one. they released their first debut title album in 1973 and included the single "dream on." it wasn't until they released "i don't want to miss a thing." that is still the band's only number one song on the top 100. we all know it. it's not necessarily my favorite. thanks so much for watching. anderson cooper starts now. thanks very much. good evening. everyone, a lot of politics to cover. first, the breaking news we are following now. new information on tropical storm isaac. we know it may threaten the start of the republican convention monday. but it would be a matter of life and death for the people in its path. living in tents in haiti and they are some of the first that could be in jeopardy. moments ago, the national hurricane snr has new storm

data. let's go to chad myers, what do you know? >> i know you have been to haiti and that situation. i can't imagine 24 hours in. is storm is on its way to port-au-prince. the worst side of the storm will be there in about 24 40urs. you have 400,000 people or close to that number living in tents and wind going sideways. i can't imagine tomorrow night in haiti, absolutely unbearable. the wind, 45 miles an hour a gust of 50. that is up 5 miles an hour to fr the last update. hurricane hunter aircraft are in it and that is how it gets to be a hurricane before it hits haiti tomorrow, anderson. >> it could become a hurricane tomorrow? >> it's in the very good water now. it's warm. there is not a lot of sheer. there is not wind blowing all over the place and it hits land and then the hurricane goes

away, we are back to ts and over cuba, we are still a tropical storm. and over key west that is when it gets to be a hurricane again and the hurricane center has a category 185-mile-per-hour storm in the gulf of mexico. but in the update, they said that may be very conservative. we have to keep watching. >> 400,000 people in haiti lives in tents from the earthquake still. we have to watch it carefully. a lot of people wondering about the impact on the republican national convention monday. what point do you think we will be able to tell if it looks like it mate hit tampa in a big way. >> well, it's 100 miles away in the center line. if it's a hurricane here, you will have close to hurricane force winds in tampa or at least tropical storm winds. and that point in time, though they may not shut airports down,

airlines are not going to be flying and you start canceling planes that is a headache monday. if this thing does -- anderson, we were in tampa waiting for charlie in 2004. and it was going to be a big storm. it turned to the right at the least moment. if it's over here and this storm turns to the right, then tampa is another very big story. that might be only 24 hours before land fall. that is the real rub about when you do you start telling people to stay home or getting out of the way. these things turn right and left quickly. >> we have folks in haiti we are going talk about. chad, thank you very much. heading to tampa. the storm felonious as congressman and senate todd akin has arrived in florida. he said he is going to skip the

convention, leading republicans to hope he talking out of the national picture. here is a sign how politically toxic he is. mitt romney doesn't want to be asked questioned about akin or abortion. the obama campaign sent out on e-mail says women across america deserve to know the truth about romney/ryan's extreme agenda. that notion is part of an effort to paint the romney/ryan ticket as the romney/ryan/akin ticket. take a look. >> they have adopted congressman's akin's policies. >> paul ryan and todd akin, like two peas in a pod. >> and now we have a republican party flat form that was

designed by mitt romney. >> that is the message that the platform, the republican party platform was design bid mitt romney. keeping them honest there are truthful ways of making that message. debbie wassermann schultz, i will talk to her in a moment. i want to show you some of a fund-raising letter she sent out this week. it starts, friend, here is the republican party message po women in 2012, no choice no exceptions. thaf party just voted to embrace akin's position by including a ban on all abortions, including incest on their 2012 platform. then, they called them out and said, here is how she backs it up, guess what? the los angeles times report yesterday that the platform was, and the quote, written at the direction of romney's campaign. those words did appear in the

"l.a. times" but that quote, seems clear, right? but that quote was taken completely out of context. it was ripped out of the senten sentence. if you put it back in the sentence, delegates for mitt romney is voting down substantive changes for the flat form los angeles thats with written at the direction of the comeny campaign. the dnc letter takes the words out of the sentence and uses it to something they don't suggest. there is more than just edits. first, the abortion language in the 20912 platform, it hardly differs from the 2008 language and the 2004 language in the plat fort form. that wasn't writtenly the romney campaign. one person in the room said they

made a number of suggestions on changes but not on the abortion plan. you seemed to link mid romney with todd akin's's policy on aborti abortion. >> well, i think that women need to know the dramatic difference between president obama's view on the women's right to make choices and the democrat party's position. and the romney party. mitt romney's words are very nice, but the bottom line is, is that his campaign just directed the republican party platform to include the most restrictive constitutional amendment to say that women, you have opportunity toe make your -- >> you are saying his campaign -- >> makes no exception at all.

