rallies in florida and virginia. danielle nottingham, cbs news, tampa, florida. >> the democrats have their national convention next week in charlotte and the president will accept his party's nomination roughly a week from today. a prince george's county firefighter is being called a hero after he saved the life of a woman who was trapped in an apartment fire in temple hills. the fire started late last night in an apartment complex on huntly square drive. three people were inside when firefighters got there. two of them got out quickly but there was a woman who was trapped. she was helped by a firefighter who stayed with her, shared his oxygen until they could both be rescued. >> he found her in a position where she couldn't get out. he came in with a bottle on. he literally sat with her in the apartment sharing his air mask waiting for someone to come rescue them because there was no way he was going to get her through the fire on her way out. so he got to the point where he was getting low on air and they were able to come in and get

both of them pulled out. >> firefighters, five of them, were injured. they are expected to be fine however. well, isaac is now a tropical depression and it's heading north. but the flood waters continue to rise where it's hit and some fragile dams are struggling to hold back that water. cbs's drew levinson has more now in laplace, louisiana. >> reporter: the brunt of isaac has passed but the damage is far from over. rising waters forced more evacuations from laplace, louisiana, with people and animals hurrying to get out. joshua jones is one of the hundreds who was rescued. they're headed to shelters in shreveport. >> we had to climb on top of the houses. >> reporter: evacuees already in shreveport were exhausted and hungry. some of them didn't want to be there. >> we were forced out. >> they dragged me out. >> reporter: a bird's eye view shows the damage in hard hit plaquemines parish. homes are flooded and cows are

stranded. the sheriff's department are using this parking lot as a staging area. the reason they're here is because it's one of the few places that has electricity. hundreds of thousands of customers are without power across the state. few gas stations are open. and the ones that are have long lines. some people stocked up filling extra containers. emandatory evacuation order was issued. >> i think it's crazy. we moved here after katrina and we're just praying that everything will be fine. >> reporter: crews are pumping water out of the lake to take pressure off the dam. >> we've got some pumps in place. they're not moving a large volume of water. we're trying to get as much water out as we can. >> reporter: isaac is expected to move north bringing heavy rain to the midwest by the weekend. drew levinson, cbs news, -- cbs news, laplace, louisiana. >> it could hit ohio and other

areas as soon as today. for farmers in the midwest enduring one of the nation's worst droughts in the last two generations, isaac's rain might be too much of a good thing. that much water could work against the farmers making it feel too muddy to bring in the harvesting equipment. the pentagon has determined the navy seal who wrote the book about the death of osama bin laden violated rules about divulging military secrets. lawyers for the department of defense say the seal who wrote the book under a pen name mark owen failed to follow the rules and did not submit the book to the pentagon before it was published. they say he revealed classified secrets. because of that the pentagon will consider legal action against him. scott pelly sat down with owen. you can see the full interview on september 9 on 60 minutes. george huguely gets 23 years in prison. he's a former university of virginia lacrosse player convicted of murdering his ex-

girlfriend. a judge in char lotszville handed -- charlottesville handed down the sentence for the murder of yeardley law. his defense team they'll appeal both the sentence and the conviction. >> we believe in the jury system and in our courts but we fundamentally disagree that the conviction in this case for second degree murder was at all appropriate and we basically disagree with the sentence that was imposed today. >> just before the judge pronounced the sentence, george huguely turned to yeardley love's family and said quote, i'm so sorry for your loss. i hope you can find some peace. the love family then released a statement saying in part we find no joy in other's sorrow. we're relieved to put this chapter behind us. a number of parents in arlington county are upset with school officials there after the school district announced plans to cancel services at 12 bus stops and this is all happens just as school gets under way. we got reaction from some of

those parents. >> reporter: these elementary schoolkids and their mothers are trying to get used to a new routine this year, walking to school. >> arlington county dropped this bomb on us just two weeks ago. >> reporter: sandy moore has taken issue with the arlington public schools' decision to stop 12 bus stops. one was only a block away if her house. now her daughter and other kids are left with a new way to get to school a mile away. >> we live in modern times with busy roads and there are some siations that you just don't want a young girl walking home alone in. >> reporter: moore isn't alone in her concern. >> i just think it's absurd to expect children as young as 5, 6, 7 years old to walk a mile, nearly a mile to school. >> reporter: parents say this is the scariest part about their children's walk to school. 18th street and glieb road. they say it's constantly packed

