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joining us now is the governor of new york state, andrew cuomo. governor cuomo, thank you very much for taking the time to join us tonight. i know it's a sacrifice for you. >> no, it's my pleasure to be with you. >> i understand you just got off the phone with president obama. can i ask what you two are discussing and how the coordination is going? >> i'll give you three guesses, rachel. he wanted an update on the storm and he wanted to talk to local officials in the affected area to find out what they were thinking and he wanted to communicate with them directly. i have to tell you, he's called multiple times a day just into this state, just to find out what's going on in new york. fema, his response agency, has been fantastic. the whole cabinet has really been deployed. so i think he's done this very well. i worked in the clinton administration. i was the hud secretary. hud is one of response agencies. i know what the federal government traditionally does. they're doing an outstanding job in my opinion. >> what's the top of the priority state for

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new york governor andrew cuomo is expected to address the media shortly. we will monitor what he says and bring you late details should the governor make news. bellevue right now evacuating patients. 700 patients in all. this will be going on all night long after a day of running the generator. the rooftop generators with buckets of fuel from the basement passed hand to hand up 13 flights of stairs, if you can imagine. and now traffic in manhattan jammed solid. the subways expected to start to come on-line tomorrow, but in a very, very limited way. people now jamming buses or simply walking. things are improving slightly in places. but this crisis is far from over and it is evolving almost minute by minute. we have all of the angles starting with president obama and new jersey governor chris christie. with the election near but the disaster now two political rivals joined hands and got to work. they saw a shoreline battered beyond recognition, almost beyond belief. mile after mile of destruction. home after home, life after life. on the ground at a local s

new york governor andrew cuomo expecting to be briefing the media shortly. we'll bring you late-breaking details. the national guard is out in force in hoboken, across the river, a long line of ambulances, outside another big manhattan hospital, bellevue, right now, evacuating patients. 700 patients in all, this will be going on all night long after a day of running the generator, the rooftop generator with buckets of fuel from the basement, passed hand to hand up 13 flights of stairs if you can imagine. there's that and there is this. traffic in manhattan, jammed solid. subways expected to come online tomorrow in a very limited way. people jamming buses or simply walking. things are improving, slightly in places. but this crisis is far from over, and it is evolving almost minute by minute. all of the angles tonight, starting with president obama and new jersey governor chris christie. with the election near, but the disaster now, two political rivals joined hands and got to work. they saw a shoreline battered beyond recognition, almost beyond belief. mile a

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we are getting some reports, that new york governor andrew cuomo fired his emergency management director diverting a crew for coming to his own driveway to pick up a tree. good news for folks in this region. they are happy to hear this. temperatures will reach the 50s and 60s in the region. >> steve: there is a lot of snow. one spot in new jersey got 12 inches and heavy snow in connecticut. out in staten island. and the poor folks in staten island. first sandy and now snow and look at the debris. so many people waiting to go to feam. and yesterday they went to fema and they saw that. >> brian: they were not there. and they found their way because it was freezing rain and heavy snow. it makes it twice as deadly and on the door it was too bad for fema to work. if the weather is not good how can feam success employ. >> gretchen: isn't that when they are posed to work. >> brian: on long island 400,000 people without power . fema left voice messages that said there are hotels for you because of no power. but the hotels they listed are all having waiting lists for 150 and only three in statene

funcionadno, pero ahora el mayor problema es la gasolina, por lo cual el gobernador de nueva york, andrew cuomoones de galones de combustible fueron distribuidos, para ello se cuenta el desplazamiento de camiones de gasolina que repartirán gasolina por la gran manzana, porciones de connecticut y nueva jersey, el gobernador también dijo qo que para combatir la crisis se repartirán 12 millsdmillones de galones en los próximos días, también el gobernador de nueva jersey, chris christie dijo que en 12 condados los vehículos que abastecan de combustible si su placa termina en número par. >>> el presidente barack obama dijo desde ohio que el país está listo para dar apoyo a los afectados para la labor del huracán sandy y agradeció el apoyo de equipos de rescate y ayuda a las víctimas, el centro médico langore de nueva york que que tuvo que evacuar unos 300 pacientes, dijo que todas las áreas están en servicio, y otros hospitales dicen que están listas sus instalaciones para las próximas dos semanas. >>> el gobernador de nueva jersey, chris christie extendió la votación para dos días más, es la inform

