thanks for joining us let's begin isaac. >> winds at tropical storm status there are warnings about inland flooding storm surge and possible tornadoes across the central gulf coast. brandy has the latest. >> reporter: isaac may have weakened into a tropical storm but problems are growing along the gulf coast. >> can we get help? >> reporter: water spilled over a critical levee flooding hopes in plaquemines parish in minutes. >> we never seen anything like this, not even >> reporter: dozens had to be rescue, including -- small children. >> the water came, water over-the-top of the roof we had to breakthrough the ceiling and come through the attic. >> reporter: this father and son team put their lives on the line to rescue their

neighbors before emergency crews could arrive. >> we rescued a lot of people. never thought we -- >> reporter: tense moments for them and those who barely escaped. thousands more have been ordered to evacuate and are filling shelters if louisiana and mississippi, wondering if their homes will be spared. >> hope it is still there, might be wet, but hoping it isl >> reporter: isaac's powerful winds have knocked down trees and knocked out power to hundreds of thousands in the region many damage to homes and businesses extensive. so far, in new orleans the new levee system created after hurricane katrina has passed isaac's test. >> it wasn't as bad as we thought, but still pretty bad many >> reporter: as isaac moves north rivers are expected to reach critical flood stage in many areas, rescues will resume after sunrise. abc news, new orleans. workers say it will be several more days before the -- they finish repairing

damage to a san francisco street caused by water main break klein up continues around the huge hole -- -- cleanup continues around the sinkhole. crews worked to reduce the size of the hole. they dug out piece of the pipe investigators trying to pinpoint the cause of the rupture. palo alto police looking for a man who sexually assaulted a woman at shopping center, second indent in over a week. list leased this sketch, described as 5' -- 5'9, medium build, 30-years-old, wearing a yellow hooded sweatshirt. yesterday a woman was walking when this man came from between parked cars and fondled her then immediately ran. bay area base tech giant growing out of its britches.

licensed inplans -- linked inplans to set up -- a confidential new report says pg&e can afford to pay massive penalties stemming from the 2010 san bruno pipeline explosion. the report shows the utility could survive a 2 1/2 billion dollar fine by selling stock. pg&e calls the report flawed and says california needs a financially strong utility. the company has set aside 300 million dollars anticipating penalties related to the 2010 disaster that killed eight.uubñ

confidential information between pg&e and a victim of the san bruno explosion was mistakenly posted on the internet documents showed pg&e paid 1.8 million dollars to a teenaged girl who suffered severe barnes during the blast -- suffered severe burns during the blast. details of settlements have not been made public. looks different this morning, seems to look like it is a little cloudier in some places. >> let's find out from mike. hazy around the bay, clouds at the coast big story, half mile visibility there at half moon bay and the sign that the sea breeze is developing marine layer starting to develop and cooling trend is on the way for the coast and bay today to a little extent a greater extent tomorrow. low to our north developing, deepening, gathering cooler weather, going to deposit it in our neighborhoods tomorrow

and saturday. today, one last warm to hot day inland 7:00 this morning, all good clouds at the coast move of news the 50s, clouds remain at the coast noon, finger fog will try to roll across the golden gate bridge next couple of hours. 80s inland by noon, 70s bay, 60s coast near 90 by 4, inland upper 70s bay low 60s coast. 7:00 clouds start coming back into the bay upper 60s for you, upper 70s inland mid to upper 50s coast. pollen, high amounts of tree and ragweed moderate grass and mole. -- grass and mold. warming trend comes back sunday into labor day monday have a great day. no major accidents here's a live shot of the bay bridge incline section where you can see things are starting to

slow a lot of brake lights towards treasure island metering lights will probably be turned on soon. we'll check on that. san mateo bridge good westbound past the toll flowing at the limit towards foster city and san mateo no major trouble this bridge will be popular this weekend with the dumbarton bridge closure for labor day weekend from friday 10:00 until tuesday 5 a.m.. your alternates are the san mateo bridge, 237, a little slower than normal on 880 through fremont in both directions 101 from mountain rue to san mateo, keep that in mind as you -- as you head out for the weekend. still ahead we go live to tampa for the latest on tonight's big night for mitt romney. people in one city are going to get fogged in as vector control takes aim on

