and a grandmother, an american, and make you this solemn commitment. this man will not fail. [ applause and cheers ] >> and it's official. mitt romney is the republican presidential nominee. his wife ann using her key not address to highlight her husband's personal side of things and was later met on stage with a kiss. "fox 5 morning news" at 7:00 starts right now. >> caption colorado, llc comments@captioncolorado.com welcome back at 7:27. boy, you know, we're it's been a year since the martin luther king, jr. memorial opened to visitors on talking about all this weather down south and look at the live the national mall. but the memorial foundation is shot here. it is a beautiful start to what still working to change an inscription quoting the leader. looks to be a beautiful day in some critics including maya angelou complained that the our washington area weather. this is wednesday, august 29th, quote didn't accurately reflect 2012. good morning, i'm tony perkins. king's words or his intentions. >> i'm allison seymour. the foundation says it will our weather looks like it's off work on the inscription after the height of the summer to a nice start today. not the same in new orleans. throughout louisiana and parts tourist season. of the gulf coast. montgomery county is let's give you a look right now

and get you caught up on honoring its hometown olympians. the county executive will hurricane isaac. it is slamming new orleans now present a medal to katie with 80-mile-per-hour winds, flooding does not seem to be ledecky who won the 800-meter too much of a problem in the crescent city at this time. but that's not the case to the three style event and scott parsons who completed in the south of the big easy. men's kayak event in london. >> that's right. both are from bethesda. water has reportedly overtopped three other olympians from an 18-mile stretch of a levee montgomery county aren't able in one parish there. to attend today. probably still just a little you can see on this map just busy after the olympics. where that is. >> making an appearances. there are reports that nine feet of water are now in some >> congratulations. 7:28 on this wednesday morning. coming up another check on homes and officials have been hurricane isaac's path and the scrambling for a few hours to damage already being done. >> plus, a lot of fireworks at evacuate folks forced to the last night's republican third floors or roofs of those national convention. a recap and a look ahead live from tampa after the break. @ñ buildings. >> isaac had stopped for a time but it's moving again although slowly and that's a real problem. it means folks in the region have hours more to go of the rain and heavy wind. you're looking at fox's elizabeth prann about 90 minutes ago doing her best to stay upright for her report. we'll check in with her live in new orleans in a few minutes. >> for the latest on all of that and a look at our own weather here, though, we turn to tucker barnes who is

standing by. >> just getting the latest information here. got the 7:00 a.m. advisory. still a hurricane maximum winds 80 miles per hour. we got to 90 and tracking off to the north and west at just 6 miles per hour. it was stationary for a good time overnight and that of course is bad news. let's get right to the radar and take a look. there you go. very impressive hurricane signature there on your satellite and radar this morning. you can see the eye of the storm which is now 50 miles to the south-southwest of new orleans. and in the past hour, they have had hurricane-force winds in the city of new orleans. in fact it gusts to 75 miles per hour. so in addition to very windy conditions, extremely heavy rain already reports of upwards of 8" of rain across parts of new orleans and they are just getting going, unfortunately. the storm moving so slowly, the heavy rain, the thunderstorms, the threat of tornadoes and the storm surge will continue here and continue to batter the southeast coast for several more hours. i think it will be late this afternoon before this system is far enough away that things will start to calm down there in the big easy.

let's do some local weather very quickly. around here, you saw the live shot. couldn't be nicer. 69 degrees now. humidity 75%. north winds at 8. low humidity and lots of sunshine today. that's what you call a quiet radar. and we're not expecting anything more than a few clouds today. lots of sunshine, a beautiful afternoon, 85 and sunny. it will feel like a nice late summer day for us today and a nice trend for us as we get into the weekend. i'll have details on that and more on isaac in a minute. julie wright has traffic. >> good morning. again, we are talking about this deadly crash which occurred around 2:30 this morning along 95 at 286 the fairfax county parkway. that's where we find the crew in skyfox. the ramp from 286 northbound on i-95 is closed with this accident investigation and clean-up. the tanker truck was the only vehicle involved. it burst into flames leaving one person dead. the accident investigation continues to block the ramp from 286 the fairfax county

parkway to go northbound along i-95. 95 open for business with activity on the shoulder. big delays headed foreclosure at least the prince william parkway so again southbound 286 is open but the ramp northbound to go on i-95 is closed at this time. delays on 95 begin through acquire harbor in stafford and leaving the prince william parkway northbound towards the scene with the average speed down to 20 miles an hour. we are back now with our elsewhere, northbound i-95 in the backup we had an incident continuing coverage of hurricane isaac. the category 1 hurricane is still over new orleans pounding in lorton. the city with heavy rains and that's on the shoulder. hov labors faring well at this strong winds and will be for point heading northbound. inbounded south capitol street some time. this is elizabeth prann filing towards the douglas bridge all reports for many stations. that's why she is standing out lanes open coming in from in it getting blown around suitland parkway no problems there. towards the capital. it is hitting the big easy 7 lanes open on the freeway from years to the day after the 3rd street tunnel to the outbound 14th street bridge. hurricane katrina devastated the area. eastbound traffic flowing into >> it's hard to look at that. you can't help but remember that, although we were speaking the sunshine. a short time ago about how southbound 270 delays approaching 109. different this storm is than fare father hurley boulevard, katrina. >> very different. slow there.

no problems coming in out of lawyer. katrina was a major hurricane, that's a check of your "fox 5 on-time traffic." category 3. the winds were approaching 120 miles an hour and it moved in at a different all right. more now on the republican angle. it was also moving along as it came through. this one has been stationary overnight. now moving north and west at national convention. just 6 miles per hour. >> you know, so i think it's tonight, 2008 presidential nominee john mccain, condoleezza rice and running important to note, every storm mate paul ryan will all speak. is different. last night, governor romney and it's hard sometimes to say officially clinched the gop this one is worse than that one because if you are in the middle of this one now and nomination when he topped the getting pounded by heavy rains 1144 delegate threshold. there were a number of rousing that are just relentless -- so, you know, i feel bad. speeches including virginia governor bob mcdonnell, governor romney's wife ann and >> you got it, tony. check out the banding that's new jersey governor chris taking place over new orleans. it's been like this since i got christie. >> this is the man who will here this morning at 3:00 a.m. work harder than anyone so that of the dark yellows, reds we can work a little less hard. i can't tell you what will indicating extremely heavy rainfall. here's your center. happen over the next four years, but i can only stand here tonight as a wife and a here's the eye of isaac. mother and a grandmother, an american, and make you this it's moving at just 6 miles per hour to the north and west. solemn commitment: this man hurricane-force winds reached will not fail. 60 miles from the center of the [ applause and cheers ] storm and new orleans about 50 miles so we are getting reports >> i know mitt romney. i know mitt romney, and mitt of hurricane force gusts about romney will tell us the hard 75-mile-per-hour winds.

truths we need to hear to put there you can see the extremely us back on a path to growth and heavy rain. you saw in the live shot the create good paying private sector jobs again in america. mitt romney will tell us the rainfall coming hard truths we need to hear to end the torrent of debt that is compromising our future and burying our economy. [ applause and cheers ] >> today's convention agenda down. wraps up with the speech from in four to six hours i believe vice-presidential nominee paul we'll have the same picture ryan. with very heavy rain. governor romney will give his this outer eye wall, that part of eye wall, now approaching new orleans so the worst is yet convention speech tomorrow to come as far as winds. night. now, earlier in the night and i think their winds will be virginia governor boch myrtle trending higher here over the beach donnell rallied next few hours with that outer conservatives and he touched on both d.c. and the commonwealth eye wall starting to approach the city. the track of the storm, i as being on opposite ends every president obama's often quoted "you didn't build that" remark. >> small businesses don't come mentioned the slow movement. currently out of washington, d.c., premade on flatbed trucks. category 1. pressure is 970- millibars, very low pressure for a category 1 hurricane so it's going to take a long time that coffee shop, that florist to fill and with it pretty much right over water last night it in virginia beach, that bakery hasn't had a chance to sort of in virginia, they were all lose its punch and it won't for built by american entrepreneurs with big dreams. several more hours.

