opportunity to go out there and get the spotlight while democrats party in charlotte. >> of course, numbers so close, october debates are going to be critical for both sides. all right, abc's karen travers live for us in charlotte. thank you, karen. coverage of the convention continues later on this half-hour with a look at the candidates' wives and their impact on voters. tonight join diane sawyer and george stephanopoulos for complete coverage from charlotte, abc news live special at 10:00 eastern time. switching gears now, wet remnants of isaac will be drenching the east coast today. not giving delaware much time to recover from the violent storms there. yesterday winds damaged ten homes in the central part of the state. roofs peeled back. shingles flew off. thousands were left without power. there were also reports of a funnel cloud. thankfully no one was seriously injured. in california now where more than 300 firefighters face a hot and dangerous day on the front lines. they're battling an out of control wildfire in the angeles national forest northeast of l.a. the fire broke out two days ago near a campground, forcing the evacuation of thousands of people