here in south greenland, geologists have found some of the world's largest deposits of rare earth metals. these are crucial elements in the manufacture of high tech items. >> stephen: china needs these rare earth metals to make cell phones, military guidance systems and toothpaste. (laughter) luckily greenland's vice premier jens b. frederiksen sees through china's sudden interest in their country saying "we are aware that is because we now have something to offer, not because they suddenly discovered that inuit are nice people." (laughter) bravo, jens, for not falling for china's moo goo gai pandering. china doesn't appreciate your proto-inuit thule culture the way america truly does. they don't know an umiak from an aleut iqyak. but america will respect you for your peoples. for your culture and of course for your precious lanthanum for which we will hollow out your country like a ripe cantaloupe. (laughter) next up, back in 2007, vladimir putin sent a robot submersible to plant the russian flag on the sea floor. it was the safest way to claim the north pole, because we all know what h

with high pressure south of greenland, it will block that kind of movement.e are the plot's we have been looking at. which one will be the actual one? we have talked about the wiggle room. we think it will come on shore as a post-tropical storm. the wind will be significant enough to bring down trees especially those that still have leaves. you can see where we have tropical storm watches and warnings along the carolina coast. for us nothing yet. that will change. heavy rain and local flooding a possibility. high seas at the shore. trees down because of high wind. of course, power outages that we dread. the likelihood of all those things is way up there. we have a flood watch in effect from late tomorrow into tuesday morning. we are running a rainfall deficit. this is not the way we want to get out of that deficit. too much rain, too fast, i am afraid. >> it is time for abc 7 sports. >> if you were worried about the big storm affecting the city treasurer. do not worry. the redskins will be safely in pittsburgh on sunday. the linebacker has never missed a game

greenland, actually. it will allow the front to continue its move to the south. and also what we think is a powerful storm in the form, category one hurricane and it coming up the carolina coast. the whole system will wind together as we get the jet stream energy on top of the tropical energy. again, it is impressive tonight as we look at sandy off the no 0 >>> and if you are heading out in 95, be wear of construction in the northbound lanes all the way into the city. road work continues on 795. one lane will be closed in both directions through 5:00 a.m. i'll be tracking the delays on your commute tomorrow on good morning. maryland tomorrow at 4:30. >>> baltimore has a new bid in hollywood. so many films been shown here. we watched an independent film, the dmv truth. producers, writers and stunt people, who work in the area. it's a great piece to promote film work to our city. >> we'll be right back. >>> live team coverage with hurricane sandy. starting to feel it right now. >> let check in with -- station. >> reporter: as we continue to stand out in florida, it

south. we also have a blocking high centered over greenland.his will help to steer sandy towards the eastern seaboard. and this trough will also serve as a magnet that will also help to pull sandy inland as we head into early next week. >> okay so, what are some of the effects that people in that northeast area, where sandy might make landfall, what can they expect? >> hari, it looks like sandy will continue its northward track, potentially heading a little farther east over the next couple of days. but as i mentioned it looks like it will curve farther west as we head into early next week portion tensionly making landfall as a category 1 hurricane late monday night into tuesday, anywhere from the mid-atlantic coast to the southern new england coast. we're talking catastrophic damage here, heavy rainfall which will cause severe flooding, severe beach erosion, a significant storm surge. we're talking upwards of five feet in some places. and also widespread power outages that could last days, if not even weeks. >> all right, thanks so much for jo