bridgeport was home for ann, but she hadn't been around in a few months.t, her family believed she was pregnant. and now she was ready to show off the baby. >> it wasn't a issue, because she was pregnant. so it wasn't to say, "oh, where did you get a baby?" you know, she was pregnant. so you come home with your child. >> narrator: infant abductions are relatively rare. there were fewer than 300 from 1983 to 2010. but experts have been able to develop a profile of the perpetrators, and it seems ann pettway fit that profile to a "t." >> overwhelmingly, the abductor is a woman maybe a woman who has miscarried, who has lost a baby. these cases are more often driven by the psychological need to keep a particular man in a life, keep a relationship alive than it is for the baby, per se. so it's a very manipulative tool that these women use. >> narrator: the man ann was trying to keep in her life at the time was derrick nance, a local drug dealer. she would later tell the fbi that she wanted to have his baby, but had suffered several miscarriages. she named the ne

bridgeport, your next high tide.dgeport comes down to 9 feet which is not as bad as the ten, but still write a pamphlet states mark. all right. that's what we have right now. we will be getting you up it's a little later on the morning. right here. >> about three hours. good day new york will start right here for a.m. in the meantime must take another look outside. around the area, there's a favre intersection. meno in new jersey. that is been tangling for five hours now. a big chunk of it came off an almost hadrian in the leg. >> i'll take your word for it. >> still dangerous. the bulk of the star may have passed, but we're not through the arts tough. this will be a very long weekend a tough one. >> absolutely. more than a million people a tristate area are without power. including 275,000 people in norman and, and not exactly sure when it will come back. certainly there will be an awful lot of cleanup. >> from washington d.c. yet to massachusetts, millions without power. thank you so much and will see you tomorrow.

. ♪ >> the showdown over gambling in bridgeport is county. -- in prince george's county.t would green light the of a casino in prince george's county. a facebook ad said protesters paid to show up today. >> no one got paid? the best of my knowledge. >> the washington redskins support foreir question 7. they want prince george's county from economic development issues like this one .arrett kern >> this includes offers only in ads. no internet deals are included. out of stock are also not part of the deal. the national championship spree inng a shopping that washington d.c. area, as you might imagine. fans got to hang out with teddy roosevelt. there he is. the lovable loser is rumored to win coming up at the last of tomorrow at the the regular season. >> we were concerned all day affect thes might game, but now we have a bigger fog.rn, if it is dense, it is hard to see the ball. what happens, happens here. think rain will be a big issue around the region. 2.25 inches at washington and almost 2 inches in sterling. 72 was the official high, and few minutesd just a at 6:00. av

bridgeport is the same deal. their flood stage may be even higher. for talking about 16 feet.t, again, happening 12:10 p.m., -- 12:10 a.m., 12:15 a.m. we should you a couple of these charts that have come troops. the 10-foot surge showing where the water was going to be the most and certainly it came true and the lower east side down three the battery up to the west side, up the hudson river. there you go. a terrible thing that basically occurred there. s.i. pretty much of the same type of surged. really those areas under water, but at least its receipt. want to show you what i was talking about at kennedy airport. look at this. at 10--foot surge, not what actually happened, but what would likely happen. you can see, again, how much of the airport when underwater extending down toward floyd bennett field and back down toward long beach as well. so it's a pretty extensive flooding, and we are not done yet. we still have to get through the next high tide cycles of the long island sound. >> we should sit at kennedy, laguardia, newark and all of those airports are closed. feeling

this scene, playing out today in bridgeport.. is a familiar one. more than 400 homicides in chicago in 2012... with still 3 months to go. all of a sudden, before you know it pop-pop-pop. i just seen him laying there. i knew he was dead. 25-year old jose escobar was shot and killed after a fight near a fast food stand at 35th and morgan. his friend was left paralyzed. escobar's family says he was a gang member...but, was trying to get out. right now, in chicago - the epidemic of violence is spreading all over the place. tio hardiman is with ceasefire. in the last few months -- under a grant from the city...the group started working with police in two neighborhoods. hardiman says slowing the city's homicide rate will take changes in policing strategies and community strategies. no one - he says- is off the hook. this is giving us a black eye across the nation. we've reached the 400 mark and we're on pace to hit 500 homicides for the first time in several years. the mayor can only do so much..police can only do so much. we all have to play a role. sto

