al michaels and cris collinsworth and michele tafoya. from our entire crew, good night from the medicine low lands. nbc bay area news starts now. >> it is an eerie site. tonight, tropical storm isaac is huge and on course to make land fall somewhere on the gulf coast this coming wednesday. that is also the seventh anniversary of hurricane katrina. good evening. let's go straight to the meteorologist right now who's been tracking that storm since it first formed in the atlantic? >> there's a little bit of good news. the storm is strengthening very slowly. it is still officially with the top wind gust that is 67 miles per hour with the national hurricane center just in five minutes ago, as the winds at 65 miles per hour. it does take it towards new orleans and over the next 48 hours, it's going to encounter very warm temperatures. that's the high ok tan. that's a period of strengtsenning. it's the path you see there in blue. a big difference in intensity. katrina did get up to category four strength. it's the same in reaching new orleans a

al michaels and cris collinsworth and michele tafoya. from our entire crew, good night from the medicine low lands. >> this is breaking news. >> fire crews still trying to put out a four-alarm blaze in baltimore city. several people rushed to the hospital, including a firefighter. what is going on? >> the fire is under control. but there are several fire trucks out here on the scene. the firefighter was treated for minor facial burns and his since been released from the hospital. as far as the three civilians that got injured, they were rushed to the hospital with none not life-threatening injuries. the fire started just before 8:00 p.m. and the 4000 block of frederick avenue. speier escalated to four alarms and 100 firefighters were on the scene. -- the fire eslated to four alarms. no other injuries have been reported. this is a very active steascene. frederick avenue remains closed traffic.cked to >> is to keep civilians from walking in the midst of firefighters operating. we do not need people in the midst of their work. >> you are ta

a quick preview, here is michelle tafoya at heinz field. >> it's hard to imagine things getting better off for colts rookie quarterback and draft pick andrew luck. his very first nfl pass, a 63-yard touchdown. add that to the recent success of rookie quarterbacks like the record setting cam newton or andy dalton who led the bengals to the playoffs. expectations are on the rise. >> that was the easiest touchdown pass i had all my life. but, no, i don't think can you worry about what other people's expectations are whether they're low or high, you know, in between. wherever they are. you worry about what your coaches expect of you, what your teammates expect of you. and at the end of the day, your own expectations. >> julie, things get a little tougher tonight for luck and the colts offense as they face the steelers. and the nfl top rated defense from last season. you can hear the rest of luck's conversation with cris collinsworth at halftime of sunday night football. it's the colts and steelers from pittsburgh. >> all right. thanks, michelle. we look forward to that, sunday night footba

a quick preview, here is michelle tafoya at heinz field. >> it's hard to imagine things getting better off for colts rookie quarterback and draft pick andrew luck. his very first nfl pass, a 63-yard touchdown. add that to the recent success of rookie quarterbacks like the record setting cam newton or andy dalton who led the bengals to the playoffs. expectations are on the rise. >> that was the easiest touchdown pass i had all my life. but, no, i don't think can you worry about what other people's expectations are whether they're low or high, you know, in between. wherever they are. you worry about what your coaches expect of you, what your teammates expect of you. and at the end of the day, your own expectations. >> julie, things get a little tougher tonight for luck and the colts offense as they face the steelers. and the nfl top rated defense from last season. you can hear the rest of luck's conversation with cris collinsworth at halftime of sunday night football. it's the colts and steelers from pittsburgh. >> all right. thanks, michelle. we look forward to that, sunday night footba

al michaels and cris collinsworth and michele tafoya. from our entire crew, good night from the medicine low lands. >>> tonight we're tracking tropical storm isaac. the storm has brought heavy rain to the florida keys. now the gulf coast including new orleans is in the cross hairs. just days before the anniversary of katrina. wild weather around here. a water spout touching down on the potomac river giving people in southern maryland a scare. >> i'm in tampa, the republican national convention has been canceled for monday. why and what the new plan is? >> good evening. we begin with a soaker. some parts of our area seeing close to a foot of rain. and then there was this. a waterspout touching down on the potomac, cobb island, southern maryland. people taking video and pictures. meteorologist doug? busy night for you? >> tomorrow morning. starting to calm down. out there. take a look at this. picking up over 3.3 inches in baltimore baltimore 2.2 in annapolis. some on the eastern shore, 6 to 10 inches of rain today. that's more rain than p