also, our other big story we re covering today, the republican national convention right here in tampa. looking at live pictures. we re only an hour or so away from the role call that begins. it will formally put mitt romney up for the presidential nomination. i m wolf blitzer in tampa. you re in the situation room. all that coming up. let s get straight to hurricane isaac though. it s closing in on the gulf coast right now expected to make landfall a few hours from now. it s more than a chilling coincidence for a region marking the seventh anniversary of hurricane katrina. chad myers is over at the cnn weather center. he s got a look at what s going on. the latest update, chad, what is the latest on isaac? it is going to be a surge storm, not really a wind event for most people, 75 miles per hour, most homes can survive that. most trees will be okay. maybe some things will be falling over, knocked over, bump in the night. this is all the way from mobile to new orleans
points of light in a broad and peaceful sky. i call on every american to rise above all the major bias. they had their chance. they have not led. well. fight with me. fight with me. fight for what s right. this is cnn. all eyes are on the sky waiting for the full force of hurricane isaac to hit. and i m wolf blitzer here in tampa. people s eyes are certainly on the republican national con den venks podium behind me, but the storm certainly in the back of everyone s mind. isaac lashes the gulf coast. a complication for republicans as they nominate their presidential candidate. this is where mitt romney steps in to the arena, this is where he claims his party s prize. a bruising primary battle behind him and the fight of a lifetime ahead. we ll stand for america and we ll win. in tampa tonight, republicans try to reset the stage, sharpen their message, define their candidate. and counter the democrats attacks. he s got no new ideas. it s like robin hood i
from the role call that begins. it will formally put mitt romney up for the presidential nomination. i m wolf blitzer in tampa. you re in the situation room. all that coming up. let s get straight to hurricane isaac though. it s closing in on the gulf coast right now expected to make landfall a few hours from now. it s more than a chilling coincidence for a region marking the seventh anniversary of hurricane katrina. chad myers is over at the cnn weather center. he s got a look at what s going on. the latest update, chad, what is the latest on isaac? it is going to be a surge storm, not really a wind event for most people, 75 miles per hour, most homes can survive that. most trees will be okay. maybe some things will be falling over, knocked over, bump in the night. this is all the way from mobile to new orleans into pontchartrain itself and down through here through parish. this is where most of that surge is going to come. if you re on the other side of the storm, you
they had their chance. they have not led. well. fight with me. fight with me. fight for what s right. this is cnn. all eyes are on the sky waiting for the full force of hurricane isaac to hit. and i m wolf blitzer here in tampa. people s eyes are certainly on the republican national con den venks podium behind me, but the storm certainly in the back of everyone s mind. isaac lashes the gulf coast. a complication for republicans as they nominate their presidential candidate. this is where mitt romney steps in to the arena, this is where he claims his party s prize. a bruising primary battle behind him and the fight of a lifetime ahead. we ll stand for america and we ll win. in tampa tonight, republicans try to reset the stage, sharpen their message, define their candidate. and counter the democrats attacks. he s got no new ideas. it s like robin hood in reverse. this is what a desperate presidency looks like. the president is taking things to a new low.
dazzled us in front of greek columns with sweeping promises of hope and change. after we came down to earth, after the celebration and the parades what do we have to show for 3 1/2 years of president obama? is it easier to make ends meet? no. is it easier to sell your home or buy a new one? no. have you saved what you needed for retirement? no. are you making more at your job? no. do you have a better chance to get a better job? no. are you paying less at the pump? no. you know, if the answer were yes to those questions, then president obama would be running for re-election based on his record. and rightly so. but because he has failed, he will run a campaign of diversions and distracts and distortions. that kind of campaign may have worked at another place, and in a different time. but not here. and not now. it s still about the economy. and we re not stupid. people are hurting in america. and we know that something is wrong, terribly wrong, with th