second day, causing thousands of evacuations and massive power outages. >> powell ryan fires up the delegates by going on the attack against president obama. while tonight, mitt romney gives the most important speech of his life. and scott pelley takes with the navy s.e.a.l. at the center of the bin laden controversy. but we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> try to leave, and then we didn't. we had nowhere to go. >> thousands forced from their homes. as isaac's floodwaters continue to rise. >> we lost everything. everything.

>> president obama signed federal disaster declarations for louisiana and mississippi. >> the pounding of this storm sitting there for so long is something like we've never seen before. >> let's give this effort everything we have! let's give this thing all the way through! let's get this done! >> paul ryan gets a rock star reception as he officially accepts the vice presidential nomination in tampa. >> the president is just throwing away money. and he's pretty experienced at that. >> i would say paul ryan is no sarah palin. [ laughter ] >> the navy s.e.a.l. who took part in the raid on osama bin laden's compound speaks publicly for the first time. >> they said, are you guys ready? can you guys pull this off? and i'm pretty sure to a man we all said, yes, absolutely. >> in los angeles, surveillance video shows police knocking a woman down to the ground, and they did it twice. >> they are flying through the studio. unsuspecting anchors and producers jumped and screamed when they saw it. yikes.

>> the kids could not believe what or should we say who was inside. >> daddy! >> all that -- >> it's mostly beer. these people really don't like the daily show. >> i don't know. dumb guys are allowed to say dumb things. >> as most guys are. >> and all that matters. >> the mystery speaker slated to speak at the rnc on thursday night. who will it be? >> maybe a hologram of -- ronald reagan. >> on "cbs this morning." >> and the cool part is he's going to perform a duet with tupac. captioning funded by cbs welcome to "cbs this morning." tropical storm isaac is weakening, but this immense slow-moving system is still pounding louisiana and mississippi. both states have been declared disaster areas by president obama.

isaac is blamed for two deaths this morning. more than 700,000 homes and businesses are without power. national guard troops are helping storm victims in louisiana and mississippi. >> in new orleans, officials say the levees built after hurricane katrina are holding up, but there are other areas that have been hit with severe flooding, forcing thousands of emergency evacuations. byron pitts is in new orleans. byron, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, norah. the big push here today, restoring electricity along the southern coast of louisiana. theirities believe they wrapped up their rescue efforts overnight. overni when national guard troops arrived in laplace, many of them were surprised by what they saw. ildren, sn, and children, some thebling in the early evening was l, all of them homeless. >> woke up, it was fine. next minute, it was just like all over the place. everything underwater. everything. ything.rter: close to 100 people forced to evacuate when isaac's floodwaters overwhelmed their subdivision.

>> it's a nightmare. >> i veriteral nightmare. south,s pouring over now. eminesorter: 50 miles to the south, residents in plaquemines parish had a similar story to afll after water overtopped a smaller municipal levee. picked off rooftops by rescue thes in boats, 70-year-old fred leslie says he ignored the on. atory evacuation order toause he had no other option. withere are you going to go? you know, this is home. e considter: with water still trapped between two flood walls, n tocials are considering making wts in the levee. back10 to 15-foot wide holes would allow the standing water therain back into the new ssippi river and the 'srshland. in new orleans, the city's newly upgraded levee system kept flooding to a minimum. the bigger problem was electricity. many are not expected to get it back for at least four days. achel peoples wishes she had probleroblems. she lost her home in hurricane ina, and again in katrina. now isaac has left her homeless it madee.

>> it made me feel sad because i .ave noplace to go. dkids, grandchildren. they don't have no home. i lost everything. my clothes. everything. >> reporter: in slidell, louisiana, a city east of new orleans, about 50 people were evacuated due to floodwaters. now that the sun is up and they hope the weather will improve later today, work crews will be out removing debris, and they hope to begin the process of restoring electricity. >> byron pitts, thank you so much. isaac is still dropping heavy rain on much of miss mississippi this morning. and the mississippi coast is still under the threat of storm surge and tornadoes. mark strasman is in gulfport, mississippi. mark, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, charlie and norah. the heavy rains have let up, and we've had them this morning. and by tomorrow morning, it's up to two feet of rain could fall on parts of southern mississippi. isaac is no longer a hurricane,

but it is still a threat. >> the stop sign is about to break off. >> reporter: isaac's back half was more brutal along mississippi's coast. national guardsmen freeing this stranded suv battled pelting rain and 80 mile per hour gusts. in gulfport, a twister toppled this building. in pearlington, a coastal community destroyed by katrina, i few holdouts surrounded by rising water needed to be rescued. but most coastal residents here heeded calls to leave, and no one was killed. mississippi governor phil brian thinks this time his state was ready. >> our plan is better. our communications is better. we have moved $70 million in communications systems so that we don't lose our cell phone, our radio communications. >> reporter: for these 76 evacuees, isaac was an unusual reunion. all of them also fled katrina to the same hotel. >> just very unusual to have everybody back here seven years

ago. and we just lost power. >> reporter: they watched isaac batter their town of ocean friends, mississippi, just as they watched katrina do the same thing seven years ago. >> we think we're going to be ok. >> reporter: on monday's "cbs this morning", we showed you new floodgates protecting this casino. during katrina, storm surge caused $550 million in damage. but with isaac, the gates held. no flooding, and no significant damage. we've had our first isaac related fatality this morning. a tow truck driver was out on a call. a treetop eled onto his truck and killed him. >> now we go to our chief meteorologist for cbs 4. david, what's happening with isaac? >> good morning, charlie. here is the latest on tropical storm isaac. the rain bands on the eastern side of isaac are still affecting southeast louisiana

