>> it has moved inland over southern louisiana. south of new orleans which is getting hammered right now with heavy rain, high wind, gusting to 80 miles an hour at the new orleans airport and all across southern mississippi and southern louisiana, winds are guesting to 80 miles an hour. the greatest threat is the rain. we've been telling you, the rain bands are coming through all day long today because it's only going to be creeping in speed very slowly west of new orleans through much of the day. all these areas in yellow could get as much as 10, 15, maybe 20 inches of rain by this time tomorrow morning. it is a category 1 hurricane with 80-mile-per-hour winds. tracking west northwest only eight miles an hour. staying category 1 through much of the day today. then becoming a tropical low as it moves over louisiana tomorrow. then across arkansas and louisiana. rather, missouri, illinois, indiana. then headingoward us maybe for parts of the labor day weekend. right now we are under a clear sky. a gorgeous morning in the low to mid 6

that is not what they are thinking in southern louisiana, however. the water continues to pour into neighborhoods in new orleans. 15,000 people have been ordered to evacuate an area in southeast of the state, and hundreds of people have had to be rescued by boat. we get an update from braithwaite, one of the most affected areas. >> the cleanup operation is underway in this area, just outside the new orleans flood wall, where this was completely inundated with water. come around, and you can get a sense of how high the water levels got. you concede the rooftop with the water level just underneath it. about 200 people had to be rescued from this area when the levies were breached. overnight, he water levels rose and people had to get out quickly. the flood water has gone down dramatically, compared to the height of the storm. we would have been very much under water, standing here in the road. you can see from the greenery all the damage the has been done. camera crews have been allowed access just in the last few minutes to see what is going on. you m

over 450 millimeters of rain here across the southern portions of louisiana. very well could take place. also southern mississippi. low-lying flooding will be a threat but also you're talking about power outages. so if you are not evacuating with some of the coastal areas, especially even further inland where you plan on riding the storm out, be prepared for power outages throughout the remainder of your week as the storm continues to push on. off towards northeast, looking at frontal area, this will continue to push off over the atlantic. but behind it, see big high pressure sinking in from canada. dryer and cooler air will be coming in with that. look the a the high in chicago. 29 for you. toronto at 25. even to the overnight hours, expect things to dive down to about the mid teens. now here is a look at your forecast. >>> we'll be back with more updates in 30 minutes. i'm gene otani in tokyo.

hurricane isaac is now back on land in southern louisiana and it's continuing to pound the gulf coast. president obama has declared states of emergency in louisiana and mississippi's coastal areas. including harrison county which has ordered mandatory evacuations for residents in the low lying areas. two other nearby counties have issued similar orders and an estimated 175,000 residents could be affected by all of this. rupert lacey joining me over the phone. he's in gulfport. are you there, sir? >> yes, ma'am. >> and i understand that you had a tornado warning in your area earlier. i believe now it has been downgraded to a tornado watch. 45 to 50-mile-an-hour winds, trees are down all over the place. you can tell us what the situation is right now? is there any major damage? >> our responders ased wind et have picked up, we've had our responders seeking shelter. and of course if we don't need to put them out on the roads, we've had them in three designated locations to be protected from the wind and rain. we've had rain off and on all night. we do have gusty winds. gusts have gone up

. >> entire communities are waking up underwater this morning in southern louisiana. >> people are dealing with the storm that does not want to die out. >> rooftops or all that is visible in parts of southern louisiana. roads have turned to rivers. >> we didn't have time to grab nothing. it came so fast. >> hundreds are now staying in shelters. thousands are in despair. >> it brings back memories of katrina. >> when community felt the worst of isaac. the national guard had to rescue dozens stranded at the top of their homes. the federal levees have done their job. >> we have no reason to believe that the system will be compromised. >> metro new orleans is listed by fallen trees and debris from mangled buildings. isaac knocked out transformers leaving 60% of the city without power. the storm continues its assault. >> maryland red cross volunteers are heading south to help those impacted by isaac. >> pack, go. he did not know where you're going to be at times. you have to worry about the food and the cots. te it is everything a person would need in a shelter. >> 2500 red cross volunteers are

