, mr. chairman, and delegates, by accept your nomination for president of the united states said. >> there it was the official acceptance for the gop republican national convention. we will have the highlights. >> clean up and recovery in the gulf coast. after

problems still continue in the aftermath of hurricane isaac. rescue efforts continue. >> the dumbarton bridge will need a backup plan. we will tell you why. closes for construction work. >> this live footage out of a new jersey. with two people dead, and a third, the gunman. the supermarket shooting. media is reporting that the gunman was wearing body armor. he could have shot and killed himself. they are interviewing suspects and witnesses now. still in active crime scene. this is outside of new york city. >> the republican national

convention is now history. with the most anticipated speech. and formerly a leading the challenge against president obama. if rodne mitt romney showed his disappointment. >> many americans have given up of the president but if not a thought about giving up. not of themselves or each other and not of america. what is needed is not complicated or profound it does not take a special government commission. what america needs is jobs and lots of jobs (cheers & applause) >> we had a powerful appeal but tonight i would ask a simple question. if you felt that excitement when you

voted for barack obama should you feel that now that he is president obama? (cheers & applause) you know that there is something wrong when of the best feeling you had was the day that you voted for him. >> the campaign trail continues with stops in florida, virginia, and they go to ohio tomorrow. other than that, people are also talking about clint eastwood's speech. we will show you coming up. in the meantime, president obama was in somtexas. the president is serving a reminder that he has

repeatedly made with the and to the war in iraq he will resume campaigning in iowa >>this just in to the kron 4 news room charlotte, north carolina where they are going to unveil what the 2012 democratic national convention floor will look like. you can see there was a small podium. this convention is six days away starting on tuesday, september 4th. we expect to hear from the president. and if also for the governor will also speak. do not forget that we're going to be showing you the dnc next week. >> correct. we will dcarry that on our new 24/7

comcast 193. that is coming up next week. >> the tropical storm as it downgraded to a tropical depression. the rain is coming down in the areas that are played with extreme drought in arkansas and southern missouri. however, flooding continues along the coast. the evacuation orders still in place. although the storm is bringing grim discoveries of this man and woman inside of this home. this is outside of new orleans. the levee have been toppled the death toll

= 4 and the army national guard are using boats to rescue people. >> let us to change gears we have made it for the weekend and the long weekend with a double forecast two different forecasts? >> that is absolute correct. it will start off cool but it is going to be downright hot inland. as we are expecting fog & drizzle. even towards the east bay, the valley. that is what we are seeing but for this evening much cooler! with not much warmth. just '70s and '80s. we will have more of your holiday forecast, coming up. >> still enjoying a good drive around the bay area. i

think that we're going to see the light traffic. so far, those predictions have been accurate. when we talk about light traffic we usually help to offer the exclusion that when no. 4 or interstate 580 but that is not the case this morning. no delays. just a bit sluggish through antioch drivers will likely experience longer travel times this labor day weekend as the dumbarton bridge closes for construction work. >> if you need free dental? >> this will open at 7:00 a.m. and they will take care of the first 100 people or as many as they can before

5:00 p.m. you can see many people are here as early as 5:00 a.m. even for a.m. they can finally read their books. once they have taken get to the extraction, teeth cleaning, or filling. and the dental insurance does not cover. this woman. >> andrea. >> i need a cleaning. or a filling. i will decide. >> what is the worst? >> probably the filling. >> how long has it been since you have been to the dentist? >> it has been a couple of years. >> i am uncomfortable. >> what is preventing you from going to the dentist? >> i do not have insurance. >> thank you. >> more people. it has been

sunny and warm but as fate would have it, a bit cool. and i will say that this perhaps they could beyond 5:00 p.m. they have done this throughout the country. this agency is nonprofit. so far, they have donated $9 million of dental care. more people with the dentist who is to win all of this. >> with the looks of how many people if you're just joining in how many people do you think they can serve today? beyond 5:00 p.m. >> they are going to guess at least 100 people. perhaps they might not see all of these because of the level of difficulty of some patients. there is no guarantee this is just a one day in san loren.

