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BELOVED STUFFED TOY. HOW STRANGERS HELPED TO BRING THE TWO BACK TOGETHER AFTER BEING SEPARATED BY SEVERAL STATES >> ABSOLUTELY. IT IS A STORY WE HAVE HEARD BEFORE. GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US, I AM JOE FRYER. >> I AM SAVANNAH SELLERS. IT IS 53 DAYS TO GO BEFORE ELECTION DAY AND THE CANDIDATES ARE OUT ON THE TRAIL >> KAMALA HARRIS WILL HOLD CAMPAIGN EVENTS. YESTERDAY, SHE RALLIED SUPPORTERS IN NORTH CAROLINA, A STATE THAT HAS NOT GONE INTO THE DEMOCRATS: SINCE BARACK OBAMA BACK IN 2008. AS FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP, HE IS HOLDING EVENTS TODAY IN LOS ANGELES. HE ANNOUNCED ON SOCIAL MEDIA HE WILL NOT DEBATE HARRIS AGAIN. HE SPOKE EXCLUSIVELY YESTERDAY WITH OUR TELEMUNDO STATION IN ARIZONA EXPLAINING HIS DECISION. >> WE JUST DON'T THINK IT IS NECESSARY. AS YOU KNOW, JOE, AND WE HAD ANOTHER ONE TODAY AND THEY WERE BOTH VERY SUCCESSFUL. IN FACT, I POLL NUMBERS HAVE GONE UP SINCE THEY DEBATE AND WE HAVE DISCUSSED EVERYTHING AND I DON'T THINK THAT ONE IT EITHER BUT I THINK WE FOCUS ON RUNNING THE COUNTRY. EXPECT THIS ALL COMES AS THE PRESIDENT STANDS BEHIND FALSE CLAIMS MADE BEHIND THIS WEEK'S DEBATE THAT HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS IN OHIO ARE ABUSING S. >> Reporter: VICE PRESIDENT HAIR IS PUSHING FOR ANOTHER DEBATE AS YOU SAW, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS HE WON'T AGREE TO ONE ARGUING THAT IT IS TIME TO MOVE ON. BOTH CANDIDATES ARE CLAIMING VICTORY IN TUESDAY'S SHOWDOWN IN TAKING THEIR MESSAGE BACK TO THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL >> Reporter: FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP DOUBLING DOWN ON CLAIMS THAT HAITIAN MIGRANTS IN OHIO ARE EATING PETS. A CLAIM DEBUNKED BY LOCAL LEADERS. EXPECT THIS COMES FROM STORIES FROM TELEVISION AND SOME OF THE PETS, CATS AND DOGS BUT SOME WERE TAKEN BY THE MIGRANTS AND IT IS A SHAME. >> Reporter: TRUMP MAKING THAT ACCUSATION DURING TUESDAY'S DEBATE WITH VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS EACH CLAIMING VICTORY IN THE FACE OFF. TRUMP SAYS HE WON'T BE DETERMINING DOSE RETURNING TO THE DEBATE STAGE >> WE HAVE TO GO OUT AND VOTE, WE HAVE TO VOTE. >> I THINK WE OWE IT TO THE PEOPLE TO HAVE ANOTHER DEBATE. WE OWE IT TO THE VOTERS. BECAUSE HERE'S THE THING: IN THIS ELECTION, WHAT IS AT STAKE COULD NOT BE MORE IMPORTANT. >> Reporter: HARRIS HOLDING RALLIES IN NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, A STATE DEMOCRATS HAVE NOT WON SINCE BRAHMA BACK IN 2008. TRUMP HAS HIS SIGHTS SET ON ARIZONA. AS BOTH CANDIDATES TAKE THEIR MESSAGE TO KEY STATES. >> I THINK TRUMP WON BECAUSE HE HIT ALL THE MARKS. >> I THINK SHE IS TRYING TO REPRESENT EVERYONE IN AMERICA.