he is from alabama and work and was in a colleague of dr. king was vice president of the black clergy group in the bay area socially oriented and active. dr. williams was the president to the bishop told dr. williams they're looking for someone to integrate the university of alabama that a fetus to enter somebody and i was chosen. i had two weeks to be there and i stayed there five and a half years. which was quite an experience especially coming from the bay area and the activity in action of the area and how radical people were in the bay area and then to go to alabama. i taught religious studies introductory courses to religious studies and dealt with black religion i taught courses on the list darkness and a course called to religion and social institutions and the university of alabama had a creative three weeks between in the regular school beginning of summer school and you could do all kinds of creative things so i designed a course called the black preacher and civil rights movement were able to go to different points and an atlanta

ask your friends along the south coast in lower alabama and south mississippi, dolphin island, alabama, flood prone anyway, they have gotten a mess. rick is live there as he has been for the past day and a half. rick: couple of days, yes. we are still getting rain. it has been pouring on-and-off rain for 24 hours with more downpours today it is not as bad right now. the winds are down to 10 or 15 miles per hour. now it is just at wall and the waves are calming down which is great news for the island. another bit of good news for the island, they have been without power if a couple of days. we told that alabama power is working on the line on the other side of the causeway. they could get their juice back on some time today. in the meantime the causeway is still closed. you cannot get on the island. if you are on the island you cannot get off. that will re-open, we are told, some time this evening. a little bit of progress. but, still issues with water. we went out this morning to tour the island and see how bad the damage could be the we saw a dock that was torn up pretty badly. one of

instead of a literacy has been declared in the we see an alabama and mississippi. the head body boarding up shops in some areas are not explicit mother power outages. mandatory evacuation score order for parts of alabama and louisiana. 53,000 residents of st. charles parish midland's were told to leave the head of the storms and state leaders of our urging residents to take extra precautions. >>> out recommends people let's hope for the bus. that is the time to make sure that you have an evacuation plan. >>> isaacs and haiti killing at least six people. if it helps tomorrow as you mentioned the shot that comes on the eve of the seventh anniversary of hurricane katrina. this hurricane is picking up speed and growing and the tide makes for an all it could be a category two appeared with winds of at least 96 m.p.h.. >>> and up his eyes it will be less of a threat to tampa bay than previously believed. convention goers aren't about to lead that where the river and a good time. >>> thousand showed up sunday night for the republican national committee. it was the first o

already, the storm is being felt along the coast in alabama and mississippi and louisiana. karen brown is in new orleans where people are bracing for isaac >> the national weather service is warning that life-threatening flooding is possible in the areas outside the city that are outside the levee protection system. those areas are under mandatory evacuation orders and a curfew is in place. we have been feeling the effects of isaac for hours now. flooding is the main concern rain is pelting the shoreline as the nearly 400 mi. wide hurricane begins its this low crawl on land >> 85-100 m.p.h. wind with 125 mi. per hour gusts is plenty big enough >> the massive storm could bring up to 20 in. of rain and a six- 12 ft. storm surge >> the hurricane has a little opportunity to strengthen but i would focus even more on the fact that it is a large hurricane and >> tens of thousands have already evacuated from louisiana, mississippi, alabama and florida. in new orleans there is not a mandatory evacuation order. in the french quarter, businesses are sandbagging and the streets are nea

white members, liberals and querltives back to alabama, he would always host us. we'd travel back to independence iowa to remember the 50th anniversary of dr. king's trip to india. and he's my brother. he's my friend. he's more than a colleague. >> the name of the book -- "across that bridge: life lessons and a vision for change." our guest has been united states congressman john lewis. thank you very much. >> thank you very much. it's been an honor to be interviewed by you. thank you. \[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> for a d.v.d. copy of this program call 1-877-662-7726. for free transcripts or to give us your comments, visit us at x-and-a.org. transcripts are also available at c span podcasts. >> next sunday, august 12, look for our q&a interview with andrew nagorski. his new release is "hinderland" >> i had no idea of my predecessors. i had to spend a lot of time thinking about what would it have been like to have been a correspondent there in the 1920's and 19 thirds -- 1 30's. how would you have operated and noticed

