. >> owns swim and resort in downtown st. pete. she says the british business in her store is a direct result of the olympic games. >> they are telling me that england is quite crazy right now and they wanted to come to america to escape the mayhem of the olympics. >> eddie and his family know the feeling. >> they live north of london, but eddie works as a truck driver in london. getting away this week was a no brainer. local businesses appreciate the majesty and the indirect economic boom. >> they have many places in america they chose to go, but they chose to come to tampa bay. that speaks volumes about our tourism. >> the olympics golden child is getting her face on a cereal box hours after winning gymnastics biggest prize, kellogg put gabby douglas' face on the cover of corn flakes. in 2008, they swooped up phelps after he won in beijing. >>> the news tonight is far from over. the news edge at 11:00 starts right now. >>> this is fox 5 news edge at 11:00. >> and thank you for staying with us, i'm maurine. iran now claims that it

there is nearby st. pete beach it began with a rousing start. meg whitman intro dugsing tomorrow's key note speaker. >> i want 2012 to be a launching point for california and california rinz. >> this popular republican governor urged delegates to make a difference. >> there is no time to waste this, is our childrens' future. >> in terms of getting out the message in the this is the second republican convention in a row that has been eclipsed by a hurricane threat. >> in st. paul we had to dot same thing for a different reason. i hope that not repeated. >> and pete wilson told me there may be more postponements but romney's convention will go on. >> the message i think is going to get out. i think he's going to win. >> there is i don't care if we get blown in by a hurricane or tornado. there is going to be an earthquake in washington next january. >> congressman darrell issa dismissed this issue. >> everyone is very concerned about people who bhit lose their homes. i know he'll be excited to shairt vision for the country. >> mitt romney cited whi

but it looks like there could be some very rough weather here in the tampa st. pete area the next couple of days. geraldo. >> geraldo: thanks, rick. for the late evangelicals on the progress of the storm -- for the latest on the progress of the storm are let's get the wise counsel of our senior meteorologist rick reichmuth. how you bad is it going to be in tampa? who is going to be most affected? >> i tell you what i'm getting a lot more concerned about the storm as the hours pass not tore tampa. for tampa, feeling a little better than we have been feeling the rest of the week. we already have rain across area of south, florida. this band that you see, the last little image that one right there is an outer band from isaac. we will see overnight tropical storm force winds moving to key west and eventually towards miami by the morning and also the rain throughout the morning. it will be getting stronger as the storm is strengthening. tornado threat all day tomorrow and even overnight tonight across the southern half of the peninsula of florida from around tampa to the

but it looks like there could be some very rough weather here in the tampa st. pete area the next couple of days. geraldo. >> geraldo: thanks, rick. for the late evangelicals on the progress of the storm -- for the latest on the progress of the storm are let's get the wise counsel of our senior meteorologist rick reichmuth. how you bad is it going to be in tampa? who is going to be most affected? >> i tell you what i'm getting a lot more concerned about the storm as the hours pass not tore tampa. for tampa, feeling a little better than we have been feeling the rest of the week. we already have rain across area of south, florida. this band that you see, the last little image that one right there is an outer band from isaac. we will see overnight tropical storm force winds moving to key west and eventually towards miami by the morning and also the rain throughout the morning. it will be getting stronger as the storm is strengthening. tornado threat all day tomorrow and even overnight tonight across the southern half of the peninsula of florida from around tampa to the

. >> neil: now to the gulf update on how things are going >> of the issues that might happy in st. pete. it is getting closer and closer. and issues that will happen if the storm stays on the same path now. wind, storm surge and what will happen to the bridges and what bridges will be close if there is additional state resources that the convention needs, we'll make sure we get those requests early as possible how much we will have and the safety of all of the citizens of florida and everybody that is coming to our state including the delegates to the republican convention. airports right now. the most questions are about the tampa airport. it is open. and you will have to check on all of your flights to see down the road if the airport is going to be closed. continue to get prepared. this is a state that dealt with hurricanes forever. we have to get prepared for hurricanes, you can get on florida disaster.orgto know that you need three days of water and food and medication. talk to your neighbors and have's plan. and check on people you don't see awn and make sure they are safe. we hav

