>> mike seidel getting all the storm along orange beach, alabama tonight. we want to check in with jim cantore. he's in new orleans. this is no katrina. this is a category one hurricane. bad news is, of course, nobody needs this, especially not right now. it's going to be the first test of all the new plumbing behind you there in new orleans? >> reporter: yeah, absolutely. that will come tonight a really over the next 24 to 36 hours here for new orleans. let's take a look at this thing, brian. the satellite picture shows us how big it is. we've had flooding rains from the outer bands of this in charleston, south carolina, for goodness sake. it's still raining in florida, look at the radar. this is one of the great tools now, because we can actually see the beast we're dealing with. mike, of course, in one of those yellow/purple bands. that's where the most intense weather is going to be. that's what's going to be moving up across mississippi and louisiana this evening. you mentioned this thing, it's going to crawl ashore. first, let's tackle the surge, 6 to

and soaking orange beach alabama. >>> if it were to demonstrate ask for but not took to win a laugh. >>> die of the storm is moving just west of new orleans. i sit is expected to bring some much- needed rain to arkansas. louisiana will have to need take the brunt of the storm like we through thursday. >>> since i have a storm is heading to the west is no surprise that power will be out for quite a while. >>> this is a very slow-moving storm system. he conceded rotating on shore. not the strongest hurricane we'd ever seen. the idea is finally making its light weight on shore. sustained winds of 80 mi. per hour. the bad news is that is one to take about 05 the morning until the entire system is out of town. regard to see a lot of rain across that area. between the on friday may be 20 in. plus of rain. >>> we have what pictures from downtown new orleans. the winds of downtown are not at hurricane strength right now. the bid as much rain in parts of louisiana mississippi or alabama at in 48 hours a san francisco might get in the entire deal. >>> romney and poland are now officially the r

mike in orange beach, alabama. let's check in on the mississippi shore line, there's a lot of it, weather channel meteorologist eric fisher is in gulfport. hey, eric. >> reporter: good evening, brian. we're talking about storm surge tonight in gulfport, mississippi, it was just seven years ago on this night that some of the worst impacts from carekatrina were just rolling ashore. the story here, when you look out into the gulf, it's so shallow here, you can walk out hundreds of yards on a normal day. not the case tonight. when the water is pushed up, it's so easy to get into the living areas that so many people call home here around gulfport. this is low tide. high tide comes around 7:00 tomorrow morning. we're going to add 12 feet on to that high tide. storm surge so deadly, it kills many more people than wind. the wind grabs the headlines, and the low lying areas. there are mandatory evacuations for those low lying areas, we'll be talking about the governor of mississippi riding out the storm keeping a close eye

the weather channel's mike seidel is in orange beach, alabama. mike, this storm is going to sit here for a while, isn't it? >> it's a very slow-mover, chuck, and that is the problem. it's a category 1, but still wind gusts over 80 miles per hour and the rain is unrelent g unrelenting. 9 inches at the airport in new orleans out here, on the mobile gulf shores area, close to 5 inches of rain. this is orange beach, we're just off to the east of gulf shores. and high tide's a few hours away but the water is way past where it should be at high tide. this is a nice, long beach. we're losing beach to the erosion from the water. also the wind has blown a lot of sand and you can see all the seaweed now. buildings here are fine, power on. let me show the radar, it's a slow-moving isaac. still an 80-mile-an-hour hurricane. now that the center has made a second landfall and the entire center is over land, although it's kind of marshy down there, slowly will wind down in the wind perspective, but, boy, this rain unrelenting for the next cull he will days, unt

the storm is stirring up the surf in mississippi and soaking orange beach, alabama. >> if it were to come in straight at us and got up to a two, we would have left for a sure. >> reporter: the slow moving hurricane could leave behind as much as a foot and a half of rain and a dangerous storm surge. bigad shaban, cbs news, new orleans. >> roughly 200,000 residents have already lost power because of hurricane isaac. 9news now has continuing coverage of the hurricane. we have radar, live pictures from new orleans on 9.3 and constantly updating our website wusa9.com. you can also stay up to date on our facebook and twitter pages and with our free weather app. >>> also making news this morning, the republicans have their first full day of the g.o.p. convention in tampa. and romney and new jersey governor chris christie were the featured speakers. mrs. romney focused on the love story with her husband and economic plight of women. >> chris christie said it's time to make tough decisions to make america great again. >> reporter: mitt romney gave his wife a hug and a kiss after her speech at

