. >> unfortunately, things for a commercial fisherman in southeast louisiana is not as good as those bp commercials would have you believe. my shrimp production is down, still down, between 40 and 60% in my area. i've been making a living on lake boeuf myself for 29 years on the boat. i can't do it anymore. my oyster production is down at least 93%. in the last 4 years, i might have sold about 1,500 sacks. in 4 years. i used to sell that a week. but $240 millions worth of bp commercials has a lot of people believing that we're ok. we're not. people are losing it because they can't do what they want to do for a living. so you get a choice of let's go do something else. they give you an option. we'll retrain you. i say, what you gonna retrain me to be, a brain surgeon? or a cable installer. either one of them sucks. i don't have the education to be a brain surgeon and i'm not going to go install cable. if you take me and put me in the carpenter field or the welding, well, i'm putting somebody else out of a job. so here comes that domino effect we were telling you about. oyster producti

drivers find wet roads in the southeast and louisiana and texas gulf coast. >>> and flying, airport delaysd detroit. >>> nascar champ tony stewart's big return to the racetrack was cut short barely after it started. >> stewart hit the wall early after a collision with kyle busch, and then a second time after his right front tire blew out. he returned to the track three weeks after his car struck and killed 20-year-old kevin ward jr. no decision on whether stewart will face any charges. >>> 49ers defensive tackle ray mcdonald is out on bail after domestic violence charge. he hasn't commented except to say the truth will come out. it could be the first test of the nfl's harsh penalties for the oefders. first offense is a six game suspension, a second, a lifetime ban. >>> a plane crash north of denver. sputt sputtering and a plane went down. it was close to the runway. they are looking into what caused this crash. >>> the coast guard has suspended the search for the pilot of a small plane who lost consciousness and then crashed into the atlantic ocean. the plane left wisconsin on saturday, he

louisiana, nearly eight inches in a day. the forecast for the nation in just a moment. first abc's linzie janis with the wet start to the weekend. >> reporter: tonight, millions of americans in the southeast are cleaning up, after devastating floods damaged homes and cars. in alabama, mississippi and louisiana, heavy rains triggering flash flooding. neighbors wading through streets to help each other. this man in the process of fixing his lake charles, louisiana home from a flood earlier this summer must now start all over again. everything inside this man's garage now saturated. >> enough damage here, you can't have anything in your garage. >> reporter: these children are the only ones smiling here. splashing around in the flooded streets. but in florida, gators' fans trying to make the most of torrential rain, as they waited two hours and 40 minutes before lightning forced officials to postpone saturday night's game. and tonight from kansas city to minneapolis, and from d.c. to nyc, severe storms expected to pack damaging winds and heavy rains, as the extreme weather moves north. here in new york city, a severe storm has already passed through, with more behind it. the rain bringing rel

southeast are cleaning up. after devastating floods damaged homes and cars. in alabama, mississippi, and louisiana, heavy rains triggering flash flooding. neighbors wading through streets to help each other. this man in the process of fixing his lake charles louisiana home from a flood earlier this summer must now start all over again. everything inside this man's garage, now saturated. >> we have got, i mean, enough damage here, where you can't have anything in your garage. >> reporter: these children are the only ones smiling here. splashing around in the flooded streets. but in florida, gators' fans trying to make the most of torrential rains as they wait 2:40, before lightning forced officials to postpone the saturday night game. the sky, lighting up over auburn's opening night. the stadium evacuated. from kansas city to minneapolis, from d.c. to nyc. severe storms expected to pack damaging winds and heavy rains as the extreme weather moves north. here in new york city, a severe storm already passing through. with more on the way. the rain bringing relief from the heat, temperatures flirting w

hundreds in 12 states in the midwest and southeast have been sickened. >> 12-year-old louisiana boy refuset a fight after getting atacked by a 10 foot alligator. bitten in the leg while spearfishing. he pride open the alligator's mouth and got away. >> taco bell adding to its breakfast menu, trying out tacos whose shells are made of country biscuits. those are some of our top stories on this wednesday, september 10th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> a lot of headlines this wednesday morning. >> i look country biscuits. not sure about the taco bell. >> the combination. at 2:00 in the morning. 3:00, might be appetizing. right. begin this half-hour with new reactions to the video showing ray rice knocking out the woman now his wife. >> the owner of the baltimore ravens tells fans in a letter that the organization was wrong for not pursuing its own investigation of the incident more vigorously the. >> with new legal questions swirling, rice his wife and nfl commissioner are having their say. abc's karen travers has the story. >> ray rice went from super bowl champion

. >> millions of americans in the southeast are cleaning up after devastating floods damaged homes and cars. in alabama, mississippi and louisianans triggering flash flooding. neighbors wading through streets to help each other. this man in the process of helping his lake charles louisiana home from a flood must now start all over again. everything inside this man's garage is now saturated. >> we have enough damage here and you can't have anything in your garage? >> these children are the only ones smiling here. but in florida, gators' fans are trying to make the most of torrential rain as they waited two hours and 40 minutes before lightning forced officials to postpone saturday night's game. the skylighting up over auburn's opening night too. the entire stadium evacuated after a 90-minute delay. and tonight from kansas city to minneapolis and to dc to nyc severe storms expected to pack damaging winds and heavy rains as the extreme weather moves north. >>> three people were injured during a lightning strike in new york city. it happened at orchard beach in the brownings. bronx. the men are being treated at the hospital and the