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our breaking news from the gulf coast reports now the first death that can be attributed to tropical storm isaac a tow truck driver was killed early this morning in pearl river county, when a tree fell on his truck. that was in picayune, mississippi during heavy rain

and wind from isaac. more on the effect of the storm coming up in just a couple minutes. economy may be struggling, but the fraud business is booming, fraud and id theft complaints are up sharply. here's michael finney with scams you should look out for. >> reporter: good morning. consumer reports says scam artists are cleverly exploiting all kinds of new technology to rip you off. there are small things you can do to protect yourself, now to avoid big problems later. susan feinberg was stunned to find out that criminals had raided her home equity line of credit by pretending to be her. >> we discovered they had cashed checks for $17,000. >> reporter: susan isn't sure how the crooks got crucial information like her social security number and mother's maiden name, frequently people are fooled into sharing those details online. consumer reports reveals america's worst scams many tap

into ever changing technology. >> we've cautioned against phishing e-mails that trick you into reveal your personal information. howtyrná&m.íe cell phone >> reporter: a link from a major retailer appears in a text message offering $1,000 gift voucher. the goal, grabbing your information. even e-mail phishing s have gotten more sophisticated. this -- looks like an e-mail to confirm a flight this looks like an invoice from ups. >> old fashioned scams work we phone plenty that come in the mail as a knock on the door or over the phone. >> reporter: for instance, callers who say they are from a reputable company offering to slash your credit card interest rate or fix a computer virus they've defect. all you need do is -- pay a fee or disclose sensitive financial information. >> never, ever, i go out your

personal information or money to someone who seeks you out. >> reporter: fortunately, the bank agreed. sue -- susan was not responsible for the $17,000 stolen she did set up a fraud alert with three credit reporting bureaus. consumer reports recommends a security freeze which blocks access to your credit report. to add insult to injury people who are scammed can be targeted by another scam, crooks who promise to recover your stolen money. they charge hundreds of dollars and recover nothing. i'm michael finney, 7 on your side. 6:14. contra costa county vector control will be returned to brentwood tonight with pesticide spraying to rid mosquitoes that may be carrying west nile. it was a week allege fogging trucks went through brentwood neighborhoods. whether permitting tonight between 7:30 and 11 p.m. another area will be sprayed.

weather-permitting. >> tonight is a good night last night would have been the better night. the next couple of nights going to be breezy so hopefully they will get it done tonight. good morning. here's a look at the fog trying to encroach upon san francisco really mainly saying at the coast now, a little bit of it will roll across san francisco and golden gate bridge watch out for varying conditions out of marin into san francisco this morning. fog along the coast, it is dry around the bay and inland. quick look still impressive looking storm, my original thought was mississippi was going to get flooded by freshwater flooding, which is what you are seeing here. what you haven't heard mentioned lately, nine tornadoes so far isaac has spawned. i would expect more today. back home, as far as

temperatures, 50s and 60s still around the monterey bay low to mid 50s even inland today coastal clouds still hot inland mostly cloudy tonight drizzle like lay long the coast again tomorrow morning even more so than this morning many cooling trend friday, saturday then it gets hot again. livermore 92, oakland 78, napa 83. san francisco 70 we are watching clouds, watching finger try to push across the golden gate bridge the next couple of hours. coast partly sunny, 60s. 70s, 80s bay, near 90 inland south bay low to upper 80s today, 80 palo alto, drop to the mid and upper 70s the rest of the peninsula, low to mid 60s coast more cloud cover

than yesterday, downtown south san francisco hugging 70 close in sausalito mid 70s most north bay valleys low to mid 60s pockets of sun at beaches east bay valleys upper 70s to near 80 warmest weather one last day run at 90s in the east bay valleys, mid 80s morgan hill, gilroy hollister. low 60s monterey. drizzle along the coast, clouds moving into the bay a few break off and make it inland tonight. 50s, tomorrow four degrees cooler at the coast 10° cooler inland that continues saturday, dangerous surf mainly around monterey bay tomorrow into saturday. here's frances. still no major accidents on bay area freeways. just got off the phone with the folks who turn the metering lights on at the bay bridge toll they said just about now, any minute now they will turn it on i think they just did looks like fastrak