>> virginia will likely be a here's the track through louisiana and midwestern key battleground state if sections of the country. i mentioned a few minutes ago romney is going to win the presidency come november. with tony that this part of the president obama continues to battle romney in the swing country badly needs the rain and at least with this forecast states. he will be in virginia today for the last in a series of they will get needed rain to visits to college towns around help with the drought. monday morning 1:00 a.m., it looks like some of the remnants the country. the president will speak in will be headed towards the mid- charlottesville. the university of virginia atlantic as we get into the end rejected his campaign request of the weekend early next week to hold an event on campus so it's possible we could be in saying it would disrupt for rain around here by the end classes. instead the event is being held of the weekend, early next week. local weather couldn't be nicer here. sunshine, low humidity, temperatures expected to top at a pavilion just off campus. out in the mid-80s. right now we're 69 in as you know, we continue to washington. check out frederick and track hurricane isaac for you. winchester, 59 degrees. low humidity, as well. it made its second landfall here's your five-day forecast. warming trend into the weekend with highs in the low 90s by right around 5:00 this morning. slow-moving storm is now over new orleans bringing with it saturday. i threw a thunderstorm up late sunday. we'll have to follow the track heavy rains and strong winds. of isaac very carefully here to fox's elizabeth prann is braving the storm to bring us a the end of the weekend. live update from the crescent that's a look at weather. let's do traffic with julie city. all right. we saw you about an hour or so wright. she has been busy. ago. how are you doing now? looks like the conditions have >> yeah, busy this morning. stayed the same if not gotten a major tie-ups along northbound

little worse there. i-95 where the delays continue >> reporter: yeah. the wind bursts come very from dale city northbound sporadically which we know is leaving the prince william parkway and continuing towards the scene at the fairfax county characteristic. storm. we are getting about 61-mile- parkway. so all lanes on 95 are open. per-hour winds now. that rain hasn't stopped since 8:00 last night and we don't what remains closed is the ramp from west down 286 to go expect it to. northbound on i-95. it was a tanker truck which we have a [ signal breakup ] caught fire leaving one person dead. there was a lot of fuel that plaquemines parish levees where was spilled on the highway. water is overtopping that so again, there's clean-up levee. we talked about plaquemines that's ongoing and an investigation that continues to parish along with saint charles block that ramp from 286 to go parish about an hour southwest of where we're located. northbound on i-95. you will also find we have an really the southeastern tip of louisiana. very vulnerable. those people were under a accident westbound approaching mandatory evacuation on monday. connecticut avenue traffic [ signal breakup ] squeezing by single file to the right as you guys work your way ... don't always heed those westbound along deers mill road. mandatory calls for evacuation so now [ indiscernible ] [ eastbound on route 7 before you signal breakup ] reach route 9 where i have the bus fire right side of the deputies are now working to roadblocked off there with fire rescue them from their homes. so a very dangerous situation not only for people who need to rescue on the scene. southbound along 270. open for business but be rescued but also... [ signal breakup ] definitely a slow roll leaving

steve, allison -- tony, 85 to montrose. allison, sorry. buckeys town slow. that's a check of your "fox 5 >> that's okay. obviously tough conditions down there and signal is breaking up a little bit but we thank you for the report. elizabeth prann reporting from on-time traffi new orleans. me say this to every as tucker is saying they are going to continue to get these american who is thinking about bands of rain and strong winds for many, many hours now as who should be our next slow-moving as that storm is. so dangerous conditions there. president. no one will work harder. >> yes, it is. we will of course be going back no one will care more. and no one will move heaven and to that shot and that story all earth like mitt romney to make morning long. right now we want to get to our other top news stories on this country a better place to live. [ applause and cheers ] this wednesday morning. there is concern this morning about a missing montgomery county man who is confined to a >> and together, everybody, together we will stand up once again for american greatness wheelchair. for our children and hehe is a 23-year-old man last grandchildren. god bless you and god bless america! >> there you have it. last night's two big speeches. first ann romney takes to the seen on shady grove road in podium then new jersey governor rockville. chris christie joined the roll he is paralyzed with a tattoo call in honoring mitt romney as on his left a.m. the republican presidential nominee at the republican national convention. joining us live from the convention in tampa, there is police are asking the pun's

help in the case of a capitol hill man brutally robbed. our friend gop political investigators say the suspects strategist jim. >> good morning. used tc masses lynn's credit it's an early-morning. >> i know you're there and sem card to fill up at this exxon operating what's going on with station not far from the scene the party this morning. of the crime. tell us about the big there may be three people inside the car. it's believed to be a 2005 highlights for you last night. >> first of all ann romney was terrific. when you think about it, this woman has never given a written hyundai sonata. mazl in was attacked. his wife says he is making speech before, never used a progress after a second brain teleprompter and stood in front of 20,000 people and poured her surgery over the weekend. heart out. that's amazing for a gal who >> i wrote him a message. it said, can you put up two has never done it before. you guys are professional. fingers? and i just held it up for him she didn't and she did a professional job. chris christie of course some and he did it. >> the police chief spoke about wonderful lines, memorable the crime in d.c. last night. she said from january to february there was a 53% spike in robberies but police have lines. himleaders don't read polls, been working to combat that and from march to present day the leaders change polls. >> let's talk about mrs. romney robbery spike went down from

before we move on. 53% to 9%. 7:10. our continuing coverage of she was to put a human face on hurricane isaac is next. the very latest on the slow- romney. do you think she softened up moving storm as it wreaks havoc his image as a husband and on the gulf coast. >> sad to see him go. father? he was a total redskins team >> i think so. player and will be missed. >> redskins fans react to the she was soft-spoken and talked news that chris cooley future no longer includes the burgundy about heart and family and love and gold. we'll talk more about the you can hear a pin drop. it was good. impact of his release and she did a nice job through the what's next for the tight end speech and a little rally at and the redskins. the end. i think she did a really nice >> as we head to break, a live job of showing the other side of mitt, who we found out last night is he doesn't like to look outside. man, really does look like a beautiful day out there. we get latest weather from tucker and julie will have the talk about his personal side. latest with your on-time >> anything we didn't see that traffic. we'll be right back. r: it'll start out is worth noting? >> you know, one of the speeches that i don't know if you saw there were two speeches that reminded me -- one was governor john kasich of ohio. he really went in and just got the crowd really energized. he came in early in the evening as ncrete and steel... but it'll become so much more. and it was very good. but there was a congressional

a new world-class resort casino in prince george's county. candidate out of utah a black woman by the name of mia love. two thousand construction jobs to build it. and she just knocked it out of four thousand permanent, good-paying jobs when it's done. the park. i mean, my goodness. hundreds of millions for maryland schools... there's a star to watch. we all watch what's happening real oversight to make sure the money goes... in congress a lot but you watch where it's supposed to. someone like this. if she gets to washington, but none of it will happen unless we vote for... d.c., you'll be talking about her on the show that couple of question seven this november. vote for question seven. years. >> somebody we're already and help build a better future for maryland. talking about paul ryan. of course he and john mccain condi rice speak tonight. what can we expect out of the convention tonight? >> oh, you know, i think paul ryan is the buzz since i have been here nothing but paul ryan and his speech tonight. he will talk about policy. he is very bright an articulate, young, attractive. i think you'll see a lot of paul ryan tonight. that really will be the highlight. >> also, too, we got about 30 seconds but governor bob mcdonnell of virginia in the forefront of this. virginia an important state leading into the election? >> no question about it. from the first hands-free system, it will be one of those states and micro-climate controls

