i'm carol costello. we begin with the republican party's biggest night in four years. just hours from now, mitt romney will accept the presidential nomination and deliver the most important speech of his life. setting the stage, romney's running mate, paul ryan. and he may be a hard act to follow. last night, he energized the crowd, promising to deliver a new america and exercise the demons of a failed presidency. a head's up. we'll take a break from the usual short excerpts and run longer chunks of sound to give you a better sense of exactly what paul ryan said. >> obama care, as much as anything else, explains why a presidency that began with such anticipation now comes to such a disappointing close. it began with a financial crisis. it ends with a job crisis. it began with a housing crisis they alone didn't cause. and it ends with a housing crisis they didn't correct. [ applause ] >> it began with a perfect aaa credit rate for the united states. it ends with a downgraded america. >> boo! >> it all sta

i'm carol costello. right now, we're going to take a look at the double trouble looming over the republican national convention. just a few days before its kickoff, will a storm named isaac crash the grand old party? or is the greater threat manmade? this morning, florida is scrambling, and bracing for the unknown. >> isaac is a unique storm in this regard. it has the potential to threaten a major convention, designated a special national security event. and that's why i have convened local, state, federal, and convention officials for a twice daily briefing. the goal is to make sure everyone has the best information available. a complete picture of the situation. everything needed to make a good decision. these officials have been working together to plan the convention for the past 18 months. the possibility for a hurricane has been part of that planning process. all that's required for those plans to be activated is there to be a hurricane, and hopefully that will not happen. >> because if it does, as

i'm carol costello. we begin with the good, the bad, and the bizarre. of the republican national convention. on the party's biggest night in four years, mitt romney accepts the nomination and delivers the most important speech of his lifetime. but a hollywood icon goes off script and steals the show. clint eastwood raises eyebrows and sets the internet ablaze when he talks to an empty chair representing invisible obama. you'll want to hear some of those lines. more on that in just a couple of minutes. >>> but first, let's focus on mitt romney and his primetime opportunity to win your vote. romney says he'll revitalize the nation and economy held hostage by a failed presidency. before we listen, a heads up. we're going to take a break from the short excerpts of sound you're used to hearing on television and run longer chunks of what mr. romney had to say. >> how many days have you woken up feeling that something really and was happening in america? many of you felt that way on election day four years ago.

i'm carol costello. we begin with new details on the bloody rampage at a sikh temple and the man who opened fire. as mourners lit candles and honored the six people killed, a troubling image emerges of the shooter. new this morning several law enforcement sources identify him as wade michael page. he was 40 years old and had served in the u.s. army. he may also have been a white supremacist. page was shot to death after wounding a police officer. >> officer down. officer down. i need an ambulance. [ inaudible ]. >> go ahead. >> we have one officer shot. >> cnn's brian todd is outside the police station in oa can k creek, wisconsin, with more. good morning, brian. >> reporter: good morning, carol. yes, we are getting new details on this suspect in this case, wade michael page, as you mentioned. law enforcement officials telling us that is the suspect's name, aged 40. that he once served in the army but had left. our sources telling us that he owned the gun that he used in the shooting legally. i did speak

i'm carol costello. thank you for joining us on this monday morning. massive evacuations are getting under all the way from louisiana to alabama. tropical storm isaac heading in that direction. it blew through the florida keys yesterday as a blustery rainmaker and only a hint of what it could become. it's now in the open waters of the gulf, gaining strength, but here is something more ominous. take a look at isaac's projected path and the meandering line underneath. that is hurricane katrina. as you can see where the paths intersect, the city is once again in the cross hairs. this morning we've heard stern warnings from the man who coordinated the military's relief efforts in the wake of katrina. >> people need to be cautious because anything built by a man can be destroyed by mother nature. people still need to listen to the local officials, and if you're outside the levee system you need to be evacuated today. >> meteorologist rob marciano begins our coverage in new orleans this morning. rob, how seriously are people taking this threat? >> reporter:

