route 1 into dewey beach, bethany beach totally closed. wiped out. here's actually some pretty big news we just found out from the governor of delaware. even though there's a mandatory evacuation order in effect which means if you decided to stay, law enforcement most likely will not be able to come and get you. some people are trapped about 15 miles south of here, trapped in flooding. the national guard and local law enforcement are in the process of going in and trying to get them out. so some folks did not heed that warning. it's starting to get a little bit dicey as hurricane sandy moves a little closer to us. i want to show you all a little bit more of the boardwalk, kind of our setup here. if we take a look down this way towards where we're staying at the atlantic sands hotel, you can see completely deserted but not a ton of flooding on the boardwalk yet. that's some great news. keep in mind we're still about an hour away from high tide. if we go down -- excuse me. tripping over this cord here. if we go down over this way, you can see we've got

it's the beach chalet and gold park and at the end of ocean beach as well and i am glad laura is here and if you want amber you can as well. i wanted to say that the beach chalet and the park chalet and the new one you opened is incredible places and the beach chalet is at the western end of golden gate park. there are tremendous features of amazing history of san francisco with wpa created by lam bow in the 30's and the art work shows the favor of the time and incredible for fans to see that the wpa created these art projects and this is a dream they created when they were 24 and 25 years old at sf state. i am reading from the seven by seven magazine. and how was the idea for the beach chalet done? and in their early 20's at the time and this is lara speaking "i recently graduated from the beach chalet and came up for lease and we lived in the sunset and he had his eye on the spot for his dream restaurant. we were home brewing and decided brewing would be the perfect operation. he wrote the business plan for his final assignment at school and since i was a new mom i did leg work and

dewey beach, bethany beach which are a little lower than where we are at rehoboth beach, they have a bit more flooding than what we have here. and also we can't even get there to see it. delaware route 1 completely closed. you can't get there. there's just water all over the roadways. even if we could, we really technically aren't allowed to. let's go over this way. our lens is getting hosed. even if we could drive down there, we're not allowed to because right now there is a level 2 driving restriction in place. that went into effect at 5:00 this morning. so if you are in the delmarva peninsula, in rehoboth beach, anywhere in sussex county, you're not allowed to be driving right now unless you are emergency or essential personnel. you can actually get a ticket for it. it's 1125 bucks for a first -- it's 125 bucks for a first offense. you could also be jailed up to 30 days. eight no joke. they're taking it very seriously -- it's no joke. they're taking it very seriously. part of it is because there were so many spectators out here for irene and they don't want that again when you cou

further up a beach that suffered beach erosion, sought cottages were washed away.everal others damaged. beautiful spot in rhode island, but the down side of that being right on the water here is severe storms like this and the damage it can cause, waiting for daylight to come a lot will assess damage and cleanup here. big damage from hurricane sandy. >> and what -- >> miami marrow hilario. >> what can you tell us about the power outages in rhode island? >> we have right now reporting more than 1100,000 customers an households out wower. that's in terms of people that several hundred thousand people in rhode island without power right now. national grid are the power utility here. they have crews staged and ready to go, several hundred cruise on the ground. the trucks are on standby in several locations just waiting for the wins to die down so it's safe enough tore the crews to get up in the bucket trucks and start clearing out the debris, the trees and fixing the power lines so right now, several, several hundred thousand people in the dark. >> all right, mario hil

that's exactly what we want to see here atra hoe both beach. >> thank -- at rehoboth beach. >> thank you very much. we know the coast is going to get hammered but also residents inland right now are seeing a lot of rain and a lot of wind. right now we want to talk with ken barker from dominion virginia power about how the utility company is gearing up for this major event. thank you for being with us. already you're putting some of those practices into place right now. you have some outages in the eastern area? >> we do first of all, thanks for having me o. we've got about 700 customers out up in northern virginia. but obviously our primary focus is to make sure we're ready for this powerful storm. we're taking this storm very seriously. we think the impacts are going to be far-reaching in northern virginia and again we've got the resources in place to do battle with the storm. >> i'm surprised you have 700 outages already and the storm isn't here yet. >> right. on any given day we probably have a few hundred outages in a region as big as northern virginia where we have almost a mill