southern mississippi, southeastern louisiana.nd then it does slowly track later tonight and tomorrow up into parts of arkansas and then head farther knot. right now it is a category 1 hurricane with 80-mile-per-hour winds heading to the west northwest at eight miles an hour. maintaining category 1 strength throughout the day today. and then it will diminish to a tropical low as it gets over northern louisiana. then tracks across arkansas into missouri, illinois, u indiana, friday and saturday. sunday, takes a turn to the right and comes our way. some of the remnants perhaps here for the labor day weekend. right now, high pressure over us. clear sky. delightful morning. low humidity. temperatures in light green in the 60s. most of virginia and maryland, eastern shore, 50s out of the mountains and parts of the shenandoah valley. near 70 now at reagan national. later today into the mid 80s. by mid afternoon, lots of sun with low humidity. more of the same on thursday. friday getting a little more humid, near 90. some of that steamy

southeastern louisiana, southern mississippi, and that heavy rain

i am afraid with southern louisiana.hink we'll begin see some improvement in the weather as we go into the early part of the day tomorrow. isaac still likely to bring significant rain. the remnants will bring scattered showers and cloudy weather through potentially the mid atlantic and maybe new england as we go into the second half of our long weekend. the front is going to move in and push this moisture down in our direction. how much of it lingers we will see. but it has been a tremendous amount today. right in the mississippi, louisiana area. wet weather coming down. still tough to see. so few of our cameras have electrical power. we should show you more from the gulf coast but there are tens of thousands of people without power in parts of the gulf coast right now. bwi, it is a cool refreshing night out there. a chance to give the air conditioner a break. the next few nights pretty comfortable. humidity staying low around here. bright sunny day, a little warmer. dew points make things feel comfortable. on the whole,

just the northern part of the outer bands that have been making their way up through areas of southern louisiana. take a look at the radar. and as i zoom in a little tighter, you can see what i'm talking about. the far outer bands on the northwest side there. as you've heard doug mention for hours this storm system is going to sit, it is a sizable storm system. the winds, yeah, they're at hurricane status right now, over 74 miles per hour. so, this system does have a lot of wind with it, but a tremendous amount of rain and that storm surge, that water is going to be building up in many areas, pushing on the levees. landfall, probably just, we're thinking just west of this track and maybe wednesday, early in the day, but just west of that track and that will put it into areas around laugh yet again some time early wednesday. as it will be more to the west, it will take longer for that center to move inland. everything to the north of that, that's those bands of rain and a lot of rain, too, not only pushing on the levees, but a lot of rain falling from the sky. again, 6 to 18 inches, perhaps even

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. >> a dire situation on its southern louisiana. >> the water started rushing in. >> up to 60 people may be stranded after the water toppled over the levees protecting the parish. >> i got out the backdoor with the boat and tried to save my next-door neighbors. >> across the coast, storm surges are turning out a violent waves. in new orleans, strong winds blew out transformers, leaving nearly half a million people without power by sunrise. >> it has just messed up a lot of things. >> it is moving so slowly that we are waiting to see if it gets worse. >> despite the damage, emergency officials says that new orleans has held its ground. >> we've not had any major incidents so far. >> "so far" being the key words. >> this will last several days. >> we continue to see more and more damage in the french quarter. at this building, we saw two windows fall out and completely shatter under the strength of this storm, a storm that is nowhere near finished. >> we are looking at latest radar images of isaac. still hurricane slowly crawling into louisiana at about six miles per hour. this could m

. >> many southern louisiana residents are counting on the promises. >> 100-mile-per-hour winds are scary to me. >> isaac will be the first major test of the makeover to the new orleans levee system, which failed in 2005 during hurricane katrina. >> i have faith in god. i don't have faith in those walls. >> emergency officials are warning not to underestimate this storm. it will have a major impact. >> much of the gulf coast is already feeling the impactrom isaac. it has not reached hurricane strength just yet, though i.t. has just shy of it by five miles per hour. as you look at the current radar pictures, you can see a well- defined circulation starting to form what appears to be an i. -- an eye. just to the west of new orleans, stronger side of the storm. it llo baltimore. dew points still at 69 degrees. gary humid and monday through the afternoon. old friend still has to pass by the area. -- cold front still has to pass by the area. most of your day should be dry. a few pops later today. details on the track and what it could mean for the seven-day when we come back. >> coming up, the

