[ woman ] welcome to learning spanish in the car. you've got to be kidding me. this is good. and good evening right now out and anxious night is being spent on the gulf coast hurricane highs it. the eye of this storm is sliding along the southern louisiana coast. curing colleague is in new orleans where kachina hits seven years ago which is an irony that is really amazing. so let's take a listen now and hear what is going on in new orleans. they made a landfall about three hours ago and is by that hurricane inches closer to the abc is packing a potent punch. hurricane as it gains strength and its approach is the gulf coast and inland. forecasters say isaacs has become more

powerful and becomes more dangerous in the hours ahead. president obama's says the region is prepared. did we would be getting ready for this storm for days. america will be there to help them recover and a matter what this storm drains. as when the marxes seventh anniversary of hurricane katrina borland's mayor mitch andrew warns residents. i would be a terrible mistake. we've had five or six warnings like this and then everybody became complacent when the actual big storm came and that is one of the problems that we have with these people make in the runoff and to get into a frenzy. authorities across the region advised residents to be ready for heavy rain strong winds flooding and power outages. this storm surge has

surpassed sen feet in some areas and is expected to be even bigger in other areas. meanwhile 220,000 people are without power tonight in louisiana. proves that this storm was not one to be taken lightly. reporting live from new orleans. now back to you. thank you karen. and amazingly enough we are seeing something unprecedented at this particular time this hurricane appears to be stalling over the open waters now appears as if this is happening hurricane isaac is going to let up now and the northeastern by the dollar's strength of the right now is its path still brings in and it will continue on this path all the way through tomorrow night's to being downsized to tropical storm a trouble depression as it enters the great lakes region we're talking about a hurricane from the gulf of mexico taking reaches all the

way into the great lakes by saturday just been the remnants of this particular storm at that time it is still dumping copious amounts of precipitation. you can take a look at the scale and at this particular time we're looking at anywhere from an inch to possibly up to 20 in. of rain along the coastline of louisiana. we will continue to oppose this and watch the situation as well as your local penpoint forecast which is coming up later on in the broadcast. you're watching cbs five eyewitness news in high- definition. welcome to our viewers just joining us on cbs five for a special edition of eyewitness news. we are on the air right now because of the republican national convention republican delegates got some official business done tonight's finely the officially nominated irani and paul ryan but then they got right down to business with a

message to women voters. political reporter crazily heads up our coverage tonight. it was clear from the beginning that the big speakers tonight each had their roles. new jersey gov. chris christie through the battle lines between romney and president of, but the real star tonight was mrs. romney who tried to empathize with female voters as a mother and show her husband a softer side. reporter david bryan has our coverage come from tampa florida. on the first night of gop showtime new jersey gov. chris christie was in the spotlight. pounding out a message of take taking back in mecca and blasting the democrats. our ideas are right for america in their ideas have failed america. kristen charges democrats have dragged the country into a morass of debt and stagnation. they believe that the american people don't hear the truth about the extent of our physical difficulties. they believe the american people need to be coddled by big government. they believe the

american people are content to live a lie with them. they're wrong. no one will work harder. no one will care more. ends no one will move heaven and earth like irani to make this country a better place to live. and ronnie caved of the prime-time republican convention hour on network tv with a rousing defense of her husband's likability, honesty, sincerity and humanity. his more than loving and patient is try to live his lives of a set of values and on family faith and love of one's fellow man. irani has been trailing president obama's and the polls of women voters in when voters are asked about likability. to airways this is the man america needs. this is a man who will wake up every day with a determination to solve the problems that others say cannot be solved. walter allen says they can't it's like ability of public trust are the keep factors for success on election

day. dirichlet's other california delegates say christie's fiery speech will inspire the party faithful.

