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rnc and isaac spreads more misery to the midwest. we want to get right to it. mitt romney back on the campaign trail after accepting his party's presidential nomination and delivering the be biggest speech of his life, and at last night's republican convention, romney focuses on what he calls the disappointment of the obama presidency. >> hope and change had a powerful appeal, but to ikt noo, i ask a simple question, if you felt that excitement when you voted for barack obama, shouldn't you feel that way now that he is president obama? you know there is something wrong with the kind of job he has done as president when the best feeling that you had was the day you voted for him. >> romney also took a page from ronald reagan's playbook when reagan asked if people were better off than four years earlier. >> this president can ask us to be patient. this president can tell us it was someone else's fault.

this president can tell us that the next four years, he'll get it right. but this president cannot tell us that you are better off today than when he took office. now is the moment when we can stand up and say, i'm an american. i make my destiny. we deserve better. my children deserve better. my family deserves better. my country deserves better. and now joining us is paul steinhauser, and you are already ahead of the game there leaving tampa behind and moving on. but obviously, romney and paul ryan want to see if they have a bump here out of the convention and heading to battleground states, florida and virginia here, and how did they assess how things happened and how they went over the last four days? >> well, you are absolutely right. what the strategy now is to take the momentum they think they got coming out of the con sflengs t -- convention and build on it. they did it immediately in lakeland, florida, about an hour

northeast of tampa, you saw mitt romney and paul ryan earlier at the rally, and we took a little bit live at cnn and they unveiled the new campaign planes. and mitt romney hit a new theme at the convention last night, accountability. take a listen to what he said. >> we want to be held accountable for the promises that we made last night. and the night before, paul ryan and i both spoke to the american people about what we will do if we become president and vice president, and i contrast that with what the president said four years ago when he was candidate barack obama and he got up and made a number of promise promises in denver with the greek columns behind him. he doesn't remind us of the greek columns, because he said he would cut the deficit in half, and measure him on that, how did that work out? he doubled the deficit. >> as you mentioned, they are taking the show on the road and paul ryan is in the battleground state of virginia this afternoon and ryan and romney this the crucial battleground state of ohio tomorrow and right back in florida tomorrow afternoon, suzanne. >> and paul, we are hearing a

familiar refrain there talking about the president not fulfilling certain campaign promises or promises he made as president, but is romney giving any more specifics about his own plan to turn the economy around? >> we heard a little bit out of the speech last night and once again the five-part plan to fix the economy, so a little bit more tastes and bites what they would do, and the campaign says they have put out the full plan already, and we are hearing more of that on the campaign trail, and suzanne, the big news is where mitt romney is right now, and in fact, he landed in the last half hour in louisiana. he will be touring some of the storm damaged areas with bobby jind jindal, the governor of louisiana, and i asked the romney campaign how it came about, and he said that jindal invited romney to come down the tour the areas to give more attention to help people in need. suzanne, we have also learned in the last half hour, president obama will be going to louisiana himself monday to tour some of the damaged areas.

suzanne? >> well, has the question been brought up because where you have a whole entourage and group going to a area that has been hit by a hurricane, you can get in the way of the progress to get people on to their homes and lives and is that something that the romney campaign has addressed here, because we know that the president does this kind of thing and he will do it on monday, but do they need to have all of the people in louisiana? >> well, good point. good point. in fact, that is what the obama campaign and the white house is saying that is why they are waiting for monday. they travel larger than the romney campaign. and the romney campaign pointing out that this trip to louisiana is a small one and it is just mitt romney and not paul ryan and they are going with a smaller, smaller group. again though, they say they were invited by jindal, and they did not ask to go, and they say they were invited by jindal, suzanne. >> and interestingly enough, he was invited to go to the rnc and be a big part of that and not able to, because of the hurricane, so obviously, he will have a part in being seen with

governor mitt romney -- mitt romney rather. and with the look ahead of the democrats and what they have planned, because with le be there in a couple of days. >> you got it. of course, i'm in downtown charlotter hooshgs a ehere, and under way monday with the some festivities, but the main convention tuesday and the first night, first lady michelle obama, and san antonio mayor julian castro, and also wednesday will be bill clinton and then thursday joe biden with his speeches and the president's speech. and they will be touting their successes and how they have helped people and they will be saying that we, the democrats, are reaching out to help the middle class and say that they are going to try to help the

middle class and mitt romney and paul ryan will not be. you will hear more of that next week. >> it looks drier in charlotte than tampa. see you there in a couple of days, paul. and the republican national convention was scripted down to moment, and then came the make my day moment from clint eastwood. >> so i've got, i've got mr. obama sitting here, and i was just going the ask him a couple of questions. i mean, what do you say to people? do you just, you know, i know people -- people are wondering, you don't have it? okay. i wondered about, you know, when, when the -- what? what do you want me to tell romney? i can't tell him that, to do that. he can't do that to himself. you are crazy. [ laughter ] you are absolutely crazy.