of rain in the city of new orleans is possible in the metropolitan area. 10 itch to the east in alabama and mississippi and that area. 16" more, plus, to the east of new orleans but that is over the gulf of mexico. as you look at the storm, it is like this and the worst of it is here. that's the part that will be sitting over the gulf of mexico. the biggest problem is it will keep raining. going and going and going for hours. they are hoping when it hits land it speeds up and races away. hurricane andrew traveled at 30 miles per hour when it came in to south florida just flying across south florida. so it did not just it is and spin. they hope this will speed up in the end but so far it has not. now, someone who was here in new orleans in the lower 9th when katrina came. and they did not send the buses. >> they did not send the buses. >>shepard: that is why so many people died. >> that is correct. >>shepard: they made a decision not to send buses. this is not that storm. during katrina we have pictures of your home and what happened to it. your neighborhood was ruined. >>guest: washed gully

a state of emergency has declared in louisiana and alabama and mississippi. some homeowners are experiencing minor power outages. mandatory evacuation support order for parts of louisiana and alabama >>> i would recommend that we hope and pray for the best as we prepare for the worst. have an evacuation plan and know where to go. >>> it went on to lash cuba and florida keys. when glass and ellen's 15 red cross volunteers to the bay. >>> got a sore eyes it is giving to them but if they're a good direction. >>> the devil is going to come down in a vividly with them. the storm have sidestepped the city. the leak has been truncated from reduced to four. the >>> of criminals in of advance and advance the crews have canceled. >>> staff in the a lot of schedule changes. it was like a domino effect. >>> yes. there have been a lot of the schedule changes and that could be more. depending on how rough the storm is our folks the gop may decide that a lot for a good chunk of the events here. simply because they might find these sorts of festivities inappropriate at this t

judge who is poised to personally benefit from ruining siegelman career and the emergence of a vast conspiracy involving alabama republican officials the department of justice and the white house to lock siegelman away a conspiracy that proved successful last friday when that same corrupt judge locked siegelman excuse me lock siegelman up for six and a half years and the one man whose name keeps coming up the man who is working behind the scenes all this time to take down siegelman down is karl rove you know the guy who is overseeing the multibillion dollar effort right now to defeat president obama and the simple truth is this if karl rove can get away with conspiracy to ruin a successful democratic governor in america then what else can he get away with and what does this story reveal about our current judicial system here to answer that is former alabama governor don siegelman governor welcome. so i'm going to it's good to be reviewed i've wanted to have one little footnote much troubles really kicked into high gear karl rove's best friend of no moment whose wife was the u.s. attorney. general letter started

surge and wind gusts over 80 miles per hour, we're looking at isolated tornadoes along the coast of alabama and mississippi and louisiana. good news, it goes back into the midwest, turns back to the northeast. that will bring beneficial rains to illinois, indiana, ohio, and yes, it will eventually give us a chance for showers and thunderstorms over the holiday weekend. right now, live look outside. looking at 88. dew point 57. that's nice. the dew points in the 50s. means you have a good hair day and you can open your windows and turn the ac on for a couple days. next three days, code green. spectacular tomorrow, 84. 88 on thursday. fantastic. hotter on friday, but still code green, 94. next seven days, on saturday, fairly hot. maybe 90. an isolated storm possible. in terms of the weekend, i think the wettest day is going to be labor day, but showers and storms are possible sunday and monday. mid 80s and back up to 90 on tuesday. >> too bad we can't switch out thursday and friday. >> right, but not a washout. >> thanks, top. >> today we got a reminder of the harsh reality of football. >> oh yea

