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IT'S BACK TO BUSINESS FOR DELAGATES IN TAMPA, AS THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION OFFICALLY OPENS.

TONIGHT ABC 7 TAKES YOU LIVE TO THE CONVENTION FLOOR.

A MAN'S BODY IS FOUND ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN LEHIGH ACRES.

TONIGHT INVESTIGATORS ARE CALLING IT SUSPICIOUS.

ABC 7 GETTING THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THE INVESTIGATION.

TONIGHT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IS DEALING WITH THE AFTER EFFECTS OF TROPICAL STORM ISAAC.

FROM FLOODING TO STORM SURGE, WE SHOW YOU HOW PEOPLE ARE GETTING AROUND.

HL 1) RNC TAMPA DAY 1-VO-WIPE

HL 2) LEHIGH DEATH INVESTIGATION-VO-WIPE

HL 3) PATH OF ISAAC-VO

SHOW OPEN-CLIP

1st WEATHER-WX WALL

IMPROVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THE WEEK

Tropical Storm Isaac now has southwest Florida in its rearview mirror, but we are still feeling its impact.

The skies have been quite cloudy today, and at times you had to throw on the rain jacket.

While we saw scattered showers, the east coast of Florida saw a deluge. They've seen an additional 5 to 10 inches of rain just today alone. We've been stuck in the middle of Isaac and that spiraling rain band today. When you are caught in that area the air sinks, and when it sinks it limits your rain coverage.

We have a chance to see very heavy rainfall overnight tonight and into tomorrow morning as Isaac moves further away and that associated band of rain moves with it. We will not pick up as much rain as the east coast, but a few more inches are definitely possible.

With Isaac to our west that keeps our winds from the south which pulls up a lot of moisture. That moisture is seen as clouds and is felt as rain.

Good news - conditions will improve come Thursday when Isaac is well away from us.

We're going to see a return of sunshine, isolated storms, and highs in the 90s.

Our surf conditions will also settle down.

Isaac is forecasted to make landfall on Wednesday August 29th in Louisiana as a CAT 1 hurricane. For those that don't know… That's the 7th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

YVYV CLIP-CLIP B

RNC OPENS-SOTVO

the 2012 rnc in session and called to order.

THE REPUBLICIAN NATIONAL CONVENTION OFFICIALLY OPENED IN TAMPA TODAY.

TROPICAL STORM ISAAC FORCED ORGANIZERS TO CANCEL MOST OF THE OPENING-DAY PROGRAM THOUGH.

RNC TAMPA DAY 1-OC DBX

CHIEF POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT CHAD OLIVER IS IN TAMPA AND JOINS US NOW LIVE, OVERLOOKING THE CONVENTION FLOOR.

CHAD, YOU SPENT THE DAY WITH THE FLORIDA DELEGATION, AS THEY READIED FOR TOMORROW'S NOMINATION EVENT.

RNC TAMPA DAY 1-SAT LIVE, VO-WIPE

rollq to VO: PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS.

INSTEAD RICK SCOTT GAVE A WEATHER BRIEFING AT INNISBROOK RESORT THIS MORNING.

THAT'S WHERE THE DELEGATES FROM FLORIDA AND SOUTH CAROLINA ARE STAYING THIS WEEK.

HE SAID HE UNDERSTOOD THEIR DISAPPOINTMENT ABOUT THE CONVENTION GETTING PUSHED BACK BECAUSE OF ISAAC.

BUT SCOTT MADE CLEAR- SAFETY IS HIS FIRST PRIORITY.

I CAUGHT UP WITH SOME OF THE DELEGATES FROM SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

LAVIGNE KIRKPATRICK FROM NAPLES POSED FOR THE GROUP SHOT WITH THE GOVERNOR AND LT GOVERNOR.

RNC TAMPA DAY 1-SOTVO

Lt Gov: we can do the business in the time span that we have and naturally if anything else happens we'll have to make an adjustment.

Kirkpatrick: it's difficult. it's difficult to know where you're supposed to be; but the people come before the party. He's the governor.

TOMORROW'S SCHEDULE GOES ON AS PLANNED. IT STARTS AT 2PM.

THE DELEGATES WILL BE ON THE FLOOR BELOW ME.

AND AT JUST ABOUT THIS TIME WE'LL HAVE FINISHED THE ROLL CALL TO NOMINATE MITT ROMNEY AND PAUL RYAN AS PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

RNC TAMPA DAY 1-SAT LIVE

RNC PROTESTS-VOTOPS

PROTESTERS REPRESENTING A VARIETY OF INTERESTS MADE THEIR VOICES HEARD AT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION AS WELL.

