tracking sandy. >>> hurricane sandy, the visitor nobody wants but who's coming anyway. >> don't try to go out there and be a hero or anything as if there's nothing going on here. >> tonight sandy poised to turn into a monster and no more business as usual. schools are closed, and so is mass transit. >>> good evening. i'm sade. >> and i'm bill ritter. the city that never sleeps tonight, at 11:00, basically shut down, shut down by a storm that has already killed 65 people. and the main reason, the subways are shut down. that's why the city's shut down. all 378 stations closed since 7:00 tonight. times square station, one of the busiest, now like a ghost town. >> mass transit shut down. matt kosar is at penn station where some people are now stuck. matt? >> reporter: sade, pen station is a transportation hub and usually bustling with people, lirr, new jersey transit and subways converge, but tonight it is a ghost town because mass transit has been shut down, creating problems for people who didn't know. >> i just wish that 45 minutes waited on the a train to go to brooklyn. >> reporter: n

el amanecer se convirtió en pesadilla después del paso del a tormenta sandy >>> las inundaciones no seicieron esperar, afectando viviendas y túneles y las muertes fueron inevitables >>> el presidente barack obama declaró desastre mayor en nueva york y nueva jersey, donde todo está paralizado el caos es generalizado y las pérdidas millonarias después del azote devastador. >>> hola, ¿qué tal?, bienvenidos a primer impacto. >>> les saluda bárbara bermudo. >>> y pamela silva conde, gracias por estar con nosotros. >>> tenemos el paso de la tormenta sandy que sometió a nueva york a las peores inundaciones de su historia. >>> también en long island y nueva jersey, una ciudad que parece ser un campo de guerra. >>> también como pueden ver, inundaciones y cortes de luz en connecticut, massachusetts, long island, delaware, virginia, maryland, carolina del norte y washington dc. >>> pero la prioridad número 1 es salvar vidas, como muestran las imágenes, varias zonas de nueva jersey quedaron sumergidas y sus residentes incomunicados, el gobernador dice que los daños son más allá de lo que imaginó y

we're tracking hurricane sandy. all major public school systems in d.c., maryland, and virginia are closed this morning. the same goes for most private schools right now. the federal government also cled. all nonessential employees should stay at home. most major local governments also closed in maryland and virginia along with the d.c. government, and metro shut down all rail services, all bus services for the first time since 2003. marc, vre also closed today. and amtrak says its northeast corridor is shut down. a complete list for you at the bottom of your screen and at nbcwashington.com. >> let's che in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein right now. as you take a look outside at reagan national airport, almost all of the flights here at the local airports at reagan national, dulles, and bwi are cancelled. be sure to check your airline as you head out the door. >> breedsy and light rain already falling and getting heavier across parts of our immediate area right now. some of the places that are more to th

>>> sandy strikes. the historic superstorm lives up to its billing as it crashes ashore the east coast causing chaos with deadly results. >> we knew that this was going to be a very dangerous storm. and the storm has met our expect expectations. and the worst of the weather has come. >> the powerful system punishes the coastline with record-breaking storm surges. >> we had waves as high as light poles down on the boardwalk. >> leaving millions in the dark and stranding travelers from coast to coast. >> sounds like i'm going to be captain all the way through. >> the storm knocking the final days of the presidential campaign offcourse. >> it's affected a lot of families. >> i think it will take a long time for us to clean up. >> this is the "cbs morning news" for tuesday, october 30, 2012. >>> good morning. good to be with us. i'm terrell brown. we begin with sandy, no longer a hurricane. she's now a post-tropical cyclone. still doing damage as she moves inland. so far the mega storm has killed 16 people

to clean up debris left by sandy. high winds and rain-soaked earth made the ground too unstable for many large trees. megan mcgrath has a look at how neighbors are dealing with sandy in northwest d.c. >> the clean-up began as soon as the high winds died down. on 16th street in northwest, public works crews made quick work of several trees that had toppled across the road. as the sun came up, people ventured out to take a look for themselves. this large tree completely blocked cathedral avenue. >> it was wild. because all these trees were being whipped over the road. and i was out walking a dog. and the dog was not happy to be there. and i was not happy to be there. and the gusts would come through that were very, very strong and made me nervous that a tree would pop down. >> traffic this morning was light. many people stayed home from work. for those who did go to the office, there were some detours. rock creek looked more like a fierce river. also high, the potomac river. but concerns about major flooding did not com

