all the rain in and around new orleans, up tort baton rouge, the -- up toward baton rouge, the north shore. a tornado watch not surprising. that's also in effect as these feeder bands, we talked about this, often have mini tornadoes in them as tropical -- as tropical systems make landfall. sustained winds of 75 gusting to 90 miles an hour but it's only moving at 6 to the north and west. these rain totals are going to be massive. we're talking maybe a couple of feet of rain in spots when this thing is done. by this evening, should be a tropical storm. southwest of baton rouge, not too far from lafayette, louisiana. 60 mile an hour winds. but this thing is going to take its time. it's not going to be up toward the shreveport area till tomorrow evening. that it will track into western arkansas, maybe eastern oklahoma before making the turn. so we'll be watching that. some moisture could head our way by labor day. it's been a rough morning across southeast louisiana, coastal mississippi. karen brown with cbs has the latest. >> reporter: the town outside new orleans is under as much as 12

this is going to get right into baton rouge. this is as close as it's going to get from new orleans. as the storm moves to the north, you're going to get less and less wind. good news. these cells coming off here. this is a big, big outer band. these cells are spinning. we talk about the potential for tornadoes in hurricanes. that's what the potential is today. you'll hear tornado sirens in that area for sure. could be a dozen or more tornadoes in mississippi today because of these cells as they come on shore. kind of like water spouts. they're not kansas, texas size tornadoes but they can still do damage. brooke. >> still not something you want to deal with when dealing with all this water. just heads up for all of you watching. we will be talking to a reporter there on the ground next hour. stay tuned for that. we have the whole gulf coast covered for you. now this. >>> talking politics here in tampa is a huge, huge night. i don't think i can underscore that anymore for congressman paul ryan. the biggest night of his political

to baton rouge, but other parts of the state as well. wind gusts in gallianna and i would differentiate that from gusts and those are strong winds, but it is not that the winds are that high over a sustained period of time. we have seen the storm surges up the mississippi river which is noteworthy and showing you the strength of the storm. we expect to see the tide flood of 6 to 8 feet, and 5 feet on the canals and the bayous along the west, and that is higher by the way in lake pontchartrain and the tidal surges there are higher than what they saw yesterday, tuesday. so that the tidal surges in pontchartrain will be higher today than yesterday. the bottom line is that this storm is a slow moving storm. it is going to be moving through our state, and we will be dealing with the storm through friday morning. this is a storm we will be dealing with not only today and tomorrow, but we will continue to see the weather effects of the storm as it moves from the northern part of the state. in terms of different parishes, 56 parishes have now de

there are no flash flood warnings here in baton rouge. things are looking better than they did yesterday across most of louisiana as the water begins to recede. the top rainfall was over 19 inches at the auto bon park. that's the zoo in new orleans. almost 20 inches of rain. power outages, here in the state of louisiana, 688,000 customers. that's customers. in mississippi now we're up to about 70,000 customers. a lot of power out. we've gotten a lot of water. the system is moving out of louisiana and things are looking better today. still just about everything is closed today as far as schools, businesses, and government functions. late yesterday, willie, the governor, governor bobby jindal has said the cost to cover this state and local was already at $24 million. willie? >> compared to what you were standing in yesterday, i bet that fine mist feels pretty good. mike seidel in baton rouge, louisiana, thanks very much. >>> back here in tampa, we will hear tonight from the candidate mitt romney. he'll deliver his acceptance speech on this

so that really worked out well, between baton rouge and new orleans and the coast. same thing with the people on grand isle and the mouth of the river, those small community, a lot of people are sheltered in place or they got out. so we know that grand isle's getting hit by in excess of 100-mile-per-hour winds. we understand there is a lot of damage. we can assess tomorrow in the daylight. it's really still a lot of unknowns right there. we are watching it. we are certainly preparing for the worst, hoping for the best. understand that we are going to be in this for several days. >> all right. colonel edmonson, keep in touch with us, if you would, sir. you know, we are very concerned about your community and want to make sure that we get all the latest information. thank you very much. >> i appreciate that. >> all eyes are on new orleans tonight, i am reading just now, there is a storm surge of as much as 10 feet or more. the national hurricane service saying the storm moving at only 7 miles per hour north. that's very slow and the rain is building. the ability to wi