>> you said that his campaign directed the writing of the platform, and that is the claim that you make -- >> that is the responsibility -- >> it's not. >> that is the responsibility of the presidential campaign. >> mitt romney did not design or write the writing of the platform. it's virtually it's the same "track town tonight" been in years. >> anderson? >> people could suggest changes to a few sections but i didn't say anything about the abortion. you can sant they designed the abortion section. >> in fact, anderson, we definitely can say it. because even in the previous platform, mitt romney has embraced previous republican party platforms and said he would be delighted to support a constitutional amendment banning all abortion.

there is no getting around -- >> he is vocally for years -- sorry. i don't want to speak over you. but he has for years, you have to knowledge, publicly said that he supports abortion in the case of life, incest and where the life of the mother is at stake. >> i can knowledge that he says that out loud. and i think it's very clear that mitt romney talks the talk, certainly doesn't walk the the walk. he has fuelly embraced his party's platform that includes a constitutional amendment, including, no exception for rape or incest. >> you are miscomputing "the new york times". >> anderson, it doesn't matter.

any way you slice it -- >> it does. you are saying it's proof of your position and -- >> we sent out that e-mail. the reason we sent out that e-mail and we are continue to send it e-mails, and reach out to voters, we want people know the difference between the two parties on a women's right to make choices. >> you don't like being misquoted. i don't like being misquoted. i'm sure the "the l.a. times" doesn't like being misquoted. >> there is no getting around -- i'm sorry. there is no getting around that mitt romney, when he accepts his party's nomination for the president of the united states, that is mitt romney's platform. you know, to suggest anything else is absolutely ludicrous and it would be different than any convention. >> do you acknowledge that the

quote from "the l.a. times" is incorrect? >> no, it's not wrong. >> i can read it to you now. the platform was -- >> it doesn't matter. >> it does matter. you are quoting "the l.a. times" and it does matter. >> the point of the e-mail -- there is no getting around that. and you agree there is no way that a presidential candidate, a party's nominee, can separate themself from that party's platform. there is no exception for -- >> he has separated himself. >> no, he hasn't. he had an opportunity in the drafting of the platform language to make sure that his own view, if that is his view, is in the party's platform

language. he didn't do that. >> before we go -- i do to -- >> i want to make sure that women know. >> that you said the e-mail to raise funds and you are misusing a quote. and i do think that accuracy is important. and my job is to point out things that are not correct. you said that "the los angeles times" said that the language was written at the direction of romney campaign. but be that is not what the "l.a. times" saying. >> i understand what you're saying. >> they are voting down changes to platform language that was written at the direction of the romney campaign. they are not saying they wrote off the language. they are saying they are voting down and abortion language is not part of that.

>> anderson, the bottom line message of the e e e-mail, "a," women need to know about the candidates and the women's right to make their own choices. and that mitt romney can say that he is for or against adoption for rape or incest. and women need to know, that the difference. and women need to know that mitt romney is simply saying one thing and not insisting that his party's policies, as reflected in the platform, reflect his views. and we are not going to let him get away with it. this is an important decision. they need to be informed. >> my only point, it's my job on both sides to point out things that are inaccurate, in a fund-raising e-mail to misquote things to serve your argument, doesn't seem to serve your argument well. >> i understand your point but i think we -- i mean, the balance

of the e-mail makes the case. very clearly, and the main thrust of the nifrks we are trying to convey is that mitt romney is disingenuous and he is extreme and we want to know that. >> thank you for being on. the cal tall police are working with the fbi and declined to say more. let us know what you think. we are on facebook, twitter, @andersoncooper. up next, a tiny number of people in key states. we have new polling. john king crunching the numbers and the perspective from candy crowley. hey. looking to trade the old girl in?