andrew cuomo is asking for $30 billion in federal aid for clean-up. it is estimated that sandy caused more than $50 million in new york alone. that makes it the second most spoansive storm after hurricane katrina. president obama will visit the new york city area later on this week. >>> for the first time since the uprising started in syria, israel has been drawn into the fighting. israel fired warning shots across the border after a stray mortar from syria hit a military post in the golan heights. the military says no damage or injuries were reported inside israel but israeli official are threatening tougher retaliation for attacks continue. >>> how some people are pitching in to help victims of the superstorm recover by donating their vacation days. let's check in with tucker when we come back. ♪ [ male announcer ] from our nation's networks... ♪ ...to our city streets... ♪ ...to skies around the world... ♪ ...northrop grumman's security solutions are invisibly at work, northrop grumman. well, inside the brewer, there's a giant staircase. and the ro

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new york governor andrew cuomo says many people on long island have not yet had power restored because their homes are too unsafe. >>> former republican vice presidential candidate paul ryan says he was shocked about not winning the election. president obama won virtually every critical battleground state including ohio. ryan says that is the moment they realized things were going south. >> when the numbers came in going the other direction we saw the kind of turnout that was occurring in urban areas which were fairly unprecedented. it did come as a bit of a shock. >> ryan may have come up short on the vice presidential bid but he will continue to hold his seat in congress. >> a big honor for oakland a's manager. gary has that story ahead. plus a heavy weight battle in college basketball as duke battles kentucky. all the sports coming up. #úfó [ laughter ] [ girl ] wow, you guys have it easy. i wish i had u-verse when i was your age. in my day, we didn't have these fancy wireless receivers. blah blah blah. if i had a sleepover, i couldn't just move the tv into the playroom. no. we had

as for new names keep your eyes on martin o'malley and governor andrew cuomo.eep going, but i don't have time. if you think i'm jumping the gun, listen to this political guy. >> for news junkies like me it's never too early to think about iowa and new hampshire and all of the rest. >> when pos contenders write books, start candidates and build friends early in the caucus states. randi? >> thank you very much. >>> several veterans who served in iraq and afghanistan are celebrating their 2012 victory. in fact, it was a his tore uk election for them. barbara starr has more on the veterans getting ready to take their seat in congress. >> reporter: republican tom cotton, a veteran of iraq and afghanistan was one of the big winners tuesday, seizing the fourth congressional district seat in arkansas. >> although i don't know what committee i'll be assigned to, ultimately i want to play a central role in helping guide america's national policy and foreign policy. >> reporter: cotton, a law school graduate was an infantry officer with the 101st airborne division. nine v

gas lines are still long, but both new york governor andrew cuomo and new jersey governor chris christie have promised an end to the shortage this week. >>> the gas shortage won't help the rush to get back to work and school this morning. first day of class for students in new york city since sandy. this morning new york city subway system is running at about 80% of its normal service. new jersey's transit agency says it's still several weeks away from full restoration, but it's running emergency bus service today. and if you are heading north, amtrak service will be limited today between washington, new york, and boston. that's because crews are still repairing the damage caused by sandy. amtrak is telling passengers to make reservations by phone or online to avoid sold out trains and long lines at ticket counters. >>> today montgomery county council president will discuss pepco's response to hurricane sandy. roger verlander will meet with members of the media today at the county building in rockville. thousands lost electricity in the county as trees knocked over power lines after the

new york governor andrew cuomo slammed all l state's power company, but especially long island power for their slow response time. >>> in iraq several car bombs detonated killing 14 people and injuring several others across iraq. the most explosive happened in the city of kirkuk, where four car bombs exploded. about an hour later, another exploded 40 miles west of kirkuk. another exploded in central baghdad killing one person and injuring nine others. they believe insurgents targeted a convoy, and another exploded in a village market south of baghdad. no one is claiming responsibility for these attacks. >>> d.c. police trying to learn what led to a triple shooting at a gas station. this happened at the bp on benning road in east capitol street northeast last night. two men and a woman went to the hospital. police say someone fired shots inside the convenience store and took off. so far, no arrests. >>> former d.c. council chairman kwame brown will be spending the next six months in his home. a federal judge sentenced him to six months of house arrest yesterday. brown pled guilty earl

