that train derailment in ellicott city is causing some problems in downtown ellicott city. main street is closed in downtown ellicott city. the detour is 40 west. avoid the downtown ellicott city if you can. in westminster, we have a crash. we're checking into lane closures. looking okay on the major roads. 11 minutes on the beltway on the topside. six minutes on 95 northbound between 100 and the beltway. this is the beltway at wilkens avenue. looking good. this is 83 at padonia road. north and southbound is moving just fine. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> we continue to follow breaking news in howard county. two people are dead following a train derailment in ellicott city. >> this is right on main street were passes the railroad museum. nadia ramdass is joining us live. >> we are live in howard county sheriff's department because we could i get a picture from the actual scene. downtown ellicott city has an emergency crudes from baltimore and howard county. take a look at some video was shot a few moments ago. just before midnight, a csx train derailed off the

this has been a problem city- wide.r since i served on the small business commission, i have actually gotten to know some of our small business advocates. jason and others, because of their leadership on this issue over the years. we know that in recent years, small-business owners have seen an enormous increase in ada- related lawsuits. thousands of them in california. in san francisco, our office of small business and my office, we identified hundreds of businesses that have been sued in our city, including businesses that have had to shut their doors down. i want to perch -- first mention that i know that's supervisor mar as a great lineup of folks to educate our colleagues about these issues. i crafted a proposal in number of months back that hopefully we will be able to consider today. it addressed some of the issues that we're talking about. and because i unfortunately need to join mayor lee in about eight minutes on an announcement, and i am going to step out for a portion of the hearing. but i wanted to briefly

problems. david cruz heads the department of the city looking into the matter and does not question what he is saying. >> we're still receiving reports from the officers of issues. >> reporter: as to the problem -- >> we're still investigating all the different sources of interference. we're still investigating right now. we're investigating all potential sources of interference right now. those are sources, and we're continuing to investigate additional sources. we're very, very preliminary with the investigation. >> reporter: obviously there is an investigation. and it appears despite this press release identifying 16 cell towers as the main problem, there are still a number of underlying problems that have not been fixed. >> the fact that our first responders are having problems is a huge problem for me, a huge problem for the city of oakland. >> reporter: barry says what upsets him is there's no timetable in fixing the radios, if ever. he said his officers have been dealing with their problems since the $18 million system was bought a year ago. reporting in oakland, jr stone. sleep train ha

. >> when problem in the city. >> when problem in the city. >> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> good morning. sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. a couple of things to watch for. we have an accident at moravia road and st. thomas avenue. light street is closed between baltimore and lombard. we have some closures at my demand. we have a sinkhole at madison. -- we have some closures at monument. five minutes on southbound 95 from the 895 split to the fort mchenry. here's a quick live look at traffic. this is the northeast corner of the beltway at bel air road. we're looking good on the 83's this morning. we will keep you up to date on those delays once they fall into place. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now let's get the latest on the buses and the trains. for that we go to kurt kronke of the mta system. good morning. >> good morning. if you bust diversions. we have the 50 bus with a diversion at chester field -- a few bus diversions. the 1, 3, 64 buses diverting at lombard and light street. light rail and metro subway both on schedule. i'm

what is the problem has city planning sees this? here are already expectations and rezoning that has been done to continue the process, so what do you really see as the problem? i do not say that belligerently. if you define the problem that can change what the conversation is about. >> first of all the neighborhood is experiencing great, a dramatic change, and we have identified a couple of significant historic districts, and conversely there is the pressure for growth. thirdly, i think because the character is very different from any other part of the city, except for the residential enclaves, the character is quite diverse in terms of architecture. the size of buildings and the shape of buildings, and the question that is really presented assumes that this area will accommodate growth, how will this work in the neighborhood as it deals with and maintains the quality as part of san francisco and adding to the neighborhood character? intractable maybe the incorrect word but this is a somewhat unique problem and that this is not typi

what is the problem has city planning sees this? here are already expectations and rezoning that has been done to continue the process, so what do you really see as the problem? i do