and areas as far east as mobile, alabama. you can see that the flooding rains extend into biloxi as well. and now we are talking about areas even further north like jackson, mississippi. there have been reports since yesterday that parts of the new orleans area saw over 20 inches of rain, and even more is expected over the next couple of days. river flooding is also going to be a big concern. thehere is the fear most today in terms of this storm? what are people most worried >> thit? >> i think it's the rainfall. not goingot going to be just going but it's going to be over the next five days. the ne now there may be a silver lining all this. this. because, you know, the headline this summer has been severe drought across the midwest and also the plains. nd we can see areas like iowa, extreme, arkansas, still in that extreme to exceptional eptight. but look at the forecast track of what's left of isaac over the and five days. and the total rain -- the rain totals could exceed 18 to 30 inches in south louisiana, but

in the drought stricken areas, inches ond middle miss and t innois, we could see six to 12 inches of rain and that could put a dent in the drought. and it might also go and help mi alleviate the situation around the mississippi river that has reen so dangerously low. so maybe a little silver lining in all of this bad news. >> all right, david bernard. tory iyou. >> our other big story is here on tampa where the republican national convention ends tonight as mitt romney accepts his party's president yam nomination. liveriight, his running mate, presiden, took the spotlight delivering a scathing critique ofpresident obama's policies. jan crawford is here with all w youighlights. and, jan, i know you watched it. we should just mention they are fo building a new stage for mitt romney tonight as he's going to address everybody. >> well, last night, this was a ceech that went over very well, ll.you can imagine, in the hanvention hall. he delegates we were around, ackerally their faces were just euphoric at some of the attack lines he delivered.

and what was most interesting is it appealed to the brain and the heart, and it had one message to ing it nt obama. bring it on. just h all their attack ads, the president is just throwing away money. and he's pretty experienced at that. >> reporter: it was a frontal attult on president obama. messast direct attack at a convention and a message to disaffected voters it doesn't ave to be this way. >> if you're feeling left out or passed by, you have not failed. your leaders have failed you. vividorter: it was a speech full of vivid images, some aimed at a young generation. generati >> college graduates should not nave to live out their 20s in beir childhood bedrooms, paring up at fading obama posters and wondering when they can move out and get going with life. >> also [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: but also with a contage to seniors, defending his controversial medicare prop reform proposals to offer a voucher like system for private insurance. by pointing to the president's

g to theare plan. >> an obligation we have to our grents and grandparents is being sacrificed, all to pay for a new entitlement we didn't even ask for. the greatest threat to medicare is obama care. and we are going to stop it. >> reporter: ryan actually upported similar reductions to uct the deficit before he joined the ticket, but romney would als eee speech also is ryan's and tal story. the father of three, and the tisconsin boy who mowed lawns and waited tables who, after at age 16, his father died. >> i live in the same block anagedi grew up. >> he also managed to humanize romney, making him seem like the re responsible dad by teasing him about his taste in music. > there are the songs in his ipod, which i've heard on the campaign bus. [ laughter ] >> and i have heard it on many hotel elevators. [ laughter ] >> major garrett, white house corporate for the national

gurnal, is also with us. good morning. ve sreat to be with you. >> you both have sources in the romney camp. ht ect any surprises tonight ecting the narrative he'll tell? don't thot expecting a lot of surprises. i don't think mitt romney wants to go far beyond who he's been on the campaign trail. he knows reconstructing himself is a difficult task fraught with peril. he is who he is. i think tonight he'll be exactly he what he's been. and i have been told by many mpaign.look back at his speech in new hampshire. they expect it to be somewhat si similar to that. >> listen, he's got a really tall order after that speech hast night. andeard condoleezza rice giving another heartfelt but tough, of c smart speech. and of course it all started when ann romney, his wife, made the case that he's got the he character and the heart to fix america's problems. and chris christie, he has the uts to do it. otul ryan last night, he has the ideas. e have the plan. different a different path. tonight, mitt romney has got to to stand up on that stage and own oat.

he's got to say that's right. and i've got the heart to do it ns tohe brains to do it and. i think that's going to be his challenge. > i want to dig deeper into paul ryan last night. everybody likes him because he guy, substantive guy. the policy guy. knows the details. can defend some of the policy proposals that they have put stretch he's being accused this morning of somewhat stretching the facts he go therr of issues. major, did he go there on a at gme of issues talking about that gm plant that he suggested that obama closed by saying obama raided medicare? were there some issues where he went there? >> sure. surefact checkers like us are going to hold him to account. sommplication, he said somehow president obama let people down ty letting that gm plant go. well, it closed in december of 2008. you can argue about whether or not -- >> b of before obama took office. coursecourse. d medicare, he didn't say, yes, those same cuts were in my budget until i joined this ticket. he didn't say that he opposed the simpson-bowles commission report, which he accused the dorsedent of not endorsing. tell, he didn't either. hose were things he left on the

table. but that's not out of bounds for the rhetorical device for a peech for a running mate is. it is a place where you draw sharp contrasts with the sitting president. he clearly did that. but there's also a buoyancy about paul ryan. e what floor last night, it was infectious. lople not only liked what they heard but they liked who told it to them very, very much. >> here is the thing too. paul ryan went out there and >> h went right after president bama. you saaid it on him. you saw some of the clips and in the piece. rs was saying things like the faded obama posters in your bedroom when you graduated from college and you can't get a job. but he is just so gosh darn nice looking. so earnest. so nd it doesn't even sound like an.s being mean. and that is a very difficult thing for a politician to pull for a poli and he did that last night. i've been covering them since he went on the ticket going into the rallies. the tive a really nice chemistry. the two of them together. ther.aul ryan comes out with sitt romney standing right mitt and just lays it out.

