so, you know, they are just getting to daylight and i'm sure they will see lots of damage with the storm. >> can i ask you a question? you mentioned obviously it's a different intensity than katrina. but katrina moved faster. so these areas where you see those big bands of rain there, they are just getting inundated hanging over there. it's moving so slowly so we'll see real, real serious flooding. the forecast for the next 10 to 12 hours is to track off to the north and west keeping its hurricane status for six to eight hours so unfortunately the rain is just going to continue through the middle to the end of the day for the big city of new orleans there. and i think they will likely have some flooding issues. hopefully the levees will hold but definitely going to have flooding issues later today. >> mm, mm, mm. it's a big storm extending to pensacola. >> hey, want to point out quickly some highlights that i picked out just in the past couple of hours with this storm. maximum wind gusts i found so far 78 miles per hour in boothville, rain 9" at lake front airport on lake ponchartrain on the northern side of the city and the storm surge 10 feet in shell beach, louisiana. so the numbers will continue to come in and we'll see how much damage was done overnight now with daylight reaching new orleans. sticking with isaac, it has knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of customers in and around new orleans and into neighboring mississippi. last hour we spoke with emergency officials in hancock county, mississippi, just east of new orleans. they told us that the main highway that runs along the gulf is closed in several stretches because of storm surge flooding. they are expecting that to worsen because high tide is still to come this morning. remember, it's only 9:02 right now. >> boy. look at these pictures. you will remember some of this. isaac's arrival similar to katrina. it hit 7 years ago today as category 3. it's not as long is, moving slowlies across the region, isaac. 1800 people in louisiana and mississippi died in the wake of katrina. new orleans will commemorate the bells at st. louis cathedral. we don't know in that will happen, we will let you know later in the day. mitt romney was not handed success. he built it! no one will work harder. no one will care more. i'm still in love with that boy i met at a high school dance. and he still makes me laugh. >> ann romney making her case for husband mitt romney at the republican national convention. new jersey governor chris christie gave the keynote address. tonight, paul ryan will take his turn. wisdom is back with the highlights of the gop convention now. wiz. >> there will be more high- profile republicans speaking at the second full day of the convention. last night as you said, ann romney and chris christie were the most anticipated speeches. even virginia got into the mix. now, mitt romney officially clinch. the gop nomination when he topped the 1144 delegate threshold. the party used virginia governor bob mcdonnell to introduce the platform that republicans will run on this year. it would ban all abortions, gay marriage, reshape medicare into a voucher-like program and cut taxes to energize the economy and create jobs. now, both governor mcdonnell and keynote speaker chris christie hit president obama hard on the economy. >> while the obama administration borrows now $3 billion a day, just to keep the lights on, republican governors have closed $65 billion in budget shortfalls without raising taxes! >> if you're willing to hear the truth, to hear the truth about the hard road ahead and the rewards for america that truth will bear, i'm here to begin with you this new era of truth-telling, tonight we choose the path that has always defined our nation's history. tonight, we finally and firmly answer the call that so many generations have had the courage to answer before us. tonight, we stand up for mitt romney as the next president of the united states and together... [ applause and cheers ] >> vice-presidential nominee paul ryan is expected to introduce himself as a product of a small town values in his much-anticipated speech tonight and governor romney is slated to give his acceptance speech tomorrow night. >> thank you. as the republicans continue their convention in florida, president barack obama will be back on the campaign trail today in virginia. the president will be in charlottesville this afternoon for a rally at a concert venue. on tuesday, the president campaigned in two other battleground states, ohio and colorado. the president is breaking a long-standing tradition of candidates not campaigning when the opposing party is hosting its convention. and checking our other top stories this morning, a fiery crash on i-95 north near the mixing bowl got the rush hour off to a bad start. look at this video. the tanker crashed on the ramp from northbound 95 to the fairfax county parkway just after 2:00 this morning. the driver was killed in this accident. an eyewitness who shot this video said he was out walking his dog when he heard a loud explosion. >> across the street from it, there was a lot of fire and