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

skyline of new orleans these schools are movingqualls are moving here is the view from orange beach alabamae ... you can see how the wind of various across these various coastal communities on the gulf of mexico from louisiana all the way to the florida panhandle ... there is 1 in. of rain falling in the destin fl back here in chicago ... here are the temperature readings at this hour. it will be seven years tomorrow marking the anniversary of hurricane katrina. we are looking at this prolific rain producing weather system on the map in terms of rainfall ... we are talking about three times the average month's worth of rain falling in one storm ... at 640 this evening wind gusts over new orleans will be 63 m.p.h. at midnight the wind will increase to 90 m.p.h. this will bring quite a storm surge the winds will still be gusting to 50 mi. per hour by tomorrow afternoon is not just the effect on the gulf coast but the widespread effect of this storm moving northward will be felt ... there hurricane warnings and flood advisories' around to the gulf states ... here is the tracking of the remnant

beach. on the louisiana line with alabama. look at that. ge surf and normally 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

the storm is stirring up surf in mississippi and soaking orange beach alabama. >> if it had come straight at us we would have left for sure. >> it could leave behind as much as a foot and a half of rain and a dangerous storm surge. isaac will likely bring some much-needed rain to arkansas but louisiana will have to bear the brunt of the storm. >> what about the pumps that remove the water from new orleans? i don't know if you can hear me but i will ask you again about the pomps, are they keeping up? >> even in a rainstorm, just an average rainstorm, new orleans officials are quick to point out that even the best system based on the infrastructure of the city would not be able to keep up. the actual pumping system is made up of 24 pomps that are all working but the city of new orleans can actually only handle 1 in. of water the first hour of the rain event and a half inch every hour after that. there are certainly some well known low-lying areas that are prone to flooding that was not a surprise to anyone but what they are hailing as the true success is the fact that the levee system is ho

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. thus, these beaches are going to be chewed up and we expect little in property damage out here because the winds are not going to gust extremely high. back to you. >> all right, that's the report from down in that area. >>> over

the storm is stirring up the surf in mississippi and soaking orange beach, alabama. >> if it were to come in straight at us and got up to a two, we would have left for sure. >> reporter: it could leave behind as much as a foot and a half of rain and a dangerous storm surge. the eye ever the storm is moving just west of new orleans. isaac is expected to eventually bring some much needed rain to arkansas, but louisiana will have to continue taking the brunt of the storm likely through thursday. in new orleans, i'm bigad shaban, back to you. >> coastal mississippi also going to get hammered by the flood surge and tremendous rains. we're continuously tracking hurricane isaac on 9.3, 203 on x finity and cox 805, verizon fios461. right now over to monika. she's got your timesaver traffic. >>> lots of news out on the roads as well. we're going to first take a live look from our sky 9. we've been telling you all morning long about a situation that happened after 2:00 this morning northbound on i-95 here at the fairfax county parkway in newington. it was a huge tanker fire. a deadly accident

the weather channel's mike seidel joins me from orange beach, alabama. mike, what can you tell us?m the national hurricane center. and i can tell you what it's going to tell everybody. the storm is not moving. hurricane isaac is just basically thrown on its brakes. it has made a second landfall. the winds theoretically should start winding down but really is getting us this rainfall. over here on orange beach we've moved out of that sphere of influence of the heavy rain. it's shifted just to our west. you can see on the radar the big spin. and look at that doughnut hole. that's the center of isaac. and watch. it is really not moving. it drifted west this morning and threw on its brakes. and it's raining at an inch an hour. we talked about totals as much as 20 inches. we may do more than that in louisiana. over here, four to five inches of rain. it ended during the middle of the night. it's all shifted away. the beaches have been hammered. typically at high tide, the water is about 100 feet beyond this pole. so you add about 100 feet and here comes the tide. up almost to where the d

let's go out into orange beach in alabama where you are seeing plenty of rough seas right now. put it in motion and this is what they will garring to dealing with heading throughout the -- be dealing with heading throughout the day. going new there next we it had head through us. but it won't get here in time for labor day weekend. you don't have to canse plans. things look pretty good and pretty dry. but the other good news is this is going to be dealing with places that are in drought stricken areas. so the rain from isaac is going to be a good thing. high pressure is going to build in for us for today. we were wet yesterday with the cold front but the dry weather continues. lots of sunshine in the forecast. so get out and enjoy that. so we break it down for you. it's going to be a nice comfortable day. nice and seasonable with the temperature coming in around 84 degrees. we will warm up as we go into thursday. ample sunshine in the forecast. hot by friday coming in at 90 degrees and then as we go into the weekend, still nice and dry and we could see a shower sunday evening.