. >>> turning now to hurricane isaac, the category one storm made land fall in southern louisiana about five hours ago. officials say winds have reached 100-miles-an-hour. but the storm surge is the strongest concern. the flooding in louisiana has already started. along with the power outages and the problems could last for many hours. what's more, tomorrow is the seventh anniversary of katrina. we have live team coverage of hurricane isaac. chief meteorologist bill martin is following the track. but we begin with nicole collins who's live in new orleans where the storm is bearing down. >> good evening, julie yeah the winds here very intense. as you can see they are gusting into the 60s. but they feel much stronger than that. but the winds while it's quite visual it's not the most important thing. not the thing that's worrying everyone here in new orleans most, with all the rain and the six to 10 feet of storm surge they're expecting, much of the concern here is about potential massive flooding. >> reporter: hurricane isaac makes lands fall with waves crashing into the shoreline after t

. >>> turning now to hurricane isaac, the category one storm made land fall in southern louisiana about five hours ago. officials say winds have reached 100-miles-an-hour. but the storm surge is the strongest concern. the flooding in louisiana has already started. along with the power outages and the problems could last for many hours. what's more, tomorrow is the seventh anniversary of katrina. we have live team coverage of hurricane isaac. chief meteorologist bill martin is following the track. but we begin with nicole collins who's live in new orleans where the storm is bearing down. >> good evening, julie yeah the winds here very intense. as you can see they are gusting into the 60s. but they feel much stronger than that. but the winds while it's quite visual it's not the most important thing. not the thing that's worrying everyone here in new orleans most, with all the rain and the six to 10 feet of storm surge they're expecting, much of the concern here is about potential massive flooding. >> reporter: hurricane isaac makes lands fall with waves crashing into the shoreline after t

but she did have enough time to show me around the american water world that is southern louisiana todaythe trip was proof that zip code affluence doesn't matter to mother nature. i saw mansions in slidell and shacks in plaquemines parish, sharing equal misery. isaac left such a mess out here. the daniels live in la place which is a complete disaster zone, the site of so much human drama today. matt gutman has the latest details. >> reporter: communities in exodus, faces of desperation, young, old, frightens faces, yet relieved for the rescuesers to arrive. tens of thousands on the move as the awares rise faster than they could flee. in la place, thousands of national gardsmen and volunteers looking like an amphibious assault. this deer barely keeping fist head above water. in mississippi, a tornado crushing this house. my crew and i spent the day in la place, louisiana, where 3,100 residents were evacuated by helicopter and boat. we set out in the dead of night to link up with alpha team of the louisiana wildlife and fisheries. >> driving through three feet of water. this place is nearl

hurricane isaac continues to pound the southern louisiana.he indian supreme court clears the way for the execution of the only surviving gunman involved in the attacks in 2008. guess who is alongside me. >> not me, but probably for millions out there, they should be keeping an eye on this story. a strike is pretty imminent. talks broke down yesterday. after three years of zero pay increases, they're asking for a 5% increase. the airlines were only offering around 3.5%. we should remember that these airlines can only offer so much. that is because many will say, look, they are struggling to compete against the non unionize of low-cost airlines. more importantly, the non unionized big state carriers. if a strike does go ahead, it will do that. this will cost the airlines millions of dollars of losses every single day. the experts are telling us, the mighty carrier, it will get through it through this. >> there is no getting around the damage that will be caused, but you are right. a powerful organization. with a bit of planning, it is possible

the flooding rain, some spots in southern louisiana could get 0 -- 20 inches of rain. much of this is at sea level. that, plus a four foot storm surge and you have trouble from mobile to lake charles. back here in maryland, it is clear weath on tap, dropping into the 60s, sunshine on tap for tomorrow. great weather, but will it hold into your labor day? more on isaac straight ahead. >> we will be crossing this bridge we we come to it but you're worried about your bay bridge. this morning most of us never thought a tuesday on the bay bridge would cause a gridlock like this. you're looking live. everything is open. all the lanes are moving smoothly from east to west. a few hours ago this entire bridge was in grid lock. some thought t bridge moved up and down. the inspections were still underway all the way through morning rush hour. >> one way in and one way out unless you want to go all the way around delaware and that doesn't make a lot of sense. none of us are getting anywhere. >> san day is -- sandy is stuck. in the end it was tarps blowing around enough that it caus

they could linger here for another 12 to 15 hours right across the southern louisiana area, jaime. >>will be here at least for two more hours. we'll keep everyone posted. thank you so much. >> incredible. isaac is bat rig -- battering new orleans. the levies are being put to the test really for the first time since the hurricane katrina hit. that was seven years ago wednesday. and sean joins us with our fox affiliate wvue. he is live on canal street in new orleans. talk to us about the situation in new orleans now jie. it picked up over the last couple -- >> it has pibbed up over the last couple -- picked up over the last couple hours. for the city limits on canal street to the last hour or so it has picked it up a notch. it has been strong all day. we are really feeling it as we get closer and closer inland here. right now it has picked up the pace. it is a dangerous place to be outdoors or if you are in your house, stay inside. the bulk of it, the biggest brunt is coming through right now. >> sean, what did most people in new orleans do? >> that's a great question. and i don't mean

