this region from the west coast of florida somewhere in between mobile bay and anywhere around apalachicola, florida. veronica, this path is changing ever so slightly. new orleans to tampa the area of concern. >> thanks for that, bill. >>> in part because of the threat from isaac, delegates at the republican national convention in tampa will begin the roll call vote to nominate mitt romney on monday. that is days earlier than was scheduled. it's earlier than it had been done at previous conventions. officials are also worried about several hundred delegates that are pledged to vote for ron paul during the roll call voting. he has not released his delegates to support mitt romn or anyone else. armstrong will be sipped of his title today. they will ban him from cycling for life and take away his seven titles in the tour de france. armstrong who required last year said yesterday he would stop fighting ongoing doping allegations and what he called, quote, an unconstitution aal wih hunt. he could also lose a bronze medal he won from the 2000 games in australia. >>> a massachusetts woman and her

because it is not tightening and spinning up and getting faster winds, right now 255 miles south of apalachicola. this is where the various models think the storm is going to go in the yellow is the official frank from the national hurricane center they think by wednesday morning it will come across new orleans as a cat 1, which is good news it won't be that strong. >>> mark matthews is in florida covering the republican convention he will have live reports later. you can follow mark on twitter for instant updates and on facebook. >> still ahead, petaluma's baseball heroes are landing right now in san francisco after an embrings -- impressive run at the little league world series. >>> "good morning america"'s robin roberts prepares to go on medical -- medical leave this week what she said is the hardest thing she had to do so far. or >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> "good morning america" anchor robin roberts will start her leave for a bone marrow transplant. >> robin's journey all this week she will check into the hospital next tuesday she was diagnosed with a bloo

because it is not tightening and spinning up and getting faster winds, right now 255 miles south of apalachicola. this is where the various models think the storm is going to go in the yellow is the official frank from the national hurricane center they think by wednesday morning it will come across new orleans as a cat 1, which is good news it won't be that strong. >>> mark matthews is in florida covering the republican convention he will have live reports later. you can follow mark on twitter for instant updates and on facebook. >> still ahead, petaluma's baseball heroes are landing right now in san francisco after an embrings -- impressive run at the little league world series. >>> "good morning america"'s robin roberts prepares to go on medical -- medical leave this week what she said is the hardest thing she had to do so [ female announcer ] now get high speed internet at home on our newly expanded advanced digital network, a connection you can count on. introducing at&t u-verse high speed internet with more speed options, reliability and wi-fi hot spots than ever. call at&t now to get u-ve

over towards apalachicola and tallahassee and we will see what happens. it's a strong tropical storm. overnight 67 cloud on the increase. and as we look at the saturday, mostly cloudy and showers to the east. tomorrow night, still showers around. and i will say this it appears we can see hit and miss showers again on sunday. i would like to pull those out and i can't do it. as we look at the overall outlook here, into the setup for the middle of next week, hotter by tuesday and then another round of showers and storms. we will be back with more abc2 news coming up. >>> wild car chasten dangered triers. police said mercedes exceed speeds of 1 hupp miles pee per hour. chase ended when the driver crashed into a chain link fence. the driver was taken to the hospital and his condition is not known. >>> sometimes news falls into your lap like for the reporter at a charlotte tv station. it was live on air when a car rear ended a truck right behind him. the reporter jumped out of the way and camera paned over to the accident. no one was seriously hurt. we will be

come late sunday and travel to the north somewhere up around the tampa area, all the way over to apalachicolanama city. all our computers for five days out, all the potential paths are really i mean this is an unusual for them to be this close together. that's why the path seems fairly certain. now the big question is what will the intensity of the storm be and the intensity forecasting is notoriously horrible five days in advance. that's why i don't put a lot of credence in it yet. the water temperatures, 89 to 85 degree water if it heads into the gulf not where you want the storms to go. like putting nitrous in your gas tank as you drive to work this morning. not good. as far as the forecast today, no problems whatsoever, very nice day around the country. a few storms down there in florida. but again, willie, the concern would be if that storm does get in the western gulf of mexico, that's not where you want to see storms because that's when they can grow and get huge in a hurry like katrina and rita. >> turns into a hurricane like tomorrow morning, is that right? >> possibly could. may not

there is concern for the destination of apalachicola.e forecast track for hurricanes can vary greatly. i want to show you the spaghetti plots. this shows what they are thinking. one allied air that goes south of cuba. most of them are coming together towards florida. our understanding of the storm comes together as the models come together. we will continue to update you as this could eventually affect the east coast. 74 degrees downtown. 72 in annapolis. the dew points are in the 60's and 50's. air to start theank err day. we have clouds across the lower part of maryland. most of the state impacted by the high pressure. a lot of sunshine around baltimore. 70's into the mountains. ocean city should be up to 83 today. we are quiet all the way into the weekend until sunday night when we have a chance for a thunderstorm. >> the u.s. education secretary visited baltimore county it to say school teachers deserve better pay. >> are redundant says school districts must get more creative in how they pay for ne duncan saysdun school districts mus

it will head toward the west coast of florida and may be near apalachicola and this is a big story we will be following for the next couple of weeks. maybe it could impact the east coast. this is the spaghetti plots. noticed some out fliers taking it further south. they are kind of coming together and steering towards florida. back to the mid atlantic. we have a stationary boundary down to the south which is producing the clouds into the carolinas. high pressure in place up to our north. that will be in control for the next couple of days. that means lots of sunshine. clear skies into arkansas and missouri. 65 at the airport. 72 in annapolis. 66 in ocean city. ocean city up to 83 today. 84 for southern maryland. most of the state with sunny skies. ocean city beginning with a little bit of fog this morning. 84 on saturday. for baltimore, where dry tonight -- we are dry with mostly clear skies. made 80's for the next couple of days. -- mid 80's for the next couple of days. >> a major sign of progress in the clean-up following this week's deadly train derailment in ellicott city. jennife