. >> are you very concerned about my dad in baton rouge. >> wake me up. >> baton rouge was spared. >> yeah. >> and it was gustaf. came up a different angle and so baton rouge got the worst end of the storm. this thing. >> right. >> as we have seen is new orleans east. >> right. >> plaquemines parish and miss sippy. -- >> and mississippi. >> every storm has the strong side and it was devastating for mississippi and southeast louisiana and arkansas, too. glad you're okay. >> everyone out of point of viewer there. >> and that is going to be tough. it's not that hot now but the heat will be building in there and they have some long days ahead of them, for sure, brian. and we'll start in a moment and show you 9 radar picture and where our now tropical depression isaac has gotten to. locally, boy, it's a nice night. a little on the warm side and we got up to 89 degrees. it will be comfortable tonight because it's not that humid and temperatures will drop and we'll mostly be in the 60s overnight and that ought to feel great to you. this is the latest. the storm not moving fast but faster tha

it's about 15, 20 miles south of baton rouge. the bands are just incredible. look how far to the east the bands extend out. this is the band that may have produced that tornado. even heavy bands through mobile, alabama. rainfall this is just since midnight. seven inches in new orleans, four inches in baton rouge, and seven inches of rain in biloxi. you can see some of the contours. heavier amounts to the north and west in biloxi. some areas have had 15 inches of rain south of new orleans. winds are still blowing. 47-mile-per-hour winds in new orleans, 39 in biloxi. anything above 39 is tropical storm force. they're still getting buffeted with tropical storm force winds. the track takes it to the north and northwest. we want to remind you that howard will be in bright and early at 4:25 with the latest. of course we have the radar on 9.3 rung continuously. howard will be along, anny will be in, and also let's not forget social media. we have images on facebook, instant updates on twitter. i just sent a was it the out a minute ago. and download our mobile app, it

it puts it 70 miles west of new orleans and about 15 miles south of baton rouge. it didn't lose any strength in terms of the wind speed with it, still at 60 miles an hour. the worst of the window is still in the gulf of mexico, but it's all about the rain and threat for inland flooding. so in the next 24 hours it's still in louisiana. tomorrow evening probably an area of low pressure getting ready to cross into arkansas. it's probably going to bring a tremendous amount of rain in there. we know 7 to 14 inches easily with some isolated 25-inch amounts in the gulf coast and i would say this track is a little bit slower. that last position over ohio is monday. that would have winds of 15 miles an hour. so definitely weaker, but it's really not about the wind, but about the rain this thing has been producing. speaking of the rain, we can give you the estimates here. while we see the heaviest rain from new orleans to biloxi down through southeastern louisiana into mobile, these have definitely been approaching continue inches and i'm would the sure those will go up. we

it's about 15, 20 miles south of baton rouge. the bands are just incredible. look how far to the east the bands extend out. this is the band that may have produced that tornado. even heavy bands through mobile, alabama. rainfall this is just since midnight. seven inches in new orleans, four inches in baton rouge, and seven inches of rain in biloxi. you can see some of the contours. heavier amounts to the north and west in biloxi. some areas have had 15 inches of rain south of new orleans. winds are still blowing. 47-mile-per-hour winds in new orleans, 39 in biloxi. anything above 39 is tropical storm force. they're still getting buffeted with tropical storm force winds. the track takes it to the north and northwest. we want to remind you that howard will be in bright and early at 4:25 with the latest. of course we have the radar on 9.3 rung continuously. howard will be along, anny will be in, and also let's not rget social media. we have images on facebook, instant updates on twitter. i just sent a was it the out a minute ago. and download our mobile app, it i

the storm now is pushing north and west toward baton rouge. now to janice dean. just downgraded to a tropical storm but this has days of trouble ahead for folks in this area. >> 24 hours for the state of louisiana. the storm totals, unofficially, and i hear estimates quote get 30" of isolated rainfall in parts of louisiana before all is said and done. these are areas in and around new orleans, so, 15" here, over a foot there, new orleans lake front area, over 9", with mobile over 6" and gulfport is getting socked right now with video coming from there is incredible. that is the sat diet, -- satellite, downgraded to a tropical storm moments ago. however, it is still very large. you will see the threat for tornadoes today and tonight. tornado watch in effect for louisiana, mississippi, alabama, and i believe we have a tornado warning around the mississippi area in an area that has been pummeled by rain and by heavy wind. with the land systems you see the tornadoes, several of them, in this area. that is another concern, not only the slow movement of the storm and t

