forecast is, is for more smaller earthquakes for several days, brooke. >> we'll be watching it right with you. i'm just sitting here wondering why. why this is happening. we'll continue the conversation. casey wian for us in california. that's it for me. i'm brooke baldwin here live at the cnn grill in tampa, florida. let's go to wolf blitzer high above the convention floor as above the convention floor as the rnc rolls on. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com happening now, isaac eyes the gulf coast. the tropical storm earerily following in katrina's footsteps seven years to the day. new orleans is put to the test. we're live on the ground where the city is working to prevent a with tropical storm isaac rhee pete of the heart wrenching scenes from seven years ago. still brewing, republican organizers decided to delay the start of the republican national and extraordinary inside convention here in tampa. look at the controversial it was formally open for about technology being used to protect the more than 50,000 people who ten minutes today, then recessed have already gathered here in for a day.

now there may be some more tampa for the publican national convention. controversy brewing. you're going to find out how it let's discuss what's going on can alert authorities to a crime with the former republican sometimes before it even presidential candidate, herman cain, who's here in "the happens. situation room" in tampa. i'm wolf blitzer in tampa. you're in "the situation room." >> hello, blitz. how are you? >> nice to see you. you remember that debate we had. i moderated it in constitution hall in washington. you didn't call me wolf. >> no. >> you didn't call me mr. blitzer. >> it's just blitz. >> that's what it was. >> i think it stuck. you can call me cain. >> that's what i said. we begin with chilling you call me blitz. memories of hurricane katrina's i'll call you cain. i'm surprised. deadly wrath almost seven years you're here in tampa. to the day that it permanently >> yes. >> right behind us is the podium. you're not going to be speaking? changed the face of the gulf >> nope. >> what's going on? coast as we know it. >> it's not about me. now tropical storm isaac is >> what do you mean? >> it's not about me. zeroing in on the region, >> remind our viewers. traveling on a very similar there was a point you were the path. let's go straight to our leading republican presidential meteorologist chad myers. he's standing by at the cnn candidate. all the polls showed you were severe weather center for the atop. >> for about four straight weeks latest on isaac's track. until the attack on my character where is it heading? came out. what's going on now, chad? and it was coordinated. >> well, the latest in the past it had to be coordinated. couple of hours that really no >> by whom? >> we can't tell you by whom one's really even seen yet.

because we don't have proof this is all brand-new. exactly by whom. is that isaac is almost outside but we do know that it was of its cone. coordinated. >> can you tell us if it was coordinated by a republican? i'm going to zoom in here. >> nope. storm still 65 miles per hour. i can't tell you that either. because i don't want to say but the storm has shifted to the anything that might jeopardize left. the cone is here. what we might do in the future the center of the storm is in terms of exposing what happened. actually to the left of the i was on the top for about four straight weeks, you're right. cone. if this wobble or if this left this convention is about mitt turn continues, that could take romney defining his message, it farther off toward the north defining his solutions, and and toward the west. defining his leadership. certainly to the west of new orleans. and i happen to believe that the giving a sigh of relief to the slate of speakers that they have people there. even if it gets big, it won't be is outstanding. and there are some speakers that a direct hit if it stays off the coast. but there are obviously other need the exposure like mia love people on the other side. remember the cone goes all the from utah. way from beaumont, port arthur former democrat congressman davis from alabama. all the way to mobile. they do and always wobble all >> arthur. the time. >> let them be on stage. significant flooding across the east coast of florida. i don't need this as an at times we had feet of water in opportunity to expand my visibili people's homes. visibility. >> do you talk to these romney in broward county, water still people? have you spoken to mitt romney going up. in recent months? it's going to be a mess of a night here. maybe even where you are, wolf, >> i have spaoken to governor maybe hear the tornado siren romney in the last two months at least three times one on one.

once in a while tonight. >> what do you talk to him these storms are slowly lly about? >> first of all, the last time i met with him was when they were in wisconsin when ryan went back rotating. they could put down small for the first time after being waterspout sized tornadoes. don't be surprised if you see selected. we had a one on one that anywhere across the florida conversation. he says, what are you hearing peninsula tonight. >> i can tell you, chad, as i out there? was driving here to the what do i need to do? the guy listens. that's what leaders do. convention center from my hotel, i did hear those tornado warning so i made suggestions about sharpening the message. sirens go off. and he has done that. it's a little startling when you >> give me an example. hear it and you see some of the >> here's an example. i said, governor, continue to reaction from other folks out on talk about energy independence. the street or cars. it was raining already. but i did hear those tornado the political consultants want warning sirens go off. you to talk about energy here's the question, though. security. leroi and bessy, the average it would be worse for new people, they don't understand orleans if this -- if it energy security. eventually becomes a hurricane he's talking energy if it hits a little bit to the independence. last week we rolled out his west of new orleans than if it hits a little bit to the east of five-point energy independence plan that's simple to understand new orleans? >> that's correct. and it makes sense. that is absolutely correct. in fact, katrina was east of new and i believe that that's -- that's the type of sharpening of orleans. katrina was not a direct hit on the message. he's got to do the same thing new orleans. relative to the economic growth katrina was a direct hit on bay and jobs. >> because he hasn't picked up st. louis, mississippi. wall of water 25 feet tall went your 9-9-9. all of our viewers remember

into bay st. louis. yes, if the storm continues to 9-9-9. track off to the left, right >> 9-9-9 is still fine, fine, fine sfwl you still support it? here on new orleans like it is, >> absolutely. fine, fine, fine. that would be bad because all of the other thing i suggested, he that water would pile into lake has to do it when he's comfortable with it. pontchartrain and probably fill the narrative needs to become up and go up the mississippi replace the tax code. river. if it's farther off to the left, there are three very good in fact, this wobble continues, options out there. fair tax, flat tax and the most it would be over here toward new recent entrant is the 9-9-9 plan. let the public debate which one iberia or lake charles. that would take a lot of the bad is best. part away. either one of them will be maybe 60 or 50 miles to the west better than the current tax code. >> on medicare, he wants -- at least paul ryan has supported of new orleans. that would be enough. not for people over 55, but under 55, going to the option of having a voucher system. right now the forecast is right in other words, the government through the center of the city. would give you some money. you'd then go buy your insurance >> we'll have you back as soon as we get a new forecast. from an insurance company. you'd have to deal with them on thanks very much. more than 5,600 national that kind of basis. guard members are being called up for active duty in why would anybody who's a senior preparation for isaac. states of emergency are in want to do that if right now the effect for mississippi, alabama medicare system, the seniors get and louisiana. their health insurance taken perhaps nowhere are they care of, they don't have any problem. why would anybody want the option of a voucher system? monitoring storm developments as closely as they are in new orleans given the history of >> remember, the seniors are 55

what happened there seven years and older. the voucher is for those that ago. brian todd is joining us now are under 55. with a closer look at what the >> but they would get it wh city is doing to prepare. what are you seeing, brian? they turn 65 or 67. >> reporter: wolf, take a look once they're eligible for at this structure behind me. medicare they could make a decision. >> back up. this is a massive pumping let's back up. station here. here's what young people are the 17th street canal levee and telling me. if we do not change the system pumping station. this was not here seven years ago when katrina hit. for those under 55, it will but this is part of the $11 billion being spent to upgrade the facilities in this area. self-destruct. so young people are saying, these levees and pumping people under 55 years of age are stations to keep the water out saying, if i had a voucher to of new orleans. help me buy it, here's one thing just look at how big these pumps about human nature that's being forgotten about this whole are. voucher system. when a hurricane hits, there's a when people spend their money, certain level of water that will they spend it a whole lot trigger this. differently than if they're spending the government's money. lake pontchartrain is about one foot above sea level normally. younger people under 55, they when it gets to about five feet love this idea because it puts these massive pumps are going to them in control. pump water from that canal out and it saves medicare. >> i don't know anybody who's toward lake pontchartrain. over 65 or 67 who's going to this storm is expected to bring say, you know what? water levels between maybe five i want to deal with insurance companies as opposed to the current medicare system which and eight feet above sea level. so these things may be most seniors love because it takes care of all their --

operational in the coming days. >> you see, that system isn't so that's one of the components here. but they've reinforced levees, going to change. that system isn't going to other pumping stations, barriers change. if you are 55 years of age or around this city. the army corps of engineers and older, you stay on the current medicare system. local officials are confident >> so you have the option of the they can handle anything this current system or a voucher storm gives them, wolf. system, you would take? >> i would go with the >> from what you're seeing, they romney/ryan plan. the way they have it. are really taking this very, if you're 55 years of age or very seriously. older, okay, yours doesn't but as far as evacuations are change. i'm 66. concerned, brian, where does >> you like the current medicare that stand? system. >> no. i would have rather have gotten >> reporter: well, no mandatory a voucher when i was 55 years of evacuation for the city of new age. orleans right now. i would have rather have gotten but mayor landrieu is obviously a voucher when i was 55. >> i got to go. quickly, what you said earlier, keeping that option open if he needs to do that. what they're doing is ordering intriguing. residents of certain parishes someone planted a conspiracy to that are near the coast -- st. derail your presidential run. give us a little bit of -- charles, parts of plaquemans >> it was a well coordinated effort. all you haveo do is look at publicly what happened. three consecutive weeks, three parish. not a full-scale mandatory different stories attacking my evacuation. character and attacking me to calling for voluntary evacuations for most of this area. no mandatory evacuation for the create doubt in the minds of city of new orleans yet. but officials are keeping track many of my supporters. of what happens here. that's what forced me to drop of course, that may have to come

out of the campaign, because of into play, wolf. the pain that it caused my >> it may, indeed. bri family by spinning these false brian, we'll check back with you. meanwhile here in tampa accusations and lies over and isaac is also on the minds of over and over and over. many of the convention delegates >> but the headline, what i'm hearing you say, you're who live along the gulf coast. investigating this. some of them are now even and you want to get to the bottom. considering leaving early to go >> yes. >> you're looking who started to home and be with their families. spread those sries about you? cnn's dana bash is here. >> yes. she's watching what's going on. >> and these women in the past, i know you've been speaking with a lot of these delegates from all of this? >> you got it. louisiana, mississippi, alabama. exactly. what are they saying? we're not done with the story >> we went over to where the yet. >> you've got investigators working on it? louisiana delegation is hunkered >> yes b i do. down in their hotel in their >> you're spending money out of meeting this morning. your own personal pocket? we talked to a lot of delegates. >> yes b i am. my character and reputation is some were on their way out. much more than dollars. some decided they were going to we're going to get to the bottom of this. leave. others decided to stick with it. >> cain. regardless, to a person, they >> blitz. >> good to see you. >> my man. >> been way too long. are spooked. >> reporter: the louisiana you let me know when that investigation wraps up. delegate lynn skidmore the pain we'll continue this from katrinais still raw. conversation. >> i will. you got it. >> thanks very much for coming >> it's terrifying. i think the fact -- especially in. >> yes. the former florida governor coming on the same date as jeb bush says it's time for president obama to, quote, move katrina, the anniversary. on and stop blaming the bad >> reporter: so emotional she economy on his predecessor. we're going to talk to president asked to stop the interview for a minute. obviously this is very emotional bush's former press secretary for you. >> yes, it is. ari fleischer about that and a