some of the flames at one point easily would have been 1,000 feet or more. it dwarfed everything that was even close by. >> right now, the ramp from westbound fairfax county parkway to 95 north remains closed. there's concern this morning about a missing montgomery county man who is confined to a wheelchair. the 23-year-old ali alhaeri from dickerson maryland was seen last night at the falls grove shopping center on shady grove road in rockville. mr. alhaeri is paralyzed. he has a tattoo on the left arm and in in a black motorized wheelchair. d.c. police have released new surveillance vwill lead to suspect or suspects following the severe beating and robbing of a capitol hill man. fox 5's melanie alnwick is live at police headquarters with the latest. melanie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. well, investigators believe the surveillance video was captured shortly after that violent assault on tc maslin on august 18. here it is. the video is from the exxon gatt station on pennsylvania avenue not far from where tc maslin was attacked. investigators need help identifying the car, which is believed to be a 2005 hyundai sonata and looks like there are three people inside. one at the gas pump, one in the front passenger seat and one in the rear passenger seat. police say they were attempting to use maslin's credit card at the gas station. maslin as you may know had been out on a friday night spending the evening first at the nats game then a late-night snack at the tune-in on pennsylvania avenue. he was robbed and violently assaulted while walking home after midnight. the crime has shaken up the capitol hill community. >> well, i live on the him. i have a business on the hill. -- well, i live on the him hill. i have a business on the him. it's horrible what happened. robbery is one thing but violence makes no sense. >> my neighborhood is unsafe. last time i was here the police commander told me it was safer than 10 years ago and i said well i felt safer 10 years ago. >> reporter: robberies in the city spiked 53% in the first two months of the year. the police chief said police have done a lot of hard work on the robberies and since then, that the crime increase is now down to just a 9% increase but it is still an increase. maslin's wife said her husband has undergone a second brain surgery and is starting to respond to simple commands. >> that's a little bit of good news. thank you, melanie alnwick. family and friends are getting ready to say their final good-byes to the man shot to death outside the empire state building. today that man will be laid to rest in westchester county. 41 years old man was shot and killed last week by a former co- worker who blamed him for being fired last year. also, where's the money? that question from the family members of victims in the colorado shooting. they say some $5 million have been donated since the shooting but they haven't seen any of it. one relative says the first disbursement of funds went to various charities instead of the victims of the shooting. the head of the community first foundation says the organization is in the process of arranging a meeting with the victims. a health alert now as we head towards flu season. federal health officials warn that children with neurological disorders face a higher risk from dying of the flu. a cdctudy found of the 300 flu-related deaths in children in 2009, 60% had an underlying condition. 2/3 of those kids had a disorder such as cerebral palsy or epilepsy. cdc doctors stressed the importance that these children get the flu vaccine. coming up, we are going to introduce you to a man who is living proof that if you enjoy your job, you can have a very long career. you don't want to miss the story. >> also, what's next for samsung? slapped with a hefty fine, the company now faces losing eight of its popular phones. so what does the battle between apple and the world's largest cell phone maker mean for you and for me quite frankly with that samsung phone of mine? lauren demarco joins us after the break with some insight. >> a lot of questions there. as we head to the break, here's a look at another back-to- school picture. this is brooke on her first day of kindergarten. >> if you want to send in your back-to-school pictures, go to schoolpix@wttg.com. we'll be right back. it's 9:11. he's made his choice. but what choices will women be left with? just like mitt romney, paul ryan would get rid of planned parenthood funding. in congress, ryan voted to ban all federal funding for planned parenthood and allow employers to deny women access to cancer screenings and birth control. and both romney and ryan backed proposals to outlaw abortion even in cases of rape and incest. for women... for president... the choice is ours. i'm barack obama, and i approve this message. united airlines hopes a computer problem is behind them. a network outage yesterday impacted operations at airports and on its website meaning long lines at ticket counters. united said it had at least 200 delayed flights after the system stopped working for about 2.5 hours. ouch! at one point, the airline stopped sending planes to its