>> clint eastwood talking to an invisible president obama and the crowd was laughing and also cringing, too. is this what the republicans expected when they brought clint eastwood on stage? we will find out. and the democratic national convention kicks off tuesday and we will be live there in charlotte, north carolina, and cover the speakers and the high party guests and of course all politics. this is what we have going on for this hour. more than 800,000 homes and businesses without power as isaac moves into the midwest. we'll take a look at the damage that the storm caused along the gulf coast. bill nye the science guy questions parents who teach their kids creationism instead of evolution. >> if you want the deny evolution and live in your, in your world that's completely inconsistent with everything of the universe, fine, but don't make your kids do it.

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this is all triggered by the toppling of a levee, and nungesser believes that a 30-mile stretch of the area may be underwater, and he has to cover the land, but he is already exhausted. what have you got in here? >> well, it is unbelievable. this is deja vu. >> reporter: you have been through the oil spill and katrina, and how do you rate this? >> more water here than katrina. >> reporter: and potentially for people stranded here. and coming by billy nungesser's house, he said he built the wall to withstand the hurricanes, but he is hoping it will hold up, because he has 11 members of the flood staying here. we saw one woman brought out, and a sheriff says that her husband tried to drive them out and their car was pushed into the flooded ditch. >> then they got to where the a

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we are learning more about what happened in the minutes leading oup to the colorado shooting. james holmes was in court thursday and jim spellman has been following the case since

the beginning. >> reporter: as alleged gunman james holmes faced having psychiatrist testifying this the hearing. but it was argued that it is doctor/patient privilege. dr. rick kornfeld is not an attorney in the case. >> it is maybe not privileged and the government may be able to get at it. >> reporter: james holmes with his hair still red but fading says that once she treated him for psychotherapy their relationship ended after june 11th. and then she notified the campus police about unspecified concerns about holmes and the fact that holmes still considered fenton to be his doctor, they say that nine minutes before the shooting began, he called a number at the

hospital, a number that could be used to reach dr. fenton after hours. eyewitnesss in the theater reported him making a phone call shortly before stepping out of the theater and it is not clear if it is the same phone call. prosecutors say he returned to the theater heavily armed with body armor and began shooting. the judge has not ruled on the notebook issue. >> assuming that the documents speak to his prior planning and a methodical, you know, a methodical set of actions in advance of this terrible crime, the government is absolutely going to use that as evidence that he was sane, and therefore not subject to an insanity defense and then down the road absolutely subject to the death penalty. james spelman is joining us live from denver, and what do we know about holmes' behavior in court? what is he like? >> well, you know, over the the last few hearings he had gotten more bizarre looking, and he grew these big mutton chop side

burns and grew a mustache and seemed out of it. he seemed much more lucid at yesterday's hearing and seemed to be following everything that was going on and shaved those things and clean shaven now and especially one the one-time psychiatrist dr. fenton was testified he followed everything that the judges and the therapist was saying and he even laughed at the jokes that popped n up in the 3 1/2-hour hearing and he has changed the demeanor from the courtroom of the zoned out kind of demeanor he had at the very first one. >> jim, what more are we learning about him? >> well, we are learning a lot about what has happened in the maybe six-week-long period before the shooting. all in the very sense of a part of a few days here decides to drop out of school, and he sees the psychiatrist on june 111th, being the last time he sees her and he has the access to the buildings revoke and then he goes into the period where he is

buying awe -- buying all of the ammunition and booby traps and alienating all of the people in his life and now we discover he apparently sent a package to dr. fenton and made the phone call nine minutes before the shooting. that is what the prosecutors are saying, look, even if dr. fenton thinks they don't have a relationship, james holmes thinks they did. >> and what is next this the case, jim? >> september 20th is the next hearing. they have not ruled yet on whether this notebook will be admissible and they hope to wrap it up september 20th. >> thank you, jim spellman. good to see you. it is one of the most talked about moments at the republican national convention last night, and we are talking about clint eastwood's empty chair routine where he took aim at president obama. >> so i've got, i've got mr. obama sitting here, and he's, and i just was going to ask him a couple of questions. i mean, what do you say to people? do you just -- i mean, you know, i know people -- people are