THEY SAID THE WET WEATHER WILL NOT DETER THEM.

TAMPA POLICE ORIGINALLY PLANNED FOR ABOUT FIVE THOUSAND PROTESTERS TO SHOW UP FOR A MARCH ON THE R-N-C.

TZ JEFF IN TAMPA TUESDAY-CG-TOPS

AND TOMORROW,

I'LL BE IN TAMPA FOR THE CONVENTION,

I'LL JOIN CHAD FOR OUR COVERAGE OVER THE NEXT THREE DAYS.

CHARLIE CRIST AT DNC-VO

FORMER FLORIDA REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR CHARLIE CRIST WILL NOT BE THERE.

INSTEAD, HE'S NOW SLATED TO SPEAK AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.

JUST YESTERDAY-- CRIST ENDORSED PRESIDENT OBAMA.

HE CLAIMS THE G-O-P FAILED TO SHOW, QUOTE, THE KIND OF LEADERSHIP OR SERIOUSNESS VOTERS DESERVE.

DEVELOPING NEWS-CLIP

LEHIGH DEATH INVESTIGATION-VO-WIPE

DEVELOPING TONIGHT --

INVESTIGATORS ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT *WHY.*

A DRIVER IN LEHIGH ACRES DISCOVERED A BODY ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TODAY.

THE MAN WAS JUST OFF WEST 18TH STREET.

LEE COUNTY DETECTIVES WON'T SAY HOW HE DIED, BUT THEY SUSPECT VIOLENCE.

DETECTIVES DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THE BODY HAD BEEN ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD,

LEHIGH DEATH INVESTIGATION-SOTVO

it's crazy because i always ride my 4 wheeler around here. that could have been me to find that body, you know

SWAT SITUATION-VO

SOME PEOPLE HAD TO DUCK FOR COVER THIS AFTERNOON AFTER HEARING GUN SHOTS NEAR A BUSY AREA IN DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS.

THIS IS NOT WHERE YOU MIGHT EXPECT A SHOOTING.

BUT POLICE SAY A HEATED ARGUMENT BETWEEN TWO MEN ENDED WITH ONE MAN SHOOTING THE OTHER.

IT HAPPENED NEAR THE CORNER OF VICTORIA AND EUCLID AVENUES.

THE VICTIM DROVE HIMSELF TO THE HOSPITAL.

CAPE CANAL LEVELS-VO

THE EFFECTS OF TROPICAL STORM ISAAC ARE CAUSING A NUMBER OF ISSUES THROUGHOUT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA TONIGHT -- INCLUDING STORM SURGE AND FLOODING.

TONIGHT IN CAPE CORAL, CITY LEADERS ARE KEEPING

A CLOSE EYE ON RISING CANAL LEVELS.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE WAVES POUNDING THE SHORELINE AT THE CAPE CORAL YACHT CLUB.

WATERFRONT HOMES CLOSEST TO THE RIVER ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE.

THE WATER LEVEL IN SOME CANALS IS NEAR THE TOP.

CAPE CANAL LEVELS-SOTVO

-"I had two people over there, two people over on this side. I get all my neighbors and we put the boat out and I say tighten this, loosen that

THAT MAN SAYS HE SPENT THREE HOURS SECURING HIS BOAT.

FMB HIGH WATER-VOTOPS

NOW TO FORT MYERS BEACH--

TAKE A LOOK DOWN BAHIA VIA STREET--

IT'S UNDER WATER!

NEIGHBORS SAY IT PEAKED ABOUT THREE FEET HIGH.

FMB HIGH WATER-SOTVO

michael lund/ 22:38

I have to park my car down the block in order to get out and go to work in the morning"

NEIGHBORS SAY STORM SURGE CAUSED THE MESS

THEY WANT THE TOWN TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

THEY'VE ASKED A COUPLE TIMES TO HAVE THEIR LOW-LYING STREET RAISED UP.

SANDIBEL CAPTIVA UPDATE-VO

HIGH SURF PUSHED WAVES UP OVER THE SANIBEL CAUSEWAY TODAY.

THIS WAS REMARKABLE VIDEO FROM SANIBEL AND CAPTIVA -- CHECK IT OUT.

THE LANDMARK LIGHTHOUSE WAS CLOSED.

