint get too excited about this right now in new gambling is finitely coming to new york. >> you have to wonder if he is a poker player. he was holding up with high esteem that it is a game of skill. >> he's all in. who knew, fred? >> who knew? >> i know. we're going to see you ghen aga 20 minutes. we're going to talk about another case raising eyebrows, this involving a little girl dressed up as dolly parton and now apparently the estranged father is saying oh, no.

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assessed. the big concern, flooding is being seen at least one tent city in the capital of port-au-prince already. thousands of people left homeless in the 2010 earthquake are still living in tents. so far, there are no reports of injuries from tropical storm isaac. again, at sesment is ju again, the assessment is just beginning. >> no word on the shooting near new york's empire state building. all nine people hurt on the street were hit by police gunfire. jaso jason, we kind of heard from the police commissioner and the city mayor that this potentially might have been their conclusion. >> reporter: as you know, there is a lot of speculation initially about how exactly the nine bystanders were injured. but now this morning we are getting new information. this coming from police commissioner ray kelly who tells us three of the nine were actually struck by bullets. the rest, he says, were hit by

fragments. >> police surveillance video captures the shooting in front of the empire state building. 58-year-old jeffrey johnson suddenly appears to pull a gun when confronted by two police officers. amateur video shows a different angle. johnson is still moving after being shot. he dies a short time later. nine bystanders are hurt during the shooting including a tour guide. >> when i turned around, i saw a guy reach in his suit an he pulled out a gun. then i guess he shot the police officer. and a police officer shot him and one of them shot me in the arm and i fell. >> reporter: none of the injuries were life threatening. police fired 16 rounds but were quick to explain why so many innocent people were hurt zblmethere were flower pots and other objects around. the bullets fragmented and in essence that's what caused the

wounds of the bystanders. >> reporter: police say the shooting happened moments after johnson shot and killed a former co-worker. johnson was a women's accessories designer at hazan imports and laid off a year ago but had a long standing grudge against the co-worker over sales of his designs. witnesses say johnson used his .45 caliber pistol to shoot him in the head then kept firing at him. >> we heard pop, pop. we think it's like construction site. we think metal or wood fell. it was loud. then we heard four more shots. po pow, pow, pow. okay, that is gun shots. we scoot over and we look an we see a guy in a gray suit walking away. >> reporter: johnson's neighbors say he lived alone at this apartment building in new york's upper east side with his cats, whun recently died. >> i'm in shock. i can't believe it. he was the nicest guy. i think he snapped or something. i don't know.

>> reporter: and kelly also saying this morning that six of the victims were released from the hospital. there are three still hospitalized but none of their injuries are reported to be life let threatening. >> appreciate that from midtown manhattan. our legal guys are going to be back and they have a couple interesting cases beginning with one kind of highlighting, you know, sometime ladies get free or discounted drinks at bars for special promotions. but what about at a gun range? a maryland man is so fired up over a lady's day promotion that he is actually suing. our legal guys will be weighing in on this one. one is for a clean, wedomestic energy future that puts us in control. our abundant natural gas is already saving us money,

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a little girl dressed up as dolly parton featured on the popular reality tv show "toddlers and tiaras" is the centerpiece of a custody bat that will could get ugly. lindsey jackson dressed her daughter who is now 6 in this costume, the one you're about to see. >> when she wears the fake boobs and butt, it's a bonus. it's really funny when she comes out on stage, everybody thinks it's hysterical. >> oh, boy. the dad is not laughing. in fact that, episode sparked so much controversy that "people" magazine featured her on the cover headlining "gone too far." the father of little matty does think so. he is now fighting for full custody of matty. our legal guys are back. avery freeman in cleveland and richard herman in los angeles.

all right, gentlemen. you first, avery. is the video on this television show enough to help the dad substantiate his claim that his daughter is being sexually exploited? >> yeah, i think she is being sexually exploited. the problem here is linda jackson the mom who is utterly no judgment in my opinion in dealing with a 5-year-old is actually in a showdown legally with the ex-husband. the father who is a convicted felon who is convicted among other things of child endangerment. none of these parents are going to wind up with the defense parent of the year award. the problem with the judge is he's going to be looking to what a guardian is going to say about what's in the best interest of matty. and that will result, in my judgment in, a shared custody relationship conditioned on sending both of these adults and they're adults chronologically only to anger management

parenting classes so the child can have a responsible upbringing. the judge has a chance to do something about it. >> there are awe few component. is the television show be accused of being complicit because they aired the material? >> i it this mother is psychotic, fred. she is a psycho freak. i think the producers, the directors and any of the parents that are involved in these shows should all be prosecuted for child abuse. you want to go after people playing texas hold'em. go after these animals destroying these young children. what is the long term infect of this behavior on these kids? this is child abuse, fred. you can't take a 4-year-old and try to dress her up as a sexy older woman, put fake boobs on her and buttocks. this is atrocious. it's horrible. if the husband didn't have the felony conviction, he absolutely would gain custody here.