wondering, you don't ever. okay. i wondered about, about when, when the -- what? what do you want me to tell romn romney? i can't tell him that, to do that. he can't do that to himself. you're crazy. you're absolutely crazy. well, i want the bring in howard kirtz, editor of " "reliable sources" and after seeing this last night, my twitter account blew up and saying that the bit we played is disrespectful of the president and over the top, and first oflt all when you see this, you see something like this, do you think that there is an erosion of respect for the president, the office of the presidency, since obama took office? >> i was sitting in the arena when it happened, suzanne, and it is not so much that it was disrespectful, it was just

weird. it was cringe-inducing and some people in the crowd laughed because he was making fun of obama, and it went on and rambling and there was no prompter, and i could see that and it was the strangest moment of any convention i have ever covered and i would say unlike tropical storm isaac which overshadowed the convention in the early days, this is a manmade di ssaster. >> and it was disrespect of implying what the president was saying to him if you listen to the little bit there, and you know what i'm talking about? >> i know exactly what you are talking about and yes, it did seem demeaning and not that funny and some people may disagree with my comedic assessment, but beyond the off-colored nature of the implied jokes, it seemed to soak all of the energy out of the room, and a lot of people love clint eastwood as a movie action he hero, but it is not clear what he was doing up there, and it is damaging for this reason, it not only a overshadowed mitt romney's speech and everybody

talking about this morning and we are talking about it right now, but by the weekend and monday, nobody is going to be talking about mitt's speech which didn't have many memorable moments, but everybody is going to be talking about clint eastwood and a squandered opportunity by the romney campaign to put this guy on doing this routine minutes before the nominee comes out to give the all-important acceptance speech. >> one of the things here that we talk about is stage craft. this is really a highly scripted affair and how does something like this happens? he was supposed to have five minutes and he went on for 12 minutes and kind of impromptu that happened? >> well, at the age of 82, i guess that he likes the spotlight. but at the kconventions every moment is choreographed and yet they let this guy take the stage without a script and to do this kind of routine and whether you thought it was funny, over the top, or disrespectful and there

is even an invisible obama account now on twitter, it just seemed to go off of the rails. what did this have to do with getting mitt romney elected? and what did this have to do with setting up the big moment on thursday night for mitt romney to make the speech and connect with the american voters? it just was, you know, the next thing that we have to find out who in the romney campaign thought it was a good idea or is everybody going to be pointing the finger at somebody else. >> all right. howard kurtz, thank you so much. we appreciate your analysis. we want to bring in paul ryan who is speaking in richmond, virginia. let's dip in. >> we have a choice of two futures and what you need at a moment like this when our economy is in doubt, and when a debt crisis looms on our horizon like it is plaguing europe and when we know beyond a shadow of a doubt that our children will get a diminished future, in moments like this, you need leadership and principled leaders. guess what? that is exactly what mitt romney

is. you are getting to know this man like the rest of us know him. you are getting to know a decent man, a faithful man, an honorable man. a man who in every thing that he has done in his life exemplifies leadership. a man of achievement, a man of integrity. take a look at what he did in his private life in private business and by the way, being successful in business is a good thing. it is not a bad thing. we don't look at other people's success with envy, and we look at it with pride. we don't resent people's success. we want to emulate people's success. this man started small businesses. this man grew businesses. sports authority, bright horizon, staples -- this man

turned around struggling businesses with an astounding degree of success in tens of thousands of people got jobs as a result. i'm proud to stand with a man like that. i'm proud to stand with a man who knows that if you have a small business, you did build that business. you know, take a look at what this man did when leadership called. he was in massachusetts running businesses and creating jobs, and the olympics was in trouble. the olympics was playinged with a scandal. corruption, wasteful spending. sounds kind of familiar, doesn't it? so they asked this man to help and take over and he did that. he dropped what was he doing, and moved for three years to utah and he fixed this, and he turned around the united states olympics and we are all the better of it and we are proud of that moment.

>> look at the difference in leadership and results between president obama as president and mitt romney as governor of massachusetts. under president obama, the credit rating of the united states of america -- the democratic national convention is kicking off next week and we will be in charlotte, north carolina to cover the speakers and the parties and the high profile guests and the politics. a man making a living teaching science says that the kids should not be taught creationism instead of evolution. he is bill nye the science guy, and he is going to make his case. today on the help desk we are focusing on planning for retirement and very important no matter your age. joining us is ryan rosato, and diane mack. >> my husband is self-employed and i want to know if it is too late for him to get a retirement plan. >> assuming that the husband is about her age, middle aged? >> well, you have a simple ir,

