this historic storm tonight is wreaking havoc up and down the atlantic seaboard from the carolinas to connecticut, claiming at least ten lives so far. flooding entire towns, causing blackouts across the midatlantic and midwest and snoerms frwstor maryland to tennessee. juju chang spent the day in lower manhattan and comes to us from the dangerously flooded streetings. what is the latest? >> reporter: we've sent much of this evening wading through the floodwaters ofmanhattan, through the evacuation zone, this storm now has the dubious distinction of setting a record for a record storm surge but it's deceptively calm now, not a lot of rain or wind, we're penned in by flood waters and blocked by sky scrapers in the historic canyons of lower man hasn't and the 9/11 memorial began flooding this evening. behind me is literally the financial heart of the stage, new york stock exchange shut down today and tomorrow. detectly behind me is what new york officials feared, tonight a huge swath of lower manhattan is under water and without power. storm surges of up to 11 feet battering the southern

i will show you the wind and rain along the atlantic seaboard. you will be able to see the shower activity moving into the carolinas. as the moisture makes its way north, we will see tropical storm conditions on the coast of north carolina within the next couple of hours. for us, the main concern is late monday and tuesday. we are between two systems. the shower to the west is the cold front. down to the south, you can see the leading edge of hurricane send the -- hurricane sandy.it is back up to a category one. sandy is about 700 miles south of the washington area. the projected landfall is late monday and tuesday. it will spread plenty of rain and high wind across the area. that is what we're most concerned about. we're also concerned about flooding. you can see starting late tomorrow night into tuesday, we have a flood watch for up to 5 inches of rain. today is a very nice day with temperatures around 70 this afternoon. use today to stock up on the supplies you need. get the leaves away from the storm drains and prepare yourself. tomorrow will

eerily dark and quiet as this massive superstorm has left hav atlantic seaboard from the carolinas to connecticut, claiming at least ten lives so far. flooding entire towns, causing blackouts across the midatlantic and midwest and snoerms frwstor maryla to tennessee. juju chahang spent t the day in lower manhattan and comomes t u from the dangerously flooded streetings. >> rorter: we've sent much of this evening wading through the fldwaters ofmanhattan, rough the evacucuation zozone, this storm now has the dubious distinction of setting a record for a record storm surge but it's deceptively calm no notot lot of rain wi, penn historic canyons of lower man hasn't and the 9/11 memorial began flooding this evening. behind me is litallyly the financial hea of the stage, new york stock exchange shut down today and tomorrow. detectly bind me is what new rk oicials feared,, tonight a ge swath ofower manhattan is under water and without power. storm surgeses of up to 11 feet battering the southern tip of this island. streets and avenues turning to rivers as the water surroundidi manhattan pour

right now, the indications are the greater chance is that it may track right along our atlantic seaboard. so here are the potential impacts. wind and rain beginning for us, beginning on sunday, especially south and east of the metro area, getting worse as the day goes on. and then into monday, looks like the worst effects of that storm with potential power outages. stay tuned. we'll be keeping you fully informed. hour by hour today, the forecast for the day, near 70 by noontime. i'm back in ten minutes with another update. danella has a look at traffic now. good morning. >> good morning. well, we're going to start along i-270. delayed as you travel between frederick and heading southbound towards clarksburg road, you are slow. a live look at 109. you know how this goes. just bumper to bumper sluggish as you make your ways to simila clarksburg. travel lanes are open in both directions. no major delays. to the rails, not seeing any reported delays, but if you're traveling in virginia, still seeing an accident i-95 northbound. backver o to you. >>> new this morning, a single car crash in no

some of the highest impacts in the red zone beginning to be felt along the atlantic seaboard, southern bay, southeastern virginia with wind and rain. sunday evening into monday and all the way into tuesday is when the heaviest impacts will be around our region with strong winds. could have gusts over 60 miles an hour. that unfortunately will likely cause power out aages with all our trees in this region. a lot of those trees may come down and have expended power outage problems for much of the rest of next week. prepare for several days without power. we have temperatures in the low 60s. we have patchy drizzle and patchy fog around now. storm team 4 four day forecast around this friday, we'll have a lot of cloudiness around much of the region with highs near 70. cloudy tonight and saturday too. upper 60s tomorrow. then on sunday especially afternoon and evening and into monday, monday night, and tuesday is when we have the possibility of strong winds causing power outages, bands of heavy rain from time to time, especially monday into tuesday, and gradually improving midweek next week a