lanes are starting to back-up. crowded upper deck bay bridge the back-up will grow in the next 10 minutes quickly. live shot 101 san rafael, southbound overall fine novato down to the golden gate bridge. also south bay live shot of northbound 280 for headlights out of downtown san jose fine up towards cupertino and 17 looking good out of santa cruz mountains. heavy traffic in antioch, westbound 4 check this out, waze traffic app showing nine miles an hour. heavy traffic was reported by one of our traffic spotters almost an hour ago when things started to slow down now it is jammed all the way towards loveridge it does improve a little past loveridge. very slow traffic westbound 205 out of tracy as you head into the altamont pass, slow near 30 miles an hour heavy

traffic on basco through livermore. straight ahead, san jose's joey chestnut defends one of his eating titles. you won't believe how many pounds of meat he devoured. buckle your seat belts great america unveiling plans for new rollercoaster. we'll take you on a preview ride.

san jose's champion has another trophy. joey chestnut defended his title yesterday at the rib eating championship in sparks, nevada he downed over -- [ unintelligible ] he wents $5,000 and hopefully some tums. rollercoaster fans will have a new reason to visit next year. great america says it will be the tallest and fastest wooden rollercoaster in northern california.

it will have a top speed of 54 miles an hour. construction is underway and when it is finished, it will be the 8th rollercoaster in the park. still ahead, new questions about security at sfo after a woman is screened and let through, through to europe on an expired passport. what a new report reveals about a fatal confrontation between peninsula police and armed suspect. >> reporter: i'm terry mcsweeney live at the stanford shopping center, palo alto police concerned about what the second sexual assault in the past week. the story coming up in a live report. temperatures today especially east bay valleys, 90s within more day, 70s, 80s, bay clouds keep the coast in the low to mid 60s this afternoon highs around the country 80s, 90s phoenix 104, seattle 69, portland 73, all major airports on time, check

ahead for new orleans, i doubt the airport is open memphis and atlanta could be affected by isaac also. bay bridge metering lights on. the back-up for fastrak extends to 880. luckily no major accidents or hot spots we'll keep you posted. stay

good morning it is thursday august 30th, we thank you for starting your day . i'm eric thomas. and i'm kristen sze. right now let's begin breaking news. the first confirmed death causedded by isaac. a tow truck driver died when he was struck by a fallen tree in picayune, mississippi the storm packed sustained winds of 45 miles per hour as it moved over southern louisiana, heavy rain threatens to flood low-lying areas through tomorrow in mississippi, alabama and arkansas. isaac bypassed new orleans and the levees wednesday but flooded areas north and south of the city where people had to be rescued. a of rain and flooding involved with that mike has been following isaac. good morning. nine reports of tornadoes out

of system and another seven inches of rain possible in mice i today up into arkansas and -- in mississippi today up into arkansas and northwestern alabama more freshwater flooding for those folks. at home clouds along the coast trying to still across san francisco now but it is drive around the bay and inland. coast 50s, partly sunny in upper 50s to low 60s by 4:00. a few clouds mainly around san francisco for the bay by 4:00 mid 60s, upper 70s inland another hot bay starting off with 40s to 60° range but in the low 80s to low 90s by 4:00. new accident in the san mateo area this sounds bad eastbound 92 at at , a car took out a power pole and -- at alameda, a car took out a power pole. they are sending an ambulance and chp en route.

here is westbound 92 traffic across the san mateo bridge getting more crowded bay bridge toll backed up towards 880 new crash just in eastbound 80 gilman right here in this shot westbound slow as well past university. breaking news from san jose. firefighters are at the scene of a strip mall fire on south capital. amy hollyfield is at the scene gathering information. >> reporter: the fire is out. behind me you can see there's agve÷ tae qwan do studio that suffered a lot of damage not a lot of the stuff in the studio next door a bridal shop is jammed packed with items, wedding gowns, flowers, the fire department is doing its best to try to preserve what stock she has left that didn't get damaged. they are now taking things slowly, being very careful