still a chance of a few storms around alabama and mississippi. for the drought regions, really no signs of rain this week at all. >> as we get later into august, is it looking any better? >> not really. august is typically the driest month of the year in the plains. we can't tell until we get the cold front. >> ernesto is going to do nothing? >> if we could get a tropical storm in texas, that would be perfect. >> thank you so much. appreciate it. >>> want to go back to willie live in london for more highlights. that soccer game had had everybody sitting on their seats. is there a usa women's hero win that's emerged? >> alex morgan. but canada feels like they should be after the game. in the 73rd minute, christine claire, one of the best players of all time, puts her third goal in to give them a lead. they can start to smell it. here's where controversy starts. erin mccloud is penalized for holding the ball for more than six seconds. a call you don't see very often. that leads to an indirect free kick for megan rapinoe. she couldn't get out of the

and now those thunderstorms are drifting down towards alabama and mississippi. we're relatively dry it for everyone on the eastern seaboard as we start our morning. so that's good and it will be a warm morning. this is where the big fall-like cold front is located, right over the top of ohio, down through kentucky. it will be hot out ahead of it and then we'll cool off on the east coast as we go throughout the upcoming weekend. so as far as the rainfall this morning, the worst of it is through alabama and mississippi. we have thunderstorms, a lot of lightning near columbus and as we go through birmingham, these are knocking on your door. and it looks like we're dry through most areas of arkansas, a couple new showers forming up here to the northeast corner. so this temperature change as you walk out the door this morning, really roll the windows down. there may be a few people in northern minnesota turn their heater on in their car this morning. 25 degrees cooler right now in kansas city than this time yesterday. so what are the temperatures like? we're in the 40

ordered for louisiana and alabama. >> i would reck recommend, let's hope and pray for the best as weprepare for the worst. now is the time to make sure you have a plan, know where you would go. >> rick scott says the state is ready to help the neighbors as a precaution, the stat of the national convention in tampa has been putted back to begin on tuesday. they will meet for five minute it is to start to convention and recess for tomorrow. >>> o'malley criticizing mitt romney for his birth certificate joke. while in michigan romney joked that no one asked to see his oar his wife bees birth sets because they know this is the place we were born and raised. o'malley says it shows a bigger dilemma with the gop. >> when you have positions that are bashing the new americans and new immigrants and policies to take us back in terms of women's rights and freedom of women to choose, i think it becomes exclusive party and the comment is more icing on the cake. >> romney says the bit certificate comment was not a swipe at president obama, and he believes the president is a citizen of the united s

and that sent prices in the gas pump soaring. rick is in mobile, alabama. rt in mobile has shut down? >> yes, it is it a financial hard ship for a city that relies on the oil and shipping history. more than half come in from the port here and have no choice but to shut it down. we watched tug boats and moving barges and other vessels out of the port. they hut down the rail yard that leads out of the port of mobile. oil platforms evacueed and shut down in the gulf. there is it a likelihood that gas prices could go up again. the price of oil sparked more than 10 dollars ape -- a barrel. prices could spike after isaac makes his way through, shep. >> and people getting out of there? >> what is the word on evacuations? businesses are boarding up and seen pictures from golfin island and ther boarding yup people are packing yup getting out. a state of emergency is declared in the gulf coast and a hurricane warning is in affect. it is it given for coastal areas and anyone living in mobile homes and flood prone areas. officials were concerned because it was so beauti

the governors of florida and alabama and mississippi and louisiana have all declared states of emergency. the storm is expected to bring at least 65 m.p.h. wind, dumping more than a foot of rain on the gulf coast. >> people living in those areas, today's the day to get out of harm's way. >> and knocked out power to thousands of homes when it hit the florida keys. as much as 3 in. of rain are expected to fall in tampa today where the republican convention is being held, it shortened the convention monday, organizers concerned the strong wind could create a dangerous conditions. residence in alabama are boarding up their homes and stocking up on supplies, the storm has shut down work on oil rigs in the gulf, cutting down 25% of the nation's daily oil production and with the shutdown of refineries in the gulf of mexico expect gasoline prices to rise, analysts say that prices will spike around labor day. >> ok, thanks so much. lawrence karnow in the weather center tracking is it all morning long and it looks like a storm will not be as bad as once thought? >> really just a nuisance for the p

