stronger. people in new orleans are already feeling the winds. >> chief meteorologist doug kammerer joining us live from new orleans and he's by the mississippi river. doug? >> yeah, guys. take a look right now in downtown new orleans along the mississippi river, just now the winds started to pick up, gusting 30 to 35 miles per hour and we're just getting started right now. take a look around me, right along the river front and you can see the trees blowing in the wind a little bit with this rain that ahas now moved through and we are firmly entrenched in what is most likely going to be the last little area of dry air and now fully entrenched in that rain right now through the next couple of hours and probably through the night tonight and most likely through the day on thursday. this is going to be a very long duration storm and a lot of rain and a lot of wind. let's take a look at the rain right now. you can see it on the radar. here's what we are thinking as we make our way through the next couple of days. with that rain moving around, let's take a look at radar.

if we can take a look at the radar, please, i know what you see on there. there's the temperatures. i don't know, what we're looking at now is the rain making its way in here. very heavy rain. we're talking about rainfall. there it is right there with the radar showing that rain coming through. the heaviest band now just down to the south and east of new orleans. we're really going to be in the thick of this in about the next one to two hours and the latest advisory has just come out and the storm has now been, now said to be strengthening, once again. now, 80-mile-per-hour winds. we're continuing to watch it move towards the city of new orleans and the official track hasn't changed a whole lot. take a look at the official track and you see what i'm talking about. making its way towards the north really moving through the northwest at 8 miles per hour, as a hurricane, very close to new orleans overnight tonight and init tomorrow as a hurricane and then quickly becoming a tropical storm. i'm still worried, i'm still a little leery about that path, however. i think it will stay farther south and i think we'll have to

deal with a lot more rain and maybe a lot mor wind and, once again, we're going to continue to bring you live updates from new orleans right through the night tonight. righten through the 11:00, through the day tomorrow. we'll be here for you covering it. >> all right, doug kammerer, braving the storm, thanks. president obama has already approved a disaster declaration for louisiana as isaac approaches and he has also urged gulf coast residents to take this storm seriously. >> we're dealing with a big storm and there could be significant flooding and other damage across a large area. now is not the time to tempt fate. now is not the time to dismiss official warnings. >> thousands of louisiana national guard troops have already been activated. they are now on standby for when isaac makes landfall. stay with news 4 for the latest on hurricane isaac. chief meteorologist doug kammerer will have live reports from new orleans all afternoon as that storm makes landfall tonight. you can also get the storm track and the latest information on

isaac at nbcwashington.com. the republican national convention is already under way after being delayed by the storm. mitt romney landed in tampa today and his wife is getting ready to speak tonight, so is new jersey governor, chris christie. news 4 aaron gilchrist is live in tampa with a look at all the evenings events. aaron? >> yeah, wendy. the convention is in full swing at this point. right now several speakers on the floor, sort of taking care of some of the business side of what will happen tonight before the keynote speech. chris christie, as you mentioned. if we look at the floor right now, we're hearing some of the nominating speeches for mitt romney. wejust heard from barbara comstock the chairwoman of the virginia campaign for mitt romney, as well as the former governor from new hampshire and these are the speeches that say we want mitt romney to be our nominee for president and the next president of the united states. today's theme is we built it. so, a lot of what we hear today will be built around that theme. of course, that speak directly

to president obama's comments a few weeks back in roanoke, virginia, where he was quoted as saying that you didn't build that. so the republican convention is latching on to that terminology and using that as their theme for today. also today, we saw mitt romney make his way into tampa, florida. he arrived a bit early. a bit earlier than he was supposed to. we got video of him landing here in tampa today. he wanted to be here so he could hear his wife speak tonight. she will deliver a speech in the 10:00 hour and mitt romney wanted to be here to sport her for that moment. when asked during a conference call earlier today. we asked his campaign folk physical he would be in the forum here during that speech. the response was, and i quote, anything could happen. so, it is yet to be seen whether we might see mitt romney in the convention hagtion hall tonight. a key part of the audience today, women. that is something that the romney campaign has been very

arden a group that they speak to. >> winning over women. that is a key objective here today and romney campaign officials are hopeful that ann romn romney's speech will go a long way in bridging the gap. >> ann romney rehearsing her speech. her primetime address is expected to be pivotal in her husband's efforts to close the gender gap with women. president obama with a double-digit lead amonters and e gop of waging a war on women. congressman tod akins comments about abortion and legitimate rape only complicated things. but republican women argue the central issue is not reproductive rights, but the economy. >> i think the economy is really going to drive how women vote, how everyone votes this year. >> reporter: virginia convention delicate aaron smith makes a similar case when she lobbies her case. she is single and runs her own financial planning business in fairfax and while her job is stable, she says single women have suffered a higher rate of

