lashing out. violent winds, punishing rains, and dozens trapped in their homes. >> trickling at first, and then in a few minutes, it was up to 9 or 10 feet. >> all of this on the seventh anniversary of hurricane katrina. can the gulf coast handle another blow? >> the rain is still coming down, the pictures are still coming in. >> i'm jim handly, and i'm angie goff in for pat lawson muse. it's still packing a punch as it's parked along the gulf coast. 3,000 people in louisiana's plaquemines parish are under evacuation orders. in new orleans there's a curfew from dusk to dawn. >> louisiana's governor tonight says crews might need to intentionally breech a levee to relieve the pressure. our. >> the latest, as you said,

downgraded to a tropical storm, but still a sizable storm, this is just one of the reasons why you can never unity estimate a category 1 storm. this thing is huge. take a loot at it on radar. this system for the most part is stalled, and of course deluging the area with the wind-driven rain, and the 18 to 16 foot storm surge. you can see where the eye is, to the southwest of new orleans, the system moving very slowly off to the west and southwest. there's another big band the rain right now around biloxi. that will be rotating through spots like slidell and new orleans as the sim makes its way to the west and northwest very slowly. >> look at the rainfall totals. river ridge, louisiana over 7

inches, over 8 inches in belle chasse, and still, folks, there's more to come. this system is barely moving, only at 6:00 miles per hour to the west and northwest. there will be a lot more rain. this system will be almost by sitting still for the next 24 to 36 hours, making very slow progress through the rest of louisiana. there's the track, and where it's expected to go for thursday and friday. it will make its way northward, then to the north and east. finally areas like missouri and illinois, those drought stricken areas will finally get some rain. i think what we'll see around here are some of those tropical showers by the time we get to the end of the weekend. take a leetch they're expecting down in new orleans, you saw the rainfall they picked up already, close to 10, even 12 inches of rain. there will be some locations that pick up to two feet of rainfall.

so this is the very latest right now. doug will be coming up in j.c. a few minutes and your local forecast as well. >> veronica, thank you, the span of eye acis so big, and as you mentioned a lot of rescue efforts are under way. >> jay gray is in new orleans. >> reporter: isaac's assault has been relentless, punishing winds, driving rains. i rode out katrina at my home. >> the rush of water came quickly.

>> again? >> again. >> reporter: hundreds scrambled to get to higher ground. >> got out the back door with the boat, tried to save my next-door neighbor, which couldn't happen, the wind was so strong, it was pushing it down. >> reporter: floodwaters started to swallow homes. >> everything washed away. >> then entire neighborhoods. >> the water kept coming up, and i got -- i know i got 10 foot of water easily. >> reporter: even when levees aren't an issue, there's simply no place for so much water to go. adding to the mess and misery, trees and power lines sheared by the winds. more than half a million without electricity. the number continues to grow. >> people were saying with it being a tropical storm, it wasn't going to be bad. >> reporter: isaac, an

unwelcomed guest refuses to leave. jay gray, nbc news, new orleans. now to the republican national convention. it is paul ryan's turn in the spotlight. he will accept the vice presidential nomination and try to sell the nation on his vision of how to fix or budget. steve handlesman is at the convention with the very latest. paul ryan has a double job -- showing off his passion and expertise on our debt crisis, and raising confidence that at age 42, he could take over the presidency. >> delegates are excited to hear him. >> i think he'll come across as an exciting new face, somebody that understands, somebody that's bright, somebody that knows how to get the economy back together. >> what about paul ryan becoming president? >> well, i think i have not an issue with that at all. >> he has hard acts t follow. >> let's stand up.