the eye of this storm is sliding along the southern louisiana coast. curing colleague is in new orleans where kachina hits seven years ago which is an irony that is really amazing. so let's take a listen now and hear what is going on in new orleans. >>> they made a landfall about three hours ago and is by that hurricane inches closer to the abc is packing a potent punch. hurricane as it gains strength and its approach is the gulf coast and inland. forecasters say isaacs has become more powerful and becomes more dangerous in the hours ahead. president obama's says the region is prepared. did we would be getting ready for this storm for days. america will be there to help them recover and a matter what this storm drains. as when the marxes seventh anniversary of hurricane katrina borland's mayor mitch andrew warns residents. >>> i would be a terrible mistake. we've had five or six warnings like this and then everybody became complacent when the actual big storm came and that is one of the problems that we have with these people make in the runoff and to

. >> power has been knocked out to hundreds of thousands in southern louisiana and utility companies say that the wind is still too strong in some areas to send out repair crews. your taking a live look at one of the buildings here in jackson square, getting pounded in this storm. they do expect a flood damaged and the wind damage to go well into the evening, that is why the mayor of new orleans has instituted a dusk to dawn curfew. the army corps of engineers says that so far new orleans levee system is doing exactly what it is supposed to >> thank you so much. and right now, wants has been tracking the path of the storm in the cbs 5 weather center en youkilis minutes ago that it is in downgraded? >> it has just been downgraded to tropical storm because the eye of the storm system finally made landfall. then begins to lose some of them moister that fuels the storm. if you concede that i as it makes way to the southwest of new orleans. just a tremendous storm system dumping tons of rain, we have reports the rainfall totals since the night in borland's of about 9 in.. garden city chec

per hour knocked out power lines leaving more than half million people without power in southern louisiana. flooding and wind damage like this huge tree toppled it is expected to route the evening. one reason the mayor of new orleans has issued a dusk to dawn curfew. >> the wind has been really intense. the roof feels like it wants to blow off but overall i think we will make it >> the rebuilt levee system is holding up but the army corps of engineers is expected to remain on high alert throughout the night. you're taking a live look down the french quarter where people are getting their last looks in before the curfew kicks into place. law enforcement personnel are patrolling the streets, local police as well as 1000 national guard members. they are determined to keep law and order until the storm passes. >> roberta is tracking the storm and will show us where isaac is right now. >> it has been such an interesting storm because it has some many layers and different characteristics. the very latest is that it has almost bald. this time tomorrow we will be referring to it as a tropical depr

the worst damage in southern louisiana where storm waters topped a levee in plaquemines parish. feet high in some places. isaac likely will be downgraded to a tropical depression by tonight. >>> back here in tampa, site of the 2012 republican national convention, where all of the good people have saddled up to the bar. state law says i can't serve you until 7:00 in the morning. i can't serve you for about 15 more years, my man. meanwhile, mitt romney will accept his party's presidential nomination tonight. this event, of course, is a media bonanza with virtually every television outlet in the country covering it. until the middle of the century, they weren't able to watch people. the 1940 republican national convention in philadelphia was the first party convention to be shown on national tv. cameras from nbc owned station w-2 xbs rolled as the republicans nominated wendal wilke. he went on to lose the presidency to franklin dell la nor roosevelt. >>> they do catch some sights krout cut aways. the hats. among the party people, the suit and tie shakers, cowboy hat wavers was wisc

southern u.s. especially through this stretch of louisiana. you can imagine what caused it- - the result of this big backup and they were trying to get rid of the leaking fuel and flammable gas. it was controlled and firefighters controlled the flames for two hours. people living nearby were temporarily evacuated. this on interstate 10 in southern louisiana. >>> five things to know on this friday morning before you head out the door. lawyers of george zimmerman will be in back in a courtroom this morning. a judge will hear arguments concerning an objection to a subpoena in the trial for the death of trayvon martin. zimmerman is not expected to be in the courtroom. >>> and the prosecution in the drew peterson murder trial could rest todaych the former police officer is on trial for 20 04 murder of his third wife. the death was reclassified from an accident to a homicide after peterson's fourth wife stacy peterson disappeared in 2007. >>> and the shooting the suspect in the shooting in dc at the family research counselor council will face the ju