new york's governor, andrew cuomo, wants $30 billion in federal aid to rebuild after sandy. almost 60,000 customers are still without power on new york's long island, and all new jersey drivers can now buy gasoline today as odd/even rationing ends. >>> over the next decade u.s. oil output is expected to surpass saudi arabia according to the national energy agency. by 2020 the u.s. could be the largest oil producer in the world. >>> kevin clash, the voice on elmo on sesame street, is taking a leave of absence after allegations surfaced of a relationship with an underage male, but clash admits to the relationship saying that it was between two consenting adults. >>> the word of the year in the oxford american dictionary for 2012 is gif which stands for graphic image formats. it's widely used on the internet. other words include eurogeddon, super pac and sooup err storm. well, a new study finds a link between women who had the flu during pregnancy and autism. children born to women who had the flu while pregnant were at least twice as likely being diagnosed with autism before t

he handed it down late tuesday, the same day that the governor, andrew cuomo said he is launching an investigation. >>> while families work to rebuild after sandy, some are scouring the streets looking for their lost four-legged friends. the water rose so quickly that families had no time to react. the teams are going street by street in staten island trying to save pets. >> many of them suffer from stress. some of the cats have flood their urine. some had exturnal -- external wounds. >> animals are placed in foster care until the owners can get back home. >>> you have to love the dave matthews band. not only is their music great, so is their spirit. they're the latest to pledge support for the victims from superstorm sandy. they're giving $1 million to a relief concert. they kick whoever their winter tour in east rutherford, new jersey. all ticket and merchandise sales will go toward a relief fund. >> president obama said the country cannot afford a tax increase on all america -- americans. >> the president laid it all out in his japped. >> reporter: in his first press conference in

the past hour, new york reduced andrew cuomo bus fares for the rest of the week. cannot thank the rest of -- the president enough. >> governor chris christie personally thank president obama for his help. they met with concerned lost their homes. nucleus remains very much in a state of emergency tonight. -- new jersey remains very much in a state of emergency tonight. at last check, to all people killed in the state. two million remain without power. vice president joe biden made some political waves. --, dangerous and attackers attacks, and now for president is again, less than a the election. mitt romney was joined by senator marco rubio at his rally at the university of miami. he showed u.s. -- praised fema playing a key role. vice president joe biden was in sarasota, and he is making some headlines for comments he made in a restaurant. he joked with him and about for president in 2016. followed a political rally ad ofhe slammed the gop the auto industry as dishonest. campaign declined to comment. a major donation from actor pitt. a supporter of same-sex marria

. >>> tambiÉn en new york, el gobernador andrew cuomo.distribuidor de gasolina, entrar temporalmente al estado sin cumplir con los requisitos habituales para aliviar la escasez de combustible que impide a los residentes transportarse. en nueva jersey las inundaciones causadas por la super tormenta, generaron caos entre los residentes de la zona de little ferry en el condado de bergen. viven varias familias hispanas, que comienzan a llegar para evaluar los daÑos a sus viviendas. sofÍa tiene los delts. >>> esta mujer desesperada pide ayuda, mo todos en este vecindades rÍo tienen tarea de sacar, votar y ver como pueden recuperar lo poco que les quedÓ. >>> asÍ que hoy no tenemos nada, tenemos que ir a comer, donde comemos porque no hay nada ahÍ ya. >>> 4 dÍas despuÉs del paso de sandy por nueva jersey asÍ lucen las calles. el ver todo destruido es muy doloroso. >>> parecÍa una pesadilla esto no pensamos que esto podrÍa pasar aquÍ. sinceramente. fue como tan rÁpido. >>> y toda una vid de sacrificio, queda con esto, escombros, basura, fotos rec

new york governor andrew cuomo says the fuel shortage that's led to long lines could go on for days, and he warned those taking mass transit this morning can expect a lot more company as people find other ways to go to work and students return to school. in new jersey, the odd-even licensing plate order remains in effect. many banks who waive fees say they'll extend those breaks until wednesday, and a massive crane dangling over a new york city high-rise has now been secured. and that means, people living and working near the site will finally be allowed to return. >>> viewers of our nbc universal telethon special hurricane sandy donated nearly $23 million to american red cross. it was the highest number of donations made by phone, text, and online to the red cross in five years. if you'd like to make a donation or find out more information, please check out nbcnews.com. >>> more than a thousand runners who lost out on their chance to run in this year's new york city marathon joined together in a different kind of race on sunday, to help those hardest hit by sandy. they traveled on t