to alabama and a grey dolphin island the storm surge could reach as high as eight feet for the coast. finally check out aerials over south florida, flooding left behind as the storm skirted the state skirted a direct hit. president obama made a statement a few hours ago. he says fema has been on the ground in the gulf more than a week preparing for this storm. >> the president: we are dealing with a big storm could be significant flooding and other damage across a large area. now is not the time to tempt fate. now is not the time to dismiss official warnings you need to take this seriously. >> reporter: tomorrow is the 7th anniversary of hurricane katrina. the army corp of engineers says since then 10 billion dollars in improvements have been made to the levee system. the corp is confident the levees can withstand isaac. right now there are hurricane warnings across 330 miles of the gulf. >>> because of isaac, airlines are cancelling flights out of alabama mississippi and florida today. new orleans's main airport is closed. we checked our airports, san francisco only has one daily fli

to alabama and a grey dolphin island the storm surge could reach as high as eight feet for the coast. finally check out aerials over south florida, flooding left behind as the storm skirted the state skirted a direct hit. president obama made a statement a few hours ago. he says fema has been on the ground in the gulf more than a week preparing for this storm. >> the president: we are dealing with a big storm could be significant flooding and other damage across a large area. now is not the time to tempt fate. now is not the time to dismiss official warnings you need to take this seriously. >> reporter: tomorrow is the 7th anniversary of hurricane katrina. the army corp of engineers says since then 10 billion dollars in improvements have been made to the levee system. the corp is confident the levees can withstand isaac. right now there are hurricane warnings across 330 miles of the gulf. >>> because of isaac, airlines are cancelling flights out of alabama mississippi and florida today. new orleans's main airport is closed. we checked our airports, san francisco only has one daily fli

better part of wisdom. >>> hurricane warning stretch from florida panhandle to louisiana at duff and island alabama people are boarding up their homes and >>> whatever happens happens >>> forecasters say if ties it stays on course it could make landfall wednesday on the seventh anniversary of hurricane katrina. the mayor of new orleans said the superdome and airport will not be used as shelters. he told citizens if they decide to stay in place they will shelter in place. 4000 national guard troops all already on alert in louisiana reporting from key largo florida i'm karen brown >>> the region bustles right now for the republican convention and vacations how does isaac affect travel? >>> it absolutely affects travel there flash flood warnings in polka raton as well as west palm beach this affects florida and miami international more than 500 flights canceled people are stranded tonight they have to overnight, this is a huge effect on the state of florida they're doing their best to start moving things in the keys to the west airports should open by tuesday they're asking 23,000 visitors to comeback

as well -- and mississippi and into alabama as well and that is going to abe slow mover. the weekend wet weather is going to be dictated by how quickly isaac gets pulled into the flow and will some of that moisture come around by the latter part of the weekend. the beginning of the weekend still looking nice. the temperatures 84 degrees here in town. the highest i have seen is 85. monasses, 82; dulles, 85; culpeper now 84 degrees. the relative humidity is very comfortable. so we don't have a heat index issue and it will be warm at 7. but, after sunset, the temperatures will drop into the upper to mid-70s. i think it's going to be a real, real nice evening to go and enjoy. >> it will be that way the next few days. >> love it. all right, gary. thank you very much. >>> can you check the weather any time. download the app on your droid, ipad and our website. >>> coming up, a healthcare at yosemite national park. the deadly outbreak having tourists on edge. >>> a woman found dead in a stairwell of an apartment building. why investigators are focus outside what she was wearing.