WATER PUSHED HIGH INTO THE DUNES AT LIGHTHOUSE BEACH, PROMPTING SANIBEL OFFICIALS TO SHUT DOWN THE ACCESS ROAD LEADING TO IT.

KEEP IN MIND --

GAS STATION UPDATE-VO

GAS PRICES JUMPED AS ISAAC EDGED CLOSER TO FLORIDA.

AND THAT CONTINUED THE TREND.

OVER THE LAST MONTH, REGULAR GAS IS UP TEN PERCENT-- AND IT'S UP 11 CENTS IN THE LAST WEEK ALONE.

TRIPLE A BLAMES A PRODUCTION HALT IN THE GULF OF MEXICO AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC APPROACHED.

GAS STATION UPDATE-SOTVO

"they're robbing the public. That's what they're doing, robbing us. They're making it difficult, I mean people don't even have jobs right now, you know. This thing alone eats gas like unreal.

EXPERTS SAY DRIVERS SHOULD EXPECT PRICES TO RISE THROUGH THE LABOR DAY HOLIDAY.

WE'VE POSTED THE NUMBER TO REPORT PRICE GOUGING ON OUR WEBSITE, ABC DASH SEVEN DOT COM.

PATH OF ISAAC-VO WIPE

AS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WINDS DOWN FROM THE THREAT OF ISAAC,

FEMA IS MOBILIZING ITS STAFF.

IN ANTICIPATION OF THE TROPICAL STORM BECOMING A HURRICANE AND HEADING UP THE GULF COAST.

IN SOUTHERN ALABAMA, AUTHORITIES ARE TELLING PEOPLE IN BALDWIN AND MOBILE COUNTIES TO EVACUATE.

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI HAVE BEEN ORDERD TO EVACUATE AS WELL.

VALE OF KATRINA-VOTOP

AND WHILE FORECASTERS SAY THE DIFFERENCE IN WEATHER CONDITIONS BETWEEN TROPICAL STORM ISAAC AND HURRICANE KATRINA ARE STARK, MANY ARE STILL REMEMBERING KATRINA.

THAT'S BECAUSE ISAAC COULD MAKE LANDFALL WEDNESDAY, SEVEN YEARS TO THE DAY SINCE KATRINA DID THE SAME.

THIS IS WHAT NEW ORLEANS LOOKED LIKE BACK THEN.

TWO SIMILARITIES --

NEXT AT 7 OPEN-CLIP

TEASE ONE

A SHOOTING AT A BALTIMORE HIGH SCHOOL LEAVES ONE STUDENT IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

HOW FACULTY STOPPED THE SHOOTER FROM DOING MORE.

AND TIMING IS EVERYTHING.

TZ1 A) BALTIMORE SCHOOL SHOOTING-VOTOPS

TZ1 B) SCHOOL CLOSURE DECISION-VOTOPS

BALTIMORE SCHOOL SHOOTING-VO

A 17-YEAR-OLD STUDENT IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION TONIGHT --

AUTHORITIES SAY SHE'S THE VICTIM OF A RANDOM SHOOTING ON THE FIRST DAY OF CLASS AT PERRY HALL HIGH SCHOOL IN BALTIMORE.

THE BALTIMORE COUNTY POLICE CHIEF SAYS THE SHOOTER WAS ALSO A STUDENT AT THE SCHOOL

HE SAYS THE SHOOTER TOOK OUT A WEAPON HE HAD HIDDEN WHEN TEACHERS AND A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER IMMEDIATELY RUSHED HIM.

SCHOOL CLOSURE DECISION-VO

IT'S A TOUGH DECISION FOR SCHOOL ADMINISTATORS

LEE, COLLIER, AND CHARLOTTE CANCELLED TODAY'S CLASSES BECAUSE OF 'ISAAC.'

AND THE CALL LEFT A LOT OF PARENTS AT HOME WITH THEIR KIDS TODAY.

DISTRICT OFFICIALS SAID MAKING THE CALL EARLY WAS BEST FOR THE SAFETY OF STUDENTS.

SCHOOL CLOSURE DECISION-SOTVO

It's an individual forecast basis that they go by. So it looked as they the storm was coming closer to the coast line and they were also concerned about a lot of flooding

THE DISTRICTS ALL SAID THEY DON'T KNOW IF THEY'LL DO IT THE SAME WAY NEXT TIME.

NEXT AT 7 OPEN-CLIP

TEASE TWO

NOT EVERYONE GOT TO BREATH THE SAME SIGH OF RELIEF TODAY AS ISAAC PASSED.