>> reporter: understandable. lot more in our strategy session. >> it's just that it brings back stay with us. such bad memories. and we don't need that. we don't need that. new orleans doesn't need it. >> reporter: most louisiana delegates say they don't have much of a choice but to stay in tampa. she has four small children back you see us, at the start of the day. home in isaac's path. on the company phone list that's a few names longer. any thought of going back home? >> getting back home would you see us bank on busier highways. probably be an issue right now. i think we're here to do on once empty fields. something that's important as everyday you see all the ways all of us at us bank part of our political process. we definitely have our eyes on are helping grow our economy. what's going on there. think for louisiana people we know the political part of it's lending more so companies and communities can expand, important, that what we're here grow stronger and get back to work. for. but it is hard to celebrate in everyday you see all of us serving you, some ways when you have your heart in a different place. around the country, around the corner. >> reporter: your stomach must be in knots right now. >> absolutely. >> reporter: five time us bank. convention goer chris gudry is thinking about leaving. >> i'm thinking about renting a car, drive back to louisiana, looking into flights. yes. plus talking to my family members at home to see how they're doing and trying to assess what the storm is going to do. >> i had 11 feet of water hit when i was -- during hurricane

katrina, 2005. >> reporter: mike bayhem is a gop delegate from bernard's parish in new orleans. he says the timing and location of this convention is a mistake. >> they need to go back in july. having the convention in tampa was probably not a good idea in the peak of hurricane season. energy is being produced to power our lives. but there's no need for the while energy development comes with some risk, conventions to be this late. >> reporter: what are you going north america's natural gas producers are committed to be doing as you're watching from here? >> keeping an eye on the to safely and responsibly providing generations hurricane track. getting in touch with all my of cleaner-burning energy for our country, family and friends that are drilling thousands of feet below fresh water sources evacuating. praying. within self-contained well systems. a lot of prayer. and, using state-of-the-art monitoring technologies, >> that particular delegate, michael bayham, he was at the rigorous practices help ensure our operations are safe and clean for our communities convention in minneapolis four years ago, of cours that convention was delayed one day and the environment. we're america's natural gas. because of another hurricane. that was hurricane gustav heading towards the gulf region my name is adam frucci and i'm the i love new technology,om. so when i heard that american express in general. so all of these delegates we talked to, they say, here we go and twitter were teaming up, i was pretty interested. again. it is very, very tough as you just heard. turns out you just sync your american express card securely pretty raw. one interesting note, some of them decided they were just going to go to try to take their to your twitter account, tweet specific hashtags, minds off things, since and you'll get offers on things you love.

obviously nothing is going on here at the convention. this totally changes the way i think about membership. there was an organization to go saving money on the things you want. see the new anti-obama movie, to me, that's the membership effect. "obama 2016." >> the politics not too far away nice boots! even though there can be some real heart wrenching scenes going on. the political fallout from this happening exactly at the time of this republican convention is what? >> you know, i talked to several of the delegates. obviously these are all republicans, staunch republicans, about any concern about the fact that this is going to conjure up those images from seven years ago and conjure up the kind of anti-bush, george w. bush sentiment that really was pretty strong at the time. several i talked to said they were thinking about that. it's possible. but they also feel that they're confident that mitt romney is a different kind of person and that the perceptn of him is different. they also think the history has been kinder to bush and that it seems that a lot of the problems were on a local level, not necessarily on a federal level. >> hard to believe seven years ago. >> it really is. >> dana, thanks very, very much. mitt romney is hoping to reintroduce himself to voters here on the national stage in tampa.

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getting as much support among >> i'm surprised -- >> north carolina is this close? >> look, wolf, president obama women as the president has? barely carried the state. >> the poll i saw showed that there's been a lot of demographic changes in the state was unmarried women. of north carolina. >> this is all women. what i do know is that the obama >> if you factor in married women -- >> married women it's even team has really good ground fwam game. i think the president's message bigger. will resonate in north carolina. >> i thought it was a percentage i think people want to talk point apart if you factored in about how we move the economy all women. forward in the 21st century. >> this is likely women voters. they don't want to go back. a lot of folks believe it's next week we'll be in charlotte. because of the abortion rights that's an opportunity for the democrats to plant new seeds and issue for women. the republican party platform, to harvest a wonderful turnout i'll put it up on the screen. this fall. >> i was also surprised in this new cnn/"time" magazine/orc poll we assert the sanktity of human life and affirm t unborn child in florida the president is slightly ahead of romney in has a fundamental right to life florida. you saw those numbers. which cannot be infringed. >> i saw that, too, wolf. we endorse legislation to make again, you look at these polls. sure the 14th amendment's on the national poll cnn just protections apply to unborn had mitt romney is ahead by one children. is that the problem that he has, point. how do you mesh being ahead by that romney and republicans for one point with these polls? that matter have with women? you can't get hung up too much >> you know, i can tell you, on one poll. that's my bigger point. wolf, i've been traveling all these are all battlegrounds. over the state of florida with wisconsin will be a governor romney. battleground. i have been traveling to new iowa will be a battleground. hampshire for him. the question of colorado, new mexico, could those become i've been in virginia for him. and what i have seen, i've battlegrounds. we're just going to get used to

really -- that issue really has that. i really don't see anything changing that dynamic. not come up. what women care about are jobs, incumbent president, very weak. significantly under 50. that's his problem. the economy, the unemployment >> we're here, donna, at this republican convention. rate. a lot of us are thinking about 401,000 women have lost jobs what's happening along the gulf under president obama's reign coast right now, especially louisiana. you got family members there. sf. >> so why does he have a problem with women? what are you hearing from your >> i think he's coming around. relatives, your family, what's i think in the last two months he started the women for mitt going on? >> you know, yesterday the coalition. governor, i thought, gave some i'm chair of florida. i'm one of the co-chairs great instructions to people. nationally. >> governor bobby jindal? >> absolutely. nikki hayley, kelly ahot and i he talked about the lower parishes, river parishes to plan have been traveling all over the country for governor romney. for evacuation. >> i know you're going to be people are really ping speaking here. attention to what the governor, >> i'm speaking wednesday mayor and others are saying. evening, yes. >> should the platform have put members of my family, they're in the exceptions -- because moving to higher ground. they're moving away way from, romney tdoes support exceptions you know, the potential devastating rainfall. for women who have been raped, it's the rain, wolf. it's the levee. life of the mother -- there's an old joke in louisiana >> i do, too. >> you would have preferred every time it rains we get those exceptions be included in the platform? waterfront property. imagine when you get a hurricane >> i can tell you i have an of this magnitude. even with 80, 85 mile per hour 8-year-old down's syndrome niece and i am extremely pro-life. winds. that can really drench the city of new orleans and surrounding but i was also a prosecutor for 20 years. personally i believe in the case of rape, incest or when the life areas. >> hold on a second.

jim acosta is here as well. you're getting new information of the mother is in jeopardy, from the republican leadership about this convention? that that should be an >> that's right. republican leadership here at exception. the convention including rush >> what advice -- when you speak privately with mitt romney or sleefer, top adviser with the paul ryan for that matter, what romney campaign as you know, do you tell them they need to do they just held a conference call here in florida to get women with reporters and basically said there will be no changes to onboard? >> you know, i think women need the schedule here at the to get to know the real mitt convention. as it stands now, they're still romney. he has always supported women. going to have the three nights. there was some speculation that his lieutenant governor, who i they might try to shrink this was just talking to today, was a convention down even more, woman. his chief of staff was a woman. perhaps extend it to friday. right now the plan is tuesday, he's always put wome in high wednesday, thursday, no change to that right now. positions. wolf, i had a chance to catch up and, you know, i've spent so with the chairman of the rnc, much time with him. he totally, absolutely respects women. and i think, again, wolf, when reince priebus before coming out i'm around the country, women here. he said this to me, wolf. care about the same issues as we are going to be nimble. men. that's getting jobs. if we have to do anything to you know, keeping jobs. incorporate some of the occurrences, i guess that's we have 5.9 million people regarding the storm, into the unemployed right now. schedule, that's what we will >> did you see our new cnn poll have to do. what that means, he said, i for florida? justame out this afternoon. don't know. but he emphasized, we are going to be nimble. likely voters choice for that may be the watch word over president in florida, obama 50%, the next couple days. >> this tropical storm, ari, could turn into a hurricane, romney 46%.

that's likely voters in florida. category 1, category 2. so he's got a problem. it could hit tomorrow night he needs to really carry florida 8:00, 9:00, 10:00 at night. if he's going to be elected it would be pretty awkward to president of the united states. >> he does and actually those aren't bad numbers. have a split screen with speak because barack obama's been in rs here at the republican office almost four years now. and really his numbers as an convention and devastation along the gulf -- incumbent should be much higher. and i think after the convention >> it's a terrible problem for the convention planners to have and i think they're going to to wrestle through and figure hear a lot of great speeches this week, and i think people out what to do. i also know president obama has are going to support mitt announced he's continuing. he has a two-state political romney. and i certainly want florida to swing i believe to iowa and endorse and support mitt romney. colorado he intends to continue and i want him to be our to go on. republicans here have to make a candidate and take florida. big decision about what tone do >> what do you think of your former governor, charlie crist? you set. they're going to be as reince used to be a republican, now having endorsed president obama? said, nimble. the most important thing is to will speak, in fact, at the see what the actual tropical democratic convention. storm or hurricane is. >> you know, i've known charlie what damage might it do? what damage might it not do? a long time. >> you worked with him, right? >> no. maybe it'll turn off the coast i was a prosecutor. as it's been indicating it might i knew him when i was a do. prosecutor. they're going to have to be he's from st. pete. flexible, be nimble. i'm from tampa. the worst thing in the world for i've known him for a very long republicans, though, would be time. i know he calls himself a reagan that split screen of partisan republican. i know he says he's pro-life. speeches as people are being evacuated. >> we'll watch it. i know he says he's proguns. you guys are not going away. he says he's pro family. jim, don't go too far away. he was one of the strongest we've got more news to report later as well.

