shepard: casey stegall on the banks of the new orleans. don t pay as much attention to the category. there are some other factors in play here, what the storm surge will be and how much rain it will bring. and in this storm how long it will sit and spin. in this case with hurricane and tropical storm isaac it seemed intermable. as democrats get set for tomorrow s convention in charlotte. republicans are sending some of their heavy hitters to north carolina. a look at the rapid response team and how it could effect the democrats message. hundreds of people gathered together to watch the race over the weekend had no way of knowing that within minutes some of them would be running for their lives. they were there to see some oversized trucks tear down a dirt track. but one of the trucks went out of control and right into the crowd. [screams] the disaster at the races coming up. [ pilot ] now when you build an aircraft, you want to make sure it goes up and stays up. [ chirp ]
sunny days. sorry. a key supporter of the democrats was not happy with this city as the selection. where do things stand now with the labor unions, mike? well, shep, that s right. this is a right-to-work state. north carolina ranks 50th in terms it of the percentage of union workers, 50th bottom of the country. so organized labor was not happy with charlotte being selected. although today the president of the afl-cio offered this show of support for the democratic ticket. what mitt romney is doing is wrong. those aren t the values that i grew up with. what he is doing is beneath the dignity of the american people and we won t let him win. so instead of spending $8 million on the convention, which they did four years ago in denver, organized labor is doing a lot of their spending on grass roots efforts. shep? shepard: and there will be a lot of v.i.p.es in this town starting and throughout the week, mike.
about 10 miles per hour before he actually slammed into the spectators, still three people got hurt but the sheriff s department officials say they expect everybody will indeed survive another wreck on video this one in the water. my lake tv happened friday while a family was on the lake missouri ozarks. the boat apparently hit a large wake at very high speed. tossed the passengers all over the place. the rough water threw the driver from the seat and slammed them to the floor. there here is that drivers fall again. nearly flipping as it went out of control. all seven people on board but not a serious sing gel injury. hours away from the opening of the 2012 democratic national convention in charlotte. thousands of democratic leaders and lawmakers and supporters have descended upon the queen city to take part in the festivities and renominate president obama. democrats will not be the only party in town. some republicans are sending the rising stars to charlotte
80 million people watched governor romney s prime time speech thursday night. nielsen says that s a 23% drop from four years when 39 million watched john mccain. the drop was even bigger than the vice presidential nominee. nielsen estimates congressman ryan drew 22 million. that s a 41% drop from then governor palin s acceptance speech in 2008. this year a will the more people were following on social media. romney 14,000 tweets per minute. the most tweeted event of the year thus far. democrats are getting ready to lay out their official party platform. expecting changes from everything on same sex marriage to minimum wage. that s coming up from journalists fox news on this monday fox report live from charlotte, north carolina. this is america s choice for news and information. it s great to have you with us. [ mother ] you can t leave the table
national convention will happen here. president set to speak in outdoor stadium. the weather maybe, i don t know, maybe mother nature is pulling for the other team. we have team fox coverage ahead for the democratic national convention live in charlotte, north carolina. home of those bobcats. we ll be right back. with hotwire s low prices, we can afford to take an extra trip this year. first boston. then san francisco. hotwire checks the competitions rates every day so they can guarantee their low prices. so our hotels re half price. h-o-t-w-i-r-e. hotwire.com