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Rick leventhal. hi, rick. >> this town is a few miles from the louisiana-texas border. we came here because the highway, interstate i-10 that crowds took goat cuts across the state is closed. we find neighborhoods like this, inundated with water. the intersection behind me, we couldn't get through. the residents can't get in and out in some cases. they were rescued from this neighborhood yesterday, last night we are told. there are people driving polaris type vehicles to get around the neighborhood itself. this is nowhere near as bad as it is in texas, and these folks know that. they know they...

Charges including four counts of intentional acts of terrorism. authorities say leslie merritt jr. is forensically linked to four of the 11 confirmed shooting incidents. merritt maintains that he is innocent of any crimes. nbc's gadi schwartz is live in phoen phoenix. >> reporter: good morning, this is the first chance we got to see the suspected i-10 shooter up close in court. in court he seemed incredulous telling the judge he had nothing to do with the shootings. the 21-year-old suspect leslie alan merritt jr. is a local landscaper, now facing a slew of charges including those four counts o...

Of the shootings along interstate 10 came from merritt's gun. in northern california, two wildfires have now destroyed more than 1,000 homes and more than 6,000 other buildings are still being threatened. those fires have killed at least five people. this has been one of the most destructive wildfire seasons in u.s. history. almost 9 million acres have been burned and about 3 million acres were burned about the same period last year. still ahead, what impact did wednesday night's debate have on the republican field? we'll have new post debate poll numbers on the other side of this break. a...

Every morning, i give each one of my customers a call to give them a closer eta. and when i called this customer, i discovered that he was deaf. then i thought of amanda. i've known american sign language since i was about 8 years old. it's like music for your eyes. and i thought that was an amazing gift to have, to be able to communicate with the deaf. my friend kanyon asked me to help him explain how today's appointment will go. he was nodding his head and giggling a little bit. i earned his trust that day, i guess. the man taken into custody late friday night in the string of shooting inc...