evening we could begin to feel some of the effects of sandy if it does track close enough to the atlantic seaboard. it looks like it's going to be lingering for a time near our atlantic sea board on sunday, monday, and tuesday. if that happens, we'll get lashed by wind, could get passing showers, and may be headed toward new england after that. i'm back in ten minutes. danella here with your first 4 traffic. good morning. >> good morning, tom. >>> another update on the crash along i-95 northbound lanes at centreport parkway. good news is the right lane and center lane are going to get you by the accident, but you are jammed. delays are about three miles. i wouldn't even take i-95 northbound in stafford right now. i would still take the alternate route of route 1 to courthouse road. let me show you live video of what the situation was earlier this morning when all your lanes were blocked. you can see only the right shoulder lane is getting by. that's why you see such a significant delay on northbound i-95 in stafford. again, that backup is three miles. route 1 is your alternate that i would recomme

they've had heavy downpours all night right along the atlantic seaboard and the eastern sho. they have wind gusts from 40 to 45 miles an hour now. the heaviest rains are now getting closer to washington. in fact, the areas you see here they are getting some moderate rain now in the yellow zone. here is the intensity scale. anges and reds, that's heavy rain, and the really heavy rain band is just about to come into st. mary's county. they're getting moderate to heavy rain there and generally light to moderate rain in calvert and anne arundel, prince george's, and now we're beginning to see moderate rain showing up in washington, montgomery county, eastern fairfax county. points west, just a little light rain, getting snow out of the mountains of southern west virginia. all of these counties in lavender are under a blizzard warning, of all things, up to a foot of heavy wet snow there. that blizzard warning in effect all the way through wednesday morning. here's the latest with sandy. it is beginning to take a turn to the north. it the been traveling northeast the last 36 hours

what happens after that may be coming right along the atlantic seaboard and affecting us. so stay tuned. we'll keep you posted. that wouldn't happen until sunday in the next week. 6:00 a.m. temperatures still in the 50s to near 60 for your lunch hour. a lot of clouds around. just the slight chance of a sprinkle later this morning. low to mid-70s. during the afternoon, around 80 degrees. as we go forward toward the weekend, beautiful day tomorrow, friday a lot of clouds around, near 70. and sandy may affect us with rain and wind sunday, monday, tuesday. stay tuned. we'll keep you up on that. now, how's traffic. good morning, danella. >> good morning, tom. >>> still keeping an eye on breaking news along the i-95 northbound in stafford. the earlier crash still blocking all of your northbound lanes. you are able to get by in the shoulder lane at centreport parkway. you are able to get around, but just one shoulder lane will get you around the accident. i would avoid that now. alternate route is take route 1 to courthouse road. and from courthouse road, you can connect to i-95

it is raining from maine all the way down to north carolina, and from the atlantic seaboard all the way into ohio, indiana, michigan, and all this area in white is snow. it is snowing across parts of indiana into ohio, eastern kentucky, much of west virginia and into western maryland. all of these areas getting snow. some of the high ridges here right west of the blue ridge and shenandoah valley, they're getting snow. even mountain peaks are getting a little bit of wet snow right now. locally for us, we're still dealing with passing bands of light to moderate rain. anything from light yellow to orange is the light to moderate rain. that's along i-95 from franconia to arlington. and farther west light scattered rain where you see the green. and these areas of orange and yellow along the blue ridge, just west of leesburg, they're getting moderate showers here as well as frederick county, maryland, and up into baltimore. temperatures are chilly. just in the low 40s throughout much of the region. we're going to be holding steady here in the 40s throughout the rest of the day. and those blus

moderate rain down towards fredericksburg, and this all associated with sandy spinning away off the atlantic seaboard. sandy's latest track. we'll have this update at 5:00 this morning. this is the latest one from 2:00 a.m. showing sandy coming ashore sometime this evening. here's the position. monday at 8:00 p.m. here's the tuesday 8:00 a.m. position. it's going to be slowing down, probably coming ashore around midnight tonight. somewhere near the delaware bay is the way it's looking now. back with frequent updates throughout the morning, and back to you, aaron and eun. >> thank you, tom. >>> let's take a live look at times square in new york city, where i'm sure that it is very quiet. very quiet out there and eerie because so many times, when we look at live pictures like this, when it's usually bustling, full of traffic, new york city definitely preparing. we've seen images of grand central station as well, much of the east coast getting ready for sandy and evacuating, taking care of orders, and making sure people are not out on the street, to be safe and go inside. >>> we'll have more on that for

