>> what is it? raspberry? >> i think so. >> is that your official designation. >> yes mr. crayola. let's talk weather, we had an incredible day yesterday mainly east of dc tremendous rains. had a water spout on cobb island. but this morning, much, much quieter. we still don't have boy 90 minutes until sunrise. 82 by noon. sunshine later this morning into the afternoon. after the isolated showers this morning. again there could be a stray storm this afternoon with highs 85 to 90, winds south 5 to 10 miles per hour. look at all the rain 12 hours ago lining up from dc east. this stuff was coming down in buckets this morning. we have got a couple of showers north of aberdeen, also down into the bay now. this is starting to clear a bill bit from southern maryland. first day of school for some

starting in the sixty tis and row 70s. -- 60s and low 70s. monday morning a lot more traffic especially in your neighborhoods with school starting ask kids heading to the school buses and bus stops. 270 southbound right now, no problems to report out of frederick as you head to the point where the lanes divide. we'll take a live look outside and show you what it looks like on the beltway. overnight construction was cleared up. both loops of the beltway on the north side of town. this time we'll head over to the south side northbound i-95. no delays from dale city to woodbridge. he will be fine right now. northbound 95 leaving route 64. coming up to the beltway, i'll be back in a few minutes. back to you guys. we have breaking news at

the top of the hour. a massive earthquake that struck off the coast of el salvador. authorities say the magnitude 7.4 quake has triggered tsunami warnings for el salvador, costa rica, guatemala, honduras and mexico. so far there are no reports of daniels or injuries. back here at home it is back to school day for nearly 150,000 students in montgomery county. >> the 2012-2013 marks the largest school body in the school's history. >> good morning andrea and mike. 149,000 students in montgomery county. they will be reporting this morning to 202 different schools. now back to school time is

generally very significant for retailers. and i was seeing this morning that the national retail federation was reporting that only 8% of us have actually done that back to school shopping. of course retailers were really hoping for a much stronger yield than that. but it has not happened. they are hoping that kids maybe are waiting for, to see the current trends and maybe parents are waiting for those labor day sales. i was looking this morning online at a couple of studies that seemed appropriate for this back to school day. one is that there's merging research. this will come as no surprise that sleep deprivation hinders learning. another important study parents will want to here is that consistent study times are your most likely cause for success with home work, so up to get those kids on a good routine

starting today a very consistent study time every afternoon. now coming up at 5:30, we are going to bring you one of the most popular trends in back to school shopping. it is an interesting one. and then coming up at 6:00 a.m. we will have a live interview with montgomery county school superintendent dr. joshua star. be sure to tweet me if you have any questions. school buses will be hitting the roads in about an hour from thousand. you want to be extra cautious out there as man carr mentioned -- as monika mentioned. what a gorgeous morning, no rain at the moment so a great way to start the day. back to you. sounds good andrea. >> it is also back to school for dc public schools as well. parents and scores of volunteers gave up their saturday to spruce up schools.

some 4000 volunteers turned out citywide. the work included a new coat of paint on the chain link fence and planting in the school garden. >> reporter: how excited are you about the first day of school? >> really excited. i can't wait. >> helping gardening new lants and i'm going to help outside -- new plants and i'm going to help outside. >> it is amazing we have so many volunteers come out. people are interested in helping the school beauty identify -- healthy lifestyle and that will translate into healthier minds that are ready to learn. beautification day took place at dc schools over the

weekend. a child and adult are waking up in the hospital after a car crash on middle brooke road in german town. both the driver and five-year-old child were taken to the hospital. we are told the child was seriously hurt in this. police have not determined what caused the crash at this point. tropical storm isaac took a glancing blow at the florida keys and is now headed into the gulf of mexico. >> forecasters say the storm is expected to get strong and make landfall as a category 2 hurricane. the hurricane warning has been issued for communities from the florida panhandle through louisiana. authorities in louisiana are not taking any chance and they have issued some evacuations in some of the state's low-lying areas. the city of new orleans is now on high alert. >> >> one of the things we have learned is be prepared. caution is always the better part of wisdom in these regards. >> now the storm makes landfall