rouge. the movement of the storm is just five miles an hour. it is continuing to dumb the heavy rains. we've seen spot reports of a foot or more. of course you have the tremendous surge that came in with high tide along the immediate louisiana coastline. you see the reach all the way through actually well into south carolina now, the outer bands of cloud cover reaching just that far and the concentrated part north of new orleans into the baton rouge area down through louisiana. our tropical tracker brings this system not just through the midwest but curving toward the east coast by the last part of our labor day weekend. we could see rain around maryland as we go into monday afternoon and especially into the day on tuesday. want to show you new orleans. 7.63. that's just since midnight. the overall pattern a rough one, not too far from southeastern louisiana. all right. 84 degrees. here in baltimore the weather has been anything but bad. it's been outstanding, clear, less humid, dry, sunny.

>> and that is about 60 miles west of new orleans and 35 miles south of baton rouge. it's been -- the big story with this, you know about the flooding and the terrible damage in southeastern louisiana and plaquemines pairish and that is barely moving and looks like a hurricane, even though it's a tropical storm, with winds of 70 miles an hour and this is that radar out of new orleans and 17 inches in audubon park and into the ninth ward, inches. you so the heavier bands of rain and inside, that is where we're getting tropical storm- force winds and still getting a storm surge of seven feet on the southeastern louisiana coast and in to mississippi and that is what does that damage in plaquemines and they were not re-enforced and breached. tropical storm isaac is moving slowly to the northwest at 6 and would you believe in 48, in 24 hours, it will probably be in louisiana, hopefully as a weaker tropical depression and that slow motion means a good 14, 15, and maybe 20 inches of rain and that is going to fall. we'll continue to track it for you but that is still a huge m

then when it gets to baton rouge tomorrow evening at 7:00, it will be a tropical storm, winds down to 50. then we'll watch isaac make the turn, what's left of it head toward little rock and then towards st. louis and over toward indianapolis. we may actually get some of the rain from this late in the weekend into labor day so we'll be watching this. down in new orleans, whether it be a tropical storm or a hurricane, they're getting ready. karen brown has more. >> reporter: police are patrolling the nearly deserted streets of new orleans' historic french quarter. homes and businesses are boarded up. sandbags are stacked and tens of thousands of gulf coast residents are getting out of town before isaac hits. it's expected late tonight or early tomorrow on the seventh anniversary of hurricane variety. this man and his family decided to evacuate this morning. >> we didn't want to stay and let katrina happen again. >> reporter: the 200-mile wide storm is gathering strength. it's expected to make landfall as a category one hurricane, bringing at least 75 mile per hour winds, 6 to 12-foot st

winds 45 mile-per-hour winds, new orleans 48 in baton rouge, 54 mile-per-hour wind just west of morgan city. fun facts, isaac, the average lifespan of a hurricane is 10 days. isaac was only a hurricane about a day, day and a half, but isaac will fit this bill. it can rain 10 to 20 billion gallons per day. that's how much energy are in these storms, create 300 billion-kilowatt hours of electricity. that's just an incredible statistic and millions of tons of air are circulated as we take the air, rise it, cool it, condense it, rain it out and do it all over again. they really are amazing systems, but they are not the nicest of systems sometimes. live look outside. i think you know where that is brought to you by michael and son, 82, dew point in the 50s, great night for football, pressure on the rise. temperatures, 76 in vienna, 79 great falls, 78 bethesda, 81 in college park. so great night for football, maybe a light jacket at the end of the game, might be in the upper 60s by then. give the ac a rest, warmer tomorrow, a hot finish to the week, but the good news, not as humid. we'll mak