louisiana. >> yes, the problem with some of the folks in southern mississippi and southern louisiana, the rain the north of them will actually drain back down to the south. let me show you the radar. pretty impressive bands under what is left of isaac, especially through central mississippi again. a big line of storms going through jackson, and we see most of the activity pushing out of louisiana into arkansas. good news there. bad news for the folks in arkansas. the track looks like this. it's going to go off to the north and get through missouri by the time we get into saturday and then turn off to the east. and really by the time we get into sunday and monday, it's going to be in the midwest bringing some much needed rain to places like illinois and indiana and ohio. we'll come back and talk about just how close it's going to get to us. even though it's out in the midwest, it still might bring us showers and thunderstorms over the weekend. we'll let you know. >> stuff we need to know. >>> it is official. mitt romney accepted the presidential nomination tonight and he launched his campaign w

rescued this morning the storm packed sustained winds of 45 miles per hour as it moved over southern louisiana slowly. heavy rains threaten to flood low-lying areas tomorrow. >> trying to drive in the car you couldn't see your manned in front of your face. >> -- your hand in front of your face. >>> isaac is hitting drivers in their wallets the storm is driving gas prices higher. some states are being hit with the biggest one-day jump in 18 months. >>> mitt romney is preparing for the most important speech of his republican presidential campaign, tonight when he address the gop convention and national television audience. while speaking in indianapolis yesterday he reaffirmed his plan to expand the armed forces. tonight he's expected to discuss his mormon faith with voters in a more direct way and fight for any advantage in a very tight race. last night his running mate paul ryan offered a primetime testimony & . ryan and condoleeza rice blamed -- president obama for a lack of leadership. we'll have more on the gop convention in a live report from tampa florida coming up in 15 minutes. >>> cali

has yet to hit the new orleans area and southern louisiana, but they are hours away from big bands of rain. there's our cold front. that rolls through tomorrow. has a little bit to it. showers and storms back in the ohio valley, but as far as we are concerned, we are in fine shape. maybe a shower late tonight after midnight. all right, next three days, we'll keep it code green. 89 tomorrow. isolated storm. fantastic on wednesday. perfect day on wednesday. 85. skins in town. and 91, hotter on thursday, but still code green. now, the next seven days, hot on friday. we're back in the mid 90s on friday. going to be short lived and back to around 90 as we get into saturday, sunday, and labor day. not going to rain continuously, but that will be the remnants of isaac. >> okay. bringing rain. thanks. >> kristen berset is at redskins park where we learn today that we're not going to see rg3 anymore this preseason. >> not in the preseason. >> i hope you got your fill, ladies, rg3 is getting a breather this week. he will see no action on wednesday as skins pull out the preseason. but just how c

even some evacuation orders already been in place here across southern louisiana. and these very low lying areas. a very shallow slope leading up to these coastlines here. what that means is that a storm surge is really high at risk. you remember seven years ago, this week, hurricane katrina made landfall and that just goes to show how prone this region is to storm surge and the effects of tropical systems. this is not going to be as strong as that storm but really that storm surge could be kicking up and also the heavy rainfall. 400 millimeters or more could be seen here across louisiana toward mississippi in the right front quadrant of the system. toward the north, a cold front moving across the ohio river valley bringing heavy rainfall here. i want to talk about the temperatures further west. a cold front moving across the northwest. dropping down the temperatures. vancouver and seattle into the 20s, but below freezing temperatures are going to be expected here across the cascades into your overnight hours. on towards the central portions of the u.s. oklahoma ci

> a rescue caught on tape of crews working to save a man and his four dogs from his home in southern louisiana. rescuers burst through the window near the roof and they pulled the 70-year-old out to safety. and they grabbed one of four dogs. these rescuers did giving all of them out. these scenes were similar around holmes and plaquemines parish. people were trying to escape the fast rising flood waters brought on by then hurricane, now tropical storm isaac. >>> we are still dealing with tropical storm isaac as of now. but, it will bring us some set werth as we go into next week. actually thinking these models pulling it north and then the east. nothing like we've been seeing around the gulf coast states but stilt, some much-needed wet weather will work its way in here through the beginning of next week. but for today get out there and thing advantage of it. we are looking good in man chester this morning. the thin clouds moving through the area but still plenty of sunshine in the forecast will prevail. more of the same in rockville this morning and montgomery county and we will contorta sunsh