>> Reporter: WHILE MOST AMERICANS ARE HEADING TO THE POLLS IN NOVEMBER, BALLOTS HAVE STARTED GOING OUT IN ALABAMA AND EARLY IN PENNSYLVANIA, MUST WIN STATE FOR BOTH CAMPAIGNS BEGINS NEXT WEEK WHILE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS THEY WILL NOT BE ANOTHER PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, THE TWO VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ARE SAID TO FACE OFF ON OCTOBER 1st. >>> AND ATLANTA JUDGE HAS THROWN OUT TWO CHARGES AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND AN ADDITIONAL CHARGE AGAINST HIS CODEFENDANTS IN THE ELECTION INTERFERENCE CASE. EXPECT BOTH OF THOSE CHARGES RELATE TO ALLEGATIONS OF FILING FALSE DOCUMENTS IN FEDERAL COURT. THE CASE HAS BEEN ON HOLD SINCE JUNE. WHAT IS AT ISSUE, THE JUDGES DECISION NOT TO DISQUALIFY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY OVER ALLEGATIONS OF MISCONDUCT DUE TO HER RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PROSECUTOR.>> DANNY CELLAVOS IS HERE WITH US ON THIS FRIDAY MORNING. HELP US UNDERSTAND WHY THE JUDGE DISMISSED THESE COUNTS. >> ONLY A FEW COUNTS ARE DISMISSED AND THE DEFENDANTS MADE A MUCH BROADER ARGUMENT AROUND THE SUPREMACY CLAUSE, THE IDEA THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS IN CHARGE OF FEDERAL ELECTIONS AT LEAST ONCE THE ELECTORS ARE SUBMITTED, THAT NONE OF THIS COULD BE PROSECUTED BY GEORGIA. THE JUDGE REJECTED THAT ARGUMENT BUT DID FIND AS PRESIDENT, AND 1890 CASE, NOT 1890 BUT 1890 WHERE IT SAYS PERJURY CANNOT BE PROSECUTED BY A STATE COURT AND ANALOGIZED THAT TO THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT IN FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT BY THE DEFENDANT SAYING THAT GEORGIA DOESN'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO PROSECUTE PERJURY IN A FEDERAL SETTING. SO THAT DOESN'T MEAN ALL THE ACCOUNTS GO AWAY. ONLY THREE AWAY. MANY OF THESE COUNTS LIVE ON, IT IS A NARROW HOLDING THAT GEORGIA CANNOT PROSECUTE ESSENTIALLY FEDERAL PERJURY OR SOMETHING SUBMITTED IN A FEDERAL COURT WITH EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO PROSECUTE IF IT SHOULD CHOOSE TO DO SO. >> A REMINDER, WE HAVE A RICH HISTORY OF CASE LAW. SO HOW MUCH IS THE IMPACT. AT WHAT POINT DO WE SEE THIS CASE GETTING BACK ON TRACK? >> GEORGIA IS A DISASTER. I HAVE BEEN SAYING THAT FOR MONTHS. THERE ARE STILL COUNTS REMAINING IN ANY CRIMINAL CONVICTION FOR ANY OF THESE DEFENDANTS INCLUDING DONALD TRUMP IS SIGNIFICANT. IT IS ALL OR NOTHING. IN TERMS OF SENTENCING. IT IS SIGNIFICANT THAT THE GEORGIA COURT HAS FIRST KNOCKED OUT A COUPLE OF CHARGES AND WE HAVE THREE MORE. AS A CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY, YOU ARE TRYING TO WIN THE WAR. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A VERY BIG VICTORY TO GET ANYTHING DISMISSED AT THIS STAGE. THE STANDARD, THE BURDEN IS VERY HIGH TO TRY TO GET CHARGES THROWN OUT BEFORE THE TRIAL EVEN HAPPENS BUT THIS IS PROBABLY THE FIFTH BIGGEST PROBLEM FOR THE GEORGIA PROSECUTION. IT IS MIRED IN ALL KINDS OF OTHER PROCEDURAL ISSUES NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH IS THE DEFENSE IS STILL ARGUING THIS EFFORT ON A FIELD TO GET THE CASE THROWN OUT BASED ON THE ALLEGED PROPRIETIES OF THE GEORGIA PROSECUTOR LEADING THE CASE. EXPECT THIS WAS SORT OF A BOOST TO THE FORMER PRESIDENT AND IT DOES LOOK LIKE HE DID SUFFER ANOTHER SETBACK AFTER A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT IN HIS NEW YORK HUSH MONEY CRIMINAL CASE. TALK TO US ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS. >> THIS IS A COMPLICATED PROCEDURE. DONALD TRUMP WAS CONVICTED IN STATE COURT AND TRIED TO MOVE THE CASE TO FEDERAL COURT AFTER IMMUNITY BY THE SUPREME COURT SAYING THE