[Baldwin:] All right, welcome back. You are looking at live pictures here inside. That's looks like the forum. You can see live pictures inside, that's the CNN Grill. That is where I am sitting coming to you live from Tampa, just off the convention. Just off the forum where we're the nucleus of Tampa and the Republican National Convention is right now all week long. It's officially been called to order. So let's just continue on because part of this story here. Here are more pictures from inside that forum. Called to order at the top of the hour by RNC chairman, Reince Priebus. But on the minds of so many people here in Florida and the gulf region is Isaac. Here is the latest we have. Isaac is still technically a tropical storm. It is moving at 14 miles per hour and gathering power over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Remember you heard earlier that Isaac could turn into a strong Category 1 hurricane as it intensifies across the water there in the gulf. You know, wherever Isaac may land, you could be feeling its impact when you fill up your gas tank the next time. So the storm is very much so threatening oil refineries in the gulf. So I want to talk about that with CNN's Maribel Aber. She is live at the New York Stock Exchange for us today. When we're talking prices at the pump and everyone is sort of, you know, we don't like to hear that I suppose, Maribel. How high could prices go?
[Maribel Aber, Cnn Correspondent:] Hi, Brooke. Well, you know, one analyst says if refineries start shutting, down we could see gas prices jump 10 cents in the coming week. You know, at this point, we are seeing mostly evacuations offshore. About a quarter of gulf oil production is suspended. As you said earlier here, 39 platforms have been evacuated in eight rigs. But four refineries in Louisiana are in the process of closing down. The gulf coast is key, of course, to oil production in this country. So to put that all in perspective, 40 percent of the nation's petroleum refinery capacity is located along the gulf coast and there's also a huge network of pipelines that funnels it to other parts of the country. So any disruption to supply in this area could send oil prices higher. So we've been seeing volatility today jumping at first, now slipping, but as you know, Brooke, gas prices have already been rising. The national average is $3.75. It's gone up five days in a row. So as we watch this tropical storm, we'll see this as it continues Brooke.
[Baldwin:] We'll watch for it unfortunately, Maribel. Thank you so much for me in New York today. Now to a story that seems half a world away. Something that we are committed to covering for you at CNN, Syria, the civil war there, new violence. Look at this. This is the suburb of the capitol city of Damascus where more than 240 bodies have been found.