with more on what the conditions are. >> reporter: i've heard the latest number up to 700,000, which puts it into perspective, we're talking 700,000 people without power around portions of louisiana, and then portions of mississippi. remember our derecho. we had double that amount of people without power, 1.5 million people without power. that's how much power that storm had. this storm, still amazingly strong storm. here we were yesterday in a very similar location talking about the winds of this storm. we have now been dealing with this for over 24 hours. i think we had another 12 for 24 hours of wind, maybe another 24 to 36 hours of some heavy rain. take a look at the radar picture right now. you can see where the storm is right now the center of isaac still off to the west by about 50 miles. 50 miles off to the west. we're still very close to that inner core where some of the

stronger winds are. winds officially reported at the airport of 54 miles an hour as of last hour, so we're going to continue to see the heavy winds through the rest of the night tonight. now we took a bit of a tour. we got up early this morning, we heard about some damage just off to the south and east of new orleans, so we drove about 15 miles outside the city, actually about ten miles outside the city. take a look at what we saw. >> our tour took us just east of new orleans. the streets were littered with downed trees, making some roads completely impassable. downed wires also caused huge has ards. just to the south, a scene reminiscent of katrina, levees were overtopped in braithwaite. about 75 people had to be rescued by 1:00 my uncle called and said the wall is coming over

the levee. i was like, all right, i wore her up, walked outside, maybe three, four foot of water, come back inside. got me a great, go back out, it was almost to the window already. >> reporter: and we talked with james. james was able to get out of his house. fortunately he had a boat. their boat was already afloat. they got their neighbors out of the attic, and then they were able to make it over to the levee, and that's where the national guard was able to rescue them. that was some of the worst damage here as i had reminiscent of katrina. we were in the lower ninth ward earlier today. that area faring much better, trees down, power lines down, many areas without power, but the levees are holding. they are going to hold. no problem there, but we still

have a big potential for flooding over the next 24 to 36 hours. we could see another 6 to is it inches of rain in parts of these areas. wendy, jim, back to you. >> thank you, doug. new orleans is not the only area getting pummeled. mississippi, alabama feeling the effects. we have several reporters. we're going to start with janet shamablyian. in mississippi. >> reporter: they have turned a normally calm body of water into an angry ocean. a motor boat -- >> whoo! wow. cue the rain, cue the wind. whoo! this hurts. >> the storm is not moving. hurricane isaac is basically throwing on its brakes. the winds theoretically should

start winding down. we have moved out of the that sphere of influenza. it's shifted just to our west. and we'll have continuing coverage of hurricane isaac, now tropic tropical storm. well, florida dodged it for the most part. the republican national convention is in full swing tonight in tampa, but the big event this evening, vice presidential nominee paul ryan's speech, but it was his wife who got a lot of attention today. aaron gilchrist is live with more on the convention schedule. busy night, aaron. >> reporter: it is indeed, jim. things get started in about two hours. the theme tonight is we can change it. the idea is to start really laying out the rom in/ryan plan for america. as you mentioned. ed headliner is paul ryan. we actually heard from his wife, as you want, for the first time today, making comments since romney chose ryan as his running

mate. they appeared at a brunch this morning in tampa, attended mostly by women. that's a group mitt romney is courting very heart these days. mrs. ryan called ann romney an inspiration for millions, and said it was an honor for her and her husband to be on the romney team. paul ryan will give the keynote tonight, a tea party favorite who has to start appealing very much to the broader party and to some of those swing voters who will be watching tonight as well. julie carey spent time looking at the impact paul ryan is having on delegates. >> paul ryan, of course has given many speeches as chairman of the house budget committee, but no doubt tonight he gives the most important speech to date of his career. here's a look earlier as paul ryan arrived at the forum, took the stage to kind of get familiar with the surroundings,

while he's been on the radar of fiscal conservatives, many americans may be tailing a close look for the first time. they'll also get a glimpse of paul ryan, his three young children and wife joining him here. we checked in with the virginia delegates today to get their thoughts about him conservatives saying that adding paul ryan to the ticket has greatly boosted their enthusiasm. >> one side you have the strong business credentials. on the other side you have someone who understands the inner workings. this is a perfect team. it's a perfect team. >> reporter: but not everybody in the virginia delegation, that republican delegation is sold yet on the rom in/ryan team. we're talking about the ron paul backers. they had a disappointing day here, and we'll hear more from them at 6:00. julie, thank you very much.

