flood warnings and watches are posted in four states from arkansas to alabama. abc's bill weir got a firsthand look at the post-storm scramblen louisiana. >> reporter: if you happen to be trapped by high water, coast guard pilots could be your best friend in the world. her office is a bright orange dolphin helicopterand her busy season starts the minute a hour cahour -- hurricane leaves town. after a night of plucking the helpless out of laplace she was able to give us a tour of the aftermath. on the good days gulf of mexico is their backyard. on bad days, it is the whole yard and the living room. we crossed or sleidel where they build mansions on stilts for a reason and plaquemines parish. you would think the super dome would be cleaner after isaac's wash. one member of the crew said at least the roof is on it and there aren't thousand trapped inside. bill weir, abc news in the skies above southern louisiana. >> the superdome stayed intact this time. we continue to track the storm this morning. as, we said, it moves inland. >> accuweather meteorologist jim dick

the bright red and dark red are where the worst of it is right through the heartland, especially arkansas, illinois, indiana. i mention those states because those are the states that have a chance of seeing moisture from isaac and getting beneficial rain, especially arkansas into today and torcht and the next couple of days as the storm moves from missouri to the ohio valley. >> if you're watching us on 12 news in phoenix, arizona, discover how artists use paper over the years as canvas as paper at the art museum. and that's your "early today" event of the day, lynn. >> all right, bill. thanks so much. >>> and now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. well, lindsay lohan's problems keep piling up. and we will keep reporting on them. yesterday lohan was banned by her favorite hollywood hotel chateau marmont for allegedly failing to pay a $46,000 bill. tmz reports lohan thought the producers of her liz taylor lifetime movie were covering the bill. >> a misunderstanding. >> the bill itself shows some interesting charges. $686 for cigarettes and over $3,000 for th

by thursday, it's on the border of louisiana and arkansas. begins to turn back to the north and the northeast northeast and this is a great track. that is something that is a silver lining from this storm. we'll come back and let you know if that track means anything for us over the holiday weekend. >> thank you, top. and with isaac now aiming toward the louisiana coast, the new and improved levee system will be tested for the first time. meteorologist, anny hong joins us live with what the army corps of engineers is saying about all that. anny. >> the u.s. corps of engineers finished building its levees just last september. dug deeper, built stronger, and stanged hire after katrina. engineers are confident it will be able to hold up against isaac and more. >> after katrina and more than $14 billion is this. a 133-mile system of levees and flood walls surrounded by 24 storm proofed pumping stations. >> we're in a universe different than we were prior to katrina. >> army corps of engineers helped oversee the destruction of the levee system. sh

now it's pushed through tennessee and even arkansas. we're watching showers and thunderstorms through northern mississippi and alabama. a few of these have a lot of lightning strikes with them. theeft are beginning to shift through huntsville and they're on their way to birmingham and columbus this morning. nothing too severe with them, but just a lot of heavy rain. we'll take whatever rain we can get around the country. we had some showers and storms in arkansas, one clump in northeast texas but now the cool high pressure has built in. this is your fall refreshing air maas that will head through the east coast. temperatures right now are anywhere between 10 to 20 degrees cooler from kansas city to st. louis to chicago and green bay. so when you walk outside this morning throughout the midwest, you will notice a change in the air mass. i've also added the p.m. to our thunderstorm icons just for lynn berry. she was upset. she thought it was going to rain all day through new york and d.c. it's just the late afternoon, mostly toward the ev

it will eventually go up through arkansas. by the weekend, it will be threatening flood in parts of indiana. all of thisreason moisture. is now a tropical rain storm. it heads up towards the mississippi. thes still going to be in news for several days. >> thank you. we continue our coverage with pictures that are the gulf coast. the most heartbreaking the dozens of rescuers. live in a satellite center. the images are quite frankly remarkable. there are numerous reports of s higher than during hurricane katrina. rescues are expected to continue throughout the night. a the midst of isaac's howl, old's rescue boat finally made it to shore. he was grateful for dry ground. a local of a partially give way. -- levy partially gave way. everything. going to evacuate days ago but did not. >> we tried to leave and then we not. had nowhere to go. more communities are going deeper underwater. >> 50 people have been rescued far by boats and vehicle. >> dozens were plucked to safety. remarkable picture. remember the 70-year-old? this is how