it just stalls in southern louisiana, incredible flooding. it won't won't be the wind damage of hurricane katrina but we will see flooding rains. perhaps rain here from the remnants. tonight 70, clouds on the increase, watch for those showers toward daybreak. could be slick for the drive in spots. clearing out by the afternoon. here is the seven day forecast, beautiful weather behind that front for wednesday, thursday, friday, we will have a chance to dry from all the rain. that's good because we may see more rain from at least -- remnant moisture from isaac. saturday into sunday at the very minimum likely to see a more cloudly situation. isaac could have the impact up the coast. >> thank you. the robin roberts says this week will be her last on good morning america before she goes on medical leave. she has a blood and blown marrow disease and will have a bone marrow transplant. she let people know she will go through -- what she will go through once she leaves. >> i will check in to the hospital the following tuesday. i will begin the proces

so southern louisiana is going to get pummeled with rainfall. 10, 15 inches of rain in addition to 60miles an hour winds. we had a wind gust of about 67-mile per hour on the south side just in the last hour. here is a look at the computer model and what it things in terms of rainfall. okay. you get up to the red, you have 4-5 inches. this is going crazy. i mean, we're talking anywhere from 15-18 inches of rain in portions of central and even west central sections of louisiana over the next 48 hours. that was 48 hours. wind gusts 60 miles an hour now at new orleans. and we're looking at 35-mile per hour wind gusts at biloxi. 22 in jackson. the track hasn't changed. it keeps it as a category one storm moving just to the southwest in new orleans. it will weaken back it a tropical storm tomorrow afternoon as winds go back to about 65 miles per hour. then it begins to turn. this tracks just a hair west as you get up into louisiana and arkansas but it will turn back to the north and then turn back to the north and the east. and the silver lining here is quite simply places that needed rainf

knocked down trees and power lines leaving more than a half million people without power in southern louisiana. flooding and wind damage like this huge tree toppled across a street just outside the french quarter is expected throughout the evening. one reason the mayor of new orleans has issued a dusk to dawn curfew. >> the wind has been real intense. the roof has been feeling like it want to pull off, but overall i think we're going to make it. >> reporter: new orleans' rebuilt levee system is holding up, but the army corps of engineers is expected to remain on high alert throughout the night. here is a live look down the french quarter. you can see it's pretty much deserted. the mayor of new orleans has placed nearly 3,000 law enforcement personnel on these streets. that's local police officers as well as national guards members. they are determined, in fact, to keep law and order in this city until isaac passes. reporting live in new orleans i'm karen brown. back to you. >> zero doll rabbits for possible -- tolerance for possible looters. let's go to scott broom live from biloxi, mississipp

the longer isaac sits over southern louisiana, the more flooding, the more damage.n new orleans, hang in there. thank you. david bernard, chief meteorologist of our miami station cbs 4 is with us again. david, what's happening with isaac now. >> reporter: gayle, this morning the storm is moving very slowly. here's the latest for our west coast viewers. the storm is centered 45 miles to the southwest of new orleans only crawling to the northwest at 6 miles per hour. it still has 75-mile-per-hour winds. here's the problem, we get to thursday morning and it's only gone 100 miles to the north and west. we have to go out to friday until it weakens to a tropical depression. we'll still have very heavy rains over south louisiana and mississippi. this morning flooding is occurring in biloxi, flooding as far east as mobile. all of this weather to the east still has to track across the new orleans area. they are by no means out of the woods yet. this heavy weather is going to continue for the rest. day and probably into the nighttime hours. here's what we're talking about of

that's right here in the southern tip of southern louisiana.ere's the current path taking it just to the south of the center of new orleans. a very slow moving track which will continue to produce some flooding rains here across louisiana, mississippi, and alabama. even by tomorrow afternoon, holding up with good winds at 65 miles per hour. it goes to show you how strong isaac is. maybe a category one but on some functions it's acting like a category 2 storm. overall totals from 8 to 16 inches. if you have any kind of travel for work the next few days, expect mablg juror delays out here in the southeast. not only at these airports but really anywhere that you're flying back out across the east. daytime highs as we head throughout the next 24 hours, mid-to upper 80s down in the south bay. 92 in livermore. 91 in santa rosa and also 84 in san rafael. your three-day forecast, numbers in the low 90s by thursday and look at this on friday, that's when things start to cool off. the fog gets more aggressive. we'll have drizzle at the coastline and that