ses uses these lines. these attack lines at the president. but he gets big applauses, the laughs.aughs. and again, he just kind of oozes earnestness when he says it. he will i think be very effective. and what about that debate vice prp with vice president biden? forn't wait for that. >> and the more important structural thing about last itt romn paul ryan and i think mitt romney will do it tonight, the obama campaign says it's a choice, notreferendum. and they declared with paul go ryan, yes, go ahead, make it a choice. we think it's also reverend . >> referee: -- referendum but a'll take you on in both cases. >> they are not squeamish about .he proposals out there. >> they believe this is going to be an issue, no matter what. ive.s go on the offensive. we're not going to play defense on this. and as paul ryan said last night, they think they can win on this. on my campaign sources say i'm not sure they are going to win a lot. but if they can fight that medicare issue to a draw, that's

what they're looking for. and they'll tie it to the president's health care plan. >> this has become a proxy for lth president's health care law, not what the future of medicare looks like 10 years from now. tal ryan did not talk about that at all. i don't think mitt romney will talk about that tonight at all. vouchers versus premium support and those kind of weedy details. approa they are not going there. it's a proxy war over the president's health care law, that they know is not popular. >> dan, you talked about the energy in the room. za rice mer secretary of state condoleezza rice got up, this as a soant to its feet. it was a soaring speech. you guy visionary speech. do you guys think after watching reat that there is something more for politics in her future? i mean, that was just my sense y out that kind of speech. k wlook what she said about education being the civil rights issue of our time. you're thinking secretary of position. talcould see a cabinet level position for her. they were talking about she should have been the vice presidential nominee. you could see her in the oval

office, without a prompt ter. pter.other big star last night was suzanna martinez. the reaction on the floor was absolutely sensational. not t not too many people had seen her before. her e governor of new mexico. >> the governor of new mexico. i think she was a breakout star last night. it wasn't like barack obama in 2004. can it's the closest thing i've enti from an up and coming republican at a national convention in a long time. >> pleasure to have you here. the president is attending a ickly tin israran this morning. it quickly turned tense when egyptian president criticized the government. >> reporter: today was supposed to be iran's coming out party. adersiggest gathering of nternational leaders since the islamic revolution that brought the ayatollahs to power. iran put its agenda center stage, but not all of the guests stuck to the script. egypt's new president, mohamed hissi, shocked the conference and his iranian hosts by criticizing syria, iran's chief

ally in the region. he said, our solidarity with the struggle of the syrian people hat hst an oppressive regime that has has lost its legitimac an ethical duty. at that point, the syrian delegation walked out. unifywent on, calling for the syrian opposition to unify, in effect advocating for the overthrow of syrian president bashir al assad. alla is assad's chief patron. but the main event was the man who really runs this country, supreme leader ayatollah hamminy. he stuck to script, defending pt.n's nuclear development alogram, saying that nuclear energy for all, nuclear arms for is morni for "cbs this morning," margaret

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an ex-navy seal tells an ex-navy s.e.a.l. tells us bout the osama bin laden raid is about a successful mission, not party politics. >> no. these kcrazies on either side o the aisle want to make it political, shame on them. >> the man calling himself mark owen is telling his story now. and jeb bush knows his home state of florida is a must-win for mitt romney. we'll ask the former governor how romney can breakthrough to florida voters and why he believes some republicans are acting stupid on "cbs this morning." simple pleasures. 30% less fat, 100% delicious.

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welcome back, everybody, to "cbs this morning." 16 months ago, a navy s.e.a.l. team raided osama bin laden's hideout in pakistan and killed the terrorist leader. none of the men involved have spoken publicly about the mission until now. >> "cbs evening news" anchor scott pelley spoke with the man who has written the book about the raid. >> good morning, charlie and norah. great to be with you. mark owen, the man who has written this book called "no easy day" talked to us this week here in tampa.

the book is coming out next week, and it is getting a lot of attention. in his one and only interview for "60 minutes," the author insists that he has no hidden agenda. and then you walk into a secure room. he calls himself mark owen. that's not his real name. we have disguised him and will keep his name confidential for his own safety. owen was on the helicopter that crashed in bin laden's compound. he was the second man in the room when bin laden was shot. he took the photographs of the body that have never been released. but owen told us that the story is not about him. he says it's the story of hundreds of americans who spent years gathering intelligence, planning and training, of the s.e.a.l.s, owen says, we just took care of the last 40 minutes. we built what we believe is the most accurate model of bin laden's compound ever constructed. owen told us that before the mission, a full-sized rep clicaf

the compound was built in the united states for training, and there was a dress rehearsal for the top brass, including the chairman of the joint chiefs and admiral eric olson, head of operations command. how did that rehearsal go? >> it was fine. this is nothing new to us. the part that was new was all the vips sitting there watching, you know. one of the things that i liked after the fact was i remember admiral mullen kept coming by and talking to each of us, and admiral olson as well. and i thought that was cool. they walked by and shook each of our hands and said, hey, you guys ready? can you pull this off? and i'm pretty sure to a man we all said, yes, absolutely. >> how long was it before you got the call to go? >> we had a week off from virginia beach. and when i say off, it wasn't completely. but we had a week off at home. conducted one more rehearsal, day of training, on the life-sized mockup. and then we got the word this we were going.

>> owen's book was to be released on the anniversary of 9/11, but the release date has been moved up to next week. there has been criticism that the book is timed to influence the election. >> my worry from the beginning is it's a political season. this book is not political whatsoever. it doesn't bad mouth either party. and we specifically chose september 11 to keep it out of the politics. you know, these crazies on either side of the aisle want to make it political, shame on them. this is a book about september 11. and it needs to rest on september 11. not be brought into the political arena, because this has nothing to do with politics. >> i can't wait to see this, by the way. it's a heck of a story. my understanding, he is retired. is that what i read? >> that's right. >> so what's his motivation, if he says he has no agenda to tell this story? and is the pentagon happy or not