that democrats cannot count on new york's supposedly ra democratic governor andrew cuomo as an ally.e country should know that, too. we already knew in the run-up to the election, andrew cuomo whose aspirations for national office are well-known did essentially nothing to aid the party in its quest to steak back the state senate from republicanz. while his reason for not endorsing democrats in contested races with republican alphabets was he did not want to wound those republicans who voted for the successful marriage equality. that the explanation doesn't address his refusal to endorse the democratic candidate in one race where the incumbent republican had been defeated in the primary by a tea party challenger. we know we never got an explanation from him for his lack of endorsement in that race and even without his help, democrats managed to win an apparent majority in the state senate with the two seats still being recounted. just as it looked like democrats would win back the senate majority, sin cough felder brooklyn democrat elected as a democrat announced just a few days after

is it just andrew cuomo out there? >> i don't disagree. don't see him as a formidable foe biden and secretary of state formerly hillary clinton are in the race. i don't see with either one of them on any major level. >> i actually couldn't disagree more in that he has been a popular governor. he can raise money. >> a ton of >> hand over fist. >> more than the other two? >> he will have already been raishe's up for re-election in 2014 so he'll be coming off a strong win of that. extremely successful in new york. he's been doing exactly what people sproe mice works with republicans and/ democrats. doing very well by new york and he will be a formidable candidate. >> unlike his popular father he does not have the same kind of personality cache that the other two that >> maybe that's too his advantage because his father couldn't run for presproblems. >> everybody said to me last week, weave to let it go after this, the democratic party if they were smart, would desperately put up a woman, has to put up a woman of some sort. i don't know. for w

but this morning new york governor andrew cuomo says cold temperatures are going to leave tens of thousands of people whose homes were damaged needing to find other places to live. abc news reporter john chifron reports from lower manhattan. >> flying high above the area, they got a close look at the arthur kill waterway. it is where 350,000 gallons of fuel spilled over as a result of the super storm. >> so i think we are starting to win sphoors the response. as far as the response. >> and the welcome sight. a crane that dangled above the highest residential building is now safely tethered to the side of the building. >> if everything goes according to plan and we have a little more work to do, we hope to reopen west 57th street to traffic. >> it is a small sign that conditions in new york are looking up. coming out of the darkness and quiet -- excitement to have the light and sounds of normalcy. as more subways begin to run. >> i have been in the house day and night with the baby so i am excited to go back to work. >> and grocery stores reopen. >> i didn't think i would be this excited to

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andrew cuomo declared a transportation emergency. here's why. subway tunnels are completely flooded out there. the army corps of engineers now bringing in pumping devices to get that water out. the company that runs the subway and bus system in new york city waived fees for today and tomorrow. however, not all subway lines are running because some stations and tunnels remain flooded. other stations are out of service because of lingering power outages. >>> we're getting a better look at the dangerous conditions when hurricane sandy hit. take a look at this dramatic video from firefighters. you can see the homes there engulfed in flames. firefighters had strong winds and the threat of rising water prevented them from battling the fire monday night. fire responders evacuated people inside their homes. no word if anyone was hurt. incredible images there. >>. >>> your time right now is 5:08. desperate times right now along the jersey coastline. >> we need more resources, so anyone who's listening to this in the city of hoboken or neighbo

governor andrew cuomo says many people are now living in homes that are uninhabitable. >> when the temperature drops in the heat does not go on at that is when there uninhabitable. we're going to have tens of thousands of people who need housing solutions right away >> today's new york city marathon was canceled. some of the runners spent the day delivering supplies to relief centers >> police are looking for help from the public in the search for a missing suburban woman. the 32 year-old was last seen running from her boyfriend's home on october 21st. today some of her friends and family searched the area. she has not been in contact with anyone since the night she disappeared. she left behind her car in a terse cellphone. she has three young children. given the formation you're asked to call police. her family has also set up a facebook page >> a minor derailment caused some major headaches on the c-t- a's red line today. an eight car train headed from evanston to downtown jumped the tracks just south of the loyola street station around three o'clock. about 30 passengers were moved up to the