advocates against obama care. and he says he's pro business. meanwhile, other news we're so this makes no sense to me. following. iran's public relations push. frankly, i think it's a how the iranian government is distraction. i don't think we should waste now trying to paint a new time talking about him at the picture of its nuclear program. republican national convention. our correspondent, ressa sayah, he's in iran right now. great shot. and in the fact of the severe storm about to hit louisiana. >> he's not going to be happy with what you're saying about him. >> no. i've known charlie a long time. that's his platform that i've always heard him say. how did the nba become the hottest league on the planet? >> but he is supporting the president of the united states by building on the cisco intelligent network for re-election right now. >> then they have nothing in they're able to serve up live video, and instant replays, creating fans from berlin to beijing. common according to everything he's said in the past. >> we'll continue this what can we help you build? conversation. you've got a big speech planned. nice shot kid. the nba around the world when are you speaking? >> wednesday evening sometime built by the only company that could. cisco. after 8:30 or 9:00. >> have you finished your one is for a clean, wedomestic energy future remarks? >> oh, i wouldn't be sitting that puts us in control. here. our abundant natural gas is already saving us money, i'd be nervous if they weren't fini finished. >> you're rehearsing. >> we're rehearsing, it's producing cleaner electricity, written. >> you've got the tell prompter. putting us to work here in america >> tt's what i'm working with and supporting wind and solar. now. it's going to be interesting. though all energy development comes with some risk, do you want to know what it's like to experience the we're committed to safely and responsibly

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undermined. the summit looking to tackle the conflict in syria, a key ally of iran, sirn supporting the assaded regime saying a military solution is not an answer and calling for peace talks. but don't look for that view to be aggressively pushed during this summit by the iranian regime because also in attendance during this regime, a lot of sunni dominated nations like saudi arabia, bahrain, who a controversial russian punk have condemned the regime. band says two of its members have fled the country over fears for their safety. wolf? lisa sylvester is monitoring >> reza will be reporting for us from inside iran throughout this that and some of the other top stories in "the situation room" week. right now. what's going on, lisa? reza sayah in tehran. >> hi there, wolf. three members of a russian punk a new poll shows president obama with an edge right here in the band were sentenced to two years in prison this month for crucial battleground state of performing a protest song about florida and cnn's changing president vladimir putin in a mos cue church. another state to tossup. we have details coming up. now the band says two of its you know why i sell tools? tools are uncomplicated. members have fled the country. russian police have been searching for the two other band members who took part in that church protest. but the group would not say if those were the two who left the country. authorities say a swarm of

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gets down to the business of nominating mitt romney for president of the united states. plus, safeguarding the all right. let's get straight to cnn convention. software that identifies crime before it happens. contributor sirius x m radio of i'm wolf blitzer in tampa. you're in "the situation room." host pete dominique at the cnn grill in tampa over at the convention. he's getting some unsolicited advice from our panel. pete, take it away. >> thank you very much, wolf blitzer. i'm very excited to be here with this brilliant panel of people to discuss some very important issues. let me quickly introduce everybody. this is van jones, former obama adviser. states of emergency have now heading the rebuild a dream been declared more than 5,000 organization. everybody knows the ceo and national guard troops activated. former senate candidate from millions of americans are bracing for a cruel coincidence, california, carly fiorina. you may not recognize his face but you know his brilliant a hurricane slamming into the gulf coast exactly seven years words. new york columnist ross dalca. after katrina. tropical storm isaac is now just mayor of los angeles, antonio short of full hurricane strength. it is forecast to be a category villaraigosa. >> the only one not brilliant in this group. 2 storm unleashing its fury on >> exactly. you're also running the dnc. you're in charge next week. new orleans just about 30 hours >> i'm in charge. or so from now. our severe weather expert chad >> let's get right to it.

we found out that charlie crist meyers is tracking isaac on today, the former governor of the -- in the cnn hurricane the state we're in, florida, has headquarters. what is the very latest? defected if you will. he is now endorsing president >> as it came off just to the obama. west of key west and crossed the of course, he was a republican and he's going to speak next week. and the former democratic dry tortugas, it kind of went congressman arthur davis has now also defected, if you will, to become a republican. let's quickly show a snapshot of west and the forecast is for it to run into the bayou of the history of this -- what will louisiana. it still could get into inis you call it? miss and still all the way back behavior, switching parties. over here toward the west, well then we'll come back and talk west of new orleans. that's how big the cone is still. about it. >> jim, we must have made a cone getting smaller and smaller as the storm gets closer. wrong turn. that right there a category 2. >> i told you this is the that's about 50 miles south of new orleans proper right there. democrat convention. running through the bayou. not losing strength at that >> george w. bush wants you to point in time. there's no land down there to grab terrorists by the throat speak of. and not let them go to get a no there there. there's just warm water and that of course, continue to keep that storm strong all the way even toward baton rouge. tter grip. for i don't knjohn kerry they g it's been a brutal day for rainfall across parts of florida no, maybe bull of mush. >> in troubled times it was today. an awful lot of flooding. the rain is still coming down in understood country comes before party. some spots right now. >> senator barack obama is a most of the heavy rain has gone

away. it is going to be a brutal day gifted and eloquent young man who i think can do great things and brutal night tomorrow i'm for our country in the years afraidor everybody here across the gulf coast where a storm surge would be anywhere from ahead, but my friends, eloquence florida back over toward the is no substitute for a record. western louisiana and now wolf, not in these tough times for the very latest, there is an eye forming in the storm. that's what we didn't want to americans. see. that means now it is organized. >> great to have that reminder. now, is it political -- is it it will become a heat engine and it will continue to grow from defection? is it courage? here. wolf? or is it opportunism? >> and warm weather, that warm water i should say in the gulf >> it depends on the person. of mexico will only propel the first of all since when in america could you not switch storm even more if it lands at a parties? give these folks credit for standing up and saying what they category 2, remind viewers how believe. however, in some cases, i think fast are those winds? >> it will be 100 miles per it's pure opportunism. hour. and then we also talked to i must say i think that is the case with governor kris. dr. nba yesterday, and he said ta could be plus or minus about i think it's pure opportunism. i think he cut a deal. 30 miles per hour. think he wants to run for it could be all the way down to governor again. a cat 1, but it could be a he wants to run for governor as strong cat 2. how much the error is right now. a democrat. the more this eye gets its act he thunink this is his ticket. together, the stronger it will be, the more dry air that mixes in, the weaker it will be. the forecast is for 100 miles

>> i mean, in both of these per hour. cases -- >> lieberman didn't lose. that's right through new orleans proper. >> lieberman lost a primary. and that will push water through >> yeah. the bayou. but he won. six to 12 feet of storm surge. but he won. >> he won. but he won and developed a lot if you're in grand isle or all of -- look, frankly understandable bitterness the way through plaquemines towards his own party. that's often the pattern with parish, you would be completely these things. underwater with a 1-foot surge. i think both crist and arthur grand isle's highest spot is davis who lost a race for governor in the primary -- >> crist is upgrading. only seven feet. >> seven years almost exactly to i appreciate that. the day. chad, thanks very, very much. he upgraded. the other guy is getting certainly a lot has changed in demoted. i understand that. i will say this. new orleans since hurricane for archer davis, i don't want katrina, including the levee to call the guy a traitor. system ta failed with such that would be terrible. i don't want to call him a deadly consequences. it looks like isaac will be the benedict arnold. that would be awful. first real test that's about to >> you're just throwing those take place. words out there. >> i do hear the o.j. song the cnn's brian todd joins us to you from new orleans with more on back stabbers. this part of the story. that's the song keeps playing in the back of my mind. what are you seeing? >> one guy who had the courage >> well, wolf, this is one of to tell the truth about joe the structures that is giving biden's remarks which were officials a little bit more shameful. >> let me say this. confidence, maybe a lot more confidence that this city will mr. crist believes with bob dole be able to withstand this hurricane much better than it did hurricane katrina seven and jeb bush.

the republican party has gone years ago. this is the 17th street canal too much to the right. in the past week you heard both levee and pumping station. mr. bush and mr. dole talk about how this party's gone too far to this structure essential will i was not here seven years ago. the right on immigration, on women's issues. this was a key point where the and i think he is trying to -- levees were breached war water he's going to speak at this got into the new orleans. they're testing out the pumping convention because he right now coming through massive understands that our party is a pipes here. this is a big upgrade from what party of a big tent, a party that's focused on the middle was here seven years ago. still, many residents of this class. are watching the storm are some >> there's a truth -- i think nervousness. there's a nugget of truth with everything everybody's saying. >> louisiana residents prepare i'm back with carly. i think this is opportunism. for a familiar menace, an this is trying to recreate and aapproaching storm. lurking in the minds of many, rebrand yourself as a new -- the catastrophe of katrina in this is my brand. i am the former this. now i'm this. everybody pay attention to me new orleans in 2005. for a couple of days. >> there's no one in america who levees overtopped, thousanded thinks that charlie crist would be slipping in to your big tent out. and a city that paralyzed for weeks that is still struggling if he hadn't lost a primary to recover. could ta happen again? campaign to marco rubio. this reinsurance from the mayor you think he's just out of -- of new orleans. >> i want to assure you all that you know, he's had coming to there is nothing that this storm is going to bring us that we do jesus moment. >> i can tell you what he said. he said that the republican not believe that we are prepared party has gone too far to the to handle. >> experts agree that since right. bob dole has said that.

jeb bush has said that the party katrina, hundreds of millions of has to move to the center and dollars in improvements to speak to a broader cross-section levees, canals and pumping of americans. stations made new orleans far i think he's speaking to the better prepared for flooding. fact that florida is evenly but even with the sturdy defenses they say if a perfect divided. it's going to be a very close storm were to hit new orleans, election. and there's an independent vote they couldn't rule out flooding. out there that it isn't real we sboek to tim dudy on a local democrat or republican. oversight board for flood protection. he says the leb vees are better >> mayor, first of all -- than they were before katrina. but he says the new construion >> unfortunately we're getting some technical problems over should be bimt to an even higher there at the cnn grill. we're going to fix all of those standard for a storm that comes problems, get some more every 500 years or more. >> other developed countries are unsolicited advice. we'll take a quick break. building to a much higher much more with our panel right after this. standard. surely it's going to be more ♪ i can do anything expensive to do that, but a ♪ i can do anything today hundred-year standard is not ♪ i can go anywhere what we would have them build to. we would like 500 year or a ♪ i can go anywhere today 1,000 year. >> officials say any storm is ♪ la la la la la la la [ male announcer ] dow solutions unpredictable and nothing is to be taken lightly. help millions of people >> hope for the best. by helping to make gluten free bread go to get a game plan.