katie turr is on the beach in fairfield for us tonight. katie, good evening. >> reporter: and lester, the wind has been picking up pretty steadily off long island sound all evening. no rain as of yet has, expected until tomorrow. people here in fairfield are hearing take heed, they are -- not to mention the hundreds of thousands in this state who are without power for days on end. yes, there are mandatory evacuations here in fairfield and other low lying coastal areas but people said they would have left anyway. they could not stay here any longer. the mayor has mandatory evacuation for fairfield and along the coast. and lester, they are hoping here that they're only having to prepare for the worst not having to repair because of it. the good news is that people are heeding those mandatory evacuation orders. >> katikatie, and this storm is having a major effect on travel across much of the country. amtrak has cancelled service all across the northern corridor tomorrow. there is also closures at reagan national in d.c. >> reporter: this air

waves here at the beach covered the beach. they are up to the sand dunes.we are just getting started. the problem is the geography. we are far north of ocean city. maryland beach down there. if the storm passes over new jersey as expected we are closer to it. they are expecting significant surge when the storm comes through tomorrow night. it is starting to flood. governor here ordered evacuation of this area. all the businesses near the beach have been ordered to close. that happened at 6:00. a lot of businesses spent the day getting ready for that to happen. before the people evacuated a lot of them wanted to come down and get one last look. >> angry ocean amazingly being braved by a couple of boogie borders not scaring everyone away yet. >> this isn't something you see every day. this is history. >> are you kidding me? this is like something i always wanted to since i was little. >> reporter: news release from state officials in delaware said they expect gail force winds in the evening. i think they have arrived early. many of the businesss along and nea

the damage is dramatic, far from the beach.s street flooding, trees ripped from the ground. jack and sharon kathcart who have lived here for a long time, spent the day drying their clothes. >> i said i want to go, she said she wanted to stay, i said i have to stay if she does because she is my wife. >> reporter: but there were bright spots to see, like the one we saw as we passed by, bill mulens, who had a flag ceremony, and he feels lucky to be here. >> i always try to express it, what is it about the jersey shore? >> i don't think you can describe it, unless you live on the jersey shore, we're blessed to be on the ocean, a double edged sword, of course, but for all the good, absolutely worth the bad. >> reporter: those with roots here may have to put the roots deeper in the sand in the future. as we go to the break we'll show you some of the web information for those asking how to help, we'll come back with a final look around, right after this. this town to be destroyed. r to a little girl who lived through it, this is more

stay off the beaches, stay out of the water. if you're in port, get off your boat and get to higher ground. again, really simple evacuation to heed and it's actually an easy way to safe using common sense. >> jen carfagno is with the weather channel. she has been watching the tsunami, was getting us updated on the earthquake that took place earlier tonight, also watching hurricane sandy as it moves along the eastern s seaboard. and we're watching this massive, massive storm system kind of push north and, jen, if you can stay with us we're going to get an update on what exactly hurricane sandy is doing. but we're going to take a quick break here. i'm veronica de la cruz in the msnbc newsroom, tracking a lot of different weather events from hurricane sandy and the tsunami warnings in hawaii. there are ons that make kids happy. and even fewer that make moms happy too. with wholesome noodles and bite sized chicken, nothing brings you together like chicken noodle soup from campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. >>> i'm veronica d

all towards our beaches. potential extreme impact with a storm surge of four to eight feet that could be historical storm surge and we'll talk about damage there. the d.c. area, it will be wind and it will be rain on tuesday. same deal. storm moving inland. as it does so, talking wind and rain. biggest deal, strong winds, coastal flooding, heavy rain, but power outages by far the biggest story with this storm. something else coming out from the national hurricane center. a high wind watch. similar to a tropical storm watch, but a high wind watch with gusts to 60 miles an hour for just about everybody in our viewing area towards culpepper. not in this. doesn't mean you won't see strong winds. you, too, see strong winds. the wind forecast over the next day or so. by tomorrow, 5:00, gusting upwards of 15, 20 maybe 30 miles an hour out towards the shores of chesapeake. by monday, see winds pick up. tropical storm force winds along the chesapeake bay. winds in the 30s and upper 40s during the day on monday as we m