and the next track for sandy is taking it now northwest throughout the rest of the day today, and sandy is going to continue to track northwest and then come ashore this evening. it does look like right now the approach right along between just assoteague through sandy hook, new jersey, it can come ashore. it will make landfall by morning. five to ten inches of rain as well as gusts to 70 miles an hour this afternoon into this evening. and that would likely cause power outages as well. again, the strongest winds will be from beginning locally, late afternoon and into tomorrow morning. that's when we'll have the power outages. i'm back in ten minutes. danella here now with a look at traffic. good morning. >> good morning. thanks, tom. >>> checking first 4 traffic. checking cameras in the area, accident free, that's good. a lot of people staying off the roadway. a live look as you make your way 5 northbound passing through both directions north and southbou southbound. a look at montgomery county, 29 at randolph road. a lot of people staying in, that's good news. let's head over to i-66.

>>> sandy's wake. the superstorm leaves behind a trail of destruction, killing people, destroying communities and plunging millions into darkness. >> our thoughts and prayers go out to all the families who lost loved ones. >> never thought i would see what i saw today ever. >> and the storm keeps churning while the worst may be over for the east coast, sandy delivers wind, rain and snow to inland areas. >>> it was a surprise. we thought it was just going to rain. >> and thoughts turn to cleaning up after the historic storm. the true power of sandy comes into focus. >> oh, my god. >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for wednesday, october 31, 2012. >>> good morning. good to be with you. i'm terrell brown. the devastation from superstorm sandy has millions along the east coast wondering when and if their lives will return to normal. >> president obama travels to new jersey to see the destruction firsthand. the mega storm killed 51 people many by falling trees. at one point 8.5 million homes and businesses

first we start with maria molina for the latest on sandy's path. where is sandy now? >> it is more than 300 miles away from the new york city areas to the south and southeast. we have an update from the national hurricane center. hurricane center moves through the storm and found out sandy has further intensified. the pressure dropped more and incredibly low out across the latitudes. maximum sustained winds stronger as well at 85 miles per hour. sandy is forecast to continue to strengthen and becoming post tropical system or extra tropical system that is not important. what's important is sandy is a powerful storm system and will be producing widespread impact across the northeast. land fall expected as we head into monday night and central sections of new york city. that puts it on the northern side of a storm system you will be seeing the on score flow 11 feet off of long island and new york harbor. the flooding is forecast not just for new york city but since sandy is a large storm areas across new england will be seeing beach erosion and coastal flooding. heavy ra

getting outer cloud bands from sandy. that gives you an idea of the size and breath of the storm as the reaches from outer band clouds from maryland, down in to the lesser antilles. a massive system, with the most recent track, bring it in to the maryland coast, now, the most likely track would bring it in to delmarva, there is a wide variation. the factor is the cold air front tapping in to sandy as she comes up the coast. we think ramping up in intensity as we move in to sunday night and monday morning. for more on sandy and her potential, let's head to mike masco. >> we were talking about the models. this is the spaghetti plot model. this is an idea of how stuff the storm has been nailed down. the storm stay office the carolina coastline and a hook towards the left. we have never seen this before, it's been a forecasting challenge. tracks taking it south as ocean city, bringing its all the way up towards new york city. we will fine tune where that track is going to go. weather graphics, two track scenarios over the wea

but this is only the beginning of super storm sandy. we are tracking it for you all morning long. >> as we ride out the hurricane together, abc2 news is working for you. it's going to be a storm like no other storm we have seen whether you are dealing with power outages or flash flooding we have all the information you need to know to keep you and your family safe so stay with us this morning. team coverage starts right now. and we are on a half-hour early for you this morning because of hurricane sandy. thanks for joining us i am megan pringle. >> i am charley crowson. storm has been tracked for a number of days but lynette and wyatt and mike doing all they can to keep you ahead of the storm a live shout on the outer banks of north carolina kill devil hill has been a hot spot. number of reports out of there. you see the waves rolling in. >> because of that we have had evacuations all up and down the east coast. most people listening to them not everybody is. so we have a lot to cover this morning. let's get to the weather. >> all right