hubs in newark and san francisco. >> hm. kind of tied into that, we couldn't pass up the opportunity to congratulate this man, ron, the 83-year-old and recent retiree named by the guinness world records as the longest sec flight -- longest serving flight attendant for any carrier. he spent more than 63 years in the cabin. now on the ground he is spending time in colorado with his grand children. a face-off between apple and samsung, samsung ordered to pay a fine after the judge ruled the phone giant it was guilty of patent infringement. next they could have to pull some phones from shelves. >> so what does all this legal dramamine for you the consumer? lauren demarco joins with us a guest to help us sort out the details. >> reporter: the jury found it willfully copied apple's ipad and it is a landmark case. the fine i $1billion. apple demands 8 phones be banned from the u.s. market. we have a representative from a group in the d.c. region joining us to weigh in. so good morning to you, pete. >> good morning. >> thanks for joining us again here at the smartphone zone. >> nice to be here. >> i want to talk about these eight devices first off. so there's another date at the and of september where they are going to have a hearing talk about this whether it will actually happen possibly, they are waiting to see if it does at the end of september. so what's going to happen to people who own these phones. the consumers are going to be protected. if these devices do in fact -- if they have to come off the shelf, anyone who bought one will still have the warranties and still be able to use the device. consumers won't be penalizeed. >> do you think you should get one now? >> i think that if you really want one of these devices, yeah may be a time to get one but these big legal battles are -- they take time to sort out. this ruling is just the first of many lings that's going to come down and one of many lawsuits that are going to happen between these large organizations, these large technology companies. >> the other thing that apple plans to ask the judge to triple the damages to more than $3 billion. do you think even though those numbers sound huge to us, $3 billion is just a slap on the wrist. a lot of the talk is about how samsung's strategy was to copy the iphone as closely as possible or mimic it as closely as possible because obviously apple had hit into a very good market and it paid off for samsung. they are the number 2 smartphone manufacturer in the world, made billions and they have made a reputation for themselves and making billions. in the grander scheme of things, this judgment is really not that big. but strategically it's important. >> it sounds like maybe this was a battle in a war that could be coming possibly against google and android the a huge competitor. >> that's right. so the thing to remember is that eric schmidt, google's ceo, used to sit on apple's board and on 2009 he was asked to leave the board when it was revealed google was making the android operating system that would act a lot like the iphone's operating system. so steve jobs in his biography is quoted as saying he was willing to go thermonuclear against google. what you're seeing is this was even more about apple versus google android than about apple and samsung. samsung was just the perfect target for this lawsuit because they made a device that looked like the iphone and used the google operating system. so this whole thing is really about much bigger forces at work between apple and android. >> what do you think will happen for all the android lovers? do you think this could be the beginning. end for android or do they have a case? >> i don't think it's the end of android. folks like microsoft with windows 8 coming out, the samsung is a handset manufacturer. there are several other handset manufacturers like htc and lg. nokia and motorola and others. and they have got options now with regards to which operating system they use. so it represents a challenge for google. >> very interesting stuff. and we wanted to mention really quick that you have something coming up with microsoft. >> so we have an event called modev tablet about the tablet industry because it's a very interesting and unique industry. modev tablet.com, there will be several announcemes coming. >> very cool. thank you for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> helping to weed through all that. back to you guys. >> thank you. a lot of people no longer carry cash but that's no excuse not to tip. at least according to one new york man. his new invention, his device is straight ahead. >> plus, hip-hop star will.i.am making history teaming up with nasa to unveil his latest single. we'll have a sneak peek next. first, let's check back in with holly. good morning. >> take a look at that, allison. >> reporter: we are spending the morning at hillwood estate museum and gardens. spectacular. if you have never been here or haven't been in a while, we are going it show you firsthand why now is the time for you to come and visit for yourself. that's all live later in the hour. >> thanks. as we head to the break, check it out. an unexpected passenger in a canoe off australia's gold coast. that's a koala bear. >> awww. >> they're not great swimmers. so this little one swam through and hitched a ride. the woman who shot the video says everyone on board was afraid the koala might drown. so they gave it -- hello! hello, mister. so they gave him a lift. we'll be right back. can we just watch this for the rest of the show? 