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earlier i spoke with the escam bya county manager. >> we advise residents in the low-lying or have flooding problems when we have heavy rains to consider going to higher ground, maybe with friends or family members elsewhere in the county. just try to get people out of harm's way is the challenge right now. >> according to the national weather service, pensacola received 13 inches of rain just yesterday. forecasters say it could get another five to ten inches of rain tonight. and right now, out west, colorado firefighters are trying to get a handle on the high park wildfire. 14,000...

Rested its case, concluding by showing the jury an august 2008 interview with abc's "nightline" in which edwards lies about details of his affair including whether he's the father of his mistress' child. >> it showed him watching himself on the video. it was like eating a garlic sandwich. the jury's going to have a bad aftertaste for the next couple of days. >> reporter: and the breaking news right now is that the judge has dismissed the defense's motion to acquit, and so the trial will proceed on schedule. the jury scheduled to return to court on monday and listen to the defense as it brings ...

Up next, the defense. and it could call the mistress and baby momma to the stand. john edwards faces 30 years in prison on charges of using campaign cash to hide the mistress rielle hunter and their love child from the world. he claims he didn't know about the payments this was during his 2008 run for the white house when his wife elizabeth was battling breast cancer, the same cancer which eventually killed her. jonathan serrie is covering the trial for us in greensboro, north carolina. how did the prosecution wrap today, jonathan? >> it was interesting. they played an august 2008 nightline in...

>> anyway, it's been an absolutely horrific month for the president, politically, just politically. i'm sure he's had a wonderful summer. politically, a rough month. historically, is august a bad month for presidents? >> it is. august is arguably the most history filled month. hiroshima, world war i, katrina, nixon resigns. kuwait. >> the start of world war 1. >> yeah. the whole, i'm not sure what it is, just because it's hot or people are planning? the fall becomes season before the winter, it's hard to say. but, i think the president would like to go back to, i think he would like to go back...

Putting together a team whose job it is to root out any cases of fraud or manipulation in the oil markets that might affect gas prices. and that includes the role of traders and speculators. >> this is a cheap press release. let's be honest. this is not something that's going to address the issue. >> it's just part of the times. this is how it goes. it goes up, it goes down. >> well, we can hope it goes down. here are the latest averages to factor in your weekend travel plans. $3.85 a gallon for regular, $4.12 for premium. the key word there is "average." at least a half dozen states are payin...