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if it is clear where you are, you will see a rare lunar event in the sky tonight, and si called a blue moon. it is not really blue, but it occurs when two full moons ak kour in the same month. it won't happen again until november of 2019. bill nye the science guy is explaining science, but his new video has already gotten 3 million hits on youtube. bill nye is urging parents to stop teaching kids that god created the universe in seven days. bill nye the science guy is joining us from los angeles, and why do you suppose that your video, and 3 million views in a week has become so popular? >> well, i guess it is a little bit of a controversial topic, but i emphasize that i did not post this video. that was recorded in june, and it languished on the internet all summer, but here's the thing. if you had political faction that insisted that we teach that the world is flat, and it is a

con spe conspiracy of scientists and others who publish these pictures where the world was round, after a while, people would insist that you are not teaching that anymore and let me say that the evidence for the age of the earth is every bit as compelling. the earth is 4.5 billion years old and not 6 or 10,000 years old. >> and what would you say to some of the parents who are like, look, we will go ahead and learn about the evolution, but we believe in creationism, and what is the harm of learning the bible creation story? >> well, learning the story is fine, and that is great, but it is not science. and tax dollars youed for science education shouldn't be used to teach creationism as an al te alternative. creationism is not right. it is -- that assertion that the world is that young, and was created that quickly and that ancient dinosaurs are some sort of deities' schemes to trick you, that is not right. that is not science.

so the tax dollars should not be used to teach that. >> a gallup poll says that 46% of americans believes in kr creationism and god created man in the past 10,000 years or so, and so why do you believe that the belief persists? >> it is troubling. i guess because guys, and people like me have not done our job. the evidence for the age of the earth is remarkable. it is wonderful. it is empowering and it fills me with reverence. why i often question that the poll has been quoted several times in the last week, and i wonder if that question was phrased properly. everybody relies on technology. you and i are talking on television, and last night the guy running for president made reference to apple to ipods and to the innovators in silicon valley and those people are all engineers who understand science and understand the role of radioactivity in showing the age of the earth. this is quite an irony that

people are embracing that, the technolo technology and the science in this way, but denying the fundamental idea behind it in this other way. >> and so i want to play a little bit of the youtube video that is part of the debate. >> it is not good for the country. if you want to deny evolution and live in your, in your world that's complete ly ininconsistent with everything that we have observed in the universe, that is fine, but don't make your kids do it. >> are you worried, bill, in any way that you are taking on a lot of folks here, and it is a very emotional and sometimes passionate subject here that people are going to turn away, turn away from you as the science guy and turn away from some of the things that you are pointing out that you want people to pay attention to? >> well, i have followed you and i know just what you mean, but, shooting the messenger is not going to change the science.

i emphasize again in the video, i was talking about the use of tax dollars for science education. so, this is a very important thing if we want to have jobs. if we want the united states to be the world leader, the innovator to come up with the new inventions and the new ipad and the new sources of energy and the new ways to transmit and store it. this is all going to take science, and engineers, and i'm talking about jobs, so it is important and very important. thank you for having me on. >> thank you, bill, appreciate it. we have the leaf it there. and bill bernanke is hinting that help could be on the way, and we will read between the lines of his remarks. try zyrtec® liquid gels. nothing starts working faster than zyrtec® at relieving your allergy symptoms for 24 hours. zyrtec®. love the air.

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provide additional policy accommodation as needed to promote a stronger conmy and he defended the fed's move up to now, and the recent large scale bond purchases have been controversial especially among the republicans who say that the fed is printing money at risk of inflation. but he says that the bond buying known as quantitative easing has helped the boost of stocks and created 2 million jobs. and he said that inflation is within the fed's target range and that is good. immediately following the speech though, stocks did dip as investors were disappointed that there was not a bigger announcem, and part of that is what they call short covering, so that the stock market has since digested the remarks and realized that the federal reserve is poised and ready to step in if need be. suzanne. >> what did he say about the overall state of the economy? >> well, he was bold and said that the current situation is

far from satisfactory and that is blunt considering we have an election in a couple of months. he said some movement in the job market, but painfully so. you have heard me talk about this ad nauseam and it is noted that the unemployment rate has been stuck since january and the job creation has not picked up. so that's one of the ironies that bernanke's hands are tied, because of some recent economic reports that have not been that bad to justify further stimulus, but the retail sales were strong? august and home sales prices have been good and the spending edging up which makes it harder for him to justify whether or not he can step in and take on this additional stimulus that we call qe3 or operation twist, especially when there are cr critics who say that the fed has done what it can and even some who say it is overstepped the role. suzanne. >> all right. thanks. we will take a quick break and come right back.

