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stronger winds are. winds officially reported at the airport of 54 miles an hour as of last hour, so were going to continue to see the heavy winds through the rest of the night tonight. now we took a bit of a tour. we got up early this morning, we heard about some damage just off to the south and east of new orleans, so we drove about 15 miles outside the city, actually about ten miles outside the city. take a look at what we saw. >> our tour took us just east of new orleans. the stree...

it is saturday, august 25th, 2012. everyone is tracking tropical storm isaac as it gains strength and comes closer to becoming a hurricane. winds have at clocked at 45 miles per hour, just shy of hurricane strength. today its expected to slam haiti and cuba, where rains could potentially cause deadly flooding and landslides. isaacs track has also shifted, putting the keys, southern florida, and possibly even tampa back in its sights. >> as the storm moves closer to the u.s., emergency ...

decrease in strength overnight, it is increasing in strength. theyre facing heavy downpours in haiti. thats tracking off to the north and west. latest track shows it heading across cuba through the rest of the day today and through tonight on the coast of cuba. right now it has 60-mile-per-hour winds and may become a category 1 hurricane perhaps by sunday morning when its going to be just to the east of key west, florida. and right near ft. myers, florida, by sunday midafternoon. by mo...

weather. gwen is down in the weather center good morning. >> good morning. we had a great started to weekend yesterday, plenty of sunshine not a lot of humidity which every pod diseems to like. -- everybody seems to like. things are changing we will show you where we hit yesterday. pretty close to where we should be. 1 to 3 degrees off the mark. 86 regan national, 84 dulles, this morning, currently 71 degrees regan, 68 dulles and 65 at baltimore, and not a bad start to the day, tempera...

here in the district. and it was all for a great cause. good evening, everyone. thanks for joining us, im matt acklin. we begin tonight in the district where a d.c. man remains in a coma after a brutal attack. it happened last night near eastern market. the man wasnt found until this morning on the front porch of a capitol hill home. fox 5s lauren demarco is live in the newsroom with more on this. >> a heartbreaking and frightening story. police are working to figure out a motive as an...

standing room only crowd at the showplace arena. thousands of students and parents attended the prince georgia countys back to school fair. many were eager for monday. whats going to be your favorite thing at school? >> my teacher. >> reporter: really? you like your teacher? >> reporter: the early birds got free backpacks full of school supplies. others not so lucky. >> we came for the backpacks, theyre gone. >> reporter: bags or no bags, students were jumping for joy and seemed ready ...

>> thanks, chuck. this morning, police are trying to figure out who beat up a man and left him unconscious outside of capitol hill. what have we learned this morning? >> reporter: not a whole lot. this is a typically bustling weekend scene here around eastern market. but yesterday morning, about this time, it was the scene of a vast crime scene investigation. i want to show you the video of that scene. were told it was 8:30 yesterday when a man was found unconscious on the front porc...

quarter. if you remember banks, he was the talk of the town after missing several catches. he made up for it tonight and the redskins trailed 20-10 at the break. lets take a look at some other key stats from tonights game. and we start with the first team offense, griffin and the boys had trouble finding their rhythm. they managed 101 yards and five first downs. also only scored on a field goal. robert griffin, iii, in his first ever nfl game completed 49 yards and carried the ball thr...

immigration policy. the department of homeland security launched a new program today that would let some illegal immigrants obtain a work permit. the "deferred action for childhood arrivals" program offers a two-year reprieve from deportation. eligible applicants have to provide proof of identity and have been in the u.s. before their 16th birthday and cannot be older than 30 right now. also, there is a $465 application fee. critics say this policy will undercut the underemployed or un...

are you a brand new multimillionaire? the powerball jackpot was $253 million tonight and the numbers are coming up. its an honor to announce my running mate and the next vice president of the united states, paul ryan. >> mitt romney names his number two. good evening, im jim rosenfield. tonight the romney campaign is praising ryans credentials and the obama camp is on the attack. paul ryan is a 42-year-old congressman from wisconsin first elected in 1998. hes chairman of the house bu...