those years, so one day i could stand behind the podium in the front of a room. >> can't get mark reseconded -- we'll be live next week in charlotte, north carolina, as the scene moves there for the democratic national convention, of course you can see us, join us, black fin saloon is where we'll be on east trade street, we'll begin at 5:30 in the morning, and we'll see you there. and it took a presidential nominating speech to push isaac down in importance a little bit. the storm that dumped records amount of rain in louisiana when it made landfall as a category 1 hurricane. it is now a tropicadeession. but as the winds die down, the dams are pushed to their limits. good morning, bill. >> good morning to you, willie, everybody is impressed by what a