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[ laughter ] >> will.i.am promotes science and math education and was at the lab to watch the "curiosity" land this month. >> cool. two of the country's highly acclaimed restaurants are trading places. the chefs from chicago and new york [ indiscernible ] if i have said it wrong please forgive me, they will swap spaces for one week this fall. the collaboration is being called 21st century limited in reference to a luxury passenger train that used to run between new york and chicago. but it will cost you [ indiscernible ] design in one of the pop-up restaurants. a meal is $495. >> ugh. >> in both cities not including tax or tip. speaking of which, don't have cash for a tip? that could soon no longer be a valid excuse. it never was really. but check it out. it's called dip jar. it was designed by new york techie after he watched barias get stiffed from busy customers without cash. the dip jar accepts credit and debit cards. each dip into the device charges the card $1. it's currently in the testing phase. tucker says no. >> why are you saying no? [ inaudible ] >> you can dit one dollar, two dollars, three dollars. >> you want a three dollar tip dip it three times. [ inaudible ] >> tucker is cynical. >> old school. >> now we know how tucker handles those kinds of things. coming up in just a little bit -- >> in cash. he tips in cash. >> -- ann romney spoke at the republican convention and got rave reviews as mitt romney clinches the gop nomination. we have a look at what's happening today at the rnc. >> and unfortunately, it's going to be a long time before the big easy is clear of hurricane isaac. the storm slowly moving inland bringing lots of rain with it, some rescues this morning as at least one levee spills over. coming up how it make affect us coming up. we'll be right back. it's 9:26. [ harry umlaut ] that's one creamy muller. 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which is southeast of new orleans probably about 20 miles. >> okay. >> and we are still receiving strong winds at this time. no flooding in our parish at this time, just minimal street flooding. we do have some flooding in plaquemines parish our sister parish and we are concerned about the safety of those residents also at this time. >> did residence in your parish evacuate, whether it was by volunteering to evacuate or being ordered to evacuate? >> we had a mandatory evacuation outside of our levee system and that mandatory evacuation seems to have taken heed to our residents. now, we have about 12-foot tide in that area right now and we seem to be doing okay. we haven't received calls from anyone in distress. inside of our levee system, we have our residents that are hunkered down right now. we are receiving a whole lot more winds than we thought we would. so for a longer period of time. so it's just one of those things where we just got to wait it out before we can get our assets on the street to assist their needs. >> do you have a sense that the worst of the storm is over or do you feel like you're in the middle of it? where are you at? >> the storm is not over. that's what where we're having some problems with people getting out on the streets. so we still have high winds. i would assume that we have gusts of winds to around 60, 65 and sustained at around 45 or 50 at this point still. so we have some rainfall. so we're asking people to hunker down in their homes and shelter in place and we will -- when the time is appropriate, we will put assets on the street to start clearing out trees and i know entergy our power company is going to be on the streets as soon as you know -- as soon as we can. >> we have been looking at pictures, sir, from your area all morning. it's just so hard to believe that you're not getting that same sort of flooding that we have heard from about in plaquemines and earlier when we spoke with others. we know every storm is different but are you expecting that the floodwaters will come or is your area typically -- does it fare a little better than, say, surrounding areas? >> well, for katrina our entire parish was under water. we lost every home and every structure. we assess the corps of engineers -- we built the levee around saint bernard parish and it seems to be holding fine. as a matter of fact, the flooding in plaquemines parish is right on the other side of our floodwall and i'm not sure how you know -- some people are saying that some of the water was coming over the river. some people are saying it was coming in from the high tide in what we call a back levee in plaquemines parish. so of this some serious flooding at this time. -- so they have some serious flooding at this time. and we're in constant contact with the parish president there billy nun nungesser. >> we wish you the best, sir, and we thank you for checking in with us from saint bernard parish and spending time with us on the phone this morning. we hope your parish continues to come through in good conditions. we appreciate your time. >> thank you for your concern. >> yup. all right. 