. >> new york governor andrew cuomo also said that 100-year storms are coming every two years. hate to bring his name up, but how or predicted this. -- al gore predicted this. >> he sure did. >> they have seeress in the netherlands -- sea barriers in the netherlands. >> this may not be a question of the sea barriers. this heavy jet stream that came through -- that is caused by some of the warming taking place in the arctic. hence global warming is a problem. >> but back to al gore. al gore dinot talk about the environment when he was running for president, and these guys did not talk -- >> when he was running in 1988 he talked about it. >> when you have the mitt romney as governor running against this obama, their positions would not have been different mitt romney ndorser of cap- and-trade. >> tre ia hu disconnect, because the political culture is still full of deniers and politicians reflect that. unbelievable to go through three talktes and not about climate change at all. >> there has been a lot of advertising by interest groups to put forth the idea of fossil fuels and neg

new york governor andrew cuomo has said sandy could cost his state $33 billion. today storm victims still need help. on new york's staten island that includes old-fashioned house calls, drew levinson has the story. >> volunteer nurses fanned out across hard hit oak wood beach on new york's staten island going house to house, helping the many people here in need of medical care. >> do you have any other medical issues? >> asthma? heart disease. >> dr. neil napola grew up here and still lives and practices here. >> well felt that there was a lacking of medical, direct medical care, there was no boots on the street type of treatment in place. >> reporter: many of these residents lost everything, including their prescriptions, some were injured as the storm or its aftermath. >> we have, we found people with broken bones and hyperten receive crisis and hadn't had their insulin in days. >> many can't leave their homes to see a doctor because they are either sick, disabled or lost their cars during the storm. others say they similar my don't have the time. they are suff

. >> york governor andrew cuomo has launched a commission to probe the role of state utilities during major storms, including superstorm sandy and last year's hurricane irene. the 10-member panel will investigate how the utilities have prepared for the storms of how they responded when widespread damage ensued. andrew cuomo said the commission's findings could lead to a major regulatory overhaul. >> what ever their recommendations are, i want to get back to the legislation the beginning of next year, incorporate them, and come up with a better system. many of these systems were failing to begin with. >> the utilities most highly criticized for the response of the storm, long island power authority, or light up. on tuesday, the ceo michael hervey resigned, effective at the end of the year. more than 130,000 remain in the dark still two weeks after sandy hit. men who said there were tortured in u.s. prisons have filed a complaint of the united nations over canada's failure to investigate and indict former president george w. bush during his speaking appearance there last year. the four

and andrew cuomo reportedly plans to ask the u.s. government for at least $30 billion in aid to help new york city recover from hurricane sandy. the state needs more than $3 billion just to repair bridget, subways and tunnels. sandy estimated to have cost the new york area more than $50 billion in damage. the president is expected to view the recovery efforts on thursday. and president obama will also be talking about the fiscal cliff this week. he plans to meet with labor and political leaders tomorrow, civic leaders on friday which is also the same day the president is scheduled to meet with house and senate leaders to begin talks to avoid tax hikes and government spending cuts from taking picture in january. fiscal cliff also a subject of discussion around the world including in central london. kelly has been speaking to lorenzo smaghi about the issue. i'm sure you're not with me, but i know you're having a great time there at chatham house. >> i'm sorry, too. i'm consoled by the fact there is a great lineup here and that it's a t

supposedly governor andrew cuomo didn't want him in new york because obama wouldn't allow him to speak at the convention reports have it. so that's what that's all about, but he's going to win new york, so it really isn't very consequential. >> it looks like mitt romney is gaining ground in that aspect. >> i would say that's the most troubling component that bothers the obama campaign even when he was way down, romney, and falling way behind in some of these swing states independents were drifting toward him. now they're up by eight or 10 points and that's -- elections are won with independents because democrats vote for the democrat, republicans vote for the republican and especially well off independents in affluent suburbs that have high voter turnout, that's a very disappointing element for obama. >> is it just us on the east coast or does it feel like this weather event kind of sucked the oxygen out of the campaign? >> i think it probably helped. nobody wants to see people or their lives destroyed, but i think it allowed the president to act like the president and his move, which