tomorrow evening, it's just getting to baton rouge as a tropical storm, dropping an awful lot of water. inland flooding will continue to be a concern and even 7:00 thursday evening is just crossing the line into arkansas. so it is going to be a real long pull with this thing. hurricane warnings continue. needless to say, as it stases right there stays. will not be surprised to hear 20-inch totals. we have seen 13 inches in florida. >> stay with us, coming up, we'll show you video from all over the southeast as isaac packs a punch from south carolina to louisiana. the republican national convention back on track after a one-day delay. thanks to isaac. mitt romney's wife gave her speech tonight. and moments ago, new jersey governor took to the podium to address the delegates. >> the people have no patience for any other way. we need politicians to care more about doing something and less about being something. and believe me, believe me. if we can do this in a blue state like new jersey with a conservative republican governor, washington, d.c. is out of excuses. >> cristie was just one o

here is some good news though for baton rouge and this area. the western part of the storm which was expected to linger throughout the day, it started to deteriorate early this morning. so conditions are actually starting to improve instead of eight to ten expected inches of rainfall, right now they've gotten 3.5 to 35 inches. charlie and norah. >>> when i go to david bernard, chief meteorologist for cbs 4. david, what's happening with isaac? >> well, it's slowly moving and it is weakening a little bit more. but let's take a look at the satellite and radar combination, charlie. we can still see these strong feeder bands that are coming up on the east side of the storm. as a result, this flood threat is going to remain very high for the new orleans area, the mississippi gulf coast and really even places like baton rouge near where manuel was. it appears that the heavy rain threat is there through the next couple of days. >> where is the fear most today in terms of the storm? what are people most worried about? >> well, i think it's the rainfall.

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looks like we are starting to feel it in baton rouge. the jefferson and orleans parishes are bearing the impact from the slow-moving hurricane isaac. as for the folks who chose to stay put and ride out the storm, they are told to stay inside and hunker down. residents have been filling up sandbags and buying batteries and getting all of the essentials like food and water. they wanted a full disaster declaration at the moment. president barack obama has declared a limited declaration which will not reimburse for expenses that they incurred or local governments either while they were preparing for hurricane isaac. take a listen. >> there are only certain declarations they can make. they have the request, but they haven't acted on. it but they do have the request. >> and ironically as we have been talking about this morning, this is the seven-year anniversary of hurricane katrina, august 29th, 2005. seven years to the day. 80% of new orleans was flooded and 1800 people perished in that terrible tragedy. >> all right, anna. let me ask you th

here in baton rouge. trees and power line goesing down. utility officials saying about 674,000 homes and businesses are with out power across the state of louisiana. and this area has learned the hard way about how difficult it can to get assistance. governor bobby jindel has been urging the federal government for more help. president barack obama sign aid disaster declaration for the state of louisiana providing financial assistance to state and local governments affected by isaac. and 4100 shelters are serving residents across the state and all flights out of new orleans airports are cancelled. back to you. >> greta: thank you. now we're going to try to get back to casey in new orleans. as soon as we get his shot back up. and straight ahead, a huge night here at the republican national convention. congressman paul ryan accepting the vice presidential nomination. what does the tea party think of the g.o.p. ticket? also, rob portman on the vp short list. he did get to speak at the convention tonight z coming up, senator portman goes on the

it's headed toward baton rouge as we go for the next 24 and 36 hours, natalie. more than 300,000 without power now in louisiana. >> that's amazing. and folks in other parts of the states waiting to see what it brings them in possible tornados and rain. >>> don't forget for the latest on isaac's forecast track go to cnn.com/hurricane. we're covering it here and there and all up and down the coast. we'll continue right after this. great shot. how did the nba become the hottest league on the planet? by building on the cisco intelligent network they're able to serve up live video, and instant replays, creating fans from berlin to beijing. what can we help you build? nice shot kid. the nba around the world built by the only company that could. cisco. turn to senokot-s tablets. senokot-s has a natural vegetable laxative ingredient plus the comfort of a stool softener for gentle, overnight relief of occasional constipation. go to senokot-s.com for savings. that also becomes headaches. i was very skeptical about aspirin. bayer advanced was completely different. it reall