new jersey shore towns tore apart by sandy. and inland, rescuers continue to save trapped residents. >>> and a little levity overnight. the late-night comics make their return. >>> good morning on this halloween, a holiday in name only today for so many in the wake of sandy. >> let's start with the latest this morning. more than 8 million folks in areas affected by sandy are now without power. >> also, stock markets are reopening today after their two-day unscheduled stop for the storm. meanwhile, jfk and newark airports are also reopening with limited service today. but new york's la guardia airport, looked more like a lake than an airport right now. that remains closed. also, president obama will visit hard-hit areas of new jersey today, touring the areas with governor christie. >> here in new york, most of lower manhattan remains without power this morning. this is a live image. in the foreground is brooklyn. but across the river, absolute blackout. con ed had to cut power to areas of brooklyn and staten island overnight. an

that out. >> sandy's down -- winds down trees. at one point more than 5 roads were closed -- 50 roads were closed. >>> let's go to millers island. testify that been through storms. people said isabelle was the worst storm for them. with sandy they were pleased with how the storm came back. >> i thought the power would be out by 3:00 in the afternoon. it -- it came back on at 3:30 in the morning. if they had said a few days, i would have been happy with that. >> millers island did see damage. >>> drivers had to be rerouted on york road in cockeysville. it exposed a hole in the bridge. the plant was shut down in 1958. to see some of the photos of the collapse, you can did to our website. >>> our team coverage continues now with a road trip many of us have taken for years. >> a big chunk of this famous resort. >> reporter: the damage here in atlantic city is absolutely mind boggling. you can see around me how much debris was tbloan when -- blown in when hurricane sandy came through. you can see where the boardwalk once stood. pretty

in advance of sandy's arrival.gives the state flexibility in calling out the national guard. >> their number one job is to make sure emergency responders like police, fire and medical, are able to do their jobs. our team coverage continues with 11 news david collins who has more on how local jurisdictions are getting ready for this storm system. >> hurricane sandy, the super storm, franken storm. it has lots of names but one potentially devastating consequence depending on the path it takes. >> we do not know exactly what the storm will do but we know it's coming to baltimore county and will have a severe impact. >> the concern we have is the duration of it. which would continue through thursday. >> the baltimore county emergency operation center opens sunday. emergency equipment including vehicles and generators have been inspected. officials will provide county residents realtime updates through twitter. baltimore city emergency planners are going through a similar checklist. >> to see if there's gaps in coverage

any question about sandy? there it is. >> it's insane. >> we're still surveying the damage left behind by slain di here in baltimore. >> we're riding along with the crew, surveying the damage from hurricane sandy. i'm joce sterman. he'll have the full report coming up. >> we're heading down to the ocean to see how sandy is fairing there. >> and the downed power lines are dangerous. >>> look like all the school systems -- i know howard county will be making that call by 6:00. >> as soon as we receive it, we will officially pass it on. >> in about 45 minutes we'll hear. >>> you know, we've been seeing all sorts of storm damage today but we've been seeing it on dry land. >> joce? >> reporter: i could not hack it with the members of the coast guard there. were only one to three foot seas and they were whipping me around. i felt like it was a crisis. i want to show you this boat on back river. this is exactly where the coast guard wants to see your boat, docked up out of the water so they don't have to deal with yo

nueva jersey fue el lugar por donde entrÓ sandy.canzaron las 4575 millas por hora. malecÓnes cubiertos por el agua, ante el peligro provocado por la tormenta el gobernador de nueva jersey suspendiÓ las labores de ras ra rescate hasta maÑana. >>> si parece una estupidez es una estupidez, no se exponga exponga a situaciones de peligro. >>> el embate de la madre naturaleza se ha enseÑado con el estado jardÍn donde los caminos cerrados son escenas recurrentes. >>> este pueblo del lado del mar estÁn completamente abandonados. >>> todos evacuaron el dÍa de ayer cuando se declarÓ la evacuaciÓn obligatoria. >>> segÚn autoridades alrededor de 115 mil residente de esta zona evacuados y los albergues estÁn repletos. compaÑÍa de electricidad dijo que cientos de miles de usuario van a pasar la tormenta en oscuridad. aunque en este momento ha disminuido la lluvia la mayor preocupaciÓn es la ferocidad del viento, numerosos reportes de Árboles caÍdos al igual que tendido elÉctricos, dos fatalidades se dice. habrÁ que esperar que amanezca para evalu

