bottom of the hierarchy of the nation, and the nation was understood as hierarchical or as local, for many presidents the south became sort of the demon region. and there are reasons for that because they are building coalitions that depend on including people but also always on excluding people. one of roosevelt great geniuses as president is he almost never actively exclude people but tended to base his notion of the nation on a very inclusive sense of what that meant. and so that's what i'm going to talk about right now. this book is actually goes back a little ways, and it's a book on the presidency in which franklin roosevelt is the pivot, the actual center of the book, and in the larger book i examine the complex was in which our national history can be understood to -- also maintaining allegiance, the hierarchies of class and race that allow force abilities. in that history all of these things are short fully contested during the roosevelt administration. the economy lay in ruins, african-americans were making increasing demands for civil rights, women were flexing their politi

the nationals in command of the game with 8-0. next inning, bern an deana crushes one with the bases loaded and not kite quite enough to leave the park. the ball is off of the ball and right field. two more runs come in to score. the nationals are leading 10-0. the top of the fifth we go. the offensive on-site continues and over the center fold wall. that is the 12th homer of the year. the only home run for the nationals despite scoring a season high 14 runs. they win 14-2. and the nats and giants came, too, another one tonight at 1015. -- 1015time, brian? >> -- 10:15. >> and this evening, we're talking about a chance of showers and thunderstorms. it will happen again tomorrow week. stay warm and do cool off for the weekend. brian? >> now you have the news edge. the news is always on at www.myfoxdc.com came. -- www.myfoxdc.comcom. [ male announcer ] in 1996,, president clinton and a bi-partisan congress helped end welfare as we know it, by requiring work for welfare. but on july 12th, president obama quietly announced a plan to gu

head down to the national harbors. they have dozens of acts that will be performing throughout the weekend and stages indoor ands and outdoors. things kick off at noon today. one of the sponsors is joining us. the festival has been here three years. >> come and visit the gretch exhibit. this guitar is peridotite number one, based on the original model guitar that george harrison bought when he was a kid. this is a picture of him at age of 17. it will be on display. we brought it from london to the united states and replicated it. it was quite a project. it will be on display here. come by and take a look. >> it's a little piece of history. anything you are specifically looking forward to in terms of musical groups? >> there's a lot of great music. the power of the beatles and that music, the spirit of it. it's a great family event. the steve kseizmoore band. >> things kick off at noon today and continues through the weekend, even on monday. there are stages outside and inside. let's go back to the studio with adam cask

not just dod, by the nation. -- but the nation. is dhs ready to face that next catastrophe with potentially diminished dod help? who would like to go first? >> i would have to say that after hurricane katrina, they are always asked if you already. i think the answer is always yes. once you give the answer is yes, you think, what did i just say? the total consequences are enormous. at this point in terms planning and coordination and relationships between dhs and the department of defense, secretary stockton and others in terms of the capabilities and the national guard, i think the forces there to make a response within is judged adequately and timely, the scenarios are much broader than they were a few years ago. states have been heavily impacted by their budget and they are looking more to the federal level. i am concerned about a hollow force and a hollow capability to be able to say yes and mean it in terms of a large complex catastrophe. >> my answer is yes, we are ready today. but i think a lot of the credit for that goes out

not only the democratic party, but the nation. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> our next presenter is mr. david harris, president and ceo of the national jewish democratic council. the national jewish democratic council focuses on education democratic officials and candidates to increase their support for jewish domestic and foreign policy priorities. david, we are happy to have you and we look forward to your testimony. >> thank you so much, governor. my name is david harris. for 23 years, njdc's mission has been to maximize jewish support for democrats around the country. the united states and democratic party have long been advocates for and at supporters of a strongly beneficial u.s.-israel relationship. is based on shared values and shared interests. likewise, president obama has presided over a former policy based and in no small part on the special nature and importance of america apostatize with israel. as he has said, "ours is a unique relationship, and unbreakable commitment to israel's security, anchored by our commo

the national guard. i never served in the national guard. i spent 28 years in active duty in the united states army. but i had the opportunity numerous times to work with the national guard. as i became the deputy assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense i got to work with them pretty much every day. i have to tell you, if you don't understand what the national guard, army, and air guard, what they do for this country, you are missing something, because those men and women are heroes for this country. they are the lineal descendants of the minutemen. that is in their simple and it's very appropriate, because they are regular citizens. are not just weekend warriors. they are people who have real jobs in our communities. and then when the call is given, they put down that plow or whatever they do and then pick up a musket and they are ready to help their fellow citizens and most of the time at great personal sacrifice. these folks are important. i cannot think of canada better people to discuss

