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outsued right now on august 28th at the washington monument as we get things started. a lot to talk b lots of plirk to talk about. the republican national convention as we as what is happening on the gulf and in new orleans with the storm. -- a lot to talk about. lots of politics to talk about. >> the storm made landfall near the mouth of the mississippi river just before 7:00 last night. this is a first major test of new orleans new levee system since hurricane katrina struck seven ye...

minutes. >> first tucker barnes has whats going on in our area at 7:00. >> good morning. lets get right to isaac quickly with the latest. its still a tropical storm. trying to develop an eye there. notice on the north side of the storm, the eye feature trying to develop there. you can see it go and then disappear. if that can get going, this storm will likely intensify into a strong category hurricane before making landfall as mentioned in about 12 to 24 hours time so conditions of ver...

the sun is not up yet. it has been all summer long. sun gets up early and now it is coming up later. good morning. im sarah simmons im wisdom martin. tropical storm isaac is expected to make lapped fall somewhere on the gulf coast later tonight or early wednesday possibly as a category two hurricane packing winds around 100 miles per hour. >> as we just mentioned, new orleans is in its path right now and isaac could strike seven years to the day the city was hit by hurricane katrina. t...

makes landfall sometime later today or early tomorrow. there are mandatory evacuations to people living in low-lying areas outside of the levee system. good morning. im sarah simmons. >> im wisdom martin. welcome to fox 5 morning news. time to see what is happening here in the weather as well as with the hurricane. >> the pressure continues to fall with isaac and well get you a further update here momentarily. still a strong tropical storm moving very slowly t will be a big rainmaker...

miles per hour as we go back to vipir, we can take a look at isaac and show you that the forward speed is just 12 miles per hour. it will be a slow mover. it will churn there in the northern gulf right into the city of new orleans over the next couple of days and they will get unbelievable amounts of rain. they are forecasting 7 to 14 inches of rain. i think flooding will become a big issue. a six-foot storm surge. six to 12 feet with the storm surge. still likely to become a hurricane...

the storm, isaac, that is what were talking about. weve got a lot to talk about as we always do as we start off the week. good morning to you. im wisdom martin. >> im sarah simmons. thank you for watching. mississippi has declared a state of federal emergency management agency. the governors of florida and alabama have canceled their trips to the republican national convention as their states prepare for the storm. some coastal residents in alabama have been told to evacuate as a. long...

be taking aim at the gulf coast and at the republican national convention in tampa. organizers there are juggling the schedule to adjust for the storm. well have updates throughout the morning on that as well. good morning. im sarah simmons. >> im wisdom martin. welcome to fox 5 morning news. time to talk to tucker barnes about what is happening with isaac and in our area. >> maximum winds, still 65 miles per hour. it is likely to intensify. >> what is today like? >> lets do local weat...

were checking out the view in can he west florida where tropical storm isaac has dumped lots of rain. isaac is expected to possibly grow into a category two hurricane. it ripped apart thousanded of tents still serving as shelter for earthquake victims. two died in the dominican republic. >> it looks like the center could go right through new orleans in a couple of days time. have to watch out. >> maximum winds, 56 miles per hour. well give you an update. you can see ...

makeshift huts could be devastating. >> the storm wont reach hurricane strength until it gets closer to the dominican republic. a lot to get ready for down there. im sarah simmons. >> im wisdom martin. welcome to fox 5 morning news. time to get a quick check on what is happening in our area as far as weather is concerned. good morning to you, tucker. >> should be a nice-looking friday with sunshine, high temperatures just like yesterday, upper 80s to about 90. a nice quiet start to you...

>> starting off nicely. >> im wisdom martin, tony is off for the week. >> im alison seymour. also here is tucker barnes. hes back with us. >> temperature-wise were doing fine. we have clouds across the area and its not going to be a perfectly sunny friday, but should be a dry friday. eventually high temperatures will top out into the 80s. good looking start to the weekend. i wish saturday and sunday would turn out as nice. im afraid they wont. reagan national comfortable, 73 degrees. n...