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they are cheesy and lame. john is taking his head. we decide to call it what we think it is. and we made a fancy graphic, the part of the show where john king makes you smarter. john? >> three more battle ground state polls out today in and this race, 75 days before the election and days for the republican convention, about as close as you can get. and all the states, obama states in 2008, wisconsin, ohio, and florida. we look at wisconsin and stretch it out, you see this is the "new york times" polls that is a dead heat. proof positive the paul ryan pick is giving them a bounce in wisconsin. it's a battle ground now. the one up place where you do see evidence of immediate help for romney. what is often the decisive battle ground, the state of ohio.

and now, a six-point edge and other polls, showing the race a little closer. and slight advantage for the president in ohio, and anderson, this had is a state where it's almost impossible to do romney wins math without the state of ohio. he has to improve his standing here. and the state of florida, the home state of the republican convention, weather permitting. but at the moment, as close as they come. the president, a slight advantage here, that is within the margin of error a dead heat in the state of florida. the convention, a chance for romney to move the numbers there. and let's look at the key subgroups there. older votes, in a state like florida, the medicare debate, front and center now. you look at the age breakdown, the president, winning among younger voters a key part of his coe could ligs in 2008. and look at this, mitt romney in the state of florida a big 13-point sang. that is better than mccain in

2008 and better than bush in 2004. if romney can hold that, it bodes well for his chances in florida. what does it mean? let's look at how it plays out with the electoral college. if you look, wisconsin, ohio, florida, we have them as tossups. right now, the president, a stronger lean. and romney is a bit behind. 206 of the 270 he needs. if romney can pull out florida, ohio, look at that, he is closing -- he is pasted president, knocking on the door. the next president of the united states, needs one more big state. that is if he e can all three. what if the president won florida and lost none of the states he has right now? if he wins florida and ohio, to it's game over. that shows you why the three states we are talking about now, it's so critical. romney has a tougher map.

he needs to win florida, needs ohio and would like to win wisconsin. the three states, florida and ohio, if they are not red come november, very hard to see romney in the white house, anderson. >> john, i want to bring in candy crowley, chief political correspondent. a point of two increase here and there. what did you think is behind that? >> a couple things and the dynamic of the race, like the poll numbers, haven't changed that much. what you have are counterforces. you have the economy, had is a drag on president obama still when you look at the polls. any time you have an economy showing the kind of figures this economy shows now, it's a danger zone for the president. on the other hand, you have mitt romney, who the american photoer has not yet warmed up to.

they still have a skepticism about mitt romney and theed aer advertising from obama and the folks supporting him, has done well in tamping down any expectations that mitt romney would pull ahead in this sort of economy. you have two forces. the economy and the likable toty of romney, and really he is show nothing headway. so when you look at the debates and the conventions. >> how much of that do you think is the addition to ryan to the ticket? >> i say a bit more ift. if you look at wisconsin there is no doubt that paul ryan is a point of two in the home state. he has energized the preponderate base. if you look at florida, ohio, one of the things that is clear, it has helped among the conservative base. you have a fascinatinging

demographic, hundreds of millions are dollars. if you look at the latest polling, in part because of paul ryan, governor romney is rock solid among conserve of tifs and romney is solid among liberals and democrats. and so it's a bit of paul ryan. the ads have been mostly a wash. and the super pacs what they are doing, is confusing people. >> in the battle for the undecided for the independents, it doesn't show anything for the akin remarks. when the poll was taken. do you they may have an impact, just the whole discussion about abortion and abortion right? >> we'll see. i think the romney team is lucky they have the conventions back and they can turn the conversation back to where they want, which is the economy. it doesn't surprise me there is no real switch here, because we know there is a huge gap between the percentage of women intent

of voting for obama and those intent of voting for romney. there is already a huge gap there. and to add one thing about what you and john talked about, yes, it's certainly going to be about the swing voters and more than that, this is why we got the ryan pick, it's about getting your voters enthusiastic. it's a turn on election more than a message election. >> how much of a bump can a candidate get and how much does that bump last? whatever bump, it has fade ped for a number of candidates. >> they do tend to fade, especially for the candidate that goes first. and romney is going first. i remember leaving atlanta with michael d michael due dukasis and there were 17 points ahead.

we will have a lot of local coverage and national cover lage. he would love to boost his number there. and more than a two or three point bounce, they go deeper in the polls. candy is right. they are defined romney as a rich guy who doesn't understand and they made the case he doesn't care. that is what they have to move. and i understand, does he get your problems? and governor romney leads among seniors. he needs to boost that number. and when it comes down a week later, they are going to hammer romney and ryan on medicare. so romney needs to boost his standing among all the voters and get to the perception that the obama people needs to paint, he doesn't care about every day americans. >> thank you. an amazing story coming up. a texas county judge is facing calls to resign from his position after saying civil car with break out if obama is re-elected.