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the first time a european nation has won the event. usain bolt stormed to the golden double again, adding a 200-meter gold to his 100-meter victory. and a clean sweep for jamaica with second and third. eton storm to gold in the decathlon for a team u.s., almost 200 points ahead of silver. the cuban took the bronze. germany's women's javelin players placed second and third. goldblatt to check republic. and retaining the olympic title with a throw of 69.5 meters." german swimmer thomas lurz followed his fishing grounds with london silver in the 10- kilometer open water mother -- a marathon. team colombia could celebrate its first 2012 olympic gold. bidding out new zealand in outbmx final. latvia won the men's event, triumphing over australia. repeating an olympic victory in beijing. >> for more on the games now, so far most of the chaos many feared would hit the british capital's transport system did not happen. >> instead, things are running rather smoothly above and below ground. there have been some issues with tickets for the games,

between the nationals and braves. thank to a win last night, the nationals with a six-game lead over the braves in the division. today was a light day, players didn't have to come in and there is no onfield batting practice and strauss bug will get the start tonight and has 139, the third innings under his belt and is expected to be shut down between 160 and 180 innings since coming off of tommy johns surgery. he's 14 and 5, a 2.91e.r.a. and 173 strikeouts and straussberg is the team'ss error error and they going to -- team's ace and he's going to need their arm and back. >> the first full year in the big leagues and when -- and that is being overshadowed by the pennant race and i won't be thinking about limiting, you know, and the last few starts. >> last night, bottom of the 13th. and tied for four. suzuki up to bat with espinosa and the high-topper over the mound. can not make the play and look at espinosa with the heads-up run and into third. nobody is covering. the next batter sends a hot grounder to the right si

. >>> face the nation is in tampa for the republican national convention as well with the focus a conversation with florida senator rubio and a discussion of key boys in the republican party with their chairman platform committee co- chair rep and the former governor on face the nation. greta foot as former republican governor governor is supporting obama for president. he says obama is the right leader for our time going on to say obama served as the nation's columns doing historical a turbulent storm. >>> the vice president of syria minutes first public appearance in more than a month ended rumors that he may have defective. reporters saw him walk into his office in damascus and then he met with members of the iranian parliament. the vice president looks serious and avoided journalists speculation and uncertainty in the possibly defective to jordan. >>> the world's remember one of america's bravest roast neil armstrong the first man to ever walk on the moon died yesterday from complications of heart surgery at the age of 82. given this a look back to the legacy of neil armstrong. >>> it's a

rather than in the service of the nation -- when they are in the service of the nation, they fall under the normal chain of command with the secretary of defense and the president and they are entitled 10 status and are in distinguishable. the good news is the training now is uniform, the standards are uniform, so everybody is trained in the same schools with the same standards and has the same enlistment criteria, same selection criteria to become a member, and to remain a member, so that their performance is absolutely identical to the active duty force when it is called into service of the nation. what most people don't realize is that the national guard is called into the service of the governor's each and every day. i did not realize how much that was the case until i was lucky enough to be appointed chief of the national guard bureau by secretary donald rumsfeld under president bush back in 2003. for the five and a half years i have the honor of being the chief of the national guard bureau before i went to be the deputy at u.s. northern command i kept a record of how many states c

. >>> then, how can we get the nation's finances under control? is the u.s. headed towards bankruptcy? we'll ask our all-star panel of experts. along with our partners at the university of virginia's miller center. >>> good morning. george stephanopoulos has the morning off. after mitt romney's selection of paul ryan as his running mate last weekend there was a brief moment where it looked like as though the tone of this tough campaign might be elevated with a complete focus on critical issues such as fixing the nation's finance, that lasted about a day or two. now, the attacks are back. let's begin right there, joining us is stephanie cutter and kevin madden. thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you. >> kevin, let me start with you, the race didn't let up this weekend. here's president obama in battleground state new hampshire. >> his new running mate, congressman ryan, he put forward -- he put forward a plan that would let governor romney pay less than 1% in taxes each year. now, and here's the kicker. he expects you to pick up the tab. >> now, kevin,