unemployment in the obama administration. >> i feel like the reproductive issue is so far down on what the important issues are in this election cycle that my real focus is on the economy, being a financial adviser and working with so many women who are concerned about paying bills and things like that. just not as much of an issue. >> reporter: ann romney's speech can most importantly better help connect her husband to women. anita mcbride served as former first lady laura bush's chief of staff. >> what is it about mitt romney that we should put our trust in the way that she has put hers. and i think, you know, a spouse has a unique position to be able to do that. they humanize the person. >> reporter: but mcbride says women and all voters will also be evaluating ann romney. >> they are a a partnership. she will be there with him, if he is elected president of the united states and a visible role.

she needs to tell us, too, a little bit about her. her roots and the strength and resilience of her roots and challenges she may have faced. she needs to connect with the american people, as well. >> convention planners are also working hard to spotlight other women. that is one reason the fairfax county delegate barbara has had a live position giving a speech from the podium and as aaron mentioned, giving one of the nominating speeches for mitt romney. coming up at 6:30, more on what she had to say to the delegates today. >> julie, thank you. i should note right now that the actual roll call for nominating mitt romney for the office of president, for the nomination here has just started. alabama just made their nomination. gave over their delegates for this process. that will continue. we expect things to go over the top, if you will. some time in the 6:00 hour, we're back at 6:00 with word from bob mcdowell who will speak later on this evening. we'll send it back to you.

>> thank you so much. final good-byes for a fallen officer who died doing a job he loved. the funeral was held for adrian morris. the prince george's county police officer was killed in a highway crash last week while chasing suspects. as news 4 jackie benson reports, his work and sacrifice did not go unnoticed. >> reporter: the world that 23-year-old adrian morris was so proud to be a part of, the law enforcement honored him and no greater respect than that shown for a fallen officer and his family. >> adrian was a little man with a big heart and a larger than life dream. like many a other jamaicans who migrate to the united states, he carried with him the passion to achieve, not just for himself, but for those who would look for a symbol of such possibilities.

>> reporter: because she has lost a beloved son, her family grows much bigger. it includes every member of the prince george's county police department and all police officers everywhere. inside the wood stream church in mitchellville, maryland. he was not remembered for how he died, but how he lived. >> me made a lasting impression on our agency, not only with his co-workers, but with the community, as well. his loss has left us with a tremendous void. >> loss is never easy. and the loss of someone so young is devastating. >> reporter: some of officer morris' close friends addressed the tearful crowd. >> adrian morris was more than a police officer to me. he was more -- he was more

than -- >> reporter: the procession to officer morris' final resting place in davidsonville, maryland, stretched for miles. it said, thank you for the sacrifices made by you and your family. thank you for giving your life to protect the citizens of prince george's county. you will never be forgotten. jackie benson, news 4. >> and two men were arrested in connection with that car chase. nch well, today we learned more about the 15-year-old maryland boy who is charged with opening fire inside a school cafeteria. robert wayne gladden, jr., road the bus to perry hall high school yesterday with a shotgun in his backpack. a few hours later, the sophomore left the cafeteria after someone threw something at his table. witnesses say gladden returned with a gun and shot a 17-year-old student in the back. that student is still in critical condition tonight. gladden is now charged as an adult with attempted first degree murder. a developing story out of

redskins park this afternoon. the redskins have made a decision about chris coolly's future with the team. dan hellie is live in the newsroom with details on that. >> the redskins have released their popular tight end three days before final cuts have to be made. one of the most productive and recognizable players on the redskins during his eight years with the team. he is a two-time probowler and holds the all-time receptions record for a tight end with 428. he ranks 19th in nfl history on the career receiving list for tight ends. head coach mike shanahan called the decision to release him as tough as it gets. the redskins did inform cooley this week that they were trying to work out a trade. they also allowed him to break the news to the media. >> this organization has changed my life. in every way for the better and i appreciate it. i've loved every minute of

