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evocative. it was dark. there is still power out to almost half a million. there's still standing water, and in some places some got hit in worse water levels than katrina. in other places, it really was a category 1 hurricane. but they are now saying this region leg see this type of level of this storm for every seven years. for the poor people in plaquemines parish, what are they demanding? or what will they be demanding once this water recedes? >> the geography of this place, there's kind of a ring of protection, and that's what so many taxpayer dollars have gone to to fortify, bu...

different. even if you don't like him, you have to vote for him. >> romney. >> yes, sir. >> usually a republican, but this year i'm going to go democrat. just because i'm usually going for the morals and stuff like that, but i mean, i know that romney is not really supporting latinos and i have a lot of families that are latino. i'll go with obama this year. >> night before he was elected president in 2008, barack obama's last campaign rally was in manassas. voters in the city of manassas by a wide margin helped elect bob mcdonald. >> i think it was interesting within a year, you kno...

mean a lot of recovery work. >> absolutely. for the first time today, good news, no rain at all, but patches of night. this is what the city desperately needs to shine light on what isaac left behind and what it will take to recover. the storm may be gone, but evidence is still scattered across the gulf coast. >> we are now fully in the cleanup and recoveries phase of the storm in the city of new orleans the bell has not rung on this storm, and it won't ring until we're finished. >> reporter: and just like the slow-moving storm, the cleanup is going to take some sometime. after two s...

this point, getting him ready for september 9th, new orleans and tonight, no injuries. >> no injuries. >> and that is a good thing. his first home game and never got a reception like this. >> and welcome to the nfl. >> and in that first series, welcomed by freeman and. >> and he did not go untouched. >> no. >> and that redskins defense, and they welcomed him to the nfl and to fed ex field and look at london. he's got the right moves even on the dance floor and two plays later, don't forget about me and takes him down and runs out of luck. the skins defense with four sacks on the day ...

plus, remembering an icon. the first man to ever set foot on the moon, neil armstrong, dies at the age of 82. good evening, everyone. i'm jim rosenfield. we begin tonight with breaking news involving the race for the white house. the gop announced tonight it is canceling the first day of the republican national convention. it's all because the city of tampa's expected to get a hit from tropical storm isaac. and this means mitt romney will have to wait until tuesday to be officially nominated as the republican nominee for president. the rnc says it plans to issue a new schedule someti...