>> oh, it's right on the beach. it's right on the beach. my vantage point is eight stories above the beach. like i said earlier, it's a nice nearly full moon here. so visibility is pretty good, pretty optimal, in fact. but we wait and see if anything changes. >> what's the atmosphere as far as the guests and the vacationers there in your hotel regarding this situation there this evening? >> it's fairly calm and orderly. occasionally some -- a couple or two will pop their heads up on the roof here and take a gander at the beach. but, you know, everybody seems very relaxed and almost curious at what may be coming our way. there doesn't seem to be an overwhelming sense of fear or panic. it's almost more intrigue than any of those things. >> well, hopefully nothing will happen to cause anything more than intrigue or curiosity there in hawaii. how are you told as far as monitoring local news and the guidance that you're getting from the hotel? when will people know that they're out of harm's way? will the warning be lifted? how does that happen?

this part of the beach is very narrow. long beach island is about 18 miles long. we're at the south end. you can see how far this water is coming and just how close it is to these dunes. you can see fencing along here. they've had significant beach erosion issues in the past on this part of the island. there are homes right on the ocean front here. so definitely a concern as sandy moves closer to the jersey shore. of course flooding a concern as well. right now this entire island as are many of the coastal communities, the barrier islands in new jersey, under a voluntary evacuation order. totally optional at this point b. people are preparing their homes. we'll be monitoring the storm throughout its duration. that is a live look at the conditions this morning. we'll send it back to you. >> all right. marisa brady in new jersey, thank you so much. we'll be checking on the delaware beaches a little later on as well. >> seems like the weather might be wreaking a little havoc with her live shot there. we got through it. we've been asking all morning, what are your que

a big crescent beach at the manakai beach hotel. it's a natural bay. as it's a full moon tomorrow night, it's quite light outside, so you can actually see the beach very well. and i'd anticipate being able to see anything that changes down there. >> so you'll be able to tell if it picks up, as far as the wave coming in? >> i think so, i think it should be pratt readily apparent if the water at the beach gets sucked out prior to any tsunami coming ashore or if, you know, there's a wave that comes up much higher than they have been. i think it should be pretty easy to see that under the light of this moon. >> have they been able to tell any of you how long you can expect to have to stay in the hotel if this does bear out 3 to 7-feet waves that continue for several hours and what tomorrow could bring? >> no, i -- not that i have heard. i think they were -- i think the hotel was primarily focused on just trying to deal with the situation right now and i'm not so sure they've actually got to know that point yet. but i can't speak for them. but i haven't hea

notice the crevices, that is new beach erosion. ripping out the vegetation -- it is starting to flood around our hotel. it is like amount - a moat is forming around the elton. there are some beachfront properties. as i look down the shore line, there is just water everywhere, coming in from the ocean. the winds are starting to pick up as well. one thing i do want to reiterate. we are getting a lot of false reports on the social media about the ocean city. being damaged -- that is not true. the only confirmed report is the pier.city fishing that is damaged. police are urging people to stay inside. a lot of people are trying to get outside and see the damage for themselves. not as a thing to do right now. you need to keep the streets open for a martin c. personnel. the streets are starting to fill with water. -- an emergency personnel. the streets are starting to fill with water. act like our own reporter is going to go to our press conference at 10:00 a.m. to get ... update from the officials in ocean city. he will continue to bring