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disobedience. civil wars. we are talking lexington, concord, take up arms and get rid of the guy. >> he says that they are going to bring troops in texas. he actually said that. we are going lay that in a minute. the texas democrats are calling for him to resign. ed lavendera joins me now from dallas. what is the latest on this? >> anderson, if you back up a bit, it's more amazing when you look at the context why all of this started. it had to do with a debate there in lubbock con tin with the commissioners were debated to add extra taxes to add funding to the sheriff's department. you wander, how do you go from debating that to talking like that. >> he is going to send in u.n.

troops. i don't -- >> u.n. troops. >> with the little blue beanies. i don't want them in lubbock county. i'm going to stand in front of the personnel carriers and i asked the sheriff, are you going back me? and i don want rookies back there. i want trained, equipped, veteran officers. >> the local reports went and asked the sheriff about this. the sheriff, anderson, says they talked about the contingencies but none of the talk of civil war has come up. >> he wants to raise taxes to buy equipment to fend off lubbock, texas, from the u.n. troops that are going to come in after obama has sovereignty to

the united nations? >> exactly. he has to be prepared for the worst-case scenario. >> well, he is a sitting judge. >> well there's no -- he is an elected official. he's had a great deal of overwhelming support for more than a decade there in lubbock county. is no way of recalling someone in his position. obviously, many local officials had put out a statement saying judge head's pair nad fantasy of the u.n. invasion has taken over the world. judge head would rather have an imaginary conversation to take over than to do the serious work of preparing the county budget requires. and i spoke with the lone democrat, county commissioner and i asked, is this something that is typical from a judge

head? and i asked, do you feel like he has fit to serve in office? i'm saving this for the end. but the quote i got back from the commissioner, judge head is a six pack short of a 12 pack of beer, if you know what i mean. >> appreciate the update. remarkable story. a teacher accused of sexually abusing his students, yet the school has to pay him to leave. you say there ought to be a low? ahead, how a law like that was block. and plain old ingenuity to go where no fifth grader had gone before. ♪ and she flew and she flew, into the sky and beyond. my name is annie and i'm the girl who dreamed she could fly. powered by intel core processors.

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welcome back. another report about a bill. if there are kids in the room,

it might want to have them leave for two owe tloor minutes. the bill was designed to make it easier for public schools to fire teachers who commit sexually abusive or drug related abouts with students. the sounds noncontroversial. but it's hard to to fire teachers if they are charged with completely discrip crimes. and a sponsor wanted to change that. did money from the state's powerful education you units drive their actions. >> good morning, hi. >> in the halls of the california state capitol, assembly memberer carter is not in the mood to talk. >> i want to chat about senate bill 2530. >> she couldn't stop to answer a single question. as silent here as when faced with the bill on sexually abusi

abusive children. >> i have no comments on the bill. >> reporter: but a voice is what the parents are demanding. this school in los angeles, where teacher mark burnt blindfolded children and placed reaches on their faces and he spoon filled with his semen near their fourthed and forced them to eat cookies. as disgusting as the acts are, they the beginning of the outrage. we spite what the teacher do do d to his opportunity, the school could not fire him. the process can take years. what can they too with burntd?

they paid him. >> $40,000 to retire. >> reporter: alex padilla said it was a signal the system was broken. so they filed a bill. >> we are specific to the crimes, sex, drugs, violence involving students. these are no-brainers. >> the bill looked like a shoo- shoo-in. the next stop, the state assembly and there, it died. not just by lawmakers voting no but lawmakers who chose to stay silent. >> is there a motion on the bill? this is the assembly this year. there are 11 voters, four key members, members of padilla's party, chose not to vote at all.

in california, as good as saying no. their silence killed the bill. why do they stay silence? >> out of fear that the campaign dollars will no longer follow their way. >> reporter: it comes down to cash. glor row romero knows a thing or two about it. not voting, she says, a political teflon. the money from the unions keep flowing. >> they voted no because they were tied to the hip thinking nobody would find out that abstain vote. we found out. >> map map light is a research group dedicated at looking at money's influence on politics.

we looked at teachers unions and committee members from january twin to on 2012. >> the money correlates with the vote. >> all those voting no or not voting, received money over the years from education unions than those voting yes. >> i don't know what is in the lawmakers' head but law make eres who receive more money from the teachers union tended to vote more with that union. what shall that shows is the money is having an influence. >> we don't know what is in the lawmaker's head. we went to sacramento to see them. >> can you take the camera out? >> kicked out of one office to another and staffers saying the bosses won't talk.