LANDSCAPE HAS KIND OF CHANGED SO THIS NEEDS TO BE DECIDED IN FEDERAL COURT RATHER THAN STATE COURT AND IT WAS ACTUALLY CLEVER IN THE SENSE THAT UNDER THE LAW, IF IT IS UNDER REMOVAL, THE STATE COURT CANNOT CONVICT HIM SO IT WOULD ESSENTIALLY ACT AS A DELAY. THE LOWEST COURT SAYING NO, YOU CANNOT REMOVE THIS CASE. IT IS GOING BACK DOWN TO THE CASE -- STATE COURT. DONALD TRUMP ESSENTIALLY PUSHED A PAUSE BUTTON FROM THE FEDERAL APPEALS COURT. THE FEDERAL APPEALS COURT HITS A PAUSE SO WE CAN STAY UP HERE IN FEDERAL COURT. THE APPEALS COURT SAID NO AND THE REASON IS ESSENTIALLY, THE PAUSE THAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR REALLY KIND OF EXIST ONCE THE SENTENCING HAS BEEN MOVED TO NOVEMBER. ALL IT REALLY DOES IS RETURN US TO THE STATUS QUOTE. THE CASE MOVES FORWARD. SENTENCING WILL BE PRESUMABLY IN NOVEMBER. >>> SINCE TUESDAY NIGHT'S PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S UNFOUNDED CLAIMS OF ANIMAL ABUSE BY IMMIGRANTS HAS BEEN GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION. THERE WAS ANOTHER UNFOUNDED CLAIM HE HAS REPEATEDLY MADE ABOUT UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS VOTING IN ELECTIONS. NBC NEWS HOMELAND SECURITY CORRESPONDENT. >> ON THE DEBATE STAGE DOS >> A LOT OF THESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ARE COMING IN AND THEY ARE TRYING TO GET THEM TO VOTE >> CITIZENS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DO IT. IT IS ILLEGAL AS HELL. >> Reporter: FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S REPEATED CLAIMS. THAT IS NOT TRUE. IT IS ILLEGAL FOR NON-US CITIZENS TO VOTE FOR PRESIDENT OR IN ANY FEDERAL ELECTION AND THERE HAVE BEEN FEW RECORDED INCIDENTS OF NONCITIZENS TRYING TO VOTE ILLEGALLY AND ALSO NO RECORD OF TRYING TO GET MIGRANTS TO VOTE. IN DC, NONCITIZENS AND EVEN THOSE HERE ILLEGALLY CAN VOTE IN LOCAL ELECTIONS. HERE AT THIS VOTER REGISTRATION PAIR IN DC, AND EDC REGISTER -- ANY DC WILL BE REGISTERED TO VOTE >> I DO NOT HAVE A DRIVING LICENSE.>> WE CHANGED THE LAW TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL LOCAL RESIDENTS ARE ABLE TO HELP AND HAVE A VOTE AND THEY SAY IN THEIR GOVERNMENT AND THE DECISIONS THEY MAKE. >> COULD YOU BE REGISTERED IN ANOTHER COUNTRY AND VOTE HERE?>> YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE A RESIDENT HERE AND CLAIM RESIDENCY HERE FOR MORE THAN 30 DAYS. WE HAVE SEEN HYPOTHETICALS LIKE THAT THROWN OUT AND THEY JUST DON'T HAPPEN >> Reporter: THE STATE OF TEXAS SAYS THEY HAVE FOUND ALMOST 2009 CITIZENS WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY VOTED. STILL, THE LAW IS ALLOWING NONCITIZENS TO VOTE LOCALLY HAS SPARKED BACKLASH ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND FUELED TRUMP'S CLAIM OF WIDESPREAD MIGRANT VOTING WHICH HAVE BEEN ECHOED BY ELON MUSK AND INSPIRED A BILL THAT WOULD REQUIRE A CITIZENSHIP TO REGISTER TO VOTE >> IF YOU SEE A FORM, YOU JUST CHECK A BOX.