sandy is getting closer and the coast. >> sandy is getting closer to the coast. the winds are picking up. we have seen that here, we have a 63 mile per hour wind gusts in on they's county potomac. all live look at the boardwalk -- the waves are pounding. here is the rain coming across the coast. torrential. it looks like the worst will be over the greater metro over the next several hours. midnight, 1:00, at 2:00 in the morning. producing heavy rain is going to be the problem. ongoing heavy rain will -- exacerbate the nexting potential in the several days. we expect seven or 8:00 through about 1:00, at 2:00 to be the rainest concentration of and wind. isolated spots, not impossible to have 75 m.p.h.. sustained winds, a 35-40 miles per hour. storm, the biggest effects still to come this evening. sandy could be the october surprise everyone talks about on the campaign trail. it has canceled a number of , including a stop for t obama. clinton with the president. the impact sandy is having on the elections. >> this is something that neither campaign predicted. both s

and sandy will be in canada.hat it all means for the election is still destined to be a november surprise. i'm bill weir in youngstown, ohio. >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our before cold & flu season, help prevent with lysol disinfectant spray. and use the lysol no touch hand soap for 10 times more protection with each wash. this season, a good offense is the best defense. lysol. mission for health. >>> governor chris christie was >>> governor chris christie was visibly shaken after surveying what sandy had done to his state. >> new jersey's governor described how emotional it has been to witness all the loss. >> let me start with i just never thought i would see what i saw today, ever. i have met some folks there that obviously now have no place to live at the moment and are extraordinarily emotional. and what they wanted more than anything else was just, you know, to see me and to get a hug. we got back up into the helicopter and flew to the jersey shore of my youth, where we used to

sandy es categorÍa 1.oreste del paÍs en 1991 y que incluso. podrÍa quedar plasmada en una pelÍcula de hollywood del mismo nombre. y la tormenta tiene una extensiÓn de 900 millones. y ha contribuido a aumentar la marea. la mayor preocupaciÓn es el fuerte oleaje de 10 a 25 pies que el fenÓmeno producirÁ. . y por situaciones como esta. que muchos metereologÍas. puede ser. nivel de las aguas. subirÁ peligrosamente en areas vulnerables como washington dc y nueva jersey que tiene 1800 millas de costa y orilla de agua y new york. >>> el bajo manhattan. la mayor preocupaciÓn se conocen tra en t la costa la marea de tormenta empuja las aguas. in va desaoend las olas costeras. en edificios y calles estrechas ocurre el efecto envudo. el viento aumenta su velocidad al pasar por allÍ. tienen que lidiar los residentes de new york por ejemplo. son imÁgenes del rescate de gran parte de la tripulaciÓn del buono ti. una embarcaciÓn conocida por casi utilizada en varias pelÍculas ocurriÓ en las costas de carolina del norte.

sandy's reach stretches hundreds of miles. we will talk about its potential impact on everything from economic growth to energy prices. that and more tonight on "n.b.r."! as we go on the air tonight, hurricane sandy is ready to make landfall in the u.s., already it's an historic storm, with historic preparations. stock markets closed. and coast lines evacuated with tens of millions of people sitting in the forecast path of the massive storm. sandy is a huge storm expected to come ashore in southern new jersey. but the hurricane force winds have been battering the eastern seaboard for hours. those winds extend out 175 miles from the center of the storm. those winds are pushing the atlantic ocean up and over many coast-lines. from rhode island, south to the jersey shore. coastal flooding is a significant risk thanks to the storm surge, potentially reaching 11 feet in new york harbor. battery park on the tip of manhattan is under a mandatory evacuation, as waves already have topped the sea wall. low lying areas are at substantial

at one of the nation's top colleges destroyed by sandy. much more ahead this morning on "early today." >>> welcome back. election day is now less than 140 hours away, but right now for millions of sandy's victims, the next two days will hold a lot of uncertainty. a new poll shows the president up by five points in ohio. that's unchanged from two weeks ago. in florida, just a single point separates the two wand dats. the president had a nine-point lead in september. it's a similar story in virginia where mitt romney closed the president's lead to within two points. nbc's tracie potts has the latest from washington. tracie, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. less than a week away from this campaign and governor romney is now cautiously venturing back onto the campaign trail. president obama still really tied up with dealing with the storm. so the campaign is back on sort of. we've got paul ryan who is back out in wisconsin today. vice president biden in florida, and so is governor romney. he's got three stops in florida today. h

