Look at this. High winds lifted a trailer onto the roof of a hotel. The storm flattened part of the local high school. But tonight, its the water threatening to do the most dama. Im hearing a helicopter. Reporter one than that will be staying dry, kerry packer. He was finally rescued after five hours. Heres a look at the damage to that school. Everything is now all the way down here. Fortunately, the storm moved through before classes started, or we could be talking very different story. Ryan, thanks. Lets get right toob marciano, tracking this. Tornado and flood watches into the night. Yes, both of the items of concern here. Flood watchch extending through tomorrow for new orleans, tornado watches through this evening. Of dallas, stretching across austin. Thats the cold front, but u uil danger. And tomorrow, through louisiana, alexandria, through jackson, mississippi, a a a decent amount of moisture through the halloween weekend. Thank you, rob. To the other major headline breaking, the white house announcing for the first time, u. S. Ground troops will enter syria to help in the fight against isis. A reversal for president obama, who has said in the past, there would be no u. S. Combat forces in syria. Saying their mission will be to help train local forces. But in iraq, u. S. Forces in a deadly fight. Of four, killed in the line of duty. What could these american face . Heres martha raddatz. Reporter this is what it can look like when u. S. Special Operations Forces are on the Ground Fighting isis. Just last week, the First American combat death at the hands of the terror group in iraq. And now, the u. S. Is sending special Operations Forces. Close to 50 of them to syria with no promise from the white house that the number wont increase. I dont want to try to predict the future here. Reporter putting american troops on the ground in one of the most dangerous places on the planet is a major shift in the fight against isis, but today the white house downplayed it again and again. They do not have a combat mission, train, advise and assist mission. Reporter train, advise and assist was also the promise made about american troops in iraq. And yet the delta force was stilpulled into that deadly and just look how the number of american troops in iraq has climbed since june of 2014. Going from 300 to 1,600 and now to more than 3,500 troops. And martha is with us now, live from washington. A lot of the veterans families will be asking, how can we be sure they wont be pulled into combat like in recent days . We cant be. Even though they say they will be in a headquarters, that does not mean they wont see combat. Martha, thank you. Turning now to the race for 2016. New fallout after the contentious debate. The fireworks paying off, ben carson saying he pulled in 2 million after taking on the media. Tonight, the Republican Party taking action, suspending an heres jonathan karl. Republican candidates revolt. Even in new jersey what youre doing is called rude. Reporter fuming over this weeks debate on cnbc. Is this a comic book version of a president ial campaign . No, and its not a very nicely asked question the way you say that. The questions asked so far in this debate illustrate why the American People dont trust the media. [ applause ] we have 19 trillion in debt, people out of work, we have isis and al qaeda attacking us, and were talking about fantasy football . Can we stop . [ cheers and applause ] reporter now the chairman of the Republican Party is suspending plans for a february debate on cnbcs sister network, nbc. Writing, cnbcs moderators engaged in a series of gotcha questions, petty and meanspirited in tone, and designed to embarrass our candidates. Nbc called it a disappointing development, pledging to work with republicans to address their concerns. This is not the first time republicans have complained. Who could forget Donald Trumps fury over the way he was treated in the first debate . Youve called women you dont like fat pigs, dogs, slobs and disgusting animals. Ive been very nice to you, not be based on the way youve treated me. Reporter that debate, of course, on fox news. And the next one will be on fox and tonight republicans say it will go on as scheduled. And jon is with us here in new york tonight. Word of a big meeting among republicans this weekend. They all have demand more control over the moderators. But this is a summit of enemies. They have different demands. Ben carson wants more candidates, trump wants fewer. And good luck in the marathon we turn to other news, a terrifying start to the school day in virginia. Five students and a teacher injured when an experiment goes wrong. A fireball erupting. Jim avila on the scene in virginia. Reporter sirens blaring. A ball of flame sent across the classroom, injuring five students and the teacher. Two of the kids seriously hurt, taken by helicopter to a d. C. Burn un. It shot sideways out of the class. Reporter this boy was in the lab when he says the teacher was conducting an experiment on an open flame. Reporter someone at the end of the hallway was on fire. Reporter local police say its an accident, no wrong doing. Its happened