playing here. it's been a good ride. it's been a pleasure. >> now, by informing cooley that this move was coming it actually allowed the player to retain the services of an agent. he did not have an agent up until yesterday. so, he is going to seek another team to play for in the very near future. but he says he'll take his time to make that decision. we'll have more coming up. guys? >> dan, thanks. a programming note. tomorrow night nbc "nighty news" will air half hour earlier so we can bring you the redskins preseason game against the tampa bay buccaneers at 7:00 p.m. nbc coverage of the republican national convention including paul ryan's speech will follow that game. we have a busy day, our eyes are on hurricane isaac as it is gaining strength now. we'll go back to storm 4 meteorologist doug kammerer in new orleans. was she drunk on the job? a northern virginia teacher gets arrested on the first day of

school. why was the bay bridge shut down for hours and is it going to impact the commute this holiday weekend to the beach? plus, new details tonight about a brutal attack near the eastern market. eastern market. pat collins joins us live, next. i'm barack obama and i approve this message now mitt romney's attacking the pat cpresident on medicare?next. the nonpartisan a-a-r-p says obamacare "cracks down on medicare fraud, waste, and abuse and strengthens guaranteed benefits." and the ryan plan? a-a-r-p says it would undermine medicare and could lead to higher costs for seniors... and experts say ryan's voucher plan could raise future retirees costs more than six thousand dollars. get the facts.

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d.c. police released new video that could help track down the people behind a brutal attack in eastern market. a 29-year-old man is still hospitalized after he was severely beaten and robbed. news 4 pat collins is live near the scene of the attack with the video that maybe could help police. pat? >> now, we know it was a robbery. now we know a credit card was stolen. now we know a car was involved. a big clue in this high-profile

capitol hill attack. and a heartfelt plea from the victim's wife. >> it's absolutely critical that people watch the video and that we figure out who is responsible for this because i mean, there's a very good chance it could happen, again. >> reporter: surveillance video, the suspected crime car in this aggravated assault near the eastern market. taken at a nearby gas station is one of the suspects tried to use the victim's credit card. taken less than a half hour after 29-year-old thomas masline was struck in the head and robbed and left unconscious. according to the video, someone tried to use his credit card to buy gas at this exxon station at 12th and pennsylvania avenue southeast. but the transaction wasn't successful because the guy didn't know his zip code. according to that video, there are three people inside that

car. the timeline. 12:30 a.m. thomas leaves the tune-in at fourth and pennsylvania southeast. as he walks home he is attacked, robbed and struck in the head in the 700 block of north carolina avenue. 12:57 a.m., a suspect tries to use his credit card at that gas station. 8:30 a.m. mr. masslin is discovered unconscious by a passerby who calls 911 for help. since that day, he has been in the washington hospital center where he's undergone two brain operations. his wife says he is improving, that he is responding. >> one of the greatest moments that we had is that i wrote him a message and i didn't read it to him but it said, can you put up two fingers and i held it up

for him and he did it. that's a huge, huge step from where we were. >> 7:00 p.m. tonight at the hill center, police are hosting a community meeting. the topic, robbery. live on capitol hill, pat collins, news 4. and veronica joins us with a look at our weather. we're also going to take another look down south. but right here, are we pretty stable for a while before this weekend? >> we are stable before this weekend. you know, last year this time we were dealing with hurricane irene blowing by us and we were dealing with tropical rain storm lee that gave us more rain than what irene did. so far, it's been quiet this year. but now labor day weekend, we could be talking about tropical storm isaac out there. out there right now, it is quiet. a few clouds and, boy, if you were out this morning, you aknow, a lot of humidity in the air and temperatures were pretty warm. temperature was about 74 degrees or so, with 70 degrees for a dew point temperature right now. that dew point temperature

dropped to 56 degrees, still warm, though, but at least we have nice breezes going. for tomorrow morning and much of the day tomorrow that dew point temperature will stay low. around here, we are just fine with temperatures, again, currently in the 80s around here. our radar, too quiet after those showers came through, but not the story down south. we've got rain. the tropical rain is getting entrenched in that cold front that has made its way south. look at south carolina and north carolina and, of course, the big counterclockwise swirl here with the center still off the coast. that is isaac. and right there new orleans is exactly where chief meteorologist doug kammerer is and he's got a lot more on what this storm system has been doing, its track and, well, the current winds and how high they're going to go. >> we are live right now along the mississippi river watching this right now and this storm, really, doing a lot of things for us as far as bringing us rain and we're starting to see the winds picking up over 40 miles per hour across the region and every once in a while gets a