>> thank you. >> still ahead on the kron 4 morning news more cases of the hanta virus.. haps prevention could have been an option coming up.

>> the hantavirus outbreak at yosemite has infected four more people, bringing the total number of reported cases to six, said officials of the california department of public health "cdph is working closely with the national park service and the centers for disease control and prevention to further investigate the cluster of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome cases in yosemite and reduce the risk of other director, dr. ron chapman. "cdph is continuing to monitor cases of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in persons who visited yosemite national park." they are sanitizing and redesigning the cabins so that those rodents mice.. are not able to enter the structure. >> there are six bay area hospitals penalized for patient safety. this this 3

clattered $75,000 totaling 14 hospitals. violations ranging from the safety of campai-safety regulation, these are the hospitals. st. mary in san francisco. the most common administrative penalty was for leaving a foreign object. usually a sponge inside of a patient during surgery. >> coming up james holmes is back in court. we have new reports that he tried to make a phone call for opening fire. >> how a good night's sleep could be more important for your health.

>> james holmes was in court yesterday. 12 people killed

reports of he tried to call a psychiatrist just nine minutes before the attack. james holmes has still not entered a plea. let us take a look at the erie weather. going forward, a partly cloudy day expected. yesterday we did see highs with 90's. today will not be the case. we will be lucky just to get to the 80s with a warming trend on the sunday and monday. next week could be a difficult pattern. that is generally what the weather is going to look like. one woman we will see upper 50s as we go inland. for this afternoon cooler conditions around

lunch. 50s and 60s. by 3:00 p.m., just east. taking a quick look at the high temperatures. san jose, 74 degrees. and other areas could warm up slightly but generally a much cooler day. to the east, the big story will be the east bay valley the biggest only eight degrees in the east bay valley. and also cool along the shore but 60s. the nimitz freeway community will see 60s. and also near san jose the similar store near san jose. san bruno and low 70's near san mateo. towards the north bay valley 70's in san rafeal. and 73 degrees in napa. let

us take a look at your 3 day outlook. we will see much cooler conditions. saturday, sunday will warm up slightly. however, we should see temperatures increasing into the low 90s. do not forecast comcast 193 is over 24/7 news channel with news, weather, traffic. >> we are looking at a great cry. not only is this going to be friday light it is holiday friday light. taking a look at the bay bridge. no hot spots. take a look. the meter and lights have not even been active. typically, these have been on the already. highway 92 also looking good. towards hayward from foster city. the same drive time. the

golden gate, from marin county, not as heavy as usual. it is a little bit lighter all the way around. heading towards our traffic maps there are no slowdowns. let us talk about the dumbarton bridge for retrofitting. as they showed this expansion. your best alternate route could be here at the san mateo. highway 92 or at the 237. this is the southern detour taking you to the 101 it would depend on where your destination is taking you. however what you need to know is that there is going to be heavier traffic on the 880. even if you are not usually using the dunbarton.

many people are planning on driving. here is a list of locations. you will see if you are going to these great places you are not alone. napa, no. 2. lake tahoe. carmel, santa cruz. >> lake tahoe! >> we are going to be on the beach. 4:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. on labor day! >> the number of truancy has dropped. the habitual/chronic absenteeism fell 12% in the last one year. and over 30 percent since 20 07/2008.

the district is also announcing an anti-truancy program. it targets a 20 utt-ris at-risk students. - >> back to school has been a boost for retailers posting increase. beating analysts' expectations. brisk sales are promising for the holiday shopping season. >>this just in to the kron 4 news room there is an earthquake or 7.9 magnitude off the coast of philippines. let me show you. it is 20 mi.. the u.s. g s issued tsunami warnings for the philippines.

however, no reports. however, a 7.9 off the coast of the philippines. keeping you updated on this. here is a better look at it. from our earthquake tracker. >> still ahead the tech battle between apple and samsung continues. a new case. [ laughter ] [ girl ] wow. you guys have it easy. i wish i had u-verse when i was your age. in my day, we didn't have these fancy wireless receivers.