before. Just this spring in phoenix, an flame in science class ignited a fivegallon jug of ethanol. And last fall in reno, nevada, a Childrens Museum fire tornado experiment went awry when methanol exploded in front of watching children. Most of the High Schoolers treated and release, but one remains in fair condition in the hospital. Jim, thank you. And a scare on an American Airlines flight. Shortly after takeoff, a passenger storming into first class, ranting about 9 11. The pilot and crew taking swift action. David kerley covers aviation. Reporter first two Phoenix Police officers, then that passenger, wearing a baseball cap with his arms raised, being escorted off an American Airlines jet, in this video obtained by tmz. It was extremely scary. The entire plane was nervous. Reporter it started shortly after the fasten seatbelt sign was turned off. The male passenger walking into first class, reportedly refusing to return to his seat. There, Authorities Say he begins to make threatening and alarming statements about the government and including a reference to 9 11. The poor guy needs help. But he scared the hell out of everybody. Reporter passengers and crew intervene, and return the man to his seat. We strapped his belt on and thats when the Flight Attendant came and brought duct tape. Onboard, the pilot diverts to phoenix. Police say the passenger was in his seat with his seat belt on remove him. Tonight, no word that the man who flew out of here will face he was taken to a mental facility, is under the treatment of doctors, and under arizona law he can be held for three days. David . David, thank you. A Major Development this evening after the cases of suspected arson involving churches in st. Louis this month. Fires in seven churches, mostly in black neighborhoods. A suspect is under arrest, charged in two fires. A 35yearold male, and Officials Say this does not appear to be a hate crime. New reporting after the manhunt in kentucky and tennessee. A convicted rapist on the run for a week, killed noefrovernight. Alex perez with the thermal imaging they used to catch him. Reporter after six days on the run, and shootouts with police in two states, authorities finally catch up with convicted criminal floyd ray cook. The first crucial tip, from a resident thursday afternoon, who spotted cook near a wooded area. He come up here asking for a ride. We told him no. Reporter leading investigators to zero in on an area in rural kentucky. Once authorities were able to track cook into the woods here, they used a thermal imaging camera from a chopper up above similar to this one to pinpoint where he was. Take a look. You can see the camera shows heat leaving the body. In the dark of night, that camera was the help police needed. Tonight was kind of the scary moment when you are searching in the dark. Thats an uneasy feeling. Reporter just after midnight, they come facetoface with cook. Shots fired, shots fired. Reporter police say there was a gunfight. Cook firing at officers who shot and david, this is where the firefight with police ended. You can see bullet holes in the tree right here. Many across the area breathing a big sigh of relief. David . Alex, thank you. Now to tennessee, the race to save a 2yearold girl. An amber alert issued. As the 2yearold waved to them from the window. Heres david wright. Reporter amber alert. 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Blysma with a second puck over the glass. There he goes. Hes got one. Reporter and thats not all. Here comes iceburg the penguin. Look at this this is an early halloween for this youngster. Reporter an instant connection. So, was he scarred at all . Trey checked in with us today. Hey david, its me, trey. Im on my way to a hockey tournament in hershey, im gonna score one for you. This penguins fan and his sister arent skipping halloween. Hes a fighter. Rocky balboa. He still cant believe iceburg gives me the jersey and i have a huge smile on my face and i was just its unexplainable. Reporter a hug for trey. Dont mess with thatjenna good evening and thank you for joining us tonight im Jenna Rehnstrom tim and im tim seaman tonight four republican candidates are lining up to take the stage in orage city. They headline a northwest iowa gop rally on the Northwestern College campus. Jenna abc9s bria bell joins us now from the bultman center. Bria hows it going bria bell im here at the gop rally with cody hoefert who is the cochair for the Republican Party in iowa. How can northwest iowa become more active with the , bria bell what do we expect to hear from the campaigning for this afternoon rubio was greeted by an overflow crowd at bevs on the river. The republican happy hour marks the florida senators first stop in sioux city since july. Fresh off a solid appearance at this weeks gop debate in colorado, rubio says hes running for president because an important part of america is fading. Every nation has rich people. You go to the poorest country in the world and you will find rich people. American is special because millions of people who are never rich or famous achieve happiness. If we ever lose that were not special any more. Well still be a rich