it looks like isaac will move over louisiana into thursday and then reach arkansas by friday morning local time and then move along the mississippi river valley. heavy rain will continue. good news is it's been on the dry side across the midwest so beneficial rain for you. across the west, to the north dry and windy conditions are favorable for wildfires in the northern rockies and the plains. and temperatures are heating up. look at this. 35 degrees in chicago. 35 degrees expected in denver. but back behind it, looking seasonal. 20 degrees in vancouver as well as seattle. here's the extended forecast. >>> that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us.

holding temperatures around missouri and northern arkansas. look at the east there is highs above 100 in places like phoenix. closer to home, we'll see high temperatures that are cooler than they have been the late. there is 99 in fresno and 102 in palm springs and still warm tomorrow in los angeles. throughout the sierra, there are storms and yosemite a high of 95 and into the coast, 65. there is tomorrow going to be a cooler day. highs near the coast into mid to upper 50s. around the bay, 60s tomorrow. there is into inland locations highs into 70. we'll top out at 80 degrees in fairfield. up north we'll see mid-80s in clear lake and there is a cooler day tomorrow and saturday and monterey bay, highs into 60s near the bay. upper 70s inland and temperatures going to rebound sunday and monday, which is labor day. and there is a warm, summer like day. >> optimistic view. >> i was thinking the same thing. >> and going to check this out. a group of canoers had an experience of a lifetime. the group canoeing along the gold coast and found a koala o

it will by inundating arkansas and missouri with heavy rain as we think about the labor day weekend. come monday it's knocking on ohio's door. the rain showers will be heading here too. when i see you in a little while, i'll give you the timing this holiday weekend when you should expect to get we had and if your labor day will be wet or dry. we have a lot to cover. >>> it tampa tonight, it may be the most eagerly anticipated moment of the republican national convention. mitt romney will give his acceptance speech in just a few hours. he just arrived, doing a walk-through on the stage before his speech. the latest polls show he is virtually tied with the president. tonight is his chance to allow voters to get to know him. here's steve handelsman. >> reporter: he's looked relaxed at his convention, but the pressure is on mitt romney. after seven years of running for president, finally winning the gop nomination, mitt romney reluctant to talk about his life, his finances or his faith, still has to introduce himself to many americans tonight. >> i think this is an extraordinary opportun

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it is now focused on arkansas where you can see the center. it will continue to move north and east slowly over the midwest. some areas could see up to four-6 in. of rain. just a heads up if you have travel plans around that area. closer to home we're dealing with fog and drizzle around the bay with temperatures mainly in the fifties. 58 in livermore, mid-50s in san francisco. you might need your windshield wipers this morning. much of the low clouds and fog will burn off by this afternoon, a especially around the bay. temperatures will definitely be on the cooler side. only a high of 66 degrees in oakland. upper seventies in livermore. coming up we will look at the rest of the long holiday weekend forecast. >> mitt romney and paul ryan wasting no time getting back on the campaign trail with rallies in florida and virginia. romney expected the nomination as the party grew to a close in tampa last night >> i accept your nomination for president of the united states >> romney did not hold back when giving his performance evaluation of barack oba

and -- in mississippi today up into arkansas and northwestern alabama more freshwater flooding for those folks. at home clouds along the coast trying to still across san francisco now but it is drive around the bay and inland. coast 50s, partly sunny in upper 50s to low 60s by 4:00. a few clouds mainly around san francisco for the bay by 4:00 mid 60s, upper 70s inland another hot bay starting off with 40s to 60° range but in the low 80s to low 90s by 4:00. >>> new accident in the san mateo area this sounds bad eastbound 92 at at , a car took out a power pole and -- at alameda, a car took out a power pole. they are sending an ambulance and chp en route. here is westbound 92 traffic across the san mateo bridge getting more crowded bay bridge toll backed up towards 880 new crash just in eastbound 80 gilman right here in this shot westbound slow as well past university. >>> breaking news from san jose. firefighters are at the scene of a strip mall fire on south capital. amy hollyfield is at the scene gathering information. >> reporter: the fire is out. behind me you can see there's agve÷ t