what is the problem has city planning sees this? here are already expectations and rezoning that has been done to continue the process, so what do you really see as the problem? i do not say that belligerently. if you define the problem that can change what the conversation is about. >> first of all the neighborhood is experiencing great, a dramatic change, and we have identified a couple of significant historic districts, and conver

all it does is make oakland looks like a problem city. the thing is, it makes it looks like it is a problem city. >> reporter: now some campaign workers were inside the office when the vandalism happened and they described the vandals had their faces covered. no one was hurt and the vandals. some of them had paintball guns they were shooting. you can see some of the paint splattered on the window of this campaign office. we checked in to see there are surveillance video and part of their investigation and we are waiting to get another update from oakland place. >> ali rasmus. ktvu -- allie rasmus. >>> this happened at an apartment complex at summit street in oakland. a police sergeant told ktvu it all started with an attempted break in. a man shot and killed a suspect as he was trying to get into the apartment. homicide detectives have not arrested the shooter. they are still trying to iron out the details. >>> police say someone called 911 just after 3:00 this morning -- morning to say they were shot on the park. when officers arrived th

others are fearful of the camps >>> and the city councilman says the hotel and a long a haven for prostitutes and drags its feet when it comes to clean up the problem the city has won a court order forcing it to step up security including cameras and fencing. >>> we are committed, either as a partner with the police department and help them combat the challenges such as robbery and violence or be committed as an adversary that means we file actions and shut these places down >>> the dust cleared did not want to go on camera but said things will change >>> the owners are working with the city to get security or san jose p. d. and monitor the property >>> the clerk has said that prostitutes told her they'll just move to other motels to continue their line of work. >>> a stock soared today on today's strong jobs report the del picked up two hundred 17 points and in the week above the 13,000 marks. it ended a 14 day losing streak. a hot month in july and the jobs market alexis christoforus shows it is to get news even if the unemployment rate has gone up. >>> private companies broke a slump and at 163,000 jobs last month the biggest wave since february

- i began the investigation on the second and we have been working to identify the problems. >> reporter: while the city pinpointed the signal as the major problem the investigation continues into other issues that are plaguing the system like the failure at the fox theater during president obama's visit. >> lots of different issues right now. you reported on the cooling unit that failed, that is one issue. why there is only a single air conditioner at the site. we are looking at all that to make sure it doesn't happen again. >> reporter: how does this impact people who have at&t cell phones and use the service? at&t says customers will see no difference. this is one of two networks. only one of the networks have been temporarily shut down so if you have an older cell phone they say it should be fine. reporting live, kate thompson, kron 4 news. >>> it has been two weeks since the mess of chevron refinery fire in richmond and there are new numbers associated with the blaze. 10,000 people filed claims with chevron. 2400 people retains the rights of an attorney. after the fire local hospital emergency room

now the city council has approved spending that money on four major problems. more than a quarter of it will pay for park restoration and pay for work on the san francisco bay trail. >>> a problem at a bay area refinery is having an impact on the price you pay at the pump. california gas prices have been inching up all week and a problem at the plant may be partly to blame. an oil processing unit will be closed for the next two weeks which is going to slow down production. the plant produces some 170,000 barrels a day. >>> big change coming to your hot male account. why your -- hot mail account. why your account will look different. >>> what family members are tweeting about mark. mçó4+y?i >>> there's a live look at your big board. dow is down about 10 points this morning. we are watching that federal reserve. the feds said today even though the economy is losing strength, it's not going to take action right now. it did repeat a pledge to take further steps to try to stimulate the growth if the job market doesn't show improvement. microsoft hot mail overall att

he blames groupon for his problems. the city did not have the supplies or capital to respond to a half off deals that brought a lot of people to the business. >> 69 degrees on this monday. >> >> welcome back on this monday. >> still beautiful outside. what can we expect today, steve rudin? >> not a bad morning and afternoon on the way. 73 degrees right now at reagan national, dew point level in the low 60's. 67 degrees at this hour. in hour oxon hill, 69 degrees. bristow, 66. a little cooler off to the west. temperatures in the 50's in oakland and arno lunt. 61 in winchester. there's a cold front that will impact our weather tomorrow, bringing us a better chance of store hourshowers and embedded thunderstorms. highs around 90 degrees. close to the bay, 80 degrees in annapolis. showers and the thunderstorms will develop tomorrow afternoon. thunderstorms will have the potential to become strong. temperatures in the upper 80s. drier conditions wednesday afternoon. 86-91 degrees today. an increase in the clouds over night, dropping

