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>> dana: he is strong on that. politically, most of the americans agree with him on it. directly ahead. let me speak. president bush won -- this is your story. won 107 counties in 2004. that election. president obama goes back to his column in 2008. who is going to get that next time around? could be decisive. that is a question on election day. 107 counties is what it comes down to. on that story when we come back. ♪ atmix of energies.ve the world needs a broader thats why were supplying natu...

Not an all day washout just as the line mfs through it will cause some problems behind it much cooler air in front of it. little bit warmer and sticky again. 84 in philly. down to the south. rain showers across florida. tail end of another front looking like plenty of sunshine. temps not that bad as well. dallas 97. to the northern plains, this is where it is cold. snow this morning across minnesota and wisconsin. see that begin to taper off as the day warms up a little bit and see some rain sho...

More severe this afternoon after the day heats up. back behind us is where the coldest of the air is you see that white across parts of minnesota and wisconsin that is snow. we are talking first day of fall officially today. and we have some winter-like precipitation nag here across the rain. beautiful across the pacific northwest which they will take because of all the fires they have. temps going on today. still warm down to the south 107 in phoenix. try to tell them its fall. >> its really fa...

Why do you feel charter schools are in some ways better than your average public schools? >> i think charter schools create an environment of competition. >> cash competition. teachers at uno can earn $8,000 bonus if their students perform well, and they do. last year, 100% -- thats 107 students -- went on to college. here more of the teachers evaluation is based on standardized tests, 50%. and teachers dont belong to a union. whats the biggest difference between you and a union teacher? >> we a...

The emergency room, what a road well, from a camping trip to the emergency room, what a road to recovery for a 7-year-old colorado girl who came down with an illness that dates back to the middle ages. >> thanks to specialists at a denver pediatric hospital, her condition was quickly diagnosed as bubonic plague. abcs clayton sandell reports. >> reporter: little sierra jane downing is in the hospital recovering from the fight of her life. >> can you get up and walk? >> yeah. i already did a lit...

Bad. i mean, 88° in atlanta, you are used to it, from the south and you know, hot weather but you factor in the humidity and it is going to feel even worse, just a muggy day with showers and storms, that will be possible, because of how hot it is, and, also, how humid. other wise, as you head westbound, phoenix, arizona, high temperatures into the triple digits, 107 degrees, and a warm one in los angeles as well, with a high at 85 degrees and rainfall, parts of the hoe valley into the tennessee...

Championship series team and paid them $400,000 just to play big time pitt. >> alisyn: are you pretending to be distracted. >> dave: they paid them to lose. >> alisyn: are you pretending to be distracted. >> clayton: we have to go to maria more weather. >> it looks better than that game. 70s and low 80s, including new york city, high temperature 81 degrees, as we head west and south. and thats when well be seeing hot temperatures well into the triple digits across the state of oklahoma and also ...

In the gulf region that will be alabama, louisiana, as well as mississippi where people are without power right to you. were going to go to a break. well be right back with the latest information. we continue -- spent 107b billion investing designed to protect of the nations security. its fine. its not threatening and it is performing as designed and as built. you do this every morning? its the only way to get fresh coffee. not in my house! this new flavor lock pack from maxwell house helps seal...

And hurricane warnings extending across 280 miles across the gulf coast, why is the path especially ominous to new orleans? >> well, when you look at storm surge here, and we are expecting isaac to take a track that moves to the south and southwest of new orleans, that would bring the wind in from the east. that would pile up walter in the lake, that combined with rainfall, a six to nine-foot storm surge on top of a foot, maybe 20 inches locally of freshwater flooding, freshwater rainfall here. ...

Especially ominous to new orleans? >> well, when you look at storm surge here, and we are expecting isaac to take a track that moves to the south and southwest of new orleans, that would bring the wind in from the east. that would pile up walter in the lake, that combined with rainfall, a six to nine-foot storm surge on top of a foot, maybe 20 inches locally of freshwater flooding, freshwater rainfall here. this will certainly be the first time since katrina that the levees have really been test...