with traffic and it's scary to cross. the superintendent says the change is do to a realignment of resources, what he described as a rapidly growing school district. >> we're increasing approximately 800 to 850 student as year. we've got to begin to make adjustments. >> reporter: with that expractice -- but that explanation isn't sitting well with parents who want their kids' bus back. >> it's frustrating and confusing. >> reporter: despite a petition with hundreds of signatures on t they have no plans to reverse their decision. here's a look at some of the other things making news this morning. a federal court struck down a texas law that would have required voters to show a photo i.d. before they vote in november. a three-judge panel says minorities in texas are more likely to live in poverty and not have a valid state i.d. this is the thd court in tee days that struck down -- in three days that struck down the voter i.d. laws. james hole him, the man accuse -- james holmes, the man

accused of opening fire in colorado tried unsuccessfully to call a psychiatrist just nine minutes before the attack. prosecutors want to see a notebook sent to the psychiatrist by holmes which reportedly contains violent notes about the attack. time now 4:37. we're in for another warm day. temperatures in the low 90s. howard is back in two minutes to look at your holiday weekend as well. chalk one up for samsung in its ongoing battle with apple and monika will give us a preview of the roads as we look toward the holiday weekend. your weather first right after this.

. just about 4:40 on this friday morning. quiet. a little mugger than it -- muggier than it has been the last couple of mornings. we're going to warm up real fast. 88 by noon. we'll get to about 95 probably around 4:00 p.m. and going out this evening still toasty at 6:00 with a temperature of 92. i'll be back in a few minutes talking about the labor day weekend forecast. right now here's monika with a look at timesaver traffic. off to a good start this morning. here's what it looks like headed out on route 50 to the bay bridge. no troubles right now. a good time to head out. after noon today it's going to abwhole different story. i'll -- to be a whole different story. i'll have more traffic in my next report. time for the first your money segment ever the morning. jessica is off. trading expected to be light today. the markets closed down. the nasdaq lost 32 points.

the s&p 500 was down 11 points. investors are anxious to hear what federal reserve chair ben bernanke has to say about the economy today. he's giving his annual speech on monetary policy in wyoming this afternoon. investors are going to be looking for signs that the fed could take some possible action to boost the struggling economy, but most experts say it's unlikely. also this morning, we're going to get a better sense of how consumers are feeling when the university of michigan releases its consumer sentiment index. eight supposed to gauge about how americans feel about making purchases right now. days after a major win in a california courtroom, apple has now lost a lawsuit that it filed against samsung. this time it was in japan. a tokyo court ruled that samsung did not infringe on an apple patent. technology used in the smartphones and tabloids to synchronize computers did not infringe on the apple patent. last week, however, a jury in california ruled that some of

samsung's smartphones did infringe on apple. earlier this week we told you about nestle tollhouse cookie dough and a possible recall. well, we want to let you know a correction, there is no recall, and it is not being currently pulled off store shelves. that recall was actually from 2009. we apologize for any inconvenience. maryland health officials announced the state's first death connected to west nile. also, researchers make a major advancement in the fight against als. we have those stories and more and your weather first right after this.

4:44. back in the soup. earlier this week we had temperatures in the high 50s, low 60s. now it's 75 and wet. >> still a little drier north and west. really the dew points in a second and you'll see the difference. yes, it has changed. unfortunately right as we head

into the holiday weekend. i want to start out with the beach forecast for the holiday weekend. i know a lot of folks will be headed out to the coast here for a few days. mixed results here. today and tomorrow look pretty good. you know, even today will be kind of toasty. 86 tomorrow. as we head into sunday and monday, that's when we'll see more clouds and even over there chances for a thunderstorm or two. high temps in the low 80s. let's talk about our bus stop forecast here this morning because it is as mike alluded to a little muggier, warmer than it has been. we generally have 60s and 70s under mainly clear skies. sunrise about 6:40 this morning. as far as the day planner, well, 74 by 8:00 but it's going to be a day where we'll heat up very quickly. by lunch time upper 80s. winds west 10, maybe 10 to 15 miles an hour. that's your high for the day. 95, 9 degrees above the average. 86 right now. we are at the end of meteorological summer today. it's going to feel like it's the middle of it with 87 by 8:00 under southwest winds at 7 miles an hour.