. >> my first message is to all the people across the eastern seaboard and atlantic going north that you need to take this very seriously. follow the instructions of your state and local officials because they are going to be providing you with the best advice. >> gregg: this storm is in the

here we are on the atlantic seaboard. you go back just a couple hundred miles it is just 50 degrees in pittsburgh, 48 in detroit. that is the cold air that will be moving in here tomorrow and down into the deep south. a change of wardrobe will be in order. 83 was yesterday's high. the fifth day in a row we were well above average. partly sunny and breezy for the remainder of your saturday. falling temperatures this afternoon. gusting to 20 or 25 appeared watch as we go from early sunday morning. here comes the rain overspreading the area. it is headed to fed ex field tomorrow. tonight temperatures from the low-40's 20-50's. a cold night. tonight a mere 51 degrees. some degrees out to the west only in the 40's. asa few snowflakes out there. >> getting chills just thinking about that. >> a man who served as the pope but there will be serving time behind bars. he was convicted of aggravated theft for leaking confidential apple documents. he told the court he wanted to expose corruption and gave the documents to an italian jo

up and down the atlantic seaboard from new england to florida, just beautiful. they're getting a few sprinkles in central kentucky. that little disturbance passing just to our north. right now, around the region, just past the 11:00, reagan national now at 61. and it has climbed now into the upper 50s to near 60 throughout most of maryland and most of virginia. right near the eastern shore, most locations there into the low and mid-60s. out of the mountains now, it is in the 50s. low 50s where they had a freeze this morning. a look at the rest of the week and the weekend. a warm-up on the way. details in just a few moments. >> this morn, soing some metro riders had an easier time getting to the train. back open with three new escalators. megan mcgrath reports. >> reporter: after years of dealing with broken down escalators, customers have a new ride. some riders cheered. >> love it. >> reporter: after an 8 1/2 month overhaul, the south entrance of the dupont circle metro has reopened. three brand-new escalators now transport riders up to 19th street. >> much mor

crew ships across the atlantic seaboard seeking safe harbor. passengers on the disney fantasy cruise tossed around, water sloshing over decks, doors slamming, terrified passengers told to stay in their room. >> just stay in your cabin, that is the best place to be. >> reporter: david and esther evans were nearing the end of a caribbean cruise when their ship got caught in the storm. >> the doors in our suite began to slam shut and open. >> reporter: they captured their ordeal on videotape. outside their 12th floor window, rough seas. inside their cabin, total chaos. the ship did manage to dock safely in florida. to compensate guests for the wild ride, they were given a 25% discount on their next cruise. we felt the power of those waves this morning. sandy nearly 300 miles away from our location in outer banks but still treacherous. we were setting up for "good morning america" on a dune we thought out of harm's way. >> watch out. >> reporter: my producer candace smith swept off her feet. the waves engulfing us. both wet but okay. >> moving to h

it's continuing on a track that is now taking aim at our atlantic seaboard. and way out ahead of it hundreds of miles, we already have very heavy rain bands that are moving in. here's the latest track. this came out about an hour ago. it's going to be updated about 8:00 this morning. we'll get that to you immediately. and the latest track is taking it ashore somewhere from the central jersey shore to just south of ocean city. anywhere in this landfall zone. by then, a very small post tropical low. the storm is going to affect all the way to new england. right now getting heavy rain right across the bay. and now that is moving into southern maryland now into our eastern suburbs, prince george's county getting a band of heavy rain. that's going to be continuing to track west and sweep right through the metro area, continuing to sweep farther west and all the way out into the mountains. in some parts of southern west virginia, they're getting snow. a blizzard warning out there. much of the mountain region from western maryland to west virginia. 6 to 12 inches of

time hurricane course winds that will approach 75 miles per hour will overspread parts of the atlantic seaboardore it moves on shore. timing with this is not good coming as it does near full moon as a result the tides are up. that increases probability of a big surge. rains will be extreenlly heave ewith this ranging from 3 to a foot, three inches to 12 inches. power outages, 40 to 70-mile-per-hour gusts and as we say beach erosion will be a big problem and it's going to really set not ernest tomorrow morning. we will have all of the details with that as well as our own forecast which looks pleasant. first, there is other geophysical moves and for that let's go to phil. >> a massive earthquake off the coast of western canada. it sent tsunami warnings from alaska to hawaii. >> the largest to hit the british columbia region in more than 60 years. here is a map of that. the quake struck the queen charlotte islands at around 8:00 last night and shaking was felt 500 miles away in vancouver. no report of any major damage at this point. several after shocks have already followed. >> that is the sound

