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Over 80s. if it slows down its barely going to move once it makes landfall across louisiana. it will move very slowly over the next couple of days. this will be a prolonged event as far as the wind goes, the storm surge and the heavy rainfall so that is a big concern, about 48 hours of possible tropical storm force or hurricane conditions, bill. bill: thanks, maria. martha: lets go back to the white house where president obama is speaking now about the tropical storm. lets listen in. >> i just g...

New orleans where we are seeing the wind pick up and rough surf up there. the the gulf of mexico and coastal areas usually is very calm. you can see a lot of activity out there right now. the wind is not at tropical storm force but that likely will be increasing as we head into the next several hours and the storm continues to inch towards the coast. its moving very slowly at 7 miles per hour and is expected to remain a slow mover or the next several days. martha: 7 miles per hour, it has really...

Has a hurricane possibly? not there yet. we are also getting words moments ago that mississippi has just issued an order to close all the coastline casinos by 10:00am central time, that is 20 minutes from now due to that storm. well give you an update on all that of in a moment. martha: another storm, our count throws ballooning debt is taking center stage at tonights republican convention. senator brasso joins us in a moment on that.

Hanging out there in colorado, and that was really -- thats where his mind was. martha: it wasnt clear at that point that thats where he was headed. bill: blew out his knee sent him back to wisconsin. martha: thats when he stuck his nose in the economic books and would he find him here today. bill: his mom was war worried about his future. martha: you look back in the course of history, to be 42 is a grown man by anyone always estimation. only in this day and age does that seem very young. bill:...

Expected to make landfall. we have a live update coming moment away from the national hurricane center on exactly how powerful this storm is expected to be when it smashes into the gulf coast. bill: ann romney will be center stage at the convention later tonight. shell be in tampa in a matter of minutes. how is she getting ready for the big night. hes spontaneous and he has a great sense of humor. but these are serious issues hes talking about and this is a serious race and these are serious tim...

Mandatory evacuation orders are in effect in that area. meteorologist maria molina is live in the fox extreme weather center with the latest look at all this. hey, maria. >> good morning, everyone. we are anxiously awaiting the national hurricane centers 11:00am update, that is eastern time of course on tropical storm isaac. so still expected to be a tropical storm, or it still is a tropical storm right now. we want to zoom into the storm system. i want to show you that the system is continuing ...

Flooding will be a major concern not just around the coastal areas but even further inland. if you take a look at the cone as we head into wednesday afternoon still near the coast of louisiana, by thursday early morning hours just over louisiana. typically we see storms come in and out a little bit quicker than this. this is going to be a long wind event with heavy rainfall, again 20 inches of rain. the storm surge is a big deal as well, anywhere between 6 to 12 feet above normal ti tkerbg ide l...

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