st. pete's!. no! >> jon: thanks guys, we will check back in with everybody later. so tonight -- sorry. it was -- one of those things wasn't real and i am pretty sure it was what was in jason's lap, i think. >> tonight, as we speak, chris christie is delivering the keynote address to the republican convention. the theme of the night, we did build that, a salute to the union workers who guilt state funded tampa bay convention center forum and the undocumented workers who -- i'm sorry, what is that? okay. it says personal initiative and self reliance. >> jon: i am sure it was a great street. last night festivities were canceled because of hurricane isaac. tonight they celebrate bar mitzvah and it is in the eyes of god a hurricane. positive el of the. >> imagine that, a jewish joke in tampa going down well. that is stunning. a stunning development. .. obviously a terrible storm heading towards new orleans on the seventh anniversary of katrina, all of us our thoughts and prayers are with the true victims of the storm. >> he has a competing story which is exactly what you don't want. >> ther

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metropolitan ministries also prepares 2,500 hot meals every day for the homeless all throughout tampa st. pete the biggest delivery is to a shelter called safe harbor for adults and women. >> this is courtyard number four. >> reporter: pinellas county sheriff bob gualtieri opened this last year as an alternative to jailing the homeless for minor crimes. >> the jail is being used as a dumping ground to solve a social problem, they come here, divert it from the jail, and get services. it will help them break the cycle of homelessness. >> reporter: the sheriff says this saves tax dollars to house a person here costs $13 a day. jail? runs $106 a day. and the beds here are almost always full. >> mosley slept in a cardboard box out in the street before a police officer brought her here. she lost her nursing job a year ago and has been unable to find work. >> there are a lot of us in here we have had everything and everything got tooken away from us, we used to make money all the time, the economy is bad. you can lose your job in a second and be right here where we are at. >> cowan: now, as far as tr

metropolitan ministries also prepares 2500 hot meals every day for the homeless all throughout tampa st. pete >> the biggest delivery is to a shelter called safe harbor for adult men and women. >>> the pinellas county sheriff opened this last year. >> the jail is a dumping ground to solve a social problem. they come here, diverted from the jail and get services that will help them break the cycle of homelessness. >> the sheriff says this saves tax dollars. it costs $13 a day to house a person here. jail, $106 a day. the beds here are almost always full. latoya mosley slept in a cardboard box on the street before a police officer brought her here. she lost her nursing job a year ago and has been unable to find work. >> there's a lot of us in here. we've had everything and everything got taken away from us. it's not promised to you to make money all the time. the economy is bad. you can lose your job in a second and be right here where we're at. >> as far as tropical storm isaac goes this week, city officials in tampa say if it gets bad enough, police will send out vans to pick up the homeless

graduates of your school in siberia will get an opportunity to work with you in the marines get there in st pete is it a unique project or that a project like that few words about it look it's a small project but every conductor should try to do something small then all together we will make a progress because and not possible even to think of it ok there is one man and he will just change everything we all have to serve cause school music and i think we don't have. we don't have to forget we a country of czerkawski where country or most of ski this is maybe not allowed it's a moral code no one tells me every day by the way you cannot forget you live in russia country because it's just it's for me like waking up and maybe michel really thinking whoa things going. in russia and my country gave so much of the world of music recently you staged my fairly classical musical in the marines here which are classical classical music here in st petersburg lots of people criticized you why did you do that i don't think people criticize me i think there were twelve performances sold out. which means there i

counterclockwise fashion low pressure that the hurricane develops heavier bands of rain rolling through tampa st. pete the reason why they are going to have heavy rain there even though the storm is drifting west. track started way out east of the lesser antilles moved across the caribbean now into the gulf coast looks like it is going to pick up right now 65 mile per hour winds, moving west-northwest at 14. right to in o. or the south of new orleans should hit there midnight wednesday as a category 1 right now. >>> of course, abc7 news political reporter mark matthews is in tampa for the gop convention. we'll have live reports starting tonight at 5 p.m., of course you can follow mark on twitter and facebook for instant convention developments throughout this week. >>> in a few hours the petaluma little league team will return to the bay area they put up a fight in their loss for the is is championship saturday but still return winners. john alston is live at sfo. >> reporter: good morning. quiet now but that petaluma little league team will return home in a little more than six hours from now after a