SEE HOW SOME SOUTHWEST FLORIDA RESIDENTS SPENT THEIR DAY DEALING WITH FLOOD WATERS.

--PLUS--

I'm coming up on a bunch of cars.I am so scared.

AND A TERRIFYING ORDEAL FOR A WOMAN IN MISSOURI WHEN HER GAS PEDAL GETS JAMMED.

TZ2 A) GOODLAND UNDERWATER-VOTOPS

TZ2 B) STUCK GAS PEDAL-SOTVO

WEATHER-CLIP

WEATHER-PWC

IMPROVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THE WEEK

Tropical Storm Isaac now has southwest Florida in its rearview mirror, but we are still feeling its impact.

The skies have been quite cloudy today, and at times you had to throw on the rain jacket.

While we saw scattered showers, the east coast of Florida saw a deluge. They've seen an additional 5 to 10 inches of rain just today alone. We've been stuck in the middle of Isaac and that spiraling rain band today. When you are caught in that area the air sinks, and when it sinks it limits your rain coverage.

We have a chance to see very heavy rainfall overnight tonight and into tomorrow morning as Isaac moves further away and that associated band of rain moves with it. We will not pick up as much rain as the east coast, but a few more inches are definitely possible.

With Isaac to our west that keeps our winds from the south which pulls up a lot of moisture. That moisture is seen as clouds and is felt as rain.

Good news - conditions will improve come Thursday when Isaac is well away from us.

We're going to see a return of sunshine, isolated storms, and highs in the 90s.

Our surf conditions will also settle down.

Isaac is forecasted to make landfall on Wednesday August 29th in Louisiana as a CAT 1 hurricane. For those that don't know… That's the 7th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

GOODLAND UNDERWATER-VO-WIPE

THE MAJORITY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ESCAPED MAJOR FLOODING

BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN EVERYONE STAYED DRY.

TAKE A LOOK OF THIS VIDEO OF GOODLAND EARLIER TODAY.

THE WATER HAS BEEN RECEEDING THROUGH OUT THE DAY.

DURING THE DAY, LEVELS WERE SO HIGH.

SOME RODE JET SKIS AND CANOES IN THE ROAD.

GOODLAND UNDERWATER-(2)SOTVO

We're used to snow storms, not tropical storms. It was amazing.

A lot of people did vacate the compound but four of us did stay here. We're gonna ride this thing out.

SOME BOAT DOCKS WERE SUBMERGED.

NEIGHBORS SAY SOME WAVES WERE FIVE TO SIX FEET HIGH.

AMISH HAIR CUTTING ATTACKS-VO

JURY SELECTION GOT UNDERWAY IN OHIO TODAY FOR SIXTEEN PEOPLE CHARGED WITH HATE CRIMES ON FELLOW AMISH PEOPLE.

THEY'RE ACCUSED OF FORCIBLY CUTTING THE BEARDS AND HAIR OF AMISH MEN AND THE HAIR OF WOMEN LAST FALL.

SOME OF THE DEFENDANTS FACE PRISON TERMS OF 20 YEARS OR MORE IF CONVICTED.

STUCK GAS PEDAL-SOTVO-OC

NOW TO ONE MOTHER'S HARROWING ORDEAL, BEHIND THE WHEEL.

HER ACCELERATOR GOT STUCK. FORCING HER TO AVOID OTHER DRIVERS AT SPEEDS UP TO 120 MILES PER HOUR.

I'm going like 80 almost 90 miles an hour headed to Bethany and I'm scared to death

HERE'S A LOOK AT THE DASH CAM VIDEO OF THE INCIDENT.

STATE POLICE SHOWED UP WITHIN MINUTES TO HELP THE WOMAN, 47-YEAR-OLD LAURI ULVESTAD, BUT HER ORDEAL STILL LASTED THIRTY FIVE MINUTES.

FINALLY TROOPERS ADVISED SHE PULL THE ACCELERATOR OR HER KIA SORENTO AND HIT THE BRAKE A THE SAME TIME FINALLY SLOWING THE CAR TO A HALT.

AMAZINGLY, ULVESTAD DIDN'T HIT A THING.AND NO ONE WAS HURT.

IN A STATEMENT, KIA MOTORS AMERICA SAYS THEY INSPECTED THE CAR BUT HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED.