beach. this is gulf source, alabama. it continues to lash the gulf beaches. we had storm surges, some spots higher. the shape of the coastline is a big deal we you talk about land falling systems, that muddy coast along louisiana. baltimore 85. no flooding here. dry sunny conditions. sunset getting earlier by the day. sunset 7:41, dry comfortable weather, mid-80s. winds from the north and west absolutely spectacular bringing in dry comfortable air. the nearest humid city would be norfolk, virginia. as we look plat model projections, all the rain with isaac will be there tomorrow. 24 hours of heavy straight rain. some of it pushing out of louisiana. the drift of all that leftover moisture could impact us. tonight 60. tomorrow 86. sunshine, a little warmer, great day. saturday we're fine. the next three days look dry and hotter, but sunday into monday that's where we'll have to bring in the threat for showers for at left part of the weekend. i would say sunday night into labor day and again on tuesday. scattered showers. this is an unsettled pattern. think of a

huge waves are crashing into alabama beaches. and flood waters are rising in mississippi.ac has come ashore, and is expected to stick around awhile. >> stay off the roads, stay out of the water. if you're somewhere safe, stay there. don't get out. and this is not going to be over quick. >> reporter: isaac is slowly churning over te gulf coast. and could drop up to a foot and a half of rain. the storm surge may reach 12 feet. flooding is the biggest concern. wednesday is the 7th anniversary of hurricane katrina when flood waters in new orleans broke through the levees. a new $14 billion system of levees and walls now surrounds the city. tonight that system is being put to the test. engineers say the new levees can withhold storms much stronger than isaac. that's why city officials here in new orleans did not order mandatory evacuations. and most people stayed. and most people are staying inside. but this is still the big easy. and some plan to party through the storm. >> katrina was our devastation. isaac is our celebration. because nothing is going to hit our city like it

gulf coast causing severe flooding in some areas, beach erosion in coastal towns like orange beach, alabama. >> it's like a blizzard here, like sand getting whipped through the sea oats. >> isaac making its first landfall in southeastern louisiana 6:40 central last night. >> we're in the teeth of this thing and will be for quite sometime. >> then it headed out to sea off the southern louisiana coast making another landfall this morning with storm winds battering surrounding areas. coming down in sheets, sustained 30-mile-an-hour wind. the rain is relentless. isaac dumping rain across the gulf on the seventh anniversary of katrina, the costliest hurricane in history that left 80% of new orleans under water claiming hundreds of lives when the city's levee and pump systems failed. there's been a multi-billion dollar repair to the system now being put to the test by isaac. >> not many towns i know that can take 12 to 20 inches in 48 hours, much less one that sits below sea level. >> hundreds of thousands of residents of new orleans, louisiana, and the gulf coast are waking up with no electricit

they did a great job at clean up and the state did a great job promoting the beaches in alabama, and we're really happy with the past season and it looks like a great season next year as well. >> the hang out has been featured in some of the bp commercials. what is helping so much? >> it's a combination, and the beautiful beaches were a secret before the oil spill and people saw what we have to offer here and we had a great clean up. once you see it and fall in love with it, you want to come back. >> let's check in now in alabama where voluntary evacuations have been ordered samuel jones is on the phone, have people been listening to the evacuation order? >> they have. they also cooperated fully. there's heavy rain and winds, and it's basically coming in spurts because of the band. so we have not seen any major flooding through far. that doesn't mean we won't. we expect the water to rise. >> any power outages? >> we have one, we have some i think on the other side of our area, really in another city, but i think they had an accident where they hit a transformer and took it out and th