couple tornado warnings still in effect towards the western portion of the florida panhandle and parts of alabama, too. mike sidel along orange beach right now where we are still seeing some of the winds and the waves starting to come on. mike sidel right now in orange beach, alabama. >> we've been buffeted of wind gusts up over 50 miles per hour. the strongest winds coming with the squalls and rotating in around isaac. we're well northeast of the storm and squalls coming off the southeast of the gulf of mexico. just off shore of the buoy here in orange beach, we have wave heights 16 to 18 feet. out here they're running about 10 to 12 footers and the next high tide coming in tomorrow morning around 10:20. not a whole lot of tidal range here, but, again, that will chew up more beach. we will get the beach erosion and wind erosion from the winds sustained right now running at 35 miles per hour. inland areas, the impact like over louisiana. heavy rainfalls expecting 6 to 12 inches of rain. everybody is headed for the hills, but they'll be back for labor day weekend. this is a long duration event. th

and now has to churn toward the city of new orleans. it's going to be a very long night. the coastline of louisiana, alabama, mississippi getting pounded and drenched. and it's inescapably the backdrop to mitt romney's big sendoff to the general election, just 70 days from now. his name was officially, in fact, placed in nomination today. we have it all covered. our political team on the floor, but our weather team on the ground is where we begin. we want to go to weather channel meteorologist jim cantore. i see you're feeling this. >> reporter: we're feeling it. we made landfall, and the pressure is still dropping in the storm. it's not decreasing in intensity at all. and we're feeling these bands that could produce hurricane force winds. 75 mile per hour gusts. you see horizontal rain coming down right now. this has the potential to do structural damage in the city of new orleans. we're going to be in this for a while. you can see the radar here, you mentioned the landfall, at 6:45 local time. no towns affected, really just out over the bayou, and back in the days when the bayou was plentiful, it used to

just in louisiana, but if you listen to fema director craig fugate says the brunt may be felt in alabama and in mississippi. he is warning people to be ready. not to tempt fate. he is scheduled as of now to leave in just about half an hour. get on a plane and andrea, go to the des moines international airport. he will start this trip. what is going into this calculation? we talked about the fact that the last thing the republicans want to see in prime time is a split screen. they are in some way celebrating mitt romney and on the other hand people are battening down the hatches. >> the president said at my direction, fema has been on the ground for more than a week although the storm is not expected to make landfall until later today. he is trying to send the message, that he is in charge and they are prepared. they have been working on this for more than a week. try to perhaps innoculate himself. they will monitor this hour-by-hour. they can get in the iowa trip, but if they get the other two stops will be a day-by-day decision. this is unusual. usually the other candidate goes silent durin

you have to throw in scattered thunderstorms that will produce tornadoes in florida, mississippi, and alabama. we'll have information tomorrow morning as it gets closer to shore. movement is northwest at 10 miles per hour. you see the bands of rain and showers pushing already into portions of louisiana, mississippi, alabama and also florida. we've got a cold front that will push through. it might generate a shower or thunderstorm here. a couple of sprinkles near hagerstown. other than that a pretty quiet night. code green tomorrow and wednesday and thursday. fantastic on wednesday, 85. hotter on thursday, 91. still a pretty nice day. next seven days. it gets even hotter before it gets better. 95 on friday. then the rest. weekend, again, it's not going to rain continuously but some of the moisture and some of the instability from isaac will get in here and produce showers and storms, but still warm. 90. it won't be 60 and raining. >> no, we don't want that. >> still get in the pool as long as there's no thunder. >> i'll be at the grand prix. i don't want to get rained on. >> what's this i hear

