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behind the scenes at the skywalker ranch, you can go to abcnews.com. you for watching tonight. i'll see you tomorrow on "gma." over the next four months, you have a choice to make. not just between tolwo politicl parties, or even two people. it's a choice between two very different plans for our country. governor romney's plan would cut taxes for the folks at the very top. roll back regulations on big banks. and he says that if we do, our economy will grow and everyone will benefit. but you know what? we tried that top down approach. it's what caused the mess in the first place. i believe the only way to create an economy built to last is to strengthen the middle class. asking the wealthy to pay a little more so we can pay down our debt in a balanced way. so that we canfford to invest in education,

behind the scenes at the skywalker ranch, you can go to abcnews.com. can learn more about mentoring a veteran there, too. thank you for watching tonight. i'll see you tomorrow on "gma." >>> hundreds of pim tent to the hop after the fire but not many were seriously hurt. how much should chevron owe them? >> extent of the damage of the refinery that chevron explains the cause of a second fire. >> and a congressman and a key backer is now on the other side. >> and after a report on taser abuse, raums investigate the police agency that watches over california homes. >> chevron says funds to compensate the victims of the fire in richmond and tonight there has been a second fire at that plant and also, a team of experts now on its way to launch their own investigation. good evening, everyone. >> that second fire is out tonight but chevron says more small fires could break out as they work to stabilize that area of the plant. there are so many questions to be answered about what went wrong. and we have team coverage for you tonight and we begin with carolyn t

. >>> plus, skywalkers an extreme youtube trend. hundreds of feet high without a harness, inside a high-rise caught on tape. >>> good evening, i'm cynthia mcfadden. tonight, tropical storm isaac is spinning straight towards the gulf coast rolling in each hour and expected to grow into a full-on hurricane as it churns towards new orleans. where, as fate would have it, the storm is predicted to hit seven years to the day that hurricane katrina brought the city to its knees. abc's ginger zee with the extreme weather team brings us the latest from the ground, tracking isaac. >> reporter: tonight, a storm that could be the first hurricane to hit the gulf coast in four years is aimed clearly at new orleans. are you ready? >> yeah, you know, we feel pretty confident about the system. it's almost not comparable to what was in place when hurricane katrina came. >> reporter: today, we got up close to the colossal machinery, part of the 133 miles of levees that is now new orleans' first line of defense. see all the yellow boxes here. there's 1

not just for luke skywalker anymore. >>> welcome back, everyone. the congressional budget office is warning that the u.s. will plunge into another recession unless congress acts before the end of the year. if not, a hefty series of tax increases and budget cuts will kick in january 1st. the cbo also predicts the unemployment rate will remain above 8% for 2012. >>> economists are seeing the start of a recovery in the housing market. existing home sales were up last month. and prices are about 9% higher than a year ago. but analysts warn it may be a while before sellers see significant improvement. and tight lending practices are still holding back the market. >>> mcdonald's is the latest fast food chain to stop doing business with a california slaughterhouse that's now been accused of animal cruelty. the agriculture department is suspending purchases from the california meat packing plant, where undercover video like the one you see there, shows cows simply too sick to walk. government regulators have shut down that slaughterhouse. >>> there's more

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then the term eastwooding starting the trend along the lines of planking and skywalking, posting picturesarious places. your finger sometimes too. ed schultz got into it and down to brass tacks with this leather chair. then after midnight the president's campaign tweeted this one saying this seat's taken. the picture attached, mr. obama sitting in a seat labeled "the president." next morning the "new york post" arrives, of the cover a picture of the dirty harry star saying "feeling lucky punk?" . the google search for the term clint eastwood over the last 24 hours yielded 20 thises this as of 7:00 a.m. eastern. two hours later it grew by 50% to 32,000. of last night's speaker, second only to mitt romney. for the latest on the election, stories like that, go to # msnbc 2012. >> fascinating. >> interesting, isn't it? >> really interesting. thank you so much. >>> next week it is the dnc's turn from charlotte, north carolina. among my special guests will be bill richardson, north carolina beth purdue, house minority whip steny hoyer, van jones, and congressman chris van hollen who ted heads u

. >> reporter: bob woodruff, skywalker ranch, california. >> i love that. >> george is a good >>> this- gas prices. burning a hole in your wallet. >> why problems here at home, not in the middle east are sending prices soaring. it's thursday, august 9th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> good morning, i'm sunny hostin in for paula faris. >> i'm rob nelson. in a moment we'll see what is really behind this season of soaring gas prices. it was going down for a while. we had a nice multi-week's stretch. and here we go again. >> i filled my tank yesterday. it was scary. >> i know. i know. you and a lot of folks. >>> fears about what is lurking in this lake after a second child dies of a rare brain infection. looks like a killer amoeba is to blame. >> the operative word is second. >> yes. >> second child. second child. >> sad history in that area. we'll get to that. >>> also ahead, the ladies of london, the all-american battle for beach volleyball gold. team usa goes for glory in women's soccer. >> can you say grudge match? because that is what we have going on today