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Compete and remain viable. in a moment, ill talk to the new president of florida agricultural and mechanical university, better known as famu. first, though, we continue our series on hbcus at a look at how famu and other schools are turning to two strategies specifically, specialization and internationalization. >> almost this entire room is made up of the laser. you have your pump system here. this is our oscillator. >> when stacy brown talks about science, you can almost hear the excitement i...

We were watching him interact. they werent frightened of him in any way. >> along with his unique relationship with the birds, rasha had a unique living situation, as well. he lived on his own, away from the other inmates. >> he had this unique situation. he lived in this little shack on the prison grounds. he didnt have to dwell on the dorms or cells. his whole job was to take care of the pump system at the prison. >> translator: this machine sometimes breaks down in this place. the other one c...

Relationship with the birds, rasha had a unique living situation, as well. he lived on his own, away from the other inmates. >> he had this unique situation. he lived in this little shack on the prison grounds. he didnt have to dwell on the dorms or cells. his whole job was to take care of the pump system at the prison. >> translator: this machine sometimes breaks down in this place. the other one can break down, too, when theres a lot of rain and mud. thats why i keep watch here. >> the fact th...

Caipirinha. >> that sounds great. sounds great. >> breakfast of champions. this next one, anyone who sort of like, you know, washed their socks in the shower or underwear in the shower -- >> desperate. on vacation? >> you will understand this. a shower that washes you and your clothes at the same time. >> interesting. >> yes, an inventor has come up with a combined washing machine/shower. called wash-it. and it allows users to give their clothes a good soaking while they take one themselves. i...

That has been flooded. you can see there are plenty of cars there and theres a vehicle in the distance looking for some of those residents that have been trapped. rescue crews pulled about 45 people from their homes here overnight. this mornings about another 40 from the old towne area near. 100 people pulled from their homes overnight. the police chief tells us theyre hoping to reach another 20 or so. here in slidell, some places have seen up to four feet of floodwaters. we should be clear this...

1800 lives with it. the priority for new orleans at this point in time is the pump system. we have been getting about three to four inches of rain a minute. the pump system which was fortified after katrina with the help of the army corps of engineers, $15 billion project, it wasnt just the levees they focused on, they focused on the pump system. the pump system cannot keep up with this amount of rain that isaac is dumping on this city. that is the focus right now. part two of the focus are thos...

Welcome back to "news nation." weve got new details in as the governor of louisiana, bobby jindal has just taken a tour with fema chief craig fugate. 5,000 people in shelters right now. hundreds of thousands still without power. theyre assessing the decision to make a decision on the levee if to intentionally breach the levee. the army corps of engineers would be involved in this. this levee we are focusing so heavily on where people where maybe as many as 50 to 100 trapped in their homes is not...

Would be the best thing to happen to new orleans. that would give them some time to get some of this water out. the pump system can only remove about an inch of water an hour. were looking at three to four inches an hour. as i said yesterday, i dont have to do the math for you. you know what that means. right now im on the famous bourbon street area. french quarter. bourbon street just a short ways away. we were up last night watching this storm. and it literally just laid its hand over this reg...

Places they thought might be safer, have headed that way. we have a new threat to report. just getting this in. tornado warnings in effect for waveland, louisiana. there are tornado warnings in effect for a great portion of this area, northeastern orleans parish, in southeast louisiana, southeastern louisiana also on the list. southern mississippi, im just getting this information in. we are talking about the threat of the high winds, of course, the threat of flooding and now were talking about ...

The news nation is following two big stories right now. in less than 24 hours isaac, which was just upgraded to a category 1 hurricane, is expected to slam into the louisiana gulf coast with flooding rains and damaging winds. meantime, the delayed republican national convention is minutes away from starting for the day. it began with the official role call of the states to nominate mitt romney for president. good day to everyone there. im tamron hall live in new orleans. right now we are watchin...