that doesn't taste gluten free. together, the elements of science go online. and the human element can solve anything. today is the day. today is the day the final day solutionism. the new optimism. you should be taking any precautions. >> now, for those who choose to stay, officials are hoping that new truck structures like this one, the 17th street canal leb vee and pushing station will protect them. it is designed to pump water back into lake pontchartrain once the water gets to five feet above sea level or more. isaac is expected to bring waters probably to that level or more. >> you're not seeing though evacuations where you are, brian? you're not seeing people being moved, elderly, anything along those lines, at least not yet, right? >> reporter: no mandatory evacuations for the city of new orleans, wolf. in this area, no mandatory evac yags. they're asking people to voluntarily evacuate. but in some areas, some parishes low lying and near the coastl e

coastline, this he have ordered mandatory evacuations, st. charles parish, plaque mine they have ordered mandatory evacuations. the mayor says they don't anticipate having to order see it's me? alright emma, i know it's not your favorite but it's time for your medicine, okay? you ready? one, two, three. vacations. >> in mississippi, all hancock county residents if low-lying [ both ] ♪ emma, emma bo-bemma areas are now under mandatory ♪ banana-fana-fo-femma evacuation orders. that according to the bay st. ♪ fee-fi-fo-femma ♪ em-ma louis mayor. the order is effective as of very good sweety, how do you feel? 5:00 p.m. central time in good. yeah? you did a really good job, okay? mississippi. the storm may have bypassed [ female announcer ] to nurses everywhere, tampa, but a direct hit on new thank you, from johnson & johnson. orleans especially on the katrina anniversary, could pose a whole new set of problems for the republicans who have gathered here, but for now, the convention is proceeding mostly, repeat mostly as planned with modifications. our national political correspondent jim acosta is here watching it all unfold. you were telling us they just had a conference call saying no

changes, at least not yet. >> that's right. convention officials just wrapped up a briefing where they told reporters this convention will go on as currently scheduled three nights, tuesday, wednesday, and thursday. but the chairman of the rnc just told me a few moments ago, people here in tampa should prepare to be nimble as they tell the story of mitt romney. >> it is my privilege to proclaim the 2012 republican national convention in session and called to order. >> republicans got down to business calling their 2012 convention to order. before quickly going to recess with isaac bearing down on the gulf coast, the sun came out in tampa. but top republicans were indoors anyway. there's house speaker john boehner testing out the podium and utah senator orrin hatch pitching it up with karl rove. >> i believe in america. >> it doesn't take a party insider to figure out the week's agenda, selling mitt romney. >> everything he has ever done,

he's been successful. >> oth they will low mormon says a bloody weekend in syria continued into monday with more than 100 people killed across th -- the country yet again. he's frankly a great believer in lisa sylvester is monitoring the bible. >> you wish that had been said that. some of the other top stories in sooner in this campaign cycle. >> i think people understand. "the situation room." lisa, this is happening almost the objective's person faith by every single day. >> yeah. we certainly continue to get how they live. these reports. >> i see so many familiar face. opposition activists say 157 >> another part of the sales people were killed across syria pitch came hundreds of miles away as paul ryan touted today, including 88 in the capital damascus. activists also say they shot romney's business record in his down a syrian attack helicopter hometown of janesville, in a damascus suh bush wisconsin. >> when people are successful in supposedly seen in this video. business, that's a good thing. but cnn cannot independently that is not something to resent. confirm its authenticity. >> romney is also on the road, the violence comes after a crafting his convention speech in new hampshire. particularly brutal weekend. >> i like my speech. 100 people were killed in the city of daraya which rebels say i really like ann's speech. our sons are already in tampa, was one of the first cities to revolt against the assad regime. and they're saying it's terrific police say one teenager is there, a lot of great friends. in critical condition and another in custody after a we're looking forward to a great shooting at a high school near baltimore today. convention. >> the shortened convention may according to cnn affiliate wjz already be working to romney's

advantage, leaving less time for the shooting took place on the first day of classes at carrie any rhetorical thunder while a small pro-ron paul protest did hall high school. 15-year-old male student was break out, other distractions quickly arrested. may be averred. >> i hope they're tough as hell president obama has ordered and mean as hell and they fight all the american flags in the u.s. and abroad to be flown at fire with fire. >> donald trump who accepted a half staff on friday in honor of statesman of the year award from astronaut neil armstrong, the a local republican party was first man to walk on the moon. slated to speak on monday. armstrong died saturday at the but with the day an wash, trump age of 82 and on friday he will got bumped from the rest of the be buried in cincinnati. schedule. >> it's my understanding that it wolf? >> heard some people comparing was mr. trump was in town him to christopher columbus when all the history books eventually yesterday. and couldn't make it today. will be read. or could have made it today but fascinating. neil armstrong did amazing, cancelled. amazing work. >> the donald still worked in a >> certainly a sad loss for this tweet asking, why do the country. republicans keep apologizing on a lot of people were very sad on saturday to hear that news, the so-called birther issue? wolf. >> yep. no more apologies. i was very sad. take the offensive. i was surprised, i didn't know speakers like storms can be hard how ill he was. heart surgery complications. to forecast. a very, very sad time for all of wisconsin senator ron johnson e redisks the party will weather us, especially those of us who the week. >> is it a good idea to have remember living through that these conventions in hurricane country do you think? >> well, i'm not going to summer of 1969 when he was the second-guess any of the

first person to walk on the planners. surface of the moon. listen, four years ago, they had it in st. paul. thanks very much. a new technology that uses we still had a hurricane. artificial intelligence to >> now for the coming days, predict threats is now being used by security officials in getting down to the business here in tampa, paul ryan is tampa during this republican convention. still scheduled to come in here we're about to give you details. to tampa on tuesday, that is tomorrow. mitt romney will be campaigning in indiana on wednesday but reincence priebus, i just talked to him out in the hallway, he stressed to me on two different occasions during this interview i had with him that we will be nimble here in tampa. if they have to make changes to the program it reflect what's happening in new orleans, that's what they'll do. >> with hindsight, they probably should have started tonight through the roll call. today because it's relatively quiet, the storm still way out ♪ in the gulf of mexico. they could have gotten the business thing part of this over with. we're all smarter with atmix of energies.ve the world needs a broader that's why we're supplying natural gas to hindsight. prins reince priebus doesn't have an easy job. generate cleaner electricity... you've been talking to a lot of that has around 50% fewer co2 emissions than coal. republicans down there on the floor. what do they say they when she and it's also why, with our partner in brazil, donned trump tweet today don't

shell is producing ethanol be so embarrassed by all the - a biofuel made from renewable sugarcane. birther stuff. go on the offensive? what's been the reaction. >> i talked to someone from >>a minute, mom! let's broaden the world's energy mix. let's go. michigan, a top.republican official in michigan. he said yeah, this is a distraction. questions. when you're caring for a loved one we would rather those things not be said. he said it's sort of you guys in with alzheimer's, not a day goes by that you the media who seize on these don't have them. questions about treatment things. we're not planning on making those kinds of comments here at the convention. i think the republicans perhaps doned a bullet by not having donald trump here. if he had come to the convention and made those kinds of where to go for extra help, how to live better with the comments, could have been a problem for mitt romney. disease. so many questions, where do you >> thanks very much for that jim start? alzheimers.gov. the answers start here. acosta. meanwhile, democrats are recan the anning to this republican convention. the maryland governor martin o'malley is here in tampa. also, at 25 past the hour, new polls that a potential game-changer on the electoral college map. we're now calling one state -- one critical state a tossup right now in the race for the white house. at 37 past the hour, we'll take you back live to new orleans now

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fortunately we've re-established contact with pete d d d we asked total strangers to watch it for us. dominick and the cnn grill. unfortunately i spoke too quickly. we lost that shot. the cnn grill is here at the thank you so much, i appreciate it, i'll be right back. republican national convention. we've invite a lot of folks to come over, have some fun. talk to folks. they didn't take a dime. we're going to try to re-establish with pete shortly. how much in fees does your bank take to watch your money ? in the meante let's check in with lisa sylvester watching some of the other important stories we're monitoring right if your bank takes more money than a stranger, now. what else is going on, lisa? >> wolf, we have, of course, you need an ally. bearing down on the gulf coast, and weill be telling you more ally bank. about what is coming up with no nonsense. just people sense. tropical storm isaac. all eyes are keeping an eye right now as that tropical storm continues to barrel towards new orleans. of course, it is expected to hit on what could be the anniversary of hurricane katrina, the

seventh anniversary. wolf? >> all right. lisa, i know we're going to be staying on top of this. we're just getting more information. we're getting a statement from the white house also on the preparations that the president and the obama administration are taking right now to deal with this tropical storm isaac. the president's been on the phone with the governors of louisiana, alabama and mississippi. we're going to have much more on this part of the story right after this quick commercial break. this happy couple used capital one venture miles

they'll certainly get their turn in the spotlight next week in charlotte, north carolina. but some democrats are keeping a very, very close eye personally on the going on right here in tampa at this week's republican national convention. let's talk about that with the democratic governor of maryland, for their "destination wedding." martin o'malley who is here double miles you can "actually" use. looking at what's going on. but with those single mile travel cards... some people think you may be [ bridesmaid ] blacked out... but i'm a bridesmaid. running for president in four years. oh! >> that's very nice. "x" marks the spot she'll never sit. >> do you get excited thinking but i bought a dress! maybe i would be at a a toast... presidential convention being ...to the capital one venture card. nominated for president of the united states? >> no, what i think when i see a fly any airline, any flight, anytime. double miles you can actually use. convention like this is what an important choice we have coming up. what a coincidence? i'm hear on behalf of the what's in your wallet? [ all screaming ] democratic governors can association and to offer the watch the elbows ladies. counterpart. >> i'm the chair of the

democratic governor's association. what we're going to be seeing over the next few days will be an attempt to reinvent mitt ♪ romney. we're here in the company of ♪ other other elected leaders to offer that counter point. >> there will be republicans who [ male announcer ] you've been years in the making. will show up in charlotte i'm sure to give a little opposition and there are many years ahead. join the millions of members who've chosen statements, as well. an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan >> that's america. >> it was a little unusual almost, the vice president was going to come here this week but insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. he got derailed because of the bad weather. that was extraordinary for a go long. sitting vice president to come to an opposition presidential convention. that would have been insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. ♪ extraordinary. >> well, it's a big state. with a lot of electoral votes. i think the vice president made the right decision though given the proximity of the weather and all of the emergency management stresses that florida is going through. >> i don't know if you heard jeb (train horn) bush yesterday, he suggested you vo: wherever our trains go, know, it's about time for this the economy comes to life. president, president obama to stop just blaming his brother norfolk southern. one line, for the economic problems. infinite possibilities. he's had 3 1/2 plus years to deal with it, still 8.3% playing sports is just my whole life.