they play the national anthem once at the end of the gold medal game. >> please stand for the playing of the national anthem of the united states of america. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> the u.s. women's basketball team claiming its fifth consecutive gold medal. that completes our daytime coverage here on day 15. a reminder, olympic primetime with bob costas. for al michaels, i'm dan patrick. talk to you tomorrow. we asked over 3,000 doctors to review 5-hour energy and what they said is amazing. over 73 percent who reviewed 5-hour energy said they would recommend a low calorie energy supplement to their healthy patients who use energy supplements. seventy-three percent. 5-hour energy has four calories and it's used over nine million times a week. is 5-hour energy right for you? ask your doctor. we already asked 3,000. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] >>> good evening. the big story at 6:00, mitt romney has selected paul ryan of wisconsin as his running mate. they appeared together in norfolk, va., to kick off their four-day bus tour. brian moore has the story. >> mitt r

the internet to the united nations. proposals to circulatin a new pe u.s. said it would continue with its current system of oversight by the department of commerce. the psychiatrist who treated the color of the shooting suspect james holmes reported the disclosed she had warned officials at his school, the university of colorado. dr lynne fenton said that her warnings went unheeded and that no action was taken because hilmes was in the process of dropping out of school. the wife of an african-american man who died in the custody of police is seeking justice. travis carter was detained saturday after allegedly being found with marijuana. police say he was handcuffed and placed in the back of a police cruiser, at which point he accidentally shot himself in the back of the head while reaching for a gun. in an interview, his mother cast out against the claims. >> i think they killed him. they searched him twice. my son was not suicidal. i just want to know what really happened. >> carter's mother says the police account is

sight, when the richest in the nation of the world cannot manage its own economy, when the nation with the greatest tradition of the rule of law is plagued by unprecidented lawlessness, when a nation has been known for centuries for ewall ty of opportunity is torn by unprecedented racial violence and when the president of the united states cannot travel abroad or to any major city at home without fear of a hostile demonstration, then it is time for new leadership for the united states of america. we had enough. the has come for honest government in the united states of america. so tonight, i do not promise millennium in the morning. he do not promise we can evad quate poverty and eliminate, but i do promise action, and new policy for peace abroad. a new policy for peace and progress at home. look at our problems abroad. do you realize we face the stark truth that we're worse off in every area of the world tonight than we were when president eisenhower left office eight years ago. thathat is the record. and there is only one answer to such a record of failure. that is a complete housecl

this is the kind of nation we are. it is whether we still possessed the wit and determination to deal with many questions including economic questions but certainly not limited to them. all things to not flow from welsh or poverty. i know this firsthand and so do you. all things flow from doing what is right to [applause] >> look at what has happened to -- we have the lowest combined rate of unemployment, inflation in home mortgages in 28 years. [applause] look at what happened to -- 10 million new jobs, over half of them highway judge, 10 million workers getting the raise they deserve with a minimum wage low [applause] >> cspan has aired every minute of every major party conventions since 1984. you could want our live coverage every minute of the republican and democratic national convention live on c- span, cspan radey of, and street on the c-span.org line at starting monday, august 27. up next, surgeon general regina benjamin on the national strategy for disease prevention. she spoke for half an hour in washington.

this is the first of five remarks -- frameworks. we have the nationalç response framework. this is the first framework following the presidential disaster directive saying that we will have those as a basis of how we move forward with recovery. this is the first one as we move forward from the federal level. it is a national framework. how many people are feds? i should have said, how many people are not feds? put that out of your mind. this is how we all come together and work together for recovery as we go forward. thank you all very much. [applause] ç>> before we take a break in about 50 minutes, we will hear some state and local perspective. what is particularly important to reflect on is that two years when we have an initial meeting in san francisco, we asked you about the framework and talked about the things that needed to go into the framework to move forward. comments were collected from across the nation and shaped the free market we have in front of us. we are looking to get more input based on the framework about the supporting documents, the organization, th