everybody stand up. >> governor chris christie last night. >> if you're willing to fight with me for mitt romney, i will fight with you. >> and by contrast, ann romney, not combative, sharing the love of her husband and her truth. >> and no one will move heaven and earth like mitt romney to make this country a better place to live. >> wasn't ann great last night? >> mrs. romney was out today with paul ryan's wife, former secretary of state condoleezza rice speaks tonight to urge tough paul ryan-style budget balancing. >> when people look at an america that's just accumulating debt, can't pay it's bills, it's not a pretty picture from which to lead abroad. >> reporter: mitt romney left tampa to campaign at the american legion. >> i consider every opportunity to address the veterans a privilege not to be missed. >> reporter: partnered with

balance budget warrior paul ryan. it's that team, that gop ticket that republicans here hope more voters will get behind because of paul ryan's speech here tonight. i'm steve handelsman, nbc news at the rnc in tampa. a programming note. nightly news will air a half hour early, so we can bring you the redskin pregame. coverage of the rnc convention, including congressman ryan's speech will immediately follow tonight's game. president obama is visiting battleground virginia again. the president just finished speaking in downtown charlottesville. the crowd includes thousands of students from the university of virginia. campaign officials had hoped to hold the event on campus, but it is reported that the university decline. school officials said hosting the visits would have been too disruptive this early in the school year. the president is wrapping up a

two-day tour of college towns in swing states in an effort to get out the youth vote. >> just over two months from now, for the first time in many of yours lives, you're going to get to pick the next president of the united states. you've got to vote. >> the president last campaigned in have a have on august 2nd when he visited leesburg. right now virginia state police are trying to figure out the cause of a fiery and deadly crash. a tanker truck overloaded with fuel overturned on a ramp from the fairfax county parkway to i-95 early this morning. the driver 59-year-old edwin hall of west virginia was killed. this ramp has since reopened, but as news4's tracee wilkins reports now, the impact on other drivers still lingers. >> reporter: the fiery crash is hitting close to home for a lot of drivers in the area. we talked with another tanker truck driver, who tells us he

had just fueled up with the driver who died in this crash there at that fuel depot here on fairfax county parkway. >> you know, you see a guy ten minutes ago, next thing you know, he's gone. kind of crazy. >> reporter: just after 2:00 there was an explosion. virginia state police say a fuel carrier was heading from fairfax county parkway onto i-95 northbound when it lost control and overturned. >> a spark was somehow ignited causing the truck to cash on fire. >> reporter: the driver was pronounced dead on the scene. al witt says he had just seen the driver at this gas depot, less than a mile from the crash. >> he was up until the rack together loading, so, um, just kind of hits close to home. you just see a guy. next thing you know he's not here no more. >> reporter: several lanes were crashed as police investigated, causing backups for miles in

every direction. >> i have to go into d.c., so i'm going to go through around springfield. >> reporter: he says when hauling fuel there isn't a day that you don't consider the possibility of what can go wrong. >> you just take your time, bakley. you're full of gas. >> reporter: virginia state police are still investigating what caused that driver to lose control. in fairfax county, i'm tracee wilkins, news4 sflooismt "news4 at 4" is just getting started. when we come back, we'll hear from a mom who pulled a gun on an intruder who tried to take her baby. the new hollywood a-list, which stars are now the kings and queens of the box office. ♪ you know inge thriller ♪ thriller night ♪ they're fighting for your life ♪ the king of pop would have been 54 years old today. how his children are keeping his memory alive. president clinton: this election to me is about which...

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we have been tracking isaac from all angles, including our own doug kammerer, and he couldn't find a place to eat. everything was closed down. everybody was stuffed in there. he said the winds were starting to pick up. >> the rain radar shows rain everybody where, but it's not raining where you are, doug. >> reporter: hey, guys, we are seeing the rain. the winds continue. we're in the same location we were yesterday. we had to switch vantage points. today that wind is coming out of

society. take a look at this ahning right here by the steamer boat. very big ahning. right here we're looking at winds about 30 to 40 miles an hour with highest gusts. we're going to continue to see this as the eye continues to move off to the west. right in the city of new orleans, we're going to continue to watch these winds through the rest of the night. we'll continue to watch the rain right on through the day tomorrow and probably into the day friday, too. some areas have already seen upwards of 6 to 10 inches the rain. we'll be back in a couple minutes. >> let me ask you about how many hours more of rain and wind do you anticipate there in new orleans?