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mary and west baton rouge and others. yesterday, we sent a letter to the prelandfall declaration of disaster and fema says that the request is pending and they have it in front of them. in terms of the evacuations and the sheltering capacity, several updates. st. charles parish is the only parish so far that has activated the point to point evacuation plan plans and they are doing it in partnership with another parish. in terms of the capacity, there are currently, there are 13 red cross shelters opening today that will have 5,306 slots available for folks who choose to use that, and there is a red cross application where they will update you when they open and use shelter capacity and you can get that information through 211 and the local parish eoc as well. right now, we have 8,000 critical transportation need beds -- >>> and that is governor bobby jindal saying to take shelter and evacuate the homes and prepare for the arrival of hurricane isaac which is on its way. we will have more details on how quickly that could h

the medical special needs shelter is at that lsu fieldhouse and baton rouge. plus 200 medical special needs that. we also have two shoulders and reports. there is a shelter with the thousand 600 beds as well. we also know that ten parishes are opening in parish shoulders, maybe more. they will again be announcing those. we encourage people to -- dennis: that was bobby jindal. fast talking. he focuses on this storm and gives us just the facts. it could hit as early as tuesday morning. they could have as much as 16 inches of rain. a study came out today that if you look at the path of the storm, there is property in its path worth a total of $36,000,000,000.30 billion of it all is and new orleans which could at least afford another bat hit from a hurricane. back to rich edson now. >> dennis, when you think about it, the problem here for republicans and officials at the rnc is not necessarily the storm hitting tampa. we basically started here. putting on a convention, celebrating a candidate trying to tell a story when you possibly have a major disaster going on

noticed that the line of thunderstorms is still moving through new orleans and baton rouge louisiana. a flash flood watch is in effect until 11:00 could >> >> stay with kron 4 as we continue to track the tropical depression isaac. >>pam: we're learning more about the man accused of opening fire in the movie theater in colorado. calls was in court today and still is not entered a plea. this happened at the showing of a batman movie and color on it. >> a firefighter is a 14 year veteran and severed by heart attack during the fire. dalian as has the latest bid dollar and >> doctors said that his acquittal will -- critical but stable condition. >> doctors say that the firefighters suffered from a severe are attack after coming out of the fire. >> i'm sure your hard to wipe out to him and his family right now. >> this is a tough day for all this. this is a tough day for the city. the lead >> it took him and his fellow firefighters to put out a large fire. >> there toting heavy equipment and they're working in high stress job it and then at the end of this are to come down, they have all of

new orleans starting to get a break from the heaviest rains moving through baton rouge and up into mississippi. right now, this tropical storm is only moving at 4 miles an hour, and it's tracking up to the north. still going to be a tropical storm, 45-mile an hour winds tomorrow morning. it will turn into a tropical depression as we head into thursday, as it pushes up through the northern part of louisiana. it's going to bring heavy rains through louisiana, mississippi, and to the north. >>> isaac is significantly weaker than hurricane katrina was. it is a beat eerie that katrina landed seven years ago today. however, isaac is still drmgs and destructive as -- dangerous and destructive. isaac swept through the gulf coast wednesday. dozens of people who didn't follow evacuation orders had to be rescued. >> we had nowhere to go. >> reporter: hundreds of thousands of people in the region are without power, and isaac keeps churning across the region, dumping rainfall, disaster striking twice for those who also went through katrina. >> i didn't think it'd happen again. i got two trucks, a motor hom

well, if you're watching us on news 33 in baton rouge, louisiana, see the mysterious trees and one of a kind images at uniquely louisiana at the lsu museum of art. that's your "early today." >> thanks very much. here's a look at the early mornings in headlines. well, tom cruise and katie holmes are officially single. a judge signed off on the divorce on monday and 6-year-old daughter suri will live primarily with holmes in new york with generous visitation by cruise. i'm not saying anything, it was fast. >>> kelly ripa has settled on former new york giants defensive end michael strahan as co-host on "live with kelly." >> i never saw them together. >> we'll have to see. >>> "boston herald" reports along with connor kennedy, taylor swift crashed a kennedy family wedding in boston over the weekend and the couple would not leave despite her asking them to twice. strange, right? >> yes. >>> finally, she's back. lindsay lohan is once again mixed up with stolen jewelry. she was questioned by police monday about an alleged theft at a house party. she slipped over to the home sunday night and