unemployment. millions of americans are looking back if it wasn't for shriners hospital, looking for work. when does that supposed to end? things would just be really, really different. when does the president stop i lost my leg when i was a kid. blaming his predecessor? >> i think he would have long there was a time when i felt ago were it not for the fact like i wasn't going to be able to walk again... that jeb bush's brother george it was a pretty bad accident left our country with the biggest job laws, the biggest but shriners showed me who i could be again. they turned my whole life around. deficits and biggest mess any hunter's life is one of nearly a million president was left since franklin roosevelt. changed by donations from people like you. it's hard to overlook that. send your love to the rescue. we've now under president donate today. obama's leadership had 29 months in a row of private sector job growth. that stretch of positive private sector job growth hasn't happened since 2005. we still have a long way to go, but we are moving in the right direction. but we should not lose sight of how far we are coming and what a big hole we were left by george w. bush. >> at some point though, the president has to say, you know what, i've done my best. i'm tried. let's see if we can get over we've improved certain areas but to the cnn grill and check in there's still a long way to go. >> the most important.job we create is the next one which is with pete dominick.

he's getting unsolicited advice. why the president's offered several jobs bills, each one of we've had technical problems. which has been rejected by the republicans in the house. hopefully we've fixed it. so look, in order to move our >> i got you, wolf. country forward, we have to do this hurricane is not going to stop us from giving you our the things our parents and unsolicited advice. grandparents did. they believed enough in our we demand to tell you what we country to invest in our think here at the cnn grill. country, to make modern i'm here with the mayor of los investments. those are the things we need to get back to with a balanced angeles, antonio villaraigosa. approach. >> these conventions are important. this convention is important. next week's democratic convention is important. i suspect those three presidential debates in october as far as the undecided or the switchable voters are concerned are going to be much more and van. important. >> they heard there was going to rob portman from ohio is going be severeweather. to play president obama in the they got a prediction. debate preparation for mitt severe weather warning. they responded. they said, oh, my god. romney. do you know who is going to play people could be hurt. mitt romney in the debate preparation for president obama? >> i don't know. they took appropriate, prudent i'm not privy to that. measures. please do that. my advice, do that for the whole >> nobody's asked you. >> nobody's asked me yet, no. country. not just your convention when it comes to climate change. no one's asked me. four years ago you had a leader >> would you be ready to do on climate change, john mccain. something like that? he wasn't afraid to say the word >> i'll be glad to be of any and talk about the solutions. right now the red states are service i can be to the being destroyed by this drought. president's re-election.

you've got wacky weather across >> you've done debates. >> debates can be nerve-racking the country. and sometimes the person that 40,000 record days of heat plays your opponent, yound up across the country and not a not talking to for several word from the republican party. months afterwards. i think you're right. my advice, be as concerned about these debates will be very important because our country's weather for the country as you are weather for the convention. at a crossroads here. that's my advice. these two individuals offer two >> i love that. >> i think the difference, van, entirely different views. is that you don't have to mitt romney is someone who believes in doubling down on same failed policies that george negotiate a probably unenforceable treaty with the w. bush brought us, more big tax chinese government in order to cancel the first day of the breaks for the wealthiest 1%, cuts to education, phasing out republican convention. >> wu ybut you can talk about i >> let's look at all the medicare as we know it. science. the drought we're experiencing i don't believe that's the sort which is terrible is the worst since the 1950s. of thing people are going to it's happened before. embrace. that's what this election is t's also look at the science that says what it takes to solve going to be about, whether we're still a country able to move this which is a global treaty forward or whether we're going to slip back. enforced over 30 years. >> are you going to hang out in tremendous expense. >> it's got to start here. >> let's start with what van is tampa for a few days. saying and acknowledge it's >> tonight and tomorrow. >> by the way, we just are being happening. we can disagree on the solutions. >> a political party afraid to told ta john kerry, the senator from massachusetts is going to be playing mitt romney in the talk about one of the most important issues. red states deserve better. debate preparation. >> there you go. >> he's done it before. >> i'm sure he'll do a good job >> stick to the subject. on that front, as well.

enjoy tampa. >> thanks a lot. >> go ahead, carly. >> you'll be in charlotte next >> completely off the convention my solicited advice is to lance week. >> i will. >> one final thing, if you were a governor of a state now like armstrong. hold your head up high. an american hero. louisiana or mississippi, they a champion. who are these people at the could be going through big problems. that could have an effect not only this week but potentially usada that after you pass 500 next week based on what happens if there's enormous devastation. drug tests, you've been cleared >> right. i mean, i think that some of of wrong doing, who is usada. these governors will decide to stay home. hold your head high. that's where they need to be in i think these nameless, faceless order to -- when you have a hurricane bearing down on your bureaucrats at the usada are state, that's where you feed to be. >> that's priority number one. everyone's terror of a we wish all those folks the bureaucracy run amok. best. >> we do. >> wolf, thank you. we don't know who these people >> thank you. are. somehow they've decided they you can experience wa it's like to be at the republican have the right to hound a hero national convention. and a champion and to strip him here's how. tomorrow i'll be hosting the cnn election roundtable along with unilaterally of his cnn's political team. achievements. >> you, of course, are a cancer submit your questions, and yao survivor. get answers in realtime. is that what you hear from other you can join our live virtual cancer survivors? is everybody bhind lance chat, tuesday noon eastern, armstrong on this? >> i certainly hope so. logon to cnn.com/roundtable. it's what i hear from everyone i talk to. you're absolutely right. it's not just that he's a you'll get all the information champion on the bicycle. you want you'll need to know. just do it. he's a champion for cancer i think you'll enjoy it, noon survivors like me and millions and others around the world. tomorrow. new poll results from two key

i'd like to have these usada battleground states. people stand up and be counted. one of them is now anybody's >> where's their bike? game. we're going to go inside the >> i wan to know how you feel numbers with our own john king, about melky cabrera. >> we all agree. >> here's mine. candy crowley, gloria borger. i'm going to talk right to the at 46 past the hour, the hi-tech mayor. i can give this advice. my advice is to the obama software helping keep the republican convention safe. campaign, specifically the dnc. if it's really bad weather in the gulf coast and there's devastation, loss of life and property, i think that kills the rnc. let's be honest. that hurts their momentum. i think you guys, the dnc, should give them one of your days to make up for it. but if you're not going to do that, here's some even more serious advice. if there is loss of life and massive damage on the gulf coast as seen seven years ago, how about mitt romney and president obama get together and head down there, arm in arm. if they don't want to do that, i'll let you do it on a disease. get together on something you don't disagree and show americans don't have to disagree in communities across the country. about everything you're making us disagree on tv and politics. whether it's supporting a delaware nonprofit that's providing training and employment opportunities, >> we're already going to be three days, not four. investing in the revitalization of a neighborhood in the bronx,

let me just say this. earlier today i said, i can tell you i know this. that both republicans and or providing the financing to help democrats agree right now that it's country before party. a beloved san diego bakery expand, what's important to communities across the country and that the people of the gulf coast -- >> doesn't look like that. is important to us. i hope they make it look like and we're proud to work that. >> there's no question about with all of those who are creating a stronger future that. i also agree that it would be for everyone. great to see the two of them there in support of the people. there's natural gas under my town. it's a game changer. i know that bobby jindal, mayor ♪ it means cleaner, cheaper american-made energy. landrieu and the president and fema are all working together on a bipartisan basis to put the but we've got to be careful how we get it. people first. >> it would be nice for romney design the wells to be safe. and obama to get together on thousands of jobs. something before the election. use the most advanced technology to protect our water. go ahead, ross. >> sort of heavy. i'll take it back to ordinary billions in the economy. at chevron, if we can't do it right, we won't do it at all. convention politics. my unsolicited advice is for ann romney who is speaking tomorrow we've got to think long term. we've got to think long term. night, i believe. ♪ she's probably already written her speech. but i think that she should consider talking a bit about her husband's mormonism. to meet the needs of my growing business. more specifically, her experience with mormonism. but how am i going to fund it? there's been a lot of argument and i have to find a way to manage my cash flow better. about how should the romney campaign deal with the faith issue.

a lot of people think mormonism [ female announcer ] our wells fargo bankers are here to listen, is exotic and unfamiliar and so offer guidance and provide you with options on. ann romney actually has the tailored to your business. interesting experience of being a convert who converted to the we've loaned more money to small businesses lds church when she married mitt than any other bank for nine years running. romney. i think if there's any kind of so come talk to us to see how we can help. opening, any sort of in where the romney campaign can sort of wells fargo. explain mormonism a little bit together we'll go far. to the american people and make mitt romney more relatable. it's ann who might be the right person to do it. >> we should talk about this a lot more. >> my unsolicited advice is to democrats and republicans. it's bipartisan. that is start listening to the mayors. the cities are 89% of the gdp of the nation. the mayors are much less married to orthodoxy, much more focused on getting results. getting things done. what's broken in politics right now is broken in washington much more than it's broken in our cities. that's true. you know, at our u.s. conference of mayors this year, we unanimously supported comprehensive immigration reform. unanimously got behind

simpson/bowles as a template to deal with the deficit and debt. last year not unanimously, but overwhelmi majority got behind nation building here. we said we can't build bridges and hospitals in baghdad and kandahar and not baltimore and kansas city. >> you don't remember the republican party tried nominating a former major for vice president last year. >> listen to the mayors. because they actually get along and have something in common. >> better than they do in the happening now, potential game-changer in the race for the beltway. >> the other thing i would say white house. about mayors is, to your point, one critical battleground state you're about results. is now seen as a tossup. you actually have been about results. you've taken on special also, new technology i've interests in the democratic party like the teachers union. guarding the convention. we're going to show you how it you've stood with parents to can predict a crime before it happens. reform education in los angeles. and we're live in new orleans. he's done tremendous things. >> we've got to go, throw it possibly just over 24 hours away back to wolf. from a category 2 hurricane on thanks, guys. back to you, wolf. >> pete, thanks very much. this, the anniversary of katrina. thanks for all of that i'm wolf blitzer in tampa. unsolicited advice. you're in "the situation room." we'll do it again tomorrow. meanwhile, authorities in tampa are taking a high-tech approach to security over at the republican national convention

this week. they're using new software that florida and north carolina, claims to be able to recognize a two critical states in the race for the white house and we have new poll numbers just out that potential threat before any crime is committed. show a potentially significant cnn's joe johns has been looking shift in one of them. into this story for us. our chief national correspondent john king is here to take us joe, tell us what you're inside the numbers with the discovering about this new magic wall. technology. john, what do you have. >> reporter: well, wolf, tampa >> these new polls are in installed new security cameras florida where we are for this convention and north carolina all over the city in where we will be next week for the president's democratic anticipation of the convention. convention and because of our then they hooked dozens of those new poll, we're going to do this cameras up to this cutting edge to our map. we woke up this morning, 237 and some would say controversial technology. it was developed in texas, which solid or leaning president obama's way, 206 leaning is where we went to figure out how it works. romney's way. north carolina as of this here at the headquarters of a morning was one of them. wolf, we are now going to switch brainy technology company in houston, a brave new world of north carolina from lean republican to tossup state. video surveillance is playing out on big screen tvs. that means romney's math comes down a little bit and the president has an easier path to >> there's a car behind the train? 270. >> absolutely. why are we making the switch? >> what's he doing out there? because of our new north >> that's a good question for the security team to find out. carolina poll. >> reporter: a group of let's go to the state and take a scientists, computer geeks and look. law enforcement guys at brs labs here are the new numbers notice have invented new software for horse race, 47, 48 governor