on wednesday as expected it will hit on the seventh anniversary of hurricane katrina. the chairman of the gop will officially open the convention this afternoon and gavel the day's session closed five minutes later. florida's governor canceled his appearance in order to focus on hurricane preparations and louisiana governor has not yet canceled but says he won't leave his state while it is being threatened by isaac. jessica doyle is off this morning but we continue on with business news. >> one grocery store chain wants to help you save money. weigman's provides free generic lip tore. the offer is for a 90 tablet supply. you can get that prescription filled or refilled for free

through april 27th. id mgroup is recalling nearly 120,000 of these. a care bear pacifier. the nipple can separate from the base and can possibly cause a young child to choke. if your baby has one, stop using it. go to wusa9.com. what is the deal between the first place washington nationals and the philadelphia phillies? in this series they seem to have our number. plus peyton manning and the denver broncos put on a show. but first residents are ordered from their homes as a huge sinkhole threatens two apartment buildings in baltimore. we'll be right back.

welcome back. 5:10 on this monday morning. isolated showers going on mainly east of the bay. otherwise just a humid morning, mostly cloudy skies and nice temperatures. wore going to get back into sunshine today. a stray shower this afternoon. high temperatures will make it into the upper 80s. we have the 5:00 a.m. advisory on isaac. right now here's monika, with timesaver traffic. >> reporter: all lanes are open into fairfax and the beltway and all the way to the roosevelt

bridge as well. i'll be back with more at 5:19. something called the women are watching bus tour has launched. it came on women's equality day. the big pink bus has a slogan that says women are watching and voting. it is going to make its way from arlington, virginia to richmond and later in ohio. the mission is to make sure women vote in the november election. >> the importance of this election to women's health is really the message today. that women need to make sure they are informed and are voting this november. >> got has no place in our bedrooms and certainly no place inside a woman's body.

mitt rney and other conservatives are on record as opposing public money for planned parenthood because abortion is performed as one of the services of the clinic. find out why samsung is going to have to write a really big check after a court battle with apple. plus a simple walk about his dog cost a man his life after stepping on to a poisonous snake. first howard is tracking isaac in the gulf. he has an update and our weather right here. his forecast is up next.

good morning. welcome back to 9news now. 5:15 on this monday morning. new information about tropical storm isaac. >> i have to stress a couple of thing. it is not katrina. i know everybody said oh, it is on the anniversary of katrina. >> and katrina had been a category 5 storm, it had time in the gulf of mexico to build up the storm surge and push that ashore. this is a smaller storm. it won't have the massive wind field or the strength, the storm surge that katrina had. it is seven years later so you have a levee system and pump system which is far better than it was. >> hopefully. >> reporter: well it should be a lot better than it was. 20 years ago hurricane andrew hit southeast louisiana. i was working in new orleans. had a top wind gust of 50 miles

per hour, well this storm was about 6080 miles from us. unless you are really in the eye wall, that is where the majority of damage is going to be. i needed to make those points. needed to make those points. >> i believe you howard. >> reporter: this storm is causing problems, no question about it. and it is going to cause some problems, you can see the heavy rain this morning that continues to fall across parts, we are going to show you the looping, across parts of florida there. central and southern florida, there was some rain totals yesterday in the section to 12-inch category across parts of florida. but this is pulling away from key west and is moving right now west northwest as opposed to northwest. so it is taking aim more on southeast he were louisiana. 65 miles per hour winds. gusts to 75 and we'll watch the pressure. 990 mill bars. moving west northwest at

14 miles per hour. on this track expect it to be near the mouth of the mississippi river sometime looks like tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow evening as a cat agree 1 storm. 8590 miles per hour. this is a little bit weaker projection than what we were looking at. so that is good news as well. if it gets a little bit farther to the west it won't be god for these areas. it would. new orleans,. the mississippi gulf coast. that is really the highest winds. somebody is going to get hit but how do you hope to minimize the damage? you keep it weak, moving quickly, keep it away from the population centers. right now new orleans is a big threat and a big target for isaac over the next couple of days. around here the bus stop forecast, we are looking at mostly cloudy skies. patchy fog, even a shower can't

be ruled out east. fog toward orange, virginia. a quarter mile visibility. sunrise at 6:33. day planner today, sunrise again for awhile. mostly cloudy this morning, just an isolated shower. most of that is going to be east of the bay early. by noon, partly sunny, 82. our highs today probably 2:00 or 3:00 will be maybe 88. yesterday had big storms, big storms. heavy rain making storms, even a tornado warning for a water spout that was down toward cobb island in charles county. this morning a couple of sprinkles in charles county here. you'll notice ththunderstorms coming off of st. mary's county over toward the eastern shore. over toward cambridge and denton. as we look back off north beach we have a little shower there in the bay and after annapolis.