this is consistent with communities up and down the atlantic seaboard in the northeast because it wasll hammered like this. it is not as governor christie said, it is not going away anytime soon. it will be measured in months, not weeks in terms of cleanup. it started here. you see flashing lights off in the distance. that is the fire department shutting off gas to homes along the shore that have been designated. -- decimated. we're still here. melissa: you're still there. is anyone else there? you want me to talk to roger ailes maybe letting you come back? looks like you're out there all by yourself? >> you may have more pull than me. yeah. there is nobody here. in fact we'll still be here because very difficult to get out. once you get out you can't get back in. a few people have stayed. there you see a fellow who is walking. there are some people that have stayed and decided to stay wh their home. they have no gas. they have no power. water still running but you have to boil it. it is not a happy time here. as you can tell by the way i'm dressed. is is not your typical hurricane ga

the buoy off the atlantic seaboard. right here is the atlantic seaboa seaboard. there's a buoy.orting waves of about 25 feet. water temperatures there are in the mid-60s. they're a bit warmer out here. it has taken that turn to the west. it is going to begin to head inland. the latest track which is going to be updated here in about a half an hour. i don't think it's going to change very much from this one issued at 8:00 this morning. it does look like it's going to be coming inland from the val jersey coast. in this zone, it puts the center of circulation coming in. it has a very wide effect of wind and rain so as it does come ashore, it's going to increase the wind and rain from boston, all the way down to the carolinas. as it does move inland, it's still going to be packing some powerful winds. there's going to be a jet stream that's going to get ejected into it this evening. that's going to get it a little surge of energy. that will spin up and give it some more wind as well as squeeze out some more rain from it. 350 miles away from the center of circulation. and there's bee

after that, it may track along the atlantic seaboard perhaps later on sunday and into monday and tuesday next week. that will affect our weather. the latest coming up in just a few minutes. eun? >> many to, thank ytom, thank y. >>> a fast moving wildfire in colorado. firefighters say the fire started yesterday in one home and quickly spread to nearby brush. winds up to 80 miles an hour helped fan the flames. lower winds today could help firefighters gain control of this fire. >>> two teenage brothers are facing charges in connection with the death of a 12-year-old girl in clayton, new jersey. autumn pasquale was last seen alive on sunday riding a bmx bike to a friend's house. her body was found late monday night in a recycling container. the moatist tive is not clear, e police believe the brothers may have wanted the girl's bike. >>> michael skakel was convicted in 2002 for killing a woman with a golf club back in 1975. supporters say he's been a model inmate, but the victim's relatives say skakel was properly convicted and should not be released. if skakel is deemed eligible for parole,

. >>> the storm's devastation all up and down the atlantic seaboard but perhaps no area took it harder than the jersey shore. in seaside heights, part of an amusement park pier destroyed, including a roller coaster. hotels destroyed in point pleasant and sand swept from the beaches onto the streets heavily it actually nearly buried the parking meters. >>> atlantic city suffered perhaps the worst of the damage. hurricane sandy or super storm sandy made landfall there. there is widespread flooding and severe damage to the casinos that dot the boardwalk. our kayla tausche is live in atlantic zwhachlt are you s atlantic city. what are you seeing, kayla? >> reporter: this morning at a press conference, governor chris christie saying he was trying to come out to the jersey shore to assess the damage but couldn't find anywhere to land in a police helicopter that being said you most of his comments were directed to seaside heights, brian was just describing, a little bit due south of here. certainly, atlantic city took the brunt of that hit yesterday when sandy actually made landfall here. the

it still looks like it's going to take a sharp left and come inland somewhere along our atlantic seaboard. already swinging in a lot of rain coming our way. here is the latest track. this track just updated a little while ago, showing sandy's impact zone coming ashore near ocean city. the storm is going to affect conditions through new england all the way to virginia. winds coming in at 60 to 65 miles an hour tomorrow morning. it will diminish, the winds. right now the very heaviest rains are on the eastern shore and right over the bay. these areas in yellow and orange, torrents, tropical downpours and winds. this first band is about to hit the western shores of the bay. in st. mary's county, southern calvert, very heavy downpours, high water likely in addition to the high tide today. that is going to really cause coastal flooding problems. farther west, right around washington, the areas in dark green and yellow. that's moderate rain. here's the intensity scale. this area of heavy rain going to be swinging your way as well. coming all the way into the shenandoah valley. parts of west vir