arkansas, mississippi, and louisiana are also still under flash flood watches. our rob marciano is live in new orleans right now. obviously, rob, the curfew may have lifted and it may seem as though the weather is changing but things cannot be anywhere back to normal yet. >> no. certainly not. not even here in new orleans where the levee system they've built since katrina and spent billions of dollars on that worked perfectly for the most part. flood gate, surge barriers, ts the whole thing worked well. so the city of new orleans is dry but there is debris all over the city. trees are down. still hundreds of thousands of people without power. earlier this morning there were hundreds of utility crews converged on new orleans and now have been spreading out across the southeast part of the state to try to repair that damage but there is still flooding in coastal areas along the lake. all sides of the lake and of course down in plaquemines parish where they got the worst of it with all the rescues having taken place over the past few days. >> rob, as they try to de

they could get a six, seven, eight, ten inches in mississippi and then up into arkansas as well. they could get some heavy rains and that would be later tonight and into tomorrow. and the latest track for isaac has it still a tropical storm into tomorrow but weakening and then becomeing a tropical low that's going to take a right-hand turn and turn toward us as we get toward, yes, unfortunately, our labor day weekend. between now and then, though, we have high pressure over the region giving us low humidity, fresh and cool mornings, warm, sunny afternoons. that's going to be the story throughout the day today and again tomorrow. right now, though, it is a cool start. look at elkins, down to 52. parts of northern shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia, western maryland, mid-50s now. closer to washington, low 60s, the nrby suburbs, near 70 in washington by the bay. here's the storm team 4 four-day forecast, high 80s and lots of sun today, more of the same on friday and more humid on saturday ahead of the remnants of isaac that may come in in the formf a few passing tropical

and is moving through arkansas and then missouri. over the past week, thousands have fled to shelters in several states. >> we're waiting to get back home to assess the damages. >> reporter: and they still don't mow when they can go home. now, oil and gas companies are also assessing the damages at refineries and oil platforms. gas prices have been going up ever since isaac's arrival. and they're slowly, now, starting to restart those operations there. rob and paula, back to you. >> abc's brandi hitt in new orleans. great work all week, brandi. thank you. >>> the pentagon is threatening to take any legal action it can against the former navy s.e.a.l. who has written a book revealing details in the raid that killed osama bin laden. the pentagon's top lawyer says the s.e.a.l.'s firsthand account violates an agreement not to divulge military secrets. the book "no easy day" contradicts some of what the government has said about the mission. >> and the guy giving an interview this weekend. it will be interesting to see what he has to say.

flood warnings and watches are posted in four states from arkansas to alabama. abc's bill weir got a firsthand look at the post-storm scramblen louisiana. >> reporter: if you happen to be trapped by high water, coast guard pilots could be your best friend in the world. her office is a bright orange dolphin helicopter, and her busy season starts the minute a hour cahour -- hurricane leaves town. after a night of plucking the helpless out of laplace she was able to give us a tour of the aftermath. on the good days gulf of mexico is their backyard. on bad days, it is the whole yard and the living room. we crossed over sleidel where they build mansions on stilts for a reason and plaquemines parish. you would think the super dome would be cleaner after isaac's wash. one member of the crew said at least the roof is on it and there aren't thousand trapped inside. bill weir, abc news in the skies above southern louisiana. >> the superdome staye intact this time. we continue to track the storm this morning. as, we said, it moves inland. >> accuweather meteorologist jim d