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shann shannon, what did he say? >> reporter: well, i don't think we can underestimate how rare it is for the koch to say anything to the press. they pretty much operate behind closed door, private meetings. they held a private fund-raiser in july that a lot of press wanted to get into but couldn't. they keep press at arms length. the fact i was able to get a question to david koch yesterday at this event at the rnc in tampa was extraordinary. let me give you a bit of brief background. they themselves are staunch promotors of free market and free enterprise. they do a lot of philanthropic work.

there was a fund raising e-mail that accused them of bankrolling $200 million to destroy the president. given that context i took that question to david koch. take a listen. >> we live in kaa country that believes in sprfree speech. i'm republican. i believe in fiscal responsibility and supporting american business and the like. i have a right to speak out. the president says what he wants to. i believe in free speech. >> reporter: there you have it. david koch responding to some of these democratic charges even the obama campaign. >> it's pretty amazing there.

good to get that in there. politico says he disagrees with the republican stance on gay marriage and also raising taxes to balance the budget. is there any reaction from fellow conservatives? >> reporter: what's remarkable is that david koch is a staunch economic conservative but he told politico he disagrees with mitt romney on the issue of gay marriage. he wants to balance the budget and talk about the potential for raising taxes. that would put him at odds with a lot of republicans. some of the republicans have raised eyebrows. someone like david koch, who is so powerful, there's not going to be a lot of loud criticism. >> way to get that exclusive sound. clint eastwood firmly on team mitt romney. we're talking about big star power. brought lots of hollywood juice last night. this election season is

challenging that much of hollywood leans to the political left. he's not alone. mm more than a few show business heavy weights lining up. >> reporter: away from the glare of the red carpet some are harboring a shocking secret. they're not all card carrying liberals. democratic strategist says there's an impressive list of famous movers and shakers backing mitt romney. clint eastwood endorsed him. >> i think the country needs boost somewhere. >> reporter: romney got a boost from jeff foxworthy. mega producer jerry brukheimer attended in play and dean cane prefers him. romney celebrity support may

strike some as ironic given republican attack ads calling obama a celebrity president who is tight with the in crowd. historian stephen ross says romney has made several under the radar stops to california to stuff his campaign war chest. open secrets.org says he's collected more than $17 million and rubbing shoulders with the entertainment industry elite. >> he is coming to hollywood and there is conservative money. it's always been here. >> reporter: but quietly. in hollywood few celebrities seem willing to go public their republican beliefs and some that have say they have paid a price for it. >> i am a declared out of the closet republican in hollywood. >> reporter: kelsey gramer said he thinks it's possible he didn't get an emmy nomination

because of his politics. >> you have five emmys. >> how long have you been a republican? >> just after the last one i became. >> reporter: still some hollywood conservatives won't hide their contempt for the president. >> obama is not a democrat. she a radical socialist. >> reporter: a scorching critique of the president. >> obama has a dream that the sins of colonialism be set right and america be downsized. >> reporter: usc professor notes. >> there are pockets of republican support throughout the entertain industry. they tend to be very strong willed in their opinion where they are willing to risk professional backlash in order to stand up for what they

believe in. >> reporter: they may appear few in numbers, they are trueing a true blue town has streaks of red. cnn continues with brooke baldwin. >> back here in atlanta today. we have a huge friday in store for you. first, happening live during this show. president obama expected to address troops at fort bliss just as he did two years ago today. in fact, it was on this very day that he announced the end of combat in iraq. this speech comes as both presidential campaigns that troops are being left out of stump speeches, left out of the spotlight. the president will not only talk about the wars but the unseen wounds inflicting the men and women who bravely serve our country. we'll take you to texas, live. first, the mitt romney stop to see the flood damage in louisiana today. he arrived the day after

accepting the republican party's nomination for president in tampa and louisiana is romney's second stop of the day. ♪ earlier this morning he made a campaign stop in lakewood, florida where several hundred people gathered for the first campaign rally after the republican convention. i want to bring in jim acosta. he's traveling there. he's standing there with the romney campaign. jim, talk to me about who he is seeing and who he has met with. >> reporter: he's going to be with bobby jindal, the governor of louisiana. if he's not with him right now. we're in new orleans with the campaign plane behind me. they took a small protective pool with mitt romney to go survey the storm damage after

isaac along with bobby jindal. we're not technically with them and that's at the instructions of the romney campaign. i will tell you about his morning. it's been interesting. he started in lakeland, florida. he was continuing his theme aimed at independent voters. he told the crowd out there they need to hold the president accountable for his four years in office and his record during the four years in office. we heard similar themes during his speech last night. then the campaign schedule got shaken up. mitt romney was supposed to head to virginia with paul ryan today, but instead paul ryan went to virginia by himself and mitt romney came here to louisiana on his way to ohio where both candidates have events separately. lots of twists and turns on the campaign trail. >> we're awaiting governor romney's arrival. we know that they announced that

