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[ applause ] >> reporter: a special moment for heath mullens as he accepts an award for bravery and courage. how do you feel now receiving this award? >> i'm ready. kind of a little humbled. >> reporter: humility, one of his many characteristics. call him courageous. a strong storm packed with a microburst, winds up to 80 miles per hour caused this spotsylvania gym to cave in with cheerleaders, coaches, and parents inside. >> this man made sure everybody was safe before himself. >> reporter: heath rescued kids, seconds later a wall ll on him, breaking his leg, back, and wrist. why di...

so we're watching all of this. but new orleans has been dealing with a lot of the weather this morning. we're going to bigaz -- bigad shaban. >> reporter: the storm continues to soak coastal louisiana. here in the state of mississippi, it also send a storm surge up to 12 feet high causing severe flooding in communities not far from here. neighbors stood in bunches huddled together in the wind and rain waiting to be rescued. it was just before noon when isaac's high winds pushed a tidal surge of water into a town 30 miles west of new orleans. the flooding caught nearly everyone after ...

still a category 1 hurricane. this is the latest on isaac. this just came in a couple of minutes ago. maintain category 1 strength throughout much of the day today with 80-mile-an-hour winds and then becomes a tropical storm by tomorrow it's going to be turning into a tropical low. and that low tracks on up toward the great lakes and takes a turn to the right. heads over toward us by the end of the weekend and for labor d y day. this morning, clear start, low humidity. gorgeous morning under way. temperatures around the region, 60s around the metro area to 50s out in the mountains. 7...

real leaders change polls. and ann romney's star turn in the spotlight. welcome to the stage with thunderous cheers, as her sons wipe away tears. >> this man will not let us down. this man will lift up america. >> we are live covering both big stories right now. look at the rain, the winds, as we come on the air right now. hurricane isaac has stalled over new orleans. and we're getting up-to-the-minute information on that storm. and george is there in tampa, covering the gop convention, which had to be delayed a day because of isaac. george? >> and the hurricane still top of mind...

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 that's not the case to the three style event and scott parsons who completed in the south of the big easy. men's kayak event in london. >> that's right. both are from bethesda. water has reportedly overtopped three other olympians from an 18-mile stretch of a levee montgomery county ...