plus sandy's impact on the election.you're watching "early today." >>> this large historic weather event has so many elements to it. one of the ones that's most surprising to people is the fact that this hurricane brought blizzard conditions to the appalachians. it has happened before that a storm in stouth earn position has moved to the north and there's been snow in it. just the fact that it's happening again and it's a huge blizzard and for the most part it's close to where the landfall is, that makes it unusual. we have snow from michigan, ohio, a little trying to sneak into indiana. kentucky, west virginia and mountains of north carolina. we have seven different states with snow on the back side. as i mentioned, they're telling people to stay off the roads if possible in west virginia. there are still leaves on the trees there. they're in for their own destruction. forecast for the west today, a nice day like yesterday from vegas to phoenix. cool with the morning clouds in l.a. we have showers once again in the nort

so super storm sandy dropping some ran across baltimore. the heaviest is the eastern shore and points southward. you shouldn't be on the roadways this morning and should be hunkered down ready to ride the thing out. it should be making landfall going through the next 24 hours or so. so late this evening early tomorrow morning, that's when we will start to see the worst of things but with all the rain a flood watch warnings are up for the entire viewing area until tuesday. also, coastal flood warning in effect for the areas shaded in the blue. we are looking at western shore also the eastern shore eastern shore you are get the worse of -- worst of things but everybody will feel the high tide as we go into tomorrow. let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lawyeren cook. good morning. >> reporter: good morning -- lauren cook. good morning. >> reporter: all mta service has been suspend until further notice. governor o'malley is encouraging everyone to avoid the roadways. in ocean city a lot of flooding and route 50 as we look live here at t

all of this power, all of this damage in sandy are still well offshore. what makes sandy special?his time of year, most tropical storms and hurricanes move east out to sea. sandy is traveling north and will turn west so its effects will be felt over a large land area. and this storm is monster size. clouds stretching over 2,000 miles, tropical force winds more than 1,000 miles. as sandy makes its way up the eastern seaboard it's colliding with an arctic cold front from the west. add in the jet stream and sandy is a superstorm. >> this storm is going to be destructive, historic and unfortunately, life-threatening. >> and we've got to talk about wind and rain from this storm, first. those are first the likely things that will cause the most damage early on in this storm. a quick look at its windfield. we'll show you is this not a coastal system. watch this thing come onshore and it spreads winds all the way in, look at that, chicago, you're getting winds. down south, atlanta you'll be feeling winds from the storm. take a look at the rainfall. again, this is not just the coastal stor

sandy se ha sentido aquÍ, en todo el paÍs se hanssen tied.ales terminales aÉreas. >>> cancelado el vuelo. >>> debido al cierre de los tres principales aeropuertos en new york y nueva jersey. en cualquier parte del mundo. >>> esperar esta noche a ver como avanzan, si abren el aeropuerto. >>> el cierre en la costa este tomÓ de sorpresa muchos viajeros de todo el mundo que vieron los vuelos interrumpidos a la mitad del camino. >>> vengo desde beijing. >>> las aerolÍneas no ven el impacto econÓmico que tendrÁ el reacomodo, no se prevÉ que se afecten las operaciones durante el fin de semana festivo del dÍa de acciÓn de gracias. >>> el piloto advierte que va a tomar varios dÍas normalizaciÓn de los vuelos desde y hacia la costa este. >>> solamente van a haber 20. >>> quince mil vuelos cancelados el huracÁn sandy es el fenÓmeno que mayor interrupciÓn ha provocado en el trÁfico aÉrea de estados unidos, la Última vez de un problema similar fue en invierno de 2011 donde una tormenta obligÓ a suspender 14 mil vuelos, univisiÓn. >>> esta es una historia