the "national review" magazine, which william f. buckley wrote in 1955. he said the national review would stand athwart history yelling, stop! well, if being conservative means you're standing athwart history yelling stop, stop with the progress, keep things as they are, conserve what exists and fight efforts to change things. if that's what a conservative is, what's a fiscal conservative? the way we use fiscal conservative, it's supposed to be not somebody opposed to progress whole scale, but somebody opposed to profligacy. that's the label that everybody is affixing to paul ryan. saying his fiscal conservatism is why he was chosen for vice president and why we should expect him to be around for a long while. if we really are going to be stuck with paul ryan as the face of republicanism for a long time, and if the term "fiscal conservative" is supposed to mean anything, we should get clear there may be a lot of great stuff to say about this guy, but fiscally conservative is not one of the things you really can say about him. during

if the nationals make it to the playoffs. this tuesday we spoke with fans who were stranded when the nationals game against the braves ended well after midnight. that passed metros closing time. during a recent meeting, the nationals ask the city of d.c. to help with additional police, with street closures, and with concessions stands. d.c. city council member tommy wells says other sports teams like the washington capitals before the extended metro and so should the nationals. >> they pay for the transit. i would expect the nationals to do the same. this should not be any controversy. i don't understand why the nationals don't pay what they need to. >> it would cost $29,500 to keep metro running late. that per hour. >> it is. >> 59 degrees greg. new details in the nude photo scandal involving prince harry. which british >> friday morning. we just got the latest from the national hurricane center on tropical storm isaac. maximum sustained winds at 45 miles an hour. 1,100 miles from tampa, florida. it is tracking to the west a

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newest the national zoo is already. the new american tell exhibit public this the saturday. brings visitors to the pacific northwest. likell have animals sea lions, seals, beavers, otters, holds. will have birds like pelicans and ravens and a bald eagle. many species on the trail are close to have come but a major rebound. >> entertaining animals the kids will enjoy. >> they do. it's pretty cool. >> we call my daughter parrot because she's at that age that she repeats everything. around here we have the leftovers of hurricane isaac us through thet weekend, are labor day holiday weekend. y over 6 inches of rain since midnight from the storm in louisiana. they will probably add another that.hes to a beautiful time lapse that we have this morning. nothing but sunshine especially around sunrise. then just a few clouds drifting on the right side of the screen. just some high, thin clouds overhead this midday. for the most part, skies. mostly sunny today and tomorrow part of into the first the weekend. degrees at chesapeake b

from the dollar and trading in the national currencies. hong kong financial secretary john tsang explains how all of this could work out. what is happening now is a great deal of trace element in the national currency so in terms of for example between russia and china they would be doing a lot of settlement in un or in ruble this way you can weigh reduce the currency risk that may incur and that it's already happening i think we should expect to see a lot more of that as these two currencies become at some stage currency for for the rest of the world. reducing the currency risk there's always a good idea how hungry actually it's paying for that update now on yvonne when our top stories in just a couple of. this was the plant that was responsible for causing the world's worst industrial disaster and now it had been abandoned in a condition where it had become a source of pollution or the most recent study that was done shows that this water pollution and spread of. food. more than hundred thousand people in. groups working in effect the ch

have a great weekend everyone could >> coming up, the national's -- everyone. >> coming up, the nationals have some cute additions to the family. >> david the first time i saw fios it was absolutely amazing. for years and years we had to put up with cable. once we got fios, it was like somebody like took our computer, shook all the junk out of it. [ male announcer ] don't settle for the same old cable technology. now you can move up to verizon fios with no annual contract required for just $99.99 a month for a year you'll get a fios triple play and our whole home solution -- including a highpeed wireless router plus a new multi room dvr and hd set top box free for 6 months. with fios the internet was five jabillion times faster. fios gives me way more for my money. [ male announcer ] switch to fios for just $99.99 a month for one year with no annual contract and get our whole home solution. hurry, upgrade to fios. no annual contract means now there's no rereason to wait. cable, hasta la vista! [ male announcer ] call 1.866.569.fios. that's 1.866.569.3467. contact the verizon center for cu