of course, again all the attention will be on the speakers tonight. former secretary of state condoleezza rice speaking earlier, and in the 10:00 hour, but one of the things that caught a lot of people's attention today when they opened the "tampa tribune" is one of the social issues. we're talking about gay marriage. >> imaging placed in this paper by rpg. >> strong families can also be a single mother. strong families could be two fathers, some strong families could be a mother and a father. >> reporter: clark cooper runs log cabin republicans, a group of gale conservatives took out this full-page ad. >> one can be a conservative, and one can also value a quality for all.

dick chen yes said it best -- freedom means freedom for everyone. >> the improved platform is not inclusive, reeling in part, we reaffirm our support for a constitutional amendment, defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman, a position bob mcdonnell has said the republican party isn't likely to change. >> i think you'll see an affirmation of traditional marriage as the best circumstance in which to race children, and i don't see any deviation from that. >> reporter: the group that placed this ad says that while gay marriage isn't their top issue as conservatives. they believe the position it advocates is becoming more popular in the gop. >> politics is about addition, not subtraction, and anything seen as divisive doesn't help to secure majorities. >> reporter: and cooper experts

college-age conservatives will carry the message forward. we'll is more at 6:00. aaron, thanks so much. president obama wrapping up a visit to charlottesville, virginia at this hour, this is the last stop on a two-day tour of college towns in swing states in an effort to get out the youth vote. you can see there are a lot of students from the university of virginia in that crowd. the event was held in downtown. campaign officials had hoped the rally would be on campus. nbc news coverage of the convention, including congressman ryan's speech will immediately following the skins' game tonight, tube on nbc4 we're airing the final preseason game. also, "america's got talent" can

be seen on washington nonstop. a chilling discovery in a maryland park today. a woman stumbled across a body while walking along a trail. erika gonzalez has reaction from the neighbors on the park that's now a crime scene. >> reporter: they have a morning jog or walk, but this was not an ordinary morning. >> i don't think that place is safe at all. >> reporter: it was just after 8:30 that maryland national capitol park police say a woman was found dead. >> units responded and discussed a deceased female. a small creek runs along this wooded area, where according to police another woman made the discovery. >> it's not safe. it's so hidden. >> reporter: neighbors say the thought alone is chilling. >> it's not the safety. i told my daughter never to go

in there. >> reporter: the medical examiner will take the victim to baltimore for an autopsy. now the print george's county pd has also joined in on this homicide investigation. details are scarce. that's why investigators are asking anyone that may have any type of information, to call them as soon as possible. in beltsville, maryland. erika gonzalez, news4. right now virginia state police are trying to determine the cause of a deadly tanker crash in fairfax county. it happened just after 2:00 this morning. the tanker truck overturned on an exit ramp. the truck was carries 9,000 gallons of fuel, and immediately gurs into flames. the driver was killed. nearby roads have since reopened. still hey, isaac slowly moving across louisiana. doug will join us once again live from new orleans right after our commercial break. also ahead, the redskins cut

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all eyes are on new orleans, but down the road maybe the weekend to monday we could start to feel some of the rain. >> and it's a holiday weekend. >> we're days out, but right now we're looking for some of those tropical showers to arrive here. don't go changing your plans just yet. wait until we get closer, perhaps on friday or the beginning of the weekend. oh, it's been gorgeous today. the low humidity that came in yesterday, we had a great start and fine finish, too.