this is the alabama gulf coast. orange beach not too far away. this is not even the heart of the storm but you get an idea how wild the weather s8 csh-- is. 85 now mat bwi. as bad as it's been in parts of the united states, it's been as good as it gets. the sunshine's out. the dew point is low. the humidity is dry. all that humidity is south of us in virginia. you see the widespread spiraling rains reaching into south carolina nea. watch as we go forward in time a slow moving system. the heavy rains will be slow to leave louisiana. oklahoma and arkansas would be happy to get the rain. they've had record drought. that moisture will drift into the upper midwest and into the mid-atlantic for monday and tuesday in particular. all right. tonight, 60, low humidity. gorgeous weather. 86 tomorrow, still dry, still pleasant. we still won't have the humidity. on friday it will get hotter, 92. 90 saturday. saturday you could see cloud cover and sunday a day where we could see some showers plate in the evening. best chances of rain labor day monday into the

grand bay, alabama, over 11 inches, vero beach 16 inches in florida.nd, louisiana, 12 inches, new orleans about 10 1/4, widespread amounts and it's really centered through southern mississippi and southeastern louisiana. some of the estimates as you can see by our doppler radar including a 12 1/2 just a little west of mobile. so what's next? high pressure is going to guide the remnants up through the mississippi valley and over the next several days we'll be hearing a lot of reports of 2 to 5 inches of rain. they're grateful for pay lot of this rain in many drought stricken states. it may visit us late in the weekend. we'll talk about our labor day weekend forecast and when we may get a bit of isaac's rain around here if we're going to see any at all. >>> a judge sentenced the former university of lacrosse player who beat his ex-girl friend to death. george huguely will spend 23 years in prison for the murder. fox 5's laura evans has the story. >> the judge handed down the sentence of 23 years for the second degree murder of yeardley love. the hearing

beach. parts of mississippi and the alabama coast will see surges anywhere from four to nine feet. ues on the coast. fortunately we've got a good dune line and the beach front property is up on stilts. plus, we have a nice beach due to the beach replenishment. irene will be downgraded to the tropical storm sometime later tonight or tomorrow, but it's got to rain itself out. it's not moving very fast. so this is going to be a story in the front page for the next couple of days, rachel. out here, it's dermabrasion and now the rain moves back in. not the best beach day. this will all be out of the way for anybody coming down to the gulf coast for labor day weekend. this will be long gone by thursday, things should start to improve. new orleans, the worst is yet to come. they've spent $14 billion following katrina, which we're on the eve of the eighth anniversary, so we'll see how those pumps handle the tremendous amount of rainfall that's coming in in the next 12 to 24 hours. >> mike, i just want to follow up on one thing you just said. describing those nine feet storm surg surges and

beach, florida. we found in gulf shores, alabama the city did pass the ordinance to help regulate the industry. like you're asking for some of that elsewhere so that other people don't have to undergo the loss that you've dealt with for the last five years. as we wait for that to happen, for people who are considering parasailing who have no idea the dangers of what you speak, what do you tell them? what do you say? >> what do i tell them? i tell them don't do it. don't do it until there's regulation. don't do it until the amber may law passes. hopefully we can keep all of our vacationers safe. i think the people that come here deserve to have the right to know there's no regulations. i think they deserve to have the right to get regulation. >> don't do it. three powerful words spoken from a mother who knows. i thank you both. >> i thank you so much. >>> preschoolers, preschoolers duke it out at day care and instead of telling them to stop, school teachers encourage the three-year-olds to fight. we're on the case, next. i'm done. are you thinking what i'm thinking? ♪ give me just a little more

storm surges have also flooded beach front homes and businesses in louisiana, alabama and mississippi. we still haven't received any reports of widespread or major flooding and damage. the mayor of new orleans says that city's levees are holding and are not in danger of failing, he feels. >>> going to check with tom kierein now to find out a little bit more on what is going on as that storm, that hurricane continues to churn out there off of new orleans. tom? >> it does continue to churn there just to the southwest of downtown new orleans. here, look at this, a beautiful day. sun splashed lawn behind me a beautiful blue sky with puffy white clouds coming through. low humidity and there's a live view from our hd city camera showing the washington monument under this gorgeous, beautiful blue sky and as we take a look around down around the gulf coast, though, it is all about hurricane isaac. hurricane isaac is spinning away with strong winds, gusts to around 80 miles an hour. and it's going to be plaguing louisiana throughout the day today and southwestern mississippi with more rain and