security cameras designed to alert authorities to crimes romney with a statistically insignificant lead at the moment. if you look closer at the sometimes before it even happens. that's right. numbers, we're seeing this in computers determine what behavior is suspicious. almost every state on almost take, for example, this unlucky every issue, among men romney character who was skulking has a 14-point lead but look at around a car. >> our software was able to this among women the president analyze th video surveillance has a ten-point lead. information coming from this a gender divide continues to particular camera. it was able to learn what was divide the race. taking place over the course of time and was able to identify remember represident obama won north carolina this time. this specific activity as it hadn't gone democrat since back in the 1970s. abnormal. >> reporter: that's company look at this here, in the urban president john frazini, a former secret service agent. area, african-american and what's most important, he says, is that the program uses latino turnout, 60-38. artificial intelligence. a huge edge for the president. it functions like a human brain. governor romney leading in the creating memories of what's normal by watching a camera for suburbs and rural parts of the state but not by a big enough several days. then sending out alerts margin to stretch out a lead. instantly when it sees something we'll call it a tossup in part out of the ordinary. because of the new poll and all >> our customer reported to us the attention north carolina is that they were absolutely -- about to get from the democrats including the convention next they were able to dispatch their security team to intercept this week. most people will still tell you particular criminal activity. you don't have the perfect storm in this case of a human breaking in north carolina you had four years ago but at the moment -- into a car. governor romney is going to

>> reporter: they caught this guy in realtime? having to fight for it. >> they did. >> reporter: that rapid response where we are today in the state time is one reason tampa chose of florida, yet another dead the company to analyze the heat. 50-46 in our new poll, the cameras surrounding the republican national convention. president with a slight right now thousands upon advantage in the key state of thousands of video cameras florida. around the country are almost just like north carolina. hard to see romney winning the always used to document a race unless he wins florida. person's activities after something bad happens. what is driving that? but this moves up the time line, again, i'm going to sound like a broken record. getting one step closer to a slight reg for romney among what's been called precrime. men and a bigger lead for the th idea that video can paint a president among women. clear enough picture for the authorities to intervene before the gender divide. the defining factor in the race. someone breaks the law. if you look at this you see some >> our software is designed to of the issues. to win in florida, you have to identify activity that lends itself to potential criminal or win the independent voters. terroristic activity. we're in tampa. we're taking that first step i-49 corridor across, that's forward. >> reporter: precrime might make where the independents live. you think of science fiction. here's one thing, as governor romney comes to this convention, like "minority report" with top many people think they'll stress cruise. >> what he's doing now we call conservative themes. scrubbing the image. you can't florida without looking for clues as to where winning the moderate vote. the murder is going to happen. >> reporter: of course, this technology can't see into the governor romney doesn't future or read minds. necessarily have to win among still it's already going too far for privacy advocates like jay moderates. he's way down. as he focuses on a national stanley of the american civil

liberties union. >> the problem is, is that, you message, he has to worry about know, having a computer watching the state he'll be in, that is florida. a video feed of a complicated the romney campaign we have it at four points. scene like a subway platform, the romney campaign says two you know, is the computer really going to be able to detect points. any way you see it, it's a something that's out of the tossup. >> very, very close in north ordinary and that is a true carolina and florida. threat? or is it just going to kick up a john, i want to expand this lot of false positives, get a conversation. lot of people hassled by the gloria borger is here, candy cops who are perfectly innocent crowley is here. and not really doing anything to are you surprised by how make us safer. competitive these two are? >> reporter: the company's chief >> no, i think we'll see the science officer who claims to be a proud member of the aclu says polls get closer and closer because that's where you see the there's no privacy issue here. that they focus on behavior, not national polls are heading. these are now likely voters we're talking about. identity. >> we're very serious about these are people who are actually going to go to the privacy protection. that's why we don't do facial polls. it's a more accurate count. recognition. that's why we don't look at another thing about north people's license plates. carolina which is i think the that's why we don't try to obama campaign has spent about recognize that, oh, my gosh, $9 million, the romney campaign there's joe johns walking out o the cnn building. almost $8 million. almost parity there. we don't do that. north carolina is something the >> reporter: now, this romney campaign needs to win. i bet they're going to start technology is certainly not hooked up to every single camera spending a little more money in in tampa. north carolina. and we're told it is not hooked closing the gap in florida good up to cameras where protesters for the romney campaign, but are demonstrating. almost there is not good enough.

presumably, wolf, those people >> gloria, might not be are being watched very closely by human beings. surprises. i was surprised obama has a >> so far, joe, the fears of slight lead in florida and it's neck and neck in north carolina. i assumed, candy, that north anarchists or violent demonstrations emerging, taking carolina was moving in the other place here in tampa, i haven't direction for the president. seen any evidence of any of >> yeah, i actually was not that. have you? >> reporter: absolutely not, surprid eith. florida, they don't call it a wolf. i was out with one big battleground for nothing. we understand that's going to be demonstration that was supposed close. north carolina, president obam to have 5,000 people or so. hetion abo mitt . at least that's the way it was billed. a few hundred protesters. it was very peaceful. i was able even to talk to some and iwould note surprised if of the self-proclaimed we looked insidehe north anarchists. and they say the scariness that carolina polls if there isn't surrounds them, that's been the same sort of hesitation built up by the police, has been about him in north carolina. that's why they made conventions overbilled. >> joe johns on the scene for us here in tampa, thank you. and debates and the last couple of months of the campaign. >> i assume the president is doing better in florida because of medicare than whole battle, you're in "the situation room." happening now, we have the new seniors vote in much bigger numbers than younger people in forecast for tropical storm florida. >> governor romney continues to isaac. exactly seven years after katrina, isaac is on a lead among seniors. where president obama is doing well, if you talk about the ryan strikingly similar and ominous budget, the pushback from path. republicans is it doesn't affect memories of the killer storm are spurring urgent preparations anybody over 5.

if you look in the 35 to 55 age along the gulf coast as group, that's where the residents board up and pack up. president is doing stronger. we'll take you to new orleans people who made attention, maybe that's it. and mississippi. among seniors at the moment and a rare look inside iran. nationally and in most of the tehran hosts a meeting of 120 key states, governor romney is leading, perhaps by the margin nations and is taking full he feeds to win come november advantage of the chance to promote its agenda and to but leading at the moment. the north carolina numbers are protest u.s.-led sanctions. proof of what the republicans will tell you is their greatest we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around test, their greatest challenge the world. i'm wolf blitzer in tampa. when it comes to obama. i'm wolf blitzer in tampa. you're in "the situation room." he is vulnerable. but he also has a unique -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com republicans coalition. african-americans, latinos and first, this just coming into college educated women. "the situation room." we're here at the republin even the democrats will national convention. privately concede if this it has formally opened, election continues to go the way immediately recessed the they think, they assume barack proceedings delayed a day by obama won by 14,000 votes, they earlier uncertainties about tropical storm isaac. assume mitt romney will win by a tampa may have dodged a direct hit but others won't be so lucky. narrow margin in north carolina. it is so close because it is one and this is just coming in. of the places where the the latest forecast for isaac, a president's unique coalition is quite strong. it will be a battleground to the storm which eeril and ominously end. >> one thing, back in march, is following a track very close talked to a stop strategist for the obama campaign. to that of katrina that took and actually, there were two of

us there from cnn. place in 2005. seven years ago this week both of us said there's no way katrina devastated new orleans, you guys will win north carolina much of the gulf coast and this time around. urgent preparations are now under way for isaac including they said guaranteed. evacuations in three states. they felt bullish about north let's go straight to our carolina in march. >> he wants it. meteorologist, our severe weather expert, chad myers. every candidate and every he's at the cnn weather center. president has a state. the latest forecast just came bill clinton was determined to win north carolina twice. in, chad. what does it tell us? he failed. george bush was determined to win pennsylvaniatise twice, he >> -- failed. president obama wants to keep north carolina. he understands the first democrat to win it in so long. they will try to the end. >> that's why they put the democratic convention in charlotte. >> you think? >> chad, hold on a minute, chad. yeah, and also, just watch the unfortunately we aren't getting ad buys from the campaigns and your audio. we're going to fix that. super pacs. we're also getting another story they're going to be in north in from the white house. carolina. the white house press secretary you got the detention convention inning north carolina. has just issued a statement so happy a real battleground saying the president was briefed state. one reason they're there and the much of this day by the fema republicans are here in florida. >> what do you do if you're a republican leader here in tampa administrator, craig fugate and and tomorrow night, when this convention really gets going,

dr. richard nab and others there's a hurricane category 2 this potential of a category 1 that hits the gulf coast, maybe hurricane emerging along the new orleans on the seventh gulf coast. potentially even moving into new anniversary of catrkatrina. >> it's very difficult. they're in a tough situation. orleans. following the briefing with the i was talking to somebody earlier and said do you think president the president convened they called a snow day too a call with alabama governor early, they could have had a robert bentley, louisiana convention here today and that governor bobby jindal and would have benefited them to a mississippi governor phil bryant certain degree if they had to and new orleans mayor mitch cut it short at the other end? landrieu. he promised them that the you don't like to see the federal government would be pictures. and they're going to have to directly involved in making sure make a game day decision here they did whatever was necessary and have to decide what toneton to avoid a disaster. set, which is very important in on the call the president also informed governor jindal of this kind of situation. i think it's about the schedule, louisiana that he had approved yes, but it's about nuance and the governor's request for an emergency declaration for it's about tone and getting the louisiana for this tropical important things wrapped up as early as you can. storm isaac. >> well, and it's my mississippi also is potentially understanding that not that in trouble. david mattingly is on the scene chris christie is speaking tomorrow night. if you're looking for nuance and for us. david, what are you seeing where tone, perhaps he might have to you are? >> reporter: wolf, everyone has modify what he's prepared to a very close eye on this isaac say. >> ann romney is supposed to as it's coming ashore slowly but speak. >> both of them. >> so the last time i saw the