9:34 now. tucker once again is here with us with the latest on isaac and our own weather which is as different as it could be from what's going on there. >> it's really amazing to talk bay hurricane all morning and step outside and have it be 75 and sunny and beautiful outside here. when i checked in this morning, a reid a little after 3:00. it looked familiar and hasn't changed much in the past 6 hours. so the movement almost nothing. it's now moving off to the north and west at 6 miles per hour. it's basically sit there is spinning and spinning and spinning. water temperatures in the 80s has, it's been able to feed itself so close to the water. you can see the banning features taking place. the yellows, oranges and reds is where the heaviest rain is falling. notice what's happening. here's your center of circulation. here's your eye with isaac. it's pulling that moisture up and around it. and right into new orleans. right into southeast louisiana. it's just unfortunately going to continue to do so here for much of the day today. so they are not done. you can see the banding features. see the banding features and the hurricane very, very impressive satellite image at this hour. it is trending to move here as mentioned off to the north and west at 6 miles per hour. so keep our fingers crossed things will start to wind down a little later this afternoon. the hurricane now centered about 40 miles to the south and west of the city of new orleans. and hurricane-force winds now reached 60 miles outside the center so they are getting reports of hurricane-force winds in new orleans. the worst in some ways yet to come here as that eye wall continues to kind of press closer to the city. let's talk about the track. the future track of isaac, there you go. forecast to remain a hurricane for several more hours. let me get out of the way to show you this. current wind speed 80 miles per hour. we had reports of gusts to 100 earlier today, moving now north and west at 6 miles an hour. your pressure has not budged all morning, 970. that's very low pressure for a category 1 hurricane. very unusual for sum a large hurricane that pressure able to be quite low in only a category 1. here's the track over the next couple of days. it should track through central louisiana and then the good news if there is any it will bring needed rain to parts of the midwest that have been so drought stricken all summer. and then start to be pushed to the east by early monday morning. now, as it gets pushed to the east, early monday, it looks like it will be on a track the remnants, this will be the remnants on a track to get here into the washington area. so we have to look out late sunday early monday. we could see the remnants of of the tropical depression. until then we look great. sunshine, quiet conditions, low humidity out there. around here, get out and enjoy, it's going to be beautiful. nice weather to get outside and enjoy lunch or dinner, temperatures later this afternoon high temperatures only expected to be in the mid- 80s. currently 76 in washington. 72 this morning in gaithersburg. 72 in leonardtown. nice looking start to our day. nice finish. nice evening hour, as well. there is your five-day forecast. trend next couple of days lots of sunshine with a warming trend as we get into friday and the beginning. weekend. highs in the low 90s around here on saturday. the track will stay farther north highs in the mid-80s. that's a look at weather and hurricane isaac. back to you. >> thank you. and an update now on upcoming events at the republican national convention. tonight, 2008 presidential nominee john mccain, condoleezza rice and running mate paul ryan are among the high-profile names that will speak. last night governor romney officially clinched the gop nomination. there were also a number of rousing speeches that included virginia governor mcdonnell, ann mcdonnell and chris christie. >> today's convention agenda wraps up with a speech from vice-presidential nominee paul ryan. governor romney will give his speech tomorrow. snooki, from that to that. >> yes. >> snooki caught on camera leaving the hospital with her new baby. >> and lindsay lohan owes some money. okay. a whole lot of money to someone. we're chatting live with tmz next in the buzz bin of the stay with us. president clinton: this election to m me is about which... candidate is more likely to return us to full employment. this is a clear choice. the republican plan is to cut more taxes on upper-income... people and go back to deregulation. that's what got us in trouble in the first place. president obama has a plan to rebuild america from... the ground up, investing in innovation, education... and job training. it only works if there is a strong middle class. that's what happened when i was president. we need to keep going with his plan. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. the redskins made three big moves. they signed former ravens kicker billy cundiff and cut kicker graham gano to make room for cundiff. but biggest move involved one of the most popular players of the last decade. chris cooley was released after eight years with the team. he is the franchise's all time leader in receptions by a tight end with 428. however, injuries have plagued him for several seasons now. cooley isn't sure whether he will try to sign on with another team. >> it's been awesome. i have been very fortunate to play for a team and fan base that have embraced me the way that they have. this organization has changed my life in every way for the better. >> cooley says he still believes he can play in the nfl but at this point he can't see himself suiting up in another uniform. he has hired an agent, though, so we'll see if he winds up somewhere else. speaking of football in a little bit we are going to be checking in with erin andrews from fox sports and from eddie george, with a preview of fox's college football coverage. also this morning, holly is showing us how art has inspired couture dresses. we'll have that for you, as well. stay with us. it's 9:43. we'll be right back. this is e plan that revolves around you. introducing share everything. unlimited talk. unlimited text. tap into a single pool of shareable data and add up to 10 different devices, including smartphones and tablets. rst plan of its kind. share everything. only from verizon. get $100 off select motorola 4g lte smartphones like the droid razr. it may very well be d.c.'s best kept secret. it is the place to go to define fine art turned into gorgeous gowns gardens and even a parade for pets. >> we're talking about hillwood estate museum and gardens and there seems to be something for everyone. holly joins us live from northwest d.c. >> reporter: it is so beautiful this morning. we could not pass up the opportunity to come outside and show you some of the wonderful gardens that exist here at hillwood. kate is back we with me the executive director. you are really missing something if you don't allow time just to be a part of the grounds when you're here. >> exactly. right this minute, you can see the beautiful cutting garden that's behind us. but we also have a japanese garden a rose garden, a french partier. there's lots of things to see in the outdoors here at hillwood. >> reporter: over on the back we see the greenhouse. >> exactly. >> reporter: flowers were very important to marjorie merriweather post. >> extremely important. the greenhouse held thousands of orchids and we also grow all the flowers in the cutting garden that we use for the arrangements throughout the house. so that was very much part of what marjorie post wanted her legacy to be. >> reporter: you really need to come and visit in every season. >> indeed you do. >> reporter: we are making our way over to audra kelly the head of interpretation. and one of the things that we learned when we came out here is we came out for pret-a- papier which is the wonderful picture of the paper dresses. is that you guys have a lot of different programs that go along with when you have like an exhibit like that here. >> we do. and we used the paper shoes that isabelle de borchgrave has in the exhibition as inspiration for an art making activity. and i have some examples here of some paper shoes that some staff and visitors have made and they look a lot like the ones you see in the exhibition. >> i always think it's fun now when we make museum exhibits interactive and bring it down to a kid's level because then it makes more of an impression on them. >> it is for sure. and they get to take these homes and have that memory for a long time. >> reporter: come back over balls you did this as a kids activity recently but you're also going to do as an event as part of gay day. >> gay day we celebrate programs for families with activities all day long, square dancing, hands on art activities. >> reporter: we should have a picture because it's a tradition. >> it's a real that digs. >> reporter: i think it's become a tradition different groups throughout the years. >> we have gay day. we have lots of others. we have the spooky pooch parade. >> you really check our website hillwoodmuseum.org north whole line-up. you know, we have programs for family. spooky pooch is a great one for families doing an art activity. >> reporter: i want to show seersucker socials. tell me about that. >> it happens in june. we partner with a couple of groups here locally starts out as a bike ride in washington, d.c. everyone is dressed in sort of retro 1920s, great gatsby style. they come here for a wonderful lawn party. >> that would be like a marjorie merriweather post party recreated because she loved to entertained. >> exactly. she entertained a lot in the house and in the garden. in the beautiful dining room and also outside. >> we have a picture of the spooky pooch parade which apparently marjorie merriweather post loved dogs. >> and, of course, we even have a pet cemetery here at hillwood so that's another part of the great outdoors another