84 the temperature currently with the wind out of the northeast at 6 miles per hour. temperatures elsewhere, we're into the low 80s to the north and west, down to the south and east. 85 from d.c. down towards stafford and fred ricks berg. while our weather has been gorgeous, it's been great in pittsburgh, philadelphia, new york city, and down south around richmond, we've got two days we're expecting to be very, very dry across the area. take a look at our rainfall totals for august. we're up by 0.120. this is how we're going to wrap up. with rain to come the beginning of the weekend, blinding rain down there. that's where doug kammerer is. you talk about blinding rains,

we have the blinding rains, switched that a couple times, just to help. but winds gusting upwards of 30, 40 miles an hour across the region. we're right along the mississippi. take a look at the mississippi river, you can see a very angry mississippi river. this storm is now located just 60 miles off to our west. once again a very, very big storm. look at the -- into western portions. still bringing, and here's the peak wind gusts. in new orleans, 74 miles an hour, down to the south and west, right where the eye went

over. i also heard a report of 101. and i believe it's 9.64. and and up towards slidell. so they continue to see the rain. it's no longer really a storm surge problem. we've seen a big-time surge into, but now it will be an inland flooding problem with 12, 24, even 36 more hours of rain to go here. this is a very, very slow-moving system. today they're out of the southeast, showing you this

storm is in fact moving out of the southwest right now. yesterday they were out of the southeast. so we'll send it back to you. things are getting jumbled. that's what happens when you dao el with a hurricane. >> exactly. a lot more rain to come for you, so stay safe. let's look at our weather and see what's next for us. so some tropical showers expected here, sunday, monday, even lingering into tuesday. then off to the east, but not carved in stone just yet. our forecast here, comfortable, 70 to 77 degrees. great with that low humidity here, late summer, refreshing and clear tomorrow. sun's up at 6:36. we start out between 60. tomorrow's high, 84 to 88 with sunshine and nice conditions.

there are your -- we know that could change. the wettest day bush 85 the temperature, we're into the mid 80s by midweek. >> we do need it still. >> but we're just going to enjoy today and this evening, because this is lovely. thanks, veronica. we have some breaking news right now, in the murder of a washington business owner from earlier this summer. news4 has learned that investigators in the killing of june lim have filed for a search warrant. she was the owner of the grates deli on eighth street. sources say the dna evidence recovered on the scene has led them to a man. investigators want to gather more evidence to see if he has somehow linked. red light cameras, speed cameras, the latest push to catch drivers in d.c. you don't have to lift weights.

we'll check out a place where dancer float through a graceful move and get a great workout. and the final preseason game, and much of the talk is still about the team cutting keis with chris cooley, a fan favorite. he'll go one on one with dan hellie. the police chief retiring this week, and he gets a speci

the redskins right here on nbc4 at 7:00. yesterday the team parted fan favorite tight end chris cooley. >> he spent most of his final practice on the sideline talking to dan snyder. today dan hellie asked him what the two talked about. >> well, both of us knew what was going on. obviously he was aware of the

situation, but i was made aware of that. i was okay with it. we talked a lot about the time i spent here, some of the times we shared together. >> a lot of people might think -- >> good rungous kid. that's why i came here. he laughed and said joe came into his office and said he's not a mormon at all. but anyway we just shared a couple fun stories and talked. i've always considered him a friend and someone that i've had a pretty good relationship with, and comfortable talking. he asked me if i wanted to beat up bruce allen. >> did he really? >> and i said, no, bruce is a friend, too. >> reporter: when you look back at your time with the redskins, is there a play, a moment, a

game that's going to stan out to you? >> it would be hard to me to not say -- >> that won't always be something that i'll cherish. >> this team -- the best team i've had in my career. that's the team that i will always remember. the opportunity that i've been provided, the platform that i've had in this community, i've been extremely fortunate. i was about six months away from being an art teacher. i didn't start. so my senior year changed a lot. it's unbelievable. >> and i guess almost the nine years i've been here. >> i like to gamble.