. >> lieutenant commander mike kress, operations officer at naval beach group 1, i was a coach during the exercise. we supported the exercise with 3 subject matter experts from amphibious construction battalion 1, their expertise is in route clearance, they actually played in the exercise and i was the coach for the exercise. >> good morning, i'm colonel alley, marine operations officer for the marine expedition briged. i was responsible for the planning and (inaudible). >> good morning, my name is (inaudible), superintendent pe department of public works, i'm responsible for street cleaning, trees, landscaping through the city. on the day of the incident i was the operations chief at the incident command poach at ocean beach. >> good morning, i'm captain houston with the california national guard. i'm with first marine briged. i've been coming to san francisco since may for the planning efforts and i got to participate in the com drill with 6 marines and we were dispersed from all 3 different sites. >> good morning, everybody, my name is michelle geddis, i'm with the san francisco de

my hotel room is right on the beach. they've been loud all night long. wind gusts increasing throughout the night. the hotel is very secure. this hotel is made for this sort of stuff but definitely starting to feel a little bit of shaking during the big e gusts throughout the night. we have lots of rain, wind. this has been going on for 12 hours and already we're starting to see innocent flooding, significant pooling all along rehoboth beach, especially on the bay side. i would say yesterday around 4:00, we were over at the bayside of dewey beach. already starting to see some flooding there. that was before we'd even started to see any of these kinds of wind or any of this kind of rain. also seeing a lot of road closures already this morning. route 1 down to ocean city completely shut off, although we've seen lots of folks throughout the night trying to get out there, take some pictures. we've seen lots of boogie boarders trying to hit the surf earlier yesterday afternoon but of course this is so dangerous. this is under a mandatory evacuation order stil

there was already beach erosion in west palm beach. here's a live look at one of the boardwalk cameras in ocean city. both maryland and virginia have declared a state of emergency. we have live team coverage tonight. pat collins is in montgomery county, and we're going to start with our storm team 4 meteorologist doug kammerer. >> we continue to watch this storm. it will continue to evolve. some of the latest information now changing the time period just a little bit. but it's not going to change the overall effects of this storm.

now back to you. >> erica in rehoboth beach. erica, thank you. >>> and first responders getting ready to spring into action too. one of them, the chantilly based virginia task force one. 80 people being mobilized. they'll find out where they're going later this morning. >>> time 6:38. candidates making big schedule changes this morning because of hurricane sandy. how both are dealing with the crisis. anncr: seven-hundred-thousand jobs. that's what the plan george allen supports... would cost our economy. newspapers called it "economically destructive." like allen's votes to give tax breaks to companies... that ship jobs overseas, his economic plan would... help big corporations, devastating the middle class. allen even voted against tax breaks for small businesses. virginia can't afford to go back to george allen. the democratic senatorial campaign committee... is responsible for the content of this advertising. what mitt romney's tv ads say about women? or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i believe the supreme cou

that protects these dune areas along the beach.ar as the wave hikes are concerned we have a beau rewell offshore indicating wave hikes 23 feet. as far as the wind speeds are concerned that buoy is reporting 40 miles per hour sustained winds gusting up to about 53 or so. it doesn't quite feel that bad right here at the moment along the beach. that is what we expect in the coming hours it will get worse and worse. the fear here is all of this water you see rushing up the beach will go well past this fence on up to the boardwalk between where i am standing and where the camera is. and at that point you are potentially endangering a lot of thoels and businesses. that is why they have ordered mandatory evacuations for everyone along the coast about 3 or 4 miles in or so. that will effect 50,000 people here along this stretch. you start looking north of here to those massive population centers that is where sandy is going to have a huge impact. as bad as this rain is sandy may leave her mark as a snowstorm. >> that could be in west virgi

over 50 at the beaches. heavy rain this morning, and that the bill winds come in later this evening as the storm comes onshore. if there is somebody on the road, you should be, but -- shouldn't be, but sarah is tracking at right now. >> let's look at conditions at the moment, if you or when th -- if you are one of the people who have to travel in the next minutes. we have one in alberta and carson's run road -- at aberdeen and parsons run road. closures in effect in the city and in advance of the storm. they have shut down monument and pulaski highway. we also want to let you know that the wind restrictions are in effect at the bay bridge. let's give you a live view of traffic. we will see what is going on in the cameras. less people on the roads at the moment. we think we will probably see it less as conditions continue to get worse throughout the day and into the evening. at the keybridge, looking ok. we want to remind you that marc trains, no service, and no service for mta or amtrak. at b.w.i., if you we