you.311 3111 but find out the problems some peopleeare having... with he city'sto rrport problems... and how some people...are taking matters into their oww hands. ((bump out)) ((break 2)) it's a city service the mayor says benefits baltimore .crime and justice reporter joy lepola shows us in this morning's cover story..." 3-1-1, can i help you?"... some resident's say... it's hot air. hey're getting, but sot man walking by couch saying ... this used to be a beautiful neighborhood. but it's not so much nowadays... and maay long time residents likeedward stanley blame the city for being in this mess.come cut .... 51:14 they didn't clean up and then somebody came behind that and threw all that junk you're gonna see over there.stanley's reported the problem to 3-1-1. 53:40 hhy hey hey walking... and, that would have been his one call to city hall if the telephone service had liied up to its slogan. 55:07 let me dial again 311 countless calls yyt the problem remains.56:21 i'm calling about an alley right behind port street 17 hundred block lanvale and port it's hard

it's these tall concrete high rise buildings and they have a problem in mexico city with that. >> when the when they do the ba, they've got four of them all the way around. >> here is the fire sprinklers. somebody accidentally hits the fire sprinklers. >> they bring the stove top of drum, 55 foot high, retur run to turn it off and the other guy gets the next 55-gallon garbage can. >> it used to be, if you fire sprinklered your building, you got a real cut on your insurance. now if you fire sprinkler your building, insurance companies are thinking, the water damage is so high, maybe the rates should go up. >> it gets a minute to a minute and a half before that fills up. >> that's why they have four on a floor, and keep filling it off. one guy goes to turn it off and another guy goes to get the next drum, he brings it over and gets the next drum and pulse i pumz . >> i think that's all for today. i want to thank the building owners for letting us use their beautiful space. thank you all and we'll see you on the third thursday next month. [ ♪music ] [ ♪music ] >> you probably think you kn

found in the area since april 5th infested that's found in the area since last spring and old problem for city of san jose the city is investigating its eighth murder in the past week and half len ramirez and what is causing the increase in crime and how the city fights back. >>> another night of murder in san jose latest victim just 18 years old gunned down near king road before 11 last night. >>> it is crushing it goes against everything we're doing as a community >>> he was the eighth person murdered and senators and in last 11 days >>> detectives determined this was gang-related >>> the 13th gang-related murder and comes a few blocks away from my peace march attended by more than 100 people thursday evening. >>> this will empower the gang to go back and retaliate >>> his union is tasked with suppressing an all-out gang war >>> we have seen more knives and bats and more handguns, and other incidents we have seen assault rifles confiscated during warrant searches >>> and one instance a stolen ar-15 assault rifle was taken >>> we stand in solidarity against the violence >>> mayor chuck reed s

. >> reporter: we checked with various city agencies and none has received any complaints and since the plants are causing any problems, the city has no plans to remove them. reporting live, rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> memorial stadium is getting ready. to prove it, they let our cameras inside to see the completed seismic work. >> reporter: if you are familiar with cal football at all, you'll probably recognize this. we're looking down on memorial stadium. you can see right down. workers are putting the finishing touches on the stadium. you can see, a lot of the stadium looks the same, but the field is actually four feet lower than it was before. that is just one of the changes here at memorial field. everywhere you look around cal's newly renovated memorial stadium, work is underway. we started today's tour, talking about what has stayed the same. >> we got a major compliment. one of the major donors said, it looks like memorial stadium. >> reporter: while the stadium may look the same, there are major changes. other changes, fans likely won't notice, like the flex joints aimed at making the stadium earthquake