. >>> "cnn newsroom" with carol costello begins right now. we'll see you back here tomorrow morning. save me, carol. >> i'll bail you out. >>> happening now in the newsroom, seconds from disaster, three jets put on a collision course at reagan international airport just moments from a mid-air accident. we'll hear what's going on in the control room. >>> health alert. a comeback of the cough. new concerns that current whooping cough vaccine might not be strong enough. what your family needs to know, straight ahead. >>> swimming shocker. winning by .01 of a second. nathan adrian beating the aussie missile in the 100 meter freestyle finish. you've just got to see it. >>> when is gold actually green? olympians being taxed for their gold, silver, and bronze. does first place really mean a $9,000 tax bill? >>> skipping, pirouettes, the extended trot. a 15-year-old mayor enters the olympic sport of dressage today. why is this news, you ask? rafalka is ann romney's horse. "cnn newsroom" begins right now. >>> good morning to you. i'm carol costello. th

i'm carol costello. we begin with chick-fil-a appreciation day. and what's become depending on who you talk to a fight for religious freedom. today, hundreds of thousands say they'll show support for chick-fil-a's coo dan cathy and his stand against same-sex marriage. that includes evangelicals, including the reverend billy graham, who's in poor health. a staffer will deliver chick-fil-a to his home. george, good morning. >> reporter: carol, good morning. according to chick-fil-a, today will be business as usual. the company does not officially support this idea that was sparked by a once republican presidential candidate mike huckabee. nor will it support the national same-sex kiss day that is expected to happen on friday. but when you look at huckaby's facebook page, the page he created to ask people to sign up and support chick-fil-a today, you find that more than half a million people will be showing up to these different stores to show their support. that's what we expect to see at many of the store

i'm carol costello. thank you for being with us this morning. we begin with a mini scandal and the holy sea of galilee. it involved a late night swim, drinking, and one nude republ republican member of congress, and he would be yoder from kansas. yoder wasn't the only rowdy member of the american delegation to jump into the sea, although the others were at least partially clothed. also involved congressman steve southerland and his daughter, congressman reid of new york, ben quayle of arizona, and welcome. >> thank you. >> first off, can you describe the night in question for us? >> reporter: there was an 8:45 p.m. dinner in a seaside town and after the dinner where sources told us there was drinking, members of congress and several aides jumped into the ocean and mr. yoder removed his clothes. later when they got back, the fbi began questioning folks and asking what happened, if anything inappropriate went on. and that's kind of where we left it. this was one year ago, actually almost one year ago to th

i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining us. w with kate baldwin. >>> thanks so much, carol. hello, everyone. i'm kate bolduan. thank you so much for joining me. want to start off right now though any second now police in oak creaek, wisconsin, are due o tell us what they can about a man that opened fire in a crowded sikh temple. what we know already is chilling. listen here. >> subject down! officer down! need an ambulance! >> a police officer and two other people are critically hurt. seven people are dead including the gunman. and while we now have a name to attach to the heinous attack, police scramble to pin down a motive. we'll bring you that briefing that we expect to get any minute as it is going to be getting under way shortly. i think we're showing you liver pictur live pictures there. details trickled out, among them, the shooter's id. sources familiar with the investigation say that the bald white man who entered the temple yesterday with a 9/11 tattoo was 40-year-old wade michael page. he is said to be an army vet, a

i'm carol costello. we begin with new details of heroism emerging this morning from that deadly shooting rampage near milwaukee. satwan singh was president of the sikh temple, and he died trying to protect his fellow worshippers. he was armed but only with a butter knife. police say he saved lives by delaying the killer just long enough for others to escape. and this is lieutenant brian murphy, the first police officer to arrive on the scene. the gunman was waiting as murphy attended to a victim, the killer walked up and shot him nine times, even critically wounded murphy's greatest concern was for the other victims. when his fellow officers finally reached him. >> and as they approached him, he waved them off. he had been shot nine times. one of them very serious in the neck area. and he waved them off and told them to go into the temple to assist those in there. >> david mattingly is in oak creek, wisconsin. so david, how is officer murphy doing this morning? >> reporter: as of the last update we got f

our carol costello spoke to a woman at the scene.er way to work across the street at the empire state building, and she heard that the gunman had been chased down, and this is what else she had to say. >> i saw people running. and i didn't know what happened, and i thought that there was a celebrity sighting, but far from it. i continued to walk down, and i did not actually hear any gunshots today, because i had headphone headphones in, but somebody said that there was a shooting and there were several shots fired. i walked across the street before they blocked off the crime scene and i saw that a woman had been shot on the corner next to the heartland brew brewery, and she seemed in shock of course that she had been shot. then i looked in the middle of the street right across, right at the empire state building in front of the doors where you enter, and there was a man lying on the ground and police all around like they had shot him down. and a lot of this, i heard this just from the aftermath that this man had been in pursuit of an