it may be coming ashore perhaps near tallahassee and apalachicola, florida, and then weakening rapidly as it moves over land to the north. we'll be into the metro area with showers the next couple of hours. have an umbrella handy if you plan on heading out early this saturday morning. our local forecast and a look at the rest of the week and into next week coming up in just a few minutes. back to you. >> many to, thanks. >>> the speech by romney's wife ann at the republican national convention is moving but not because of the weather. officials say florida senator marco rubio gave up his speaking spot to mrs. romney so she could speak during primetime tv coverage. mrs. romney originally was going to speak monday when no broad ka cast was planned. rubio will still have a prime speaking spot before romney's acceptance speech. we'll bring you live reports from tampa, florida, tomorrow night and bring you live coverage from the democratic national convention in charlotte next month. >> president obama will head to charlottesville, virginia, next week, but he will not speak at the universit

less of a problem for tampa and up toward the big bend and apalachicola right now. >> you mentioned plaquemineshat's one of the 15 parishes, the low-lying parishes that the governor says start those voluntary evacuations right now. >> all right. so florida isn't completely out of isaac's cross-hairs. a live report coming from naples and how folks there are preparing for a brush by the storm. chances are, you're not made of money, so don't overpay for motorcycle insurance. geico, see how much you could save. >>> become to our coverage of tropical storm isaac. southwest florida already starting to feel tropical storm right now. brian todd is in naples. so brian what kind of emergency preparedness is under way there? >> that's right, fredericka. this is an illustration here of what they're worried about. they're under a voluntary evacuation status here right now. they may impose mantry. we'll talk about that in a second. this is what they're worried about as tropical storm conditions start to kick in here. a lot of intense rain, wind is not so much a factor right now. what they're worried about he

some of the models towards new orleans, a lot of them around panama city, maybe towards apalachicola.ig storm that we're going to be seeing big impacts for a lot of people. by sunday morning it's going to spend a lot of time over land, so however this emerges back here across parts of the water will determine how strong it will become after that. ultimately, we're talking the official forecast, a category one storm making landfall across the eastern gulf area sometime tuesday night into wednesday, but, jon, that's a lot of time, and if it goes across that land as a stronger storm, could be a stronger storm still yet here when it makes landfall eventually. jon: and arthel is pushing that thing away from her hometown, new orleans. arthel: indeed, i was trying to do that. right now our national debt racing to $16 trillion, also this week the cbo saying a fiscal cliff scenario would plunge the nation into a recession, but one leading economist says he sees light through the gloom and doom. mark zandi, chief of moody's.com. he says, quote: it feels like political stars are now aligning so

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coast of florida and to the north near the end, landfall somewhere near mobile most likely and apalachicolaen it, and that's the million-dollar question right now, how much will this storm strengthen over some of the warmest waters that exist on the entire planet, right through the florida straits, near key west and rights near that warm loop current north of florida? that's where katrina blew up into a huge storm, where rita blew up into a huge storm. this is not where you want a developing storm to travel. it will move over those areas, right now category 1 is forecasted. it could be out of that realm, especially if it doesn't interact with cuba over the next 24 hours. back to you, lester. >> all right, bill, we'll get your forecast for the rest of the country in a moment. >>> one of new york city's iconic landmarks was the scene of a deadly shoot-out on friday. two people were killed, nine others wounded. nbc's michelle franzen is live outside the empire state building. michelle, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lester. that deadly shooting took place on fifth avenue in front of

for northern portions of the gulf and northeast gulf including airs from mississippi, alabama, apalachicola and panama city still at risk for the storm including our friends from fort meyers to naples to tampa. excellent agreement for this far in advance for our computers. show the storms going over sf and heading for the northeast corner of the gulf. here's what concerns me. look at the water temperatures, 89 degree water temperatures off key west, 85 off tampa. all you need is 80 degree water for a hurricane to strengthen. you get this is like high octane fuel for a hurricane. this is where hurricane katrina and rita grew into a huge beast. forecast for today pretty quiet around the northeast, very quiet morning around the united states and this is typically the case before a big storm comes. i don't expect many issues out there today. updates on isaac throughout the day here on "morning joe" and on msnbc. you're watching "morning joe" brewed by starbucks. this is the plan that revolves around you. introducing share everything. unlimited talk. unlimited text. tap into a single pool of sha

natural gas production is at an all-time high with deposits across apalachicola, thousands of good jobs are on the way. mitt romney is attacking the president's record on coal. >> i will not create jobs or hold jobs that kill people. is people. host: do you have any comments on that? guest: it has a lot to do with planning that occurred prior to 2008. i'm counting about 3000 minors without -- miners without jobs. i do not think there is any question that in some of the policies of the last couple of years, they believe they have been designed to jeopardize their job and their future. host: do you think the administration's view of coal might be different than the record that the president just talked about? guest: you need the clean coal technology for tomorrow and our policy being issued will preclude that from happening. we are losing the advantage to on to tomorrow. in terms of new mines, over 200 permits in ohio, west virginia, kentucky, and virginia pending. they basically put a moratorium on that. it is not a question about more jobs in 2010 or 2011, but how many jobs could have b