looking to take over a humanity's most precious resource water according to a new report by the food and water watch a growing number of private or pirate equity firms are moving into struggling cities and buying out their public infrastructure namely the city's water infrastructure anyone who's familiar with mitt romney is familiar with pirate equity firms like being capital which take over a company strip it to the bones and sell it for profit and that strategies use the public utilities and consumers get screwed with insufficient services and price hikes as food and water watch executive director know know how to warn like wall street's manipulation of the housing market in the previous decade private equity firms investment bankers are increasingly looking to cash in on one of our most essential resources water these deals are all the really a bum deal for consumers who will end up paying the price through increased water bills and degraded service as of january two thousand and twelve pirate equity firms raised nearly two hundred billion dollars to take over nearly three hundred water infrastru

cultivating influence the two thousand and eight farm bill lobbying frenzy food and water watch breaks down the forces behind the ingredients of the bill an example of too many cooks in the kitchen over the course of the bait of the two thousand and eight farm bill over a thousand and to tease companies trade associations groups lobbied they spend one hundred seventy three million dollars was our calculation so who has the greatest influence when it comes to setting food policy in the united states many experts say it's actually wal-mart they've got nearly four thousand stores across this country many of them super centers and in just the last fifteen years have gone from about six percent to twenty five percent of total grocery sales that means not just more profit but much much more power other major lobbying influences include monsanto kraft foods the american sugar alliance and the national restaurant association whose money speaks louder than those who receive help from places like this. the great need by people has resulted in food banks moving more and more space are open so we'

and buy water and food. >> everyone in the florida keys must be watching the storm closely. anyone of the storm remain in flux. complete your preparations now. >> it is predicted that isaac could turn into a hurricane unless it hits florida with winds at 80 miles an hour. >>> here is the latest from the hurricane center with tropical storm isaac. winds 60 miles an hour, 340 miles to the east southeast of key west florida. the track in the short-term, around a category 1 hurricane near key west. and strengthling, becoming -- strengthening becoming a category 1 hurricane into monday and tuesday. it could be changing. the forecast models, all these lines represent one forecast model. you'll notice there's a little bit of a track to the west that could include parts of louisiana and alabama. this is not a for-sure forecast. it could possibly be changing. in the short-term, as far as southwest florida, this is what they can expect. rainfall expectations, 8-12 inches. we'll continue to keep an eye on isaac and our local forecast coming up. >>> firefighters are gaining ground again

some areas but there is basic problems, lack of food, water, and electricity in places like this which makes it hard when it gets dark. >> you are watching "bbc world news america." usain bolt lead his country to clean sweep in the 200 meters. in egypt, reports of clashes between armed men in sinai. more reinforcements roll into town ready to join the battle against islamist militants. thousands of extra soldiers have been sent here in recent days. egypt is sending a message that is taking the security threat seriously. the heavy deployment of egyptian troops to this region continues. on the roads we have seen dozens of vehicles like this one bringing in more tanks. close to the border with the gaza strip, more heavy machinery. it is said to work destroying smuggling tunnels. egyptian officials believe extremists have also taken the passages to come from gaza and joy in local islamist fighters. ining local islamic fighters. al qaeda like groups have taken root here. >> the site has been invaded. there is not security or stability. they have become more organized and more powerful. we have sounded the alarm 10 times. >> the offensive is t

they swam to the shallow waters and did not mind that the crowd was watching the show, and the scientists say they are coming closer to shore because the currents have pushed the food into shallow waters. >> guy in alabama is fighting to keep his late wife where she belongs, buried in the front yard, steps from the front door. the man was only following his wife's wishes when he buried her there in 2009 but a judge said, look, your wife does not belong in the front yard by the front porch and order him to dig up the grave and put her remains somewhere more appropriate. something the husband says is just not going to happen. >> i've never been arrested. never had a ticket. testify been in no trouble. but that's subject to change if somebody think they are coming in my yard and start digging up my wife. it ain't happening. not had this century. >>shepard: officials can in the allow grave shiites on residential lots. siting complaints from the neighborhood and effect on surrounding property values. the husband's appealed the ruling which now is on hold until an appeals court decides. now, back to our legal panel. it make perfect sense do me i cannot bury anyone on my

watch the weather and heed any warnings. get some the two hours' worth of supplies. make sure you have water and food. make sure iyou are separated from other members you tell them where you are so everyone has a plan. >> the most recent forecast has isaac hitting the western part of the state. >> now, your 11 insta- weatherplus forecast was chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> that has been the trend with isaac as we will show you in a minute, shifting west into the gulf and maybe more into the gulf coastal region. we will see how it plays out when we check the latest at the hurricane center. a typical august day. 86 for the high and 85 is average. the morning well, 64. 65 is the average. typical for this time of year. 8the front stalled on the outer banks of north carolina. still generating showers. some of that rain will buckle back into the atlantic. the only close showers and storms out here on the mountains and you can see some cooler temperatures indicated by the green shading. some showers are popping up in the mountains and elsewhere. a partly cloudy and warm afternoon. that means good foot

food, water and some clothes and stuff. >> reporter: the second injury was to an inmate who was out there fighting the fires, minor first degree burn. that firefighter is expected to be okay. calfire not only watchinglley closely but also concerned about the water treatment plant at wolf creek and an agriculture water shed also worried that the fire could reach some pg&e lanes in this center they are watching all of that. still concerned about these fires in this dispatch center the teams have called in more resources. they think they will need more equipment, more people to fight these fires today. one more update, highway 20 is now open to escorted traffic the chp is getting people through that area. that is no longer closed. they will be escorting people, still could take time to get through. they've also activated a large animal rescue team to try and get pets out of the area. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> lots of new developments, amy thank you. >>> we have mike and we want to take you out live to sky 7 hd where you can see the flames and the smoke and mike will tell us what kind of temperatures firefighters are going to be dealing with this morning. >>> good question. temperatures are mainly

stopped shooting, and i went to the sinai desert, and i watched the israelis on guard while the egyptian soldiers were carrying necessary items like water and food for their beaten troops. and i was reminded then that the israelis are -- always have to be on guard; they are never free to go about their domestic interests and problems without having one eye open to make certain that the rockets that are being thrown at them these days aren't going to tear their people apart again, as the people have experienced. the worst human relationship. the human treatment of other humans was a blight on mankind that can never be forgotten, and i israelis remember it very, very clearly. unfortunately, the republicans want to use our relationship with israel as a political game, which is terrible for american national security and bad for israel. the implication that we are weak in our support for israel is foul play and encourages israe israel's enemies to look and say, well, maybe america is not as solid on its support of israel because mr. romney said, when asked a question about what he would do differently with israel is just the opposite of what preside

water here than katrina. >> reporter: and potentially more people stranded. coming in off the food waters, stopping at billy's house, built this wall to withstand hurricanes, barely holding up, he has 11 survivors staying here. we watched her husband tried to drive her out in the storm. the car was pushed into a flooded ditch. >> then they got on top the vehicle, the water got deep where they had to start swimming. they found a log or telephone pole, was hanging onto that. when it got to the line, couldn't go no further. he tied his wife to the pole, and he crawled over to the levee and ran up the levy, came here. >> reporter: how is this to clinging for whatever is not underwater. two cows on a porch, this one on a barbed wire fence, later freed. the humans here were warned. >> reporter: why did you stay when everybody was told to go out? >> we had nowhere to go, no way of getting out. so we stayed together as a family. >> reporter: others who are now stranded said they stayed because they knew it would take a long time to get to their homes. billy says it will be at least a week for waters to recede because they're going to punch holes in the levee trying to bring relief. >> brian todd, thanks. this important note to