southern mississippi and alabama as well as the extreme western florida panhandle. s are warning the combination of a storm surge and high tide will cause the dry areas to be flooded and the major threat from isaac will not be wind, but flooding. that's the most important thing to remember. let's check in with severe weather expert chad myers who has the latest on the storm track. chad? >> you about summed it up. not much more to say than that. she had rainfall and some spots 13 inches of rain. they are continuing to try to increase and find a new center. a new eye and 70 miles per hour is the latest update we heard. forecasts going near new orleans, 100 miles per hour as you said and continuing to move up into louisiana and it's going to stop. 15, 20 inches of rainfall. i know we have levees and barriers to keep the kae wasea new orleans. we have rain coming in and rain coming out and wind speeds will be coming up. we'll have updates as the 11 o'clock advisory comes in on my tweet deck. anderson? >> chad if it's moving at 10 miles an hour and slower than that maybe,

alabama and florida. you can see the feeder bands here this continue to flow right through the gulf region and southern mississippi. heavy rains. some of the rain totals could be another six inches or so across much of the southern half of mississippi, even into parts of eastern arkansas and southern missouri over the next 36 to 48 hours. isaac continues to slowly pull away through louisiana and then arkansas. then it will make the turn through the midwest and some of that moisture could be here as we head into the day on sunday, monday. today no problems. another really nice day across the region. your bus stop forecast mainly clear, very pleasant. low 60s to low 70s at the bus stop. 6:36 on the sunrise. some of the places in the mountains even upper 50s. day planner, you like it sunny without humidity? we've got another one for you. 81 by 1 success. by 1:00 -- by 11:00. by 1:0085 degrees. i think at 4:00 we'll top out at 89. locally we're in the low 60s in many areas from laurel to bowie this morning. u

governors in florida, alabama and mississippi allmergency ton. in louisiana, officials ordered mandatory evacuations. nbc's jay gray has more on when isaac is expected to make landfall. >> we are getting wind. no rain to speak of. the conditions here and across the gulf are expected to change dramatically in the next 24 hours. night fall, isaac continues to intensify in the gulf. wind and rain thrashing florida for much of the day. >> we are very vulnerable. about 2 feet above sea level. >> reporter: thousand without power. emergency officials ordered mandatory evacuations in several coastal communities. to this point, florida has seen a glancing blow. >> a large area at risk here. >> reporter: isaac is a massive storm with wind stretching more than 350 miles. and as the forecast path of the storm shifts, so does the focus here. governors have declared states of emergency in florida, alabama, mississippi, and louisiana. where evacuations have already started in the parish there. >> important to be on high alert. >> in the center of the strike zone

and goes up the mississippi valley. that is where it took it to mow spell alabama -- took off on alabama. and b 8:00 8:00 a.m., i should say, the wind collapsed and it was a screening message that will usher end a warm fog bank and it is a read peace one day we were rock objecting it up there. it could be a bump up before friday but now the weekend is still looking fooler there pam. >>> shots rupeed out and yesterday's shooting could have been a lot worse, plus drop did storm stanley cups may seem like it is a long way away from us, the reason we will have that it could be dealing with your bank account. . >>> cia is taking a close look at a tell all book written by a former navy seal who took part in the raid on osama bin laden. the author uses a psuedonumb marco went. he did not submit the book as he is required to do and if there is classified information in the book the author could face charges. >>> a father accused of opening fire on another student, he said his child was bullied, the attack took place on the first day of school. the injuries could have been much worse had a guidance

mandatory evacuations were ordered for parts of alabama and louisiana. 53,000 residents of st. charles parish near new orleans were told to leave. state leaders are urging residents to take precautions. >> i would recommend to our people, let's hope and pray for the best even as we prepare for the worst. now is the time to make sure they have an evacuation plan >> the storm killed eight people in haiti on saturday. we do know there is support from home, the bay area sent volunteers to florida. >> with isaac crashing the party is not exactly the grand old-that the republicans' hoped- for >> but they will convene today before quickly adjourning until tomorrow afternoon. tell me first, how is the weather right now? >> the weather actually has been improving. the rain is sporadic and light and we actually saw some glimpses of the sun. some are talking about the storm having bypassed tampa. some say may be the gop jumped the gun and should not have postponed it but most agree that they did the right thing for safety reasons >> >> all the events and speakers are being crammed into thr