they're going to be staying at the beaches, maybe in clearwater, st. pete. the best way to get there are the causeways, the bridges. those are the first roads to be shut down during tropical storm or hurricane force winds. so that's not going to be an option for people if that hits. you can get to the city by going north and around. it takes a lot longer. during a storm that's a lot more problematic as well. >> brian todd is on the scene for us as he always is. brian, thanks very much. i'll get the forecast live at the top of the hour. richard knabb will join me. we're tracking isaac all along the way. also we'll be speaking later with the mayor of tampa. he'll be joining us live as well. >>> floridians certainly aren't the only ones bracing for isaac's wrath. so are more than 400,000 haitians who are living in camps, many of them only in tes. their country still hasn't recovered from a devastating earthquake almost three years ago. we'll go there live. >>> another potential bain distraction for mitt romney. we have details of a document dump that could caus

that bridge, the big bridge, leading from st. pete, even if it closes we can move the delegates and the people in and out of tampa as we need to for the convention. >>trace: thank you, mr. jones. a concern has been security. you are drawing some 3,500 police officers from around the state of florida. if this hurricane hit as different part of the state are you concerned that some of the officers who are supposed to go to the convention might have to stay home and protect their own city? >>guest: the tampa police department and our chief has talk about this plan. we have met as recently as this morning with the mayor, the emergency management officials. there is a plan b in place. just because we true a few thousand officers from other parts, they still have the corporation team in the other cities so they are fully eastbound quipped to deal with an emergency. pulling officers from, say, dade county or miami or the panhandle will not affect their ability to operate the city governments. we have been assured of that. we feel good about

how do you get people back it st. pete? easy decision, right decision to error on the side of safety. as far as the second part of your question, you know, i think we have to be nimble. that is just best way i can put it. . our intention is we are moving forward with three days of convention. we haven't made any plans ton do that. there are reports swirling that are inaccurate. we are planning and moving forward. an single meeting i've had with anybody that we weren't moving forward. we also believe that our message is a message of optimism, hope and that we deserve a better future. while we want it pray for everybody's safety and we will watch the storm, i promise you, but the message that we are delivering is really a message of hope for the country, and we think we can do both things. >> do you think romney, despite having a tight race, do you think romney comes into this convention behind? >> no. i mean, i think if we are tied, if we are exactly where we are today, going into an election day, well win. if we are tied, w

told that it was highly likely we were going to have high winds and get buses in clearwater and st. pete, and they may not have been able to cross the brings safely. you can see, they took all the tenting down from around the forum, which meant that we would have guests in about half of the entrances just waiting out in the rain. there was all kinds -- >> i thought you were worried about the media -- >> that too. but we are moving on with tomorrow. we are going to start it at 1:00. we will move through the entire week as planned. >> worst-case scenario, let's say somethingicalitia strophic happens as isaac makes its way and people are struggling to save their lives, fleeing, will the show still go on here? will there be an abrupt change? or do you call it as it happens? >> what you said at the end is important. there is no conversations i'm having about not going through with the rest of the convention. full days the next three days. if some of these hypotheticals that you have laid out, regrettably, come true, we have to be nimble. i don't know what that mean, other than we need to asse

but while we're, on monday, while we're getting the high winds here in the tampa-st. pete area, the people staying along the beach, we think it's beneficial they stay over this because of the risk of bridges closing and flooding and things like that and they're not going to be as knowledgeable. >> [ inaudible ]. >> what we've done is make sure they have all the information so they can make an informed decision. it's their decision. >> [ inaudible ]. >> i'm going to make -- i'll make my plans for tomorrow later today or first thing in the morning what i'ming if to do. >> [ inaudible ]. >> today. my plan is only today to be in tampa. >> [ inaudible ]. >> well, look. the convention was to show what a great place it is to live, work and may. what they're going to find out this week is we know how to deal with hurricanes. we're prepared. this is a state that know how to deal with things. on top of this, we're the best hospitality state around. we have 87 million tourists a year. we know how to do big events, and we're going to do a great job. look, everybody likes to come to >>