arkansas into missouri. somewhere into little rock. the bands of rain will continue. that's two days. we won't see torrential flooding in these areas, but we will get maybe three to six inches of rain. the ground in most areas should be able to handle that. the storm will slowly die itself out over the ohio valley. here's the latest drought map zoomed in on this region. unfortunately, nebraska, kansas, oklahoma here, no rain for you. we're watching the center of that heavy rain today coming up in this general area where the drought's in the exceptional range, especially in arkansas. as far as the weather in the western u.s., we saw some storms yesterday in nevada and utah. they'll be hit and miss this afternoon. temperatures still above 100 in phoenix. nice in many areas. 88 in me in flagstaff. yakima, washington, nice day for you too. enjoy. holliday weekend forecast coming up. >> love it, bill. thanks some. >>> well, coming up, big ben finally speaks, sears gets a bounce, and the billionaire who gives to others on his birthday. your early morning business headlines

we get into tomorrow afternoon and it's into northern arkansas. then it begins to turn off to the north and east, go just around st. louis into saturday and then it will begin to accelerate and move eastward and southeastward as we go into tuesday and wednesday of next week. that said we'll cool back and talk about even though the center is -- come back and talk about even though the center is pretty far away from us, we'll talk about the moisture we will get over the holiday weekend. >>> 23 years behind bars, that was the sentence today for university lacrosse player convicted of killing his on again off again girl friend in a drunking rage. our andrea mccarren was in the courtroom when george huguely was sentenced. she joins us now live from charlottesville. he didn't get the max, but he certainly didn't gethe least. >> reporter: no. it was a very slight reduction to 23 years, very close to the high end of the sentencing guidelines. just a short time ago we received a statement from george huguely's family. here are some of the excerpts from tha

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arkansas, missouri, portions of kentucky, illinois, indiana, even ohio willie. this storm will rain some people's plans out over labor day. this is the heart of the drought zone. we'll get beneficial rains. first we have to get it out of louisiana. >> yeah. maybe a little silver lining but a lot of water left behind in louisiana. >>> let's go on the ground now. mike seidel is in baton rouge, louisiana. mike, what does it look like where you are? >> reporter: well, we've pretty much ended the heavy rain here. we've got a very fine mist coming down. the winds have shifted around to the southwest indicating the center, willie, has moved to the north and west. it's only moving as bill mentioned, 8 miles an hour. the heaviest rain is off to the east, central and southern mississippi. we're still under a tornado watch as well as new orleans and be a good deal of mississippi until 8:00. they'll probably extend that for the same portions of the area as we have intense rain bands. the wind is gusting maybe 25 to 30 miles an hour. we've had 5 1/2 inches of rain here. ther

take a look here, this is the amount of rain they're expecting, louisiana up into arkansas, between 12 and 20 inches of rain. then the storm system will start to break up. as the system heads to the north, we're not going to see those types of rains make their way northward. we've got another storm to talk about, this one tropical storm kirk. if you've got any expectations or folks going to bermuda, it is expected to track east of bermuda, head out to sea, but over the warmer water to the north it's expected to become a category 1 hurricane. temperature right now 82 in gaithersburg. it has been a fantastic afternoon here. i'll be doing backyard weather tomorrow. starry night for us. tomorrow morning 66 to 68 degrees, another great start out the door and at the bus stop tomorrow morning. yew high temperature 86 to 87 degrees. again full sunshine around the area thanks to high pressure moving in, but the high pressure is not going to be ticking around for long. for the weekend, saturday some clouds will move in. those clouds will allow us to have cooler temperatures, 825 on sunday with t

and is moving through arkansas and then missouri. over the past week, thousands have fled to shelters in several states. >> we're just waiting to try to get back home to assess the damages. >> reporter: and they still don't know when they can go home. now, oil and gas companies are also assessing the damages at refineries and oil platforms. gas prices have been going up ever since isaac's arrival. and they're slowly, now, starting to restart those operations there. rob and paula, back to you. >> abc's brandi hitt in new orleans, live for us this morning. great work all week, brandi. thank you. >>> the pentagon is threatening to take any legal action it can against the former navy s.e.a.l. who has written a book revealing details of the raid that killed osama bin laden. the pentagon's top lawyer says the s.e.a.l.'s firsthand account violates an agreement not to divulge military secrets. the book "no easy day" comes out next week and contradicts some of what the government has said about the mission. >> and the guy giving a big intervi