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>>this just in to the kron 4 news room these are live pictures of los angeles a very bad accident. the man stole a police cruiser. this is the southwest division and crashed it into a light pole. this is an mid city. firefighters had to use the jaws of life. he is still in the hospital. there was a high rate of speed possibly over 100 m.p.h. when it crashed. the streets are closed during this investigation. we will keep you monitored on the kron 4 morning news. >> this tokyo district did

not infringe on the apple patent. some of these electronics did violate the apple patent. however this jury found the berbers they found the reverse. we are still waiting to see what is going to happen between these to bait

>> welcome back after the dow jones dropped 100 points per up o perhaps by 85 points already. we will wait for the speech from ben bernanke. >> if you are looking for the weekend forecast? >> we are looking for cool conditions. much cooler than yesterday. one of the coolest days in fact. '60s and '70s. some serious kidding to 80. in the east bay. mexico out to the 70's tomorrow could be slightly warmer. that will be our

warming trend toward a brief one but the morning drizzle and a sunny afternoon your forecast coming up. >> george: this quick commute check usually with light conditions we have slowed traffic on interstate 580. much lighter than normal on the ultimate costs. still delay-free through the peninsula. if you are driving this morning? >> thank you, george. as a reminder for commuters. the dunbarton and will be closing at 10:00 p.m.drivers will likely experience longer travel times this labor day weekend as the dumbarton bridge work. bridge, which runs 1.6 miles to 5 a.m. tuesday to bring the bridge up to seismic code, dumbarton bridgethe metropolitan

transportation commission is weekend with longer-than- usual traffic delays expected near the interstate highway 880 and u.s. highway 101 corridors of the bridge, the bridge will be higher and stronger. they will install an expansion joint on the eastern portion. in the event of a large earthquake. people are encouraged to use alternate routes or leave earlier. >> mr. chairman, and delegates. (cheers & applause) >> i except your nomination for the president of the united states. >> met rodne--mitt romney shared his faith of mormon and some. and his family.

>> if you ask what we would do to understand a pile of children in our room or break up the fight. every parent knows the answer to that. >> a lot of people are talking this morning about another big speech. clint eastwood. he was the mystery guest. the crowd was cheering. the e.d. tyrol left saying that not everyone is liberal. -test the 82 year-old south. >> and what are you thinking what artooling--what a lotam i doing up here, with

republicans, democrats and hollywood. and it is conservative but the nature of the word. >> he turned to that empty chair and carried on a strange, long conversation with an imaginary president of,. and failing to deliver on the promises. and the obama campaign treate-and the tweet from the obama campaign and sang " this seat is taken ". >> many people are voicing out on buwhat clint eastwood

said. >> these are some of the comments from of our facebook fan page. and a lot of different comments on the our facebook fan page. >>this just in to the kron 4 news room more on that earthquake that has hit off of the coast of the philippines. a tsunami watch has been issued for the philippines. here is a bath is 20 mi. deep. a 7.9 magnitude. there are still some of the warnings for portions of indonesia, philippines, taiwan, japan, guam, and also other areas. there are not reports of any damage, injuries. however, this tsunami watch for the state of hawaii. waves could hit at 3:30 p.m. to 7.9

earthquake. i will have more on this developing story. >> the first home game at an all new memorial stadium. new and improved. our solo reporter. when live. >> good morning. still, 89 years old you can see the rejuvenation in it looks spectacular! there is a new press box. we received a video from an earlier tour. this has been going on at 21 months. over $300 million to renovate the 89 year-old stadium. not only did they renovate it but they also retrofited it, seismically. basically, it is right on

top of the hayward fault. they had to retrofit the entire stadium. 21 months of construction. they're opening this up tomorrow. this new & improved stadium. if you remember? the tree protesters were out here 19 months almost protesting almost two years to protest but they're happy that this is done. they are excited. tomorrow is opening day. >> considering this controversy, the treaty activism are there going to beat anybody out there? and the tree sitters? >> i've not seen anybody but this is exactly where those

people were they took out 100 trees from all around the stadium. they planted 1034the plant at 134 plans. >> that is a big deal. >> thank you, jacki. they replanted 134 @(@(zy9ñówño gñ÷?ó?q @ b