we're already in louisiana, mississippi and alabama. we have supplies coming in. ppens to determine what we need. we move supplies, general ratder, water, food and infant supplies and types of things that may be needed if the states do have flooding or other types of damages. >> that cost a lot of money. there was a "new york times" editorial talking about the gop-backed cuts to fema. i want to read what it says, between 2010 and 2012, house republicans forced reduction of 43% in the primary grants for the federal emergency management agency that pay for disaster preparedness. it goes on to talk about the $1.8 billion that will not be available. does it concern you, these cuts and the negative impact it could have for fema in order to help during disasters? >> well, i think you got to really look at the overall federal budget, what the president has requested in the prior years and what he requested this year. we're basing upon what the needs are of the agency as well as what our responders need and again, we look at the president's budget as where we would like to

the storm is stirring up the surf in mississippi and soaking orange beach, alabama. >> if it would have come straight at us and got up to a two, we would have left for sure. >> the slow-moving hurricane could leave behind as much as a foot and a half of rain and a dangerous storm surge. >> isaac is expected to likely bring much-needed rain to arkansas. but terrell, louisiana will have to continue taking the brunt of the storm. likely through thursday. >> bigad, there's a lot of confidence in that improved levee and pumping system that's out there right now. so much confidence that many residents have decided to stay put. what are they telling you this morning? >> reporter: you know, i think a lot of the residents took the initiative, i think, to leave on their own but many are listening to officials saying listen, this is a different levee system than what failed in this area and so many low-lying communities seven years ago. $14 billion makeover essentially. the city officials are confident it will hold. >> we'll be watching it as well from here. bigad, thank you. >>> tropical storm ki

it moved over southern louisiana heavy rains continue toen the low-lying areas of mississippi, alabama and arkansas. >>> workers say it will be several more days before they finish repairing the damage to a san francisco street caused by a water main break. cleanup continues. crews restored power and water to several homes, allowing people to go back home. crews worked to reduce the size of the hole they dug out a broken piece of the pipe and investigators are still trying to pinpoint the cause of the rupture. >>> new report says pg&e can afford to pay massive penalties, stemming from the 2010 san bruno explosion it the report commissioned by state regulators shows the utility could survive a 2 1/2 billion dollar fine, by selling stock. pg&e called the report flawed and says california needs a financially strong utility. the company has set aside 300 million dollars anticipating penalties related to the disaster that killed eight people. >>> information between pg&e mean and victim of a san bruno pipeline explosion was mistakenly put on internet pg&e paid 1.8 million dollars to a teenaged

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so forth, and who was appointed u.s. attorney in alabamabut canary's wife. he was in this wonderful position. his wife would indyk the democratic opponent while he was running his campaign. >> let's go back to ohio. in fact, ohio and smartech, the one chance to ever had to question karl rove about that. >> exactly. i met karl rove and alabama. he said smartech looks bad, i've never heard of it. well, smartech is a high-tech company in chattanooga. what you see with rove's methodology, he manages to have things happen in his benefit, and there are no fingerprints. i traced the ownership of smartech and its precursors, and the original company was funded by two -- rather, its precursor was funded by two republicans grille. one raised about a quarter of a billion dollars for the bush- cheney campaign. in the 1980's, they had bailed out george w. bush and his will ventures, dewitt and reynolds had. this company started off as a legitimate high-tech company in chattanooga during the dot-com boomed. it later reform under a different name and diff

