summer games, right? so much fun. good morning, everyone. welcome to early, early early start. up first, debby doing more damage and dumping more rain than some full-blown hurricanes. the deadly storm now downgradeds to a tropical depression where is slashes across florida where a state of emergency is still in place. that storm is second to bring rains to florida for another day. george, i was reading this morning the folks here were really scared because the water came in so quickly. how are the conditions there now? well, you know, zoraida, good morning. we know the storm cloud have all passed here but again, these residents are dealing with a very difficult situation right now. just take a look. you see this home submerged for the most part in water. that s what you find in many of these low lying areas. it s hit or miss that more water that is covering these homes. in some places drivers are having to deal with six inches to a foot of water on the road. you see pol
obama, team obama has been spending some significant time building their grassroots networks. if you talk to the romney campaign, they ll generally acknowledge that right now they re re-loying on the republican national committee to look to their general election strategy which assumes they re going to become the nominee. if you look at some of the states where he s had to struggle, in ohio he moved his staff on ward to the next place. colorado fell part for them. they didn t pay attention that they needed to there. that s what drove rick santorum. it s going to be interesting to see them try to transition what they have built. mitt romney s des moines office was then he moved out and then taken over by the obama campaign. obama s 12th office in ohio opened recently. he has 18 satellite offices in florida and expects to have 20,000 volunteers across the country. but you know, theoretically, a long primary season for the parties should allow you to organize your base a little
foreign country, let them be. after all, that s the majority of the southwest. and that s, you know, quite frankly, the majority of all the people in the country. our history is we come from people who didn t sound like they came from here when they first showed up. i have to get you on the record on this because we have seen this story pop up in california. i know you re head of the national organization but you have plenty of satellite offices and branches all around the country, in every state. but out in california the head of the naacp came out in support of legalizing marijuana calling it an issue of civil rights. now, what is the national organization, your stance, on what california, the california naccp has come out and said? we don t have a stand on the issue nationally. it is clear that our states, where there is no national policy, have the right to create policy within the association. with that said, she s absolutely right that this is a civil rights issue. it s worth