i expect the heavy stuff. that radar is clearly defined as showing we're in for at least another 6 to 12 hours of heavy rain. as the storm moving up, we'll still see that feed. i think we're going to be looking at the potential for heavy rain, not only through the next 24 hours, but maybe the next 36 to 48 hours. we've seen tropical storm force winds, at least gusts for over 12 to 15 hours right now at the airport. this will continue to go. stay safe down there. doug kammerer live in new orleans, we'll be checking back with him again at 5:00 and 6:00 tonight.

a four-day thriller of a celebration opens tonight in michael jackn's home down of gary, indiana. the late sicker would have been 54 years old today. the city plans a candlelight tribute starting at 9:00 tonight on jackson street. that kicks off the festivities, which will continue through saturday. jackson's children are expected to attend some of tomorrow's events. saturday night live is about to come out of the summer hiatus. it's been a long summer. nbc has just announced the host of the season premiere. >> it's seth mcfarlane, the multitalented writer and voice actor who created "family guy." he also recently directed his first feature film "ted" and furnished the voice for the title character, that raunchy teddy bear. "saturday night live" starts its

38th season, and unusual -- musical guest frank ocean. steve harvey has been dishing out advice and making us laugh for years. >> now he has his own daytime talk show to add to the lift. it's called steve harvey. during an appearance on "today" this morning he to do savannah guthrie why he's different. >> i have me, 6'2", i smile harder and i'm funnier. i'll bet you that. >> you're giving a bit of advice, too. >> well, you know, i've had an interesting life. a lot of people don't know, but comedians, most of their humor comes from a lot of pain. my life has been an evolution of a lot of thing. i'm a parent, a husband, unemployed. homeless, poor, successful, you know, so there's a lot in there. >> i know you don't want one of

those shows where it's endless celebrities, you want to talk to real people. >> i want to talk to everyday people. plus they show up. >> celebrities it's a little -- >> and you don't have to put pink m & ms and black roses in their rooms, where are you getting this stuff? and regular people are interesting, and they're more relatable. that's what i want the show to be is relatable. i want you to tune in and be able to relate, and then laugh about it, because everything is not life or death. we can laugh at some of this stuff. >> he's not lacking on confidence? the steve harvey show premiers at 2:00 in the afternoon and watch it right here on northbound 4, and watch tomorrow, as we visit steve harvey on his new set. >> that was big doings out in chicago. see, i told you the pink m & ms were over the top. >> i asked for green.

c'mon, get the color right. >> he keeps it real. next week is a big week here. >> move over brad, george and angelina, there is a new a-list in town. >> look out, nbc's mike wilbur reports on the actors who have risen to the top of the hollywood heap today. >> channing tatum is officially the most wanted man in hollywood. >> that's what you want, you want to get naked? let's go. >> the latest issue of "the hollywood reporter" is -- >> he's booked solid for a year. >> my personal life handle changed that much. i'm a lot busier. >> jennifer lawrence and skyrocketed to the top when she played in "the hunger games." >> nobody thought the first hunger games could do more than the first twilight. the fact that it did said jennifer lawrence has a great

appeal. emma stone is stepping into roles that used to go to sandra bullock or cameron diaz, and of course we can't forget about her love andrew garfield, who has reached superhero status thanks to the "amazing spider-man." i'm enjoying the opportunity to step into this. >> shia le bouf is taken another route. >> he's taking another road. studios want people easy to work with. >> he has the ability to draw in the foreign market. that means big bucks for the actor. mike wilbur, nbc news. the adorable video. identical twins who love to rock out. >> i watched this online over and over again. plus she became famous as one of hugh hefner's girl

friends. now one of the girls next door is pregnant. and we're tracking isaac tonight. the hurricane downgraded to a tropical storm, but the danger is not done. veronica has the latest on the stor