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turn to us. if you need anything else, let me know. on hurricane isaac. wells fargo. the slow-moving storm has hit together we'll go far. new orleans bringing with it torrential rains and strong winds gusting at about 60 miles per hour at this time. some of the sustained winds are at 80 miles an hour. just south of new orleans, in plaquemines parish authorities say a storm surge driven by isaac is overtopping a levee causing some major flooding. you are seeing our live shot there of elizabeth prann who is filing reports for all the fox stations and is in the thick of it there in new orleans. you know, what a great day we're having when you see those pictures. >> i feel guilty about it. >> we do. but we're covering that story but what choices willll women be left with? and we can't neglect what we're just like mitt romney, having today. it's pretty good. paul ryan would get rid of planned parenthood funding. >> let's get back down to southeast louisiana and take a in congress, ryan voted to ban look at what's happening. they are in the worst of it. all federal funding for planned parenthood and allow employers to deny women access in fact, the outer eye wall to cancer screenings and birth control. structure now approaching new orleans, to be honest with you, and both romney and ryan backed proposals to outlaw abortion that will likely be the worst even in cases of rape and incest. weather they have had yet with for women... for president... the choice is ours.

extraordinarily heavy rain. they have had wind gusts to 75 miles per hour. i think they will see winds i'm barack obama, and i approve this message. easily gusting at hurricane strength over the next few hours as that whole system all of isaac lifts off painfully slowly to the north and west at just 6 miles per hour. you can clearly see the eye there just about 50 miles now to the south and west of new orleans but hurricane-force winds stretch 60 niles from the center so it's not just new orleans. mississippi and alabama also getting in on the terrible weather. in addition to the heavy rain and storm surge they have tornado warnings across southeast louisiana. so this story will continue to unfold and worse to come with the heavy rain. the rainfall totals expected to be 14"-plus, already seeing reports of 8-plus inches of rain. so, you know, that in itself causes some flooding. we'll hope that the levees hold during the next 24 to 48 hours.

let's do local weather. we're beautiful, gorgeous. i mean, a live shot bright blue sky low humidity should be perfect around here with temperatures in the mid-80s. i don't think you will see more a firsthand account of the than one or two clouds during raid that killed osama bin the course of the day. laden is coming out early. and again comfortable without a the publisher of no easy day is lot of humidity and temperatures this morning in moving the release date to the upper 50s and low 60s. september 4. it's an amazon best-seller already. look at the 50s there. the navy seal who wrote the book says the terrorist mastermind was shot in the head as he looked out his bedroom martinsburg, frederick, winchester, 59 degrees. 69 at reagan national. not a bad start to the day. door. that contradicts previous nice trend for us next several official accounts describing him as being shot after ducking days, sunshine, low humidity. we'll warm up for the weekend, back into his room and possibly 92 by saturday. the thunderstorms in that reaching for a weapon. forecast by late sunday, monday an emotional plea for help from family members of victims would be the remnants of isaac. still some question marks about of last month's colorado movie where the remnants will track. it wouldn't a tropical storm or shooting massacre. some $5million in donations have been raised following the hurricane here. shooting, but some say they but it could bring us some have no say in how that money needed rain for parts of the area by late sunday and monday. >> it's too bad we can't get that rain up into the nation's midsection. is being dispersed. >> actually, funny you should mention that, it is direction one relative says the first disbursement went to charities area. instead of the victims. >> is it in good. the organization is in the >> okay. process of arranging a meeting >> you didn't tap into any of

your weather knowledge for with victims. that? >> some other things going on. >> all right. we knew something negative was >> it would be interesting if you could do that. going to come out of that drama i never even thought that. yesterday when we announced it. so... >> thank you, tucker. let's go to julie wright so there it is. now. another busy morning on the too bad. it's 7:44. roads. tucker has another look. it seems like the weather big accident out there. here's julie with the latest. hits are coming like this today. >> they are. they are moving right along. >> just occurred around 2:30 a.m. leaving a tanker truck on fire let's get to it. and one person dead, unfortunately. taking a look at isaac waiting we do have some footage from for an update from the national that scene from earlier this hurricane center in 15 minutes but at last look, just from looking at the radar, still a morning. northbound i-95 now open at 286. the fairfax county parkway. but what we're seeing now are hurricane. maximum winds 80 miles per live shots or i should say hour, just crawling off to the north and west at 6 miles per footage from the accident scene hour and notice that very dark involving a tanker truck which yellow band pushing into new caught fire. it was loaded with 9,000 orleans. that's one of the bands gallons of fuel. clean-up continues at this hour associated with the eye wall and as that moves in, they are in what remains closed is the ramp from westbound 286 the going to get some extraordinary winds, probably hurricane force fairfax county parkway to go -- they have already had northbound on i-95. hurricane-force winds there and additional heavy rain so likely so again that's 286 the fairfax county parkway going northbound to be more problems. issue here today is the slow- on i-95. that remains closed. moving nature of the storm 95 open for business. going to just pound away at back inside, very much below speed as you travel out of dale southeast louisiana, mississippi, parts of coastal alabama here for several more city and the prince william hours. all right. let me show you some numbers. parkway.

then the pace improves slowing let's push to the next map. again on 395 past duke street. you will find the ramps at 286 and here we go. south have been reopened. no problems there. peak wind gust so far 78 miles other side of town busy rude outer loop of the beltway per hour. rain at lake ponchartrain northern new orleans, lakefront slowing from 95 college park airport 8.82 inches of rain and in many respects just getting past colesville road. started. on the brakes from hyattstown it will be raining there for south of the truck scales much of the day. continuing down towards the capital beltway. with all lanes open this trip storm surge at shell beach, well below speed at 47 minutes louisiana, 10 feet. very unfortunate numbers for a category 1 hurricane. as you continue from 85 towards in some ways it's stronger than montrose road. that's a check of your "fox 5 a category 1 because of slow on-time traffic." movement. local weather in washington, thank you. temperatures now 69 degrees, comfortable, low humidity. this morning sports breakfast 68 leonardtown. when the redskins take the real simple forecast for us, lots of sunshine the next field tonight for their last preseason game this guy won't several days with a warm trend. be there. head coach mike shanahan is low 90s by saturday. parting ways with tight end a few thunderstorms late sunday. and monday could be wet. chris cooley who played his that would be the remnants of isaac, still question mark about the event. entire eight seasons with washington. after injuries limited him to we'll track the remnants. we could be in for some just five games last year, the skins decided to go with fred tropical moisture of our own here around monday. davis instead. >> is humidity low? is that my imagination?

