extensive coverage of the biggest night in the republican national convention including what s next for the romney campaign and how the democrats are responding to a big night of political fanfare. we ll get into the fact-checking behind the promises. absolutely. that works on both sides of the aisle. convention speeches and then the truth. our other big headline, the flooding downpours from what is left now from tropical storm isaac. almost a depression at this point. again, the storm did take a deadly toll. the desperate scenes from louisiana and mississippi. you see with storms like this, it s never just a day of impact. it s what comes a day or two later. just like in katrina when there were levee breaks. now we re seeing awful scenes from suburban new orleans, the flooding, and deaths to report this morning, as well. bodies have been recovered. later this half-hour, sad news from robin roberts family. our gma host, now on medical leave, makes it home to mississippi just in
breaking news this morning on world news now hurricane isaac s impact on new orleans and the gulf coast hours after landfall. the flooding downpours, powerful winds and unfortunate reminders of hurricane katrina, seven years ago. it s wednesday, august 29th. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. good morning, everybody. a very busy news morning on this wednesday. that s for sure. i m rob nelson. i m paula faris. we will have extensive coverage this half-hour of hurricane isaac churning over louisiana and the gulf coast ever so slowly. our other big headline is the big political splash from the rnc, the republican national convention. ann romney was in the spotlight. and so was new jersey s
alone. 18 of those in chicago. they have already matched last year s total. we are just midway through july. this is the first time since august of 1947 that chicago hit 100 degrees or higher for three days in a row. it gets hot in that city. yeah. for your brutal winters you have brutal summers as well. extremes. here is your monday forecast, everybody. more severe weather in virginia and the carolinas. thunderstorms across much of the south from texas to florida. showers around chicago, des moines and the twin cities. flooding downpours in the four corners of the southwest. warming up in the pacific northwest. 85 in portland. triple digits in phoenix. 90s from dallas to atlanta. mostly 80s from omaha over to new york. and now to another major story this morning. six americans, service members, have been killed in a particularly violent day in eastern afghanistan. 16 civilians and five afghan policemen were also killed sunday. civilians included women and children. and s
a pit bull also found separated from the alligator only by a baby gate. the former tenant has been charged with animal cruelty and abandonment. if you aren t going to take care of your pets, come on, don t own them. those stories always make me sick. here s your wednesday weather. stormy in the south with flooding downpours from florida to texas. thunderstorms east of dallas into the dakotas and nebraska. it s drier out west. nice day across the midwest. showers from maine to maryland. mostly 70s in the northeast and midwest. upper 80s from miami to dallas. another triple-digit day out in phoenix. mostly 60s in the northwest. well, there s nothing quite like a rowdy wedding reception. everybody on the dance floor, getting their groove on after maybe drinking way too much. you were just at a wedding, right? that s why that sounds awesome to me. that s what was happening last weekend down in texas at the wedding of a couple of former abc colleagues. everyone having a great ti
the former tenant has been charged with animal cruelty and abandonment. if you aren t going to take care of your pets, come on, don t own them. those stories always make me sick. here s your wednesday weather. stormy in the south with flooding downpours from florida to texas. thunderstorms east of dallas into the dakotas and nebraska. it s drier out west. nice day across the midwest. showers from maine to maryland. mostly 70s in the northeast and midwest. upper 80s from miami to dallas. another triple-digit day out in phoenix. mostly 60s in the northwest. well, there s nothing quite like a rowdy wedding reception. everybody on the dance floor, getting their groove on after maybe drinking way too much. you were just at a wedding, right? that s why that sounds awesome to me. that s what was happening last weekend down in texas at the wedding of a couple of former abc colleagues.