when assembly member carter wouldn't answer our question fos the hall, we followed them to the assembly floor where interviews may be granted if you send a note. can we ask assembly member carter. received more than $7,000s since teacher unions in 2009. mike ang, received 18,000 from 2009, barely glanced at the note. betsy butler, visible reacted to my vote but still ignored the request. assembly member williams. doss williams, received nearly $30,000, walked right over. >> i thought the bill was too much of an overreach. >> an overreach. >> reporter: but he couldn't

elaborate what that means nor would he talk about what his decision was to not vote. >> children in a classroom where their teacher has been accused of feeding them semen? these legislators said, we don't want to think about you. >> that assembly member that you talked to on the floor, he reached out to you after the session. >> he gave me a phone call and he said, he used the word overreach. and what he is trying to say, he felt that bill did too much. there is a process in place and he said it wasn't the campaign dollar doing the talking. he said if there is a new bill drafted with senator padilla, he is hoping to support.

>> it protects them from below back from it. what did the teachers unions in california have to say about it? >> yeah, the california teacher's union, perhaps one. the most powerful groups here in california, because they have one of the largest war chests, well, the cta is saying, there is a due process in place. that it simply does work. yes there are bad examples but they feel that overall, the teaching process, the process there in place with the teachers should not be interviewed with and campaign contributions, they are not going to talk that way. >> taxpayers paid $40,000 to get rid of the teacher is shocking. appreciate the report. breaking news next. gary pushman is there in port-au-prince with a live report. use your computer, your smartphone, your tablet, whatever.

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latest. how are people preparing for the storm. >> reporter: what is incredible with the tropical storms and hurricanes i have covered, i have never gone through a city and a capital like port-au-prince with absolutely no preparations whatsoever. in wealthier neighborhoods, there may be. and those people are going to shelters and churches and police stations. here, ten minutes away from the presidential palace, this is a tent city, this is the neighborhood, there are hundreds of people here, and we had to notify at least eight or nine of them that a storm called isaac was on the way. people are alarmed but they feel if they leave, someone will come and take their place in the only homes they had since the earthquake. these people are staying. we will theass than 24 40urs and we haven't seen anyone leave here for shelter. they are sticking it out. >> amazing they haven't been notified. flooding for people is a real

concern. >> reporter: yeah, i mean, this country has suffered so much grievously throughout the decades from mud slides and storms. in 2008, 800 people were killed from four different storms that came through haiti. in 2004, hurricane gene, 2,000 people killed. a tropical storm fizzled out last summer, so this is a big test. the fact they suffered so much, you talk about 300,000 people killed 2 1/2 years ago that is 3% of the population of 10 million we have let people know and they are scared but they are not leaving. >> all right, gary, we will continue to follow it. gary tuchman live from port-au-prince. it will probably be this time tomorrow night that the storm will be hitting. we will be right back. this is the plan that revolves around you.

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yeah, it's that time of the program. the e ridiculist. tonight,ed a are ventures in local news starting with a vocabulary lesson. when trying to cig way from one story to the other, a news caster learned a certain word doesn't mean what he thought it did. >> a lot of them brought their goifrs out to can noodle or whatever. >> did people cannoodle in the bay? >> it is. maybe we can cannoodle before you get into it. >> we are not going to be cannoodling. >> i thought cannoodling. >> i thought i meant chat.

>> oh. >> astrid, you are lucky there is a producer in my ear. i would have carried it on and on. >> cannoodling, kissing, cuddling. not to be confused with noodling, means imp vising newsic or catching cat fish with your bare hands. lest you think local news has the market cornered on on air sexual harassment, let's not forgetn't this moment here on cnn. >> i know who likes chocolate. zain verjee. nice melons behind you there. >> oh, whoa! >> whoops, sorry. >> it's a base form of humor. allow us to raise the maturity member. and what happens win a reporter is on the air with a flatulent

rhino. >> he just said, pull my finger. >> yeah, baby! >> good times in the rhino barn. >> you are not kidding. it smells ripe in here now. let me tell you. that is so -- that is so funny. yeah. how is that working for you? >> now, this point, you may be wondering, how can one top a gassy rhino live on the local news? how about an entire scatilogic cal event. >> it was magnitude, 7.2. >> that was a big one. >> it was a very large earthquake. the good thing is, there were not immediate reports of any damages or injuries. >>