i'm betting a paycheck on whether chris cooley plays again. am i betting yes or no? >> i'll tell you the answer, without a doubt, i can play. i have no doubt i can start for someone. it's unfortunate for me it wasn't here, because that's -- that's what i want to do. but there's not a question that i can go play at a high level. we'll see. >> and dan reports live from fedex field previewing tonight's finalist. that's coming up right here at "news4 at 6." still ahead, rescue crews keeping busy pulling people out of the rapid rivers in louisiana. we're going to go back to doug in new orleans. plus a rare look inside fema's war room here in the fema's war room here in the district as they respond to the

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tonight prince george's police are joining the investigation. someone walking along a trail in little little paint branch park stumbled across a woman's body. a truck driver was killed in fairfax county. that truck overturned on an exit ramp to i-95, carries 9,000 gallons of fuel which pleadly burst into flames. it's paul ryan's turns in the spot light tonight. he will accept the vp nomination and try to sell the nation on his vision of how to fix the nation's troubled budget. let's fast-forward to the weather. >> we're bright and polished up here. kim martucci was reading one of the tweets, that this is goldilocks weather around here, not too cold, not too hard, just

perfect. look at that satellite/radar imagery with clear skies, all way down to roanoke. it's down to the south, way down to our south. of course, as we continue to talk about isaac. we're quiet right here. 66 to 68 degrees. meanwhile, take a look at this snapshot. we'll head right down to size away decrease look at this thing, 250 miles wide, a slow mover, where doug kammerer is in new orleans. hey, doug. >> reporter: hey, veronica. we're watching this storm right now. you continue to talk about how nice the weather is. we need rake around the d.c. area, and the rain i'm getting will work its way into the middle part of the country. maybe coming up during our labor

day weekend. it would be probably on labor day. star the rain is concerned. the rain is still going, the wind is still going, too, about three different trees have fallen because of the storm. but a lot of the trees are still up. even 70 miles an hour earlier this morning, the winds here peaked at about 3:00 that's when those winds peaked here. i believe in new orleans it was at 3:54 in the morning. over the last 24 hours, it was just sitting here and sitting here, moving very, very slowly off to the west. it is finally moving away from new orleans. it's now 60 miles to the west. once again, we're watching this storm, and it will continue to bring very heavy rain. the wind will continue to subside.

i still expect to see 30 to 40-mile-an-hour rands right on through the night, maybe into early tomorrow morning. so we're going to be buffeted by the winds throughout. i was down on canal street. we're staying on the corner of canal and bourbon. the winds earlier yesterday were not that bad downtown. the reason why? the wind direction. however, the winds out of the southwest really pick up, driving through downtown. you've seen a lot of lights down, stoplights down, too. this sunday over by a long shot, guys. we'll talk more about what's happening, we'll show you some video, too. >> thanks, doug. well, they are operating on high gear in our area, as the effort is under way to help those affected by isaac. jackie bensen has a look inside

fema's war room. jackie? >> reporter: wendy, twitter, facebook, live streaming video, all of these things are helping to make disaster response more effective. this is the federal emergency management agency's national response coordination center? southwest. in washington-speak, it's fema's war room. when hurricane isaac's winds began pounding the coast, this room started to fill up, streaming video feeds from local tv stations in the affected areas provide real-time damage assessment unavailable even a few years ago. a few miles away, relief efrds are also in high gear at the washington headquarters. the new center uses provided by the dell corporation to reach out to disaster victims through twitter, facebook, and texting. >> what we're doing is

collecting social conversations from about isaac, from all sorts of social platforms, and so we're collecting people who are talking about damage to their homes or reporting trees down in their neighborhoods or flooding situations. people who are looking to be reconnected. >> it all helps the red cross to make decisions and place resource much faster and more efficiently. >> we're doing more than just listening, directing service in many cases, based on where we know the need is. >> for a frightened person taking shelter, a tweet that says we know you're there, can mean so much. digital von tiers are offering tips, resources and what we call digital hugs. >> reporter: as always, to make a crib gugs, go to red cross.org. still ahead, how d.c. plans

to butt the brakes on drivers. plus one woman's invention to make sure she's isolated when she rides metro. >> the viral video of the day, >> the viral video of the day, identical twins

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wednesday's child is a wonderful young man. he got a chance to visit nationals park with barbara harrison who introduced him to some of his favorite players. >> reporter: are you excited about being here? >> yes. >> reporter: 16-year-old rodney was definitely excited to be here at national stadium. pitchers gio gonzalez and edwin jackson invited him to play a little catch. rodney came dressed up, because he cares a lot about making a good impression, though he has some developmental challenges, he's a wonderful young man with a lot of hopes and dreams.