highly likely we were going to have these high winds and we had to get buses down in clearwater and st. pete, may not be able to cross the bridges safely. the secret service, as you can see, took all the tenting down from around the forum which meant we would have guests in about half of the entrances just waiting out in the rain. there was all kinds of -- >> greta: i thought you were worried about the media standing in the rain. >> well, that's true. we're moving on with tomorrow. we'll start it at 1:00. then we're going to move through the entire week as planned. >> greta: worst case scenario, let's say something catastrophic happens along the gulf coast as isaac makes its way, and we've got people struggling to save their lives, fleeing, will the show still go on here or will be there some abrupt change, or do you call it as it happens? >> what you said at the end is important. there's for conversations that i'm having about not going through with the rest of the convention. we're full days for the next three days. if some of these hypotheticals as you've laid out regrettably come true, w

situation, except we couldn't be assured that the buses coming across the bridges out to clearwater and st. peteould be safe with driving wind and rain. the second piece was the secret service took out all the tenting outside of the forum, so what that meant was fewer entrances, and our guests and delegates would be waiting outside in the driving rain. the last thing is, obviously, 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's an obvious choice. safety first. we're going to go on with the convention on tuesday, and we're going to have a great nomination. we're going to tell america why we need it fire barack obama and save america. >> schieffer: we have to cut this off because of technical difficulties. we'll continue this discussion on page two of "face the nation." we'll be right back. change engineering in dubai, aluminum production in south africa, and the aerospace industry in the u.s.? at t. rowe price, we understand the connections of a complex, global economy. it's just one reason over 70% of our mutua

about 800 buses that you need to figure out whether you're going to get them out to clear water and st. pete. >> brown: various gatherings went on, from state breakfasts to the public policy talks of former presidential candidate newt gingrich. protestors, too, were undeterred by the postponement. several hundred gathered in the park and marched through the streets of tampa. there was little chance they would get close to the tampa bay forum, the sight of the convention. security was intense in the sur owfnedding area with many streets fenced off, check points set up to search vehicles, police and national guardsmen out in force. but if the formal convention plans were thrown awry by isaac making this convention floor relatively quiet this afternoon, a portrait of the republican party was beginning to emerge here in tampa. it was one of strong and somewhat disparate voices. sunday afternoon, some 10,000 people sang, cheered and waved the flag of libertarianism at a rally at the u.s.f. sun dome honoring their hero, presidential candidate ron paul. paul is not speaking at the convention. he re

i talked to a delegate from new jersey who is staying in st. pete on the beach.weather might be bad, even if the storm misses we'll get a lot of rain. you know, the republican national committee, the host committee here, they're saying that they have contingency plans in place. they're not revealing what those are. they don't want to make this a bigger story than it is at the moment. it's a story in terms of practical impact we're still kind of in a holding pattern. >> i get the sense republicans are crankier about this ongoing controversy involving todd akin. now the democrats trying to make hay with this. we do have a new ad, really a video out from the dnc overnight. let's take a look at this. >> i'm proud of my pro life record and i stand by my pro life record in congress. it's something i'm proud of. >> delegates in florida were voting today to include strong anti-abortion language in the party platform to be presented in tampa next week. there are no exceptions included for rain or incest. >> would you have supported a constitutional amendment? >> absolutel

but while we're on monday, while we're getting the high winds here in the tampa/st. pete area, the people staying along the beach, we think it's beneficial for them if they stay over there because the risk of the bridges closing and things like that, roads closing, flooding, and things like that. >> what about tuesday's activities? >> what we have done is make sure they have all of the information so they can make an informed decision. it's their decision. >> do you have any plans --? >> i'll make my plans for tomorrow, later today or first thing in the morning what i'm going to do. today, my plan is only today to be in tampa. >> can you talk about the distraction to the tv will have on louisiana and the storm -- [ inaudible ] >> look, the convention was a big opportunity for the state to show what a great state, place it is to live, work, and play. what they are going to find out this week is we know how to deal with hurricanes. we're prepared. this is a state that knows how to deal with those things. on top of that, we're the best hospitality state around. we have 87 mi