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the ground up, investing in innovation, education... and job training. it only works if there is a strong middle class. that's what happened when i was president. we need to keep going with his plan. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. it's going to be a long night, still. >> perhaps even another long day. it's not moving very much at all, and it's huge. 250 miles across. >> unbelievable. >> they're just getting pounded out there. is this pretty unusual for this to be so sluggish? >> no, here's the thing. normally with any weather system, you have the upper level binds sometimes, but this thing is stuck in the upper air doldru

doldrums, if you will. it's just kind of meandering down there. it's not until it gets further north, northern louisiana, areas of arkansas, where the upper-level winds will take it to the north and midwest, and eventually east. >> we've got a few clouds across the area. a very bright and lovely today. our winds light out of the nieve. check out the temperatures. we have 82 at patuxent river. look at that, satellite and radar, a clear sky. right on down into roanoke and areas around richmond, you can see the slice there, that's the clouds, and some of the moisture, some of those moisture bands, the tropical moisture, some of that is from isaac, but close are inspection, you can

see again just how huge this storm system is and why it's going to be as it makes its way very slow, why it will be producing a lot more rain. there's new orleans, there's reserve, heaviest rain to the north and west. some of the max winds we have seen over the last 24 hours, shell beach, 76-mile-per-hour wind gusts. and then it's in the mid 60s to upper 50s, just south of areas of baton rouge. that moisture again, to the north and then eventually to the east, will get tropical showers on sunday and monday. that's not carved into stone. could be early sunday, could be late sunday. for us, we will see that sunshine across our area for thursday. and temperatures will be warming up at the end of the week.

here's year forecast. a dazzling day. with a high of 84 to 88 degrees around the area. there's year weekend. >> a lot of those midwest states are looking for this. 4:28, still to come on "news4 at 4," we're watching closely tropical storm isaac. our coverage continues with storm team 4 chief meteorologist doug kammerer. he is live in new orleans. and did police go too far? a woman is roughed up after being pulled over for talking on her cell phone.

in the middle of the storm right now, isaac hammering the gulf coast at this hour, the situation is so serious, people are being rescued, and a levee might have to be breached on purpose to relieve the pressure. welcome back, everybody. a lot of news to get to. there is the latest on tropical storm isaac. heavy rains and winds are still pounding new orleans and parts of alabama and mississippi. plaque machines parish is under several feet of water. let's go back to chief meteorology it's doug kammerer. we can hear the wind and rain now, doug. >> right now, right here along

the mississippi, right along the riverfront, winds gusting to about 40, maybe 50 miles per hour officially at the airport, as of this last hour. the rain continues to be very, very heavy, some location already picking up around 6 to 10 inches of rain. so we're going to be watching the scenario play out all across the area. we took a bit of a tour earlier. let's look at the radar. this storm is just, and i do mean just to the west of new orleans by about 40 miles, you can clearly see the eye right there, the eye contracting just a bit, much smaller than over the open waters. right before it got to the coastline. the strongest wind gusts i've seen recorded was 101 miles an hour down to the south. that storm continue toss bring in these bands of very heavy rain and wind. it will continue to do that not

only through the night, but also through the day tomorrow. we took a tour, as i showed you earlier, we got in the car, went off toward the east, out towards the eastern portions of new orleans, dlug out there toward the lower ninth ward a bit earlier, which is faring much better this time around, you've got to tell you, but a ton of trees down, a ton of power lines down and obviously water in the roadways. this is a very serious situation. on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the worst, this is probably a 5 or 6 for them, with catrkatrina obviously being a 10. this one they will weather, but this the new here is the rain they will see. there's been a lot of cave-ins, and a lot of people have had to be rescued. we're going to continue to be in the thick of isaac for at least the next 12 to 24 hours with the

wind and the rain maybe until friday. >> all right, doug, thank you. stay with notify for continuing cov news4, and you can also get the latest inspection on our website, nbcwashington.com. and there's more to come on "news4 at 4." she said she was not going to give her daughter up. we are going to hear from a mom who coked a shotgun at an intruder who tried to take her child. one of spai