way back and gone over the left- field fence. the national's lead 2-0. he finished what he started his second career complete game. they went 4-3. tiger woods last chance of the year to win a major. he is right in the thick of things on the one in south carolina. he finish 3 under today. roy mcelroy is also on the hunt. he finished 5 under par. both guy s are chasing peterson. he leads after day one. congratulations to the u.s. women's soccer team. they beat japan 2-1 to win olympic gold. >> the u.s. is leading in metals. >> >> the end of the week is coming. what the you have for the weekend? >> we will have some rains burst, showers and storms tonight. heaviest storms coming out of winchester, virginia. we are watching ran far to the southwest. it will pay as a visit overnight. tomorrow our best chance of showers and thunderstorms, some could be severe. clearing and improving weather saturday afternoon. typically warm and humid through monday tuesday, and wednesday. we will take a fresh outlook on the storm's tonight on whether. >> thank you for that. i

they get the split. the braves won again tonight. they are only to back from the nationals. smacks a pitch to center field. his 10th of the year and 100th career home run. all.is tampa bay wins 2-0. they have not faced each other on the court since 2007. that will change after the semifinal result. double match point. delivers the ace. he won. the final is set for tomorrow. roger federer rallied winning his set and 3 cents. the longest of the open era. girl, one gold in the 800 meter. she came this close to a world record, too. >> five thieves got more than they bargained for. guys storminge the jewelry store pointing guns. the store owner opens fire on them. they run out. three guys got left behind and poli thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon. better chance for storms late sunday. if y've been successful, you didn't get there on your o. if you've got a business, you didn't build that. somebody else made that happen. my father's hands didn't build this company. my hands didn't build this company. through hard work and a little bit of luck, we built this business. why are you de

the nationals won the game in 11 innings last night against houston. roger bernadina ran all the way around the bases to score. the astros just kicked the ball around. >> the nationals remained three games up on the braves who also won last night. the astros>> the nationals are pleased that this is a four-game series. . here . >> getting excited about playing the buffalo bills, time to hit some other colored jerseys. robert griffin will have butterflies the size of. eagles and redskins want him to get in some reps and score some points. yesterday he was asked about his nerves. >> i think i will be more anxious and nervous. when you are anxious, you cannot wait to go succeed. i look forward to going out to be successful as an nfl quarterback for the franchise. in that sense i am anxious. >> robert griffin iii saying all the right things. there's a look at sports. >> call this an unexpected cameo for pat sajak. look over sydney crosby's right shoulder. pat sajak in the background watching the game. that picture was taken at the verizon center. pat sajak

the national snow and ice data center and the national space agency says the arctic sea ice has dwindled to some 27,000 square miles less than the previous record set in 2007. the ice will likely continue to melt with several weeks of summer weather still to come. in a statement, government scientists said the melting of the arctic sea ice "is considered a strong signal of long-term climate warming. speaking to the press, michael mann, the author of a major 2001 report on climate change and director of the earth system science center at penn state university, said -- is really judge has cleared israel's military of responsibility for the killing of u.s. peace activist rachel corrie. 23-year-old college student from olympia, washington, rachel corrie was crushed to death by an israeli army bulldozer in gaza nine years ago. she was standing in front of a palestinian home to help prevent its demolition. today's ruling came at a wrongful death civil suit brought by her family, with the judge rejecting any negligence on the part of the driver and finding that her death resulted from "an accid

it captures the imagination of the nation. through the turbulent history, it has been movement and the power of movements. franklin roosevelt was moved by later movements. lyndon johnson had the civil rights movement. i think we begin with that. this book comes out at a moment when the country sees the power and possibility of occupy, 99%, and how that has shifted. it is still evolving. it has shifted the center of political gravity of our dialogue. the issue has been off the radar for so long. >> roosevelt surfed and harnessed those movements. he used them to get legislation passed to initiate programs. obama is still getting on his wet suit. to read the essay she wrote in 2008, there was a sense of exhibits -- exuberance. you say that hope is not optimism that expects things to turn out well. it seems like he confused those two things. >> i will come back to what i write about in the book. the expectations were so great and high. go back to 2008. the back to the election and year when we are fortunate region were fortunate e

to the nation. in this time of fiscal difficulty that we face and our economic situation in the u.s. investing money in the guard and reserve and other reserves of the services is probably a very good investment and could return on the investment, especially with the very season to force -- season to forcd force. host: steve, you are on the "washington journal." go ahead. caller: i just have a few questions as far as foreign troops and gun confiscation. as i understand it, and i was in the air force, but everybody swears to uphold and defend the constitution of the u.s. i guess i just want your comments on those few things. guest: thank you for your service. regarding -- that is another difference in the garden and the other title 10 reserves as well as the active duty forces. daugaard -- we are available to the governors to enforce the laws of the state during unrest or other hold ups if we are called to duty and not engage in the laws. host: next up this louisiana. go ahead. you are on. >> yes, si

