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here in new york and in emergecone$ s jersey. sharon andre as it pretty miserably. is he a rare case or are there many more leabe it? >> i am on the west side of hoboken and a lot of hom hiwners with the first floor apartments have the same situation happening in their basement. as do a nneber of businesses on the main drag there and some of the side streets. we can hear the pneps trying to nnmp the water out of the basement so they could open again. gou can get a litity.e perspece ie whs dark. you can see water covering where we are on first street here. eiark avenow te you can see thes still water all of the way down to the larger roads here. we are in the west side. if you are not familiar with hoboken the homes on the hudson river there they are on higher

ground they are below sea level. this is a an area that usually they were u ting p hiple who own apartments to evacuate. n haveghborhood. they were trying to get people out just for this very rears n that you can see. it is going to take a couple days as you can see for this to recede. n where frank sinatra was born. she mentioned traditionalwl floor c. i was taltra ng about a general about that this is an area that traditionally floor c. a rep theylican from new jerseyo is very involved in these matters as chairman of the subcommisetee maritime transportation. what about the fact that it is traditionally floor c, at what point are we g. >> nng to say if you

buy a house in a traditional area you have to bear the burden of the flood yourself. >> that is a question that will be continually asked. if how often is oer ren enough. gour viewers and listeners wer talking about atlanta county atlantic county stone harbor new owersey. actually we fared pretty well under this. we had one life lost in saluts counfor where one woman was swet away in a flash flood at about the h haveght of the storm. we are very concehersed the casinos closed something that has only happened two or three times in the history of casino

gaming. new jersey has a separate probluts they are dealing with here. ie whs a lot the governor has t grapple where struggles how to nnt together a plan. >> as the stryw whoe proceed ho do you expect any sense of normalcy? >> we are g. >> nng to have a sense of normaak.y here in the lower part of the state starting come. the casinos will r hipen tomorrow or major roadways will be open -- reopened. businesses that boarded up and did the preparation work are going to be okay. we are looking for a big weekend next wehow last big economic weekend for us. we are going to be in good shape eiartialwl because of the great plane ang and how it came together. up in the northern part of this state as you have been showing this is going to be a whole different ball game. they are expecting some of these rivers not to reach the peaks for another day or two. this water is not g. >> nng to go down in a matter of a day or two. it will be a whole lot longer

they are dealing with a whole other separate set of problems. >> the congress congressional district. thanks very much. i want to stay on new jersey and talk about what happened today in rhode island and buzzard's bay in massachusetts and beyond as the storm heads through massachusesets heading toward maine and canada. i want to stay on new jersey because as the congressman just a bshe the casinos all of them they are 11 have never been ordered closed before. it protects many lives iconludig other states to the gambling reck kau in the east coast. rick leventhal has been stationed there throughout the storm on the boardwalk and the streets et of for streeect and e boardwaugh now. what is going on are they going to open business people excited they buy your chips yet?

>> i haven't bought any chips. the boardwalk as you can sees deserted which is toywh for thuts. this is one of the busiest weekend not just of the summer but of the beear. they typicalwl would have made $400 this month. that's 12-15 million a day that they have lost over the last three-days. this is a tough situation for these g are s to handle. they are eager to get back to work right now the city is virtually empty. the mandatory evaer.ation was at wserved by of th percent of people and the ones who stayed behind had few places to spend th haver sseney. the storm hit before dawn in little lake harbor with barely hurricane force winr c 757 mile per hour. the city itself fared very well. there were localized flo seing power lines down but no significant damage to speak of anywhere. the worst part of it was the economic loss not just for the casinos but all of the other businesses the restaurant and

