no lights as the helicopter hovers over the gm building in downtown detroit. major widespread power outage in downtown detroit. when we get more information of what might have caused it and how widespread it is, we will bring it to you. heather: a little chilly for folks there. the gloves, not at louisiana senate s debate. mary landrieu debating with bill cassidy to try to keep her senate seat. the last debate was last night of the runoff election focus on some controversies, among them the keystone pipeline. john roberts at the atlanta bureau. the gloves are off, lot of sharp elbows back and forth. the polls suggested to be a dramatic loss. senator mary landrieu throwing a hail mary attempting to raise suspicion of republican challenger bill cassidy s work
floods. stephanie elam has more. reporter: raging monsoon waters flooded parts of the phoenix area on sunday leading firefighters to a series of dramatic rescues caught on camera. at least half a dozen people brought to safety. this is pretty bad. i think the worst i have seen so far. reporter: emergency crews braved the waters one rescue after another after another. watch as emergency crews rush to the aid of these two 19-year-old boys who crawled out of their submerged suv to a small patch of land nearby. natural instinct is get out of the vehicle. a helicopter hovers above lowering a harness lifting one of the teenagers to safety. the second snaps pictures of the scene, even appearing to take a
good morning, stephanie. reporter: good morning, chris. it happened very quickly. and several people were in their cars and found that they had to find their way out of them and to safe land. take a look. raging monsoon waters flooded parts of the phoenix area on sunday. leading firefighters to a series of dramatic rescues caught on camera. at least half a dozen people brought to safety. this is pretty bad. i mean, i think the worst i have seen so far. i ve lived here for three years now. reporter: emergency crews braved the thigh high flash floodwaters that swallowed whole cars in its wake. one rescue after another after another. watch as emergency crews rush to the aid of these two 19-year-old boys in apache junction. who crawled out of their submerged suv to a small patch of land nearby. at that point the natural instinct is to get out of the vehicle. at that point they re going with the flow of the water which is very powerful. reporter: a helicopter hovers above lowering
wanted to have happen. moriarty can t know it yet, but he would soon face his greatest fear. but for now they inch out into the raging waters, hoping to get the man a life ring on shore. on land, a rescue worker now finds a suicide note. but they know nothing about the note and they re able to make contact with the victim. we wanted to reassure him, that we re coming to get you. he was able to yell loud enough that i can t stand here much longer. i m cold. and he said he s getting weaker. moriarty can t stand there much longer either. we could feel our feet being pulled from under us. i said this is going to have to be a no go. so plan b would have to be the option. the helicopter hovers above trying to get a rescue basket
devastating storm. what happened? i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. all right. look at this. this was then pf president obama us bus last august making its way through the midwest. look a this. this is now president obama s bus with a seemingly new accessory front and center. we re talking about a presidential seal. it s a bold reminder as he kicks his campaign into full gear in ohio, a major battleground state to be sure, that he has rivalled mitt romney. they are both trying to win in order to become president. at least in his part to remain president of the united states, romney s part to become president of the united states. the romney campaign though is trying to steal a bit of the thunder in the area. the president certainly didn t shy away from mixing policy with politics taking key action just hours before his speech to help bolster the economy. our white house correspondent, dan lothian, is traveling with the president in ohio right now. dan is joi