has the second attack animal been identified nutria or we've? if there are nutria -- or beaver? if there are nutrias in the area, we have big trouble, just ask alabama. we turned up no information either attack was a nutria and as far as i can figure out the difference between the two animals as far as appearance is the tail. the beaver has a flat tail. the nutria is more ratlike and it would seem to me somebody would have picked up on that but perhaps not. we thank you for the heads up. meantime, though, we've got this provocative question from linda in damascus. why do the anchors stand up to deliver the news? the news should be delivered from behind a desk. it's not about entertainment. it's about news. we need you to look professional and confident about bringing the latest news to us from behind your desk with your note and your papers in front -- notes and your papers in front of you. we're not interested in seeing you awkwardly shuffle around trying to look relaxed wondering what to do with your arms trying to hold your papers in the midst of it all. go back to the desk.

scary part is some people actually eat nutria. enjoy your breakfast. >> but first, michelle obama, the first lady, rallied the troops and emotional character portrait of her husband last night. >> designed to highlight differences between barack obama and mitt romney. our coverage begins live with karen travers. good morning, karen. >> reporter: good morning, democrats call the first lady the closer. last night she made her sales pitch for her husband's re-election. first lady michelle obama brought down the house. her speech was personal. she spoke about the president's values and judgment during challenging times. >> barack and i were both raised by families who didn't have much in the way of money or material possessions, but who had given us something far more valuable. their unconditional love. >> reporter: mrs. obama said to keep the country moving forward voters need to give her husband four more years. the first lady is immensely popular, democrats hope her speech pays off immediately with a key voting group that the presi

the science center says it will plant 800 nutrias to make up for some upsetut the new trees will small and would not provide shade. >> recovery isaacs from hurricane the gulf today after in a region. thousands of people in louisiana still have no power. still staying in will. lying areas are still covered by several feet of water. t obama met with storm victims in st. john the baptist parish on monday. fema is assessing the damages. >> and in prince william county, visiting thee holly acres mobile home park in woodbrige trying to determine if homes are safe to live in. there were damaged last year when remnants of tropical storm washed through the area. they spent much of yesterday making last-minute repairs to code.e homes up to we will check on their progress at 5:00 news starting this evening. m caskey joins us once again. everything except sunshine today. finally getting sunshine. getting a little sunshine. that is destabilizing atmosphere and adding to the rain potential for later on today. sticky.t is sticky.i i have a great time lapse for you. sky conditions over arlington or ra

crews in southern mississippi are out picking up thousands of dead nutria. pretty name. not when you see it. huge rat-like rodents with big orange teeth. they're washing up on beaches after drowning in hurricane isaac's huge storm surge. the swamp rats are an invasive species wreaking havoc on native wetland vegetation. before we all throw up, let's take a break. coming up on the morning news, mark your calendar. rumors of a release date for the iphone 5 after a possible hidden message in an apple invitation. this is the morning news. [ horn honks ] hurry up or we'll miss the bus! come on! ♪ whatcha got there, richard? they're for show & tell. wasn't that yesterday? yup, but the class wants me to do it again. [ male announcer ] tim and richard smucker learned early on just how irresistible their jam really is. so how'd it go today, richard? i shoulda brought more. [ male announcer ] for five generations, with a name like smucker's, it has to be good. [ male announcer ] maybmaybe you can't.re; when you have migraines with fifteen or more headache days a month, you miss ou

workers are cleaning up the dead bodice of an estimated 16,000 swamp rats, otherwise known as nutria,hat have been left behind in the aftermath of hurricane isaac. the scent is said to be horrible. and they're keeping people off the beach as a precaution. even some of the workers have quit because the conditions are so disgusting. >> rough scene down there for so many reasons. >>> now, let's take a look at your morning road conditions today. rain soaks highways from maine to miami and on the gulf coast, as well. a wet commute from milwaukee to st. louis. and from west texas to phoenix. >> if you're flying, airport delays are possible along the east coast in boston, new york, philadelphia, washington, d.c., in addition to chicago. >>> back to the news this morning. a california family claims their son was kept off an american airlines flight because of his disability. >> robert vanderhorst says he was flying from newark to los angeles on sunday with his wife and their 16-year-old son who has down syndrome. but then word came from the pilot that they could not board the flight home. >>

it turned out the animal was a rabid nutria. police say it caused serious injuries to the woman. she was taken to a local hospital ped is now undergoing treatment for the rabies attack. >>> an oklahoma police officer tases a handcuffed woman and it is all caught on camera. check out this surveillance video. you can see the woman who was arrested for public intoxication talking about the officers and they she spits on one of them. the police get out the taser. the police department says it was an act of retaal yags aped against policy. >>> a small earthquake rattled the los angeles area overnight centered in beverly hills. -- it was an act of retaliation and against policy. >> this was the second quake this week to hit beverly hills inform china, a couple of deadly quakes have killed more than 40 people today. the strongest was a 5.6 in the farming areas of yunan and also the guizhou provinces. 100,000 people were forced to evacuate that area. >>> here is one for all you school people. imagine income grade school but never having to do written homework all year. i already don't li

thousands of nutria, giant rodents, originally from south america are being found everywhere they washed up in mississippi too there may be more than 20,000 carcasses. isaac made landfall one week ago. >>> crews have mopped up flooding from heavy rains near las vegas severe weather swept flew southern nevada yesterday including henderson and las vegas valley the downpour slowed traffic and filled local flood channels. >> nothing heavy but we had showers yesterday thunderstorms unusual for this time of year nice to feel the smell of rain in the air unusual for september. right now, that is all passed cloudy conditions from the embarcadero to the port of oakland. a few light showers in the santa cruz mountains also as we look into the southern santa clara valley towards mount hamilton all moving northeast 30 to 40 miles per hour a sprinkle or two possible in the south and east section of the bay area this morning. as we head into the afternoon, i think that's all going to change. temperatures updated still in the 50s everywhere from santa rosa 50, antioch 59. today less storms, more sunshi

initial reports indicate the beaver bit the woman but it was a nurse -- nutria, a rodent- like animal that looks similar to a beaver. she was taken to the hospital for treatment. >>> and taking a live look outside. we have seen some rain and some clouds throughout the day and that is not as hot, although it was muggy. gary, it's muggy out there. >> and very muggy, especially since we ended up with the showers that moved through this morning and you said it first, not hot. >> yeah. >> and we're looking for nice weather down the road, something can you look forward to and we'll talk about that in the full forecast. and we're not seeing anything now. there was a little shower and light see if it's still there and that is dieing down. it had someiely&about five minutes on and is weakening north of newmarket and to the larger picture on sentinel radar, this is a two-hour timeframe here and all the rain shifted offshore and this is rainfall totals from earlier this morning that moved across. the heaviest of the rain towards the eastern sections. i want to zoom in south of us where some plac

. >> turned out to be a cousin of the we've called a nutria.attacked 83-year-old lillian peterson who wound up with serious injuries. police say there have not been noticeable increases in the number of rabid animals, but it's much more common in raccoons and bats. >>> tonight is the last chance to vent about the way power companies handled the june derecho in maryland. the public service commission is accepting comments on its website through tonight. there will be hearings thursday and friday. for our link to the website go to www.myfoxdc.com. click on web links near the top of the screen. >> apparently they haven't heard of the internet, because you can comment on that forever. people won't stop commenting. >> i tell you, what the weather right now feels wonderful. >> it's going to be chilly in the morning and tomorrow is the 11th anniversary of 9/11 as we all know and everyone talks about how beautiful that day was. tomorrow is going to be almost exactly like that, maybe a little chillier in the morning. enjoy the good sleeping weather. it