aiars. there has abou also been widesp power outages. omearly a million homes across new jersey still without power. numbers have been going up geraldo instead of g. >> nng down because in part because of the flooding that continues to get worse as you heard mike tat win taugh worout. many of the rivers may not crest for another 48-hours. trouble ahead for new jersey atlantic city eager to get ready for business. the mandatory order has been ln the casinos will open at noon tomorrow. >> i guess they will be rune an the buses in new york ipfor. >> buses, trains, cars, anyway you can get here. >> trains, planes and automat wiles. thank you for being here. appreciate it. >> craig is in fairfield another eiart of new jersey in the northern part of the state. i would gs nssappfor from as antitatipfor north. what is your situation there and i understand you have som

hine watio3 can meet and greehe wa >> yes. geraldo, hurricane irene tore up the eastehers sea board she dned omeacityy a foot of water. they had two major rivers the compton river and pose aiackriver. a lot of northern new jersey is draining down draining south and ends up piling up in fairea iel causing major flooding. i am with the mayor he will explain some of that why they are hfor.ing historic levels on the shore of the rivers going into the passaic. what's haheiening? >> whaneps happee ang is they a coming down and it comes close to the pose back. it is choking off the pose ba p. it left our community a long time itehere a the poms opin is stoheiing the passaic river turning it around and sending the water back into

our community. the volnee is coming off -- the volume is rendering the pose aiacup itaat wsant c passing th to back up and homes that a or mile and a half of the river will be ia tndated with flo se waters. >> how many are affected? >> 300 homes. >> businesses. there are businesses commerct t investment that won't be able to come back to work monday and ts nsday. >> doesnred c take a hurricane flood the communities. >> this is our second storm this year in march 201nkwe also had the same thing happen we had it happen in 2010 we had it happen inat wsa bu7 alrs . >> how high are the levels supposed to get? >> the projection is historic. 23.5. the record in 1903. >> what is flood? >> flood is 19 major flo se is r 1. this is going to be a bad it oft on the community.

>> you can see here is the map. ineps not only new jersey ineps new york, ramapo, all of these rivers are coming down the cot of ton that is flo seing th area here. all of these communities are affected. ineps not just new jersey. can abasething beat about it? >> we had the army corps of engineers sugh dying this for 9 cuears. 7 solutions three out of the top five was to build a tunnel. >> actappenlly two tunne that wide from here to the north day. it would alleviate flooding forever. >> get the water past these areas in new york bay. >> i will hold my breath for that one. they are not gs rail tunnel from new jersey to new york to millions of conow uters i donred c thi ia w build this tunnel that has 300

citizens. >> there are there sewers or septic tanup i in that coma tne and what about that volushia? >> geraldo was asking are there sewers or cesspoo that whaneps happening with the wates? >> the sanitary system is fine. >> the pneping station gets flooded and they have to be taken off. >> drinking water? ld> they wilwillnot have are tc for absolutely not. >> what about the tunnel she ea? >> it was a tunnel back in the mid 80s. >> it was such a heavily he shall niezed area was snel cessfuink ld> ho? an that be contemplated in this day and age? >> nuclear weapons.

ld> finr c accomssedations to t to mitigate the situation. obviously that has to be loobou ahe wa ld> my 18-year-old wanect to be reporter when she is my age we will be debating how to solve the flo seing in new jersey. we will be right back after this. @@

>> the state of maryland suffered at least one fatality a woman killed when a tree fell on to her home. the city of baltimore struggling to get the transit system up and working for tomorrow morning. many of the roads are still closed there. hundreds of thousands still without power and having watched this all the beginning middle and end of the storm from the position on the beach in ocean city maryland elway is there. doug glad you are here. are they going to open for business? ocean city is a big resort like atlantic city without gambling. >> it is a big resort. they opened it as quickly as

they could. you saw what it was like with the rain coming down and the winds howling. the eye of the hurricane passed virtually right over us about 2:00 a.m. we woke this morning to find the city virtually unscathed. the city fathers called essential personnel back at 9:00 a.m. and determined at that point there was virtually no damage. we can get this city open right away. they opened it to the public at 12 noon today. about the only people to return were the surfers. take a look at this giant swell quite a ton tras -- con fras fr -- contrast from the life threatening seas yesterday. they worked so hard in convincing people that it was okay to come back our hotel room tonight, our hotel is virtually empty except for the remaining tv crews that are here. it is really, really hard to try to convince somebody who got