for now we are ind. >> by the redskins beat >> no. reporter for the washington that's the real deal. examiner. >> perfect. good morning. thanks for coming in to talk >> i would say. >> dare i say. about this. >> 85 and sunny? >> sound like a recipe for >> my pleasure. greatness as far as julie wright is concerned, right? >> absolutely right. and here she is. >> we're sorry to see julie wright. [ laughter ] >> what's going on in there? cooley go. >> magical. >> yeah. but you have to love today but i wasn't shocked. we saw this coming. aside from the crazy traffic. >> nobody should be shocked you have to love today. because chris -- he missed 20 >> i know. i do. i do. and once we get through with combined games over the two of this traffic this morning, i the last three years. will love it even more. he is 30 years old, wasn't a it's been a doozy on the roads. fast guy to begin with and there was some deterioration in we have had our hands full, that part of his game. he counts a lot against the major tie-ups northbound i-95. salary cap with a high base still heavy slow out of dale salary a number 2 tight end at city in woodbridge to 286 the best in this offense right now. fairfax county parkway the so you add it up, and he was on scene of this morning's deadly the bubble. and i know there's a perception crash. it's blocking westbound 286 to that maybe he wasn't. northbound i-95 ramp. he was. and so nobody should be the ramp is closed but 95 is surprised by this. this is a team that wants to open. get younger and faster. inner loop of the beltway slow didn't fit into either one of those categories at this point. >> and, you know, fair or not, speeds. travel eastbound on 7 to 9 bus fire tying up the highway, when a player has these injury delays eastbound route 7. 270 southbound with all lanes open

issues and sometimes begins to be seen as being prone to traffic from 85 buckeyes town to montrose road a 48 minute injury, it's hard to overcome trip but better than yesterday that. >> it absolutely is. but still below speed towards and i talked to a guy who the lane divide. that's a check of your "fox 5 coached in the nfl for a long, knows this staff verile with, on-time traffic.." thanks. knows the team very well and still ahead, an artist turns her passion for painting into a that was his point. once you hit a certain point different kind of exhibit right and have had injuries and if here in the district. >> and it's on display right you haven't been the best conditioner in the world, it's now. holly welcomes to hillwood this morning. holly. >> good morning. going to start to go down. >> reporter: this really is you don't get healthier as you going to blow you mind. get older in a football life, look at this fabulous painting. in a football cycle. it's gorgeous hanging in the the question is, could he have hill wood he is state museum helped his team? and gardens where we are live. i think so. there are still some things i now look at this. can do fairly well, but at what it's the same dress in the cost? and are you keeping someone painting only this one is made else off the roster to keep on a guy like chris? and that's the question you entirely of paper. have to ask. i think you can make a fair regular old paper, haute taste that from a football sense, there was nothing that couture dress. it's calle pret-a-papier. was surprising or wrong about it's a special exhibit. we'll show you why it's here this. you can make a case the other and perhaps more importantly way that, yeah, he still has why you don't want to miss it. some value but they can make the other case too. it's all next on "fox 5 morning >> having said all that still news." when you're the player and that stay with us.  day comes it's tough and for

the fans who love him, it's tough. he has been popular and a very good guy. >> good guy. >> here's what chris had to say yesterday. >> it's been awesome. i've been very, very fortunate to play for a franchise that has embraced me and for a fan base that has embraced me the way that they have. this organization has changed my life in every way for the better. >> hard to see him go. now, let me ask you about his future. he might be -- could catch on with somebody else and one of the teams being talked about hard to believe, of the dallas cowboys. >> jason whiten has some injury issues. he is definitely going to get some looks. depends on the role you want to put him in. will he be satisfied going

somewhere else and not being a starter? i'm sure there are some teams that have -- need a tight end where maybe he could start for them. you know, is he starter here? no. but i think he has as to decide and said this yesterday and said this consistently you know, ronny... throughout the summer he would have to decide whether or not he really would want to play folks who save hundreds of dollars by switching to geico sure are happy. and how happy are they jimmy? i'd say happier than a bodybuilder directing traffic. for somebody else. he said last year you couldn't he does look happy. see it. get happy. get geico. now that he is in the situation and he hired an agent which he fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. hasn't had for a couple of years, clearly there is a thought he wants to still play. >> sure. wherever he goes if he goes to revision. "actually, this ain't bad"? another team we wish him the best. we are out of time which i'm surprise! "look at this cool corner thingy!" sorry about because i wanted to desolation. "it's gone." talk to you a little about rg anticipation "hey! there's more in the fridge." iii and maybe we can do that. [ male announcer ] muller. the european for yummy. >> rg iii is going to soothe a lot of feelings on this one. abut it'll become so much more. tconcrete and steel...idge." >> thank you, john keim washington examiner. back to you. >> thank you. a new world-class resort casino in prince george's county. still ahead, a special honor today for some local olympians and change is coming. two thousand construction jobs to build it. one year after the unveiling of four thousand permanent, good-paying jobs when it's done. the martin luther king, jr. memorial, there's still some work that needs to be done. hundreds of millions for maryland schools... real oversight to make sure the money goes...

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it's only natural that art and fashion would come together at the home of marjorie merriwether post. the work continues to live on at the hillwood estate. fox 5's holly morris has the latest from northwest which is always funny to me, right here in our backyard. >> reporter: talk about a hidden gem, right? 25 acres in northwest d.c. and here the slogan is, where fabulous lives. and i would say that's perhaps an understatement. like you said, this is the former home of marjorie merriwether post the post cereal heiress. she has a collection she wants candidate is more likely to return us to full employment. all people to enjoy and nobody knows that more than than kate this is a clear choice. the executive director and the republican plan is to cut more taxes on upper-income... joins me in one of the many fabulous rooms. good morning to you.

>> good morning. >> you know, i would say maybe people and go back to deregulation. that's what got us in trouble in the first place. it's not where fabulous lives president obama has a plan to rebuild america from... but where fabulous was defined. >> that's absolutely correct. >> do you think as she was the ground up, investing in innovation, education... putting her home together that and job training. she was doing so in hopes of it only works if there is a strong middle class. that's what happened when i was president. leaving this behind? >> without question. without question. we need to keep going with his plan. she was 68 years old when she president obama: i'm barack obama and... bought hillwood. i approve this message. she knew that what she wanted to do was to create a wonderful domestic environment for herself but also it was created as a museum. she knew at that point that her collection was large enough and great enough to be worthy of a museum to house it. >> reporter: talking about russian artifacts she has the largest collection outside russia? >> definitely the best collection of russian imperial art outside of russia. >> so people come to see the faberge eggs. what else? >> a huge collection of faberge and many things besides the

eggs. 18th and 19th century furniture. the desk will be on loan to the metropolitan museum of art this fall for a special exhibition. >> reporter: she has furniture, paintings and tapestries which inspired a belgian artist to do some of her amazing artwork the exhibit thatalk to me about pre >> pret-a-papier is the work of a belgian artist and she is inspired by these historic iconic costumes which will perfectly situated and suited for hillwood. this is an 18th century french drawing room and the dresses are from that era, as well. >> that's paper? >> yes. >> it's alchemy, is it not? it looks like the costumes. you cannot believe the lace, the skirt, the ascot, all of

this, every, single bit of it made of paper. >> reporter: so with hillwood being so fabulous in and of itself, two questions. one, why do you need to bring something like this here? >> well, we had been looking to bring contemporary art into hillwood because what's really important is that a museum relate to contemporary audiences. we wanted to bring some contemporary in. when our curator saw this ex- by, the work of the artist, she realized it was perfect for hillwood, this exhibition. >> reporter: it still is amazing to me that so many people in washington don't even know about hillwood. >> yes. it is definitely a hidden gem. it's not on the mall. you have to get a little bit off the mall to see it. it's more sort of a hidden gem for washingtonians i think. a lot of the people had come here come with friends in washington who say, i want to show you this fabulous place. >> right. >> now, the artist came here and saw hillwood, right? >> she did.