much of that misery is being felt in mississippi and southern louisiana. evacuations have been ordered as a dam threatens to break at park lake near the louisiana- mississippi border. a lot of respect denltsdzs lost their homes -- residents lost their homes, and that storm is dumping more rain on areas that are already under water. karen brown is in laplace, louisiana. >> reporter: a flash flood emergency has been declared in slidell outside of new orleans. 50 people had to be rescued from their flooded homes yesterday. today entire neighborhoods are being evacuated. storm surge is causing a bayou to overflow. up to 5 feet of flooding is expected. in plaquemines parish, plans were put on hold till saturday to cut holes in a levee that overflowed causing homes to flood to their rooftops. the holes would relieve the pressure and allow the water to drain back into the mississippi and nearby marshes. 30 miles west of new orleans in laplace, entire subdivisions were evacuated when isaac's flood waters rushed in. >> a nightmare. >> reporter: the sudden tidal sur

you can see the circulation spinning over southern louisiana. barely moving 6 miles an hour. the water keeps flowing here. on shore we have some showers that are trying to form in the eastern gulf of mexico headed toward southwest georgia, the tallahassee area in florida. other showers in northern and south carolina. that's with the front. north of the front, the air is drier. high pressure is built in. it's going to be not just a great afternoon but a great night. i think a pretty darn nice thursday as well. with the drier air in place, that means a comfortable night tonight. you can open the windows, turn off the ac, enjoy that. we'll see a couple of 50s again north and west. for tomorrow the dry air is in place but a warmer day. instead of mid-80s like today we'll be in the upper 80s but not too humid so it will be okay. as we head toward friday, the humidity comes back up. we're looking at temperatures friday in the mid-90s. looks like the chance of storms will be toward us again as we head toward late in the weekend and monday. i want to talk about isaac one more time. w

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people in southern louisiana and mississippi waking up under water this morning and facing a day of tropical storm isaac. the slow-moving storm may not have had the strength of a hurricane, specifically katrina, but it's leaving a mess in the wake there. hundreds of people now staying in shelters, the federal levees have done their job. president obama has declared federal emergencies in hard hit areas of louisiana and mississippi. >> some of the neighborhoods that were spared by katrina are getting hit this time by isaac. >> a lot of fear down there. hopefully this keeps it under control. >> we're blessed with great weather. meteorologist christina loren, how is it looking? >> good morning to you. and you know we're getting closer to the weekend. people start to perk up when we get to the seven-day forecast as we approach friday and saturday. you can make the outdoor plans and we're going to get a beautiful weekend inland. temperatures aren't going to be that comfortable at the coast, a little cool, a drop-off on the way. however, nice enough for you to hit the beach for the last couple wee

a dire situation in southern louisiana. >> just sitting there and water started rushing in. >> reporter: up to 60 people may be stranded after water toppled over the levees protecting plaquemines parish. >> house started flooding in. we just got out the back door with the boat. tried to save my next-door neighbors, couldn't happen. the wind was so strong it was pushing the boat the other way. >> reporter: across the gulf, storm surges are churning out violent waves. and in new orleans, strong winds blew out transformers, leaving nearly half a million people without power by sunrise. >> a lot of people just not working, and the storm is, you know, it's just messed up a lot of things. >> it's moving so slowly, we're just kind of waiting if it's going to get any worse. >> reporter: despite the damage, emergency officials say new orleans has held its ground against isaac. >> we've been blessed. no major incidents so far. >> reporter: so far being the key words. >> this could lay us for several days. >> reporter: as isaac is still far from done with the gulf. in plaquemines parish, the natio

despite being downgraded to a ropical depression, isaac continues to drop low levels of rain in southern louisianareached this elderly woman just in time. >> as long as my nose was out, i was ok. the water got so high. >> officials and residents are pushed to their breaking point. >> i did not think i would see in my lifetime. >> so are dams and lifetimes. officials breached a dam in failing.pressure of >> the intent is to allow approximately 8 feet of water to out and go in there and the structural integrity. >> at one point, the national guard was rescuing 30 people per hour. this storm has claimed at least one life. >> thank you very much. new at 11:00, the navy seal who about the way killed osama bin laden is investigation. the head of the pentagon the seal that he n agreement. is said was released -- released september 4. the offer is listed as mark owens. ahead, a major prosecution in a virginia community. people there are especially wasaged about where it going on. new information about the the colorado theater shooting. call before the gunfire. >> maryland authorities are state's first fro