garden area that you shouldn't miss when you come here. >> this is only the second time this has happened. it's the only day of the year that you can bring your doggie friends, your best friend, here to hillwood. we have a pet -- >> as long as he's dressed up. >> i was going to say. >> reporter: don't we always have to dress up to come here? i want to get in the preschool series. >> thursday mornings it's three thursdays each month, if you have a 2 to 5-year-old you do an art activity and go in the mansion. it's a wonderful experience. >> reporter: here's the moral of the story, we found out about pret-a-papier and we came out here for that amazing exhibit which runs through december 30th. but what we discovered is that there's so much more to hillwood every day of the year. if you haven't been in a while, you need to come back. myfoxdc.com is our website. we have a link to theirs, they are open tuesday through saturday and on select sundays. the labor day weekend they are open. back to you. >> thank you. >> a lot goes on out there. >> sure does. >> thank you. all right. are you ready for some college football? this saturday, the number one ranked usc takes on hawaii right here on fox. joining us with a preview of the 13-week season is fox's erin andrews and college football analyst and hall of famer eddie george. good morning to both of you. and thanks for joining us this morning. >> whoo! i just got goosebumps when you said that hall of famer! [ laughter ] >> ow! >> has to get his props. >> she's the hall of famer though. >> i'm not in there with you. what are you talking about? [ laughter ] >> fox is grateful to have both of you. so tell us about what we can expect this season. >> well, the first time college football is on fox primetime which is huge for us. and we're actually going to kick it of every, single saturday night at 7:00 eastern. it's going to be myself, eddie george hall of famer and some guy by the name of joey harrington who played for the oregon ducks. so we are very excited about that. we'll kick it off and games start around 7:0 or 7:45. what better way to start off of season with the number one team in the nation taking on hawaii. at southern cal today the trojans inside their brand-new facility. it's gorgeous. >> incredible. >> eat off the floor. and they are heading to practice and we'll go watch them center veried goo. tell us a little bit about -- i have not seen the schedule yet. i only know about this first game so tell us what the schedule looks like and some of the teams you will be featuring. >> a ton of games, west virginia/texas. oklahoma west virginia. tcu. oregon. so we'll have i lot of those games on primetime show. so a lot of grea matchups. college football is all about the matchups. and we have a good schedule. >> college football has been in the limelight for months for the wrong reasons for, you know, the news that came out of penn state and all of that. do you expect to see any lasting ramifications of that kind of thing in the college season or do you think from here on out it's play ball? >> you know what? thank god that football is here. >> yeah. >> you can finally talk about on the field issues, talk about end game and matchups instead of all the stuff we have been going through for the last two or three years. what's going to happen at penn state will fizzle out and move forward. especially up there, they can play the game and move forward and start fresh new situations. so i think everybody is excited that football is here. we can talk about the rivalries and who will the national champions this year who will win the heisman trophy and finally deal with on the field issues versus the off the field issues. >> erin, we are happy that you rejoined fox earlier this year. tell us about coming back and what you're excited about during the coming months. >> oh, yeah, no, it's a huge thrill for me to come to fox sports and i think the biggest thing is to be able to do different things i haven't done my career, host a primetime studio show with two of the best in the business and maybe come out and see washington nats for a little post-season baseball. see what happens with stephen strasburg there and then of course to work a little nfl and i'm actually going to be doing the thanksgiving game in dallas with a quarterback named rgiii who i covered in baylor so very excited about that so looking forward to the new challenge and new home with fox. cannot wait to get it going on saturday. >> now, there you go. that is a thanksgiving, redskins at dallas, erin andrews on our tv. that's going to be a good thanksgiving. erin, eddie, thanks for joining us this morning. have fun with the season and we'll see you saturday night for game 1. thanks for joining us. and game 1 is this saturday night. the pre-game is at 7:00. and, of course, once again, usc takes on hawaii. nice to see them. >> it is nice to see them. yeah. >> all right. coming up we are going to get the latest on hurricane isaac from tucker. first accepted in your questions for our ask allison segment. head to myfoxdc.com. thank you, tucker. 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