the romney campaign announced this stop this morning and then the white house quickly followed up the president would be visiting louisiana on monday. are you getting any sense from the romney campaign they got the jump on this one. >> reporter: well, you have to be careful from a campaign standpoint to look like you're trying to capitalize on a natural disaster. we got no sense at all from the romney campaign they were gleeful that they had gotten here before the president. honestly, there's been some rumblie inings for a good 24 hoe was going to try to come out here and him and his sons would help with storm cleanup. all of that wasn't possible before last night's speech. i think they intended to get her at some point and they decided to put the virginia campaign stop aside but he wanted to get to louisiana today. >> you talk about this theme of accountability, holding our

leaders accountable. do we have any idea of what his message will be? >> reporter: i think it will be concentrated on the storm damage. bobby jindal wasn't able to go to the convention because he decided to stay here and talking to folks on the ground even though this was a category 1 hurricane turned tropical storm, this was a sustained event. the airport that we're at right now, actually does not have any power and you can see some aluminum siding came off. the romney campaign is standing by at an airport that doesn't have power. it's a critical situation on the ground and i think the governor wanted to get a look at that and put that in his schedule. >> we'll be watching for those pictures. we appreciate you there in new orleans. mitt romney is going to be

visiting the small fishing village in louisiana where people put up more than 200 thousands bags in this attempt to keep the flood water out. i want to bring in chris roberts. he's a councilman at large in jefferson parish. he's supposed to be meeting with mitt romney. chris, let me ask you this. i'm assuming you have yet to meet with mitt romney, correct? he just dropped off. bad connection. we'll work on getting him back up. we'll talk to this councilman about what he wants from mitt romney and the president of the united states when he visits louisiana monday. we'll getten update on the conditions there. people are digging out of a muddy mess as isaac is churning north ward. this is video of the coast guard going door to door helping

trapped families escape. people just grateful to be alive. we've talked about some of these dams in the area. the percy quinn dam is holding up for now. emergency officials are saying this. it is significantly damaged, but the dam is not leaking. it's not leaking right now . for new orleans, the storm may have moved on by devastating conditions may linger for days. 11 people were hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning because they used general ratsers inside their home. >> just because it was category 1 for some people doesn't mean it was a category 1 for everybody. there are some individuals that have suffered damages that are in excess of what they suffered during katrina.

>> two deaths are reported in louisiana. the bodies of a man and woman were found floating in seven feet of water in a kitchen inside of a home in plaquemines parish. so many others barely escaped. rob was covering isaac for us this past week. he spoke with a married couple who survived a tremendous scare. >> reporter: coast guard choppers continued the work of rescuing victims of hurricane isaac. >> we were directed to evacuate but we couldn't get too far down the road before we got swamped. >> reporter: they were caught by the storm surge in plaquemines parish. >> the water was rising inside the vehicle. we were getting all anxious. we had called 911. they said stay with the vehicle we tried to do that and the water kept coming over and start started cracking the front wind shield. we felt the best thing was to get out.

>> reporter: melanie's declining health made it difficult to evacuate before the storm and even more treacherous during the storm. >> i had the wheelchair at the back of the bed of the truck. i sat her up on the wheelchair getting her elevated and the water kept coming. it swept us both off. we were in the water. it's about 10, 12 feet deep. >> reporter: he's a retired marine colonel helping his wife stay afloat. >> she said i'm not going to make it. i said yes you are. we were only 300 yards from the levee. we could see the cattle walking on it. >> reporter: they managed to get to something to latch onto. >> getting close to hyperthermia. i tried to stabilize her on a telephone pole and put another piece of wood debris under her

head. i climbed over the reeds to get to the levee. >> reporter: having to leave his wife to run and get help was not easy. >> that was my biggest decision i had in my life to leave her. >> reporter: she was still there when she returned. >> considered her health and her absent mobility, extremely proud of her and her ability to with stand the severity that we with through. >> what are you most thankful for right now? >> that we're here talking to you. >> that we're here talking to you. thank you. just a reminder we're waiting for the first pictures from louisiana, mitt romney visiting folks hard hit from isaac. as soon as we see those pictures we'll bring them to you. he'll be meeting with the governor and first responders there. more news developing on this friday including democrats. we're looking toward charlotte. democrats start heading to the north carolina city for the convention. find out which huge stars will be appearing there.