found in the area since april 5th infested that's found in the area since last spring and old problem for city of san jose the city is investigating its eighth murder in the past week and half len ramirez and what is causing the increase in crime and how the city fights back. >>> another night of murder in san jose latest victim just 18 years old gunned down near king road before 11 last night. >>> it is crushing it goes against everything we're doing as a community >>> he was the eighth person murdered and senators and in last 11 days >>> detectives determined this was gang-related >>> the 13th gang-related murder and comes a few blocks away from my peace march attended by more than 100 people thursday evening. >>> this will empower the gang to go back and retaliate >>> his union is tasked with suppressing an all-out gang war >>> we have seen more knives and bats and more handguns, and other incidents we have seen assault rifles confiscated during warrant searches >>> and one instance a stolen ar-15 assault rifle was taken >>> we stand in solidarity against the violence >>> mayor chuck reed s

city. the president's call for law and order, but critics point to a deep-seated social problems. it's midday in london, early morning in washington, 9:00 p.m. in the australian capital where the country's highest court has given its support to what will become the world's toughest anti-smoking. smoking the cigarette packages will no longer show any branding and they will have to carry graphic images of the side effects of smoking. critics argued that amounts to scaremongering. as duncan kennedy reports from sydney, the australian government believes it has taken the lead and wants other countries to follow. >> the decision means from december, will become the first country and abroad to have logo- free cigarette packages. they will be in plain colors and the only imaging will be graphic photographs of people suffering from cancer-related illnesses. the attorney general said 15,000 people per year die of smoking- related illnesses and that the court decision was a victory in the battle against smoking. >> we have taken on big tobacco and we have one. it's good news for every austr

many of the residents say they, too, have the same problem. a city official confirms ground surfaces that gave way triggered the cracks. >> translator: i worried all the time if this situation gets any worse, my house will collapse. it's scary. >> reporter: officials have confirmed the phenomenon is taking place in a number of regions in northern china. the problem is spreading through rural districts. this man farms in the area. for 0 years his main crop has been rice. >> reporter: this brick households a well affected by sinking land. this man used to draw water from this well, but it sunk along with the earth around it. now they are 20 centimeters lower than before. the underground layer that held water has collapsed, so he could not draw any. farming in this area was already tough, as not much rain falls here. >> translator: it's getting more serious year by year. i want to improve my situation, but i can't find a solution. >> reporter: residents in beijing are also suffering the effects of sinking land. the 20 million locals rely on underground

many of the residents say they, too, have the same problem. a city official confirms ground surfaces that gave way triggered the cracks. >> translator: i am worried all the time if the situation gets any worse, my house will collapse. it's scary. >> reporter: officials have confirmed the phenomenon is taking place in a number of regions in northern china. the problem is spreading through rural districts. taoshin farms in the area. for 20 years his main crop has been rice. >> translator: this brick house holds a well affected by sinking land. >> reporter: he used to draw water from this well but it sank, along with the earth around it. now they are 20 centimeters lower than before. the underground layer that held the water had collapsed. so tao could not draw any. farming in this area was already tough as not much rainfall here. >> translator: it's getting more serious year by year. i want to improve my situation but i can't find a solution. >> reporter: residents in beijing are also suffering the effects of sinking land. t they rely on the ground sou

city look at the storm clouds coming through that part of the area. wind gusts 35 miles per hour. not impressive winds but certainly enough to cause some problems today. baltimore city showing that severe storm rolling through. again, that was a quick hitter. these storms where 15 to 20 minutes then they were out of here. look at this ominous skyline. in terms of what is going on active severe thunderstorms are out east of us. we have warnings in extreme eastern cecil county because of the strong moving storms into southern new jersey. a thunderstorm watch maintained through the 9:00 hour for much of the city limits. i think they'll drop it down some in the latter portion of the evening. maryland's radar showing a few spotty showers from dundalk. the storms that moved through is making a run through delaware, newark, delaware seeing powerful storms. we had tremendous lightning in new jersey and eastern pennsylvania. i'm watching a line forming towards the west of the state. this is still several hours away. during my 11:00 newscast we could track more storms across the baltimore area. be aware of that. there could be more storms overnight. 75 i