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you're looking at a view of isaac from the international space station. you can see just how wide the bands reach. at the time that this picture was taken this afternoon, the storm was about the size of the state of texas. at times winds extended out to about 175 miles from the center. isaac is now a tropical storm, but it remains a threat, and veronica has been talking about this all asp. it's so persistent. >> with a storm system that big, you don't get a break, and with the fact that it's moving so slow, less than 10 miles per hour, they've got winds sustained at 70 miles per hour,

so they'll be getting gusts higher than that for much of the evening overnight period, right into tomorrow morning. there it is, that's the location, again just to the west of new orleans. its track will continue to make its way northwestward, and then vemplgually tack a turn to the north. that's when it gets to northern louisiana, it will getting picked up by the stronger winds to help carry it into areas around arkansas, up into missouri, illinois, eventually indiana, ohio, eventually by sunday, monday, toward areas of the mid-atlantic. take a look here, this is the amount of rain they're expecting, louisiana up into arkansas, between 12 and 20 inches of rain. then the storm system will start to break up. as the system heads to the north, we're not going to see those types of rains make their way northward. we've got another storm to talk about, this one tropical storm

kirk. if you've got any expectations or folks going to bermuda, it is expected to track east of bermuda, head out to sea, but over the warmer water to the north it's expected to become a category 1 hurricane. temperature right now 82 in gaithersburg. it has been a fantastic afternoon here. i'll be doing backyard weather tomorrow. starry night for us. tomorrow morning 66 to 68 degrees, another great start out the door and at the bus stop tomorrow morning. yew high temperature 86 to 87 degrees. again full sunshine around the area thanks to high pressure moving in, but the high pressure is not going to be ticking around for long. for the weekend, saturday some clouds will move in. those clouds will allow us to

have cooler temperatures, 825 on sunday with the rain starting, right now monday is looking like probably or sogiest day, 825 with the high, and tuesday still those showers linger before we start to dry up on wednesday. >> and those rains are remnants of isaac monday/tuesday. >> we don't like to say remnants, because sometimes it gives the sense it's not going to be much. for some areas like ohio it could be quite a bit of rain. >> 12 to 24 hours is still what they're looking at. >> 12, 24, maybe even 36 as it spins before making its way northward. >> thanks, veronica. it's not unusual to see kids shopping for clothes and school supplies this time of year, right? but for one group it's special blessing. >> that's because they're homeless, and the spree comes thanks to a department store and police in fairfax county. melissa mollett reports. >> reporter: talk about an entrance, lots of smiles off

this fair tax county school bus. for many of these kids, this might be the best school year yet. >> it's awesome and cool. >> reporter: they are filling their carts with t-shirts, socks, pants. >> shoes size 13. >> reporter: 25 kids here shopping at target as part of the shop with a sheriff program, all of them are living with their families at one of two homeless shelters in fairfax county. today, though, no worries. >> it's more of a warming experience than anything. >> reporter: they each getting their own shopping spree a $325 gift scarred for clothes and school supplies. everyone else is using their money to help us, so i'm appreciative. >> in the 19th year, it's helped

hundreds of students scouring the aisles for the best deals. it's a little tough to pass the toy aisle, so they do get to gram a treat. stan berry has been part of the program. >> there are a lot of unhappy moments that you encounter. this is all happiness. to see the look on the kids' faces. >> reporter: the entire program is done thanks to dough naz from the sheriff's department, target and several local companies. i don't have a chance to get all the stuff i want, and having them here and helping me, giving the experience makes me feel excited. >> since they don't start until next tuesday, the kids who got their shopping today, will have plenty of time to test out their new gear and make sure everything is just right. melissa mollett, news4, back to you. >> what a great program. that one kid had size 13 little