i'm carol costello. we begin this morning in oak creek, wisconsin, the site of the weekend massacre at that sikh temple. for the third straight night, the community has bonded in its grief. and the vigil keeps growing larger. the police department is also on edge. the fear white supremacists might retaliate for the death of the temple gunman. cnn's brian todd is in oak creek, wisconsin. you witnessed the depths of those concerns first hand. describe that for us. >> reporter: well, carol, yesterday we had gotten the name of the officer who took down the shooter on sunday. we've gotten the name and the address of that person. we went to his house. we knocked on his door to see if he might want to talk to us. he declined, citing the investigation. but essentially when i got back to our car, our photo journalist and my producer were in the car. we had taken no footage of anything. they were sitting there. i got in the car. and as soon as they happened, we were directly confronted by police and surrounded. fi

"cnn newsroom" with carol costello is beginning right now. see you back here tomorrow morning, everybody. >> hi, soledad. thanks. >>> happening now in the newsroom, isaac moves in on the verge of becoming a full-fledged storm, threatening the gulf coast with a 12-foot wall of water. >> i'm david mattingly in gulfport, mississippi, where lessons of the past with hurricane katrina are helping people all along the coast here prepare for isaac. i'll have that story coming up. >>> and good morning from tampa, where the two republican rock stars arrive into town today. both mitt romney and paul ryan. but it's a certain new jersey governor that everyone is buzzing about. mr. chris christie. we'll talk about him and his big keynote speech coming up. >>> and samuel l. jackson tweeting, it is unfair republicans in tampa were spared from hurricane isaac. this morning the fallout and inevitable apology. "cnn newsroom" begins right now. >>> and good morning. thank you so much for joining us this morning. i'm carol costello. we begin right now with tropica

i'm in today for carol costello.orning talking about how much money you're going to be paying, we're all going to be paying for gas. overnight the national average jumped another cent and a half. it's now $3.66 a gallon. it could be in part from this huge fire in ania. are expected skyrocket. this fire happened monday. the situation at the refinery is unstable. another small fire broke out yesterday. people who live in the area have bigger concerns than gas prices. hundreds of people were treated for breathing problems. >> first and foremost, chevron will take responsibility for all claims that come in. >> you putting this poison out here killing us. and it's not just happening -- is it happening in y'all neighborhood? no, it's not. >> do i have to look forward to having cancer? does my grandchild have to look forward to having kanser? >> this refinery isn't the only problem. last month there was a pipeline shut down in the midwest after a leak. and there had been problems at two refineries near chicago. >> gas price

have a nice weekend, everybody, "cnn newsroom" with carol costello begins now. >>> happening now in the newsroom, gabby is gold, capturing america's heart after one spectacular performance. a true olympian in every sense. this morning, the journey, the struggle, and the emotion of her long road to london. >>> english only. a hearing on the bill to make english the official language of the united states getting heated. a democrat delivering his opening statements in spanish. this morning, we'll talk about that. >>> mississippi emergency, the mighty river at dangerously low levels this morning, barges grounded, some parts of the 2,500 mile lifeline 50 feet below flood levels last year. >>> america's fight over same-sex marriage coming down to a fried chicken sandwich. today, round two, a kiss-in at chick-fil-a's nationwide. we'll talk to the organizer live in 30 minutes. "newsroom" starts right now. >>> and good morning to you, happy, happy friday, i'm carol costello. we begin this friday morning with some better news about the nation's economy. the labor department says 163,000 jobs were

can you imagine dirty harry speaking at this forum steps from me carol costello i mean what a night it will be here's what i can tell you here's what i can confirm that the romney camp is telling c.n.n. yes there is this mystery gas there will be all these character witnesses you know folks who worked with romney six staples during this holy city olympics and also when he was you know running the state of the governments in two states but we cannot definitively tell you that clint eastwood is showing up here. all this hype and we have political figures pushing for the u.s. to get involved in another military conflict take on the leaders of rice's remarks last night and she wasn't alone senator john mccain also blamed the president for not doing enough and syria and pushed for prompt military action. dictators in iran and syria butcher their people and threaten regional security when other courageous people forward for their freedom against sworn enemies of the united states american presidents both free probably concerned democrats have acted to help them prevail. and some headlines an

can you imagine dirty harry speaking at this forum steps from me carol costello i mean what a night it will be here's what i can tell you here's what i can confirm that the romney camp is telling c.n.n. yes there is this mystery gas there will be all these character witnesses you know folks who worked with romney. staples and during the salt lake city olympics and also when he was you know running the state of a government in two states.