los daños materiales. >>> por segundo día, sandy desvía la campaña presidencial . >>> el paso de sandye podrÍan ascender a decenas de miles de millones de dÓlares, muchos damnificados ni siquiera podrÁn contar con la protecciÓn de un seguro. >>> millones de personas desde las carolinas hasta main han sufrido directa o indirectamente el impacto de este fenÓmeno, vÍctimas fatales superan las 30. los que murieron ahogados por la marejada de la tormenta que en lugares alcanzÓ tierra firme. daÑos podrÍan alcanzar los 20 mil millones de dhÓlares y entr 10 a 20 mÁs por los costos de paralizaciÓn de negocios. sandy aÚn no termina. >>> el panorama es desolador, muchas zonas anegadas, vuelos cancelados en el paÍs, fuentes y medios de transporte paralizados y ni hablar del fluido elÉctrico. mÁs de ocho millones de hogares y negocios en 17 estados. impacto econÓmico podrÍa no ser tan grave a largo plazo, podrÍa ser una inyecciÓn que le hace a la economÍa nacional, otros consideran que va a contribuir a golpearla mÁs. dueÑos de casa pueden enfrentar problemas, muchas de las pÓlizas de seguro no cub

sandy up next. >>> folks all along the east coast are keeping a close eye on sandy, including those on the garden state. chris christie has declared a state of emergency there. he's ordered all casinos in atlantic city, to shut down by tomorrow afternoon. meanwhile, in new york, they're taking a wait and see approach. officials will decide sometime tomorrow about whether to shut down the subways, bridges and tunnels. >> doug, what do you have to say? what are we facing? >> we're facing a big thing. up toward new england, they're talking about new jersey and new york city. new york city could be facing problems. i don't think we're going to see the worst of the storm surge. they could see record level storm surge. that could mean water in the subways. we're going to see the wind here, we're going to see very heavy rain. once again, for us. it's the power outages that we should be most concerned about. let's show you what we're doing outside right now. beautiful shot as we look toward the kennedy center this evening. it's been a great day. we saw sunshine. and we saw something that a lot

evaluando los daÑos que dejo a su paso sandy...l publico ha hecho un buen trabajo en permanecer fuera de la calles, porque eso nos ayuda a evaluar las consecuencias de la tormenta y agilizar la labores de limpieza" los distritos electorales tres, cuatro, cinco y siete fueron los mas golpeados por la tormenta tropical... segun gray, la capitaldel pais esta regresando a la normalidad a pasos agigantados... kathy esta sorprendida de los avances... "en overall esta bien, en donde yo he caminado que no ha sido mucho" el mayor reto es la remocion de mas de 200-arboles caidos... el servicio electrico esta siendo restablecido rapidamente ...hasta este martes, menos de 2-mil hogares estan a oscuras... "esperamos que todos los hogares tendran energia en las proximas 24 horas" las escuelas publicas del distrito abriran este miercoles en horario regular, con expcion de algunos plantes que no tienen energia.. oficin del gobierno tambien reanudaran sus labores.. rony perdio dos dias de trabajo...dinero que necesita para sobrevivir... "es lamenta

all of this power and damage, and sandy is still well offshore. what makes sandy special? this time of year, most storms and hurricanes move east out to sea. sandy is moving north and will turn west. the storm is monster sized. clouds stretching over 2,000 miles. tropical storm-force winds more than 1,000 mile. as sandy makes its way up the eastern seaboard, it's colliding with an arctic cold front from the west. sandy is a superstorm. >> this storm is going to be destructive, historic, and unfortunately, life-threatening. >> and it will often come in waves of wind and rain. do not be lulled into a false sense of security if the wind dies down or the rain dies down momentarily. take a look at the wind field. this is not just a coastal event. this moves well inland with the strong winds. the winds will be hurrica hurricane-force for a long time. that span will go far inland, almost to buffalo, well on the way to chicago. we're looking at the winds from 20, 40, to 60-mile-per-hour wind gusts. side waist raining bands on wind in southern new jersey. the heaviest target for th

. >>> still ahead, the latest details on hurricane sandy. senator marco rubio's daughter airlifted to a hospital after a golf cart accident. >>> we have your sports next. your forecast also coming up. >>> very good morning to you. welcome back to "early today." here are other stories making news this morning syrian military jets bombed opposition areas in damascus and other parts of the country violating a truce. the strikes killed at least 14 people including women and children. >>> in massachusetts, officials close another pharmacy as part of the outbreak of fungal disease that killed 25 people and made 344 sick. a sur surprise inspection turned up unsanitary conditions run by a company called infusion resource. >>> in florida, the 12-year-old daughter of senator marco rubio is hospitalized in fair condition with a head injury following a golf cart accident over the weekend. she is undergoing tests, but is expected to recover. >>> the unmanned dragon space capsule undocked from the international space station and returned safely to earth c