back to you. >>> what about the nationals losing? so unusual. >> not a good weekend for them either, but they've lost four straight now. they may or may not be in panic time mode. you can decide that. davey johnson reacts to his team's defeat today. >> plus rg3, andrew luck, who won round 1? we'll hear from both quarterbacks coming up next in sports. >>> now 9 sports with kristen berset, the best sport in town. sports in town. >> in what's becoming a reversal of roles the washington nationals went into philadelphia looking to maintain their division and the phillies got to play the role of spoiler. jordan zimmerman on the mound looking for his 10th win of the season, bottom 5 phillies up 1- 0, jimmy rollins at the plate. he adds two more with that shot 361 feet over the right field wall. an inning later tom gorzelanny in to pitch, phillies up 4-0. cliff lee solid today. he allowed seven hits in seven innings striking out five. he allowed one run off a tyler moore r.b.i. double. phillies win, 4-1 the final. >> don't underestimate this

for now the republican national convention will follow the lathes script tonight. the republins will conduct a roll-call to nominate mitt romney for president and paul ryan as vice president. it will include rick santorum bob mcdonald south carolina nicky haley and scott walker are among the few that will speak today. also ann romney the wife of governor romney will deliver her speech tonight. she will share with america the kind of man, husband, father and leader mitt romney has been. the keynote speaker is chris christie who will explain why having 4 more years of obama is not good for the country. we will talk about what we can expect for the republican convention. >> i think governor romney has an opportunity to basically reintroduce himself. talk about his values and his plans to fix our economy. the economy is the number one issue. why? because the american people are still asking the question where are the jobs? >> that is the narrative of this republican convention as we are see throughing the eyes of house speaker john boehner. governor romney is planning

to serve the nation. we need to not only continue to strengthen its insurance, but look far beyond facilities and partner together with dhs, department of energy, all the lead federal agencies, and especially partner with industry to build resilience in the electric power grid and prepare against the cast keating failure of critical infrastructure that would undermine the responsibility we have in the department to execute our core missions the matter what. second initiative we have under way is -- is not a question but if a complex catastrophe will start, the question is when. we need to continue to improve our business practices, our capacity to provide support to civil authorities when the call comes. it is a core responsibility of the department of defense, to provide support to civil authorities when we get requests that come in. that is the commitment we take seriously. the secretary recently approved a new initiative that is going to enable us to bring all dod capabilities to bear in support of civ

throwing rocks verbal rocks not only at the president but also of nations at the republican convention where he accepted his nomination mr romney told did not fail to once again highlight his animosity towards russia he criticized the president for not being hard enough in his view on russia when it comes to missile defense he referred to president obama's hot mike moment when the president told me that amid a bit of that he would be more flexible to discuss the issue after the election mitt romney says under his administration quote mr putin will see less flexibility and more backbone and of quote and of course that adds up to his earlier statements that russia is america's number one geo political enemy that they need to reset the reset that's actually what he says on the website as part of mitt romney's foreign policy agenda so yes a lot of tough talk i heard experts say that's how mitt romney comes makes up for lack of charisma what's interesting about the backbone comment is that mitt romney himself is often characterized as lacking the backbone as he has flip flopped on so many i

by the secretary general of the nation nation is something that u.s. officials didn't think should happen or helpful for moon to attend now that he is same u.s. officials are callog the secretary general to have pretty forth right discussions with the iranian regime. >> if he is to go to the very strong and clear on all of the areas of concern that the international community has with iran, this includes obviously its need to abide by the nonproliferation obligation and ongoing support for terrorism and disregard for human rights inside of iran. >>une -- un officials say the secretary general see says this to push for diplomatic solutions to all of the problems between iran and the west, shep. >> johnathon hunt on the stand off with iran. we expected the national hurricane center seven o'clock p.m. update to come in early and it just happened . we'll go to the fox weather center next. stay tuned. (sirens) (train horn) ♪ vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. update now on fox top sto

