suraya fadel for cbs news. >>> nearly a week after isaac blew through the gulf coast, more than 100,000 people are still without power in louisiana and mississippi, and some low-lying areas are still under water. president obama visited a parish hit hard by hurricane isaac on monday. he promised federal help with the recovery. on friday during his tour of the area, mitt romney spoke of the need for charitable donations. manuel bojorquez has more. >> reporter: six days after making landfall, isaac is the uninvited guest who just won't leave. in plaquemines parish, the flood devastated lives and livestock. 62-year-old carolyn sylve and her daughter have to take a canoe to see what they could salvage. >> this is our land, you know. you want to be home, but you can't. >> reporter: while the reinforced, $14 billion levee system kept new orleans dry, the coplaint here is it pushed more water into the smaller, poorer towns. >> we're getting ready to get washed away here. >> reporter: isaac walloped plaquemines parish. this video captured the torrent unleashed by the storm. ten feet of water su

fadel, thanks so much for joining us.f the iranians followed through on the threat to close the strait what is your bet would happen to the price of oil that instant. >> think can try but they can't actually do it. the answer is no, the probability would be very low. and basically if we have any military action in this part of the world one would expect that crude oil prices would rise very sharply but it will be very short-lived because supply demand fundamentals still say that oil prices should be closer to 80, not close to a 100. melissa: let's flesh out a couple things you said there. when i was talking to the commanding officer as well as everybody out in the strait they had different answers how long they thought the iranians would be able to shut down that little 13-mile route there in the strait of hormuz. i think they would be able to do it for some short period of time but the conflict as you know would roil oil markets. traders just need the smallest excuse to bid up the price of the oy oil, you know that. >> y

fadel, we'll leave it on that note. thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you. melissa: what can democrats do to win over skeptical business owners? we'll get reaction from one of the very few business leaders attending both conventions. john paul dejoria will be with us next. one man says president mitt romney and president barack obama are botching the plans for the growth of the economy. he will explain why. ♪ [ thunder crashes ] [ female announcer ] some people like to pretend a flood could never happen to them. and that their homeowners insurance protects them. [ thunder crashes ] it doesn't. stop pretending. only flood insurance covers floods. ♪ visit floodsmart.gov/pretend to learn your risk. melissa: let's face it the economy is a mess. so much so says mitt romney and paul ryan an opportunity to win the election but have they gone far enough with the pro-growth message or are they holding back? let's ask art laffer former economics advisor to president reagan. art, great to see you. >> great to see you, melissa, thank you. melissa: "wall street journal"

i would like to ask a question to fadel lamen.i remember you giving a speech two months ago with the aftermath of the elections. do you see the role that i haven't really hurt hurt to mention that? and actually threatening the situation and libya and also, -- [inaudible] do you think is going to be up to a challenge to breach the gap between security situation now and the relations with the u.s.? >> let me take another one here and apply to all of them. >> and from the university of maryland. it seems that gadhafi was gone until the events of a few weeks ago. have we invested in soft culture, say like movies or music or business or ngos, especially getting to the local level because he made mention the social culture has no opportunities whatsoever to get into smuggling and drug stuff. have you been in all of this in gadhafi left? could we have resented the events of the embassy? >> okay, let's open it up. he's looking at you. >> very quickly, gadhafi's kaizen fled to egypt. he has a lot of money and a lot of influence. he moved a