happy that he's telling it? >> well, the pentagon really has not had much to say about all of this officially. there are a number of people in the pentagon who are annoyed that one of the s.e.a.l.s would come out with this story. on the other hand, there are a lot of people at the pentagon who are very proud of what happened, and they are happy to see the record set straight. you asked about the motivation. i think his primary motivation was to set the record straight. a lot of what we have heard about the raid isn't exactly right. >> like what? >> well, all kinds of things, charlie. for example, all the details about the helicopter crash. a lot of people will remember that as the s.e.a.l.s were approaching bin laden's compound, one of the two helicopters went down. he was on that helicopter. and explains to us what happened in that moment. also the details around the killing of bin laden. it's actually quite different than what we've heard. and all of those details will be in the "60 minutes" story. but one of the things he said,

charlie and norah, was that he wanted to set the record straight just so that the american people could have the history correct. and he also wanted to shower credit on all of the people, the hundreds of people, who were involved in the intelligence, the planning, the training for this mission. he gives enormous credit to the two helicopter pilots who managed to bring that helicopter down in one piece. and save all the s.e.a.l.s who were on that helicopter. >> mark owen of course is not his real name. and yet we see him on camera in this piece. but that's not what he looks like in person, right? >> norah, you would be astounded. it's not anything like he looks like. we hired some of the best makeup people who do all of the big hollywood movies and special effects. to tell you the truth, i had hours and hours of meetings with this man over the last many weeks, but when he walked on the set to shoot the interview, i didn't recognize him. >> right. >> in fact, for a split second,

i looked and i thought, wait a minute. who's this guy? i don't know this guy. why is he here? and somebody walked up and said, hey, this is mark. it's an astounding transformation. doesn't look anything like he really looks. >> he is not the guy that first killed bin laden or got the first shot in. he was immediately behind that other navy s.e.a.l. team 6 member. >> he was second in what the s.e.a.l.s call the stack, which is the line of men who are going up the stairwell up to the third floor in bin laden's compound. and so he was right over the shoulder of that man. that's right. >> do we know what the mission was? was it to take him alive or to kill him? >> it is clear, and this comes out in the briefings that the s.e.a.l.s had before they went on the mission, that the idea was to capture bin laden if at all possible. but it was always very clear to the s.e.a.l.s that if they felt that they were in danger, that they should do whatever they would have to do to neutralize

that threat. and one of the things that you find out when he tells his story is that they were in danger from the very beginning. they took fire right at the top, and everybody they encountered going up the stairwell was armed and ready to kill him. >> thank you, scott. it is a great story. and you can see scott's entire interview on sunday, september 9, "60 minutes," scott pelley interviews this extraordinary man involved in this story. right here on cbs. former florida governor jeb bush says the republican party must change its tone. this morning we'll ask him what he plans to say to the convention tonight. and what mitt romney should say. we'll be right back from tampa. you're watching "cbs this morning." the enamel starts to wear down, and you can't grow your enamel back. my dentist recommended that i use pronamel, because it helps to strengthen the enamel. and i believe it's doing a good job.

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the republican national convention is taking place in a key swing state of florida. one man who knows the politics florida governor, jeb bush. he will speak to the convention tonight. welcome. >> thank you all. >> it's good to be in tampa.

what does the nominee have to say tonight? what is his task? >> i think first it's to connect on an emotional level, kind of like ann romney, but different. and then to lay out a compelling alternative to where we are today. i think the convention has been effective at pointing out the failures of the obama economic policy and i think most people know that we're in difficult times. what mitt romney now has the opportunity to do is to speak for a while about what it will be like when he's president and why he will be better. that's a huge opportunity because politics is about give and take. this is a chance to have a direct view. >> understanding your state, what does he have to do to win florida in the election in november? >> floridians come from everywhere. i don't think there's anything special. there's no localized issues that matter? >> not medicare? >> in the sense of telling the truth about medicare and

persuading people there's a better way is hugely important. and they've started that. if you look at the polls in florida, it's interesting that governor romney has a double-digit lead among elder voters over 65. i think he's maintained that even though the attacks have started that somehow granny is going to be thrown off a cliff. >> you talked about the goal for mitt romney tonight to connect with vote ergs. you can see a lot of people moving around behind us. they're rebuilding the stage so he can be out amongst most of the delegates. why is it that mitt romney has not connected with voters and do you think that he is speaking to voters that are outside the traditional base of the republican party, hispanics, younger voters, single women? >> i think he's begun to do that. the primary process was really orientated to a base group of voters. now i think he's begun to shift his focus. not change what he believes but shift his focus. and he's a private guy. i mean, he's just reserved. he's not comfortable --

>> you can be a private guy and be president. >> you can be an effective leader without spilling your guts. there are a lot of great presidents in american history who didn't feel compelled to get on a couch and psychoanalyze themselves. what he has to do better and i think he's more than prepared to do this, is to connect with other people's aspirations and their hopes. not so much -- the need isn't to show who you are as much as to connect with other people's feelings and concerns. >> we talked a lot about congressman ryan wowing this crowd. what about condi rice last night? >> it's a nice mix. it shows the diversity of the appeal of the republican party. condi rice was just spectacular, clear on foreign policy and on immigration policy and on education policy. and paul ryan was the guy that i know he is, which is a hopeful optimistic, young, energetic leader for our parity. >> i don't know if this struck

you. she didn't mention barack obama by name. she talked about a compassionate -- she's one of the few speakers at the republican convention that i've heard talk about education which is a huge priority of yours. she talked about education as the civil rights of our time. >> yeah. we can do all the things that people want our candidates do. but if we have a third of our kids that aren't college ready for career bround by the end of their high school experience, we're doomed. we're doomed as a nation. we'll define ourselves by our flaws rather than our greatness. i was -- i'm going to speak about that a little bit tonight. it was gratifying to hear condi tie this together. that our national security interests and the role of america and the world is tied to how we do at home. >> let me talk about something you said in the miami herald. the pew turf our party is to reach out consistently to have a tone that is open and hospitable to people who share values, the conservative cause would be the governing fill os at this as far as the eye could see.

that's doable if we stop acting stupid. >> it's stupid to threaten to put kerosene on your head and a match in this hand and if you don't change how you are, i'm going to light it. the demography is destiny in america. ten years from now, hispanic voters will be not only the deciding vote in swing states but increasingly in a lot of other states. so if our tone is one of we want your vote, of course, but really can't join our team, even though we share values, that's foolhardy. this convention, i think, has begun to change that a little bit. there are great hispanic leaders, all of whom have spoken. they're great emerging leaders in their states. i'm more optimistic today about that tone issue than i was, say, three months ago. >> the party in your judgment is prepared to come out of here with more of an outreach policy and program to minorities than it has before? >> yes. there's no question about it. again -- >> really? what specifically have you heard they're going to do?