a couple of problem spots in ellicott city. main street remains closed because of the train derailment. a multi vehicle crash on frederick road east of westchester road. monument street is closed near patterson park. cleanup in the city as well. the major roadways are checking out ok. 62 on the harrisburg expressway eat. 61 along the top side outer loop of the beltway. no problems on the major roadways. this is 95 at the fort mchenry toll plaza. everything is moving just fine. this is 795 at owings mills boulevard. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now for a check of the buses and trains, we go to kurt kronke. >> good morning. moving along nicely on the marc trains. no delays on the penn, camden, and brunswick lines. a slight delay on the light rail. the 22 bus is operating with a delay. i'm kurt kronke. now back to tony pann. >> we will start in the tropics. we have a tropical storm isaac and this storm has been getting better organized overnight. it is about 200 miles east of the windward islands. this will take a numbe

we've been talking about this, parking will be a problem. the city's to help people get around. >>> deadly shooting near oakland's city hall. what investigators are telling us this morning. >> reporter: i'm katie marzullo live in richmond. nevin community center the site of the new she ron claims office and -- at the new chevron claims office and it opens in a few hours. >>> high temperatures bay and coast a few clouds mid to upper 60s, 80s bay shore, 90s inland. >> announcer: right now abc7 news begins with breaking news. >>> that breaking news is out of marin county near the juvenile hall in san rafael. you are looking from sky 7 hd down at the neighborhood overjuvenile hall the hall itself where we understand there's a -- heavy police presence command post has been set up at lucas valley road. this complex is off lucas valley road. there's a search we've confirmed, there's a search going on. we are not getting word as to whether that relates to someone who may be held at that juvenile hall facility. you can see a lot of police vehicles down there. t

that i began this investigation on the second and we have been working tirelessly to find problems. >> darya: the city has pinpointed the cellphone signal as a major problem, but there are other issues like the failure of the radios at the fox theater during president obama visit last month. that was traced back to the failure of an air-conditioner on a transmission tower. >> mark: following the latest wildfire burning in california firefighters are working around the clock to make progress. this spring between highways 44 and 36. the ponderous of fire is now 16,000 a. although contain it is up, the wind chill is upper 75 percent. 3500 homes and businesses have been forced to evacuate. the fire started on sunday morning they believe this started from a lightning strike. >> darya: with that, pat led advances to the next round of the little league world series. they had to win yesterday was make or break they did against new jersey in the elimination game, it was a tie for six innings. for the kid did you sleep is not go beyond six but they kept going in the extra innings and petaluma seal the victory i

the city has a problem with metal being stolen from city parks, but they confirmed this scrap metal, and they have no suspects in the park thefts. this is an ongoing kron4 investigation. and as soon as i have more information, i will share it with you. in san francisco, stanley robert, kron4 news. >>> the west nile virus has been found in several birds near antioch. contra costa vector control was scheduled to spray near the river. >> reporter: the vector control program was scheduled to spray the antioch area for insects on wednesday, but that spraying was canceled due to high winds. that is important because the chemical used to kill the insects has to come in direct contact with them to work. vector control department officials say they will be scheduled at a different time. in antioch, jeff bush. >> and west nile is not just a california problem. the mayor of dallas, texas, has declared a state of emergency. 10 people there have died from west nile, and more than 200 other cases of the virus have been reported in the county. the city will conduct its first spraying of insecticide

no problems to report getting into the city. it will be nice and clear. f we can pull up a live shot of 83 here, no problems to report from hunt valley down towards 69 that. now, identify look at the forecast, we are joined by meteorologist lynnette charles. how is the weather shaping up for the big festival this weekend. >> it looks like it's shaping up nicely. speaking of what we're feeling this morning. it feels good back into frederick. 61degrees, a little bit on the coolish side this morning that. temperature below average. 62 in york. 63 in hagerstown. we are wait for the cooler and drier air to trickle in as we head throughout the day. cambridge coming in at 64 degrees. satellite and radar not picking up on a whole lot. the front finally made it through t did lag a bit. that is why we have a little bit of reduced visibility this morning. by the time we hit lunchtime, we'll be in full bloom with plenty of sunshine out there. that drier air definitely going to be working its way in here. we'll have another cold front that will move through just in tim

