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maryland.new information on the impact of sanny...tonight on fox 45 ews at five. 3 3

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you about this morning.tell - morninggharford county schhols are closed today... along with paltimore city schools.therr are 17 altimore county schools closed because of open on time..all others willl-3 time.there are also 17 anne arundel county schools closed thii morning due to power outages.all other schools n tte couuty re opening two &phours late.in howarr county.. as maay as 10 schools will stay closed because of powee outagee..ll others wiil pen on time.checc the ticker at the bottom of your scrren for 3 3

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herr in maryland....it sheds behind... from flooded dd left - trees.megan gilliland is s..- streaming now in glen arm this morring where an elderly mmn says e's justtluckk to be alive. 3&good morning ggys,89-year old robert mcclary says he's seen a lot of storms ii the roughly but e sayssnothing cculd . - prepare him for this.take a look t what's llft of this hom. home...you can see his roof was crushed by trees... ii three plaaes... on the left ssde of his home.amazingly the right side of the home at tteetime.a strrke offluck.... that his family couldn't be more ggateeuu for.

3pwe really can't sseethrough it, the kitchen is right therr pn the mass of the trees""this amount of damage is the worst i've ever livee through" through"the mmclary's will need a crane to remove all the trees.at this point... they''e not sure if they will roberttknows for sure... is that he's lucky to be alive. as powerful as the windsswere in glen arm... the rains weree just as furious.aaout a mile away... crrmwell bridge road was flooded.this mooning... the water levels have

aaout the ccean up.live in l 3&thousands of marylanders are still dealing with power most of them are in baltimore c. county.joel d. smith is live in towson where it's not just homes and businesses that are &. ddrk. 3 3- the town of crisfield is

continuing to clean-up... flooddng since 19--5.s worss - 19-85.this was the scene tuesday morning... as dozens pight trapped in their homes by rising lood waters... weree moved to safety.to give you an affeettd this area... 2 caskets wereefoocee out of pheir graves at a nearby cemetery... power went out tt almost veryone... and everal streets were filled with water crissield residenns say hey haven't een flooding this bad siice urricane gloria. super storm sandy leaves behind flooding in our statt's . annapolis... near thh waterfront.you can see statues... partially underwater.annapolis took a pounding from the heavy rain people to lose power. coming up on the early edition... the presidential candidates postpone

politics... for sandy. sandy.the important opportunity the storm campaigns... for both - mayor: casino owners in west virginia are spending

millions against question seven. that upsets me. and that upsets jonathan ogden. you don't want to upset jonathan ogden. ogden: no you don't. mayor: question seven means thousands of jobs and millions for our schools. but these west virginia casinos want to keep it all for themselves. we're not happy about that. ogden: no we aren't. mayor: so join us and vote for question seven. and west virginia, don't make me send jonathan ogden over there. mayor: vote for question seven. ogden: for baltimore. ((ad lib meteorologist))

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at 410-441-4545 to cllim your p! prize!want to get your name in slash foxbaltimore nd click on "contests" to fill ut the form and read the official rules. commng up... a big night for awwrds.the defensive playyrs a. the ffllout from sandy... - extends beyood the financial and physsccl damage.the political iiplications the super storm could have... with elections less than a week away. ((break 2)) ,3

superstorm sandy has takkn the focussaway from the presidential race, even with the election nnw just one wwek away.both candidates canceled official campaign events in reeent days.. but even as they turned their attention to thh storm ... bbsh. never far away..-3 president obama canceled this close to eleccion day - everything is political. even this unannounced trip to the red croos.america is with you - we are standing behind you and will do verything we can invaluable imagery - and opportuniiy - to be seen in command. i want you to cut thru red tape. i want you to cut through bureaucracy. at this point. speakinn of ion

imagery, for a second day the whhte house released a photo of the president on the case, romney called off his campaiin events too - but stayed firmly &pof all swing ssates...invitin &pback east...we have heavy nd - hharts as you know with all tte suffering going on in a major part of our country. and thougg this certainly lloks like a romney campaignn rally with all its trappings, he restricted his remarks to sandd. a lot of ppople were hurting last night. and the storm goes on. i'vv had the chance to speak with ome of theegovernors in the affected areas, and uh they''e talked about a lot of people running mate appeared at a s hurricane reeief center at his another battllground..he vice presidenn talked to reporters in ohio - to applaad his bbss'' leadership. i've ever seen a

in a disaster, if used right. but the politics of crisis are one of the governors obama is - talking s ne of romney's he's now heaping praise on the at midnight again last night with the pressdent personally. he has expedited the designatioo of ew jjrsey as a majorrdiiaster area. the president has been outstanding in this.a cringe worthy mommnt outspoken new jersey governor - wwo is hossing the president wednnsday to tour amage - said this whee asked about sandy's effect on the &pelectioon i don't give a dam about election day. it doesn't matter lick to me. at the fish to fry, so do the peoole of nee jersey. christie wasn't the only gop governor in sandy's path to hear from obama....swing state governors were also on a call tuesday.a

porrnow - the politiis of sandy are playing out under the radar...democrats are parning that rooney will slash federal disaster relief - even get rid of fema...basing that on a cnn debate last yearrwhen romney said the federal role should be limited during disaster, anddthe states and even the prrvate sector hould have more power.romney wws asked multiple timee tuesday fema, but he didn'' answee. & romnny's campaiin insists he would ot eliminate femaa- an agency currently ggtting praise from gop governors for iis response t hurriccae sandy.dana bash, cnn, washiigton. rrbinson to calllin to claim - his 100 dollarr issagiftcard. if he doesn't call we'll draw anothee name in just 10 minutes. minutes.and next... the ravens ((break 33)ing the team.y...

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