you have a storm going up the atlantic seaboard. romney's had one surge in the last three weeks which has made him competitive to ahead in several battleground states. the question is does he have a second surge come the final weekend of the election. what happened in 1980, reagan had one surge after the debate but then he had a gigantic surge the final weekend. reagan upon 50.1% of the popular vote in 1980. and he won 90% of the electoral college because all these midwestern states tumbled to him. >> right. the first debate was a blowout for romney. the second and third debates, it's possible president obama won on little technical points, although it was very close. look at these polls coming in. "the washington post"/abc poll today, for the first time -- they've switched to likely voters for the first time, romney gets his 50%. i believe obama's 47%. that tells me obama's going to lose, david. he's going to lose. and all those midwestern states are given the same message. if obama can't get to 50 in the next couple of days as the

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we have an aging urban infrastructure, we have a very perilous atlantic seaboard as we've been seeing with these series of ever larger and destructive storms we have to think through about how we want to build the lower part of manhattan and what's going to happen to development along the eastern seaboard all the way from the carolinas north into connecticut, whether you can have homes that are right on the surf line in effect. or whether we're going to have to have what they used to have in the past, was for big barrier reefs and other kinds of protective areas between the surf and where the homes were. i get why people would want to live right on the sea. that's understandable. i lived on the ocean in california and there's nothing quite like it. but now because of climate change and let's be clear about this, we have climate change under way, global warming, that's another question that we should be addressing as well, a vast majority of the meteorologists and scientists in the country and in the world who study these kinds of events, have concluded that there is global warming and

across the atlantic seaboard seeking harbor. prisoners on the disney cruise, tossed around.shing over the decks, terrified passengers told to stay in their rooms. guests stay in your cabins. that is the place to be. ending a cruise, their ship got caughten the storm. >> you know the doors in our suite begin to slam shut and open. >> they captured their ordeal on videotape, jult side their 12th floor window. rough seas. inside their cabin, total chaos. the ship did manage to dock safely in florida. to compensate guests for the wild ride they were given a 25% discount on their next cruise. we felt the power of the waves this morning. nearly 300 miles from our location in north carolina's outer banks, but still treacherous. setting up for "good morning america" on a dune, we thought out of harm's way. my producer, candice smith swept off her feet. waves engulfing us. both of us were wet, but okay. maritime safety experts told us that cruise ships should be large enough to safely navigate the swells of a storm like sandy. but when the 7,500 ton cruise liner was battered by heavy

. >>> at this hour, flood waters raging through towns up and down the atlantic seaboard.amming into maryland's coast, leaving parts of ocean city, maryland underwater. frank is riding out the storm in a waterfront condo in ocean city. he joins us by phone. good evening. tell me, frank. tell me what you saw when i looked out your window. >> hey, greta. how are you? it was an interesting day today. it's calmed down a bit now, starting probably about 2:30, 3:00, it really picked up, and at wind was raging, and the ocean has just been out of control all day. >> greta: were you frightened at all? >> no, no. i wasn't frightened. i've spent summers here my whole life growing up, and i'm sort of an amateur storm chaser, i guess you could say. any time there's a big one, i usually like to make it out here and watch. >> greta: you have a condo. what floor are you on? >> i'm on the second floor. if i was on the first floor ocean front, i probably would have hesitated, but i know nothing's going to happen here. it's the north shore on the second floor. it's a three-story condo. >> gr

right now, the idea is that sandy will continue to weaken as it moves up the atlantic seaboard.ut this front has a tendency to draw systems toward it. any cold front kind of does. it looks like this system will get so far and then try to make a little hook in. that hook will be anywhere from the delmarva peninsula to the new york long island area right there. we believe this storm system will be a hybrid storm by the time it moves there. and the forecast models are kind of agreeing with that. you remember, a couple of days ago, they were laying it all out toward the atlantic. one or two still do. but most of them in the trusted models will curve this thing in as we get to monday and tuesday of next week. making a big rainmaker, some flooding. some gusting winds. a lot of trees down, a lot of power outages. we'll follow it, moment by moment. george? >>> the race for the white house now. it's "your voice, your vote," with just 12 days to go. president obama and governor romney in a final sprint across the key battleground states. the president flying overnight to florida. and abc'