higher gust and makes it hard to stand. most of southeastern louisiana under a tornado watch until 7:00 tonight. we have had the, a couple of storms come on with some rotation a little bit earlier. as of right now, no tornado warnings from this. the big deal is the wind and the rain. take a look at the mississippi river and starting to get a little bit angry right now and, again, the river flows right through the middle of new orleans. let's take a look at the radar and show you exactly where this storm is. now, just down to the south of the southeastern coastline there of louisiana. you can see what we're talking about here. you see that very well defined circulation and a lot of rain associated with that. let's zoom in to the new orleans area and one thing you see here, that circulation just now off the coast and it's moving a little west, the latest official forecast track does bring it directly over new orleans or at least close to directly over new orleans over the next 12 to 20 hours. why is this storm so significant? why are we here? this is supposed to hit our area

and it is supposed to come onshore early tomorrow morning with winds about 80 miles per hour and potentially. so, again, if it comes in and makes landfall tomorrow, that would be on august 29th. that is seven years to the day that hurricane katrina did the exact same thing. so, they're watching this one very, very closely here. isaac no where near as strong as katrina, but, in other qua ways is a little bit more powerful when you talk about the rain and wind. we will be back to talk more about that and that updated track. veronica, i'll send it back to you with plenty of sunshine here, i haven't seen a whole lot of that just yet. >> i'm watching, too, doug, currently some change. wind gusts, 55-mile-per-hour winds in new orleans and 41 over to mobile, alabama. for us, our forecast, again, looking pretty good around here. we'll see high pressure moving in and a lot of sunshine. until we get that moisture from isaac making its way northward. so, tomorrow, thursday, friday,

we'll be doing just fine. it's the end of the weekend. yeah, labor day weekend when some of isaac's rains will make its way northward and could be sticking around here until tuesday. little heat at the end of the week and a cool down, a forced cool down from the clouds and the rain labor day. >> that would be nice. >> thanks, veronica. straight ahead at 5:00, an alarming trend. more children are getting skin cancer. local doctors tell us what they think is behind this. the national zoo holding out hope a panda is pregnant. coming up in sports, maryland gets ready to open its football season under much maligned head coach etsell. tonight at 6:00, a new look at what it's really like on mars. the view is clearer

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about to start. >> touchdown cooley earlier and we'll focus on that and now time to talk when they host william and mary. the second season of randy edsall tenure and after a rocky first year, he's hoping to start the uphill climb back to respectability. it won't be easy, though. the terps have been picked to finish dead last and edsall maybe the most criticized coach in town since he arrived. >> you know, the criticism and all that, that doesn't, you know, really affect me or really bother me. if this was my first rodeo, you know, the first time being a head coach, i think it, it probably would have affected me maybe a little bit more. but i've been down this road, you know, as an assistant. i've been down this road, you know, as a head coach. so, to me, it was the things

that you're trying to instill and teach in the players that they were not able to achieve the success, you know, that i would have liked or they would have liked to have. >> when c.j. went down, though, you must have said to yourself, you've got to be kidding me. in a season where you're looking for a little stability and you had some experience at quarterback, what was going through your head when that happened? >> i was devastated for c.j. when it happened and knowing after it happened i felt good because of what i had seen so far, you know, out of perry and then, of course, out of callen. >> what for you constitute a successful season this year? >> you know, everybody is always going to think it's a number of wins and number of losses. ultimately, that's what we're judged on. my biggest thing is i want to see our kids go out and play hard. play physical. okay. have fun. and stay together and be a team. and if we do all those things,

then we'll be successful because that will translate into, you know, victories on the field. >> off the field, this was kind of a homecoming for you to come back to maryland. >> like i said, i was always a maryland fan growing up and coming here to camp and it's interesting, you sit here in this office and, you know, you look out and you can remember coming to camp and playing games on the rim of the stadium because they had basketball, you know, courts there. you know, the first football game i came to and still have the ticket, you know, today, you know, of where i sat. and, so, again, i was always a maryland fan. baltimore, maryland fan, you know, growing up because that was the closest, you know, college or the closest major college and the closest to professional team. so, i was just very, very fortunate that my father and mother afforded me the opportunity to be able to go and experience, you know, games at those places and, you know,

never really left as a fan. >> the native of glen rock, pennsylvania, used to go to games in baltimore all the time and go to university of maryland games and camps and it has been a homecoming for him. coming up at 6:00, we'll hear from perry hills, a freshman starting quarterback. the first true freshman since 1999. so, it will be a very steep uphill climb for the terps this year. hoping to improve on a two-win season last year. >> ouch. all right. thanks, dan. coming up in our next half hour, we're going to get up to the minute track on isaac. check back with storm 4 meteorologist doug kammerer in new orleans. a teacher walked into school drunk. drunk. and a domestic dispute turns