>> it's smart politics. i'm not suggesting change your views. i think american politics has been pushed down to very low common denominator n on the twitter age. you got to say it in three sentences. we have to persuade pesuade peo. i think there's a growing awareness if we do that -- >> are you disappointed your brother is not here? >> no. my brother is smart not to be here. he's a target of the -- he'll be more at the charlotte convention. [ laughter ] >> we'll play a video. >> last night he did. he was well-received with my dad. it was great. >> nice to s

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the big gossip now is that there's going to be a mystery speaker tomorrow night and apparently republicans have a mystery speaker lined up, someone they say will embarrass president obama. oh, my god. they got joe biden. oh, my god. >> ouch, jay. it's 8:00. welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king. ever since the rodney king beating, los angeles police have been trying to change their image. now an incident caught on tape is raising those same old issues. we'll take a closer look at that this morning. we'll talk with former lapd insider john miller. of course, charlie rose and norah o'donnell are in tampa at the republican convention. i have to say, i hope you're enjoying covering the story as much as you look because the interviews are stellar. >> thank you, gayle. look forward to seeing you soon. >> thank you, gayle.

>> you guys are doing great. >> thank you. in a few minutes, former republican chairman haley barbour will give us his reaction to paul ryan's speech last night and we'll find out what he expects from mitt romney tonight. >> first, tropical storm isaac is weakening this morning. but it's in no hurry to leave the gulf coast where it continues to dump heavy rain. isaac could leave more than 2 feet of rain in some areas. last night president obama declared federal emergencies in parts of mississippi and louisiana. byron pitts has been water logged for the past several days in new orleans and doing great reporting there. has stopped. >> reporter: that's right. good morning, norah, good morning guys. the mississippi river is calmer this morning than it was this time yesterday. the big push today, restoring electricity. there were a number of rescue efforts yesterday. in the small town of la place, west of new orleans, 300 people were evacuated. their homes flooded.

many of them spent the night in a local church. it was a far more dramatic scene south of new orleans in plaquemines parish. there, rescue teams nd boats plucked people off of rooftops. the floodwaters were 10 to 14-feet deep after a municipal levee was breached. in new orleans, the city's upgraded $14.6 billion levee system appeared to work. flooding was minimum. the bigger issue, the loss of electricity. according to the city's mayor, 65% of new orleans lost electricity. now that the worst of ike -- what's left of isaac, excuse me, has moved further north, the push today will be removing debris and restoring electricity. guys, authorities tell us many people here, though, will go without power for at least another three days. >> byron pitts, thank you. one man who is watching the

storm and the convention closely is former mississippi governor haley barbour. he was as you know chairman of the republican national convention in the 1990s. we're pleased to have him here. just a moment about the storm and mississippi because you were there. what's the damage to mississippi and how is mississippi handling it? >> it's been a large storm, mostly a rain event. the winds haven't been that bad. a little flooding in low areas. but i predict, charlie, a month from now, we'll look back and the biggest damage will be crop damage. if we get 20 inches of rain in mississippi and arkansas, it will be a multibillion dollar crop damage because there's huge soybean crop in the field. there's a cotton crop in the field. that's going to be the biggest economic damage, i fear. >> bringing you back to the convention, what's the highlight for you so far? paul ryan after condoleeza rice wowed the crowd with a sort of red meat that you expect may be

his role? >> i thought he was very good and there was red meat in the speech and it was also a lot of substance in the speech. i thought people got a look at a guy who is clearly bright, serious, focused. not afraid to tell the truth and not afraid to act on it. the sequencing of ann romney and chris christie and then coming up to ryan through condoleeza rice, i've been very, very pleased. of course, tonight is the big night. >> the democrats, deputy campaign manager, stephanie cutter said of paul ryan's spech said attack dog, he's not bad but no meat on the bone. >> you know, maybe she wanted us to pick a guy like me. i got plenty of meat on the bone. i don't think that's a guess. >> that is true, literally, paul ryan does not have much meat on the bone. since he is such a fitness buff. what about his comments last night, do you see him as sort of the next group of republican

leaders? that's the front page of the usa today. that this is the young guns, as he has been called in the past. >> it's not just paul ryan. you look at these young governors, you look at these young members of the house, marco rubio. our party really made the generational change later than the democrats. they had dukakis in 1988. every republican nominee for president from eisenhower to bob dole was a world war ii veteran. our young guns are coming forward in statehouses and legislatures. you see it. old guys like me aren't being pushed over the side but we're graduating for these guys to take over and they're really, really attractive to guys and gals too. some super women. >> what do you think is emerging as where this campaign and this convention will be decided? is it on these budget proposals that the president has versus

the budget proposals and how they see the priorities in the budget? >> no, it's growth. it's economic growth. we can't solve our budget problems unless we have economic growth. economic growth alone will not solve our budget problems. you cannot just cut cut cut. you have got to have a growing economy and you're going to hear -- >> now you sound like a democrat. >> no, i'm not. their idea of growing an economy is bigger government. when government sucks all the money out of the economy, the private sector can't grow. we're seeing it in this economy. charlie, you know this. the fed put a trillion and a half dollars into the money supply and used it all to buy u.s. treasuries and mortgage-backed securities. >> can i ask you, we heard governor chris christie first on monday night and he said mitt romney will deliver the hard truth. we're going to hear from mitt romney tonight. this is his big night here. do you think he will give the hard truths or is that a bunch of rhetoric in terms of he's