bridgeport, new haven, waterbury are not that far behind. what is your campaign doing to address poverty issues? are there any party programs that are off-limits from budget cuts? -- any poverty programs off limits from budget cuts? >> i absolutely believe we have to have a safety net in place to take care of those people who can't take care of themselves. they did not opt to be in this situation. we are a benevolent nation that we want to take care of those who can't take care of themselves. however, i think the best way out of poverty is to have a job. i want to make sure we give people opportunities to have jobs and work. when they can go to work, they're paying into the economy. they're helping the economy grow. congressman murphy talks about a tax plan that doesn't make mathematical sense. he is looking at america and the most visible way. he's not looking at an america that can grow and have economic growth because we have a growth plan in place that is going to make our economy better. those people who are suffering and you are in pov

bridgeport, new haven, waterbury are not that far behind.what is your campaign doing to address poverty issues? are there any party programs that are off-limits from budget cuts? -- any poverty programs off limits from budget cuts? >> i absolutely believe we have to have a safety net in place to take care of those people who can't take care of themselves. they did not opt to be in this situation. many of them are struggling. we are a benevolent nation that we want to take care of those who can't take care of themselves. however, i think the best way out of poverty is to have a job. i want to make sure we give people opportunities to have jobs and work. when they can go to work, they're paying into the economy. they're helping the economy grow. congressman murphy talks about a tax plan that doesn't make mathematical sense. he is looking at america and the most visible way. he's not looking at an america that can grow and have economic growth because we have a growth plan in place that is going to make our economy better. those people who are

fifty-nine, gusttng near bridgeport and a strong gusts over 50 miles per hour downtown. here is what i was talking about at kings point. the forecast is for 16 but surging waves. just coming back 12:00 a.m. the high tide just after midnight. it looks like now it has leveled out and is on its way down. that is some good news there. it is going to level off now and start leveling back down again, hoping that tomorrow morning's high tide comes in again, close to lunchtime will not be anywhere near what we have seen so far today. let's talk about some good news, too. not so much weatherwise in the next day or two, because we will still have rain into tomorrow, potentially showery and gusty weather. as we head into the weekend, it will be much nicer in the upcoming forecast. we will be talking about cool weather, and it will finally try out. coming up on friday. once again, showing you the radar. as you notice, when brian was driving aroond in the car there. green jobs were appearing on his windshield. you can see why. moisture wrapping around circulation, and that is why we

. >> lovely lady from bridgeport, connecticut, true or false, you burn more calories when you're asleeptv? >> true. [ ding ] >> really? 100 bucks. okay. tell us, tell us, how much do you burn? >> you're going to burn twice as much when you're asleep as when watching tv, about 25 calories an hour watching tv. sleep is active. people thrash around. you know that feeling. so people -- you burn calories like that. twice as much when you are sleeping. don't call it couch potato for nothing. >> back across to kath. >> student on a school trip from rochester, which of these foods has more calories, a chocolate frosted doughnut or a whole wheat bagel? >> chocolate frosted doughnut? >> these are tricky. you gotta watch madelyn fernstrom. i'm telling you. she likes trick questions. >> this seems crazy, a bagel has more than a sweet doughnut. >> the doughnut is smaller, 270 calories, the bagel, bigger, bagels the size of your head, 350 calories without cream cheese or butter. so think about this. it's not always so obvious. none of these are going to be good choices. all about downsizing to someth

in connecticut, the governor is urging evacuations of coastal cities from stamford to bridgeport due to floodwaters. the national guard has been put on standby to help rescue people that may be trapped in their homes there. down in maryland parts of the ocean city pier have been destroyed and water is also inundating that city. it's been rising republic beach, delaware, in dewey beach and 50,000 have been ordered to evacuate including in parts of wilmington. the ripple effect is being felt in the travel industry with 13,000 flights being canceled. laguardia, jfk and newark airports are closed indefinitely so that will rise quickly. and after a generator went out, 215 patients had to be evacuated as we said from nyu medical center. nbc's rehema ellis is live at new york university medical center with the very latest. have they finished those evacuations now, rehema? >> reporter: as a matter of fact, chris, no, they have not. i was just at the front door of the hospital only moments ago and saw two patients being brought out on stretchers with oxygen masks on and being put into ambulan

bridgeport, connecticut, 9.9 feet. the battery where we've seen so much damage, almost 10 feet of water. we had a record-setting wave height at sandy hook, new jersey at 10.5 feet. the rainfall was just tremendous, south of the city, upwards of a foot of rain, and that's going to continue, and the rain will finally start to die down. we'll pick up more rain into new england, about 2 to 3 inches of rain, some areas as much as 5, and a blizzard still going on in the mountains of west virginia and western virginia. we're looking for another 1 to 2 feet of snow, so this thing is -- has been a monster, and we're going to continue to deal with it for at least another 24 hours. savannah is this. >> at the moment has earned the title storm of the century. al, thank you. now to the historic flooding in lower manhattan. enmorales is in battery park city this morning. natalie, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning again to you, savannah. the worst may be over. it is a new day, but clearly the aftermath of sandy will be w