rouge. the source of the flames was a tanker damaged in a multivehicle accident. firefighters set up a controlled burn to get rid of the leaking gas from the tanker. nearby homes were temporarily evacuated. >>> a woman in boston fell off a subway platform. she was carrying a child. the mother was running for a train on the opposite side of the station when she slipped on to the tracks with her baby in her arms. a bystander hopped off the platform and helped her to safety. the woman and her 4-year-old had no visible injuries. they were taken to the hospital as a precaution. >>> circumstance desola. we are getting a look at the show as it gets set to kickoff. is your child going to college and not sure what they want to study? what college majors come with the biggest paycheck . >>> the music, lights, high ac returning to baltimore for a weekend of entertainment and it's meant to thrill all ages. char lie got the behind the scenes tour and ran into one of the showe talented stars. >> reporter:

rouge in the heart of the strongest storms heaviest rain that's why we are seeing flooding develop. going to spin tomorrow moving through louisiana better part of friday raining on parched arblg saw. >>> in san jose, firefighters made the -- arkansas. >>> in san jose firefighters made the decision to let a business burn to the ground. >> reporter: firefighters back on the scene two minutes ago, they are here to put out a hot spot about the size of a campfire burning in the middle of what was 11 hours ago a 10,000 square foot summer winds nursery. it is all gone, firefighters let this nursery burn rather than have to deal with the chemicals inside the pesticides and the fertilizer they decided it was better to let it burn out then let chemicals combine with the water from the fire hoses and have it run out. when firefighters arrived midnight, the 50-year-old nursery was engulfed in flames. these pictures from a firefighter show what firefighters were up against. >> it was determined at the time the priority was to let it burn off that would create less of a hazard than dumbing thousa

by this afternoon, 1:00, maybe west of baton rouge, lafayette somewhere in that range with winds down to 75. then it turns into a tropical storm as it heads north over the next day or two. some of that moisture could be here sunday. rain totals, the white areas ten plus. locally 15 or more. so southern mississippi, southeast louisiana flooding is going to be a big problem as well from this storm. around here, a beautiful day. really it's very pleasant out there. temperatures at the bus stop this morning will be in the low 60s to low 70s. sunrise coming up in about 18 minutes. and a sunny, dry day, a perfect day actually. 81 by noon. have lunch outside, recess, going to be great for the kids. then this afternoon 4:00 our high for the day 85. if you have plans tonight, nice outside. a long walk after dinner, temps in the upper 70s. we've got 59 now in lovettsville and northern loudoun county. sterling 65. 63 for vienna. 66 in alexandria this morning with upper marlboro at 65. laurel also 65 degrees. check out this pretty shot of the sky this morning. looking south out of tysons corner o

you're in baton rouge, right? >> yes. >> jimmy: what do you do for fun there in baton rouge? >> everything. >> party. >> jimmy: you do a lot of partying? >> yes. >> jimmy: okay. hard core or birthday partying? what's going on there? >> hard core. >> jimmy: okay. >> yeah, tigerland, we're just like a street of bars that we go to. >> jimmy: your parents will be delighted. laugh [ laughter ] all right, well the rules of this game are simple. first of all, say hello to each other. victoria and allie, say hello to hannah and chelsea. >> hi! >> jimmy: oh. okay, there we go, all right. thought they were giving them the cold shoulder. [ laughter ] this is a scavenger hunt. i'm going to ask you to find or do something and you will find or do it, okay? >> okay. >> jimmy: are you ready to play? >> yeah. >> jimmy: round one. i would like you to bring back a condiment. one team is running to the -- oh, okay. what do you have there? hannah and chelsea, what is in your hand? >> mustard. >> jimmy: mustard is, indeed, a condiment. victoria and ali. hannah and chelsea, you got it faster, you w

rouge in the heart of the strongest storms heaviest rain that's why we are seeing flooding develop. going to spin tomorrow moving through louisiana better part of friday raining on parched arblg saw. >>> in san jose, firefighters made the -- arkansas. >>> in san jose firefighters made the decision to let a business burn to the ground. >> reporter: firefighters back on the scene two minutes ago, they are here to put out a hot spot about the size of a campfire burning in the middle of what was 11 hours ago a 10,000 square foot summer winds nursery. it is all gone, firefighters let this nursery burn rather than have to deal with the chemicals inside the pesticides and the fertilizer they decided it was better to let it burn out then let chemicals combine with the water from the fire hoses and have it run out. when firefighters arrived midnight, the 50-year-old nursery was engulfed in flames. these pictures from a firefighter show what firefighters were up against. >> it was determined at the time the priority was to let it burn off that would create less of a hazard than dumbing thousa