seaboard. notice the parts that stick out farther in the atlantic, will pick up more rain.ng the shoreline, miami, to jacksonville, you'll probably pick up two to three inches from this storm as it cruises by. the outer banks will pick up much more rain than that and will be likely closer to the stronger winds and the roughest surf as the system continues to cruise east. we'll watch it wherever it goes. here comes the shot of colder temperatures. 26 degrees in billings. that's the start and the end temperatures, it's that cold. kansas city, starts at 71, but drops all day long, as the powerful cold front moves through. that time of year. >> all of america's weather and updates on sandy all morning long. josh? amy? george? >>> coming up here, fighting back. this woman says ending up on a "girls gone wild" dvd when she was 14 ruined her life. >>> plus, leann rimes emotional and candid interview with katie couric. >>> and we have a very special guest in times square today. there she is. the one and only oprah. we're going to have so much fun with her, coming right up. [ female

as far as the storm surge is concerned, that is where we're concerned here along the atlantic seaboardd see 4 to 8 feet of surge when this thing makes its landfall tonight, with not only high tide, but high tides that's also correspond with the full moon. which makes it even higher. and we will see surges across long island sound, connecticut, and new york harbor that will exceed hurricane irene and that will spell all sorts of different problems. i'm sure john berman will go over. >> all right. we'll be checking with him in just a moment. rob marciano for us. thank you, that's how it looks in new jersey. let's turn to connecticut now. 300,000 homes along the coast are expected to flood in the wake of hurricane sandy. we're told the estimated winds will be somewhere between 40 and 60 miles an hour. over the next 36 hours or so. we want to get right to connecticut's governor dannel malloy joins us now. you said, sir, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> you said the last time anyone saw anything like this before is never. how worried are you about the impact of this storm for your s

its position is still way off the atlantic seaboard, southeast of north carolina. as a category 1 hurricane maintaining that strength today. it will take a turn during the day on monday. it looks like late on monday, sunset monday to midnight monday, that's when it may be coming ashore from south of ocean city to another point. how much rain and wind? we'll sort it out coming up in a few minutes. back to you. >> tom, thanks. >>> we continue to track sandy as the storm moves towards the east coast. >> danielle lee is live in cape may, new jersey with the latest from there. good morning, danielle. >> good morning, richard and angie. the clock is ticking here in cape may, new jersey. we are under mandatory evacuation orders starting at 4:00 this afternoon. the winds were not blowing like this last night when we went to sleep. you probably can't make it out at this time but the waves are picking up. take a look over here. all is quiet here in cape may. you may see behind me, homes have their lights on. people tell me they'll be starting to board up later today. mt. ple

my first message is to all people across the eastern seaboard, mid-atlantic to the north, that you need to double- >> the superstar arrives. tens of millions of people from carolinas to boston brace for hurricane sandy, possibly the largest room to ever hit the u.s. mainland. will speak with, scientist greg jones, meteorologist jeff masters and writer and activist bill mckibben on the connection between global warming and hurricanes. >> the basic physical property here is the warm air holes or water vapor than cold. you can get stronger storms. the atmosphere is about 4% 12 than it was four years ago. that is an enormous change. it loads the dice for drought and they lose and downpour and flood. that is what we're seeing all over the planet. >> we will go to haiti where hurricane sandy killed at least 50 people, devastating parts of the country still recovering from the 2010 earthquake. and we will look at the storm's impact on the nuclear industry. at least 16 nuclear plants are in the path of this unprecedented storm. all of that and more coming up. this is "democracy now!," democracy

and my first message is to all people across the eastern seaboard, mid-atlantic going north, you need to take this very seriously. follow the instructions of your state and local officials because they are going to be providing you with the best advice in terms of how to deal with this storm over the coming days. we just had an excellent meeting with the fema team here, the various agencies that are in charge, including the department of defense, department of energy and others that are going to need to respond very quickly. under craig fugate's leadership here at fema, we've had a chance to talk to the region al officials as well, and i had talks with governors of various states as well as other leaders. everyone is confident that the staging process, the pre-positioning of equipment that will be needed to respond to the storm are in place. but as craig has emphasized, this hasn't hit landfall yet, so we don't yet know where it's going to hit, where we're going to see the biggest impacts, and that's exactly why it's so important for us to respond big and respond fast as local informa