the republican national commission officially began today. >> the 2012 republican national convention is called to order. >> the big show was canceled, even as isaac turned out to be a bit of a bust in tampa. the governor says his speech tomorrow will carry the same message about mitt romney even with a tighter schedule. >> we need straight talk with the american people. somebody who will look at them and say we're broke. we cannot afford the spending any more. they are doing that in their homes. businesses are havto do it. >> as isaac closes in on the gulf coast, they may cancel the balloon drops and other we cannot have balloons dropping of americans are being hurt somewhere else. >> delegates were still excited to be here. >>the maryland delegation met today. it says isaac has not decreased the enthusiasm. >> now is not raining. it is a bit anticlimactic. really excited to be here and honored, truly. >> her daughter gets to miss school while getting a new educational experience. >> i am here with my mom ready to absorb it all and be part of history. >> not a lot of rain today. it h

and the secretary general of the united nations. this is the great achievement of this administration isolating iran? it's america that isolated and iran is getting free pass to develop nukes. >> save your comments on iran and israel for later date. that is it for the panel. stave tuned for the perils of nonstop weather coverage on a news channel. whether coverage of a developing storm -- weather coverage of a developing stor storm. i was born with scoliosis. without shriners hospitals, my life would be completely different. they gave me my future back. send your love to the rescue. donate to shriners hospitals, today. and what they said is amazing. review 5-hour energy over 73 percent who reviewed 5-hour energy said they would recommend a low calorie energy supplement to their healthy patients who use energy supplements. seventy-three percent. 5-hour energy has four calories and it's used over nine million times a week. is 5-hour energy right for you? ask your doctor. and it's used over nine million times a week. we already asked 3

the national league 5-2 in the night. in an effort to avoid eight suspension for performance passing drugs, a fake website was created at trying to get past investigators. i don't think that's working. >> [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve this message. [ male announcer ] you work hard. stretch every penny. but chances are you pay a higher tax rate than him... mitt romney made twenty million dollars in two thousand ten but paid only fourteen percent in taxes... probably less than you now he has a plan that would give millionaireses another tax break... and raises taxes on middle class families by up to two thousand dollars a year. mitt romney's middlele class tax increase. he pays less. you pay more. >> a neat photo gallery today. >> from the dream cruise last night in detroit -- what do you think of this one? that classic corvette. >> i can see you in that riding down the street. check it out at wjla.com. we have a great photo gallery of classic cars. by wednesday thursday and friday, temperatures will be back in t

the police upsays d.c. is bucking a national trend. >> other >> across the nation, crime is down. violent crime is down to historically low levels. here in d.c., it is up. it would be unacceptable for we were following national trends. we are the opposite of what is going on across the nation and that means something is very wrong here. we have a mayor that is so weak that he can't even come out and admit that crime is up, particularly violent crime, because he has so many other problems. >> now, chief cathy lanier points out that robberies have fallen 3% in the last three months. >>> a bit of a blunder for vice president joe biden on the campaign trail in virginia. >> i'm with you and i mean this, with you we can win north carolina. >> no, not north carolina. he is in virginia. that is not the remark by biden that is getting the most attention. we'll explain what we're talking about coming up next as we check more headlines.  >>> dry conditions causing big problems out west. three separate wildfires were sparked in washington state in just 90 minutes and there are about a

time for the "news nation" gut check. a high school valedictorian in oklahoma is not allowed to get her diploma because she said the word hell during her graduation speech. according to the girl's parents, the school is refusing to release the straight a student's official record until she apologizes. in her speech caitlin talked about people asking her what she wants to be to which she replied, quote, how the hell do i know? i've changed my mind so many times. i know that feeling. her dad says she's used the word heck when writing the speech but hell slipped out because it sounds more natural. the school had so far not issued a comment saying only that this is a confidential matter. caitlin recently started her freshman year in college and insists she's not apologizing. >> i don't want to because i'm not sorry, so writing an apology letter's just going to be a lie if they're saying that my cursing was sinning, that would be another sin. don't want to have two sins on my hands. >> you don't want two sins. what is your gut

immigration service to the national archives. that may not seem like a big deal but to get those records you have to make the freedom of the information act request. it is much easier at the archive. they were kept in kansas city. i looked up on the internet randomly the archivist name was in charge and i called her up and got to her on the phone. [laughter] she said i am so busy today. i was bracing myself. before i could get a word out she said i don't think i can get to to those records until after lunch. i said i guess i can wait. [laughter] she called back and said she found the file and would be happy to overnight it to me. i was surprised. your tax dollars at work. what arrived was a package filled with documents. and pretend certificates and confirmation from cuba and there were three sheep's i almost did not notice. deliverer this is the xerox by knoll disk. there was a recording part of the record. land just by coincidence or a curiosity is their final? she said i have no way to listen to it to. i said what if i bring a