he'll be coming out very shortly, and this is out of baton rouge, louisiana. he will be making remarks about the various places and how the parishes are holding up, and how new orleans is holding up and cle clearly some of the rescue efforts and the precautions that the state is taking place now as they prepare to continue to be pounded by hurricane issac. we will have more after the quick break. >>> we are awaiting louisiana governor bobby jindal to give us an update on what is taking place out of his state, and some of the precautions and the rescue efforts as well. we are also take a look at the affiliate, and this is rescue that is taking place, a boat, and i understand that we just lost that picture, but we're going to actually get back to that as soon as we can. we have real damage. there's been also some pretty amazing rescues here. i want you to take a look. is is a rescue, talked about coming from a boat, and that a family was actually lifted from their attic. watch. >> how high is it back there? how gh ishe water? >> well, maybe 16 feet. >> how many

he'll be coming out very shortly, and this is out of baton rouge, louisiana. he will be making remarks about the various places and how the parishes are holding up, and how new orleans is holding up and cle clearly some of the rescue efforts and the precautions that the state is taking place now as they prepare to continue to be pounded by hurricane issac. we will have more after the quick break. >>> we are awaiting louisiana governor bobby jindal to give us an update on what is taking place out of his state, and some of the precautions and the rescue efforts as well. we are also take a look at the affiliate, and this is rescue that is taking place, a boat, and i understand that we just lost that picture, but we're going to actually get back to that as soon as we can. we have real damage. there's been also some pretty amazing rescues here. i want you to take a look. this is a rescue, talked about coming from a boat, and that a family was actually lifted from their attic. watch. >> how high is it back there? how high is the water? >> well, maybe 16 feet. >> how

winds no bargain, either, still gusting to 52 in new orleans, 39 mile-per-hour wind in baton rouge, 20 in jackson and 39 mile-per-hour wind in lake charles and 55 west of morgan city. so it's still a high end tropical storm. for us live look outside, our live weather cam on our tower looking south and east, fantastic brought to you by michael and son, 84, dew points in the 50s. that means good player, open the windows tonight. winds -- hair, op the windows tonight, currently temperatures fantastic, pleasantly warm, 83 in great falls, 81 in vienna, 82 bethesda, 83 college park and 81 in bowie. so great night for football, maybe a light jacket at the game. give the ac a rest, warmer thursday, a hot finish to the week, still not terribly humid even on friday. tonight clear, cooler, open the windows. lows in the upper 50s in the burbs, upper 60s downtown. tomorrow morning we're looking at sunshine and a nice start. look at the lows even inside the beltway tonight comfortable, 68 in arlington and downtown, but 60 in gaithersburg, 61 reston and fairfax and maybe even 59 out in leesburg. next

let's go to baton rouge, louisiana. louisiana governor bobby jindal is about to take to the microphones because of the concern along the gulf coast states is that tropical storm isaac may become hurricane isaac. let's listen in. >> whatever they made need in the evolcano of an evacuation. we're encouraging our people to stay alert and follow what local officials are telling them. with every storm, we hope for the bev as we prepare for the worst. that's why we're taking a number of steps to protect our people and property that i'll outline now. we have issued a state declaration of emergency for the storm. i'll tell you about the parishes that have done so as well. also, secondly, i am now calling on and we are in contact with local officials, calling on folks who live in low-lying areas in the 15 parishes that are in a hurricane watch area in louisiana to go ahead and stor voluntary evacuations today. those are folks in the 15 parishes identified by the national weather service. that's ore liens, st. bernard, plaquemine