their hotel refund and went back home 200 miles to washington or the 250 to baltimore or philadelphia say hey kids let's pack up the car again and go back to ocean city after we missed a wonderful weekend. it's not going to happen. the economic impact of what happened here will be very, very substantial even though the damage was not. they have the labor day weekend you know it will be a big hit to many businesses in ocean city, maryland. >> can i ask you a question, did you borrow that outfit from jimmy buffet? >> no, but i would like to have. ♪ wasted away in margaritaville. >> i woke up this morning i saw the surfers out here i have to partake in this. i am not a surfer but i plan to pick up with them a little later after this live shot is over. >> okay dude. go have a margarita on me. thanks. >> i am going to. >> we were just talking on the topic they were discussing about

the flooding the per renal flooding how much in 1980s was that project? >> the price tag for the variety of tunnel plans was over $2 billion at the time. >> two billion in the 1980s. what would that be in today's office? >> easily $4 billion. >> the challenge, too, is federal government will pay a lot of that but not all of that. the state four other municipalities have tobacco sponsors. even in these times they have more demands on their resources than they have their resources. that is doubly true not just in new jersey. >> how much do they lose every year in property tax? >> usually it's 100 million or more. >> 100 million or more. >> outrageous and expensive. >> challenge is the life cycle time frame what is most urgent.

>> what's most urgent it's

>> back live with the $64 million question. how much will hurricane irene cost cash strapped state. >> geraldo irene's damage is measured not just in blash flooding. there is a financial fallout. the storm's legacy will be viewed soon in terms of dollars and scent. it can take months to know the exact cost of a hurricane andest matters are often widespread. especially if the storm continues to unleash all of the wind and rain. catastrophe modlers say i reason wrackd up more than a billion in insured losses.

a broader preliminary forecast by kinetics analysis says insured damage may be less than fear ranging from between 2 and 3 billion with total losses around 7 billion. anothered one economist says the casualty losses could climb along with the flooding. 40 billion when you include the loss of two-days of economic activity. recent spending could help some fragile regional economies. even at that level the cost falls short of katrina with the losses at more than 130 billion. at least the storms stress before labor day weekend when many states especially those depend on tourism and beaches and shores count on the holiday for significant revenue. the site of another storm lately of a different source. wall street should be open for business as usual monday

morning. the new york stock exchange ready for the bulls and bears hope a bunch of buyers will be the next flood to take new york. geraldo, back to you. >> i hope that's right, brenda. thank you very much. what is your commute going to be tomorrow morning? travel expert jennifer sanchez joins us from allentown. what's it going to be a year subways may get started sometime late in the afternoon here in new york on monday. what about boston and other communities baltimore, what's going on? >> ill don't think we have to worry too much bo the road and subway as much as the airline traveler have to worry about in their flight is going to be operating tomorrow, tuesday and even wednesday. there is this ripple effect with 11,000 flights canceled. there are not enough seetsz to go around to get the passengers stranded back on flights. people that were set to travel

they are going to get bumped. the bumping rule was actually changed last week which is quite prophetic. used to be you get your ticket maybe twice the amount. last week the airlines went in prior to these hurricanes you can get four times the amount of your ticket if you are involuntarily bumped. >> you get more money now? >> you get more money but the million dollar question is are you going to get on the plane? what you need to do is go onto the airline's web site. it doesn't matter when you are flying from detroit from earlied doe and those airports haven't been effective. what is going to happen is if your flight was originating in new york it might not have go gotten to detroit. you have to go on the airline's web site and actually now the airlines are allowing you to change your flights service was very moving, wasn't it? yes, it was.

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