i'm carol costello. thank you for being with us. we begin this morning with a bombshell announcement about lance armstrong. he could lose his seven tour de france titles, and he's facing a lifetime ban from cycling. those decisions by the u.s. anti-doping agency comes hours after armstrong said he would stop fighting charges of illegal doping. and according to rueters, the head of the agency says armstrong's decision to drop the fight means their case has substance. armstrong has always denied doping, though. >> i think that the people that know cycling know that we're the most passionate, fanatical crazy team out there when it comes to preparation and the right way. we spend more time on equipment and training and legal methods than anybody else. and i stand by that statement. and over time, we'll see. >> but now armstrong says there comes a poi in every man's life when he has to say enough is enough. for me, that time is now. armstrong made his decision after losing a legal bid to stop the anti-doping agency's case against him. jo

i'm carol costello. thank you for joining us this morning.hree jets put on a collision course at reagan national airport, just moments from a midair collision. we'll hear what was going on in the control room. >>> money in the bank. your job and your paycheck. cnn has new numbers on how much of a raise you could expect next year. >>> the war on terror. three suspected terrorists captured in spain. the interior ministry calls this the biggest operation against al qaeda in that country. >>> and soaring high, american gymnast danell leyva climbing back and capturing bronze for the united states. what an amazing story. we are going to talk to him in ten minutes. "newsroom" begins right now. >>> just in this morning, a collision narrowly averted at reagan national airport near washington, d.c., involved three jets carrying a total of 192 passengers. two planes took off tuesday afternoon heading toward a third plane already cleared to land. those planes were seconds away, 12 seconds away from colliding in midair, when an air traffic controller real

. >>> "cnn newsroom" with carol costello begins right now. ck here tomorrow morning. save me, carol. >> i'll bail you out. >>> happening now in the newsroom, seconds from disaster, three jets put on a collision course at reagan international airport just moments from a mid-air accident. we'll hear what's going on in the control room. >>> health alert. a comeback of the cough. new concerns that current whooping cough vaccine might not be strong enough. what your family needs to know, straight ahead. >>> swimming shocker. winning by .01 of a second. nathan adrian beating the aussie missile in the 100 meter freestyle finish. you've just got to see it. >>> when is gold actually green? olympians being taxed for their gold, silver, and bronze. does first place really mean a $9,000 tax bill? >>> skipping, pirouettes, the extended trot. a 15-year-old mayor enters the olympic sport of dressage today. why is this news, you ask? rafalka is ann romney's horse. "cnn newsroom" begins right now. >>> good morning to you. i'm carol costello. thank you so much

we'll hand it off to carol costello, "cnn newsroom," beginning right now. i'm sure carol will follow both of these stories for you. >>> happening right now in the newsroom, asking for forgiveness. todd akin in a new ad just out overnight. >> rape is an evil act. i used the wrong words in the wrong way, and for that i apologize. the fact is, rape can lead to pregnancy. the truth is, rape has many victims. >> an olive branch as the clock ticks, a deadline just hours away for the republican from missouri to stay in the race. or drop out. >>> rough seas. 62-year-old powerhouse swimmer diana nyad battling storms, severe sun burn, and jelly fish. her journey from cuba to the florida keys cut short this morning. >>> i knew we would outlast them. the woman who has led the charge for augusta national to admit women. martha burke this morning live on the course correction and why she thinks condoleezza rice and a financier from south carolina were chosen. plus, this. >>> what a night. a no hitter in the little league world series. fairfield americans shutting out newc