dusk to dawn curfews remain in effect from new orleans to baton rouge. new orleans' mayor says the city's levees and pumps have held up to their first big challenge since katrina. the biggest problem, there are downed power lines, scattered tree limbs and minor flooding. meteorologist topper shutt is tracking isaac's slow path. he's in the weather center right now. >> it is a tropical depression now, so winds not so much a factor. it's going to be the water that will tell the tale the next couple days. now we'll look at radar. still plenty of bands of showers and storms now hammering northern louisiana, a good portion of the mississippi beginning to spill into arkansas as well. it's got winds of 35 miles per hour. it's moving off to the north, northwest at about 12 and it's about 35 miles west, northwest of monroe, louisiana. so again a tropical depression, but has plenty of moisture left. so we're still talking about heavy rains tonight over northern louisiana and heavy rains tomorrow over arkansas, pretty much the entire day. we do have a wind gust of

so the latest thinking is that all of the gulf south, up into baton rouge, all the way across new orleans and into south mississippi, and lower alabama, rain for the next 36 to 40 hours. this storm is creeping along. they say we can expect wind gusts in excess of 80 miles an hour here. and in the high-rises in the central business district in downtown new orleans, they can expect category 2 hurricane-force winds. that could do some significant damage. there's power outages to about 80,000 people in louisiana at last check. they're expecting that number to rise significantly. the power department is doing all they can. we have scattered reports of poles down and trees down. sean, about what you would expect from a category 1. we'll keep you updated throughout the night. >> sean: all right, shep. once again, the people in the gulf coast, new orleans in particular, in our thoughts and prayers. we have plenty more coming up from the republican national convention tonight. we'll check in governors john kasich and scott walker. plus still ahead tonight, rick santorum, ann romney, and of course

then maybe head even between baton rouge and lafayette, louisiana as it moves up toward north central alexandria, maybe shreveport here as we get into late tonight, tomorrow morning as a tropical depression and what's left of it passing through st. louis as we get toward saturday ght, sunday morning. we may see some of the moisture from this around here as we get toward late sunday labor day. so we'll be watching that. today not much to tell you except it's really nice locally. at the bus stop this morning clear and pleasant. low 60s to low 70s. our sunrise at 7:35. looking at the day planner, we're expecting a gorgeous day. 81 by noon. 84 at 5:00 p.m. sunrise by the way happens at 6:35 but sets at about 7:42. temperatures down to 60 in lovettsville. it's 68 in sterling. andrews we've got 69. upper marlboro and laurel it's 65 along with college park and here in washington under clear to partly cloudy skies. temperatures 70. dew point 61. that's a lot less than yesterday morning when it was up toward 70. so the humidity 73%. we've got some areas of dew, especially south and southeast o

let's go to baton rouge, louisiana. louisiana governor bobby jindal is about to take to the microphones because of the concern along the gulf coast states is that tropical storm isaac may become hurricane isaac. let's listen in. >> whatever they made need in the evolcano of an evacuation. we're encouraging our people to stay alert and follow what local officials are telling them. with every storm, we hope for the bev as we prepare for the wors that's why we're taking a number of steps to protect our people and property that i'll outline now. we have issued a state declaration of emergency for the storm. i'll tell you about the parishes that have done so as well. also, secondly, i am now calling on and we are in contact with local officials, calling on folks who live in low-lying areas in the 15 parishes that are in a hurricane watch area in louisiana to go ahead and stor voluntary evacuations today. those are folks in the 15 parishes identified by the national weather service. that's ore liens, st. bernard, plaquemines,

it is 30 miles south of baton rouge now and 60 miles west of new orleans. that's pretty much where it was at 6:00. so it's officially moving northwest at 5 miles an hour. it's all but stationary for all intents and purposes and inland flooding will be a big deal. so what is next? we believe that in 24 hours it may still be in louisiana. we may still be talking about it very close to the arkansas border tomorrow night. so all those heavy bands continue close enough to the gulf of mexico to pull up more tropical moisture. where does it go beyond louisiana if it's out of the state in 24 hours? looks like it's going right up through arkansas, then into missouri and curving all the way over so that even ohio, pennsylvania, west virginia and eventually we will get some of isaac's rain. check out some of the estimates. these are the rain totals we're seeing. we had a 9.3 in audubon park, 18.53 in gretna. when we sample radar you can see the pinks and purples. that's where the mother load is. a lot of it is in the bucks. you've got 9 1/2 in by biloxi. -- biloxi. th