and unless and we're are not happy. is it we are just outraged. that's the governor who ushered in collective bargaining in the state has now taken a unilateral action to bypass collective bargaining rights and to impose this one size standard on the entire state of california's public workers. the plan was passed by legislative committee will go to a vote before the full state legislature by friday. and new details tonight about the water main break in san francisco's edition valley reporter linda yee has learned

the pipe was installed just a few months ago. the breakout and this morning about 1115 on forestry's. in it they are cleaning it up and are trying to find the cause of that break. in the meantime they're hoping to bring power and water back by midnight to the 14 homes who remain evacuated. who is lured into the night's clearing of the deer and trying to find out why a 42 in. main ruptured. some of what they discovered it shocks the water department. we know is that new airlines that were installed about eight or nine months ago and so that 21 of the biggest seems to figure out what exactly happened and causes watermen to break. her breath install dates nine months ago fails. and that is baffling to us. a multimillion-dollar

projects turned neighborhood streets into rivers. just after 11 this morning the main burst destroying other pipelines and the torrent of water down sunnyvale avenue and forestry to. the neighborhood is flooded and taken up taken much. one intersection no showers no toilets. no gas for cooking or heat. in word about my mom and from my grandmother's 87,000 biggest concern was to get her out of the house. churches and schools of the most damage. they're taken place sabres staging area to their parents the principal says the lady of visitation valley school will close down until saw timber 10th for repairs. and tonight the red cross is working with those 14 families that are still homeless

tonight even though they have been promised that they should get and sometime after midnight some of choose to go to hotels. reporting in san francisco lindi cbs five. health officials say and albright of the virus in yosemite is unprecedented and tonight we're hearing from a woman who was sick. the stockton woman went to the doctor after staying in the tentative '70s curry village never once did she someone knows what those particles. we didn't see. and she asked that she bills very lucky and she is from december these e-mail 1700 visitors to warn them that they it might be exposed. when ramirez went up to assembly today to check out crowned 0 this outbreak the 10 degree village. like the breathtaking views

of half dome est. the iconic tent cabins as part of the assembly experience in but staying in the cavan's may be making people sick and worldwide call for cases of the virus is under way after three recent visitors the contract of the road and borne disease two men had died and a woman is recovering. based on the fact that they stayed in the cabins and were here about the same time in mid june we feel pretty strong indication that they may have contracted the virus in yosemite. park officials are now in the process of notifying visitors that they may have been exposed to the disease and are warning current guess is the check-in. is the one and a thousand chance gene offered from san diego says is not enough to make him cancel those plans the virus is believed to be spread by tiny deer mice must like squirrels which seem to be everywhere. he scurried back out. there are no plans to eradicate the - one

visitor said rodents, the territory. your kind of and within their territory area to airways so by putting this on were basically trying to eliminate any of the gaps. the city's concession is now retrofitting and deep green tent cabins to avoid any new cases. to question basically being clean and wash your hands thoroughly trying to keep areas ventilated and just being aware. as a result of the call for case is a possible fourth instance of a man getting sick from anti virus may be linked to be a summit cavan's but it has not yet been confirmed. i estimate national park land and is cbs five. the recesses board will be consulting conducting inspections to ensure that truckers are complying with state air pollution laws but we have discovered a loophole. the law says truckers waiting for a

load at the port can idle only for 30 minutes. that is to keep losing to a minimum but truckers can and do i look pours four hours and it's time. and coming up at 11 the look at why and how this still happens and the effect is having on bay area neighborhoods that is coming up tonight to allow the clock. and is still to come on this special newscast ever get a ticket for running a red light how drivers could get help fighting those fines. plains stock updates passengers stranded at airports lines of what cause is nationwide nightmare today. the losses parents a on a charge bay area boy transforms pain into private,,,,,,,,,, so is there

anybody out there who likes those red light traffic cameras? a san as a woman who was wrongfully taken did certainly does it in her complaint inspired a proposed new law. reporter joe vasquez shows us how will help drivers fights defines. it's not gonna stop red light cameras but a new bill signed by the legislature yesterday will regulate them significantly. it's just frustrating and painful. the bill was the brainchild of san jose who answered it shows a midian's annual there ought to be a lot contests. eliza's plan never was one letter different she says five red light cameras

in southern california to give every few years ago. the problem is the tickets were furnace to be she is never owned nor has she ever driven. it is frustrating because you get the letter and you think it is obvious it was not me i look at the videotape. and you think it should be so easy should just be able to make the phone: clarence her bills signed by the senate and the assembly now makes it easier for folks who were wrongly ticketed to dispute the citation. it also requires requires them to be chosen on city considerations. reds revenue requires air at the i am at adequate science. did waves and will not be considered hearsay evidence and the kind of evidence now makes it easier to find guilty the offense. the senator insists he's just following the law