>> Reporter: THE RIGHT TO VOTE UNDER AND EVEN SHARPER SPOTLIGHT AS THE ELECTION LIVES >>> NEW YORK CITY'S FIRST LATINO POLICE COMMISSIONER HAS OFFICIALLY RESIGNED AMID A FEDERAL CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION. HIS PHONE WAS SEIZED LAST WEEK AS INVESTIGATORS LOOK INTO THE NYPD'S ENFORCEMENT OF NIGHTCLUB LAWS. HIS TWIN BROTHER OWNS A NIGHTCLUB AND INVESTIGATORS WERE LOOKING INTO WHETHER HE WAS PAID TO ACT AS A POLICE LIAISON. INVESTIGATORS WANT TO KNOW IF THOSE GLOVES WERE AFFORDED SPECIAL TREATMENT. LAWYERS FOR THE NOW FORMER COMMISSIONER SAY THAT EVEN THOUGH HE IS NOT A DIRECT TARGET OF THE INVESTIGATION, HE PLANS TO FULLY COOPERATE WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. MAYOR ADAMS HAS APPOINTED A TOP FBI OFFICIAL AS THE INTERIM COMMISSIONER. >>> THIS MORNING, ABOUT 30,000 BOEING WORKERS ARE ON STRIKE AFTER THEY REJECTED A CONTRACT OFFER FROM THE AEROSPACE COMPANY. THE UNION SAYS THURSDAYS VOTE PASSED OVERWHELMINGLY IN THE COMPANY SAYS THE PROPOSED CONTRACT INCLUDES A 25% RAISE OVER FOUR YEARS. THE UNION IS SEEKING 40% CITING THE RISE IN THE COST OF LIVING. THE PLAIN MANUFACTURING AND THE WALKOUT IS EXPECTED TO BRING OPERATIONS TO A STANDSTILL. THE STRIKE DEALS A NEW BLOW TO THE PLANE MAKER WHICH WAS ALREADY GRAPPLING WITH OUTPUT DELAYS AND MOUNTING DEBT. >>> WE HAVE A LOT OF WHETHER TO TALK ABOUT AND WE WILL TAKE YOU OUT WEST AND DOWN SOUTH IN A MINUTE BUT LET'S LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE REMNANTS OF THE FRANCINE AND BRING IN ANGIE LASSMAN. >> SHE IS TRACKING THE RAIN FOR THE SOUTHEAST AND WHAT IT IS GOING TO MEAN FOR THE WEEKEND. >>> NOT MUCH OF A CHANGE WHEN IT COMES TO THE FLOOD CONCERNS AND THE ADDITIONAL RAIN WE CAN EXPECT AND THIS IS ALL LEFT OVER FROM FRANCINE. IT IS POST-TROPICAL BUT PROMPTING 7 MILLION FLOOD ALERTS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST. SPECIFICALLY ONE AREA WE WILL WATCH IS GOING TO BE ALABAMA. WE WILL SEE THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE, WHAT IS LEFT OVER FROM FRANCINE AND IT WILL START TO WE CAN BUT WE WILL SEE THAT CIRCULATING AS IT HANGS AROUND OVER THE NEXT DAY OR SO. WE WILL SEE A FLOOD THREAT ACROSS ALABAMA AND BY TOMORROW, NOTICE THIS IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE ANYTIME SOON. WE WILL STILL BE DEALING WITH THE OPPRESSIVE RAINFALL RATES, RIVERS, CREEKS AND STREAMS ALL RUNNING HIGH WITH ALL OF THAT RAIN ACROSS THE REGION. WHEN IT COMES TO THE FLASH FLOODING, NORTHERN ALABAMA, IT REALLY STRETCHES FROM KENTUCKY ALL THE WAY DOWN TO GEORGIA WHERE WE SEE A SLIGHT RISK. THE FLOODING WILL BE SOMETHING WE HAVE TO WATCH FOR AS WE DEAL WITH THAT ADDITIONAL RAINFALL. NOT QUITE AS IMPRESSIVE AS WHAT WE SAW OVER PARTS OF LOUISIANA OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS BUT STILL, AGAIN, WE HAVE SOME SATURATED GROUNDS, ADDITIONAL RAIN ANYWHERE FROM 3 TO 4 INCHES UP TO FIVE INCHES IS POSSIBLE FOR THAT REGION. WE ARE WATCHING FOR BIRMINGHAM AND MONTGOMERY TO BE IMPACTED. THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION WE ARE WATCHING IS WELL OUT OF THE ATLANTIC. THIS LIKELY WILL START TO SEE SOME INTENSIFICATION IN THE COMING DAYS THAT WE ARE NOT TO WORRIED ABOUT IT. WE ALSO HAVE THIS TROPICAL DISTURBANCE SITTING TO THE EAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND THAT HAS A 20% CHANCE OF DEVELOPING. THERE IS BRANCHING -- FRANCINE POST-TROPICAL. THIS IS AN AREA OF DEVELOPMENT THAT WE WILL WATCH OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AND I BRING THIS UP BECAUSE WE COULD BE DONE WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS PARTS OF THE SOUTHEAST, SPECIFICALLY, THE CAROLINAS HAS THIS DEVELOPS, THIS LOW IN THE FRONT ROOM MEANDERS OFF THE SHORE. WHETHER OR NOT IT DEVELOPS DOES NOT MATTER BUT WHAT MATTERS IS WHETHER IT WILL BRING RAIN ACROSS THIS REGION LEAVING SOGGY CONDITIONS FOR SOME WITH THOSE WEEKEND PLANS. THIS IS SATURDAY, NOTICE ALL OF THE SUNSHINE ACROSS THE MAP. IT IS QUITE OUT WEST AND YOU GUYS WILL GET A BREAK FROM THE EXTREMELY WARM TEMPERATURES AND SOME SPOTS WILL SEE TRIPLE DIGITS ACROSS PARTS OF THE SOUTHWEST. BUT THE OF SUNSHINE AND REALLY QUIET WEATHER. WE SEE THE WARM TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE SOUTH SO TEXAS, NEW MEXICO, IT WILL BE SIZZLING. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THE COMFORTABLE AND DRY CONDITIONS, THE NORTHEAST, THE MIDWEST, WE ARE RUNNING A LITTLE BIT ABOVE NORMAL BUT THE 80s ARE NOT THAT BAD FOR EARLY SEPTEMBER. THERE IS THE FLOOD RISK YOU SEE FOR THE SOUTHEAST NOT JUST FOR SATURDAY BUT ALSO FOR SUNDAY. SUNSHINE STAYS FOR THE NORTHEAST AND AFTER YOUR PLANS, MAKE THEM NOW AND THAT SEPTEMBER WANT SIX WITH US ACROSS THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY. A COUPLE OF GOOD SPOTS >> THIS IS SUMMER'S LAST GASP. WE WILL TAKE IT. >>> SOME PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA ARE RAKING UP UNDER RED FLAG WARNINGS. >> THE GOVERNOR IS EXTENDING DECLARATIONS AS SEVERAL WILDFIRES ARE CONTINUING TO BURN. ONE MAN IS SUSPECTED OF STARTING TWO OTHER FIRES ON THE SAME DAY. >> LET'S START WITH DANA GRIFFIN IN THE COWS, CALIFORNIA. GOOD MORNING. THIS ALL COMES AS A SMALL EARTHQUAKE HIT THE AREA, YESTERDAY. HOW ARE THINGS LOOKING? HOW ARE PEOPLE DOING? >> Reporter: GOOD MORNING TO YOU. THE GOOD THING IS NO REPORTS OF ANY SEVERE DAMAGE. IT OBVIOUSLY HIT PEOPLE BY SURPRISE. WE HAVE HAD THESE EARTHQUAKES OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS. THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST WE HAVE SEEN IN A WHILE. SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, THERE WAS A 4.4 AND THIS WAS A 4.7 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE THAT COULD BE FELT FOR SEVERAL MILES, TENS OF MILES AWAY. WE HAVE SEEN VIDEOS OF PEOPLE FEELING THE SHAKES, ANIMALS REACTING TO IT BUT FOR THE MOST PART, PEOPLE ARE SAFE AND LOS ANGELES AND THE SURPRISING -- SURROUNDING AREAS. >> PEOPLE ARE SURPRISED THAT THE FIRES WERE STARTED INTENTIONALLY. THE MAN IS SAID TO APPEAR IN COURT, TODAY. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT HIM AND HOW AUTHORITIES SAY THAT FIRE STARTED? >> Reporter: WE ARE HOPING TO SEE AND LEARN A LOT MORE WHEN WE GET TO COURT THIS MORNING BUT HE IS SUSPECTED OF STARTING THE LINE FIRE AND THAT BURNED IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. AT ONE POINT, IT WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST. SO THEY ARE CHARGING HIM WITH NINE SEPARATE COUNTS AND THAT COULD MEAN THAT HE TRIED TO START ADDITIONAL FIRES AND THEY ARE LOOKING INTO WHETHER HE MAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR TRYING TO START OTHERS AND MAYBE THAT ONE THAT STARTED THE LINE FIRE ALLEGEDLY COULD HAVE BEEN BECAUSE HE STARTED IT BY DOING SOMETHING ALONG THE ROAD. WE DON'T KNOW QUITE YET