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much ado about this in tampa. republicans pulled out clint eastwood. what's on board for the democrats when they get together next week? let's talk to shannon travis. shannon, the dnc, we know they announced their celebrity lineup. who do they have? >> reporter: it's almost like we said we'll take your clint eastwood and raise you a few singers and r and b gramny winners. for tuesday night they announced amber riley of "glee". the second night jessica sanchez. then bran ford marsalis.

thursday night, that's going to be one big concert. the foo fighters. mary j.blige, james taylor and marc anthony. they will draw a lot of attention as well as the sa acceptance speeches. >> let me ask you about this. i was in tampa this week and talking to the chairwoman of the dnc. i said i realize this final day culminates at bank of america stadium, what do you do when it rains? she said umbrellas. what's the plan? >> reporter: you know what, there is a plan. they are not saying what that plan is. i reported yesterday that the dnc officials are anxiously

watching for the weather. you know there's a possibility of thunder storms and rain showers. it's a 73,000 seat plus stadium. the dnc officials what's the plan that they told me about. they wouldn't tell me what it is. i don't know if it's trying to relocate. there's no indication of that, but probably the best guess is what you just said is raincoats. >> we'll see what they unveil. heaven forbid it does rain for them. what about security? it was tremendous security presence in tampa. should they expect the same in charlotte? >> reporter: yeah. at the same level if not more so. obviously this is the president and the vice president of the united states. security will be extremely tight. you know the different reams of security even inside the parameter that you had to go through obviously necessary with

an important national event like this. we expect pretty much the same. a lot of dnc officials also want to make sure it's easy enough for people who are supposed to be inside to get around. >> searching the engine of our cars and trunks. thank you in charlotte. i want to take you back to louisiana because we're watching and waiting for mitt romney visiting this small fishing village in louisiana where people reportedly put together more than 200 thousands bags to keep some of the water out in these areas. i want to bring them back in. chris roberts, i hear we do have you on the phone now. i know you're heading, if you can hear me, you're headed in this caravan to go meet with mitt romney. tell me what you see out your window first. let's talk conditions on the ground. what does it look like? >> the water is starting to recede. we had a surge in this community from this hurricane. the main issue is because the

hurricane sat still for so long. it continued to bring the gulf of mexico into our coastal communities. we saw some of the highest flood surging that we've seen in history. >> as, hopefully, the waters are rece rece receding and you'll be dealing with muck and mud. rom makes this plan to come to you in louisiana. you're meeting with him. what do you plan on asking? what would you like to hear from him? >> we're looking from a commitment from the federal government to get levees provided to the coastal communities that have been left outside the hurricane protection. he's traveling with governor jindal who will has been supportive of getting coast aaa levees. i think it's good they see first hand what the needs are. we need those folks in d.c. to

see what these folks face. since 2005 we had hurricane rita and gustav. we have some families that have flooded five times since 2005. it's tragic that more is not done to provide protection. that's wa we'hat we're pushing . >> i was talking to folks this week who stayed through katrina, lost home, rebuilt and said after losing their homes this time around that it is time to move on. we mentioned the president. he's also, the news has come down he will be heading to louisia louisiana. >> we welcome the opportunity to show him first hand what we're faced with here as well. these communities are very important to all of the united states because a lot from the area, a lot of energy from our

entire country comes from these communities. these are also the communities i want to mention that were severely impacted from the bp oil disaster. it's sad that on top of hurricanes we dealt with the oil tragedy. we have to stay strong and provide protection. they are just vital to both of those industries which impact all of us. >> last time i was in your neck of your woods was covering the oil spill. the folks there are tough people. they know how to weather quite a bit in the last couple of years. >> they have very resilient. they do what they have to do to get back on their feet. the main message is we can avoid these tragedies if we get the levees in place that we so separately need. >> we'll follow up.

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supermarket shooting in new jersey. a man walked in a store carrying an ak-47, a handgun and then gunshots. 16 of them. this happened a couple of hours before sunrise. the men killed two of his coworkers before turning the gun on himself. prosecutors tell us they believe everyone in that store was a target. the motive, not clear yet. within the last hour here families of the victims of the aurora, colorado movie theater massacre met with the organizers that raised millions of dollars for those hurt in the shootings. the relief fund took in more than $5 million, for the 70

victims, 12 of who were killed. there's been this conflict. the two groups that run the flood says every penny goes to the need of the victims and their families. that is in response to a plea earlier this week. several families asked for more access saying the fund has denied the requests. >> this is awful. this is the worst thing that's happened in any of our lives. all of our loved ones are either dead, injured they never may be the same again and we have to stand up and fight the money that say warner brothers gave on our behalf. >> are we happy that our son went back to save somebody? yes. am i happy that our son can't be left alone? that he's afraid when a car backfires? you don't understand how difficult it is for someone to ask you as though you're going to apply for welfare what do you

need that money for. what are you doing with that $5,000. i'm not going to pay one more bill. i'm lives never intended to change and to make a committee and call it whatever you want to call it and not discuss with us what we feel like, let alone the 12, my heart bleed for these 12 families but my heart bleeds because 72 families will never be the same again. >> the man allegedly responsible for all that pain had some major revelations about him disclosed in a court hearing yesterday. james holmes called a university of colorado switchboard nine minutes before opening fire allegedly. he may have been trying to reach his school psychiatrist. documents show the university of iowa rejected his application saying quote, do not offer admissions under any