trying to salvage what they can. this started at 4:45 this morning this is the capital commercial center on south capital expressway in san jose. fires got the call from the alarm company when they got here they saw smoke it looked like it was coming from the attic above the mexican restaurant they ripped open the roof, put the fire out quickly. then they saw a couple other spots where they believe some fire was burning. what happened was, this building has a shared attic space and they believe maybe because of the sprinkler system dousing the place with water but the electricity is you have fire. a couple lightning strikes inside the building, a couple spots of fire all within the attic they got it out okay. you can imagine so much smoke, water, culled into the

businesses. firefighters -- trickled into the businesses. firefighters don't know what started this fire. right now they are trying cleanup. fire trucks were worried, they've got at least 12 fire struck fire trucks here they've had to shutdown this street, a busy popular street. keep in mind we are on south capital expressway you are looking at southbound there with the fire trucks this block between florence and alum rock is going to be closed they say probably for another hour. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. palo alto police are warning women about a predator who has groped two women in that city in less than a week. one downtown the other at an upscale shopping center. terry mcsweeney is live at stanford shopping center with more. >> reporter: i want to thank the palo alto police for tweeting me in morning and clarifying the story. the first sexual assault

happened downtown last week. second happened here on orchard lane between neiman marcus on that side and crate and barrel and nordstroms here. it happened in broad daylight yesterday. they believe the assaults were although in different locations perpetrated possibly by the same person. take a look at the sketch, described as east indian man, 30, 5'9 with a medium build. yesterday he was wearing a yellow hooded sweatshirt the hood was up. take a look at the shopping center this happened about noon a man steps out from between two parked cars in front of a woman, grabbed her breasts over her clothing and took off. he was spotted in a parking lot, police spoken -- police responded quickly, were unable to locate the man the victim called 911. the first attack happened last week downtown, similar

description for that perpetrator. plainclothes and uniformed police officers are going to be out in larger numbers today hoping to find this person. talked to two women today they didn't want to go on camera. one woman says she was stunned because that kind of stuff doesn't happen here. the other woman said, he would be very sorry if he tried that with me. suggesting if he grabs her she was try to take care of business with him there and then. police are saying keep your eyes open be aware of your surroundings if you see anything suspicious, please contact police. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. thank you. nearly three month long investigation into a fatal shooting involving a police officer is finally over with the san mateo district attorney calling it a justifiable shooting. june 5th, derrick gaines and a from were walking through a gas station in south

san francisco the hroeufr seen here in unrelated story, approached the two because they were acting suspiciously. you can see gaines takeoff in the video, the d.a. says gaines reached for a gun even though he knew it wouldn't fire. despite those findings, gaines family has hired an attorney to file a civil lawsuit. >> young man, another young man was just walking along and they were stopped by the police for no apparent reason without factual basis, classic racial profiling why >> most significant factor was the existence of this 45 calibre firearm that the young man had in his possession and was reaching for at the time the officer made the decision to fire and kill him. >> gaines' father says he's disappointed but not surprised by the outcome. the department of homeland security is celeste get ago apparent security breach at san francisco international. a woman traveled out of the

country on an expired passport. katie marzullo is in our breaking news center with the story itch >> reporter: we expect to takeoff our shoes and put liquides in a plastic bag, pass through a full body scanner at sfo, a woman said she cleared security with a passport that expired a year ago. vicki albright took off from san francisco for a european vacation and says she didn't realize her passport expired in august of 2011. neither did the ticket agent at united airlines or multiple tsa agents as she passed through security. customs agent in germany stamped her passport, no questions asked. albright realized her mistake in italy and went to the u.s. consulate. officials there were as surprised as she was. >> first they said, well, you know you shouldn't travel if your passport is going to expire within the next six months. i said it expired last year.

