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About 6 until it got a few miles off the coast and went up to 12 miles. it's done the reverse. came in fast to the gulf and now it's appeared to have slowed down. hopefully it will lose some of its energy as it moves north. but it's doing the reverse of what katrina, if you compared it to, but the impact on new orleans is going to be totally different levee system and storm protection system will give folks a lot of protection. but that will not prevent the amount of flooding that could happen in the city if we get any over topping of the levee in some places. and it won't help the folks on th...

Seeing soaking rainfall. two bands in particular. one that is just off to the west of mobile, alabama. and one that is hugging the louisiana/mississippi border. that's where the rain is heaviest and will continue to be most through the next 6 to 12 hours. going forward. getting to the end game. isaac will weaken. make a bit more in northwesterly progress, 24 hours. and swing, further northward, eastward. into the midwest. ohio valley. so missouri in particular going to see rainfall, some heavy rainfall, going a long way toward denting the drought. and localized flash flooding, too much of a go...

One that is just off to the west of mobile, alabama. and one that is hugging the louisiana/mississippi border. that's where the rain is heaviest and will continue to be most through the next 6 to 12 hours. going forward. getting to the end game. isaac will continue to weaken. make a bit more in northwesterly progress in the next 24 hours here. and swing, further northward, eastward. into the midwest. ohio valley. so missouri in particular going to see rainfall, some heavy rainfall, going a long way toward denting the drought. and localized flash flooding, too much of a good thing. >> thank you...

And now, 2 1/2 weeks away. >> i can't even believe it. i can't. >> it is almost time. >> i am incredibly unprepared for this child to come. >> well, you know, if you go into labor here on the show -- >> you showed me your move. >> i'm ready for you, girl. i'm ready for you. >> for all of our sakes. for everyone involved we're hoping -- >> good to have you back, you and the little one. >> thank you. of course, like you said, paula faris is on assignment, which brings me here. we have extensive coverage of isaac, now downgraded to a tropical storm. still stalled, saturating louisiana, forcing ...

We're still getting gusts to, to 65 miles an hour. >> the fact that this storm is moving so slowly would seem number-one concern, as you said, the amount of rainfall, the estimates we are hearing, 10 to 20 inches, what could that potentially mean for the city? >> one of the real concerns is making sure the pump stations continue to work. and the pump stations have all gotten backup power supplies in the aftermath of hurricane katrina. so that so far seems to be working. >> what is still being looked at closely in terms of waking up wednesday morning? >> we're looking at increases in wind speed...