dew points tell the story. how much moisture is really in the air. the lower the number, the drier the air. you can see dew points in pittsburgh and cleveland in the 50s but from d.c. south and east, we've got dew points in the 70s now. that's that sticky stuff. where it is drier, it also tends to be cooler. the air is allowed to cool off more at night. we have 50s here. the water vapor holds on to the heat so 75 in washington. 76 in ocean city. a big difference from andrews where it's 73 over to loudoun county where we've got low 60s in the northern part of loudoun. centreville 68 along with laurel this morning. bethesda 71 and arlington 73. looking outside on our michael & son weather camera, this is wisconsin avenue in northwest d.c. a quiet morning. 75 degrees. humidity is up at 87% and the winds are south, southwesterly at a miles an hour bringing in some of that moisture and some of that heat. we're still looking at isaac, tropical depression isaac right now spinning west of little rock almost near the oklahoma-

arkansas boarder with these bands of showers and storms. some of these have about severe this morning in eastern louisiana. this is bringing moisture some 2 to 6 inches of rain across areas of missouri and illinois over the next 36 to 48 hours. but for us, high pressure coming on down. you can see the clouds how they get pushed off to the south. so we're in good shape now but the humidity at the low levels will return. those clouds out west are going to start to creep in here over the weekend. no problems today, sunny, just the heat. mid-90s. it's going to be uncomfortably warm. partly to mostly cloudy tonight. tomorrow more clouds. we're even going to have a threat especially south and west of town where we'll have a couple of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. headed to the mountains, looks like a greater cans there. toward culpeper, richmond, toward the then shenandoah valley, better chance than south and east. saturday night relatively quiet. sunday also indicational clouds and sunshine -- occasional clouds and sunshine and a chance for afternoon storms, especially west of d.c. for sunday afternoon. labor day we'll still be

fighting the same battle with isaac's moisture and an approaching front. showers and storms will still be possible. going out to the nats-cards game tonight, first pitch 7:05, 90ish out there. going to be toasty. 95 today, green day. tonight we'll be in the 70s. a muggy night. tomorrow 92 with annual isolated thunderstorm -- with an isolated thunderstorm. maybe a few more storms on sunday. code yellow for now. best chance west and east, 86. as we head toward labor day 82 with a few showers and storms. the unsettled warmish pattern will be with us i think for the first several days of next week. it is 4:48. monika samtani stepping in with a big smile this friday morning. i can just picture a bunch of people getting their bags ready to head out of town for the last little hurrah. this is a great time to head out. it's nice and light. all the overnight construction has been cleared up. southbound on 95 there was construction right here in the dumfries area and that should be in its clearing stages as well. so you'll be all right headed

across the occoquan river headed down toward richmond right now. we'll take a live look at the 14th street bridge on the northbound side of i-395. looking good here into the downtown area. if you do need to head into work early this morning and then get out, i would suggest that you do it pretty soon. we'll take you back over to the maps and this time over to route 50 and again headed to the beach and the bay bridge, you're going to be fine as well. all lanes are open. i've been watching the traffic there and it's still very, very light. a last live look as well at the beltway north of town. no construction to worry about. all lanes are open here at connecticut avenue and 270. no problems in frederick. i'll be back with more traffic at 4:55. but first, of course, here in washington we are no strangers to bad traffic, but if you're thinking about hitting the road today for the long weekend, will you have a lot of company. our area will be facing the fourth worst labor day traffic in the country. so as you pack your bags, here is some information that might help you i hope. if you are traveling labor day traffic, it will start to slow

around 2:00 p.m. today. it will peak around 5:00 and 6:00 p.m. if you're leaving the district, i think the best time is going to be after 7:00 tonight or saturday before lunch time. it gets worse after that. virginia beachgoers, your trip will take an hour and a half longer than normal. d.c. itself of course is a popular destination spot for the holiday weekend. we'll have take traffic around here the next few days. you'll want to have some patience for our out of town visitors. the worst time to travel is going to be again 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. and after 7:00 p.m. and then saturday 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. before noon is going to be the best time. the slowest areas include the legion bridge, the springfield area, i-270 and i-95 interchanges. so keep that in mind. maryland 511 direct text messaging by the way is now upgraded. it's a great system to use. maybe find alternate route times and routes to save you the headache. back to you. >> thanks, monika. west nile virus has claimed its first victim in maryland.