. >> my first message is to all the people across the eastern seaboard, the mid-atlantic, going north, that you need to take this very seriously and follow the instructions of your state and local officials, because they are going to be providing you with the best advice in terms of how to deal with the storm over the coming days. >> hurricane sandy is expected to collide with a winter storm and arctic winds, making it even more dangerous. it is due to hit the east coast on monday night. >> for more on this story, we are joined by our corresponnt in new york. bring us up-to-date on the latest. how close is this to new york city? >> the storm is getting closer every minute. the weather is getting worse. the hurricane is probably hitting the city by monday night. people are expecting to be without -- that they will not be able to leave their house for days. the storm will be much longer than the next hurricane -- the last hurricane to hit new york city a year ago. there were long lines at the supermarket. it was difficult to get water, milk, batteries. some of the shelves are empty. the

tomorrow that rain begins to head up the eastern seaboard, the mid-atlantic into the northeast. if you're watching us on wkyc-3 in cleveland, ohio, there's a unique exhibit that teaches american history through the everyday lives of children at centuries of childhood at the children's museum of cleveland. and that's your "early today" event of the day. >> that's a sweet event. nice. >> should be fun. >> yeah, exactly. >>> here's a look at our headlines in entertainment news. halloween came early as monsters ruled the box office. "hotel transylvania" took in $43 million, the highest september opening of all time. "looper" snagged the number two spot. in other news, arnold schwarzenegger tells "60 minutes" he cheated on wife maria shriver multiple times, including an affair with actress brigitte nielsen while the couple were dating. they divorced last year. >>> lindsay lohan is claiming a 25-year-old man who she reportedly met at a nightclub grabbed her in her new york hotel room in an argument over cell phone photos her took of her. police arrested the man on assault charges but

seaboard. new jersey facing a direct hit. parts of atlanticrm force winds extend almost a thousand miles. some coastal towns have been evacuated. major cities are virtually shut down. atlantic city has a curfew. new york city is bracing for a major blow, as well, which could include disastrous. more than 1.5 million customers without power in 11 states. that number expected to soar in the coming hours and days. hurricane sandy is just off atlantic city in new jersey right now. people there are feeling the impact. joining us now is montgomery dom and owns a restaurant attached to the sherton hotel in atlantic city. tell us when's going on right now. >> right now, we are getting a lot of -- a lot of flooding. that's the convention center and up the steps to the tavern. it's getting very bad right now. it looks like the storm surge as come in now. >> this is video you sent us, monty, we are showing the viewers right now. give us a little sense of how this has evolved over the past few hours. >> well, earlier this morning, you know, we had the ord

and my first message is to all people across the eastern seaboard, the mid-atlantic going north that you need to take this very seriously. and follow the instructions of your state, and local officials, because they are going to be providing you with the best advice in terms of how to deal with this storm over the coming days. >> reporter: the awesome power of hurricane sandy churning up the atlantic drew people to the coastal beaches for one last look. thousands heeded the warnings and headed to safety. while police in island towns like point pleasant beach went door to door enforcing a mandatory evacuation order. >> we lucked out with irene, and this may be worse, it's scary. >> reporter: in atlantic city, the last minute rush to board up the gambling mecca, which now looks like a ghost town. along the east coast from delaware to connecticut, hundreds of thousands after people live in mandatory evacuation areas. more than 370,000 alone in new york city. where the entire transit system, trains, busses and subways shut down tonight. further inland in nrnl new jersey some race to open

. >> my first message is to all people across the eastern seaboard, mid-atlantic, going north. that, you need to take this very seriously. and, follow the instructions of your state. and local officials. because they're going to be providing you with the best advice in terms of how to deal with the storm over the coming days. >> the president left d.c. for florida where he has a campaign stop in orlando tomorrow morning. he will return to d.c. to monitor the storm here. >> the storm moving into our area. but the north carolina coastline is already been hit hard. the weather channel's julie martin reports now from outer banks in nags head, north carolina. >> we are continuing to take a beating here in the outer banks, in nags head, dealing with tropical storm force wind gusts since midnight of last night. a long duration storm. with that, we have seen localized flooding, some of the roadways, getting some ocean side flooding. and now, officials are concerned and in fact they're calling it a heightened concern about the other side. the south side of the chain of land. a four to s

