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Up to oxygen tanks and sitting waiting to be taken by national guard troops to a nearby naval base. it s down in the area and now, in the opposite direction southwest in the community of lafitte tonight we re hearing about he vac waigs in jefferson pairnish. some of the rescue boats unable to get into the area because conditions are not good. isaac moving very slowly. it s dumping a lot of rain and kicking up a lot of wind. and we re seeing this playing out around the region. greta: casey, thank you. we look at this and see those pictures and it s horrifying and a vision of what we saw seven years ago. yes. greta: casey, thank you. coming up governor romney s wife made a big splash but how ....
Tropical storm isaac is bringing new misery to the gulf coast this morning with rising whatters and a race to evacua v people to safety. this story is not over. by any stretch of the imagination. as the slow-moving storm spreads out now, president obama has just declared a federal disaster in louisiana. sandbags are straining and at least one levee will have to be deliberately breached to relieve growing pressure. this remarkable time-lapse video from the new orleans times picayune showing 12 hours of isaac s impact in 30 seconds. a half day s worth of terrible rain and wind. all in half a minute. right now most of louisiana is under state of emergency. more than 700,000 homes and businesses have no power. new orleans is under a curfew dusk to dawn. abc s matt gutman is there. good morning, matt. reporter: rob, diana, we have been hearing increasing reports of significant destruction, tremendous amount of flooding, ....
Understands the military tasks are not yet done. much of the problem relates to how we re going handle the budget and economy because that is really right now the threat to our military strength that we can start making cuts in the budget to hollow out the military again as we did after the end of the cold war. secretary rice nice to see you. nice to see you, too. greta: straight head, many featured speakers are right here with us. you re going hear from them, and plus, isaac. the dangers of a wicked storm lashing gulf coast states. he s stirring up trouble. we have teams on the ground. stay tuned for live reports coming up. ....
steve: extreme weather alert. tropical storm isaac dumping more rain on louisiana as it slowly moves on a path toward arkansas at this hour. officials warning people this morning to get out ahead of rising flood waters cause they re coming. accused dark knight rises shooter james holmes due back in court. a judge considering whether to release a notebook holmes reportedly used to plan his attack and then mailed it to the psychiatrist he was seeing just days before the massacre at his university. holmes lawyers say the notebook is protected under doctor-patient privilege. prosecutors say it proves he s a cold blooded and methodical killer. meanwhile, last night belonged to paul ryan. but tonight it s all about mitt romney. so what should he say in his big speech? we re back with karl rove and joe trippi. the thing about the networks this time, they re only running one hour worth of republicans a night. one hour next week of democrats. so time is precious. ....
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