it was built in bridgeport, connecticut. more than 1,000 people were employed by this project. it's got six guest rooms. it's got a pool upstairs, jacuzzi, even an outdoor theater. when the europeans said the u.s. couldn't find woodworkers as good and europe, they found them in ohio. this boat was an extraordinary experiment and it worked well. now that it is done, it is for sale. let's find out from the seller. >> it would be someone who appreciates top quality, who appreciates the interior work. the inteen yore of this boat is exceptional. >> reporter: the sale price for this boat is $195 million. but what's exciting is that once "cakewalk" showed what it could show, proved what it can prove, that americans can do it, too, more and more boat owners are asking that their boats be made in the usa. more of these boats could have the "made in usa" stamp in the next few years. back to you. is there robert, hopefully a nice american made billionaire will anteup up that $195 billi. >> let's hope you can change the name if you buy it though, sue. >>> if you really want to know the he

connecticut the senate race there could turn on this, the senate candidate, candidate dan murphy base bridgeport, badly affected, pockets which will be affected in a number of these states, but in ohio, which may get some bad weather on the back end of this, what is the effect going to be there as well? >> well, we just don't know whether there's anything beyond negligible effects in terms of power and the ability to vote both early and on election day. i do think in some of the states that are going to matter so much, florida or ohio, we see results that have already sort of taken effect, sort of baked in if you will, and i don't know that that's going to affect the final push in terms of what may be decisive. i think the tone will change a little bit, but you know, you and i living in d.c., if we both have our power, i assume we do, we're still seeing all of the ads as normal in virginia. a lot of that messaging continues, but i think the -- some of the tone on the trail changes just a little bit. but once we get into that final weekend and that final push, they're become to trying to, you kno

flooding and power outages caused sewage spills on several towns on or near the coast including bridgeportecticut. molly lines live in milford. downed trees, power lines, a lot of problems there. >> yeah, that's just the beginning of it those downed trees the power line, the hundreds of thousands of people still without power tonight that are still left in the dark. just part of the issue because the coastal flooding that the governor was so insistent about people avoiding, leaving these low lying areas. a lot of the flooding still remains. can you see that just one of the many homes that have been inundated by water here in garage. we see what was a beautiful leather couch there is a vehicle in the back. if people didn't get out and get their belongings out then it's going to be a tough slog just to becoming normal again. very dangerous storm. still a lot of people without power. authorities are still asking people to be careful out there because there are still compromised trees and compromised wires. shep? >> shepard: overall, now topping 100. it's 40 in the united states. three of them

dale. 474 in towards newark and caldwell and gusting to 61 along the south shore of connecticut by bridgeportthe highest gusts have been in that general range. highest gusts we have seen so far around icelet at 90 miles per hour and eton's neck as well. rough sea also continue to pound the coast. the surface continue to rise. i will look at some new totals of surge now going on. i'm sure we are going to have a huge number coming in from sandy hook. i'm going to go look at the level of the water. >> shepard: talking about surge levels at sandy hook, sandy hook new jersey which is one of the weather control stations in the state of new jersey. we're expecting bad numbers here. this is long island and long island sound. now, back up just a little bit if you would. keep in mind, this storm is moving like it's down here and moving like this. so all of these winds are coming like this. the storm -- this is fire island and do you dune load roa. spit of land with houses in the middle and the bay on one side and the ocean on the other. great fears for this mass of land. here is the other big concern.

my 20th birthday i was in hell week of sniper school mountain training in bridgeport, california. so i had a lot of good birthdays piffling parris island, i was shipped off to north carolina where it completed the infantry training. after that, i went off to hawaii where i would be stationed the next four years. and this is where i also attended sniper school. so, after attending sniper school i quickly shipped off to iraq. and in iraq i didn't get to complete my tour because i was bitten on my right hand by a vicious slider and i actually suffered severe nerve damage plan to let everyone in the room know that the enemy will stop at nothing. they even train the spiders to bite us. [laughter] so i returned home for two years of additional training and working at trying to get my hand back, and this is where i can a sniper team leader in charge of five other marines. and we were out in the viper training to go back to iraq and my sergeant walked in and said you need five volunteers to go to afghanistan. and i said what's the mission? he said we don't know yet we just need five volun