they don't deserve custody of this child. >> dui. i mean there was the child endangerment. is it alleged or was it substantiated that the child was in the car when he had the dui? are they connected? >> yeah. he was convicted of it. you know what? i don't know that i would call them animals. i'm actually in agreement. i think what these parents have done and let what happened to matty happen is something that i think children services should look into. i don't know if these social workers are on medication or something. somebody's got to look into this. this is serious stuff. >> the judge did place a gag order on lindsey jackson, the mother. and also impose ban on any more pageant activity for matty and mother until the duration of the trial. >> shut all these pageants down, fred. they have to shut them all down. >> absolutely right. i'm in total agreement. >> okay. let's move on to another case. this one in maryland.

this halves a man who went to a maryland shooting range and they have this lady's day. so the women get a break. just like, you know, lady's night. go to a bar or a lounge and lady's come in free, et cetera. well this maryland gun range is now being sued by this one patron who says, you know, it's discrimination. derrick hunter had this to say about his suit. >> just because i'm a man doesn't mean that, you know, i should have to pay more. >> two ladies came behind me. he told them they were free. i said why did i have to pay to use the range and they didn't? >> okay. he paided 15 e$15. they didn't. he's up in arms about it. richard? you first. he says he's suing for $200,000. >> you know where this is going. you noi where this is going. >>, no i don't. richard, you goat weiet to weig first. >> you know he is shooting blanks here.

his lawsuit is going absolutely nowhere. he gets no 14th amendment protection here. this is a private gun club. the slaw crystal clear in this area. he'll have no girlfriends. it's only $15, fred. that's all it was. none of the women are going to like him at this club. and it's $15. you know? come on. they're doing a promotion. it's a private club. i've gone to some of the gun clubs. i never see any women there. if they want to generate business in this environment, why not? it's not a problem here. this guy better get a grip. >> well, i totally disagree. i looked at maryland statute. this guy, believe it or not, has a case under the statute public accommodations law which prohibits gender preference. yeah. he's going to win this case. now his lawyer filed a $200,000 case. that's ridiculous. but the fact is on the merits,

derrick connor is going to win this case because there is nothing in the statute that permits an exception to discrimination, for example, for a promotion. >> really? so in that jurisdiction, no other place has things like -- so in that jurisdiction in, that district then where this statute would apply, there isn't like a lady's night for a bar or anything special, seniors? >> can't do it. >> really? >> can't do it. >> wow. in response to this lawsuit, the maryland small arms range said this. "i think a business has a right to do what it wants to. a business should be able to conduct its affairs without government micromanaging." so we'll see. >> good luck. >> i'm in l.a. i have my harvey specter hair going. what would harvey do? federal law controls this issue.

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now the obama and romney teams are taking this technology a step further. with apps that lp supporters keep track of campaign activities and more. but the apps also raise privacy concerns. the romney campaign's app which allows users to sign in through facebook can monitor information from the user's friends on the site. the obama campaign app provides data to help volunteers canvas. we're here in the georgetown neighborhood of washington, d.c. the obama campaign app plants blue flags at the homes of registered democrats. we're going to see if we can talk to some of the voters. does this concern you? the fact that this is available, someone could walk up to your door? >> of course i'm concerned. sure. yeah. yeah. i'm very concerned. i mean you did it this morning. you walked up to my door. you knew where i was and knew what it was all about. i had no idea. >> it's not just about maps. these apps can also get access to a lot of information from those who download them. we asked privacy expert just in

brookman about this. >> it is designed to be exposed to the applications you download. whatever they think is valuable as far as data monitoring, tailor message you to and figuring out who is going to give the most money, they have the ability to get. you can't say no to. >> reporter: while the romney campaign declined to comment, the obama campaign said this campaign has always and will continue to take great carr with the information that people share with us. in this instance, all of the information available comes from publicly available data and the campaign can take legal action against anyone misusing this public data. not everybody is worried. another georgetown resident we found using the obama campaign app called it harmless. >> 30 years ago if you worked for my party, any campaign and you want to find out where the registered democrats and georgetown, you would go downtown, make a copy of everybody's registration and go through the annoyance of looking

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