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Jon: a behind-the-scenes look of the republican convention courtesy of twitter. the story behind this. governor romney looking on as his wife spoke. that is ahead. also, we are tracking a slow moving here in jan hurricane isaac, already doing a billion dollars worth of damage. those are the estimates. the flooding is trapping people the flooding is trapping people in their homes. the woods yet. you give us your information once, online... [ whirring and beeping ] [ ding! ] and we give you a disc...

Before, theyve learned their lesson, they built a brick house this time around. they are hoping they will be safe. their watermelon crop this year is pretty much done for. jenna: we are lucky to get perspective from their home. jon: lets get steve some scuba gear for the next shot. jenna: thats for sure. janice dean is standing by with us as well. what is next? >> reporter: do not try that at home, a disclaimer. jenna: only steve harrigan. >> reporter: war zones, absolutely, only steve harrigan....

Humvees, the national guard cant get through with vehicles so they have to take rescue boat teams to get people out. getting from one place to another really complicated, going to get more complicated. these peoples yards are already underwater. most of these houses were destroyed in katrina seven years ago, theyve been rebuilt and tougher, people here out on their porch watching, wondering if this water will wipe them out again seven years later. bill back to you. bill: was it that way last nig...

And when its always said and done some isolated spots could see 20 inches of rainfall. the rain isnt the problem by itself, its the flooding that it produces, both flash flooding and river flooding down the road. martha: the conditions look like it will be allowed to sit over his area for some time. it doesnt look like there is anything forcing it up and over land anytime soon. >> it will take into tomorrow night and early friday morning for the center of circulation to leave the state of louisi...

Keeps up, it will keep getting worse. there are concerns not only along the coast, but, inland, too, with rivers flood asking flash flooding. that is why officials are saying it is not just a coastal problem in mississippi but a state-wide storm. >>shepard: thank you, steve. the pictures you paint while telling stories from the road, whether it is overseas or in my state are amazing. thank you very much for doing so. mississippi will need a lot of help again. it will go right up that state and f...

The storm surge and the rain -- mobile has its own flooding. its not like we are not prepared for such an event that could happen. we have everything in the state and county level. they were totally prepared to respond and assist. jon: how would you compare it to what happened during katrina seven years ago? >> its difficult to make that comparison. it is a very large storm, as you know, and alabama did receive some damage in mobile and other counties. 600 guardsmen were in south alabama. they p...

This is orange beach, were just off to the east of gulf shores. and high tides a few hours away but the water is way past where it should be at high tide. this is a nice, long beach. were losing beach to the erosion from the water. also the wind has blown a lot of sand and you can see all the seaweed now. buildings here are fine, power on. let me show the radar, its a slow-moving isaac. still an 80-mile-an-hour hurricane. now that the center has made a second landfall and the entire center is ov...

Corps of engineers. they are confident if the forecast hold that their system will perform as intended. but we also have to keep in mind that there is going to be rainfall, potentially heavy within that system and there still could be flooding because of the freshwater components. martha: it sounds like the dump of rainfall that will come across the land once it hits. >> this will move over inland states. they will get rainfall and the river flooding. not just the flash flooding immediately. but...

Capable of pushing the ocean water toward the coastline. thats why we still think 6 to 12 feet of storm surge flooding aboveground level could happen in coastal areas of mississippi and southeastern louisiana. then the large slow-moving storm will dump a lot of rain that will take up to a couple of days for it to pass by the location from the time the rain starts to the time the rain ends. we could see up to 20 inches in localized spots out of this to cause serious flooding concerns. flash flood...

Money is going to either convention. in the peen time there is the national debt it keeps going up. members of congress who are very aware of us that our money is being used for convention want to limb or get rid of the federal subsidies for these political conventions but they havent been successful as of late. just know youre paying a little bit for what youre seeing. in the meantime we want to turn to what is going on in florida right now. the storm, tropical storm isaac has certainly come as...