they said, well, how did you get here? i said i was kind of wondering if you guys was going to tell me that, i'm not sure how i got here. >> reporter: the consulate issued her a new passport for her trip home. she admits her own mistakes but says the ordeal makes her uneasy. homeland security is looking into the incident no comment from united airlines. time for a look at the weather on this thursday prior to a long holiday weekend. >> i want to hear about that long weekend forecast, also a little haze. >> yep, also fog and it is thick at the coast, good morning, 3/4 mile visibility at half moon bay some clouds starting to spill over san francisco now not going to last long maybe 10:00 at the latest then back to the coast pockets of sun this afternoon low to mid 60s for you, mainly mid 70s to near 80 around the bay, mid 80s 90s inland 90s

dominating east bay valleys. monterey 62, 76 santa cruz, mid to upper 80s inland. here's the set-up for today, area of high pressure south going to make it hot inland focusing on this area of low pressure to our north jet stream starting to drive it a little more south and east that will put it in our neighborhoods friday and saturday. that's why you see such a significant drop in temperatures especially inland tomorrow about 4 to 10° cooler from the coast to inland breezy tomorrow same conditions saturday, sunday trough lifts back out high pressure comes in and we are talking about warmer weather for the back half of the holiday weekend. let's get to traffic with frances. san mateo, car took out power pole eastbound 90 two chp just arrived, doesn't look like a head-on the car might

have spun around and facing the wrong way more details, it looks like a lane will be blocked. i expect traffic to slow. here's a live shot of i-80 in berkeley, gilman they just cleared a crash eastbound 80 over to the right they said there still might be a car in the center divide. it has slowed westbound a little at the scene because it was visual distraction westbound slow towards university. bay bridge toll look how quickly things have changed more people are back-to-school and work, it is already backed up past 880 overcrossing. southbound 680 walnut creek still fine past north main towards 24. there's very heavy traffic westbound 4 out of antioch with an earlier crash eastbound 4 at loveridge cleared. trading is underway on wall street we'll have a live report from the new york stock exchange.

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check out these temperatures warmest east bay valleys within more day of low 90s there 80s north and south bay 70s up to 80 around the bay clouds at the coast low to mid 60s. doppler picking up storms moving in from mexico into southern california we can they some thunderstorms around palm springs today 105 yosemite 96. heading up to the high country, thunderstorms tomorrow and saturday tahoe, friday yosemite, mid 70s tahoe, near 90 yosemite. southern california we'll have a lot of sunshine in the afternoon and low to mid 80s l.a. near 80 san diego. 6:45 now. robin roberts is going on medical leave a day early so this will be her last morning

on "good morning america" before she goes home to mississippi. roberts announced this morning she will leave after the show today with her ailing mother. next week, robin is scheduled to tart getting ready for her bone marrow transplant all while tropical storm isaac pass -- passes through her home state. we wish robin all the best. >> team roberts is trending in. if -- in san francisco right now. >> republican national convention culminated tonight when mitt romney takes center stage. he will try to win over voters by massaging his image and message. t.j. winick joins us live with more. >> reporter: good morning. it has all been building to this, tonight mitt romney will take the stage in tampa and he will make his case why he should lead this country over the next four years and how he will turn the economy around. last night it was his running

mate's turn. america learned a little about paul ryan's wisconsin roots. >> i live on the same where i grew up. we belong to the same parish where i was baptized. >> reporter: a lot about his political beliefs. >> these past four years we have suffered no shortage of words in the white house. what is missing is leadership in the white house! >> reporter: mitt romney will accept his party's nomination tonight in the biggest speech of his life. his running mate tried to assure the many americans that believe romney is looking out for the wealthy over the middle class. >> we have a plan for a stronger middle class with a gel of generating 12 million new jobs over the next four years. >> reporter: and finished with one last sales pitch. >> join mitt romney and me. let's give this effort everything we have! let's see this thing all the

way through! let's get this done! >> reporter: two other republicans spoke about what they believe is lack of leadership in the white house. senator mccain. >> our president is not being true to our values. >> reporter: and former secretary of state rice. >> my fellow americans, we do not have a choice we cannot be reluctant to lead and you cannot lead from behind. >> reporter: democrats contend those 12 million jobs promised by paul ryan over the next four years are nearly identical to what is already projected under existing policies. t.j. winick, abc7 news. abc7 news reporter mark matthews will be reporting live from tampa tonight follow him on twitter or go to the abc7 news facebook page we'll

be streaming live coverage of today's convention events on abc7news.com beginning at 4:00. we are learning this morning about a serious security breach on a plane carrying mitt romney yesterday. a secret service agent left a gun in the bathroom of the plane that was carrying romney from florida to indiana a reporter found the again and gave it back to the agent who was on romney's security detail. the secret service won't elaborate on what happened. they would only say it would be handled internal >> new apple recycling program has appeared on their web store offering to buy old iphones for hundreds of dollars in credit. it may have something to do with the widely and is pate add ment on september 12 -- widely anticipate add announcement on 12th