and that is where sandy hit first.n miles down the road from a devastated atlantic city. >> half of summers point in our backyard. our entire dock. our shed came down. devastating. >> reporter: the storm destroyed the town's beloved fishing pier, the pavilion now sits in the bay. an emergency responder here for 36 years said it's the worst he's ever seen. >> our fishing pier is now a gazebo in the water. >> came right off. >> yep. the docks here are gone. >> reporter: though a piece of summers point nostalgia is all but gone the feeling for many residents is relief. >> we're safe. we're safe. the houses were safe. just a lot of clean up and mess and i guess money. >> reporter: but as bad as it is in summers point it's worse out on the barrier islands like ocean city that line new jersey's coast. when sandy came ashore she hit here first. tom and eileen feel lucky to be alive. >> lost our fingernails watching the news over the last couple of days and not to say we're not devastated. but what's important to us we still h

sandy brings utter devastation overnight. unprecedented walls of water destroy the coastline and slam new york city. so much of the skyline plunged into darkness. a record-breaking loss of power. floodwaters pour into tunnels. hospitals forced to evacuate. >> oh, my goodness. it is an infant. >> now, new dangers. >> never being force to leave, not by water. not by flood, not by sandy, but by fire. >> nine states under a state of emergency right now. all the latest on the catastrophic damage, dramatic rescues and where the storm is headed next. our extreme weather team, live, in the storm zone. "good morning america's" special coverage starts, right now. >>> and good morning to all our viewers in the west. we're coming to you live right now. and lure yooking at the scene overnight in parts of new york city. the fires rage. entire neighborhoods burned up. over 50 homes destroyed. we've got new information pouring in every minute. this storm has been deadly. taken at least 17 lives so far. >> and there are so many scenes of deva

just log on to wusa9.com/sandy. you'll find the hurricane tracker as well as multiple satellite views. >>> dat justice department is re-- today the justice department is reviewing a request from virginia democratic law maketories launch a mull city state -- mull multistate investigation into voter registration fraud. this comes one week after an employee at a public firm was arrested for destroying voter applications. we have the latest now from fairfax county. >> reporter: congressman jim moran and two other democratic congressmen from virginia are asking the department of justice to investigate a firm hired by the republican pay. strategic allied consulting and its subsid dear pin-point. the website has said it has never tolerated even minimal violations of election law when registering voters, but it's already facing more than 200 allegations of voter registration fraud in florida, arizona, and colorado. in a letter to attorney general eric holder, congressman moran, jerry connolly say the number of allegations i

storm sandy. we want to welcome our international viewers as well from around the world. it's 1:00 in the morning east coast time here in atlanta and we have reporters up and down the east coast bringing us the latest developments all hour long. really into the night. no hype, overestimates or anything on this one. damage estimates are in the billions. sandy is big. sandy is powerful and she is a killer. already at least 12 people have been reported dead in the u.s. five alone in new york. 5.3 million people are without power. 23 states are under wind advisories. damage from the wind alone could top $3 million. and sandy is already response iblg f67 deaths in caribbeans. >> roads flooded out. the water rising above the cars in some locals. this historic superstorm made landfall over the most populated areas of the u.s. wind damage, power outages, storm surges, inland flooding, you name it, even snowstorms are threatening the lives and homes of 60 people from virginia to mags ma massachusetts. >> l

the damage from sandy is staggering. more than 50 dead and nearly 7 million people without power. >> the storm has crippled travel along the east coast. we are inside an airline command center to see the struggle to get back to normal. >> and a massive construction crane continues to dangle over midtown manhattan. john miller takes us inside what went wrong. >> but we begin this morning with a look at today's eye opener. your world in 90 seconds. >>> it's the worst thing that happened in this city, certainly, since 9/11. >> millions in the northeast struggle in the wake of hurricane sandy. >> the death toll continues to rise as a result of the storm. >> more than 6.5 million people are still without electricity. >> very difficult day. >> new jersey certainly hit the hardest. >> itis sight of devastation that makes it look as if there had been a bombing there. >> rescue teams trying to go house to house helping those who could not leave on their own. >> trapped in their house for 24 hours now. no cold. no heat. no electri