health officials refuse to tell us where the victim lived or anything about that person. there have been 13 cases of west nile in maryland this year. the state of delaware is also reporting its first case. this victim is expected to recover. it is a 34-year-old man from wilmington who travels frequently. officials think he contracted the virus out of state. the district along with 36 other states have reached 18 on -- reached a $181 million settlement with jansen pharmaceuticals how a drug risperdal is marketed. the d.c. general claimed that jansen violated the district's consumer protection law by marketing this antipsychotic drug for unapproved off label uses. they say it was illegally marketed for alzheimer's, dementia, depression and anxiety. researches at nyu say they've identify add new way to slow the effect -- identified a new way to slow the effects of als. the condition attacks the nerve cells of the brain and spinal

cord. researchers say they found when they tripled a specific protein in mice, nerve cells stayed attached to the muscle longer. scientists say this could give patients more mobility over time but the study did not show that the mice lived any longer. on average als patients die within three years of diagnosis because the muscles which keep them breathing lose connection to the nerves and they stop working. u.s. and canadian researchers say they found people with kidney stones have significantly increased chance of developing more serious kidney problems in addition to that. they tracked more than three million people for 11 years and found young women with kidney stones were most at risk. scientists say the stone callsification process may be to blame as well as scarring, too. have some healthy habits in your life and you could live longer. go figure. up to five years for women, six years for men. that's from swedish researchers who followed nearly 18,000 people for 18 years.

on average they say people who regularly exercised lived for more years -- two more years than people who don't. smokers also died a year earlier than nonsmokers. it is 4:53. time for the question of the morning. every year kids in america spend half a billion dollars on this. is it a, video games, b, movie tickets, or c, chewing gum? that sure seems obvious. log on to wusa9's facebook fan page and leave your response. we'll have the answer in our 6:00 show. we'll be right back.

. your weather first. howard here. it's going to be a hot day.

we're going to 95. still rather toasty 94 degrees this evening. we'll take a look at the bay bridge coming off the bridge span. you can see volumes are very light. all lanes are open. a good time to head out across the bridge span if you're headed to the beach this morning. i'll have an overall look at roads coming up in my next report at 5:01. first, this virginia rest stop brought to you by geico. the insurance giant is now the official sponsor of all rest areas in the commonwealth. governor bob mcdonnell made the announcement at a rest stop yesterday morning. this move will bring in $2 million for the state. >> thanks, monika. maryland is reporting higher than expected revenues. the state ended the fiscal year 2012 with over $230 million more than anticipated. it's mostly from income taxes, sales taxes and lottery receipts which brought in more than projected. the state comptroller peter franchot says the extra cash

should go into the maryland rainy day fun. thousands are packing the olympic stadium for the summer paraolympic games. amanda macgrora is going to race in her wheelchair. she won four medals in beijing. >> to get the opportunity to be back here again and race again in front of the entire world is just -- it's indescribable. >> paraolympic athletes will compete in 20 different events including archery and wheelchair basketball. organizers say the games are on track to be the most watched in history. almost two and a half million tickets have already been sold. well, the price is right gets a jolt of testosterone and the author of harry potter has a new project in the works. teresa garcia has those stories and more in this look at entertainment. >> reporter: the fupt of the godfather -- the future of the godfather franchise is in the hands of a new york judge. the estate of the deceased author publish add sequel last year, but paramount which cbs'

parent company believes it owns the publishing rights. the estate believes paramount has no rights to new books. the price is right is searching for its first ever male model. hundreds of men showed up to an open casting call for the game show. it's -- gles' hopeful to show off his talent to the show's producers. >> i'm very chairs mattic. >> reporter: a select group will advance to a five episode online competition on price is right.com where viewers will choose a winner. the lucky one will appear on the show for one week starting october 15. the rolling stones are coming out with a documentary on the group's 50 years together. the film called cross-fire hurricane will hit movie theaters in the u.k. in october. hbo and the bbc will air it later this year. the author of the harry potter books is bringing the magic

home. j.k.rowling plans to build two tree houses at her home. each will stand about 40 feet high with a spiral staircase and a trap door. teresa garcia, cbs news, studio city. >> is a treehouse going to be 40 feet or is it going to be -- trees are pretty tall. i don't know. >> maybe both. she's got the money to do whatever she wants. happy friday. good morning. thanks for joining us on 5:00 a.m. andrea is off today. monika samtani will have traffic just a moment as we head into the holiday weekend and howard, eight getting sticky already. >> muggies have come back. still a little drier north and west. we are seeing a very hot afternoon. it's the end of meet meteorological summer today. it will feel like we're smack dab in the middle of it. this morning we're in the 60s and 70s. yes, muggier as