sniper school hell week, my 20th birthday i was in hell week of sniper school mountain training in bridgeportcalifornia. so i had a lot of good birthdays. but following paris island, i shipped off to camp geiger, north carolina, where i completed infantry training, and after that i went off to hawaii where i would be stationed for the next four years. and this is where i also attended sniper school. so after attending sniper school, i quickly shipped off to iraq, and in iraq i didn't get to complete my tour because i was bitten on my right hand by a vicious enemy spider, and i suffered nerve damage. the enemy will stop at nothing, they even train their spiders to bite us. [laughter] so i returned back home for two years of additional training and working up and trying to get my hand back. and this is where i became a sniper team leader in charge of five other marines. and we were out in no halve i have viper -- mojave viber. my gunnery sergeant said we need five volunteers to go to afghanistan. i said, what's the mission? he said, we don't know yet, we just need volunteers. i raised my hand a

bridgeport, new haven, waterbury are not that far behind. what is your campaign doing to address poverty issues? are there any party programs that are off-limits from budget cuts? -- any poverty programs off limits from budget cuts? >> i absolutely believe we have to have a safety net in place to take care of those people who can't take care of themselves. they did not opt to be in this situation. we are a benevolent nation that we want to take care of those who can't take care of themselves. however, i think the best way out of poverty is to have a job. i want to make sure we give people opportunities to have jobs and work. when they can go to work, they're paying into the economy. they're helping the economy grow. congressman murphy talks about a tax plan that doesn't make mathematical sense. he is looking at america and the most visible way. he's not looking at an america that can grow and have economic growth because we have a growth plan in place that is going to make our economy better. those people who are suffering and you are in pov

eastbound on 100, slow going for metal bridgeport's 95. 295, not bad at 175.starting to form towards the capital beltway. on 95 at o'donnell, not bad for the fort mchenry. watch for delays from white marsh down to the beltway. now to tony. >> thanks. a little cloudy in few places, but very little precipitation. 56 at the airport, 55 in parkton. a disturbance from the mountains is trying to produce a few sprinkles, but it's not hitting the ground. 25% chance of light sprinkles in your neighborhood. most of you will not see it. a mix of sun and clouds. we will reach 78 this afternoon. the average high is 64. if the wind will shift to the east on thursday and friday, so it will be cooler, but still above average. 70 on friday. upper 60's on saturday. next week, the forecast depends on what happens in the tropics with wha mayor: casino owners in west virginia are spending millions against question seven. that upsets me. and that upsets jonathan ogden. you don't want to upset jonathan ogden. ogden: no you don't. mayor: question seven means thousands of jobs and mil

bridgeport, wind gust to 76. notice that the wind gusts in the northeast this morning are coming down. since midnight we had 52 at la guardia and 45 at atlantic city. less than that providence also on the -- martha's vineyard not much of a wind gust at all. where are we heading now? look at the dramatic snows. we just saw anna in west virginia. those are spreading to kentucky spreading as far west of cincinnati this morning. still some moderate to heavy rains around the d.c. area. that flood threat is beginning to decrease just a little bit. this storm is taking up a huge amount of real estate and as it continues to move off to the west. right into the mid part of the country. that's going to con to be a big problem. again, these areas of the mountains up to three feet of snow possible before it is all said and done. and just to give you an idea of the extent of the storm in chicago this morning, lake shore, they have flood warnings in effect. they are expecting waves to break as high as 27 feet on lake michigan.

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cities, including three of our largest cities that are on long island sound, specifically stanford, bridgeport and then a lot of small towns as well. this work is underway and has been underway since yesterday morning. >> all right. governor malloy, thank you so much out of connecticut. we're going back to new york and head to new york's long island. hurricane's wind and rain slamming the city of lindenhurst. it's an inland community, and so some neighborhoods are already flooding, and jason carol who is in one of them -- jason, we saw earlier that people have boats out there. that's not uncommon for people to get in their boats and start heading out into the waters. is that a good idea? >> well, i have to tell you, suzanne, it depends upon who you ask. you know, in terms of whether they should stay, whether they should go. i spoke to some people earlier today in this neighborhood of lindenhurst, long island, who decided it was time to get out and leave. i think you saw in a in the last hour. some are deciding they want to stay and do what they can to try to help their home. i want you to take

gusts to 38 at bridgeport. 40 at newport. we've had gusts as high as 66, by the way, at boston. 49. the waves are 26 to 12 feet. it's going to be a huge water rise event for us in places like ocean city up through all of new jersey. we believe already the entire jersey shore has been inundated with water. it's going to get only worse before it gets better. >> mike bettes at the weather channel. >>> new york city major mike bloomberg beginning his briefing. let's begin. >> senator is reporting for duty let the record show. good morning. we're joined today by senator charles schumer and council speaker christine quinn and our key city commissioners. i wanted to once again think linda kalice for her signing. let me begin today by updating everybody on current weather conditions and what we can expect from hurricane sandy over the next two days. we continue to remain in touch with governor cuomo and state officials in coordinating our response to this storm. i'm also announcing right now that we avoided city public schools to remain closed tomorrow. there's no chance the mass transi