>> after a 7.9 earthquake off the coast they have cancelled the tsunami watch. for the state of hawaii just off the coast. 20 mi. deep. still kidding information on this developing watched this tsunami watch has been cancelled for hawaii. >> this is left of what is

left of a police cruiser. this starbucks cafe was the scene where he crashed. he jumped in and took a joy ride. there is nothing left of that, for sure. take a look the damage of that starbucks! at this hour, i am trying to figure out what is happening. >> we will be back with more.

good morning, the u.s.

economy is still struggling. a painfully high 8.3% after the last policy repeated a pledge to try to boost unemployment. . >> if you think our unemployment rate is bad it is just--boosting and unfortunately, in the ura-- euro zone.. 18 million people across the euro zone.. our continued to still be unemployed the del is at 13,000. we will see what happens when the speech begins with ben

bernanke and about 15 minutes >> we will see a fantastic forecast. here is a live shot. looking downtown. pretty overcast. again, that fog is showing pretty heavy and also walnut creek. as we start to see that sunshine. also temperatures are mild. 50s. the the five degrees and half moon bay. hayward cured pretty tight grouping of temperatures this morning. not looking for much in the way of warming. today will be cooler. here is what the m afternoon

highs will expect to reach. 78 degrees for the inland valleys. to the east, the most dramatic. take a look at the valley 90's yesterday, 70's in fairfield. 80s in antioch. 80s in brentwood. '70s in the san ramon valley. 60s along the east shore freeway. and also a much cooler day today. 60s in the city. generally below mid- 60s. '70s in napa. and if you're going to be out at the ballpark? 7:05 as the rest sto-red sox will play toda. -we are looking for a

cooler day today but a in crease of temperatures with sunday, monday a dramatic warm up. also remember comcast 193 is our 24/7 news, weather, traffic. >> george: good morning. we are not seeing any problems or hot spots there has been an accident on the peninsula. it would have created other problems but take a look at the bay bridge. no back up. though bay bridge problems. the meter and lights still showing good conditions. on the right side traffic is not as dense as we normally see approaching 7:00 a.m. and the golden gate commute is also decent. no delays throughout marin county. the

1 0 1 southbound is 21 minutes from the 37 to the golden gate. taking a look at the east bay freeways. westbound interstate 8015 minutes. it should only be about 24 minutes. slow traffic westbound the 580 looking good to altamont but a bit sluggish as you approach the dublin interchange. there could be so much traffic is getting through the dublin. no delays, no significant problems. the 101, the 280. as we mentioned, the accident on the peninsula near sfo with one traffic blocked. however not impacting traffic. on the bayshore to/from the airport. >> thank you, george. the drought in the united states is having an international impact. a 10% increase on the price of

july. the u.s. is the largest exporter of corn & soybeans. overall, the world food bank saying that prices are 6% higher than last july. and a small battery is becoming a growing problem with children. these so-called button batteries end up and children's stomachs. 40,000 children have been treated. they have been found in various electronics. this can be fatal. and even emit hydroxide in the and test time. >> they are testing a new mixture of artificial sweeteners that keeps its taste for a longer time. the current sweetener in diet

pepsi, aspirating loses its potency that high fructose corn syrup. now, this new version could come out we were just talking about this. coke and pepsi, yesterday. i like diet pepsi. >> it is like vanilla, chocolate, coke, pepsi. >> mix it up with these rice crispy squares. >> we hope that you are enjoying your breakfast and when we come back this is possibly some of the that you will never be able to let down. going the wrong way! small plane are safe after

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