had a shower right over the river. 60s in fairfax right now. 67 at leesburg. rockville 69. andrew 68 and here in dc muggy, 71 degrees. still quite dark on our michael and son weather camera. the humidity at 87%. we'll have isolated showers mainly east, headed up to jersey by noon. an isolated shower can't be ruled out. there comes a front tonight by midnight, central and western pennsylvania seeing it. it comes in here tomorrow with a stray shower or storm in the afternoon, especially south of washington. so the forecast you know, we have green days that really shouldn't be too bad today, just an isolated shower or storm. tonight 60s, tomorrow in the upper 80s, a warm day with a stray afternoon storm, especially south of dc. wednesday looks nice at 84 and

thursday 88. hot by the end of the week, but sunday, see if any of isaac's moisture gets drawn this way. here comes monika, with timesaver traffic. >> volumes are beginning to pick up right now. that is to be expected on the monday when school is starting all over our area. that is where you want to be most careful is in our neighborhoods where kids are going to be out trying to find their bus stops and dealing with the first day of school. on the beltway north of town, outer loop from college park into silver spring, you are going to begin to see some volume forming right now. let's take a live look outside. it looks like here on the outer loop. back over to the maps and this time to the other side. inside the beltway in fact 395 looking fine up to the 14th street bridge. all the river crossings are incident free. a live look at duke street and volumes are pretty good, leaving the beltway past landmark and up to the 14th street bridge. andrea and mike? >> thank you monika.

heavy rain is being blamed for a huge sinkhole in east baltimore. >> the sinkhole is on east monument street and it is so bad authorities forced several residents on the block to leave their homes just as a precaution. many residents live above store fronts on the block in precarious positions. a department of public works spokesman says right now it appears those buildings are stable but the city just didn't want to take any chances. >> the buildings are okay right now all right? we are hopeful that everything is going to be all right in terms of that. everything is pretty well stable on each side. but we are concerned enough we had to get people out. >> people got to live and eat on what we are doing here. with the street being cut off there is no foot traffic. it is pretty rough. >> a smaller version of the sinkhole was filled in just last week as repair crews began trying to fix the drainage pipe that caused that initial problem. later today workers will cover the sinkhole with metal plates

and evaluate when it is able to start repairing the hole again. this is so interesting. this famous singer was once escorted away from graceland by security after he jumped the fence in an effort to meet elvis. was it bruce springsteen, bob dylan or robert plant? >> debra cook said bob dylan would be my answer. >> we'll have the answer on our 6:00 show.

i bet on the eastern shore don't have our reporting stations coming in yet but likely to be some fog goodrich all the tremendous rains they saw yesterday. still looking at a few showers south and east. that will pull away from us by 9:00. low to mid-70s, we head toward lunch time, upper 70s to low 80s. then this afternoon, an isolated storm at worst with highs in the mid to upper 80s. enjoy. good morning, everybody. what's become a reversal of roles this season the washington nationals went into this

weekend's series against philadelphia looking to maintain their lead in the division. since the phillies aren't going to win the title this year, they get to play the role of spoiler. jordan zimmerman man, phillies up, jimmy rollins adds two more. an inning later lance nix adds another, phillies up 4-0. cliff lee solid. he allowed seven hits in seven innings, striking out five batters, allowed just one run which came off a tyler moore rbi double. phillies win this one. >> they have got to find a ball club over here. we came in, and had momentum going their way and we got a little banged up. it happens. the orioles making some moves. the birds acquiring joe saunders from arizona in exchange for

matt lindstrom. saunders is 6-10 this season over 21 starts to the diamondbacks. their match up yesterday with toronto was postponed because of rain. preseason nfl last night. peyton manning and the broncos hosting san francisco. two touchdown passes a ten yarder and a five yarder both to eric deckner just one quarter of work. the broncos eventually fell 2- 24 to the 49ers. as a quick look at sports this morning, is cut down day for the redskins. we'll break it all down for you at 5:00. it is a great monday if you are planning to head through gaithersburg using route 355. everything fine lanes are open. no issues on 270. coming in from frederick all the way done to the spur and the beltway to the american legion