we've had tornado warnings this morning in eastern alabama and the florida panhandle. we are not done with isaac yet. it will be tracking off to the north and north and west later today still bringing very heavy rain to portions of the south. i want to mention what is going to be happening as we get into the weekend. let's switch maps and show you the eventual path of isaac. here is the good news. it will bring needed rain to parts of the drought stricken midwest and then do a big turnaround in area of high pressure that will be to our south. this is this weekend. by late sunday and monday, mentioned this yesterday, looks like some of the tropical moisture will get in here in the form of showers and thunderstorms. we could have some pretty good rained around here by late sunday and during our labor day on monday. still have to fine tune the forecast. still a possibility some of that energy could track to our north. we've got to look out for that late sunday and monday. that is our next chaps for any rain around here. satellite-radar, we are off if a beautiful start. --

alabama. look at that. huge surf andormally these are the type of beaches where you see almost no wave action and right now looks like a wild east coast day. incredible weather. across the gulf coast. 70 baltimore, we have humidity at 84%. the statewide temperatures are coming down now here locally as cooler, dryer air drifts in out of the north and west. look at this alarm area of dry air. place isn't sleeping weather. why not? 63, nice and dry. part of the summer we wait for. i tell you that. sunny day tomorrow. mid80s though. low humidity. tomorrow night down to 58, mostly clear, calm and cool. hotter by friday. that sun but i still think the humidity manageable and labor damon and tuesday. >> more news coming up. >> here is bill with what you will see on night line. >> coming up, i will take you in to the center of the storm as isaac slams into the gulf coast. plus my colleague has all the days news on the republican national convention. right after you. follow the wings. . >>> service dogs take lots of money and tim

but laura canary so you had a situation where when and let's in came up in alabama bill canary again this is this is call rove's colleague and good friend was in a position where he did run the race for the republican candidate. bob riley as it happened who did become the republican governor and is in alabama and as soon as you let him came around his wife could indict the democrats right and i'm certain you can. see them you know and in fact the evening of that election don siegelman was declared the winner and something strange happened in a in a republican controlled electoral district. exactly that was the election of two thousand and two and one of the wire services that actually declared siegelman the winner. in baldwin county there were both republican and democratic monitors of the election who were there in the board of elections until about midnight at about midnight determined krantz left to give the election was over and an associate of call rove called bob riley team and said don't concede don't concede whatever you do don't concede they held on and loo

the warm waters and it's eerie, you think about it, katrina and new orleans and mississippi and alabama andppened then and this storm is very, very similar. if it's a category 2 or category 3, they are not worried about what would happen in tampa but the storm, that would overshadow what is is goinging on here. >> and looking of getting notes in here from the poll team. they are taking about romney leaving and the video coming in. give usa preview. what do you have in store for us tonight? what are you going to see? >> gror ya has a major documentary, 90 minutes, romney revealed and it's amazing. it's going to be a great, great documentary. i have seen pieces of it already but i'm looking forward to seeing the whole thing. starting at 9:30, gloria will join anderson cooper, candy crowley, we are going to assess what we have seen. we are going live until 11:00 p.m. eastern for 90 minutes. a lot of politics, looking ahead to the convention. assessing what is going on and not neglecting the potential for a weather disaster out there. we will all over both stories. >> wolf, i got to let you go.

could have an opportunity to strengthen through the florida .traits it poses the biggest threat to alabama, and mississippi coast lines. this model takes it all the way central gulf. this one's dreams just west of the west coast of florida and southwest florida. pretty good agreement through cuba. beyond cuba is where the r significantly. reason why it's hard the systemswhere will go exactly. few other elements in the atmosphere will be driving the d will determine where it will go. wait for that to happen. 89 today. 70's tonight. 60's by tomorrow morning with a spotty showers. 40% chance of rain on saturday and sunday. the 40% of our viewing area will rain throughout the withn saturday and sunday high temperatures a little cooler in the low to mid '80s. day forecast is coming up. what's aasked better day to go to the swimming ?ool i would say sunday. plan.nds like a there's a new disease discovered that has symptoms similar to aids. that has symptoms similar to aids.[ male announcer ] with ultra-filtered water from the first hands-free system, and micro-climate controls powered by twinchill te