>> he loves to investigate things, he wants to know what everything is about. he's a very intriguing and interesting young man. >> we did it. we turned him into a nats. >> he proved to have a good arm. they were impressed. they asked rodney about his dreams for the future. >> i would like to play for this team one day. >> oh, absolutely. >> reporter: but mostly rodney wants a family to love him. >> i would like to have a family like that i would start home visits with, and start visiting the holidays and stuff, and then after i start visiting them for a long time, i could -- they would think about adopting me. >> reporter: would you like to be adopted? >> yes, ma'am, i would. >> reporter: a signed baseball was just one of the gifts that rodney got to take home, but the biggest gift was learning that dreams can become reality.

>> and i hope my dreams come true. >> reporter: barbara harrison, news4 for wednesday's child. >> if you have room in your home and hard for rodney or another child waiting, please called our special adoption hotline. >> you know he's got a good arm. >> yes, he does. i like that he likes to dress up. much more ahead. dancer floats through graceful moves and get a good workout. it's "what's your workout?" next.

vincent gray says the goal is to make it easier for new moms. a new lactation and wellness room has opened. we're told similar rooms are being created at other city offices. for some people a or have difficulty processing information. common issues for people with autism. a local woman has create add device that's caused quite the buzz in our newsroom today.

tony has the story . >> you know, we've all been is there at one point or another. going to work every day is never a typical experience, as a congressional lawyer, she relies heavily on public transportation to get her in and out of the district from rockville. >> it's easy for me to get overstimulated. it involves an oversensitivity from anything from light, sound, touch, texture. >> reporter: lisa designed her sensory shield. >> i can sit on it so i don't have to sit on the metro seat. there's the partition between me

and the next passenger. >> reporter: i have to admit i wasn't quite sure how others would react, but it was quite the hit. lisa's shield allow the overstimulation to stay in check. it allows her to function in society, she's able to carry on her activities. she's an attorney, she's not inhibited in any way from doing the things she would do, so she's not disabled in that way, because this provides her an ability to carry on with her life, and just like you and i, take public transportation in ways she wouldn't have been able to do without it. >> lisa's sense sore shield is just a prototype model she built for herself, but if she produces more, they would be more user-friendly. >> good for her.

tony tull, thank you. some breaking news, a man's body was found in the 1800 block of jasmine terrace. police are not saying much at this time, but we are looking to get more details about this murder investigation. live in adelphi maryland. the view is from the international space station, gives you some idea of how large the system was at this time. in the video, the storm was roughly the size of texas. and bringing storm surges of 6 to 12 feet. but no more. it's gone back down to a tropical storm, but it's still causing a lot of problems. >> is it still massive, or does the size start to shrink and disperse? >> it is still massive. we're looking at this thing 250 miles across, creeping along. just one of the reasons why you can't underestimate the tropical

storm, even, because it is going to be hitting the area with still some blinding rains for hours to come, probably 24, 36 hours before it gets up into northern areas of louisiana. slow-moving storm in a huge rain maker. around here, it's been gorgeous out there, right? 80 to 85 degrees. look at that. 85 down in fredericksburg. your weather here for the evening hour, 9:0077, early tomorrow morning. for us and another comfortable start, 66 to 68 degrees. there's your sunrise at 6:35. so tomorrow morning starting out in the 60s, low to mid 60s. we'll see a high temperature coming our way, folks of about 87 degrees. but, again, it's sunshine for us. then on the other side of saturday, we're going to have

