It’s been one year since a Central Florida woman returned home after being forced to quarantine on a cruise ship in Japan. “(I’m) weeping over what's going on in our world,” Wanda Davis said. Davis, a proud woman of faith, said she chooses to look on the bright side when possible. “I'm excited about Moderna and Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson, and all those things. So, I'm cautiously hopeful,” Davis said. A year ago, Davis was first quarantined on.
while some parts of the country are dealing with the remnants of isaac, here sunshine. this is thursday, august 30th, 2012. good morning, everybody. i m tony perkins. i m allison seymour. and we continue to track tropical storm isaac as it slowly moves in bringing heavy rains and strong winds. in louisiana, thousands of people are being evacuated from saint john the baptist parish because of major flooding. the national guard has been working with sheriff s deputies to rescue people who may be stranded in their homes. in nearby plaquemines parish, officials plan to intentionally puncture a floodwall to relieve growing pressure on one levee. meanwhile, in mississippi several national guard rescues were made. isaac spawned one tornado that destroyed several buildings and knocked down power lines. president obama has signed a disaster declaration for louisiana and mississippi. it speeds up federal aid and recovery efforts. about three-quarters of a million people are without
overturned tanker truck. we ll continue to follow that and check in with julie for its impact on traffic. i m sarah simmons. i m wisdom martin. welcome to fox 5 morning news. tropical storm isaac is weakening but it is still wreaking havoc along the gulf coast because it is a slow- moving storm. thousands ever people in plaquemines parish and st. onthe baptist parish have been forced to evacuate because of the flooding. in plaquemines parish, officials intend to intentionally puncture the flood wall to relieve pressure. here at home, crews or stand-by to help. montgomery county urban search and rescue has three folks down in alexandria, louisiana waiting to go into the hardest hit parts of the state. the storm also spawned at least one tornado that destroyed several buildings and knocked down power lines. present obama had signed a disaster deck lahring lahr declaration for louisiana. you can see the red there in southern alabama. we still have tornado warnings even a
released. the oakland protest will begin here at the bart station and that will take place sunday afternoon. the oakland police indicate that they will add additional officers, and they will try to facilitate any peaceful protest. officials and the mayor have not commented on this at this time. in the meantime, grants uncle says that the family is outrage over his early release. he served actually a little less than half of this sentence, for the judge, judge perry to throw the meeting of our sentencing out which was the gun enhancement, and giving him the right to give him this is double time credit for a day served, was really a slap in the face. his uncle says that his nephew supporters will hold rallies and protests in los angeles and oakland this weekend prior to his release. back here in the bay area, there are local plans for rallies on sunday. businesses are getting ready to deal with that reality. in oakland, businesses are already making plans in response to