this is the rehoboth beach area. you can see the surf is definitely kicking up there and there's rain showers. we'll be hearing more from kristin fisher who is live in rehoboth. good more than and welcome to 9news now. today is monday, october 29. i'm andrea roane. mike hydeck, monika samtani all on board. howard bernstein, though, has today's forecast and it's all about hurricane sandy. we'll begin with a quick look though at closures. this is pretty easy. almost everything in the metro region is closed starting with the federal government. most local governments also closed. emergency personnel, though, are still asked to report. every major public transportation agency is closed today, including metro transit and vre. pretty much every flight into and out of our region has been canceled. you're advised to call your airline first if you have any questions about getting in or out of town. marc is shut down today. amtrak canceled most of its northeast corridor trains. again it's pret much a quiet day. today is also t

back here in long beach island, scott, people who lived along the beach beach here did evacuate. what they return, they will have to decide whether to build so close to the waves. >> pelley: well, can chip, how long will it be before those folks can get back into those homes to see what they've lost? >> reporter: well, scott, we're told by the mayor of long beach island that it's going to be at least a week. it's going to take that long to make this place safe for large numbers of people to return. >> pelley: thanks, chip. manhattan was mostly empty yesterday, but today, it seemed like a lot of folks decided the emergency was over, and they came pouring into town. but without the usual trains and subways, there was brutal gridlock on the roads. some of the rail service is now returning, and jim axelrod takes us down under. >> reporter: where are we? >> we're down here at the main exit and entrance of south ferry terminal. >> joe leader took us down for a look at the hardest hit of all 468 new york city subway stations. south ferry, at the southern tip of manhattan. >> we had bar

he kept dozens in his newport beach house. not just antiques, revolvers, including seven modified m-16 assault rifles. dangerous stuff in the wrong hands. >> we didn't know if somebody maybe was upset with the sale of a gun or something. >> reporter: nanette was worried about that, too. >> nanette told us that bill was dealing with a lot of shady people, gun dealers. >> reporter: and that was one theory. but there was something else, too, or, rather, someone else. >> the only person that we knew was frustrated with him was his business partner who he was in the lawsuit with. >> reporter: all of them, bill's kids and nanette, told detective voth about that business partner, hal fischel. >> because he and mr. mclaughlin were in a heated multiyear lawsuit over the invention of the device. >> reporter: the device? bill had made his millions from a revolutionary medical invention, a machine that separates plasma from blood. it's still in use worldwide today. just the sort of thing bill wanted, to do something useful, helpful, and m

long beach has no sewage treatment, has no electricity, has no water. they had to evacuate the hospitals. it's just basically, there is absolutely nothing functioning in long beach right now and there's an evacuation going on. you mentioned lindenhurst, that is south of merrick road and it's been hit like nothing has hit lindenhurst before. same in massapequa. they had seven houses burn to

this is the dirtiest beach in southern california. doheny beach. i've surfed this twice -- i've gotten sick both times. narrator: san juan creek, a concrete flood control channel, flows directly to doheny beach. moriarty: the concrete you can almost think of as a big water slide for pollutants to go to sea level. man: if it rains more than 2/10 of an inch, the county puts out a health advisory for all beaches in the county. that totaled 75 days in 2006. so it's sort of a frightening thing that it's so polluted that every time it rains, we have to stay out of the ocean for three days. moriarty: to be sick after surfing isn't like, "oh, i have a runny nose," and tomorrow it's gone. can be a lot of different things. nelsen: they include gastroenteritis, which is an upset stomach, and sinus infections, ear infections, eye infections, and there's also virulent versions of streptococcus that can actually cause severe illness and even death. moriarty: our goal with surfrider foundation is essentially to have the city understand that the water is, in fact,