beach. richard nixon would win in november defeating then vice president hubert hum friz and a third party candidate alabama governor george wallace. here is richard nixon's acceptance speech in august 1968. mr. chairman, delegates to this convention, my fellow americans, 16 years ago, i stood before this convention to accept your nomination as the running mate of one of the greatest americans of our time or any time like the eye sen showers. eisenhowers. eight years ago, i had the highest honor of accepting your nomination for president of the united states. tonight, i again proudly accept that nomination for president of the united states. but i have news for you, this time there is a difference. this time, we are going win! we are going to win for a number of reasons. first a personal one. general eisenhower as you know lies critically ill in the walter reid high hospital tonight. i have talked to mrs. eisenhower on the telephone. she tells me his heart is with us. she says there is nothing that he lives more for and there is nothing that would lift him more than for us to win in november and i say let's

we certainly saw the wave action through mississippi into alabama and across the florida panhandle. those beaches'll by open for the day holiday. the concern is new orleans, we have a long night and long day ahead of us as we work our way into wednesday, the anniversary of the worst nightmare of this city's history. reporting from isaac pounding in accordance, back to you. the picture is going to look similar, it's the cumulative affect, right through the dame. let's go to, kim, thanks for joining us. first off, i know you are extremely busy. take us through what you are watching and what you are focusing on, trying to let the millions of viewers know what the problem is. and even winds as strong as we saw with katrina, so it is definitely an issue for tonight and through tomorrow. the one thing we're seeing is on that west side, we may see a weakening, some drier air, but we'll continue to see on the right side especially, where we'll see the heavy rain, the strong winds and the surge. the pressure came up a millibar from the last advisory, indicating there may be some weakening, but at the cent

beach front communities are seeing a couple feet of flooding. waters are expected to rise even higher later this morning at high tides. forecasters say parts of louisiana, mississippi, alabama, and the florida panhandle could see up to 20 inches of rain. >>> in election news this morning mitt romney's vice presidential running mate paul ryan gets his turn in the spotlight at the republican national convention today. mitt romney officially clinched the republican presidential nomination during the delegates role call vote yesterday. romney's wife ann took the stage and defended her husband's success in business. >> as a mom of five boys do we want to teach our kids to be unsuccessful? >> no. >> mitt romney is in indianapolis today speaking to the american legion. his remarks will be carried live via satellite at the convention. paul ryan delivers his acceptance speech tonight. >>> protestors continue to make their voices heard in tampa as well. dozens of occupy protestors blocked the street for a time chanting and singing about corporate greed. police say for the most part the protests have been peaceful. >>> president obama wraps up his two-day visit to college towns with a

beach front property near tampa. instead all eyes are on isaac. the rnc has suspended monday's session. the governors of alabama louisiana are staying home and florida governor rick scott cancelled his convention speaking appearance to stay on top of his official duties as the storm threatens his state. governor scott is asking floridians to help the out of towners to cope. >> make sure the delegates have information about how they should act around here because sochl them have never been around a hurricane. we dieal with these things. >> this is the closet we try not too use too often. >> reporter: he's weathered his fair share of hurricanes. he has his guests covered. >> what are the chances you think you'll be using any of this this week? >> we'll probably go to the flashlights and maybe the rain suits. we're going a few sand bagging to protect the sand sculpttures out back. >> reporter: this north dakota delegate isn't too concerned. she thinks the storm won't detract from the convention much at all and reminds us why she's here rain or shine. >> i'm excited about the energy that comes from everyone togethe

to 59 degrees, mid 50's and oakland and piedmont, alabama and berkeley. 54 from vallejo through american canyon. we're talking 50s and 60s at the beach is tomorrow with the wind out of the west between 10 and 20 adding a chill to the air late day. '60s and '70s, for the peninsula including south san fransisco. woodside all the way up to 79 degrees, mid 80s in morgan hill for gilroy and and we fly to the eastern portion of the bay and move east, 90 degrees brentwood. also 90 in antioch, discovery day, rio vista, otherwise upper eighties in san ramon, 79 as we fly to the north towards beneath yet, all the way into richmond. 82 degrees in navato. north bay numbers stack up from the mid 50's in stinson beach with partial afternoon clearing, all the way to the 80s in sonoma and glen ellen. five degrees below average in san fransisco. the extended forecast, we will all unite and feel the cool down on friday only to one the back up on the tail end of the weekend as we slide into a holiday monday.,, >> for the first time since 2001, the nfl will use replacement officials beginning next wednesday when the new york giants host the dallas cowbo