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good morning, welcome back to news now. a lot of people going back to school today. i'm andrea roane. >> new backpacks, new clothes. >> good morning monika samtani. i'm mike haiduk. glad you are with us this morning. howard bernstein has a lot. we have a dense fog advisory just issued west of dc. >> we start with a day planner. we are not expecting really any heavy downpours in most areas. 71 now, by noon 82. should be a good recess for the kids, just a slim chance for an afternoon storm. highs 88 maybe even 8 degrees. the highs this time of year,

about 2:00 or 3:00 in the afternoon. seeing the dense fog and that is where we have got the dense fog advisory. frederick county virginia, south of the shenandoah valley. this goes down over to the charlottesville region, culpepper, we are going to watch that carefully. any showers they have been east this morning and southeast. the heaviest stuff in the lower part of the bay. charles county north of waldorf, and around swann point. these are popping moving northeast at 30 miles per hour. let's check in with monika samtani. thank you howard, good morning, everybody. things look good outside right now. you are not really used to volume building the summer traffic pattern has been completely different. this morning you are going to see volume early on, on the beltway and the bw parkway and

route 50. your lanes are open. by the way northbound georgia avenue at kennedy and northwest, you want to watch out for police activity. we'll take you outside right now and show you in new carrollton volumes are still late. really this is what it looks like on prince george's county on the beltway. in virginia inbound dulles toll road, a bit of volume right there in centerville. northbound 95 in spring field, a few brake lights forming route 64. back with traffic back to you guys. it is back to school time. nearly 150,000 students in montgomery county alone are starting this morning. >> the 2012-2013 school year marks the largest body in hiv. classes start in about 90 minutes. >> good morning andrea and

mike. a gorgeous morning out here. at walter johnson the first school bell of the year will ring officially at 7:20 this morning. we have to tell you as early as 5:00 a.m. teachers and school administrators started showing up here. among them school principal walter johnson, jennifer baker, thanks for being up this early and getting started. an exciting day for students and parents. what is it like for school administrators? and what are you expecting in the year ahead? >> i don't think there is anything more exciting than the first day of school. you prepare for it all summer we are so ready for the kids to be here and so very excited. we are looking forward to having everybody back and being back in the business of what we do, which is educating children. we spend a good long time this summer preparing and our teachers are ready. you have 2260 students here, the third largest school in the

cluster. what do you expect might be a little different about this school year? has the economy impacted you? >> i don't believe the economy has impacted us too much. it may have impacted our families. here at walter johnson it will be business as usual. we are the third largest school in the county, but we have the staff to teach our kids and we are just very excited to be here and we know this year will be exciting as well for the kids. jennifer bicker the principal of walter johnson thank you so much. i know you have work to do thanks for being with us. mike and andrea, i wanted to mention again the trend we talked about this year, and that is online shopping. back in 2003, only 10% of us shopped online for back to school supplies. this year almost 40%. the numbers have quad drupe would. we are live from walter johnson. we'll see you again at 6:00 a.m. with a live interview.

it has been a violent 24 hours in afghanistan. first, government officials report taliban insurgents beheaded 17 civilians in a village in southern afghanistan. this happened as people were gathering for a fest value with music and dancing. an afghan soldier turn his weapon on international troops and killed two coalition force service members in eastern afghanistan. at this point that is all nato is saying about the incident. coalition and afghan officials are now investigating the shooting. well the delegates have arrived in tampa, florida for the republican national convention. but so has the wind and rain. >> susan mcginniss is live there. >> reporter: the party has started in tampa. thousands showed up sunday night for the republican national convention's welcoming party of the it was the first official event on the rnc's schedule. the second will be a little

delayed. tropical storm isaac is expected to bring high winds and heavy rain to the area today. because of that, the convention will be gaveled into session this afternoon and adjourned minutes later. >> you can't be assured what would happen on monday if you had a full arena and then couldn't get people out of here. so i mean it is an obvious choice, safety first. >> reporter: most delegates agree with the decision and don't think it will hurt their momentum. >> we could probably get it done in a day if we had to. >> reporter: republicans say they have two jobs, first to prosecute president obama for the job he has done in his first term, the second to introduce mitt romney to the american people. >> we have to tell the mitt romney story here. >> reporter: telling mitt's story will start with ann romney. she is the featured speaker tuesday night. the romneys spent sunday afternoon practicing their speeches at a private school in new hampshire. while he says he is concerned