boys' shoes. coming up on news4, this video has become an internet sensation, twin babies who love to dance. >> some people love tomatoes, and boy, do we have a food fight for you. coming up at 5:005:00, woman is found dead in a local park. and ahead, paul ryan is prepared to speak tonight, one of the biggest speeches of his political career. we have team coverage down in tampa, speed cameras, red light cameras, now top sign cameras? this is the district's new plan. and then at 6:00, the number of west nile virus cases continues to soar, and more proof this year may have the proof this year may have the highest

but somewhere along the way, something went horribly wrong. george allen voted for trillions in debt while voting to raise his pay four times, then voted to keep special tax breaks for oil and gas companies and took over a half-million from them. worse, allen went to work for them.

thousands of people in spain are seeing red, but it's all in good fun. well kim to the festival where more than 120 tons of juicy ripe plum tomatoes become the weapon of choice. the event is held every year on the last wednesday in august. it's considered the largest tomato fight in the world. remember, if you do it, you have to squash the tomato first before you throw. softens the blow. for many parents getting your baby's attention at mealtime can be quite a chore. >> one couple decided to use music to get their twins excited about food. the result now is becoming a youtube sensation. >> you guys ready? ♪ >> the identical twins are just

under a years old. they not only dance along to the guitar, but they sing too. the girls ice parents say all the music did help them eat their peas. the video has had more than 900,000 hits, and they're in rhythm. >> everything is moving at the same time. coming up next on "news4 at coming up next on "news4 at 4," a he's made his choice.r for

but what choices will women be left with? just like mitt romney, paul ryan would get rid of planned parenthood funding. in congress, ryan voted to ban all federal funding for planned parenthood and allow employers to deny women access to cancer screenings and birth control. and both romney and ryan backed proposals to outlaw abortion even in cases of rape and incest. for women... for president... the choice is ours. i'm barack obama, and i approve this message.

police in los angeles are investigating two of their own officers after an arrest was critics say unnecessarily rough. a nurse was pulled over for using her cell phone while driving. >> reporter: when lapd officers arrested michelle jordan, it was captured by security camera, the video, witness and police statement show her taken to the ground, not once, but twice. >> the first part i believe they had a right to arrest her for resisting, but the second part was overboard. >> last tuesday the 21st majoritien was pulled over for using her cell phone. >> after arguing for a little while, the lady got out of the car and there was still some more arguing going on.

>> jordan's husband told nbc4 his wife was swearing at the officers, but both he and branch say what happened next was excessive use of force. >> she turned around to get back into her car, the police officers jumped on her and knocked her down to the ground, shoved her arms behind her back and handcuffed her. >> reporter: when the swearing continued she was -- >> she made unwise moves, but certainly nothing that warranted physical assault from the lapd. >> reporter: jordan ace attorney says these photos show the crashes and bruises she suffered. the laps says an internal investigation is under way and the police chief has seen the videotape. >> when he was seriously concerned about this use of force. >> that was kim baldonado reporting. and now at 5:00, live in new orleans as it's hammered by

isaac. right now isaac is losing steam, but still packing quite the punch. people had to be rescued, major flooding and strong winds. big night down in tampa tonight as paul ryan gets set to make the biggest speech of his career. plus a fireball in the sky as a tanker truck burst into flames in fairfax county. hurricanes isaac is now a tropical storm, but still drenching the area down there. good evening. >> 12 to 36 hours more in store for folks there. here's the latest on isaac. late this afternoon, new orleans mayor called for a dawn-to-dusk curfew, the hurricane has dropped so much rain there's a ton of flooding and damage in the plaquemines parish subdivisions. they are under war. the louisiana governor says the levee may intentionally be breached to relieve the pressure there's half a million people without power, and doug kammerer joins