sometimes you find yourself waiting for hours in traffic just to get from one -- to go from st. pete to tampa, and it will almost take you with -- about an hour to cross the bridge. it is crazy sometimes. hello? host: we're listening, and what did you call in to talk about today, dean? caller: well, i'm an independent. i'm 21. this will be my first election i'm actually voting in. one of the things bothering me with what the republicans are doing is, to quote paul ryan, college graduates should not have to live out their 20's in their family home staring at the fading obama pictures and wondering when they can get on with their lives. what i'm saying is, what about high school graduates? what about people that receive their g.e. d.? i don't know. they are giving out more promises than explaining how they are going to follow out with these promises, if that makes sense. host: and that was dean right here in tampa, florida. we have been showing you various scenes from around the area. you are seeing now the edge of downtown tampa. that's one of the main campuses due north of the city.

. >> no, you just look at the big markets, you look jacksonville, tampa, st. pete, you look at southwest florida, you look at miami, at tallahassee, of course pensacola. there are so many markets that those 30-second ads, you can bury your opponent. i think in florida if it's close, whoever has the most money the end probably wins. or this medicare -- or we can even say this mediscare ad is working. >> frustrating for the obama campaign because they feel perhaps more attention was given to ads that didn't air. >> we're talking about the medicare ad now that aired. >> finally, after it made a dent in the poll. that's true. >> what's true? >> we talked about an ad that didn't air. >> mika is living in the past. >> but these polls are a result of this to an extent of the reaction to the ad and the ad that we did not cover. >> who is tonight's key note speaker? >> am i wrong? >> no, you're right. >> thank you. >> well -- >> sorry. >> just because we're here i didn't take a republican stupid pill. i mean seriously. >> wow. >> what? >> you are so off the mark -- >> am i

about 800 buses that you need to figure out whether you're going to get them out to clear water and st. peteconvention. security was intense in the sur owfnedding area with many streets fenced off, check points set up to search vehicles, police and national guardsmen out in force. but if the formal convention plans were thrown awry by isaac making this convention floor relatively quiet this afternoon, a portrait of the republican party was beginning to emerge here in tampa. it was one of strong and somewhat disparate voices. sunday afternoon, some 10,000 people sang, cheered and waved the flag of libertarianism at a rally at the u.s.f. sun dome honoring their hero, presidential candidate ron paul. paul is not speaking at the convention. he reportedly refused an offer that required a full-throated endorsement of mitt romney, telling the "new york times," quote, it wouldn't be my speech. i don't fully endorse him for president." supporters said they felt left out. >> lookate at all the people that filled this arena today. you would think they would want to include them in, you know. you would

. >> brian: now we say tampa st. pete>> it is the tampa bay region but it is not a city. >> brian: way to go. >> steve: no key to the city. >> brian: thank you, mayor. >> steve: 300 small to moderate earthquake rocking california in one day. largest registry and magnitude 5.5 just to the east of the san diego. check out the aftermath in one house. luckily the family was all right. the window was blown out and dozens of the other businesses reporting minor damage. and the last major swarm of quakes happened back in 2005 until yesterday. >> brian: the book is not even out yet. but steven speilberg trying to land movie rights about the daring navy seal raid. the director is in talks with the retired navy seal who wrote the book. the author has met with two other movie makers and the book is expected to be released on september 11th. >> gretchen: former governor jeb bush. has a message for president obama. stop blaming my brother for the country's problems. >> the guy was dealt a difficult hand. but he's had three years and h

up until this year it was named the st. pete times forum in downtown tampa. the tampa bay times is the name of the newspaper now. it is the largest paper here in the tampa bay region. here is the front page. "get to know him." you can see front page of the tampa bay times this morning. maria, you are on c-span. what do you think of the convention so far? caller: i think is going great. i think this country can go in the direction that mitt romney can take it. as far as ann speaking from her heart and not having a speech writer, of course, she had a speech writer. but i think it was all from her heart. it was heartfelt. they came from a wealthy family who made their way. on the democratic side, obama said he would change the face of america. he will change it if he gets elected. he will make the people totally dependent on the government. if you control the people and their money, you can control everything. i am on medicare. this health care program is terrible. it will be out waited. it will put the health care system back 50 years of lease. i am voting for