>> and what was her reaction? >> she was so amazed she was so thrilled, actually she sent a number of her stylists here to actually mount the dresses on the mannequins and get them ready for the exhibition. so the first time she came to see it was after it was completely installed. she of course had seen the website and she had seen photographs and so forth. she was so overwhelmed not only by how fabulous the dresses looked in the mansion but by the warm welcome she got, which of course is one of hillwood's trademarks, that she -- >> reporter: and one of marjorie merriweather post's trademarks, the quintessential hostes. >> so that isabel gave us a dress because she thought it was so perfect at hillwood. >> around marjorie merriweather is smiling as her collection continues to grow. >> she is without question. >> reporter: pret-a-papier is going to be here through december 30 so you have some time of the hillwood is open tuesday through saturday and

some select sundays. myfoxdc.com is our website. we have a link to theirs. coming up next hour they put a couple of of the dresses in the mansion and we wanted to see some of the rooms and the faberge eggs and the like but the bulk of the collection is elsewhere. we'll talk about that with the curator in our 8:00 hour. back to you. >> thank you. if you have a sweet tooth, stick around. occasionally cake of old town alexandria is here with details about a back to school event benefitting kids in need. >> and an update regarding hurricane isaac. we'll talk with the director of emergency operations in hancock county, mississippi, after the break. that fridge in your kitchen may have crossed

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>> your realtime captioner: linda macdonald. straight ahead at 8:00, weathering the storm. new orleans hunkers down. how the coast is marking 7 years since hurricane isaac. plus a big night for the rnc. we are going to look back at ann romney's appeal to woman and chris christie's push for

mitt romney to be the next president when we go live to tampa. good morning, i'm tony perkins. >> i'm allison seymour. happy you're with us on this wednesday morning. let's get right to the gulf. isaac made a second landfall earlier this morning. the category 1 storm hit for the first time late last night unleashing heavy rain and high winds on new orleans and other coastal areas. >> these pictures are extraordinary. the worst, unfortunately, is yet to come. isaac has already knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of people. we are now getting reports of a levee breach in southeast louisiana. so far, no mandatory evacuation have been issued for the gulf coast but people living in low- lying areas like the french quarter aren't taking any chances. >> a lot of people had left. i'd say 80% of the people are gone. it's like a ghost town. >> as you can see, the effects that we thought would come from a major storm are innocent taking place. and again, to reiterate to the public, it's a very serious matter. >> as of last check, the storm

has winds as high as 80 miles per hour but gusts could reach 100-plus. for more on the storm's track and rain totals, we now turn to tucker barnes. >> good morning. >> good morning. thank you very much. just getting the 8:00 a.m. advisory. here's the latest. it's crawling to the north and west at just 6 miles per hour. the pressure still 970 millibars. that hasn't changed in the past hour. still reporting sustained winds of 80 miles per hour with gusts up to 90-plus. the outer eye wall now reaching new orleans and that's a change in the past hour. these are extraordinary bands of rain with winds that have reportedly gusted inside to 70 to 75 miles per hour in fact in the past hour or so winds reported gusts to 75 miles per hour in new orleans. so the worst definitely upon southwest louisiana at this hour. its crawling along. this will be repeated for hours as the core of the hurricane

moves inland. it should gradually weaken but it's such a slow mover forecast to remain a hurricane for several more hours. off to the north and east, that's where the worst of the storm is. they are expecting 10, 15, in some locations 20" of rain across portions of louisiana here, mississippi and coastal alabama over the next several hours. again as you can see, with these spiraling bands of rain moving on in, new orleans getting the worst of it right now. want to show you a quick picture taken from international space station of isaac during the day yesterday. it's an extraordinary picture if you haven't seen that. that was as isaac became a hurricane during the afternoon yesterday. officially making landfall for the first time last evening at about 7:45 eastern and then kind of was just offshore in the overnight hours now making a second landfall early this morning. so the good news is the trend should be for the storm to lose some of its intensity later today but still several more hours with just terrible

weather across the northern gulf. >> incredible picture. >> really show the breadth of the storm. thank you, tucker. we want to get more now from what's happening -- a sense of what's happening on the gulf coast. >> brian adam is the director of the emergency operations center in hancock county, mississippi. that's just east of the new orleans area. mr. adam joins us now on the phone. are you there, sir? >> yes, i am. >> thank you for joining us. i know it's a busy morning down there. can you give us a since of what the latest is in your area? >> right now, we are experiencing heavy, heavy wind and rain. we're having a lot of flooding. storm surge flooding. and quite a in quite a bit of our area -- storm surge flooding in quite a bit of our area. we have 7100 residents out of power at this time and just continuing to monitor the weather. >> sir, how big is that area

there, hancock county? and did you put those evacuations into place or is it still not mandatory? >> no, no. we have had mandatory in for two days. we're 480 square miles but we also have about 200 square miles of low-lying area and most of that if not all of that has been inundated with water. >> so parts of the area are out of power, you mentioned the storm surge. do you have a sense of how high the storm surge has been? >> not yet. i know some places my crews have reported four to six feet of water. but it's getting to the point where we can't get out at this point in time. >> all right. you are there the director of emergency operations, the center there. what's been your mission? how has your office dealt with the preparations and what's going on right now?

could you give us a sense of that? >> yes. well, our office is trying to make sure safety of the citizens is first. and we have been working diligently around the clock to make sure that happens. and we'll continue to do so. >> all right. are you hunkered down because from the looks of the pictures, there's still a whole lot more rain and wind to get through. it's going to be hanging in there for quite some time. >> absolutely. that's exactly what we're doing. >> we wish you the best of luck, sir. we appreciate you joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> that is brian adam the director of emergency operations center in hancock county, mississippi, getting battered now by the slow-moving storm that's hurricane isaac. >> all right. now, isaac is no katrina, of course. but the storm has eerie timing. 7 years ago today the category 3 storm katrina made landfall packing 135-mile-per-hour winds. 1800 people in louisiana and

mississippi died in the storm's wake. new orleans will commemorate the occasion today by ringing the bells at st. louis cathedral. be sure to stay with fox 5 for complete coverage of isaac all morning long. coming up in our next half hour, we'll go live to new orleans as the storm continues to move across that city. well, here in our area, the other big story this morning a fiery crash on i-95 north near the mixing bowl. the rush hour is off to a bad start. take a look at the video there. really dramatic video. the tanker crash was on the ramp from northbound 95 to the fairfax county parkway just after 2:00 a.m. the really sad news is the drive was killed. an eyewitness was walking the dog when he heard a loud explosion. >> i was across the street from it. there was a lot of fire. some of the flames at one point easily would have been 1,000

feet or more. it dwarfed everything that was close by. >> all right. let's get more information now on this morning's rush hour traffic with julie wright standing by with that. >> all right. tony and allison, northbound i- 95 has been reopened since this deadly crash occurred. 95 opened but definitely below speed as you travel out of woodbridge and lorton continuing towards the capital beltway. what remains closed is the accident site from 286 to go northbound on i-95. that ramp is closed that takes you by the newington to the tanks to go northbound on i-95. the ramp is closed at this time for this ongoing investigation and clean-up. that tanker truck was loaded with about 9,000 gallons of fuel. it took firefighters about 45 minutes to contain that fire. so again, a lot of clean-up to be done and an investigation that remains under way block the ramp from westbound 286 to continue northbound on i-95. quick peek at what else is going on. if you are traveling the top stretch of the beltway, route 1

to georgia avenue about 23 minutes inner loop delays into the sun 16 miles an hour over near route 1. we have delays on the inner loop inner loop springfield headed towards gallows road. 495 to the 14th street bridge, all lanes open. 40 minutes from manassas to the beltway. that's a check of your "fox 5 on-time traffic.." a young husband and father from capitol hill found unconscious on the front porch of a home near eastern market. he was severely beaten and robbed. now police have released some new video that could help with the investigation. fox 5's melanie alnwick is live at police headquarters with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. there was a packed house last night in southeast at public safety community with the chief attended a lot of people interested in the video. as you can imagine the eastern market and capitol hill communities shaken up by the senseless violent act and now police are releasing this surveillance video in the hopes that anybody will recognize something and they will be able