beach clears. everyone else is interested in fighting. i'm interested in -- >> you throw your chair? you have nowhere to sit. >> have you noticed, they managed to get the police to go back on to the boardwalk. >> there are several videos of this brawl. this is another angle. again, you do see the beach chair, the coconuts. everything is just flying in the air. although, in this third video, you do see the police charging back on to the beach, and it doesn't turn out too well for one of the guys. >> whoa! >> going after this guy. >> the police said the reason this whole thing started was because the police was trying to get to a group in an area they weren't supposed to be at and apparently a dog there that wasn't supposed to be there either. >>> the rnli is a rescue group of volunteers who perform water rescues in the uk, and this one is pretty dramatic. this time rescue members got a call about a captain and his passenger that had been tossed aside over a boat because of a rogue wave, but the boat kept going, and it was circling at high

on rehoboth beach. thank you. >> the fact of the matter is, she's not being dramatic, it is something that meteorologists alive right now have not seen before. >> 1,000 miles, is that right? >> yeah, that's about the width of the storm. we're 400 miles away from it, we're gettinging heavy rain. look at those big breakers coming in. as erica said, that buoy, east of ocean city, reporting 25 footers. just off the beach. pushing water inland there. high tide there now. it's exacerbated by a full moon which will keep the tides abnormally high. it does look like for the next couple of days, even after sandy goes by. well, take a look. here's the center of circulation. since we came on at 2:00 this morning, i've seen sandy take a turn from the northeast to north and now heading back to the north and west. it does look like, now, it has made the dreaded left turn, and it is looking like it will track anywhere between ocean city and central new jersey. that's later today. you can see these waves here on the rad

>> this is not a sleepy fall beach. there's going to be thousands of people here tomorrow and there are already thousands of people here tonight in anticipation of an annual halloween festival. that could mean cancellations and long lines as people try to leave this city. >> as the waves ease along the shore, it is almost o picturesque to believe an epic storm is headed here. dubbed the perfect storm, sandy is no joke. the mayor, samuel cooper. >> everybody will need to take some action, i think. at minimum, bringing your lawn furniture and all that sort of thing. at most would be to evacuate. >> don't wait for mandatory evacuations. make your preps now to move. that's the word from the emergency ops director of sussex county to those living in low-lying areas and mobile homes. >> it is a beautiful day. it has been beautiful all i do long. it's been gorgeous. >> randy huber, who had this vacation home since the 80s, refuses to budge. >> if it is going to be as bad as they say, we will get out of here. >> in matter of da

, so a--for the beaches so a perfect beach day. 89 for mountain view. 90s through out the south bay.ey, it is going to be hotter. the same for fairfield. i am sure that people are not going to complain in alameda, yome cool earl weather but it is going to be 74 at ocean beach. and 90s through out the north bay. so here is the certain day, great, nice, hot today: the fall is going to return and we are going to see a big dip in temps tomorrow. the cooling is going to continue into the weekend so we have some more comfortable weather on the way. fog early in the morning and then the sail thing for saturday. fog until noontime and we are looking for rd8jña 60s for the warmth locations: and then for sunday it is going to be cooler. so just keep that in mind. didn't mean for you to sheathe, let's check on weather here. >>> good morning to you, robin, well, traffic condition, i had hoped for thend of the back up, but the good news is is we are seeing more shuffling from i-80 as well and we have meter lights and slow conditions across the up r deck. driver time is 1st down--upper deck. in yo

they have taken in all the beach chairs and cabana stuff except on the beach.hey'll probably pull it back later. the biggish suh uis what happens after it gets past florida. we have two models. the american model and the european model. the morning run of the american model came in. now it came around to that european solution, which is looked like gloom and doom. now we have the american model bringing the center in towards long island and up towards hartford sometime monday night and tuesday. in the european model it's coming in right now. i know this is technical, fwut if that shows the same thing and we see this trend and consistency in the model trends, it's all hands on deck. this could be a situation where millions lose power by the first of the week anywhere from d-.c. baltimore and philadelphia. it could be an epic storm. we're watching what happens. a glancing blow heads up the coast. a lot of preparation time, but if you don't have a generator, tamron, you may want to get one. back to you. >> when people have lost power, particularly in the northeast