there's heavy rain pushing into missouri out of arkansas. so missouri and illinois are in the crosshairs the next 24 to 48 hours. that said, our beach and boating forecast, well, the farther east you go, the better off you are, all right? so you'll be better off at the shore and beaches than the mountains, for example. if you're on the water, there is a slight chance of a shower on saturday, 86 to 90, waves 1 foot or less and then on sunday a better chance for a shower or thunderstorm on the water and temperatures on sunday generally in the low to mid-80s as winds turn southeasterly. we'll come back and talk about the immediate metro area and isaac in a bit. >>> there will not be any partying at one particular prince george's county hotspot tonight. why the cops padlocked this popular club, i'll have the story on 9 news now at 7:00. >> still to come in this half hour a big day at redskins park as the team get down to its final roster. there's some surprises. >> that's right. the redskins roster needs to be down to 53 by 9:00 tonight. i'll ha

missouri, arkansas, illinois, indiana. those states had the best chance of seeing some significant rains as we go throughout your labor day weekend up here through probably saturday, somewhere near st. louis, all day into saturday and sunday. illinois, indiana, monday into ohio. we're not talking about the type of rains that will devastate and flood but it will be significant rainfall. today's forecast is in the northeast is dry until we rach the rains from isaac hitting the middle of the nation. >> bill, thanks so much. >>> coming up, why lindsay lohan was banned from her favorite hotel and why ryan gosling is not just another pretty face. >>> plus, back in the u.s.a. following a controversial world tour, madonna is sounding quite the patriot. your first look at entertainment coming up. you're watching "first look" on nbc. it's time to live wider awake. only the beautyrest recharge sleep system combines the comfort of aircool memory foam layered on top of beautyrest pocketed coils to promote proper sleeping posture all ni

and eventually in arkansas. the winds will gradually go down in these areas. >>> major stories unfolding in tampa, where mitt romney is officially the republican candidate for president. >> according to our latest poll, romney is facing major challenges among voters. t.j. winick is in tampa this morning, the site of the convention. good morning, t.j. >> reporter: good morning, rob and paula. that is right. one of the major goals of this convention, to human izmit romney. even at this late day, many voters say they just don't know that much about him. last night, we heard from the one person who knows mitt romney better than anyone. ann romney was in the spotlight tuesday night, making the case for her husband of 43 years. >> this is the man america needs. this is the man who will wake up every day with a determination to solve the problems that others say can't be solved to fix with others say is beyond repair. >> reporter: the appearance brought tears to the eyes of her sons. and republicans hope it will convin

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 with an address for undecided that he would take the country in a better direction than president obama. gary nurenberg is here with the excerpts. >> reporter: gary, it was a night dedicated to romney's personal and business history, an agenda designed to accentuate the positives in his career in politics and business. romney himself made an appeal to an american that polls show is

we did get beneficial rains yesterday in indiana, even a little bit last night in arkansas, missouri. got a good soaking this morning in areas of tennessee. and now those thunderstorms are drifting down towards alabama and mississippi. we're relatively dry it for everyone on the eastern seaboard as we start our morning. so that's good and it will be a warm morning. this is where the big fall-like cold front is located, right over the top of ohio, down through kentucky. it will be hot out ahead of it and then we'll cool off on the east coast as we go throughout the upcoming weekend. so as far as the rainfall this morning, the worst of it is through alabama and mississippi. we have thunderstorms, a lot of lightning near columbus and as we go through birmingham, these are knocking on your door. and it looks like we're dry through most areas of arkansas, a couple new showers forming up here to the northeast corner. so this temperature change as you walk out the door this morning, really roll the windows down. there may be a few people in northern minnesota turn their heater on in their ca