beach. that's east of lake pontchartrain. the water is coming up. the difference between this and what was katrina, for the people of mississippi, alabama, and floridaa completely live throughable storm. you don't do something stupid, you will live through it. this is completely okay. it's a blow. it's 40 to 60 miles per hour but it's just a blow. stay inside and stay safe. the people in south plaquemines parish, you are in danger if you are not in the right place. that's why nine parishes do here said get out, mandatory evacuation. when they say mandator they are not kidding. piers? >> it's a serious situation. we're going to take a break again. when we come back, we're going to get to the real crux of new orleans and the levees, are they holding up? a very expensive refurbished levees. are they doing their job? we're going to fd out after the break. you see us, at the start of the day. on the company phone list that's a few names longer. you see us bank on busier highways. on on. everare helping grow the ways all oour economy. lending more so companies and communities can expand, grow stronger and get back to work. everyday you see all of us servi

alabama. he's got the latest. scott? >> reporter: michelle, people were giving us grief earlier today about a day at the beach. this is going to be no day at the beach. you can see it's already starting to deteriorate. the national hurricane center says there is still a wide amount of uncertainty about where this storm is ultimately going to make landfall along the northern fw northern gulf coast. there's still hurricane warnings posted from western louisiana all the way to the florida panhandle. a lot of preparations and concerns about that. but what is now known is that this storm does appear to be headed through a lot of the key oil production and refining areas. let's take a look at the latest track. where isaac has been and where it appears that isaac is going. really threading the needle through the florida straits. but not picking up steam as much as some of the forecasters initially predicted. that's good. but we have a lot of issues when you now look at the track -- or the forecast track compared to the locations of the oil rigs and the refineries. oil and natural gas rigs and refineries through the g

beach is in florida. this brought quite a few inches to parts of florida. tornado watch in effect until 8:00 a.m. local time for parts of louisiana, mississippi and alabama.e have several tornado warnings being reported in and around alabama and mississippi even in the florida panhandle. we are seeing rotation. we will keep you up to date on that. here is the lathes tropical storm isaac 45 miles per hour moving northwest at 8 miles per hour. eventually we will have a good news story all of the rainfall will make it into drought stricken areas. for now additional 6-12-18 inches on saturated ground. this is a story we will continue to follow through out the day and into the weekend. >> category 1. thank goodness it wasn't 3 or 4. >> oo top five stories making news at this hour he was thrown in jail after he helped the u.s. track down in london. the appeals is schedule to do resume. he was convicted of having ties to militants. ram paul is among those for treating him like a hero. >> a tragic story out of connecticut last night. a man who was trying to help a homeowner fix his propaning leak died when the house exploded. the man's young son and homeowner was

that's highway 90, the beach road that runs right across the -- all across mississippi through here and parts of alabamas that that would get overwashed with storm surge. but the wind, as everybody can see, has been blowing down the shoreline from east to west because the storm is rotating counterclockwise and it is way west of us now. we are getting a flow from east to west. later in the day as it moves inland although it is not moving at all right now it could change directions and could see it. back more than 20 years ago, hurricane juan sat just off homa, louisiana for days. not as powerful as what we are seeing here, a tropical storm that fluctuated but it stayed for days just inundating that area. they had terrible inland flooding in plaquemines parish and down in all those low-lying areas, fond du lac and homa. that's something you have to watch for. if that stays stationary you're right, rainfall is going to continue to build. as you get, you know, more and more of the lingering wind and rain you saturate the ground and the root system on the shallower trees they start to topple over and then th