city. no problems on the actual bridge itself. if you are driving in the south bay we are off to a good start. let's go to steve. >>> sal, thank you. a very good morning. pretty quiet here for us. some tropical clouds down in southern california. for us temperatures -- my computer is still loading. i'm watching it over there. it's thinking. >> that is okay we get to look at you longer. [ laughter ] >> thank you. that was very kind. we do have -- now it is. tropical clouds down in southern california. coast 60s and 70s. a little bit more fog on the san mateo coast. i'll see if that increases through the morning here. it looks like finally that system to the north will punch inland starting tomorrow. and that will allow a bigger fog bank. deeper marine layer and cooler and breezy pattern. a little rebound on temperatures on sunday. there goes isaac. and there have been sustained winds to 80 miles an hour. once it moves inland it loses its punch but it's crawling. it's moving very, very slowly. the storm surge and heavy duty rain are

administrators of the many a city council did in last thursday as says the city notified the commission of british transmission problemsin agency is now investigating. the city also scheduled meetings of the operator to determine whether it would still be a viable option for oakland's is its to late for oakland to join the system so that they can fill comfortable that they're getting improved coverage of the canon says it's not. redesigned to make sure the infrastructure size they chose to come on to the system there would be few obstacles to their participation. had the look and please feel about a regional radius system? >>> 01 is a system that works i don't care who owns a new building. i just want to assist system that checks are officers. the operator of a regional system also says those new radios that oakland lawyer go can be reprogrammed to to have to work with this partners and costs account contra costa its reviews to be finished in next two months of the current transmission sites but the u.s. to illustrate simply like to be a serious security issue. technology the chair the california dmv today and enter ne

government will have the technical or financial resources to meet the water demand. >> the city's water problem is especially bitter. there is the brown drinking water and then contaminated vegetables. that is because the city's waste water is still put to use. nearby farmers irrigate crops with it. then they sell the tainted produce at the markets in the less well-off neighborhoods of the city. >> to talk more about water, we are joined by a consultant to the united nations special reporter on the right to honor and a sanitation. it is worth mentioning you are traveling to the water conference in stockholm tomorrow. much of the water used today is wasted through inefficient use it for transportation. what can be done to reduce the waste? >> the majority of the world's water is used by agriculture and industry. much less is used by households. the main focus for reducing the use of water is to look at industry and how industry uses water. a lot of industries are taking that on board and starting to look at recycling the water they use and cleaning it themselves. in agriculture, there is a very

it is early and so far it is not causing a huge traffic jam, bay bridge is light, no problems getting into the bay city. contra costa, no problems, let's go to mark. >>> boy, it really warmed up yesterday, you might notice some changes we have some fog developing offshore, with a cooling trend it kicks in especially for sunday. it is cool out there, look at the coolest locations for santa rosa, napa, although 2 he -- 62 degrees and you can see a regrouping now, it will be hugging the coast line and maybe a few patches sneaking into the bay, our microclimate is good, you can see it, upper 80s, coast side, we will reach the 90-degree mark. and low-to-mid 50s, partly sunny skies skies, around the bay mostly clear skies, averaging 4 to 8 degrees from yesterday's highs and still closer to 90 degrees this afternoon. san francisco 68, fairfield 89, antioch right around 90 degrees. and with your weekend alls in view and we will warmup those numbers and if you can't update on what is now drop cool storm eek zack. the latest position about 55 miles to the southeast of andrea alexander. isaac continues to drip mu

problem. hudson city and other banks are painfully aware the interest rates they can charge for loans are only going in one direction. >> loan yields have steadily come down. they are actually going down every single day here and the same with security yields. so if your funding cost is low, but stable and your yield on your assets are going down, your net interest margin or the earnings power that you produce on your balance sheet is shrinking. >> reporter: for banks like m&t, the solution to falling yields on loans is to get bigger. which explains why m&t has merged its way up to the ranks of super-regional banks. not only do bigger banks have more assets and therefore more earnings power, they also are better equipped to deal with a new regulatory landscape. >> dodd-frank was a factor in that it raised regulatory costs and with that, it makes it more attractive for banks to combine and increase their revenue base to offset the higher fixed cost increase. >> reporter: but the merger wave many predicted dodd-frank's banking reforms would set in motion has been slow to develop. falling interes