made some bold promises which is that he will balance the budget in eight years, increase defense spending, give everybody a tax cut, but he's not been specific about where everybody should take a haircut in terms of specific deductions and loopholes that he'll close. >> norah, i don't think he'll present his 59-page plan he had at the beginning of the campaign to -- he trusts the american people enough to tell them the truth. the american people know things are not good. you look at any poll. our country has been going backwards, not only in terms of the economy, but the state of the government finance. our standing in the world. the ability of government to help solve problems. i think he'll address that in a very straightforward way and as this campaign goes forward, the american people will see that the choice is, here's a guy that admits what the problems are and offers you, here's what we're going to do about it, here's why. >> the alternatives, don't you

have to say what your plan is? >> he's just been talking about energy, about the budget. about trade. he started off with a 59-point plan. >> we know more about ryan's plan than romney's plan. >> when the election comes, that won't be the case. >> thank you. good to see you. we're going to bring you governor romney's speech tonight. cbs news will have continuing coverage of the republican national convention beginning at 10:00 p.m. eastern.

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police department faces new charges of brutality over an incident caught on tape last week. a police captain has lost his command post and two officers could face criminal charges. as john blackstone reports, it's a familiar problem for a department with a history of rough tactics. >> it started as a routine traffic stop. 34-year-old michelle jordan, a 5'2", mother and registered nurse, was pulled over for driving while talking on a cell phone, which is against the law in california. two lapd officers stopped her in the parking lot of a fast food restaurant. its surveillance camera captured these images. >> at some point she was pulled out of her vehicle, thrown to the ground, handcuffed. brought back to the police cruiser and then hip tossed to the ground very violently while in handcuffs. >> after being thrown to the ground once while handcuffed, she had cuts and bruises on her face, shoulder and upper body,

particularly outrageous to jordan and her attorneys, after she was put back in the police car, the officers appeared to fist bump each other. >> as if to say, job well done today. they're patting each other on the back. that, to me, was the most disturbing part of this video, of course, other than the violence itself. >> police chief charlie becca addressed it head on. >> i immediately removed the officers from field duties and assigned one of the officers to home. additionally, i have directed internal affairs group to initiate a criminal and an administrative investigation into this incident. >> i want to see the lapd take this as seriously as its citizenry takes it. >> chief beck seems to be doing that. he's demoting the commander in charge of the two officers. he's also ordered the video shown in roll call meetings as a teaching tool. jordan's lawyers will file legal action against the lapd by the end of the week. for "cbs this morning," john blackstone, los angeles.

senior correspondent john miller, a former lapd deputy commissioner. john, good to see you. >> good to be here. >> she's a mom in a sun dress which automatically sets an interesting dynamic. what really happened here? >> this is an -- i worked in the lapd for three years. >> i know you did. >> this is a classic case of what we call contempt of cop. meaning there was no real threat to the officers at this point. this is a thing where the officer felt his authority was being challenged. he said stay in the car, she got out of the car. he said get back in the car. she pushes back and then you see this disproportionate use of force. there were a number of other ways to handle this. one of the things that's striking here is how you see a -- gayle, the officer who is throwing her on the ground is the training officer. he's the 22-year veteran that the rookie officer with ten months, he's supposed to watch this guy -- >> learn from him. okie officer with ten months, he's supposed to watch this guy -- >> learn from him.

>> take his cues. something is off the rails here. here's what worked. since the rodney king incident, the consent decree, all of these rules are in place. what happened is, she said i want to make a complaint. they said we have use of force. they called the sergeant, the sergeant came to the scene. he took a personnel complaint against the two officers from her, he then canvassed the area for eyewitnesses and he found the videotape at the dell taco store and put that in the report much the back end of the process worked fine. the question here is, between the new lapd culture, which is to be more community oriented and an old lapd culture which is a bit more authoritarian. which officers are on what end of that spectrum? >> you know what i find interesting, everybody knows there's video cameras everywhere, it's in the police officer's car, i'm surprised we get to see this video. officers know they're being recorded at all times. >> that's true. yet, that should not be the reason for good conduct.

>> that's right. >> you shouldn't have one set of conduct when you think you're being recorded. remember, the occupy wall street demo at l.a. city hall. those police took untold amounts of abuse from the demonstrators and were very restrained. >> handled it well. >> of course, the whole world was watching. sometimes you see flashes of police officers who have a problem show who they really are. now, i want to underline that's a very tiny percentage of police officers. i think what the chief did, that officer will face administrative and criminal sanctions that sends a signal to every officer, that could happen to me. the real signal, what charlie beck did, by telling every captain, you have to heat eat a piece of this, play this at roll call and say is that who we want to look like and demoting the captain. that's the big message here. >> let's hopeless son learned. thank you, john miller. lot of people are speaking at the republican convention. but what are they really saying? ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

and headlines the san francisco teacher has been removed from her class the 61 year-old of sherman elementary was reassigned after pressure from angry parents accused although never prosecuted for physically harming a child at a different district school in one case the district settled the distance family for more than $30,000. a strip mall fire in san jose is out of firefighters are still mopping up looking for the cause. it started at 430 this morning south capitol avenue and one was inside. the traffic and weather coming up.

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coliseum sluggish toward downtown. looking very nice around the bay area with fog and low cloud cover will make in the way along the coastline looking toward russian help the cloud cover has moved back towards the afternoon but i think the squeeze in one more nice day before it starts to head out of town. grit whether this afternoon and the value and the '90s in said the bay area 74 in oakland in san francisco 66. patchy fog toward the coast beginning into the afternoon. the next couple of days ago below average thursday and friday.