WHAT BUT HE IS GOING TO BE CHARGED WITH NONCRIMINAL CHARGES AND THE DA SAYS IF CONVICTED, HE COULD GO AWAY FOR LIFE. >> CONTRAST THAT, WHEN WE ARE IN SOME OF THESE TRAGEDIES, WE ALSO SEE THE BEST OF HUMANITY. A FIREFIGHTER RESCUED A WOMAN WALKING BAREFOOT THROUGH HER COMMUNITY, TELL US ABOUT THAT. >> Reporter: THESE WERE VIRAL IMAGES CIRCULATING SHOWING THAT WOMAN TRYING TO EVACUATE HER NEIGHBORHOOD BUT ON TUESDAY, THE FIRES EXPLODED. THIS WAS ACTUALLY THE AIRPORT FIRE AND SHE WAS SURROUNDED BY A WALL OF FLAMES. MIKE MARTINEZ HAPPENED TO BE NEARBY IN HIS FIRE TRUCK AND SAW HER AND IMMEDIATELY JUMPED INTO ACTION. LISTEN TO WHAT HE SAID HAPPENED NEXT >> DID YOU EVER THINK YOU WOULD BE IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT?>> ABSOLUTELY NOT. THAT IS A SITUATION YOU NEVER WANT TO SEE AND I NEVER WANT TO SEE ONE AGAIN. FOR ME, IT WAS SURREAL. I HAVE A BURN PATIENT IN THE BACKSEAT OF MY TRUCK AND I AM DRIVING AS FAST AS I COULD DOWN A LONG WINDING ROAD TO GET HER HELP. >> Reporter: THERE HAVE BEEN NO DEATHS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE FIRES AND YOU LIKELY PREVENTED ONE, YOURSELF. HOW DOES THAT SIT WITH YOU? >> IT FEELS PRETTY DARN GOOD THAT I WAS ABLE TO HELP SOMEBODY >> HE WAS SO HUMBLE ABOUT IT ALL AND FIREFIGHTERS, THIS IS A PART OF THEIR JOB BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE CALLING HIM A HERO AND HERE IS THAT VIDEO. TAKE A LOOK. IT IS KIND OF HAIR-RAISING. IT IS ALMOST LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF A MOVIE. YOU SEE THIS WOMAN WALKING AND HE SAYS THAT SHE WAS BURNED AND I ASKED, WHAT DID SHE SAY? AND HE SAID, SHE WAS SCREAMING AND IN SO MUCH PAIN THAT SHE REALLY COULD NOT SAY ANYTHING. HE DROVE ER DOWN THE HILL TO A WAITING AMBULANCE. HE NOW WANTS TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO HER. WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO TRACK HER DOWN BUT IF ANYONE KNOWS HER, HE IS SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE SAVED HER LIFE AND REALLY WANTS TO KNOW HOW SHE IS DOING.>>> TO LOUISIANA, NOW. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE WAKING UP WITH NO POWER IN THE AFTERMATH OF HURRICANE FRANCINE. THE STORM HAS MOVED INTO A POST- TROPICAL CYCLONE AND IT CONTINUES TO MAKE ITS WAY INLAND AFTER SLAMMING INTO THE COAST ON WEDNESDAY. >> FNCINE HIT PARTS OF LOUISIANA WITH MORE THAN HALF A FOOT OF RAIN AND WINDS MORE THAN 100 MILES AN HOUR IN AN AREA THAT STILL HASN'T RECOVERED FROM DEVASTATING HURRICANES IN 2020 AND 2021. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF DEATHS RELATED TO THE STORM. HERE IS WHAT THE GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA HAD TO SAY WHAT'S THE WORST OF FRANCINE HAD PASSED. >> WE ARE THE VERY EPITOME OF RESILIENT PEOPLE AND IT COMES FROM LOOKING OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER. >> KATHY PARK HIS LIFE FROM LOUISIANA WITH MORE ON THE DESTRUCTION LEFT BY FRANCINE. AS YOU GO TO THESE COMMUNITIES, COMMUNITY AFTER COMMUNITY HIT HARD BY THE STORM, WHAT IS IT YOU ARE SEEING AND WHAT ARE YOU HEARING?