RENO AIR SHOW CRASH FINDINGS-NATSVO

TONIGHT THE NTSB REVALED WHAT THEY THINK WAS THE PROBABLE CAUSE OF LAST YEAR'S PLANE CRASH IN RENO, NEVADA THAT KILLED ELEVEN PEOPLE.

REMEMBER THIS?

NATS 4 SEC

INVESTIGATORS SAY THE PILOT PUSHED THE VINTAGE PLANE BEYOND ITS LIMITS.

THE OLD PLANE CRASHED GOING 530 MILES AN HOUR INTO THE CROWD DURING THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AIR RACES.

THE PILOT AND 10 PEOPLE ON THE GROUND WERE KILLED. MORE THAN 60 OTHERS WERE INJURED.

ROBIN ROBERTS MEDICAL LEAVE-VO

ROBIN ROBERTS SAYS FRIDAY WILL BE HER LAST DAY CO-ANCHORING "GOOD MORNING AMERICA" FOR A WHILE.

ON MONDAY'S EDITION, ROBERTS MADE OFFICIAL THE START DATE FOR WHAT'S BEING CALLED HER "EXTENDED MEDICAL LEAVE."

ROBERTS TOLD VIEWERS IN JULY THAT SHE HAS M-D-S, A BLOOD AND BONE MARROW DISEASE.

TEASE THREE-POP

FOOTBALL SEASON IS HERE. LIKE THE SOUND OF THAT. SEMINOLES AND GATORS GETTING READY FOR THEIR SEASON OPENERS

TZ3 A-VO-DISS

STOCKS MARKET CLOSING-CGTOPS

TONIGHT AT 11 OPEN-CLIP B

11PM TZ1) ELECTRONICS FLYING-VOTOPS-WIPE

ALL NEW TONIGHT AT 11,

TIRED OF BEING ASKED TO TURN OFF YOUR ELECTRONIC DEVICES BEFORE TAKE-OFF? --

THOSE DAYS COULD BE GONE --

11PM TZ2) BREAST CANCER-VOTOPS

AND IN TONIGHT'S A-B-C SEVEN EXTRA,

IMPORTANT HEALTH NEWS ABOUT BREAST CANCER.

LOSING WEIGHT AFTER A DIAGNOSIS CAN LEAD TO BETTER OUTCOMES IN RECOVERY --

SPORTS OPEN-CLIP

US OPEN-VOTOPS

DAY ONE OF THE US OPEN.

AMERICAN JAMES BLAKE OFF TO A GOOD START. HE BEATS. LUKAS LACKO IN 4 SETS.

FLORIDA STATE-POPMON

FLORIDA STATE-VOTOPS

THE NOLES EASE INTO THE SEASON WITH MURRAY STATE AND SAVANAH STATE BEFORE GETTING TESTED IN WEEK 3 BY WAKE FOREST.

LAST YEAR THE FSU COULD NOT STAY HEALTHY. INCLUDING QUARTERBACK EJ MANUEL.

FLORIDA STATE-SOTTOPS

WATKINS-VOTOPS

TODAY THE FLORIDA GATORS RELEASED THEIR DEPTH CHART. AND CAPE CORAL GRAD. JAYLEN WATKINS IS LISTED A STARTING CORNERBACK FOR THE GATORS.

WATKINS-SOTTOPS

MIAMI DOLPHINS-POMON

MIAMI DOLPHINS-VOTOPS

ONE OF PHILBIN'S MAIN CONCERN HAS BEEN AT WIDE RECEIVER.

SINCE TRADING BRANDON MARSHALL. NO ONE HAS EMERGED AS THE NUMBER ONE GUY.

MIAMI DOLPHINS-SOTTOPS

AARON HENRY-VOTOPS

IMMOKALLE GRAD AARON HENRY HAS BEEN RELEASED BY THE OAKLAND RAIDERS.

HENRY WAS AN UNDRAFTED FREE AGENT OUT OF WISCONSIN. WHERE HE EARNED FIRST TEAM ALL BIG TEN HONORS HIS JUNIOR YEAR.

FGCU SOCCER-CGTOPS

LET'S TALK A LITTLE SOCCER. THE FGCU MEN ARE IN THE NATIONS CAPITAL TAKING ON GEORGETOWN.

THE HOYAS. RANKED 16TH IN THE NATION GET THE WIN. 1-0

RED SOX-VOTOPS

FENWAY PARK. RED SOX ROYALS.

JACOBY ELLSBURY FLYING SOLO IN THE FIRST. THAT TIES THE GAME AT 1.

GOODBYE WEBSITE TEASE-4 SHOT