. >> isaac is not drifting into arkansas and missouri. -- now drifting into arkansas and missouri. hundreds of homes in louisiana and mississippi are under water. it down as much as 16 inches of rain in some areas. 500 people had to be rescued by boat. >> we did not have to deal with those kinds of conditions. there is a chance some of the tropical storm from that system could impact our weekend weather. >> downtown is expected to be a little bit more accessible compared to last year. we heard a lot of people complaining about road closures and traffic delays. he organizers said they have plenty of plans in place to make this event marked convenient for everyone. >> it was incredible, i cried as soon as i heard the engines. when i saw the cars, i cried again. >> she is a diehard racing fan am looking for to this year's grand prix. she has fond memories of last year's event. >> no arguments or anything. everything, the racing and the noise. it was fantastic. >> not everyone had the same experience. there were lots of complaints about traffic back of downtown or not enough pedestrian

. >>> flash flood warnings have been issued in arkansas as the storm moves north. it will be days before people can go back home. >> rerter: roads, homes and businesses in plaquemines parish are still under more than 5 feet of flood water. it's now receding because a nearby levee was intentionally breached and debris is starting to wash up. cattle and livestock headed to higher ground in this rural area and the death toll from isaac grew after the bodies of a couple were found inside a flooded home. about 40 miles north, one family had to fit what valuables they could into garbage bags after water began rising inside their home in slidell. >> a lot of devastation from a hurricane that was a category one. it started out as a small tropical storm. it really turned into a lot of major destruction. really sad, very sad. >> reporter: isaac's storm surge pushed the waters of lake pontchartrain into canals near this neighborhood. those water ways usually drain into the lake so with nowhere to go, the canal swelled and flooded this neighborhood. larry waded through about a

and eventually in arkansas. the winds will gradually go down in these areas. >>> major stories unfolding in tampa, where mitt romney is officially the republican candidate for president. >> according to our latest poll, romney is facing major challenges among voters. t.j. winick is in tampa this morning, the site of the convention. good morning, t.j. >> reporter: good morning, rob and paula. that is right. one of the major goals of this convention, to human izmit romney. even at this late day, many voters say they just don't know that much about him. last night, we heard from the one person who knows mitt romney better than anyone. ann romney was in the spotlight tuesday night, making the case for her husband of 43 years. >> this is the man america needs. this is the man who will wake up every day with a determination to solve the problems that others say can't be solved, to fix with others say is beyond repair. >> reporter: the appearance brought tears to the eyes of her sons. and republicans hope it will convi

. >>> police in jonesboro, arkansas, have released new information in the case of travis carter, the young man who died while in their custody. they've released video from a police cruiser which offers a glimpse of the scene. they also put out a number of videotaped eyewitness interviews. does this new information answer the key question? was carter's death suicide or was it homicide? randi kaye tonight with our report. >> reporter: no one is disputing that travis carter died from a duane shot to the head while in the back seat of a police car in jonesboro, arkansas. the question is who pulled the trigger. police say he committed suicide. >> i've seen some of our people in custody do some amaze things. >> reporter: carter's mother doesn't buy it. she believes jonesboro police killed her son. >> i think they killed him. >> reporter: at this point, it's still debatable and still under investigation. here's why. 21-year-old travis carter was handcuffed at the time the fatal shot was fired. double locked behind his back. is it even possible physically to be handcuffed behind your back an

so that very heavy rain is now through arkansas. the redbox is a continuing tornado watch for mississippi where we've had some very heavy rain. it's still rather slow moving, only moving north at 10 miles an hour. the winds with our tropical depression are about 30 miles an hour. grand bay, alabama, over 11 inches, vero beach 16 inches in florida. hammond, louisiana, 12 inches, new orleans about 10 1/4, widespread amounts and it's really centered through southern mississippi and southeastern louisiana. some of the estimates as you can see by our doppler radar including a 12 1/2 just a little west of mobile. so what's next? high pressure is going to guide the remnants up through the mississippi valley and over the next several days we'll be hearing a lot of reports of 2 to 5 inches of rain. they're grateful for pay lot of this rain in many drought stricken states. it may visit us late in the weekend. we'll talk about our labor day weekend forecast and when we may get a bit of isaac's rain around here if we're going to see any at all.