that computer considered evidence unless there is evidence they been tampered with. did waves there'd be a base senator lott last year he has 30 days to decide whether to get this bill the green lights. joe vasquez cbs five. the nationwide computer glitch stranded thousands of airlines' passengers this afternoon united stick a desk at sfo was absolutely swamped. is it more than three hours just to see and agents the carrier says at least 200 flights were delayed was a lot of information. the communications are sparse but i think this system went down around noontime. and we got here at 1215 so it 3:00 now also passengers were given free vouchers to but new flights

to the airline says it's not sure what caused the severe outage united experience several computer problems since merging with continental. neil armstrong will always be remembered as the first man to step on to the moon. but december fell away sharing is far more personal connection with them john remo's tells us about the essay that touched the legendary astronauts just weeks of war is death. sometimes when i look up at the moon i wonder if my mom and dad are watching me this 11 year-old rode his as say when you look at the moon two years ago trying to cope with the death of both his parents key roads with the eloquence of an old soul. since space is a mystery to us like death it can be dark and lonely. but it can be beautiful to.

psa ends with max's wish to meet strong. calling him the world's number one space hero. so on max's new mom had an idea. i'm going to send its neil armstrong. going to find him and make a copy. she did and on august 1st of this year just three weeks before his death the first man to step on the moon e- mail this reply he complemented his riding in western good luck and success. i was thrilled to receive it because he's my hero to. amount is part of a different generation and well he can admire many world away his greatest inspiration may come from someone standing right beside him. i couldn't do anything without her because of the need is heard to help me and make me succeed just like strong did. and with a little help he well. even if there big shoes to fill. in december fell john

ramus cbs five. and for the weather set% term it to occur today in the bay area. and the day to expect,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 16 degrees a half

moon bay was seventy in san francisco 91 degrees in livermore and still tonight to of clear skies and were able to capture the 92 percent waxing davison on its way to becoming a full moon on friday august 31st which is called the blue moon is debatable whether or not you want to use that term but i'm going with its the second full month of this calendar month of august. now as far as to whether hemlines are concerned we certainly do have tomorrow some coastal clouds to pick said the morning in a tide conditions during the afternoon hours balloon on friday we should add a clear skies and as well but clouds will gather at the coast is a very slow cool down into the '60s 16 degrees in redwood city earlier today are span

seventy in san francisco and that is where we should be for the summit here 79 which is seasonal and fremont spot on in san jose live-'80s and '90s east of the day and 85 and cinephile is pretty typical for this time of year tonight will drop into the 50s from santa rosa all winter mountain view here's the set up for you high-pressure right there gradually sliding to these allowing the little bit of cooler air mass in freer wednesday and certainly by friday went to see that 70 forecast but first things first peaches our 50s and 60s for mid- week '60s and '70s around the peninsula located in afternoon sea breeze out of the west and 78 degrees mid-70s and he reduced and the rents of 86 in pittsburgh meanwhile down from 91 to 88 crosses every day and 80 degrees this push realize marlin santa rosa. the extended forecast calls for the close day on friday and and will gradually trend back upwards by sunday and as we roll into the hall at

holliday on monday that is your intent when forecast and dennis and the a's. the airwaves roberta i know you'd like to go streaking cleveland is exactly what the a's are doing right now the collision that,,,,,,,,,, fifth he has rejoined the giants

after a 100 game suspension for failing baseball's drug tests. children's cough medicine. start the clock. in a jam against houston in the eighth inning its curve ball goes through bluster posies legs to the backstop to 21 astros in the

wild pitch and what kane. use the words for his catcher buster cozy. feinstein denied the men had to sanchez walking scores the giants win and lead the west by three and a half games. and it gets worse for the dodgers to a loss not can tonight in colorado the crowd started to the wall later came out in the contusion. a's hitting coach willie davis are live and live in cleveland grandma's cobbers one to the center of the indians a 2 run shot for maas is when five to nothing they have pitched 22 straight scoreless innings. thomas malone gets the wind. the u.s. open. and right turns 30 in today's body handles ryan williams in straight sets in advance to the second round. and 19 rolls on stevens upset former french open champion francesca also when the straight sets saarinen venus williams were also winners tonight is. ,,