i'm carol costello.eciation day has become a fight for religious freedom. today, hundreds of thousands say they will show support for the c.o.o., dan cathy and his stand against same sex marriage including the reverend billy graham who is in poor health. a staffer will deliver chicken and waffle fries to his home. george howell is in georgia at a chick-fil-a. good morning. >> reporter: carol, good morning. we have already heard from some high profile people like ed holmes from "the office." he tweeted about the situation indicating he will not support this restaurant. we have heard opposition from the mayor of chicago and boston about this. chick-fil-a says it will be business as usual. they will not take a side on this for chick-fil-a day sparked by mike huckabee. they will also not support the national same-sex kiss day set for friday. when you look at huckabee's facebook page where he asked people to sign on to support chick-fil-a on this day, more than 500,000 people have signed on that they will be

i'm carol costello. this morning a special edition of "wsroom." two major stories unfolding this hour. mitt romney locks down the republican nomination, but this morning all the buzz is about who really stole the show. >>> but first, hurricane isaac unloads its fury. floodwaters are rising,nd rescues are lagging far behind. so let's quickly bring you up to speed on isaac and the conditions that are living up to some of the worst fears. a levee in plaquemines parish is overtopped. that is as serious as a breach which is a structural failure, but it can undermine the strength of the levee. the overtopping is occurring in an 18-mile stretch, and emergency officials are warning of significant deep flooding. that is already happening. parish president says some homes are under as much as 14 feet of water. also this morning, we're hearing from one family who did not heed the warnings to evacuate that parish. the floodwaters have chased them to the attic where they are stranded with their baby. listen to this heart-wrenching phone conversation with cnn a

i'm deborah ferric in today for carol costello. snie the countdown is on. 85 days until election day. and both sides are crisscrossing the country looking for votes. take a look at this map. this is where they are today. president obama continues touring in iowa. mitt romney is stumping in ohio. vice president joe biden is in virginia, and congressman paul ryan will look to rally votes in colorado and nevada. republican star chris christie getting the spotlight on one of the party's biggest nights. the new jersey governor has now been tapped to deliver the keynote address at the republican national convention in tampa later this month. he was considering his own presidential run, but instead backed romney. the romney camp and the republican national committee decides the key speakers at the rnc. >>> well, he was on the vp list but did not get the nod. instead, florida senator marco rubio will be introducing mitt romney on the final night of the republican national convention. rubio is also campaigning for the gop ticket. he spent y

i'm carol costello.morning from that deadly shooting rampage near milwaukee. satwan singh was president of the sikh temple, and he died trying to protect his fellow worshippers. he was armed but only with a butter knife. police say he saved lives by delaying the killer just long enough for others to escape. and this is lieutenant brian murphy, the first police officer to arrive on the scene. the gunman was waiting as murphy attended to a victim, the killer walked up and shot him nine times, even critically wounded murphy's greatest concern was for the other victims.

thank you, carol costello, i'm ashleigh banfield. let's start with what carol left off with. the legitimate rape debate is blowing up big folks. in fact, it's now a countdown. a countdown starting with seven hours. because seven hours is all that's pretty much left in order for todd akin, the person at the heart of this, to pull himself out of the race. that is, if he wants to do so with ease and not incur a whole bunch of costs. the costs for reprinting ballots and cleaning up a mess of a guy who pull out of a race before that race is really ready for him to do so. this is the man at the heart of the debate. six-term u.s. congressman. he's been gunning for the seat of u.s. senate democratic claire mccaskill. but mr. akin says, forget about it. i'm not going anywhere. this is after blunt demands from members of his own party, in fact, from tea party members, too. this firestorm erupted when he told an interviewer that pregnancy was caused by legitimate rape and that kind of rape is rare and this is the weird part, preventible from the victim. can i remind you that congressman

i'm fredricka whitfield in for carol costello. we begin with a story that is both politically charged yet steeped in raw human emotion. immigration officials are bracing for a flood of people that came to the u.s. illegally as children. under a controversial new program launching today, young illegal immigrants can come forward and avoid being deported at least for now. it means hope but also risk. not just for the immigrants but for president barack obama. critics say this is an election year stunt to win latino votes. we begin our coverage with miguel marquez. so what are these immigrants telling you? >> well, they are telling me they are in disbelief that this is actually a reality. the program was just announced a few weeks ago, and today is a real thing. they are able to line up and apply for it. in the weeks and months ahead it is expected that hundreds of thousands will apply. this 23-year-old was brought to the u.s. from mexico when he was 11. he is one of 1.7 million young people here illegally. that beginning today have