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republican national convention. his wife is gearing up for a speech and we'll also hear tonight from new jersey governor chris christie. thousands of mourners attended an emotional sfuneral service today for adrian morris, the 23-year-old prince george's county police officer who was killed last week during a highway pursuit. during the service mark mcgaw said he made a lasting impression on the agency, his co-workers and the community. today the redskins cut chris cooley one of the most popular players on the team. cooley is the franchise's all-time leader in receptions by a tight end. now, let's fast forward to the weather. veronica? >> today may have started out a bit lousy with high humidity and cloud cover and even some showers, but it is quite delightful out there now. 89, still warm, but, oh, the humidity has really dropped from earlier today and even some nice breezes out of the northwest coming through. there is the front early part of the day 7:00 a.m. as it made its way through. not a lot of rain at all, only a few hundreds of an inch of rain

and now all about the dry air a until we get to this labor day weekend. and until we start talking about that stuff that will be moving in. and right there where that storm system is swirling just to the northwest is exactly where meteorologist doug kammerer is, hey, doug. >> yeah, veronica, still right down here in the heart of new orleans, right along the river front here. you can see the city out there behind me and the trees blowing in the winds and winds reported upwards of 53, 54 miles per hour as far as the wind gust was reported and that was earlier out at the airport. here, i've recorded wind upwards of 30 to 35 miles per hour. the storm itself has increased in intensity, up to 80 miles per hour and i think it will continue to increase in intensity over the next 12 hours. maybe up to 85 and maybe more. not a whole lot as far as that intensity goes. not going to matter a whole lot now. what we are going to be seeing is just a lot of rain. you can see a clearly defined

visibility circulation. and the eye trying to get better form and what we're seeing the heavier rain bands making their way in. now sdwroous the south of new orleans and that's where the strongest winds are. winds reported gusting to 86 miles per hour, that was earlier, an hour ago just off the coast and i do think we'll start to see the winds here. around new orleans i'm thinking maybe 40, 50-mile-per-hour winds and then i think we'll be looking at the potential for gusts upwards of 70 to even 80 miles per hour. we'll be here throughout the night tonight and through the 11:00 and then again through the day tomorrow. tomorrow is the day where the city of new orleans will be under the gun and the first real significant test for those levees that went through such a huge problem just seven years ago and seven years ago to the day from katrina. >> all right, lot to be watching for. thanks, doug. school is out already for a substitute teacher in loudoun county. the middle schoolteacher is charged with being drunk in

public after officials said she was intoxicated after she showed up for the first day of class. >> august 27th was the first day of school for loudoun county, including stone hill middle school. minutes before the bell rang, staff noticed a substitute teacher act aing intoxicated. >> we look after not only our staff and he and the staff noticed that one of our substitute assistant teachers was acting a little differently. >> 50-year-old jack lean barnes charged with drinking in public had been with loudoun county schools for six months and school officials want to emphasize she had no interaction with any kids that morning before her arrest. >> no students had any interaction with the substitute assistant teacher and as far as we know, everything went off as normal. >> reporter: this isn't the first time loudoun county had dealt with staff showing up to work drunk. she was arrested last year as was this physics teacher at jane

michael lunzford middle school. we reached out to ms. barnes but she was unavailable but loudoun county officials say they will never use her services, again. >> police broke up a suspected meth lab inside an arlington apartment. called to the apartment building around 10:00 last night for a domestic dispute, but once inside police allegedly found a working meth lab which is highly explosive. the building is on north monroe street near the virginia square metro station. hazmat and bomb units came to the scene as a precaution and residents were temporarily evacuated and two men were arrested. coming up next, not what workers wanted to see, the bay bridge swaying unusually. what inspectors found today as they got the work prepared for the labor day weekend rush. plus, a popular trend among brides turned deadly during a

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tripped alarms. despite that, tsa say no dangerous materials made it through the system. chopper 4 up over the scene, a short time ago on wentwood lane in woodridge two men are shot and now in the hospital. police say the victims know the suspects. and next at 5:00, the rate of young kids battling skin cancer is increasing at an alarming rate. what doctors say is behind this new trend. we're following hurricane isaac. expected to make landfall tonight. we're live in new orleans tonight. the very lates president clinton: this election to me is about which... candidate is more likely to return us to full employment. this is a clear choice. the republican plan is to cut more taxes on upper-income... people and go back to deregulation. that's what got us in trouble in the first place. president obama has a plan to rebuild america from... the ground up, investing in innovation, education...