to catch the assailant. so take a look at the video here it is. police believe that the video was captured shortly after the attack on mr. maslin. investigators need help identifying the car which is believed to be a 2005 hyundai sonata and the three people inside it. police say that these people were attempting to use maslin's credit card at the exxon gas station on pennsylvania avenue right after the assault. now, maslin had been out on a friday night spending the evening at the nationals game and then out for a late-night snack at the tune-in on pennsylvania avenue. he was robbed and violently assaulted while trying to walk home after midnight. ward 6 councilman tommy wells was at that public safety meeting last night. >> we're all very upset about what happened and concerned about the spike in crime. the crime seems to be more often with guns and to be more violent. >> reporter: here are the numbers so far this year. from january to the end of february a 53% spike in

robberies but according to chief lenier, the rate is down from 9% from march to the present day but still an increase in robberies and crime that everyone is concerned about. tc maslin's wife said her husband has had a second surgery and is beginning to communicate and respond to simple commands as his wife is asking everyone to take a careful look at that video to see if they recognize anything and contact police. >> thank you. in other news a controversial new book about the death of osama bin laden written by one of the navy seals who took part is raising questions about what happened during the mission. according to advanced copies of "no easy day," the seal team shot the leader before he ever reached for a weapon. that seems to contradict official accounts from the obama administration. the book also provides more details about what happened to bin laden's body after his death. the white house hasn't commented on the book's details. meanwhile, because of demand,

the book's publisher has pushed up the release date by a week. it is an epidemic with deadly consequences. but for once some good news to report about texting and driving. >> still ahead, why more teenagers now say they are getting the message loud and clear. >> first, though, we'll go live to tampa where the rnc is all fired up following speeches by ann romney and new jersey governor chris christie. time now 8:12. of course, that's very governor bob mcdonnell there who spokele with. we'll be right back.  hehe's made his choice.

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city, we reported it at the top of the show. newly minted republican presidential nominee mitt romney will be in indianapolis today a day after appearing on stage at the rnc after his wife testified about the man that she married and the candidate she thinks america should support. fox news correspondent general i have davis is in tampa with the wrap-up. jenny, good morning. >> reporter: hi there, allison. this is the way one of the local papers summed it up, get

to know him. that was ann romney's message last night. she knows him best having been married to him for more than four decades. they have five children and many grandchildren and she told the american people and the folks in this forum that, you know, you can trust my husband. he's a good man a hard worker and no one is going to work harder to fix this country. so she is getting rave reviews from the folks in town. >> a lot is being made of the fact that she never made a speech on this national stage, that even that she had never used a teleprompter before. the message, though, not just what a great candidate but what a good man mitt romney is. was that message broadcast loud and clear, do you think? >> reporter: well, it certainly is a message she tried to get across. mitt romney admits he is reserved and even he says that he doesn't have the likeability polling numbers that president obama does. and that was something that his wife was trying to help him with last night. so you heard her tell stories about he's you know -- their humble beginnings, when they

first got married they lived in a basement apartment and ate a lot of pasta and tuna fish and used an ironing board as their dining room table. there is a sense and there are certainly attacks from democrats who say mitt romney can't relate to the average american because he is a multimillionaire. so she was trying to show that he hasn't been a multimillionaire from the start. certainly that resonated with folks here. but it remains to be seen if it will echo in the same way around the country. she certainly was trying to talk to women though and she did so very directly to mothers and grandmothers saying look, we're the ones who work a little harder, the ones who people the stress of the economy and trying to pay for college and pay for groceries a little more than others. and so she made an appeal not just for folks to get to know her husband but to tell women that she hears what they're saying. so she is more of the emotional personal side of the ticket i think you could say. >> speaking of the ticket, a lot of hope riding on paul ryan as one of the stars to come out of this year's election. can you tell us about what we

can expect to hear from him tonight? >> reporter: well, like ann romney, this is the biggest speech that he has ever given. and, you know, he's young, only 42 years old. the first gen xeres on the ticket is what the republicans like to say and there is a chance to introduce himself to the country to make himself known on the national stage. he is certainly getting large and very energetic crowds at the events he is going to, but the goal is for tonight americans to get to know him better to see him more as a serious vice-presidential candidate than a boyish candidate. he is going to talk about his personal story, immigrant roots and small town values and then get to the same themes that chris christie got to last night which is mitt romney should be the next president and here's why. >> we'll also wait for big speeches from condoleezza rice also senator john mccain. should be an active night. >> yeah. you're going to hear them focus on world affairs, foreign affairs. that's the theme from them this evening. >> okay, thank you, jennifer

davis out of tampa. good to see. and jennifer just made me feel very old with the age of paul ryan at 42. but that's besides the point. in the meantime, president barack obama will continue his college tour today with the stop in central virginia. he is going to talk with students from the university of virginia during an off-campus appearance in charlottesville. tony, over to you. >> thank you. 8:19 now. tucker barnes has the latest on the weather down to our south and the great weather we're having here, but before that tucker, you'll take care of other business. >> yes, i am, tony. let's get to the cuteness factor of the day. five and three years old. the parents say they are inseparable. >> that's nice. >> yeah. >> so here's the deal.

here's the family inside edition. jayden start crying when his big brother went off to kindergarten without him. >> i hope they stay that close forever and ever. man, they couldn't have a better friend. best friend all the time. built in. >> that's like the bond of a brother and sister. >> go to myfoxdc.com to send us your pictures and click on mornings. congratulations, brandon. going to be a beautiful day around here. let's get down to new orleans. we have a live shot of lake pontchartrain and there you can see that conditions continue to worsen. unfortunately, the storm is such a slow mover it just continues to hammer and batter away at southeast louisiana and, of course, lake ponchartrain just to the north of new orleans. earlier wind gusts on the lake of 75 miles per hour. so they have now had hurricane- force winds close to the city. and about closing in on 9" of rain there along the southern shore of the lake. so conditions just not going to improve anytime soon,

unfortunately, in the new orleans area. there is a live look. you can probably see the eye if you are looking carefully there just to the south and west of new orleans. now just about 45 miles to the south and west of the city of new orleans. in hurricane-force winds stretch 60 miles from the center so again we are encountering hurricane-force winds in new orleans. they are expecting conditions to continue to be just terrible there for the next several hours, very heavy rain. as i mentioned, reports of over 8" of rain already and potential for 15 to 20" of rain in the new orleans area during the next 12 to 18 hours. so the worst is yet to come, unfortunately, across northern gulf of mexico. our five-day forecast is a good one. 85 today, low humidity, bright sunshine. look at the nice sunny trend here into the weekend. we will warm up into the low 90s by saturday. hey, the remnants of isaac could impact the mid-atlantic by late sunday early monday. that could bring us some showers and storms. i just wanted to be ready for that possibility. that's a quick look at weather.

we'll have an update with isaac momentarily. back to you. >> thank you. coming up at 8:00, the creative solutions some teens have come up with to avoid texting behind the wheel. >> and later haute couture made from paper. holly is live at the hillwood estate showing us a wardrobe that could qualify as a work of art. indeed it does. we'll check in with her. it's 8:21.

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with new fuel-efficiency standards. the new auto fuel requirements are 54 miles per gallon by 2025. automakers will need to sell more alternative fuel and improve engines. finally this half hour, we know prince harry likes to party. but apparently his grandmother the queen knows how to let her hair down, as well. don't be afraid. take a look at this instead. the queen photographed -- [ laughter ] -- >> is that a hoodie? behind the wheel of her range rover. she is looking tough right there, though. the photo is make the rounds on the internet. what could that really be? a scarf? just sort of -- >> maybe a scarf or a towel? looks like a hoodie to me. where is she growing? >> they drive around the grounds. >> the redskins hit the field

for one last preseason test tonight. but they will do it down one star player. >> still ahead in our next half hour, why the skins cut chris cooley and reaction to the loss of number 47. >> but first we'll go live to new orleans for an update on isaac. it's 8:26. you're watching "fox 5 morning news." 