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if you are headed to downtown baltimore, unfortunately that race is going to cause big problems heading into the citymany roads are shut down, including 395 north. now, if you are traveling in this area and traffic is being diveteranned yawp to -- diverted onto mlk, but causing problems on pratt street, light street, conway street also going to be shut down. for a complete list of all the closures, you can go to abc2news.com. and if you are using 95 this morning, here's what it looks like at 395. fortunately everything will be up to speed. there are no delays right now traveling through the fort mchenry tunnel, the harford tunnel also going to be nice and clear. here's what the beltway looks like in parkville at harford road. no problems on the outer loop down towards 95 and everything in great shape on the outer loop up towards towson. that's a look at your abc 2 time saver traffic. now for a look at the forecast, we're joined by meteorologist lynette charles. good morning, lynette. >> good morning, lauren. good morning, everyone. let's check out satellite and radar. not picking up on a whole lot he

-- persistent problem in the city have only worsened. >>> isaac caused scrambling at the convention. those stories ahead, it's mondays, thank you for joining us, i'm megan pringle. >> i'm charley crowson. let's get to florida for the latest. the storm is bearing down across cothe northern gulf coast. it's felt from florida to louisiana as it churns, eyeing mississippi, alabama. renae joins us live with the latest. >> reporter: [no audio] >> we are getting a slight break from the rain at this minute, it has been an absolute soggy morning in tampa, all courtesy of tropical storm isaac. today , the rnc will convene and recess until tuesday. uninvited guest is threatening to overshadow mitt romney's big moment. the threat of a hurricane delayed the event that will nominate romney for the presidency. it appears isaac will bypass tampa, expected to strike west between the florida pan hand and will louisiana. the -- panhandle and louisiana. isaac battered the southern tip of florida sunday, today, tampa is expected to see sustained winds of 25-30 miles per hour, and 1-2 inches of rain. repu

blame it on the rain, growing problem for baltimore city right now. [no audio] it is back to school time, we have live reports throughout the morning with everything you need to know. >>> all eyes remain on isaac this morning, the storm is churning in the gulf coast, we could have a familiar target. isaac bearing down on the gulf coast, that's one of the big stories. thank you for joining us. charley n ow here this morning, we will check in with him in a is lynette charles and cook. isaac setting its sigh on the gulf coast, people in new orleans are nervous. it has changed schedule for the republican national convention, which as you know, starts today in tampa. the first day of the convention now sets to last just five minutes. we have more on that in just a moment as we are going to go live with the latest on the storm. right now it has been a scramble in the state of florida. putting on a convention like the gop, has been doing, takes a lot of planning. it's not just something that be easily be rescheduled. that has been something that they have be

if the city has a problem, they could make it illegal. the owner has to deal with the rent control board because it is difficult to get a tenant out. it is tricky. it is more difficult to sell a property with a tenant in at in a non-permitted unit. the value -- they may be making money on rent, but john can speak to that. >> [inaudible] especially in the sunset area, a single house -- >> it is a big issue. it is a policy issue. we have up to tens of thousands of these units. they serve an important function. they provide housing. the board provides moderate- income housing. very few of them never been meet the minimum standards for have the ability. they don't. i have been in hundreds of these units. i don't think i have ever in my experience been in a unit that was built without permits that neat -- meets the requirements of the building code, not once. what we have is a double standard of have the ability here. people who meet the code is live on the standards we have agreed upon. people live in units that are not permitted have some lo

no problems getting into the city on the jsx. s we check in and take a live look at the beltway, no problems getting toward 95. easter what it looks like on overly. charlie and megan, over to you. >>> five things to know before you head out the door this morning. maryland's 'em e-employment number for july will be released this morning. the unplacement rate is down. facebook stock hit a new low today. some early invest ers took the opportunity to get out and sell those shares. the stock e fell by about 6%, setting another all-time low. a breakdown won't be available until next week. we'll keep you posted on the numbers. >>> dr. dallas dance, the superintendent of baltimore county public schools will address hundreds of principles and administrators. his meeting is scheduled to start before 8:30. >>> a youth organization is holding a free concert this evenings at the silver springs civic center. the students of america will hold the concert. the concert runs from 4:00 until 9 p.m. >>> the movie starring former popeye -- pop icon wi

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