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welcome back to "cbs this morning." this is brait wait, louisiana. southeast of new orleans where people and their pets had to evacuate because of tropical storm isaac. we've seen thousands of people in louisiana forced out of their homes by the rising water. we continue our coverage of isaac, we wanted to check in with mark strassmann. he's watching the storm damage norah,

now in tampa. >> mark strassmann, thanks. when governor mitt romney speaks tonight here in tampa, his words will have been carefully chosen and tested. it's not just the republican presidential nominee who is trying to send a very specific message. >> as bill plante reports, all speeches are coordinated these days. >> bill? >> that's absolute lly right. it's all about the message. from the decorated walls and the slogans to the very words used in the key speeches. >> at the republican convention, every day brings a new theme. yesterday it was the phrase we can change it. the speakers stayed on point. >> through your vote this fall,

you can change the leadership of this country. >> if we don't change the direction of our nation, it will be an extraordinary chain. >> republicans went with the slogan, we did build it and the word jobs was a go-to. >> people, not governments create job. >> we deserve a president who won't sacrifice american jobs. >> someone who has created jobs in the private sector. >> another favorite that day, the word business. >> that was our business and we did build that. >> people that criticize folks in business just simply don't et it. >> it's all part of a carefully scripted event organized by the romney campaign. selecting specific words and phrases to build the republican brand. and to make their case that president obama is bad for the economy and that mitt romney can fix it. democrats do the same thing. >> both sides employ wordsmiths to test and try to figure out what is the key phrase that really grabs at the heartstrings of the public. >> frank luntz is a republican

pollster and author of the book, "words that work." >> give me a sample of what words do well with republicans. >> republicans want to hear about freedom. with democrats they want to hear about fairness. republicans want to hear about small business. democrats want to hear about the working men and women. >> when campaigns want to see if they're connecting with possible voters, they can turn to twitter where feedback is immediate. >> the convention people, the republicans want to know what is causing the most reaction, right? >> absolutely. and it allows them to see who are the people, what are the moments, what are the messages that are resonating with twitter users at home. >> the most tweeted about words last night were those with which paul ryan concluded his speech. >> 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. >> that camera is the window into the soul of america. so these people up on stage, they're not playing to this

hall. they're playing to the entire country. trying to motivate the last undecided voters to make the right decision and words matter. visuals matter. this whole show matters. >> so tonight, when mitt romney makes the most important speech of his campaign, listen for the key words. change, jobs, freedom, business. he will be making it on a platform that is being rebuilt for him, which also has something to do with the message that they're trying to push. it's pushing him out to where the delegates are. what words should describe mitt romney to the delegates? >> it's fascinating. pew research people have been looking at this over a number of months. a while ago, say, four, five months, the word that people use to describe romney was rich and also no. but in the last couple of months, the words used to describe mitt romney are rich

still, but also honest and business. now, he can probably capitalize on that, so to speak. >> certainly going to try to bleak through tonight with the speech about his biography. we have construction going on behind us. bill plante, thanks so much. >> good to see you. >> pleasure. millions of older people need help every day with their activities. assisted living facilities can be the answer. this morning, we're going to show you five thi,,

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americans need help with their regular daily activities. that number is expected to double by the year 2020. one solution is, assisted living facilities. rebecca jarvis joins us to show us five things you should know about assisted living. if we're lucky we'll all get to the point to know this information. let's start with the money. >> the more you know going in, gayle, the better off you are in this process. it can be an incredibly complex process. facility costs can differ dramatically. on average, you pay about $3,000 for a one-bedroom apartment in an assisted living facility. if you come to that facility with dementia or have dementia along the way, you pay a thousand dollars more. >> that seems high? >> it's low. there's tiered pricing that comes into play. in many cases, you'll be offered, if you're looking at assisted living, a basic

strategy or all-inclusive strategy. that all-inclusive can range in much higher prices. when you're looking at facilities, know what the maximum amount is. ask what the maximum amount, all-inclusive could cost you. >> how do you determine who is providing good service? because there doesn't seem to be a lot of record keeping on the matter. how can you tell who is good? >> this is incredible. you want to get a haircut or go out for chinese food, you can look online and find the ratings. in new york city, you can walk up to a restaurant and see their rating right in the window. >> right. >> it is not that simple with assisted living facilities. you have to actually go to them and request that they tell you what fines and violations they have received over the years. that will give you a sense for where they stand. also, go to the state. the states keep track of the licensing on these and they can change from time to time. so you want to go back to your state and ask them, how does this company rate? >> why would i give you

information when i've got done a good job? >> you're -- you legally must give that information out, gayle. >> i understand it's a for-profit pa silt, most of them. >> 82%. many are public companies can. maximizing profits is part of their business model. that's not to suggest they don't also want to give good care. ultimately, like corporate america, it's had to cut costs and do more with less. many assisted living facilities have had to. you want to know when you're going, how well-trained is the staff, what are your requirements for hiring people what is the ratio, is the staff mostly volunteers or nurses. what's the composition? >> do you have to pay a lot of extra charges? >> those are the things and the a la carte services that could end up making you pay more along the way. >> do medicaid and medicare

programs pay for them? >> medicare, no. medicaid, in some cases yes. according to the american health association, they get paid less in reimbursements for medicaid. some of them will limit the number of people who can be paid for by medicaid. in most cases, you have to find a way to pay for it your self-. long-term care insurance, veterans benefits, these are some of the things you should look into for paying for that. >> i always hear in life, everything is negotiable. is that true? >> i agree 100%. that is firmly true here. what you should do if looking at assisted living. one of the things is that they were overbuilt just like housing was overbuilt. they were overbuilt. that gives you a point to negotiate from. try to negotiate down the rent in the beginning. get a signed agreement. see if they can strip away some fees. do whatever it takes to find the place that's right for you and find the money to pay for it, but make sure that they're taking care of you. because you are ultimately the