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today's top story, hurricane isaac's slow crawl over the gulf coast. the big easy is taking cover as it takes a beating from the storm's heavy rain and high winds. we are already hearing reports of a levee breach in plaquemines parish. the storm made its second landfall this morning over louisiana and already knocked out power to at least 200,000 customers in and around new orleans. fox news correspondent elizabeth prann joins us live from new orleans with an update. we don't have to tell you how bad it is. instead, we'll ask you.

what's going on right now? >> reporter: yes. hi, tony and allison. we have a little update on the storm's location, it's about 50 miles south of new orleans. and that puts new orleans with violent wind gusts up to 80 miles an hour. the rain is continuing on here. one of the things that's so dangerous is because this storm is so slow-moving, we are going to be really staying in that northeast quadrant really not going to see any of these conditions cease anytime soon. we already have about 6" of rainfall within the city limits and we anticipate double if not triple that by the end of the storm. [ loud wind ] >> reporter: we talked about plaquemines parish. it's south of here. it's really at the southeastern tip of louisiana. very popular fishing hub. folks there were under a mandatory evacuation. we heard from billy nungesser the parish president who said if you are not out by tuesday morning it's officially too late. water has overtopped an 18-mile

stretch of the levee there. we hear there's between 6 and 12 inches of floodwaters. as far as rescuing people from those conditions, we do have reports that sheriff deputies are going indoor to door getting people to higher ground but we heard from the coast guard and they say they are not going to be sending out boats or helicopters for very obvious reasons. they don't want to put any of their people at risk. so a very long road ahead before we can really see the full search-and-rescue efforts, in fact if there are any more water overtopping these levees here. but the situation now is that that's an 18-mile stretch of plaquemines parish where water has overtopped one of the levees there. back to you guys. >> for those of our viewers who may be familiar with the region, can you tell us where you are? are you downtown? where are you? >> reporter: only a couple of blocks from the river. this is canal street. paris casino here and bourbon street is probably about three to four blocks over my left hand shoulder. so typically especially before

a holiday weekend, you know, people would be out and about and that's one of things that i haven't seen. typically we go to these natural disasters and we are always telling you it's not safe to be outside while we're outside and point to people and say don't do this don't do this. but i haven't really seen -- [ signal breakup ] -- that gentleman with the newspaper and this gentleman with the news station so for the most part onlookers have been hunkering down, which i can assure you that's what we wantful we don't want people to be out and about. these wind gusts are sporadic and very dangerous. >> in the last seconds or so that we have there now, the latest moving forward now, you say you're not seeing anybody on the streets. it looks like everybody is sort of inside. do you just sit and wait now for this thing to pass? is that really what folks are doing? >> they have to sit and wait. if people live in black black, they were saying they weren't going to have any restrictions. we didn't know how bad the damage was going to be. one of the things that governor

jindal was leading up to the parish president is what they wanted to do for each parish. there were no last resort shelters but each parish had a place to go to if folks didn't have anywhere to go. so it takes some time for emergency crews to go out and assess the damage like you said hundreds of thousands of people without power. the storm is just the beginning. it could be a lot longer. we could see a lot more folks without power. so a long road ahead and because the governor and the parish presidents have been so vocal, i think they will be very open about when residents can go back in. very, very clear. one thing we learned from 2005, the biggest difference is that there's a lot of open communication, a lot of preparedness. they have been very prepared this time around. we just can't predict what the storm is going to do. >> all right. we will let you go, elizabeth prann, filing reports for many stations there. be safe and we'll talk to you again in a little bit. elizabeth prann reporting from new orleans. >> reporter: thank you.

>> yup. >> looking bad. they got hard hit. let's get right to the radar. one of the big issues has been the slow movement the storm. overnight it was stationary for hours. now it's moving off to the north and west at about 6 miles per hour. obviously that's a walking pace. >> too slow. >> unfortunately, it's just sitting here basically spinning and you can see the banding taking place. the outer eye wall now approaching new orleans. here's the eye of the storm. it's going to be extraordinary how much rain they get. i saw reported in lake ponchartrain southern part of lake ponchartrain nine inches of rain so far. and unfortunately, they are expecting additional rain. let's show you how much rain to expect across southeast louisiana. 7 to 14" officially with areas getting 20-plus. they are not done with the

storm, several hours tracking north and west at 6 miles per hour it's going to be long, long time before they call all clear on hurricane isaac. let's switch maps and quickly give you a forecast a little closer to home. our forecast today couldn't be nicer. kind of extraordinary when you step outside and it's bright and beautiful and sunny very quiet around here, low humidity, temperatures expected in the mid-80s not expecting rain around here any too many soon. 73 right now in washington, 60s to the north and west, 66 gaithersburg, 63 martinsburg. here's our five-day forecast which i'm going to show after the dew points. here's your five-day forecast with a warming trend lots of sunshine next couple of days. highs back in the 90s by friday and saturday. remnants of isaac could bring us some late rain sunday and monday. so put that on your calendar. that's a look at weather. back to you. >> thank you. it's 8:36. 73 degrees on this wednesday morning. still ahead, coming up in sports, the nats take a big

step backwards, unfortunately, and the redskins cut a hometown hero. >> a virginia couple ties the knot in a one of a kind wedding. the pictures you have to see to believe. it's 8:36. we'll be right back. 

that ball is deep, that ball is gone! >> oops. >> that was only the beginning for stephen strasburg and the nats. the marlins lit it up in miami going on to shut out the nats 9- 0. strasburg allowed 7 runs in five innings. very unusual for him. the braves won last night. so the nats lead in the national league east now just by 4 games. they had a nice pad but it is still four games. they play in miami again tonight and head for a series against the cardinals. the redskins made three big moves before tonight's final preseason game. they signed former ravens kicker billy cundiff, right? they cut kicker graham gano to make room for him. but the biggest move involved number 47. chris cooley was released after 8 years with the team. he has been a fan favorite, team favorite and the all-time leader of receptions by a tight end with 428 for the team. injuries have plague him,

unfortunately. cooley was emotional when asked if he would sign on with another team. >> it would be a tough decision for me to put on another jersey. [ pause ] [ voice breaking ] it's something that i really have never had to imagine. uhm... so for now, i'll take some time. >> it's tough. you know it's a business, these things happen. but it's tough. cooley said he still believes he can play in the nfl. all right. a daring virginia couple takes their love to new heights. seriously. they suited up with ropes and hardhats in addition to the traditional tux and wedding dress to take their wedding vows at seneca rocks. take a look. isn't that amazing? they sit at the top of a 900- foot mountain for their wedding

photos. bob ewing proposed to the antonia at seneca rocks back in march and she decided she wanted a mountaintop ceremony. >> that's a great picture. >> beautiful. >> fantastic. coming up next, cupcakes for a cause. >> you should have heard his stomach a minute ago. >> thinking about the cupcakes. we'll tell you about mouth- watering pastries and how purchasing them will help local students. >> high fashion like you have never seen before. holly is live at the hillwood estate with a closer look. good morning. >> reporter: let's continue on the cake them. let them eat cake. this is a dress worn by marie antoinette, a replica. would you believe me if i told you that this was made entirely of regular paper? it's part of a magnificent exhibit called pret-a-papier at hillwood where we are live this morning. coming up, we are going to find out more about this belgian artist and how she created these masterpieces and how you

