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arkansas. the storm now just a tropical depression but it is expected to bring rain to the nations midsection and the mid-atlantic for days. meantime, rescues continue throughout southeast louisiana thursday of people who were flooded out of their homes. morning a million homes an businesses remain without power. one bright spot though. the airport in new orleans is set to reopen today. clean-up under way there. good morning. im sarah simmons. >> im wisdom martin. welcome to fox 5 morn...

>> im wisdom martin. -- take a live look outside at the bridge. the bridge. >> reporter: last night, it was brise, rocking, a very big night no mitt romney as he promised delegates and country he was ready to restore america. >> mr. chairman and delegates, you accept your nomination for president of the united states. >> reporter: it is official, mitt romney becomes the gops presidential candidate and is greeted by a raucous and receptive crowd as he shares personal aanecdotes. >> he h...

foot of rain on thursday. morning a million homes and businesses in the gulf coast are without power. >> good morning. im sarah simmons. >> im wisdom martin. welcome to fox 5 morning news. time to get a quick check on the weather with tucker barnes. >> good morning. we are off to a warm, somewhat humid start here in the washington area but we are nice and quiet. hope you get a chance to see the full moon which is still out there. other than that, very quiet in the skies this morning. g...

while some parts of the country are dealing with the remnants of isaac, here sunshine. this is thursday, august 30th, 2012. good morning, everybody. im tony perkins. >> im allison seymour. and we continue to track tropical storm isaac as it slowly moves in bringing heavy rains and strong winds. in louisiana, thousands of people are being evacuated from saint john the baptist parish because of major flooding. the national guard has been working with sheriffs deputies to rescue people wh...

evacuate the area because of the flooding. >> in nearby plaquemines parish, equipment is being brought in to cut a hole in one of the levees to relieve some pressure. isaac spawned a destructive tornado in mississippi leaving several buildings destroyed. the storm also brought down trees and power lines. good morning. im sarah simmons. >> im wisdom martin. welcome to fox 5 morning news. we have a lot to talk about this morning. time to get a quick check on the weather with tucker barne...

overturned tanker truck. well continue to follow that and check in with julie for its impact on traffic. im sarah simmons. >> im wisdom martin. welcome to fox 5 morning news. tropical storm isaac is weakening but it is still wreaking havoc along the gulf coast because it is a slow- moving storm. thousands ever people in plaquemines parish and st. onthe baptist parish have been forced to evacuate because of the flooding. in plaquemines parish, officials intend to intentionally puncture ...

im sarah simmons. >> im wisdom martin. welcome to fox 5 morning news. lets bring in tucker barnes. >> first, before we get to tucker, tropical storm isaac may be weakening but it is still wreaking havoc in some areas along the gulf coast. parts of lieu lou have experienced major flooding. >> isaac has forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes and president obama has signed a disaster declaration for louisiana and mississippi. elizabeth prann has the latest. >> reporter: good m...

and get you caught up on honoring its hometown olympians. the county executive will hurricane isaac. it is slamming new orleans now present a medal to katie with 80-mile-per-hour winds, flooding does not seem to be ledecky who won the 800-meter too much of a problem in the crescent city at this time. but thats not the case to the three style event and scott parsons who completed in the south of the big easy. mens kayak event in london. >> thats right. both are from bethesda. water has ...

here. >> just looking at the latest updates. still a hurricane. lets go right to the radar and show what you is happening. you can see the eye of that hurricane just to the south of new orleans and maximum winds, 80 miles per hour. presently, it is not moving. that will be a major issue. as long as the storm kits there and spins, they will be talk about extremely heavy rain. you can see the rain shield there across southeast louisiana. that is the very latest with isaac. ill give you m...

hour with gusts to about 90. katrina was a category three hurricane. >> still eerie that it is happening the same day. >> still very strong. there is a live look at your radar. still a category one hurricane. maximum winds, 80 miles per hour. the storm is keeping its strength together and it is now moving. that is good news. an hour ago, it was stationary. see the darker yellows and even the reds you see over new orleans, that is an extremely heavy band of rain likely dumping a couple ...