sandy is moving over pennsylvania. it made landfall last night, and we are going to be seeing a little bit of change in the forecast. for now, the winds sustained 7 a miles an hour, moving to the northwest at 16 miles an hour. this is the most important thing to us this morning. we have plenty of rain moving in across the picture. plenty of rain yesterday, we are going to add on top of that. plenty of flood watches, flood warnings, that will continue through today and in to tomorrow. the heaviest rain moving through baltimore, washington, the heavy rain bands will continue even some back towards the west and the further west you go, you are going to run in to snowfall. check out the rainfall totals, these came in from yesterday, so parkville, close to 6 inches of rain, over 5 in owings, belvedere heights 5. close to 5 at pimlico. this is yesterday, now look what we had today. close to an inch of rain already in baltimore, more of the same in new market. half an inch in annapolis. 3/10th in goldsboro. you saw the rain o

but in the meantime sandy slowly lifts out of here. the remnants of sandy. and we will enjoy a pretty decent weekend i think. so we can look forward to that in our forecast. as we head through the rest of today, 51 in leesburg and gaithersburg. 54 in downtown d.c. and only 52 in fredricksburg and overnight tonight only dipping into the 40s downtown. 40 degrees in hagerstown and martinsburg because of the clouds helping to keep those temperatures in check. so over the next three days, we still have code yellow for today because of the high water but besides that we're in good shape. green lighted for both thursday and friday. we're going to look for those temperatures holding, though, in the 50s. and your seven-day forecast, don't forget to turn the clocks back next weekend. we get an extra hour of sleep. stay with us. 9 news now continues in just a few minutes. >>> i'm meteorologist erica grow. here's another look at your seven-day. it's still breezy today and tomorrow but the weather slowly but surely improving. we can't rule out a shower today. but it look

it's all about sandy east of the mississippi. >>> so nothing like like the doozie of the week, sandy. all of us on the east coast got to get used to it. >> we're going to close this special edition of "america this morning" with something a sign of the times. celebrities who have been weighing in on the storm via, what else? twitter. >> you'll love this one. lindsay lohan tweeted this instant classic. "why is everyone in such a panic about hurricane, i'm calling it sally. top projecting negativity. think positive and pray for peace." thank you, lindsay. and one of my favorites. kim kardashian. kim says she's back in miami, missing the storm. she says, i'm praying for everyone on the east coast. i hope everyone is safe. we hope you're safe by the beach too, there, kim. >> i'm glad she's praying for us. well, the jersey shore is supposed to get really pounded. what do regulars down there say? snooki tweeted waiting for this storm. with my boys. vinny said, i heard someone say it best, we made 1 through 9/11. we can make it through anything. words of wisdom? >> from celebrities to the c

we thought sandy was nice. >> my mother-in-law is a sandy. sandy as friends. the new advisory is coming in a few minutes early. i have the updated latest information for you. it's not good. it's a little closer to us. this has been a trend we've been watching really since yesterday, the day before how the track from the hurricane center keeps nudging a little more west, a little more southwest, a little closer to us and the closer to us obviously the more of a threat sandy will be. let's start off with sandy. the satellite and radar or the satellite, color enhanced satellite. i don't have the radar on this but there's quite a bit of rain. even though you don't see the coldest cloud tops into southeast florida. they're getting tropical storm conditions. one thing we'll see with sandy over the next day or two is the expanding wind field. some of the tropical storm force winds could extend 300 miles from the center by the time it gets up here. even the winds 50, 60 miles an hour could be 120 miles from the center when it gets here. there she is now pulling out of

the time to prepare for sandy is now. strong winds, rain and a rising surf from hurricane sandy are already lashing out on the florida coast. a jet skier caught in the surf needed rescue. across the caribbean, sandy has left dozens of people dead. it rips through houses, downs trees and flooded entire communities. models have the storm smashing right into the northeast in days. >> common sense says you should start taking precautions. get ready just in case. this is a potentially dangerous storm. >> reporter: emergency workers say anyone from virginia up through new england should get ready now. on long island new york, we found people filling up sandbags. in manchester, connecticut, homeowners were preparing to lose power. snatching up generators, flashlights and batteries. >> i'd rather spend the money on the generator and know i have heat and a full fridge of food for my two kids. >> reporter: in sussex county, delaware, boaters pulled their vessels out of the water. in maryland, coastal restaurants emptied their patio