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Louisiana national guard a short time ago who told us that there is about 4600 troops that are deployed in and around the whole region. and a little more than 600 of them are in orleans parish. set up but command post is right in between the lower ninth ward and saint bernard parish where they have boats ready to go in case they have to make any kind of rescues. they have equipment available to help clear roadways and things like that as isaac continues to push its way closer and closer to south...

There with guns, were out. we just jumped on the rig and left. because you didnt want to just be a sitting target anywhere after that. >> meanwhile, frustrated l.a. police officers await orders to be deployed from their command post at 54th and arlington in south central. >> we were at the command post, and i dont remember how much longer it was, but these firemen were coming in and they were spent. they were soaking wet, covered in sweat. we were fresh as a daisy. any brother came in with his e...

Theyre friendly, often pose with tourists as they wait to get up there, but they are there, and its a constant presence, meant to be a deterrent. in fact, if this is a workplace type of shooting, probably wouldnt have the same effect. >> yeah, there is a heavy police presence from the new york police department as well as the private security that works inside the empire state building. were hearing that two different law officials say a recently fired store workers is the alleged gunman. we are...

services when authorities say an army veteran named wade michael page appeared, took out a 9 millimeter pistol and opened fire. this is a facebook picture of him. a swastika in the background. its neither the only photo of him striking a racist pose. nor the only hint of his apparently long-held white supremacist beliefs. the latest to pin down any and all hate group connections he may have had. president obama reacted to that possibility. >> i think the american people immediately rec...

names. they were members of the sikh temple. wade michael page appeared, took out a nine millimeter pistol and opened fire. this is a facebook picture of him. yes, that is a swastika of him. tonight the latest on efforts to pin down any and all hate group connections he may have had. earlier today, president obama reacted to that possibility. >> i think the american people imdiately recoil against those kinds of attitudes. and i think it will be very important for us to reaffirm once a...

community here in oak creek, wisconsin. at a temple preparing for sunday services when authorities say an army veteran named wade michael page appeared, took out a 9 millimeter pistol and opened fire. this is a facebook picture of him. a swastika in the background. its neither the only photo of him striking a racist pose. nor the only hint of his apparently long-held white supremacist beliefs. tonight the latest in efforts to pin down any and all hate group connections he may have had....

wade michael page appeared, took out a nine millimeter pistol and opened fire. this is a facebook picture of him. yes, that is a swastika of him. tonight the latest on efforts to pin down any and all hate group connections he may have had. earlier today, president obama reacted to that possibility. >> i think the american people immediately recoil against those kinds of attitudes. and i think it will be very important for us to reaffirm once again that in this country regardless of wha...

>> i cant at this particular time confirm the identity because of some of the investigation thats going on. obviously we know who the shooter is, but we have investigators following up on tips right now and until i know that anything that i would give out regarding his identity wouldnt yep dies anything theyre doing, im not going to confirm his identity. we do know some information about the individuals background, though. >> brian: what can you tell us about his background? >> we do know he was...

They have the situation contained. >> a couple of things we have been able to learn. this command post is not as close it is a appears in the pictures. we dont want to be caught off guard by saying the scene is completely calm. this is where we are expecting the next news conference scheduled for 1:30 p.m. local time. it could pop up any moment while you and i are talking about the scene. it is a ways away from and now you see the camera zooming in to give us a closer picture of where the ambula...

major spike in cases of west nile virus. health officials say it is the biggest rise since 2004. so far weve seen 240 cases across the country with four deaths. the cdc says the cases have been in texas, mississippi and oklahoma. august is traditionally the peek month for wes nile. the virus is carried by mosquitos. to colorado now, where the university of colorado has hired an independent investigator to probe the schools handling of colorado theater shooting suspect james holmes. hol...