new york. i m wolf blitzer. thanks for watching. the news continues next on cnn. good evening, everyone. it is testing time in american politics. one leading republican presidential contender, texas governor rick perry, is about to make his debate debut and is drawing a political spotlight as his state deals with punishing wildfires. at this point we re urging people to avoid any outdoor activity which could conceivably start a fire. another top-tier gop contender the former mches governor mitt romney took issue with the democratic incumbent as he outlined a 59-point plan to spur job creation. what he s doing is taking quarters and stuffing them into the pay phone and thinking can t figure out why it s not working. it s not connected anymore, mr. president. all right, your pay phone strategy does not work in a smartphone world. and that indumb bent, governor romney speaks of, president obama, he s at a new low point in his political standing as the president pre
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
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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.