surely toward this part of the gulf. schedule. but i think it's ann romney and everyone still remembering what happened seven years ago, still chris christie. rebuilding in some ways from the devastation of hurricane ann romney is probably perfect for it in terms of tone and what katrina. but as that rebuilding has been we expect her to be like chris going on, everything has been christie is here to rouse the done with plans for a storm much base and the conservatives and bigger than isaac. get everybody excite. there's that. mississippi's bay st. louis was look, things happen. a town decimated by the winds you have to play it by ear. i think they're extremely and waves of hurricane katrina. sensitive to it as they were ground zero for the powerful four years ago when they saw storm's eye. little was left standing. hurrane or tropical storm corky hadden is among those who headed toward louisiana, which turned out to be nothing. chose to rebuild. this time much higher. this may turn out to be really 24 feet? >> it's 24 feet above sea level. something. they'll deal with it. >> reporter: katrina's storm will it step on their message, surge took hadden's old house, sure. if you cancel half a convention leaving only a foundation and or you dial back what you were columns. his new house is built to going to say, then you're not withstand not just a hurricane putting out what you wanted to isaac, but, if necessary, put out, but stuff like this another katrina. happens. >> people say, i've been hearing >> you look at what's happened it, these conventions are way the past 200 years. too long to begin with. this house should be high enough >> it's very important for to sustain anything we've seen governor romney in the one place in the last 200 years. >> reporter: an eye on the he's struggling most is the future, but painfully mindful of the devastation of just seven empathy factor, is likability,

years ago. does he get what working class bridges, roads, sewers, all had families have gone through the to be rebuilt. last few years. but nowhere are the changes to he feeds to improve on those bay st. louis more obvious than numbers in this convention. he would love a bounce in the right here on the waterfront. horse race polls. when katrina hit, the city's old it's who is he as a person he feeds to work on. seawall stood at about eight don't be surprised if he comes feet high. that wasn't nearly enough to in early, because of that. stop the storm surge. number two, if they have a storm so when they rebuilt, this is what they put in its place. that's imperilling the gulf coast, it's a test of his in some places, a pile of cement leadership and tone. one other quick point. and steel more than double what they wanted to do it today and it used to be. nominate him today to get the official business out of the bigger, stronger, smarter. but also more expensive. way. why? because the democrats have an this is the aftermath of katrina advantage right now. the president did not have a primary opponent. in gulf port where the beach he's still spending primary pone front was torn to pieces. in a lot of states. governor romney till they bang today many lots are still vacant down the gavel and says he's the and for sale. could this house stand up to katrina? >> not with me in it. minee, he can't have election >> reporter: he can laugh now. money. >> one other thing to keep in but katrina destroyed ben mind is what is the white house stone's house. the new one looks almost the do during this storm and what same only higher. are the optics of where the with windows that can withstand president is, where the vice 200 mile per hour winds and president is? >> it's a problem for all of

them. >> so they all have to sort of cement walls six inches thick. think about that. the allure of life on the ocean >> weigh got the press release was worth the risk. from the is white house, a >> it gets angry from time to detailed press release showing us he's on top of what's going time. but it's the most beautiful sight i can see. on, meeting with fema director, >> reporter: and everyone we've getting briefings on all of talked to here, wolf, will say this, speaking to the governors of louisiana, mississippi, this. that beyond the similarities of the path and the timing of alabama, the mayor of new isaac, they are saying it is no orleans. so the president obviously katrina. but at the same time, they've trying to show and i'm sure he is, he's directly involved in learned to treat each and every one of these storms with trying to deal with what could be a disaster. respect. we'll watch it unfold and see wolf? >> as they should. david mattingly in mississippi what happens not only as important as the politics are, for us. we want to see what happens on we'll stay in very close touch with you. the ground. much more important. let's go back to chad myers over at the cnn severe weather guys, we've got news coming up. a lot of news. center. chad, you were telling us about the latest forecast only moments gloria tonight 8:00 p.m. ago it just came in. eastern, romney revealed. your excellent documentary gets an encore presentation. update our viewers. we're all excited about that, as >> 70 miles per hour now. well. all of us will be here. four miles per hour shy of a we're watching what's going on. hurricane. it is forming an eyewall. today, they're tightly scripted hurricane hunters have flown and carefully controlled but not through it. that long ago, the party they've seen the eyewall. it's open to the north. it's not a complete circle. conventions were wildly it's kind of an open sea with the north part being the open unpredictable. we're taking a closer look at part. that means the storm is intensifying rapidly now. the back room deals and intri e and it will be moving on up intrigue.

toward the north and toward the and we'll go back live to new orleans as they bray for isaac northwest. here's the forecast track. on this, the seventh anniversary it wobbled a little bit today. of katrina. this country was built by working people. made a little bit of an s-curve right there. the forecast is still back on track for it to be very close to new orleans. this is 2:00 a.m. wednesday night. so we're talking 30 or so hours from now here, 35 hours from now the economy needs manufacturing. machines, tools, people making stuff. right here south of new orleans in the bayou. there's not much here. companies have to invest in making things. there's not much there. maybe a little toward grand infrastructure, construction, production. islands here. we need it now more than ever. the mississippi river itself there's a bank. there's some buildings there. chevron's putting more than $8 billion dollars would we have to wait until, i don't know, maybe 8:00 in the back in the u.s. economy this year. morning before it would make it in pipes, cement, steel, jobs, energy. closest approach to new orleans. we need to get the wheels turning. remember, it can be over here. i'm p. it still could be over here. making real things... that's the white part. all the way from that's about for real. ...that make a real difference. gulf port, biloxi, back over to ♪ new iberia. the center of the line. closer to new orleans than we to meet the needs of my growing business. have been for most of the day now and back to 100 mile per but how am i going to fund it? and i have to find a way to manage my cash flow better. hour storm as that minimal, but still a category 2 hurricane,

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east of new orleans. this is a big deal for new orleans. even at 100 mile per hour storm there's a lot to worry about. plus new orleans getting almost 17 inches of rain that they have to pump out. all these walls are great. that keeps the sea water out. but if you put 17 inches of rain in that bowl, you have to pump it out of that bowl. that's what they're worried about. >> as they should be. chad, thanks very, very much. there are no plans yet to order evacuations of new orleans. but city officials say they are far better prepared than they were for katrina seven yrs ago. that includes building massive storm barriers. our meteorologist rob marciano is in new orleans right now. he has a closer look at the city's defenses. >> reporter: still a beautiful day here in new orleans. probably not going toe that way come tomorrow, certainly tomorrow night. we are along the 17th street canal where seven years ago when hurricane katrina came through, this structure wasn't there. all of the water from lake pontchartrain went down the canal, breached the levee,

filled the northern part of the city with water. now we've got 11 floodgates there each weighing 20 tons that can be dropped down to protect the city. then these massive pipes that are hooked up to pumps that can pump out water on the other side we're getting some dramatic of that floodwall to lake pontchartrain at an amazing rate pictures from southern florida as tropical storm isaac sweeps across the region. of over 8,000 gallons per this video, by the way,as from second. several of these stations along the waterfront here. there's a couple more south and key west where our i-reporter east of town. tells the most intense period of not to mention a surge wall the storm lasted for about 45 protector on the eastern most minutes. take a look at these pictures flank of town meant to withstand coming in from cnn affiliate a surge there. so the city itself, pretty well wplg in bal harbor, near miami. protected. the army corps telling me that reports are that isaac is coming they're confident with this system, especially since it's in distinct bands of hev rain only forecast to be a category 1 and strong winds. these were pictures that were storm. but if it gets higher intensity coming in from south florida. than that, then everybody here is going to start to worry and plywood is at a premium and residents may be on the move. people are gassing an up their right now a voluntary evacuation cars. louisiana much of the gulf coast are getting ready for isaac 0 to in place for the city limits of hit land probably within 24 new orleans. outside of that barrier in hours. surrounding parishes, lower the new orleans mayor says levels, people are evacuating there's a high level of anxiety mandatorily. eight. and they are on the move right anderson cooper is in new now. not only here but across orleans for us now.

he's joining us live. southeast mississippi. anderson, you spent some time in isaac scheduled to arrive here new orleans in the days after sometime tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow night. katrina. as all of our viewers remember. potentially into wednesday morning. all eyes are on the gulf here in what are the differences you're new orleans. rob marciano, cnn, new orleans. seeing today as far as preparedness is concerned? while isaac was still >> you know, certainly there's a brewing in the gulf of mexico, gop organizers decided to delay lot more organization certainly at the local and state level. their convention. but now controversy may be and probably even at the federal level. brewing here. i'll speak with the former you know, it's a different mayor, a different governor. republican presidential and they've learned a lot of candidate, herman cain. we'll talk about that and more. lessons in the wake in the seven oil drilling rigs and years since katrina. a lot of things not to do and platforms, they're being evacuated in the gulf as isaac things to plan for. there seems to be more systems moves in. we're drilling deeper into both in place. candidates' claims on energy. people a lot more confident. may be the big first test for and will you soon be able to use your electronic devices more the levee system, the billions freely on planes? the faa is considering it. poured into the system now. i'm at the 17th street canal. and we have new information. great shot. the levees here failed seven years ago. legendarily water flooded from lake pontchartrain flooded into new orleans. they spent a lot of money to build flotd flood an gates here. we'll probably get the first

real test of those systems since ca train na. thelast hurricane didn't test the systems in place at the time. there's a lot more confidence. people are taking this seriously but there's not a mass exodus. it's a weaker storm than seven years ago, at least at this point, wolf. >> are people expressing anxiety though to you? you say they're confident. i know the authorities are how did the nba become the hottest league on the planet? pretty confident, but what about average folks out there on the by building on the cisco intelligent network street? >> you know, there's always they're able to serve up live video, and instant replays, anxiety. i think the big concern is twhn creating fans from berlin to beijing. kind of slow-moving storm, they what can we help you build? expect not only storm surge but nice shot kid. the storm to actually kind of the nba around the world move slowly over land, bring in built by the only company that could. cisco. a lot of rain with it, a lot of storm surge and potential flooding. that's the really big concern. you see people stocking up on supplies, of course. folks around here are used to storm systems like this, and have been through them before. so there is a lot of preparation. people are taking it seriously. you know, shrimpers getting

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post a comment on my blog. technology that's now being used here in tampa to help safeguard or go to our post on "the this republican convention. situation room's" facebook page. wolf, i can't wait for chris cnn's crime and justice correspondent joe johns got a first hands look. christie. >> chris christie will be a good speaker. i'm sure marco rubio will as >> here at the headquarters of a well. i'm actually looking forward to brainiy technology company in ann romney's speech a lot. houston, a brave new world of >> i am, too. >> i think paul ryan. video surveillance is playing we'll see what mitt romney, the out on big screen tvs. >> there's a car behind the star of the show, has to say train? >> absolutely. thursday night. the downside is there could be a >> what's he doing out there. >> that's a good question for hurricane that hits new orleans security team to find out. >> a group of scientists, right at that tiorrome tom computer geeks and law niayight enforcement guys at brs labs who knows what's going to have invented new software for happen. that notion of some sort of security cameras. split screen designed to alert authorities to hurricane disaster, republican crime sometimes before it even convention going on simultaneously is not what these happens. that's right. republicans who have gathered computers determine what here in tampa, jack, want to behavior is suspicious. take, for example, this unlucky see. >> what do they do, though? they can't just cancel the character who was ask you king around a car. convention. i guess they could. they could nominate romney >> our are software was able to another way. but they certainly don't want to analyze the surveillance do that if they don't have to. information coming from this >> no. they don't want t do that. particular camera and able to learn what was taking place over let's hope this tropical storm, the course of time and able to soon to be hurricane, does not identify this specific activity really cause a lot of damage. as abnormal.