alabama and mississippi. that's the next front. today, anywhere between 8 a9 an 91 degrees. low 70s. that really is kind of football weather, right? saturday, 81 at the beach. stormy conditions there. showers and storms, too, at the beach for sunday. not looking fantastic there. here, some morning showers for us. a few clouds around. 82 to 84. this weekend, let's hit the roads again with danella. >> thank you. right now if you're traveling the beltway. montgomery county, not bad at all. making your way towards new hampshire avenue. delay are just about here and travel speeds is i-95. 45 miles per hour. that's not bad at all. you are getting ready on the brakes here from edsall to semina seminary. 38 miles per hour. 17 minutes to get to the 14th street bridge. aaron, over to you. >> thank you, danella. >>> expect delays on metro this weekend. there will be track work on four of the system's five lines. on the red line, takoma, brooklyn will be closed. take a free shuttle bus. ft. cotton will open but only for greene and yellow line trains. work starts tonight at 10:00 and should be finished in time for the pon morning commute. >>> today the government is ur

vero beach, florida, one of the untold stories, this storm brought incredible amounts of rain across into as well as alabamaok at the storm where it is right now. first of all i want to show you what the forecast is for new orleans. we have half a million people without power. so no air-conditioning. we'll see temperatures close to 90 degrees. very humid and that is going to continue for the weekend and into early next week. plus a chance of thunderstorms and maybe some downpours. of course they don't need to see anymore flooding in this area. this is what is left of isaac, bringing rain up towards the plain states. eventually the midwest. this is a good news situation but the bad news is it will come way too fast. so we'll see flash flood watches and warnings. we also could see the risks for tornados throughout the day today. back to you gregg and heather. gregg: janice dean. thanks very much. heather: congressman fuel ryan now officially the vp nominee but who registers better with voters, congressman ryan or vice president joe biden? brand new "fox news" polling just ahead. gregg: plus the tea party play

happening in daytona beach, florida as isaac made its mark there heavy surf and wind and rain as those cameras getting a litany fuzzy from the rain drops. another live picture from alabamaas forecasters have just said that isaac going to be a little bit of a weaker hurricane than initially predicted. they were saying it was going to cross the gulf of mexico as a category 2 but it will be a category 1. that's the prediction as of now. the latest update just came in at 5:00 this morning. so the national hurricane scientizing it's not going to be as strong as they initially thought but and we can already see the waves picking up there but it did bring a lot of wind and rain to parts of florida and cause problems for the republican national convention that got delayed. we're we're following coverage for you. >> and watch b the bay year weather warming up a few degrees as we head through the middle part of the week a where we're seeing temperatures. things will be cool for the time of quarter. mid-70s along the bay. high in the mid-60s. increasing fog later in the week as temperatures move up. >> most americans are willing to pay a little more if it will safe social security

alabama. you don't look too worse for wear yet, scott. >> reporter: no. we're enjoying a slightly chilly morning on the beach here, joe, as we wait.the proverbial calm before the storm. a lot of issues come in to play and you outlined them there. the hurricane warning currently is for a wide swath of the northern gulf coast. so we have seen people brace for it. we're on the eastern edge of the so-called cone of uncertainty here in gulf shores, alabama which is in the mobile area and we saw people very steady flow of folks at the local walmart store clearing out basic staples like bread that are tough to come by and they also are looking at gasoline, a lot of people lining up for gasoline, stocking up. there have been gas lines reported from here in alabama all the way west to new orleans now as that area has come in to play and people start doing what they normally do in the case of approaching tropical storm and possibly hurricane likely a category 1 by the came it gets here in 24 to 48 hours. the gasoline folks are worried about the short run but there's a longer run issue here with 22% of offshore u.s. production overall, i sho

beach, gulfport, and biloxi in mississippi are under a tornado warning. we do also have a tornado watch across extreme western portions of the state of florida, also parts of southern alabamarn louisiana. in effect until 7:00 a.m. local time out here. you can also see something else that has changed with hurricane isaac. that eye wall across the western part of the storm system originally or earlier this morning was dry air. now it's started to fill in with more heavy rain. so we're starting to look at it a little better organized. maximum sustained winds at 80 miles per hour and still expected to be a very slow moving storm system in the next 12 to 24 hours. not out of louisiana until early friday morning. 20 inches of rain and a sister-in-law as high as 12 feet. -- storm surge as high as 12 feet. back to you. >> brian: thank you very much. if the republicans are going to take back the, who find a way to take the senate and hold the house, a lot of the credit will be going to the governors, successful governors race in the republicans. when you talk about governor christie, when you talk about governor daniels and you talk about governor perry. do you sense that the repub