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time for our facebook fan of the day. hello to jackie who says she and her new husband rely on fox 5 news for the latest weather and the latest news saying a morning without it just wouldn't be the same. for your chance to be tomorrow's fan of the day log on to our facebook page and leave a comment under the blushing bride's beautiful picture. pop into any cupcake shop in the d.c. area and you will see more choices other than chocolate or vanilla but what about watermelon or lemonade cupcakes? they are a few of the unique flavors that are being baked to help the boys & girls club of alexandria. with us are marsha and sabrina coowners of occasionally cake in old town. thank you for coming in. >> thank you. >> we're very excited about this. you have cupcakes and cookies which figure into this, as well. first of all, tell us about occasionally cake. i don't know who wants to start but -- >> occasionally cake is our

shop. we actually have two of them. and one is located in old town alexandria and the other is located in the mount vernon, virginia area. and we started this together out of my kitchen about five years ago. and now we are actually into all of these creative flavors. we love good customer service. those are the kinds of things we love to do. >> why do you think cupcakes have become as hugely popular as they have become recently? >> marsha, what do you think? >> they are very nostalgic and a small treat that you can have without too many calories and it's a great indulgence, a great treat. >> it's comfort food. >> very much so. >> you're covering up -- you have the icing you're putting on top. there are three different rows here, three different cupcakes. tell me the different times. >> this is going to be the hot fudge sundae which is vanilla bean butter cream. this is a corn cake with a honey butter cream with real fresh corn in it and the last

one is the chocolate chip pancake. my personal favorite. >> okay. >> we put chocolate chips in the vanilla batter and ice it with maple and then we put candied bacon on top. >> oh, my goodness. >> and a few little chocolate crips to reminisce for the chocolate crips that are inside the cake. now, let me tell you a trick, tony. if you are going to cook with chocolate chips in your cake batter, if you put them in a little bit of flour first before you fold them in the batter they won't all sink to the bottom and you have chocolate chips all the way through the cake. >> very good. you hear bacon, that's crazy but it's a pancake cupcake so it does kind of go together. >> its do. and we cappedied the bacon with sugar -- candied the bacon with sugar in the cupcake and baked it in the oven. >> because there wasn't enough sugar. [ laughter ] >> you have something going on, on september 14 to help benefit the boys & girls club of alexandria. tell me about that. >> correct. this is a back-to-school. this is back-to-school for all

of the children getting ready to go back to old town alexandria. we will be having an event for all of the children and proceeds will go towards the boys & girls club. >> great. >> people can buy -- now, one thing you're giving away. what are you giving away? cake truffles? >> correct. they are being given away. >> and then you're selling the cookies? >> correct. >> okay. so there you go. so tell me about these cookies you have. apple shamed appropriate. >> yes. these are sugar cookies. but they are apple shaped. and they are with the sugar cookies and they are iced like a regular cookie. >> and the proceeds from the sales of the cookies goes to the boys & girls club. >> yes. 100%. we think children are really important. they need good programs so it can stimulate their imagination and we think the boys & girls club do great work. >> all of them are -- you have

the individual different clubs in different areas. how long now -- i see you're doing this, is this -- are you going to fill in like this cookie here? >> i am. >> do you do it all -- >> we call this flooding. >> don't call it that today. [ laughter ] >> today's not a good day for that. >> we actually take an icing called a royal icing and we thin it out so it will flood the cookie. and then if you give it about 10 minutes it becomes firm but not so firm it will break your teeth and then it makes a really nice smooth surface on the cookie which is also delicious. >> this is an art doing this kind of thing. i have search people do it b i have tried it. i'm not very good at it. >> okay. >> it is occasionally cake. they are located in old town alexandria and in the mount vernon area. this event we told but is on friday, september 14 from 2 to 6:00 p.m. at the old town location. again, selling the cookies, proceeds from the cookies go to the boys & girls club. and they will be giving away cake truffles, homemade, between 2 and 6:00 p.m. on that day. ladies, thank you very much for

coming in. >> thank you for having us. >> we'll take those cupcakes off your hands. [ laughter ] >> absolutely. >> all right. allison, back to you. >> they just look so good. thanks, tony. inspired by the history of fashion in european paintings one artist turned that passion for painting in a remarkable collection on display in the district only. fox 5's hol holly morris has more from the hillwood estate. >> reporter: this gives a whole new meaning to paper dolls. this is one of the most fascinating exquisite exhibits i have seen in some time. and you're only going to find it here at the hillwood estate garden and museum. we are in adirondack property that's on the 25-acre estate and i'm joined by leana the director of collections and the chief curator and you have staged the bulk of this exhibit here. have you ever seen anything like this? >> no. that's why really it caught my eye. it was such a distinct and

unique way of crafting art with paper and was so perfect with hill well. isabelel thrives with color, texture, patterns, with pinks that really resonate with the founder of hillwood marjorie merriweather post. it was a great marriage. >> she is referring to isabelle de borchgrave the belgian artist who makes these and rerecreates these dresses with paper. she tells the history of dresses through her pieces of art. so here this is josephine bonapart which she wore at napoleon's coronation. and so talk to pea about how she talk to me about how she does this. >> any dress begins with pay pattern like any haute couture dress. a pattern is cut in paper and then painted and transformed with background paintings, with

guilding, with stenciling, with three-dimensional detail. >> reporter: when she is working with paper because you have so many of the dresses here, just such a magnificent space when you stand amidst it, is fabric like paper? is it easy to translate fabric to paper? >> not at all. the paper needs to really be manipulated in a way to make it malleable and supple. so what isabelle has devised is a system by which she crumples and irons the paper so it loses its stiffness and becomes tissue-like. and that's how she can really pleat it in this manner. >> reporter: when you see the dresses, even the jewels and everything on the dresses are made of paper. >> everything. these brooches everything with paper, foil coiled creates this gold wire. >> you got to go over to her

studio in brussels? >> yes. i went to her studio to see how they work. there are about 10 artists working with her. fashion students, design students. >> we have some video of the studio over there. and i understand it's a grand space. >> it's a wonderful contemporary space. pretty grand. >> how long from start to finish does it take her to make a dress? >> from conception to final execution is about two months. >> that's not really that long when you think about it in the grand scheme of things. >> it's about at least five people working. >> five people for two months. the detail really is amazing. if you come back out live here you can see we kind of have come to a section where there are some more modern dresses here. and what i love about the story is that isabelle de borchgrave was a painter first but was inspired to do this by visiting the met in new york. >> yes. the met has a wonderful

collection of costumes and she went to see the yves st. lawrence retrospective in the 1980s and thought this would be a great way to apply her artistic skills to a different level, her inspiration being yves saint laurent. >> lucky for you that it happens to be in d.c. it is at the hillwood estate museum and gardens open through december 30th this particular exhibit. pret-a-papier. myfoxdc.com is our website. they are open tuesday through saturday and on select sundays so to find out more about times and admissions, you can do that at our website. coming up in the next hour, they have lots of wonderful programs for you to enjoy and we'll talk about that in our 9:00 hour. back to you. >> all right, holly, thank you very much. apple won a big legal battle against samsung, but what does it mean for the smartphone customers out there? still ahead in our next hour, lauren demarco joins us live with the answer. >> but first, we are watching isaac as it pounds parts of the

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rescues under way this morning on the gulf coast where hurricane isaac is slowly moving on to land pushing water over at least one levee. isaac still a category 1 hurricane right now with maximum winds about 80 miles per hour and gusts to 90. the storm moving just 7 to 8 miles per hour which means residents on the gulf coast are in for a very rough day. >> and tucker, let's take a live look right now at isaac as it made its second landfall early this morning. these are some of the images -- these are live images, i should say. you can see the wind blowing there. there are reports that anywhere from 9 to 12 feet of water have flooded some homes in

plaquemines parish, louisiana, south