you may be getting shortchanged at chipotle mexican gil. and latest jobs -- grill. and latest job good morning jane. good morning. concern about slowing global economic growth haunting the stock market this morning. dow, s&p, nasdaq all in the red with the dow down 70 bloomberg index also lower. shares of pandora different story, reporting 86% jump in mobile vicing in the last quarter. have you checked -- have you checked our chipotle receipt? the new jersey store says customers have been complaining the chain has been rounding out totals and shorting customers pennies as it avoids dealing with long lines trying to keep things moving. they say to limit the possible combinations of change it

needs to give. sometimes the bill is rounded down. different set of numbers today, quieter weather here now it will change tomorrow into saturday, good morning, let's check out the latest on isaac more tornado warnings there as they continue to deal with remnants of isaac. this clear sky nearly calm conditions looks nice as we look down over san francisco from our roof cam, live doppler we have thick clouds along the coast drizzle, it is dry over the bay and inland. right now 48 santa rosa, 60s antioch, livermore, everybody else in the 50s. mid 50s monterey bay and inland. today cool clouds clinging to the coast still hot inland one

more day. mostly cloudy tonight more drizzle possible at the coast. cooling trend going to last tomorrow and saturday. sunday, monday warmth coming up may reach the coast. today two degrees cooler hot inland 90 concord. healthy summer spread 62 pacifica 78 oakland. east bay valleys top out at 92 in brentwood most neighborhoods in the east bay valleys get near 90 may come up a little short walnut creek 89, dublin 80 -- dublin 88. low to mid 80s south bay 82 santa clara and cupertino.

80 palo alto low to mid 60s coast more cloud cover than yesterday. near 70 downtown and south san francisco, mid 80s north bay valleys, low 60s less sun at beaches. sunshine santa cruz low 70s, warmer inland mid 80s. tonight, cloud cover, around the bay, probably not as extensive in the east bay valleys in the south bay as everywhere else. if he have drizzle mainly along the coast. probably start to see sfo delays tomorrow. the biggest cooling trend inland where we could drop nearly 12° tomorrow to four at the coast cool saturday dangerous surf around the monterey bay warmer for the back half of the holiday weekend. san mateo look out for this possible injury crash eastbound 92 alameda may be blocking a lane where a car

crashed and took out a power pole. san mateo bridge crowded this weekend with dumbarton bridge closure for the holiday starts 10:00 tomorrow night through tuesday 5 a.m. alternates will be 237 and 92. those will be extra slow. 880 getting there to and from 92 and 237 through fremont heavy.ñ 101 between san mateo and mountain view. live shot now of the san mateo bridge, westbound traffic is more crowded eastbound still light through hayward. the bay bridge toll already backed up to the foot of the maze. we'll check out the south bay for you, there's slowing on northbound 85 with the waze traffic app, close to 30 miles an hour as you make your way past highway 17. just getting reports someone checked in with the chp accident northbound 85 at union, emergency crews en route.

6:54. here are five things to know before you go: number one, the first confirmed death from isaac happened in mississippi. isaac has been downgraded to a tropical storm but still considered dangerous. the storm caused few problems in new orleans but there is serious flooding in other parts of the stay >> number two, palo alto police looking for a man wanted for groping women, two reported fondlings in the past nine days, the most recent at the stanford shopping center yesterday where a man attacked -- groped a woman then took off. lynched in plans to set up a new -- number three, lynched inplans to set up a new campus in sunnyvale it plans to build massive offices on north ma

[ unintelligible ] [ unintelligible ] [ unintelligible ] tell isaac is going to flood mississippi and bahama, another seven inches of rain. at home, -- clouds at the coast otherwise dry, partly sunny at the coast low to mid 60s, sunny bay, 70 to 80. final check bay bridge

toll very normal delay and that means it is backed up to the maze lot more traffic these past couple of weeks with folks back-to-school and work. thank four joining us for this edition of the abc7 morning news. >> download our new alarm clock app for your iphones