i'm in today for carol costello. we begin this morning with disturbing new attacks on american forces in afghanistan and the chilling effect they could have on brings the troops home. the latest ambush just hours ago. a man wearing an afghan military uniform shoots to death three americans in the volatile helmand province. according to reuters, the americans were killed by an afghan police commander and several of his officers. the afghan leader had invited the americans to dinner to discuss security. all three americans were members of special forces. the attack follows wednesday's suicide bombing that killed three u.s. soldiers and an american aid worker. the taliban is claiming reonsibility. chris warrens is at the pentagon. chris, these are troops that are helping in the transition. what are you learning? >> yeah, deb. our sources are now confirming that these three troops were part of a special forces mission to stabilize that village in helmand ovince in afghanistan, and they were going to meet some of their af

i'm carol costello.oody rampage at a sikh temple and the man who opened fire. as mourners lit candles and honored the six people killed, a troubling image emerges of the shooter. new this morning several law enforcement sources identify him as wade michael page. he was 40 years old and had served in the u.s. army. he may also have been a white supremacist. page was shot to death after wounding a police officer.

i'm carol costello.ght now in the newsroom, several members of penn state's board of trustees have filed an appeal with the ncaa. they're contesting sanctions handed down in the wake of the jerry sandusky scandal. they claim penn state's president did not have proper legal authority to sign the agreement without the board's approval. >>> gibson guitar corporation agrees to pay a $300,000 penalty for illegally importing exotic wood from madagascar and india. their deal with the justice department allows them to avoid criminal charges. gibson will also make a $50,000 community service payment to the u.s. fish and wildlife foundation. >>> the psychiatrist who was treating the aurora, colorado, shooting suspect, james holmes, contacted university police six weeks before the july 20th movie theater massacre. that's according to cnn affiliate kmgh which also says dr. lynn fenton requested a background check on her patient and had contacted the university threat assessment team. >>> in just a few hours, we'll k

"cnn newsroom" with carol costello begins right now.orning at 7:00 a.m. good morning. >>> hi, soledad. happening now in the newsroom, the greatest ever swimming sensation michael phelps smashing the record books, winning his 19th olympic medal. a chance at history being made again this morning as he gets back in the pool. >>> it's happened again. another needle found in another airline catered sandwich. just two weeks after delta had to deal with the same issue. what's going on? >>> controversial coverage. the mandate requiring employers to provide free birth control to women kicks in today. critics say it's the beginning of the end of religious freedom. this morning, a gut check. >>> bad behavior in badminton. the future of eight players is on the line. did they throw their olympic game? i'm zain verjee in london. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. >>> good morning. thank you for being with us. i'm carol costello. we begin with chick-fil-a appreciation day. and what's become depending on who you talk to a fight for religious freedom. tod

i'm carol costello.end massacre at that sikh temple. for the third straight night, the community has bonded in its grief. and the vigil keeps growing larger. the police department is also on edge. the fear white supremacists might retaliate for the death of the temple gunman. cnn's brian todd is in oak creek, wisconsin. you witnessed the depths of those concerns first hand. describe that for us. >> reporter: well, carol, yesterday we had gotten the name of the officer who took down the shooter on sunday. we've gotten the name and the address of that person. we went to his house. we knocked on his door to see if he might want to talk to us. he declined, citing the investigation. but essentially when i got back to our car, our photo journalist and my producer were in the car. we had taken no footage of anything. they were sitting there. i got in the car. and as soon as they happened, we were directly confronted by police and surrounded. five police vehicles had come on the scene, probably not more than abo

"newsroom" starts right now. >>> and good morning to you, happy, happy friday, i'm carol costello.the nation's economy. the labor department says 163,000 jobs were created last month beating expectations of around 95,000. in the meantime the unemployment rate edged higher to 8.3%. that's the headline. but for more on this story behind the numbers we want to bring in christine romans. she's in new york. tell us what these numbers mean christine. >> well, it's a solid report. a solid report for july. but remember june was revised downward. so 64,000 jobs created in june and 163,000 created in july. this is the best month for jobs creation now in five months carol. so it's a little bit of energy in what had been a stalling labor market. let's look at some of the notable changes within the jobs report. there was a drop in auto worker