a level two travel advisory has just been issued for rehoboth beach, dewey beach, all of the beaches along this part of the delaware coast. what that means is that nobody except for essential personnel are allowed to be driving on these roadways. for the most part it seems that so far people are taking that advisory to heart. i want to show you why this travel advisory has been implemented so early into this hurricane. take a look at this video that our photographer shot about two hours ago on the north side of rehoboth beach, the bay side. check out how much water he is driving through. folks, you still have about 36 hours to go, 36 more hours of solid rain, rising tides, heavier winds. it is just going to get so much worse. a little bit earlier before the travel advisory was implemented, we saw some folks trying to take some pictures, even get out into the surf as bryce harper would say. there probably will be a little clowns here but we won't judge them too much. 36 more hours to go. already we're seeing that kind of flooding on the bay side. i spoke with delaware's governor yeste

our news crews are around the region and at the beaches.irst, right to topper shutt for the latest on sandy's path. >> not much changed. strengthened a little bit, which is a little disconcerting over the past three hours. let's start with a track. it's essentially the same. moving northeast at about 14. she's about 290 miles east of hatteras and 470 miles south of new york city. she will turn eventually to the north and then northwest. this is what makes the storm unprecedented that most nor easters continued along the east coast. itthis one is making a left turn. we're looking at hurricane- force winds in delaware as we get into monday. after it rolls through it gets into south central pa. this is now tuesday night, 8:00. we still have 50 miles per hour winds. it's kind of ironic and a little bit different. we talk about hurricanes losing strength when they make landfall, but it will strengthen a little bit as it makes landfall and shortly thereafter before it finally weakens and tracks off into southern quebec eventually. i think this tr

beaches.d how long this poor air quality is going to last. >> plus, kids exposed to too much tv without knowing it. damage it might be doing to the entire family. >>> why the congressional staffer accused of attacking lindsay lohan is no longer facing charges. >>> take a look at the gun sitting near rodeo beach in morning, it was saved from the scrap heap by the national park service to be put on display. >>> study finds young children exposed to four hours of background tv each day. background tv is when a tv is left on and nobody is watching. rep searchers say it is linked to lower attention span in children. they worry damage the parent-child relationship. >>> brushfire burning in solano county. crews worked hard to contain that fire. firefighters say using a helicopter to help control the blaze. they appear to have it controlled just a little bit of smoke still coming from the center of the fire. >> mike we have hot temperature, we knee do we have high fire danger? >> we are missing the wi

that goes for delaware beach and other parts in delaware.that order is going to rise to the next level pretty soon. >> thank you. stay safe. we'll check back with you tomorrow. >> now to cecil county where they are preparing for the worst >> . they know it will have some flooding, they always do. folks who live there are doing what they can to prepare even though there is no way to escape it. >> the flood is coming. can't get out of here. >> reporter: hurricane sandy is on the way. residents know all too well what will happen when the river spills over its banks. >> mud to the ceiling. one room we had to replace all the washers and dryers so this one is going to be a whole lot worse than that one was. >> reporter: as sandy pushes inland, it is the water that will filter down from the north in her aftermath that will force operators to throw open the gates flooding the small riverfront town in the process. >> all those gates, you're talking two or three million gallons a second coming through that dam. that is a lot of water and water from my

this is a piece of decking actually on a beach. you can't see the beach any more.t's already under the ocean here that's come up. a little fort up behind me there's actually a sea wall, a three or four foot high sea wall that the water has come over, across the street, and into this community here in new london, connecticut. the governor has also been urging people to stay home today for these obvious reasons. one of the most incredible things we saw when we were driving around and to report on the storm today were huge trees. they were down on homes, they were taking out power lines, and that's part of the reason that there are 500,000 people in connecticut without power tonight. it is a tough slog to get things back up and running. these are massive trees, a lot of debris on the road. that's why the governor is urging people to stay off the streets, especially the highways. only essential people are allowed to be on the highways. let the emergency responders do their jobs. we've had a report of a deck thu-- of adeath thus far. it's a deadly storm but there's only