so it takes a while for storms in southern louisiana to lose their punch. it's still about 60 miles to the south-southwest of new orleans. the storm is not going to go over the top of new orleans, which is up here. it's going to go to the south of there and then pass to the west of new orleans. and that's keeping new orleans in the stronger bands to the north and to the northeast side. the dirty side of the storm. new orleans has, by far, seen the worst of this storm along with their friends all the way down here along the plaquemines parish, the pretty rural areas down there. so far about 4 1/2 inches of rain to as much as 7 1/2 inches of rain. so those pumps are working overtime. this is a big test for them. so far, so good, but they still have to go probably another 12 to 24 hours of all of this rain. flash flood warnings, that's who's been hit the hardest. surge problems in this next high tide cycle. probably shouldn't be as bad as the last one, but we'll still see water issues. these winds, 74-mile-per-hour gusts, a hurricane-force gust, we just saw it

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storm system on many accounts leaving more damage in louisiana than katrina did, at least for southern louisiana. so another example that no two storms are exactly the same. we'll have delays in the midwest from that weather. the next couple of days. also some delays across the bay area. track something midlevel moisture. and also for the peninsula, temperatures are also colder than they've been the past couple of nights. 54 in santa rosa. 55 in novato. 40s as we head into tomorrow morning. if you are already thinking about what you are going to be wearing, you need a jacket. it's a classic august evening in san francisco. a lot of fog shrouding the city. no, the golden gate bridge is not in view here or the bay bridge. we'll find this continuing to get worse as we head throughout tomorrow morning. let's change this weather pattern from the weather earlier. trough of low pressure has been aprichg we've talked about it now for five days. it's going to hang out for the next two days. friday and saturday looks like we'll see that cooldown staying put. and that's going to bring us fog immediately at

it is still in southern louisiana. here is the forecast track over the next several days. it will become a player in our forecast late this weekend. it is expected to be there by 7:00 sunday night, just east of chicago. look like some of of the remnants could get in here late sunday and during the day on monday. locally, we look great. weather forecast around here couldn't be better to be honest with you. lots of sunshine expected. we have cheer skies out there right now and some very calm conditions with overnight lows falling back into the comfortable department without a lot of humidity. 71 in washington. check out your local 60s. even some 50s this morning. 59 now in frederick. 61 in martinsburg. 67 in fredericksburg. should be a beautiful day for us. lots of sunshine expected. that is what you call perfect. sunshine, low humidity, 85 degrees. winds out of the north here at five to 10. later tonight, we'll be watching clear skies and comfortable conditions continue. 69 the overnight low. nice warming trend for us. scene of the accident several days, nice and quiet. by

the surge, 6 to 12 feet, we're already getting 7 feet in southern louisiana, that's only going to go up as the storm comes on shore. then the rainfall, 12 to 20 inches for any city, is going to flood it. pumps or no pumps, that's the concern in new orleans tonight. you can see, it will probably be close to the city tomorrow morning, during the early morning hours and crawling north with these heavy rain bands, should they set up over the city of new orleans. the worst of isaac coming up. >> as we said, it's going to be a long night where you are, jim cantore in new orleans, which brings us to lester holt, also in new orleans, but lester, if we have a storm moving north at 8 miles an hour, carrying this much rain, we're about to see what $14 billion worth of improvements bought there in new orleans? >> reporter: you bet, all those pumps, all the strengthened levees, this will are a big test as we see in the coming hours. the mayor of the city believes they've done all the preparations they can, he says we're now in hunker down mode here. there's not a person in this city that doesn't

it's now officially a tropical depression, slowing moving out of southern louisiana and heading north. the storm left behind heavy flooding and massive power outages. oil refineries in isaac's path are still not back to normal. six of the region's 11 refineries are operating at reduced capacity, four remain shutdown completely, and one was restarted today. oil prices headed lower today as the refiners worked to get back to business. october crude fell almost a dollar to $94.62 a barrel. but gas prices continue to tick higher, climbing two cents overnight to $3.82 a gallon. >> tom: let's get going with tonight's "market focus." a quiet week of trading was interrupted a little bit today with those european concerns returning, sending stocks lower. the s&p 500 spent the entire session in negative territory, ending down eight tenths of a percent. while it's the biggest move we've seen all week, it's been almost a month since the index moved more than 1% from open to close in a single session. despite the drop, trading volume remained very light. 511 million shares on the big board; 1.2 bi