we'll watch it closely, though. >> that's company president john to our viewers, you can experience what it's like to be frizeene, a former secret at the republican national service agent. what's most important he says is convention. tomorrow i'll be host t cnn that the program uses artificial election round table along with intelligence and functions like cnn's political team. you can submit your questions. a human brain creating memories you'll get answers in realtime. of what's normal by watching a camera for several days, then join our live virtual chat sending out alerts instantly tomorrow noon eastern. when it sees something out of logon to cnn.com/roundtable. the ordinary. >> our customer reported to us you'll get a lot of information how to do it. that they were able to dispatch dozens of oil rigs and platforms have been evacuated as their security team to intercept isaac moves through the gulf and this particular crinal activity. in this case, a human breaking the storm could quickly have you into a car. paying more at the gas pumps. >> so they caught this guy in cnn's tom foreman is taking a realtime. >> they did. closer look at that and the role >> that rapid response time is one reason tampa chose the energy is plang in this campaign. tom, what are you finding out? company to analyze the cameras >> well, wolf, there is nothing surrounding the republican national convention. right now, thousands upon out there right now that can thousands of video cameras more underscore the debate going around the country are almost on between the president and mr. always used to document a person's activities after romney about engy policy. something bad happens. but this moves up the timeline. >> reporter: americans burn more getting one step closer to than 19 million barrels of oil a what's been caused precrime. day. countless tons of coal and the idea that video can paint a

natural gas, too. clear enough picture for the raising persistent questions authorities to intervene before about supplies and the someone breaks the law. environmental impact. >> our software is designed to president obama has pushed identify activity that lends alternatives, solar power, itself to potential criminal or electric cars, wind and more. in fact, mitt romney says in a terrorist of activity. we're taking that first step new policy paper, president forward. >> precrime might make you think obama has intentionally sought to shut down oil, gas and coal of science fiction like "minority report" with tom production in pursuit of his own cruise. >> he's doing now we call alternative energy agenda. scrubbing the image. romney wants more oil exploration, faster drilling >> reporter: of course, this technology can't see into the future or read minds. permits and state control of still it's already going too far exploration on federal lands. an echo of the republican for privacy advocates like jay chorus, drill, baby, drill. stanley of the american civil >> i will set a national goal of liberties union. >> the problem is that having a computer watching a video feed america and north america, north of a complicated scene like a american energy independence by subway platform, is the computer really going to be able to 2020. >> reporter: but president obama detect something out of the says chill, baby, chill. ordinary and that's a true threat? >> under my administration, or is it just going to kick up a america is producing more oil today than at any time in the last eight years. lot of false positives and get at any time. people who are innocent hassled >> reporter: so who is telling by the cops? the truth? >> reporter: the company's chief in the mid 1980s u.s. crude oil science officer who claims to be

production went into a decline. a proud member of the aclu says yet despite a moratorium on there's no issue here. offshore drilling after the gulf >> we're serious about privacy protection. spill domestic production has that's why we don't do facial surged. last year reaching its highest recognition. that's why we don't look at level since 2003. people's license plates. in addition production from oil that's why we don't try to shale and natural gas is way up. recognize that, oh, my gosh, however, much of this was set there's joe johns walking out of the cnn buildings. into motion years before we don't do that. president obama took office. >> amazing report. technological advances by private firms have helped a lot, that was cnn's joe johns too. so while he has taken some steps reporting for us. new technology, people are to encourage production, he watching. meanwhile, residents of one can't claim as much credit as city in syria are burying more than 200 people today of another he'd like to. violent and bloody weekend of the president has angered some clashes with government forces. oil and coal producers by pushing more toward alternative lisa sylvester is monitoring energy. but there's just no real that and the other top stories evidence out there that he's in "the situation room" right trying to shut down traditional now. what's going on? >> the united nations is calling energy sources the way that mr. for an investigation after 245 romney claims. beyond that, it's also not people, including children, were entirely clear that mr. romney's killed in the syrian city of plans would substantially elevate the speed at which we da daria over the weekend. move toward this elusive goal of the syrian army is targeting this city because it's close to energy independence or that we would ever get there without him the capital and it was one of the first cities to revolt

talking a lot more about something the president likes to against president bashar al talk about, which is using more assad. a third oil holding tank has conservation in our fuel. cutting down on our use of it. gone up in flames in venezuela on the bottom line, both of after an explosion saturday at their arguments run out of gas. one of the largest refineries in the world. mr. romney's claim that president obama does not want to that explosion killed at least 48 people and destroyed hundreds have anything except for all of homes. these alternative forms is oil revenues are crucial for simply false. that is not true. venezuela's economy, making up and for his part, the president 94% of the country's exports. goes a little bit too far in and the national taking a little bit too much transportation safety board says credit for everything that's happening right now. that's something that many, many politicians do all the time. take the work of everyone who worn aircraft parts caused last went before and say, look what's happening in my administration. year's deadly crash at the reno that's what makes it a little air races. bit misleading. it killed a pilot and ten people wolf? in the stands and injured dozens >> very interesting, thanks very more. some of the screws on that plane much, tom foreman doing the fact checking for us. had not been replaced in at he's going to be doing a lot of that over the next two months. least 26 years. meanwhile, donald trump delivering some fightingords to his rty. i'll talk about that and more. experts say southern california should brace for herman cain is standing by. he'll join us. thousands more earthquakes in he's here at the republican the coming days. this after a swarm of several convention. a stuck accelerator sends an hundred small quakes hit the san diego area over the weekend. iowa woman on a gut wrenching that's the most earthquake

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visit a sprint store, or call eight five five, eight seven eight, four biz. another attack today by afghan security forces claims the lives of more u.s. troops. lisa sylvester is monitoring that, some of the other top stories in "the situation room" right new. what's the latest, lisa? >> wolf, no one has claimed responsibility for today's attack by an afghan soldier that left two u.s. troops dead in eastern afghanistan. coalition officials say nato they may look the same, but troops killed the attacker. the party conventions have they say at least 42 nato troops changed dramatically over the last few decades. have now been killed by afghan soldiers or insurgents in the presidential historian takes disguise. officials in southern helmand us behind the scenes to the days province say also today ten afghan soldiers were gunned down of sxwreeg aintrigue and back-r.

by members of their own unit. could that warning to >> i believe conventions still airline passengers, you know, have an enduring ritual in our the ones that put away all your north american political system. portable electroc devices, it's the time for the party could that become a thing of the past? the faa announced today that it wants a panel to re-examine what activists to come together and get mobilized. can and cannot be used safe lly there's all the spectacle, the balloons, the sense of what was in the past may not be true during flight. the agency says the move was prompted by the widespread use of dvd players, personal today. but there's still a connection. it's the only time the party comes together as a whole. computers and other devices. and there's something about it does say making or taking these rituals that i think still calls on your cell phone while in flight will still be off attach to us emotionally even though the conventions have limits. the americancademy of nowhere near the importance that pediatrics says the health they once did before. benefits of circumcision to we still watch them as a spectacle. infant boys outweigh the risks. can you imagine how exciting it not enough for it to recommend was in the days when the the procedure be routine. convention delegates had the it issued a policy statement full responsibility to decide who they were going to nominate today saying the decision should be left up to the parents. fothe president? so when you went into the circumcision is a juish and convention, you often didn't know who was going to come out. muslim religious right and it is a common medical practice. critics say it's not necessary 1920 with warren g. harding and and can cause pain and the smoke-filled room is one of the bad examples of the complications. you've got to take a look at this heart stopping video. political bosses choosing a nominee.

they take warren harding aside a woman in ames, iowa, said she and they say, is there anything we should know before we make thought she was going to die when her accelerator got stuck, you our nominee? they give him a few moments to taking her to speeds well over decide and he comes back, absolutely not. there's nothing to worry about. 100 miles an hour. they soon find out that he had been having a longtime affair this thing lasted a half an hour with a woman named kerry on interstate 35, captured on the dash cam of state troopers phillips. if that were to be done in 1920, trying to help her. nothing worked to stop the suv. it would have been devastating. the dispatcher stayed on the phone as she frantically, you but the republican committee can see these pictures there, sent her and her husband on a trip to the orient and paid her frantically weaving in and out of traffic. $25,000 so that her story would never be told. she finally got her kia sorento to stop by lifting the accelerator with her foot while that's an amazing story. pressing down on the brake. could you imagine that, wolf? just to show the split in the going 100 miles an hour with no republican party that time in way to stop your vehicle? absolutely terrifying. 1964, the liberal wing, the this thing lasted half an hour. progressive wing of the republican party, was this was not just a shortittle represented by george romney. trip and suddenly she was okay. and he was very much in favor of 30 minutes. a civil rights plank and some >> she's a lucky woman. you know what? other social issue planks. there's other drivers are lucky and when they weren't included, as well that she could avoid he actually left the floor and them. what a nightmare. left with his son, mitt, by his side.

that is -- half an hour. so it just shows how the amazing. 100 miles an hour. thank god she's okay. republican party has changed from that point to this. thank god everyone else is okay. >> i'm honored by your >> certainly lucky to be alive. nomination. and i accept it. >> lisa, thank you. >> you look at ford's victory in very much so. more coming up here at the 1976 over reagan. republican national convention. he was once a top contender for reagan did represent that more this year's republican conservative element of the presidential nomination. republican party. but now herman cain finds but ford managed to pull off that victory. himself sort of on the sidelines at this convention in tampa. even with the wings, however, reagan remained the star figure. he's walking in here to the sky box. we're going to be talking with i can still remember the speech herman cain in a moment. he made. that's are all eyes and emotions mr. cain, thanks so much for were as somebody who lost it, he joining us. good to be reunited with you. what do you got? restrained driver in a motor vehicle. handled it with generosity, as did ford handle him. >> he must go forth from here sir, can you hear me? two, three. just hold the bag. we need a portable x-ray, please! united, determined at what a [ nurse ] i'm a nurse. great general said a few years ago is true -- there is no i believe in the power of science and medicine. substitute for victory. >> it was said even back in the but i'm also human. early days when the convention were choosing the nominees because they dragged on and on, he said, there's so dull that and i believe in stacking the deck. after a while, you just want to [ female announcer ] to nurses everywhere, kill one of the delegates. but then he said, all of a thank you, from johnson & johnson.

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