about the folks in isaac's path, romney also says he is looking forward to the convention. romney will be nominated as his party's presidential candidate tuesday night and will accept the nomination on thursday. susan mcginniss, cbs news, tampa. >> this is the second republican convention in a row delayed by a hurricane. in 2008 it was delayed a day because of hurricane gustav. howard is coming up next in the forecast. plus a warning for parents, a cancer causing chemical already in toys could be in your children's lunch boxes and book bags, we'll explain in about 15 minutes. and a local man gets an unpleasant surprise walking into its -- into his own garage.

welcome back. 5:40 on this monday morning. kind of muggy out here. we have dense fog advise ries

west -- advisories west of the metro. it is going to be a decent day. by lunch time 82. isolated storms this afternoon. 3:87, the drive home 85 -- 3:00, 87 degrees. the drive home 85. today you are going to see volumes building early on, and lots of kids out at bus stops as well. that is where you want to be most careful, in your neighborhoods. this is the 14th street bridge along 395 still running smoothly into down. back to you guys. it is 5:41 and it is august 27th. musician darrell dragon of the captain and ten, lindsey wells is 69.

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good morning. they are taking out the crayola crayon box to determine the color of his shirt. let's get on to more adult subjects, the weather. >> reporter: isaac is still a tropical storm threatening southeast louisiana. your hometown andrea there as we get into tomorrow evening. >> school there is canceled. schools looking good here. >> reporter: isaac may actually hit on the anniversary of katrina. but this is no katrina by any measure. yes, it is a hurricane, but it is a weaker, smaller hurricane. katrina was at one point a category 5 in the gulf of mexico. that allowed it to build a tremendous storm surge and push it toward the coast. this is not going to have the same opportunity. you can see the center of

circulation pulling away from florida. want to show you the radar in a second. a heavy rain band sweeping across florida. all the moisture flowing into florida, we are looking at the center of what is now tropical storm isaac there in the gulf of mexico, pushing off toward the west northwest at 14. 65 gusting to 75. forecast track takes it just a little bit farther west than earlier but not by much. we are talking about this is the mouth of the mississippi river, plaqumines's parish here. the city of new orleans is going to be on the right side of this, the strong side of the storm, but also let's not forget this. when this water gets pushed off toward the north here on the east side of the storm, you have the water flowing in toward areas east of new orleans, especially the mississippi gulf

coast is going to take a beating from this, on this track. if this moves farther west, she will be spared. andrew came ashore here, i was working in louisiana. all we had is a 50 miles per hour wind gust. so it won't take much to get new orleans to be away from the worst of the storm. right now they could be seeing 80, 90 miles per hour winds tonight. we have mostly cloudy skies, patchy fog west, showers east, 60s and 70s this morning. sunrise 6:33. as we look at the day planner, expecting temperatures to climb into the low 80s by noon with a mix of sun and shrouds. maybe an early shower left over. by 5:87 degrees south winds at 10. showers and storms affecting areas mainly east of the bay. i want you to focus back into charles county, this is where we are seeing activity even st.

mary's county up and down 301 to brandywine here coming south. you see the line of showers, this came out of the, not swann point, i can't think it have right now, headed up here, cobb island, there it is, toward mechanicsville. temperatures in the 60s, winchester 64. by the way out here, dense fog advisory until 10:00 a.m. gadget thergzburg, 70. outside on the michael and son weather camera -- gaithersburg, 70. outside on the michael and son weather camera. humidity increases. can't rule out a stray thunderstorm, but we should be in pretty good shape this afternoon and this evening.

if you have afternoon plans, perhaps you can get to it tonight and tomorrow. here comes a frontal boundary, going to push through the region. a couple of showers and then the afternoon the best chance of showers moves south of dc. highs well into the 80s once again on tuesday the forecast today 88, maybe an isolated storm this afternoon. fog this morning and shower action east. tomorrow 89, could be the stray thunderstorm south of town. wednesday looks great actually, 84 degrees, sunny. not too humid. thursday warmer. friday and saturday hot and sunday maybe storms, and a high around 90. here comes monika, with timesaver traffic. >> overall a nice start to monday morning's rush hour. you are going to find the kids heading out to the bus stop. that is where you want to be most cautious in the neighborhood. southbound 270.