>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING. SOUTHERN LOUISIANA PRETTY MUCH STILL IN RECOVERY MODE, THIS MORNING. AND THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW IS TO GET EVERYONE'S POWER RESTORED AND IT COULD BE A COUPLE OF MORE DAYS BEFORE ALL OF THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS. DRIVING AROUND WHICH WAS ONE OF THE HARDEST HIT COMMUNITIES, IT TOOK A DIRECT HIT FROM FRANCINE WITH WINDS UP TO 80 MILES AN HOUR DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM. WE ARE NOTICING STRUCTURAL DAMAGE LIKE THE ONE YOU SEE BEHIND ME. THIS IS A 30,000 SQUARE FOOT THRIFT SHOP, A POPULAR ONE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE TURN TO IT AND GET A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING. WE SPOKE TO THE OTHER, YESTERDAY. HE SAID AT ONE POINT WHEN THE STORM WAS COMING THROUGH, EIGHT CENSORS WENT OFF AND HE REALIZED SOMETHING WAS WRONG AND AFTER THE WINDS CALMED DOWN, HE CAME OVER AND SAW THIS. THEY HAVE MADE MANY REPAIRS BUT THEY PUT UP A WALL THAT WAS COMPLETELY TOPPLED OVER AND YOU CAN SEE THE ROOF BEHIND ME, THIS MEDAL ROOF WAS PEELED BACK, AS WELL. NO ONE WAS INSIDE AT THE TIME. I ALSO HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH A RESIDENT NOT TO FAR FROM HERE WHO HAD A TREE LITERALLY CUT THROUGH HIS HOUSE. TAKE A LISTEN. >> Reporter: SO YOU WERE JUST INCHES AWAY FROM GETTING HIT BY THE BEAM >> YOU SEE THAT BOARD THERE, IT WAS LAYING ON TOP OF THE COUCH. IF IT HAD BEEN OVER FATHER, IT WOULD HAVE GOT ME.>> Reporter: AND THAT WAS ANDREW SURE AND HE SAYS THAT HE HAS SURVIVED MANY STORMS IN THE MOST RECENT ONE BEING HURRICANE I DID BACK IN 2021. HE SAID EVEN AT THAT TIME WHEN HIS HOME SUSTAINED EVEN MORE DAMAGE. THIS IS ANOTHER ROUND AND ANOTHER BIG BLOW FOR HIM. HE PLANS ON STAYING PUT THAT THERE'S A LOT OF RESOURCES PEOPLE CAN TURN TO IF THEY NEED IT. STAFF AFTER A STORM LIKE THIS, ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES IS POWER. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS GETTING UTILITIES BACKUP AND ONLINE. AS OF THIS MORNING, ABOUT 100,000 CUSTOMERS STILL DO NOT HAVE POWER. IS THERE ANY INDICATION OF WHEN THAT WILL COME BACK ON?>> Reporter: I HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE MAIN UTILITY COMPANY HERE AND THEY SAY THEY ARE WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO GET EVERYONE RESTORED. AT LAST CHECK, THEY HAVE ROUGHLY 50% OF THE RESTORATION COMPLETE. KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS WAS A CATEGORY TWO STORM AND SLOWLY -- THIS WAS A FAST- MOVING SYSTEM BUT IT PACKED QUITE A PUNCH. AT ONE POINT, 500,000 CUSTOMERS WERE WITHOUT POWER SO IT COULD BE SEVERAL MORE DAYS AND CREWS ARE WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK AND ENCOURAGING MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, THE RESIDENCE, TO GIVE THESE UTILITY CREWS PLENTY OF SPACE AS THEY CONTINUE TO DO THEIR WORK. >> SOME ARE JUST RECEIVING SOME OF THEIR INSURANCE CHECKS FROM HURRICANE IDA BACK IN 2021. NOW, THIS? WHAT IS THE BIGGEST WORRY FOR PEOPLE MOVING FORWARD? >> Reporter: YOU KNOW, IT KIND OF DEPENDS ON WHO YOU ASK. ONE PERSON SAYS LIVING HERE IN LOUISIANA, THIS IS KIND OF THE WAY OF LIFE AND THEY PREPARE AND THEY HUNKER DOWN AND BRACE FOR WHATEVER MAY COME THEIR WAY. AND THEY STAY HOPEFUL. AND THEN THERE ARE OTHERS WHO ARE FEARFUL OF WHAT IS TO COME. HURRICANE SEASON IS NOT OVER YET.