customer here. >> good advice regardless of your age. right now, this is good advice. need to know basis. thank you, rebecca jarvis. my yam balance i can was a child star in beaches and blossom. remember that? she's smart, grown up and in the big bang theory. we'll talk approximate her emmy nominated role and see how she's doing after a serious car accident two weeks ago. oh, no. she joins us after the break. you're watching "cbs this morning." ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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>> jewelry. >> you are sure the most transparent. it's a tiara. i have a tiara. of course, i'm a prisoner to my tiara. don't we all want to be a princess with a tiara. smee just got an emmy nomination for play on the hit cbs show the big bang theory. she started acting 25 years ago. you remember that. she has a ph.d. like her character. she's still recovering from a recent car accident. we're glad to have you. >> thank you. thanks for having me. >> it was reported that you lost a finger. no. they're all here. all my fingers are there. they all work. >> what happened? >> someone made an illegal left in front of me. i was on a healthy green light.

i like to save the medical details for the plastic surgeons who put me back together. it will be a little more recovery and good heighting of it on big bang. >> you're okay? >> thank god, i am okay. i will be okay. >> after the accident, you were already tweeting. your husband was tweeting for you. you were tweeting. >> first of all, i was in shock. i didn't take any drugs until they knocked me out for surgery. i was in shock, i'm a very type a person. from the e.r. and i said to him, here's the list of things you need to can sem. here's the things you immediate to do. we wanted to shut down the rumor. it was a gross scene. but we wanted to shut down any rumors, so yeah, that's why we had him tweet with his working fingers. >> is it true that it happened on your son's birthday? >> my son was turning four. i was meeting them at our favorite vegan place. >> how did you explain?

all they know is it's your birthday. >> he had his birthday party a few days before. the seven-year-old was a little more concerned about what was going on. that's why i didn't want to be in narcotics. i want aed them to see them, show them i'm okay. mommy has to have surgery and -- >> mama went back to work quickly. >> partly as a tribute to how much i love my cast, our crew and our staff. i' very well-taken care of. jim parsons and melissa roush are my buddies. i wanted to be with them. i wanted the writers to give them an opportunity to see is this going to work. is this something we need to write in? >> are they going to? >> we've been able to hide it. we've hid it successfully. >> let's talk about your character for a second. i love her name. dr. amy farrah fowler. get it straight. it was going to be a little role. but you came in there and knocked it out of the park. people said hey --

>> it was a guest spot, possible recurring. i had two young kids and started auditioning. i like to say i do the best imitation i can of -- i'm saying the whole character, i imitate him. >> mirror image. >> no one can be as amazing as jim parsons. >> you know what, it changed the show with the words will you be my girlfriend. what's so endearing about your character, she's awkward and uncertain and so unsure. but so relatable to so many people. >> i'm a woman in science. i like to present different kinds of female scientists and i think there's a lot of different kinds of women, period. i think it's really sweet that we're showing this relationship that has brought back the art of slow courtship. we don't talk about their physical appearances. they have a meeting of the mind, she's fascinated with him. he thinks she's incredibly intelligent. it's kind of sweet but that's what a lot of good relationships can be about. >> it's not that you're a woman

in science. you have a doctorate, you're a ph.d. thank you very much. >> i do. after blossom, i took a bunch of years off and i was inspired by one amazing tutor in my blossom days. that's what led me to get my ph.d. in neuroscience. i do work also to try to -- i work with texas instruments. it's not just being a tv personality. i teach and it's still a huge part of my life. to try and be a positive influence especially to young girls in science. >> you do that very well. do you kids know that you're blossom? >> no. my kids have never seen blossom or big bang theory. >> hi blossom. >> pretty much. do you not want hem to see you on tv? >> i feel when they're closer to the age that i was, it will be more socially appropriate for them. they don't have a huge tv life. they don't regularly watch tv. they don't see movies. >> ha do they think you do? >> they think i make my hair look really wired and i don't

look like mama and i go to work and come back and i tell them to clean their room. they see me as a mom. that's what i am. i think that there's a lot -- it's not that i'm keeping a secret. i want to keep parts of my professional life private. >> i first met you on beaches. continued success to you. congratulations on your emmy -- >> nomination. >> emmy nomination. thank you very much. the new season of the big bang theory premieres thursday, september 27th at 8:00, 7:00 central of course here on cbs. norah and charlie, can we see you one more time before we say goodbye for today. >> before -- go ahead, gayle. >> this is really the exciting night tonight which we've all been anticipating. how will this man who gets something that he has sought for so long and having lost in 2008 changed, had to come to dprips with who he wanted to be and now this evening he gets part of the

prize that he wanted, moving forward from this convention. it's an exciting night. >> very exciting. >> you both know people in the camp. i was wondering the pressure he must feel. they say it's the biggest speech of your life. we'll be watching tonight. good to see you. >> see you soon. >> we'll see you tomorrow. >> next is your local news. we'll see you tomorrow on "cbs >> next is your local news. we'll see you tomorrow on "cbs this morning." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

this morning here is the headlines a strip mall fire in san jose is out but firefighters are on the scene mopping up trying to figure out why it started. this morning it was in flames at south capitol avenue but nobody was in seven the fire broke out. the company the screens bags of sand to cisco airport denies reports of it turned out the key x-ray function in order to save time. the examiner reports that the movement high risk bags could get through if it was true. a secret settlement of the victim of the san bruno pipeline explosion has been posted on line by mistake. the court website has the impression that pg&e paid teenager who was burned more than $2 million. it's like a beautiful thursday

but could verification. we have a big change is coming our way in the next couple of days outside plenty of sunshine into the valley just a little hazy but there is fog as you approached the coast line. we will squeeze in one more nice day in and changes in the works with the high pressure starting to slide east with cool air moving off of the pacific dropping the temperatures a plan on 80s and 90s inland and '60s and '70s in the bay area. call it off below the average through saturday and heating things up come sunday.

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