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you still have innocent people there in arkansas on death row right now. it happens all of the time. >> did any of your family believe you were guilty? >> none of mine. >> was the key thing in the start of the evidence? is it because it was all based on jesse's testimony to the police? most of which were never made public? and he said, first of all the, it all happened in the morning. and then finally, he watched up at a time at the timing of death. this is scandalous, isn't it? >> why do you think jesse was doing this? >> if he hadn't, i don't think any of you would have gone to prison. >> the closest thing i can come to explain that in my mind is the schoolyard bully who gets the kid to cry uncle under duress. the bully know he's not the other kid's uncle. but it puts him under so much pressure and pain, it's okay, let me loose. >> do you blame jesse? >> no, he's mentally handicapped. he didn't choose to be born that way. some people supported you. others, to this day, kwont to say you're responsible. how do you deal with that psychologically? skbr you j

he was not raise enough to bring his own people together in arkansas. but there were a two basis that he ran. -- >> there were two races that he ran. he was attacked on civil rights. you look around today and take a look at the moderate republicans. they are all gone. democracy has its issues. it cannot be perfect. he understood it. there were a bunch of things he did that i disagree with. you make decisions in life that are not perfect. i thought what he did in foreign policy was good enough for me. it was important to happen there. >> back to your july 4 column. on the way to -- savings, a legion of cost overruns. brac is what? >> it is the program congress passed to reach agreement on closing military bases. a complicated thing in which the defense department picks out the areas they want to close. they put together a commission to comment on the recommendations and congress has to vote on it. >> they have to vote on the whole thing. i want to read this again. in its latest review of the 2005 brac program, the government accountability office found t

the storm has moved over arkansas and that's where it's sitting this morning. >> that's exactly right. you can see it right there as it pushes off to the north/northwest right now. next we see it moving into missouri and it will start to make a turn and it could be coming to our area beginning of next week. it could impact labor day a bit. but for today we're seeing a few showers and thunderstorms around louisiana, but for the most part louisiana thank goodness is being able to dry out this morning. now, we look closer to home and we are dealing with mainly clear skies right now. that's going to translate into lots of sunshine as we go through the morning and through the afternoon and temperatures will respond. good morning kent island, temperature right now at 75 degrees and chesapeake beach coming in at 73. 65 degrees in the northeast. sending it over to charley. >> lynette, thanks a lot. >>> the maryland state fair continues today and tonight is the headlining act of vic tore i can't johnston. she's the star of the nick loadon series series. the crab cake weighs 53 pounds. the fair

it is now dumping rain over arkansas. parts of lieu hue got soaked with more than an additional foot of rain on thursday. morning a million homes and businesses in the gulf coast are without power. >> good morning. i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm wisdom martin. welcome to fox 5 morning news. time to get a quick check on the weather with tucker barnes. >> good morning. we are off to a warm, somewhat humid start here in the washington area but we are nice and quiet. hope you get a chance to see the full moon which is still out there. other than that, very quiet in the skies this morning. going to be a hot one with temperatures soaring back into the mid-90s. a place we haven't been for about a month temperature-wise. i'll have details on the weekend forecast as well. a nice quiet start to your day. temperatures right now in the upper 60s and low 70s. back to you guys. >>> our top stories this morning, the 2012 republican national convention is in the books t wrapped up last night with mitt romney officially becoming the gop presid

it's now a tropical depression moving slowly across arkansas and southern missouri. the massive storm is blamed for at least two deaths, flooding hundreds of homes and leaving about 900,000 customers without power. drew levinson has more. >> the brunt of isaac has passed but the damage is far from over. rising waters forced more evacuations from la place and reserve, louisiana, with people and animals hurrying to get out. joshua jones is one of the hundreds rescued. they're headed to shelters in shreveport. >> we had to like climb on top of the houses until the boats got will to get us. >> the evacuees in shreveport were already exhausted and hungry. some of them didn't want to be there. >> they forced us. they dragged me out. >> a bird's eye view shows the damage in hard hit plaquemines parish. homes are flooded to the second story and cows stranded on a small patch of land. >> the national guard along with the sheriff's department and other rescue workers are using this parking lot as a staging area. the reason they're here is because it's one of the few places tha