the storm, isaac, that is what we re talking about. we ve got a lot to talk about as we always do as we start off the week. good morning to you. i m wisdom martin. i m sarah simmons. thank you for watching. mississippi has declared a state of federal emergency management agency. the governors of florida and alabama have canceled their trips to the republican national convention as their states prepare for the storm. some coastal residents in alabama have been told to evacuate as a. long with 63,000 residents in st. charles parish in louisiana. let s check in with tucker barnes to get the latest on our weather here. good morning. we ve got leftover showers across the eastern shore. dense fog advisory which has just got going out to the west. we a lot going on locally too. yes, we do. places that got hard hit yesterday still dealing with rain showers, other than a thunderstorm. but not here in the immediate washington area. got to get across the bay and again, eastern
be taking aim at the gulf coast and at the republican national convention in tampa. organizers there are juggling the schedule to adjust for the storm. we ll have updates throughout the morning on that as well. good morning. i m sarah simmons. i m wisdom martin. welcome to fox 5 morning news. time to talk to tucker barnes about what is happening with isaac and in our area. maximum winds, still 65 miles per hour. it is likely to intensify. what is today like? let s do local weather first. warmer, humid. temperature-wise, we are comfortable but we do have a lot of rain out there. fog is developing in some spots. visibility is a quarter mile or less. look at all that rain yesterday. man, what a lot of rain close to the bay. parts of the area including annapolis picking up more than 3 inches of rain during date yesterday. we had a lot of flash flood warnings, that kind of thing. those have all expired. we have a coastal flood advisory for the western shore of the chesapea
talk a little redskins gearing up for the big game against the bears. brian and i kid about this because it s just preseason, but these games have a little bit more importance just because it s rg3 and it s his first time out there and this game saturday night is a big one because all eyes will be on one robert griffin, iii as the skins travel to chicago to take on the bears. left tackle trent williams says he ll play in chi town because if there s one thing this offensive line must do it s protect that ferrari. saturday the starters will suit up for probably 30 to 35 plays or roughly a half. this is good news for rg3 fans who want to see the face of the franchise s workload. that will more than double in this game. last game the rookie took more than 14 snaps. griffin s teammates are eager to see what the next chapter brings in chicago. we all want to see more from him. you know, we ran the ball a little bit on the sideline waiting for him to throw the ball, throw the ba
. thank you for joining us tonight. i m maureen umeh. a big day in the presidential election. this morning, mitt romney boarded the uss wisconsin in virginia announcing paul ryan as his running mate. ryan represents wisconsin in congress. the duo are set to embark on a four-day bus tour through virginia and other key battleground states. one of the stops, monasses. john henrehan was there to see romney-ryan on their first day in action. reporter: several thousand people showed up to hear the two people at the top of the republican ticket make their case. newly selected vice presidential candidate paul ryan placed the blame for the nation s slow economic recovery on president obama. the president has given his policies and put our nation on a path to debt, doubt, despair, and decline. he s the good news: we don t have to put up with this. we can turn this thing around. we can get ourselves back on the right track. reporter: congressman ryan is a famous fiscal hawk. w
truck crashed into a trailer in bluemont. authorities in richmond said another death was caused by a fallen tree. and look at the power outages. pepco showing more than 39,000 customers without power. dominion virginia with more than 29,000bg&e has 5300 in montgomery and prince georges county out right now. pepco is making better progress. the utility company said as of today, it s restored 90% of the outages, that is two days earlier than projected and friday is now the goal to get everyone back on paul wagner is live in silver springs where some people are not too sure about that, though. paul. reporter: laura, two days ago, we came to this chevy chase neighborhood off of east- west highway and found this. a huge tree down across blaine drive and nothing has changed since friday night. can you see the tree is consuming this home here on blaine and there is even a car underneath all of these branches. neighbors tell us the tree cutters have come and told them that they c