e national >> the international flavor of it. good fansare some from -- bans from the local area as well. some of them might interpret things differently. there are some bands consisting of women as well. people can enjoy the weather. vendors will be selling t-shirts and beetles merchandise. couple of my books. lot going on, a fun weekend. something to look forward to in town. 30 different acts both indoors in case mother nature does not cooperate. things will pick off at noon today. reporting, abc 7 news. sounds like fun. in the meantime, forget about purchasing the kindle fire. a huge score for the latest madden nfl game. paula faris has more. the kindle fire is sold out. amazon has no more of the popular tablets computer. to announce a new model next week. twitter will make it easier for advertisers to target their are looking at who they retweet but not what are saying in your messages. ceo and the apple leader have been discussing their troubles lately. matt and nfl scores a touchdown. it sold 900,000 copies on its sale, car

to serve the nation. we need to not only continue to strengthen its insurance, but look far beyond facilities and partner together with dhs, department of energy, all the lead federal agencies, and especially partner with industry to build resilience in the electric power grid and prepare against the cast keating failure of critical infrastructure that would undermine the responsibility we have in the department to execute our core missions the matter what. second initiative we have under way is -- is not a question but if a complex catastrophe will start, the question is when. we need to continue to improve our business practices, our capacity to provide support to civil authorities when the call comes. it is a core responsibility of the department of defense, to provide support to civil authorities when we get requests that come in. that is the commitment we take seriously. the secretary recently approved a new initiative that is going to enable us to bring all dod capabilities to bear in support of civ

the national country joe received a $5 million gift to fix damage from the earthquake -- national cathedral received a $5 million gift to fix damage from the earthquake. repairs could take several years, however, and cost $20 million. >> world news is keeping a close eye on tropical storm isaac. i know you'll be talking about the tropical storm. it could become a hurricane. >> that is right. it could be as soon as tonight. everyone is saying, what about all of those people? we will tell you about the emergency plan. >> another concern is the west nile virus. i know you will be tackling that tonight. >> i know is affecting people in d.c. as well. we will take you through the details of what happens when you have symptoms and what consequences and how to make sure you stay as healthy as you can. >> thank you very much. you can watch those stories and more tonight. >> two d.c. airports have been ranked among the country's worst. the rankings are based on statistics from the first six months of the year. dulles came in second, behind newark. l.a.x. came in third. bwi, number 11. time for a chec

at the democratic national convention. which is the mayor of san antonio. at the same time, you have a lot of people saying that marco rubio could be on the national ticket, or at one time, people were mentioning susana martinez as someone who could be on one of these lists that are never published that are spoken up constantly. it is interesting that the democratic party does not have a latino who right now is very readily who would say on that short list of folks who could be on the national ticket. >> good evening. how do you envision senator rubio's relationship with the talking heads on the radio. particularly sean hannity and rush limbaugh, who really blasted him when you mentioned in your presentation, his idea would be on the dream act came out. do you think that they could ever realistically support him as a national candidate? >> yes. i think he would be very popular on conservative radio and television. sean hannity has been one of those prime examples of that and he has been on hannity shows frequently. he is v

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but in all the area of the national park, everybody must understand that the national park must have different zones and in different zones, we can do different activities. >> slovakia has no clear policy on conserving its ancient forests. at least hunting has been banned from the valley. he says this was his doing to protect the bears. that led to show you how the bears are -- >> to show you how the bears are eating. the docks are broken because of the bears. >> he was 16 when he discovered the area. he set up an environmentalist action group and two years ago, he made a documentary with some friends. the film is a homage to the valleys he still loves. half an hour away by car, it looks quite different. steve rounds have been carved out of the wooded slopes. it began three years ago. the marketing manager of the ski resort is proud of what they have achieved. >> this 90% of artificial snow on the slopes, so we can guarantee five months of skiing here. >> this pond supplies the water for the snow guns. he used to be the director of the national park. he criticized the building of ski