other than that, looks great. no problems as you head out of frederick. a live look at route 109, this is where it begins and still good through german town. back over to the maps this time over to the beltway on the north side of town, no issues to report leaving college park into silver spring. we'll take a live look at the beltway south side of town. as you leave the wilson bridge route 1 headed to springfield. i'll be back with more traffic coming up at 6:01. area students heading back to class now. lawmakers are calling attention and they want the government to crack down on toxic school supplies. here's an example. 20 common school supplies were examined by the center for health and justice and they found some are laden with a toxic chemical that is banned in toys, but the ban does not extend to common school

supplies like vinyl backpacks and lunch boxes. >> why, for instance would you ban it in a spiderman action toy but not in a spiderman lunchbox or spiderman backpacks. >> links between actual dhd and diabetes and asthma. poisonous snakes may be more common around here than you think. >> a herndon, virginia man found out the hard way when he was bitten by a copper head in his garage. sue rae chin has his story. >> reporter: john hannah was just taking his dog out when he stepped on the make in his garage. the bite sent him to the hospital last week, and he spent three days in intensive care. >> i didn't turn the light on and the dog went running out and

i followed him. after a few steps i didn't look down and the copper head was on the floor and i stepped on him. >> reporter: the snake sunk its teeth into john hannah's heel. >> i felt an excruciating pain up my leg. >> he was like it is really painful. >> reporter: his foot swelled. doctors gave him antivenom and kept a close eye on him in icu. >> i grabbed a huge knife from the kitchen. >> reporter: after knocking it unconscious i cut off his head and took him with me to the hospital. i was amazed at how small it was. >> reporter: but he learned the smaller the snake, the more venomous. >> any place that mice can go snakes can go behind. >> reporter: jeff cake cobb say wildlife certified technician. he has been getting more calls for snakes because of the mild winter. jacobs says keep wood piles off

the ground. but this one isn't. >> this is a perfect habitat for snakes. another thing that for example, see this how the back's open and you have some setting water. >> reporter: the hannahs left dog food in their garage, and they also live next to a creek. jacob says make sure you cut back your lawn. >> they have a home that is right next to nature and when you have that, you are going to have nature visit you. >> reporter: the snake is still present in my mind, i'm really hoping i'm going to get over it. >> reporter: wildlife experts say you can find three poisonous snakes in northern virginia. the cotton mouth, copper head and timber rattlesnake. you can contact a local pest control company. make sure they are wildlife certified, and they can help you snake and rodent-proof your home. it is 5:54 just about. another look at the question of the morning now, there was a

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we still have some showers going on south and east of town. west of town fog is an issue. to cobb island off 301 light sprinkles going on. by 9:00 maybe lingering showers in calvert county through the upper part of the bay. sunshine this afternoon, temperatures are going to be warm. look at these temperatures by 3:87 high. about 88. a california judge hears the case of a photographer who chased down justin bieber. a new law comes under fire. >> reporter: country singer songwriter rodney atkins helped kickoff the start of the republican national convention in tampa, florida. he performed at the inaugural party sunday along with

cheerleaders for the buccaneers. the democratic party meets next week. their headliner is james taylor. there could be consequences for a photographer charged with chasing justin bieber last month. paul raff will be officially charged under california's brand new law. his attorney argued the case should be thrown out because the law is unconstitutional. >> it infringes on the freedom of the press and it is also vague in its application. >> reporter: the photographer's trial is set to start september 24th. bieber got a speeding ticket i can't i guess i just ruined high chance. a medical mystery called coma is set to kickoff fall tv viewing. it discovers a hospital is hiding coma victims.

actress jena davis plays a psychiatrist. >> can we be sure what doctors do when we are unconscious and. >> the two part miniseries airs on aand estarting on labor day. i'm edward lawrence for cbs news. the latest on tropical storm isaac. it is churning through the gulf of mexico this morning and tropical storm warnings are up from the louisiana to the florida coastline in the panhandle. the same area is under a hurricane watch. the storm is now taking aim at the gulf coast, could take aim at mississippi or louisiana early wednesday. republicans have canceled just about everything planned at their national convention for today, just as a precaution. monika samtani will be back in a moment with timesaver traffic. and howard bernstein has your weather first including more