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real oversight to make sure the money goes... where it's supposed to. but none of it will happen unless we vote for... question seven this november. vote for question seven. and help build a better future for maryland. some unusual swaying on the chesapeake bay bridge leads to a rush hour traffic mess. safety inspections backed up traffic for miles this morning. darcy spencer is live at the bay bridge withplo more on what may have triggered those. >> this is the eastbound span and you see everything is getting by just fine and it happened on the westbound span that is folks getting into washington and it created quite a headache. now, inspectors are saying you can trace this all back, apparently, to a tarp that caught a gust of wind and all this happening just days before the labor day holiday weekend.

those who drive over the bay bridge to get to work or anywhere for that matter had to endure a several-mile backup this morning after an emergency shut down and inspection of the westbound span. >> they said the bridge was actually swaying, which is kind of crazy because it's a very well-built bridge. so, it's kind of scary to me. >> transportation officials say members of a painting crew, who were standing on scaffolding felt the bridge make an unusual and excessive up and down movement forcing them to close it for several hours. >> it moved a little greater vertically than we had a comfort level of accepting. >> reporter: 30 inspectors and engineers determined that tarp that was being used by the paint crew on the bridge tower had caught a wind gust like a sail or parachute, causing the bridge to move. it was reopened around noon. >> the bridge is absloutly safe for traffic and i will tell you that we would not be in a posture of reopening that bridge if we hadn't convinced ourselves

completely that wasn't the case. >> reporter: the westbound span was closed at the time the movement was felt but it was supposed to reopen at 5:30 in the morning, many folks were late for work. >> a lot of my employees, it took them an extra hour or two to get in this morning and they all did make it, eventually. but i know that their commutes were very much complicated. >> reporter: some commuters told news 4 they canceled appointments to avoid taking the bridge and the uncertainty the shut down created. >> i got a call from my family. they were telling me i was going to be stuck there for a while. so i just ended up turning around and coming back. >> what did you think about that? >> seem like the bridge might have collapsed. i wasn't going to get on there. >> you were worried enough to turn around? >> yeah. >> i asked maryland transportation officials a couple of times today to tell me just how much the bridge moved. was it a couple of inches or a couple of feet? i still have not received an answer, but they do say there was no structural damage.

reporting live from the bay bridge, darcy spencer. >> all right, darcy, thanks. another check on our forecast from veronica. >> thanks a lot, guys. around here, plenty warm and the clouds moving out and that humidity. it's been dropping throughout the day, but it's real sticky down in the gulf of mexico where doug kammerer is and we'll have more with him coming up in just a couple of minutes. i'm seeing some tornado warnings now coming out for the extreme western panhandle of florida. again, here, quiet. 82 in winchester and quite lovely there. 90 still plenty warm in manassas and 89 degrees in maryland and 83 a little cooler right near the water easton at 86 and pax river at 83 degrees currently. so, where do we go from here? with high pressure moving in, mostly clear sky and that means some sunshine by day tomorrow, sunshine and cooler temperatures. this just some very high-level clouds moving through and then for thursday, too, yet again more sunshine. we stop it on the evening there

for you coming up for thursday. but it is at the end of the weekend on sunday when, finally, those tropical rains from isaac will make their way northward. straight up. the good news is this area of the midwest, the drought stricken area will get some beneficial rains and then we'll see all this make its way to the east. so, thinking real late sunday and monday probably most of our rain from isaac. all right, tomorrow, 85 degrees and 87 expected on thursday and 95 on friday. so, we're going to see a bit of a cool down here and feel nice with the low humidity, but friday not only the heat, but the humidity will be creeping back and we'll see clouds moving in on saturday and then for sunday, late, again, showers mainly and then it is showers and thunderstorms, i think, coming our way for monday, labor day weekend. again, those are the rains, the clouds from isaac. 82 to 83 degrees monday and tuesday with the cloud cover, again, it will keep the temperatures down. >> thanks, veronica.

