thank you very much. i m brooke baldwin. i want to pass along a quick note on an announcement from mitt romney. the former republican governor of massachusetts will lay out his plan to put americans to work. he ll do that a little later this hour in nevada. we, of course, will bring that to you live. first shall we re working right now to get more details on this deadly shooting that happened earlier today in nevada. here s what we know right now. a man reportedly entered this ihop restaurant, we re talking approximate carson city, nevada, shot three people dead, wounded six others and then turned the gun on himself and shot himself. last we heard, the shooter is not dead. but is not expected to survive. a police spokesperson says at least two of the people killed in that restaurant were military members and they were there in uniform. no identity kret on that gunman. we re making calls and if we get someone on the line, we ll have it live on cnn. i want to move to texas wh
anything but a holiday for americans reeling from extreme weather. lee is weakening to a tropical depression, but still a massive rain maker that could make travel across much of the country a nightmare. storms winds have helped fuel wildfires in central texas. at this hour, a thousand homes are in danger near austin. and later today, hurricane katia will unleash its first impact on the east coast. we re tracking this storm and tell you where that s headed in a moment. first, we want to begin with the flooding rains pounding the gulf coast since lee made la landfall in louisiana over the weekend. ed lavandera is in the city of lafitte this morning. what s it looking like where you are? reporter: they have shut it down because it is just after high tide here in southern louisiana. and that means that these floodwaters are going back up. many of the roadways in this area simply look like this. this isn t actually that deep but definitely treacherous enough for not allo
that was cool. american morning continues right now. after the deluge, i m christine romans, tropical storm lee now a tropical depression, but still, packing plenty of rain after dumping a foot on parts of the gulf coast. i m carol costello. right now massive wildfires threatening to burn down thousands of homes in texas. it is the worst fire season in state history and it s far from over on this american morning. all right. good morning, everybody. it s monday, september 5th. labor day. welcome to american morning. ali is off today. happy labor day. i hope you re not laboring. i really do. up first this morning, tropical storm lee now downgraded to a tropical depression but it s still a major rainmaker as it moves across the southeast. the storm dumping a foot of rain along the gulf coast. it also spawned several tornadoes including one in mobile county, alabama. it ripped the roof off of one home, uprooted trees, and brought down power lines. here s what lee
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make light of it considering things in ocean city are pretty much okay, but not so much in new bedford, michigan. that s where you see that boat at least it looks like it s until power. there had been reports by ron allen who said there were a couple boats that seemed to be out there on their own versus lost moorings. but it looks like that may be get towed, this one. there is a capital been on board, though, so at least that s a good sign. we re going to stay on top of this. the receipt of where it is in connecticut, massachusetts a. well. it s a big storm. we ll be right back. and you see this. it s the end of the road. the last hurrah. it s when ford s powertrain warranty ends. but in this ram truck, you ve still got 39,999 miles to go.