. >> lovely lady from bridgeport, connecticut, true or false, you burn more calories when you're asleep you burn? >> you're going to burn twice as much when you're asleep as when watching tv, about 25 calories an hour watching tv. >> why? >> because sleep is actually active it is a state of active sleep. people thrash around. you know that feeling. so people -- you burn calories like that. twice as much when you are sleeping. don't call it couch potato for nothing. >> back across to kath. >> student on a school trip from rochester, which of these foods has more calories, a chocolate frosted denut or a whole wheat bagel? >> chocolate frosted doughnut? >> these are tricky. you got watch madeleine turn strom. >> this seems crazy, a bagel has more than a sweet doughnut. >> the dough smut smaller, 270 calories, the bagel, bigger, bagels the size of your head, 350 calories without cream cheese or butter. up in are good choice. august about going smaller. >> you can get the flagles. >> she asked if she could look at the answer. >> no. she is also from rochester. okay. of the following four dri

you're talking about new haven, you're talking about bridgeport, you're talking about stamford, three of our largest and most important cities with neighborhoods spread out throughout every one of the towns, 30 towns ordered evacuations. it's an extraordinary effort that's under way and it's different than anything we've ever done. people in connecticut are used to a hurricane being a six to 12 hour event. this is a 36 hour event affecting at least four high tides. the first one was last night. not bad but we needed to get people understanding that each one will get progressively worse. this one which will be bad and tonight's which can be catastrophic. that's our big worry. we've urged people to leave as soon as possible. yesterday, today if they are there, tonight could just be the worse. >> a house keeping note your state's only nuclear power plant the millstone plant, any plans to shupt that down >> as of last night it had been taken down 75% of capacity. they will make decisions later today. it's not going affected by wind and not being affected by tides. it's built pretty high.

you're talking about bridgeport. you're talking about stamford, three of our largest and most important cities with neighborhoods spread throughout every one of the towns that we're talking about. 30 towns have ordered evacuations. it's an extraordinary effort that's under way, and it -- it's different than anything we've ever done. people in connecticut are used to a hurricane being a 6 to 12-hour event. this is a 36-hour event affecting at least four high tides. the first one was last night, not bad, but we needed to get people understanding that each one will get progressively worse. this afternoon's which will be bad, and tonight's which could be catastrophic, that's our big worry. that's why we've urged people to leave as soon as possible. >> right. >> yesterday and today, if they are there. tonight could just be the worst. >> a house keeping note. your state's only nuclear power plant, the millstone plant up in waterford, connecticut, any plans to shut that down? >> as of last night it had been taken down about

bridgeport, connecticut, 9.9 feet. had a recordsetting wave height at sandy hook, new jersey, at 2.5 feet, and the rainfall was just tremendous. especially south of the city. upwards of a foot of rain, and that's going to continue, and the rain will finally start to die down. we'll pick up more rain up into new england. about two to three inches of rain. some areas as much as five. a blizzard still going on in the mountains of west virginia and western virginia. we're looking for another one to two feet of snow. this thing has been a monster, and we're going to continue to deal with it for at least another 24 hours. savannah. >> at the moment seems to earn the title storm of the century. al, thank you. >>> now to the historic flooding in lower manhattan. natalie morales is in battery park city this morning. natalie, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning again to you, savannah. well, the worst may be over. it is a new day, but clearly, the aftermath of sandy is going to be with us for a while. as you mentioned,

many teens birthday is in saper school help me 23rd to others than hell week mountain training in bridgeport california. so following paris island i shipped off to north carolina to complete in situ training. and then i went to hawaii where the station the next four years. this is where he also attended sniper school. so after attending school i shipped off to iraq. and iraq, i didn't get to complete my chair because i was bitten on my right hand by a vicious enemy spider and actually suffers severe nerve damage. i want to let anyone know that the enemy will stop at nothing. the venturing their enemies to bite us. after two years of additional training and trying to get my hand back, this is when i became a sniper team leader in charge of five other marines. we were out in the mojave viper come in shooting to back to iraq and make any search what tenet said we need five volunteers to go to afghanistan. i said was permission? we don't know yet. we just need five right now. so i raised my hand and said i'm ready to go. so i ended up being signed to a small team of advisers. we were going to ac