most people don't associate skin cancer with children, but now doctors are diagnosising more and more kids with this condition and they're finding it in teens and children as young as 10. skin cancer. doctors aren't sure why this is suddenly cropping up, but they believe genetics and ultraviolet light are playing a big role. doreven has more on this alarming trend. >> it's not something you can think that you're going to get told, that your 11-year-old has beginning stage melanoma. >> reporter: for melissa, the news that her son had skin cancer was a shock. >> i was sick. i actually dropped down and i couldn't talk on the phone. >> reporter: while the centerville, maryland, family often spent time outdoors hunting and fishing on the boat, she was vigilant about skin protection. >> they were not outside without hats, bonnets as babies, sunscreen. always gets put on to the point that my boys fuss at me. >> reporter: doctors agree that

skin cancer at such a young age is still uncommon, but the rates are increasing at a surprising rate. dr. bernard cohen is the director of pediatric daurmtologist in baltimore. he says ten years ago he never saw skin cancer in a child, but now he sees a few cases a year. >> with the adult epidemic, children are not that far behind. people are outside in the sun and getting more sun exposure and kids are getting ton of sun exposure. he's sdoctors can't point to an definitive reasons for the increase, but cohen believes genetics and more exposure to ultraviolet light are definitely factors. >> i think some of the problem in children under the age of 12 is that we don't really understand what it means for them life long. >> reporter: for example, the chance of recurrence after a melanoma could be as high as

50%, but dr. cohen worries in a child that has years and years left to live, that chance could be much higher. that's why melissa says she's constantly checking all of her children's skin. >> so many people don't think their kids are going to get skin cancer. they don't discriminate and doesn't matter how much older you are. to be aware of what is on your own body. >> dermatologists say pediatricians should be doing skin checkups. coming up next, becoming a popular new trend with brides, but one photo shoot turned deadly. coming up tonight, we'll have continuing coverage on hurricane isaac. doug kammerer down in new orleans, the latest on the conditions there. a warning about a deadly virus that was out at yosemite national park and we'll tell you about a virginia bride and groom who went to extreme heights to who went to extreme heights to get mahe's made his choice.

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the mother of the gunman who opened fire outside the empire state building last week described her son as kind hearted and caring. jeffrey johnson's mother spoke to "new york times." she did not want to be identified. mrs. johnson says she doesn't blame police for shooting her son. she said she found out about thet shooing while watching the news with her husband.

johnson's mother said her son was and he recently wrote a letter to her and said she was devastated after his cat died in january. a fun experience turned tragic last friday for a bride who drowned while posing for pictures in her wedding dress. the victim was taking part in a new trend called trash the dress, where brides pose in their dresses in unusual circumstances. it happened near a waterfall in quebec, canada. the bride, 30-year-old maria drowned when her wedding dress got soaked during a photo shoot last friday. the garment, heavy from water, dragged the young bride into the water and the current took her away. the photographer tried to save her. >> she had her wedding dress on and i said, she said take some pictures of her swimming in the lake. i tried everything i could to save her. she was a very small girl, about

100 pounds and her dress got too heavy and i jumped in and tried and tried and tried and someone else came and we tried, we tried our best to save her, but we couldn't save her. >> the two were struggling towards shore, but maria ran out of strength and let go. the bride was taking part in a new trend called trash the dress. knowing once the dress is over, they'll take keepsakes. >> it can be anything. some photographers put them in water and people out in the desert and running and jumping through dirt clouds and you name it, we've probably done it. it's not about trying to destroy a dress but shooting something outside the box. something they haven't seen before. >> reporter: maria's family put out a statement saying one thing we are certain about is that our maria could have never put her life at risk. her love for life and her family and her husband would have not

allowed it. she trusted in his recommendation for the location and felt safe enough to attend the photo shoot alone with the photographers. the family asked the municipal council to work on putting in place stronger security measures to avoid any future tragedies. now at a 6:00, hurricane isaac is picking up speed. gulf coast is already feeling the effects of hurricane isaac. the french quarter getting soaked down in new orleans. the outer bands of that hurricane are lashing the gulf coast. >> now is not the time to tempt fate. now is not the time to dismiss official warnings. you need to take this seriously. >> good evening, i'm jim vance. >> i'm wendy rieger sitting in for doreven. doug kammerer is live in new orleans tracking that storm. doug? >> yeah. watching that storm out here right now, guys, along the mississippi river. you can see i am inow