increasing clouds. sunday we're going to be looking for some tropical rains from, yes, the remnants of isaac, but still tropical rains that means some areas i think if there was any way that was going to carry more rain, it look like maybe monday. 90 on saturday, we're back down to the mid 80s, as those clouds move in and the showers start from isaac. then maybe beal see the mercury head back up. contends request jim? float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. >> it comes to mind after hearing about the ballet fusion

dance class, a place where dancers can float through graceful moves and feel the sting or burn of a good workout. jordan's paradise in northwest washington. we asked these dancers what's your workout? >> slide, cross over, jump, land it here. ballet fusion is a combination of ballet, contemporary and jazz dance, all three combined. for me personally i like it for the grace and the poise that it gives you as well as the workout. feel good about it? feel the burn? all right. you are working are muscle in the entire body. most people dot realize how intense a ballet classes. >> two, three, turn. >> it was pretty intense workout, more than i thought. you're working muscles that you

don't normally use. >> so just standing in a first position alone will be killer on your arms and legs. >> two, three, turn. land it here. >> some of the techniques seem really simple, but afterwards you can feel the areas of your body where you feel the burning, the stretching. >> one more plie. up. and open. >> i think it's very girly, definitely i think it would help with many women's self-confidence. >> you're going to notice the tightness in the muscles during the first class. the more on which you intend, the faster you will see results. >> this time 4s, 2s and 1s. >> ballet fusion is offer at jordan's paradise every monday and wednesday. the instructor told us anyone can take the class regardless of age and gender. menner welcome to join. >> just no purple tutus.

for many parents getting your baby's attention at mealtime can be quite a chore. >> check it out. one couple decided to use music to get their twins excited about food. the result is a youtube sensation. >> you guys ready? ♪ >> the identical twins judd under a years old. they not only dance to the guitar, they sing too. the girls ease parents say they did this all just to help them eat peas. so far the video has had nearly 900,000 hits. you ought to see them -- they're rockin'. >> every time we hear this song, we're going to want peas.

i just know it! >> uh-huh. straight ahead on "news4 at 5," the district's plan to put cameras . doug kammerer has details on the rain and winds down there. we'll have the report from the republican national convention. paul ryan is preparing for his big speech. big speech. and a he's made his choice.

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d.c. already snaps photos of drivers going over the speed limit or running red lights. the city could become the one of the first places in the country to use cameras at stop signs. that's one proposed change. another could provide a big break for drivers. >> speed cameras are showing up all around town. most everyone is aware of red light cameras, but that's just the beginning. a d.c. council task force is reviewing city plans to extend automated cameras and fines to several more circumstances that would raise a total of $80 million a year in fines -- simp don't block the stop signs are

just not doing the job. they would catch and fine you if you get stuck in a busy intersections. cameras would ticket overweight trucks. among the first in the nation, cameras would click on vehicles that don't stop at stop signs. council member mary chase said tougher traffic enforcement is needed and police can't be everywhere. >> people blow through crosswalks all the time, and they're dangerous. there are lots of things going on at intersections. you need to stop. red light running, i don't care, we don't want anybody running red lights in the district of columbia. >> reporter: the good news for drivers, the d.c. council is considering lowering the fines, far higher than other jurisdictions, admitting that fines were used to raise revenue. >> that was plainly a matter for revenue raising. that's what's gotten people angry. >> d.c. police patrick burke

says speed and traffic line do call down traffic. the numb cameras will help, too. >> we needs to address locations that very greater proclivity. we would probably start hopefully with cameras in each wart, so hopefully two to three per ward, but we do hope they're in the budget. >> reporter: in the district, tom sherwood, news4. tonight at 6:00, tracking isaac, the storm is losing its strength, but the threat is not over for the gulf coast communities. louisiana officials may have to intentionally breach a levy in one flooded area. more than half a million people are without power, and a dusk-to-dawn curfew has been declared in new orleans. >> doug cammer has a look at the