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with the republicans fresh off a week of coverage today, the president delivers an election year reminder of his record in chief. right now the president is visiting the fort bliss army post near el paso texas where he is set to deliver a speech next hour. he was here on this day two years ago, the very day he declared the end of u.s. combat in iraq. i want to go straight to fort

bless. athena, i know the campaign is being very clear. they are saying this is official business. this stop is not campaign related. i imagine when it comes to his message and ending a very unpopular war that was iraq, it will be promise made, promise kept. >> reporter: exactly. they say this is official business but this is the promise the president ran on. this is a promise they want to remind the americans kept. they are singing the national anthem. we are expecting the president a few minutes from now. >> should we pause. let's pause. let me interrupt you. we shouldn't be speaking her. let's listen. ♪ yet we've ♪ ♪ for the land of the free

♪ home of the brave [ applause ] >> there we go. it didn't feel appropriate to be speaking over that. are you still with me? okay. we'll go back to athena. the president should be speaking. he's meeting with some of these soldiers. we will bring that to you live next hour. how about this? remember that huge powerballot ri jackpot where $337 million. the man with the winning ticket is talking. >> i can go where ever i want. >> more about his winning ways. look at that check. that's next. to one's military oath.

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political theater, not a bad start. >> save a little more mitt rp. >> reporter: taking a partisan turn. >> i haven't cried that hard since i found out that there's 23 million unemployed people in this country. >> reporter: some numbers may be fictionalized for dramatic effect. the actual number of unemployed is 12.8 million. this is when he went from fiction to experiment cinema. >> i wondered about when the -- what? what do you want me to tell romney? i can't tell him to do that. he can't do that to himself. that's crazy. >> reporter: seemingly off script he rambled at an empty chair signifying president obama. a metaphor or cheesy plot

device. when they seemed unsure whether to cringe or cheer they swithe switched scenes giving them what they want. when somebody does not do the job, we have to let them go. >> reporter: this was a crowd hungry for classic clint. >> i don't say that word anymore. >> reporter: the audience demanded a line. >> okay. you want to make my day. >> reporter: the lesson here if there is one, when inviting an a list celebrity to your party, make sure they know it's your party, no up staging. >> i'll start it. you finish. go ahead. >> make my day.

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take a look at this. you'll see the man who could be vice president there on the left hand side of your screen. paul ryan was one of 50 some cosponsors of this bill last year that pushed for person hood. this is the concept saying that a fertilized egg equals a person which would make abortion an act of homicide. it's hr 212. the sanctity of human life act says that human life shall be deemed with fertilization. one side effect of legislation like this, could negatively impact ivf. ryan's running mate has been fitted from ivf. this is a tweet from tagg saying

he is the father of twin born from surrogates. dr. sanjay gupta joins me now. explain to me how a personhood law would affect ivf. >> if you look at the way that ivf works is you have multiple embryos are created. not all of them are implanted. you create more than you need. what's really a question is what happens to the extra if they are not used or discarded. if you say that life begins at conception or you have a fertilized egg. it's not that ivf is outlawed but if you have a personhood bill those extra embryos become the crux of the issue. >> let's remind everyone. ryan and romney and this is ryan's new stance on abortion. they are against abortion except

when it comes to rape and incest. given that, do we know if they would support this personhood legislation? >> it's a very good question. you pointed out that mitt romney's personal story with his grand children. if you look at personhood bill you can see the difficulty with ivf. we have talked to the people at personhood usa is it will force ivf to become more efficient. you're not creating a lot of extra. you're creating the exact number that you need and those get implanted. >> isn't it so expensive and these hopeful mothers want to increase their chances of getting pregnant. >> exactly. we talked to scientists that do this and what they say is we're not worried about that it's going to become illegal. we're worried about the personhood bills. we think the science will improve but this will likely be an issue because you want to improve the chances that someone gets pregnant.

>> how often do people go in and go for ivf? >> about one in eight couples that have some degree of infertility. they get some sort of treatment. about 5% of couples get ivf and i think since it started there's been 45,000 children born to ivf. it's pretty significant numbers and a valuable tool for families who are trying to get pregnant. >> one in eight. again, how much is ivf? >> it can be quite expensive. it depends how much cycles you do. you're trying to take eggs from a woman and do the fertilization in a petri dish. that determines costs. we're talking tens of thousands of dollars. >> at one point do we expect that this is something that would be addressed by either of these romney or ryan? >> you just got back from the convention. you know there are certain issues --

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