. >> my first message is to all the people across the eastern seaboard atlantic going north that you need to take this very seriously. >> all u.s. stock markets will be closed today. its first weather related closures in 27 years. and shares in ubs rise in the open after reports swiss bank may cut 10,000 investment banking jobs and wind down up to 15 trading businesses. police wen and his family fight back. their lawyers call it untrue and are considering legal action against the "new york times." for our u.s. viewers, the show will be on just one hour this week because europes has gone off daylight savings time, so we're just four hours ahead now of new york time. hurricane sandy is also still several hours away from make landfall, but the impact of the storm is already being felt. transportation has ground to a halt as new york and other major eastern cities have shut down mass transit, airlines canceling flights and in new york city, mayor bloomberg has ordered the evacuation of some 375,000 people from low lying areas. the new york stock exchange and nymex are in that evacuation

seaboard. here's a live picture from atlantic city, new jersey, 50 million people in the storm's path, billions in damage predicted. forcasters are most concerned about the storm surge some areas could be hit by a wall of water 11 feet high. here's video from overnight this is ocean city, maryland. you want to stay with the abc7 morning news later we go live to ocean beach for an update on conditions now. you should know the casinos are closed in atlantic city. that should give you an idea of how seriously they are taking this. >> picture of an 80 foot chunk of the atlantic city boardwalk that came loose and is floating down the street. here's a live look outside of the embarcadero in san francisco, not wet but fog go meteorologist mike nicco will have the full forecast, coming up. and we'll check in with sue hall in the traffic center. >> mike is also tracking sandy to let you know what is going on there. also the world series win turns into a fashion statement. statement. late night effort to make i moved to new york to work in fashion. so i had to look the part. t.j.maxx is such a great plac

and my first message is to all the people across the eastern seaboard, mid-atlantic going north that you need to take this very seriously. >> governor romney canceled his weekend events in virginia. instead he spent sunday with running mate, paul ryan, on a bus tour through ohio. >> i know that right now some people in the country are a little nervous about a storm about to hit the coast. and our thoughts and prayers are with the people who will find themselves in harm's way. >> even before today's changes, the storm had already altered the campaign travel calendar, if you will. vice president biden cut short a new hampshire campaign swing. and instead diverted to ohio. >> the last thing the president and i want to do is let this campaign get in the way of anything. the most important thing is people's safety and people's health and property being saved here. >> the tuesday schedule is also in jeopardy. romney canceled a stop in new hampshire. the president canceled one in colorado. this morning fema director craig fugate said preparations are in place to respond to the storm. >> we'

is a serious and big storm, and my first message is to all the people across the eastern seaboard, mid-atlanticng north, that you need to take this very seriously. >> we are continuing to monitor hurricane sandy as it gets closer to making landfall. the weather channel's mike seidel is in point pleasant, new jersey. mike, if you can give us an update on the latest? >> good afternoon, alex. it is going downhill fast with these winds. i was out on the beach with irene for over 12 hours and this is about when i felt it. this storm is still a couple hundred miles away and the winds are gusting over 50 miles per hour. the highest surge will come in at about later this evening and go through this evening we will see the surge 6 to 8 feet. look at the atlantic. it is just ramped up, 10 to 12 footers out there. this is low tide. normally on a typical day you would have 150 feet of beach. it's all gone. and as that next high tide comes in we're going to see the worst of the beach erosion, coastal damage. this whole beach area will be rearranged. so far no reports of any significant damage, but some of t

and my first message is to all people across the eastern seaboard, the atlantic, going north, that youeed to take this very seriously and follow the instructions of your state and local officials. i know all of us, especially folks in this area are veterans of a lot of these events and sometimes that leads to you complacency, i hope it does not in this incident. >> wunt we shut down our public safety operations and winds 30, 40 miles per hour, we will not come get you. >> we have fox team coverage, meteorologist maria molina, and doug mcelway on the bach. >> we're tracking sandy, a hushing maximum sustained winds of 75 miles per hour and some things to note and we've been repeating that sandy from one to the other, expands about 800 miles and we're starting to feel the impacts cross portions of eastern pennsylvania, maryland, down through portions of delaware and mind you. the center of the storm is over 500 miles away from the new york city area, so we have time to go here, about 48 hours of time that we will be feeling the impacts across the the new york city area from sandy through