chris: a lot of pages focused on what's going on in the burroughs. you usually don't focus on them but a lot of us are. >> i would follow up on the mccain-graham business, you saw what the president said at his news conference really steamed. we're told he has the votes in the senate. chris:. the secretary of state. >> they were leaning that way anyway but will say in effect i won the election and will put my secretary of state in. unless you can find something that really is objectionable, you'll approve her and i think they will. chris: we'll come back. the big question of the week, are john mccain and mitt romney giving the president a hard time for political reasons or the big one this week, personal reasons? is this persona chris: welcome back. this week the two presidential rivals barack obama defeat have had been highly critical of him. mitt romney told his supporters he lost because obama gave, quote, gifts, close quote to his base and john mccain continued to speak bitterly about the president and attacks at benghazi. the big question is thi

the five burroughs, staten island has been leveled. >>shepard: so many weeks and months ahead. see you on thursday. the news begins anew on "studio b" gas short averages are serious. they are getting worse from the monster storm. some drivers are waiting in line if hours and some do not bother. the ones who try are finding the gas has run dry. now, real fears that jet fuel could run out in the nation's busiest airspace. never heard of that. millions enter day five with no power, tomorrow, running water, for some, no real place to call home, workers are setting up for the marathon, a decision world-class event, lots of money coming in. do we do it in the mayor says we do it. you might imagine, there are frustrations. we have our last economic report before americans go to polls on election day, four days away and that shows the unemployment rate has changed again as both campaigns enter the home stretch. it is a very busy day unless breaking news changes everything. parts of the east coast and beyond struggling after super storm sandy, officials now say at least 90 people died i

some residents of staten island have started calling it the forgotten burrough. across storm-ravaged staten island, frustrations are mounting. >> we're going to die! we're going to freeze! we've got 90-year-old people. >> reporter: residents are outraged, claiming their community has been ignored in the days following sandy while aid pours in to other parts of new york and new jersey. >> they don't talk about them that much. a lot of people here are hurting much it's upsetting. >> reporter: power is out. hundreds of homes have been destroyed and dozens of streets are impassable. still, the city is planning to go ahead with its annual marathon which kicks off on staten island saturday. >> the fact that the mayor wants to have a marathon this weekend when we have people who are -- lost their houses is unthinkable to me. >> reporter: suffering from the worst destruction from the hurricane. at least 19 of the 41 people who died in the city lived on staten isla island. more heartbreak thursday when searchers discovered the bodies of two little boys. monday night, whil

nearly 40 victims in the five burrough city and police are stressing that death toll could rise as morention one more thing. we're letting a neighbor here, they are without power, power up his cell phone and ipad and things like that. he said he finally has heard from fema and the look on his face was just great because he feels like they had been forgotten, as many oariest did not did. >> gretchen: anna kooiman, thanks so much. when you see scenes like that, you would think, wow, the new york city marathon is coming up and it's huge event, an economic boon and people come from all over the world. but when you have devastation and you're sti looking for bodies and people are suffering so much, should you continue with the new york city marathon on sunday? a lot of people are really upset that mayor bloomberg has said that yes, it will go on when you have one of the worst tram dees ever to happen in new york city. i think the glaring picture is what's on the cover of the new york post, which is these huge generators that have been brought in to help power up the tents for the new york ci

. >> and bad weather, ladies and gentlemen, the last thing the battered burrough of stat ten eileen need. let's fine out what else mother now has in store. meteorologist justin poric, what's going on? >> well, geraldo, this is the last thing that residents of in the northeast want to think about, a potential storm. this will not be sandy. will not be a big ball of wind encompassing hundreds and thousands of miles in span. but it is a storm system. if sandy was not on the plate last week, this would be your typical nor'easter but the circumstances for the northeast have changed. we have seen huge impacts as the storm system initiates, it will be off the coast. some change in track. we could see variation. all the parameters have not come together and we still have energy that has yet to come into the united states of america. so we're still looking at 72 to 96 hours' worth of time before we get into the meat of the storm situation. as we go ahead into tuesday and wednesday, worst-case scenario, the storm system hugs the coast and we see a storm surge of two to four feet along the jersey c

some relief for those in manhattan, new york city mayor michael bloomberg promising that most othe burroughsower will be returned by midnight tonight. but any progress on that front has been severely undercut by long lines again -- attestations the new york governor saying he signed an executive order waiving a reirement that fuel tankers register and pay taxes before unloading insisting his order we will help get gasoline to consumers faster. it is estimated that two-thirds of gasoline stations in new jersey and new york are not in business right now. however, it is little comfort for people stuck for long hours in long lines to with no guarantee that they will get gas at the end of that line. but some people, at least some are beginning to dry. this is a very serious and frustrating matter for literally millions of people in this region. turning now to benghazi, almost two months after the terrorist attack that killed four americans, the cia has released a new timeline, a timeline of its actions suggesting it played a larger role in trying to save those four americans. my next guest says i

the storm knocked out power in heavily damaged buildings in each of new york's five burroughs.et for sunday. local politicians, even some runners, they are calling on the mayor to postpone this marathon. we are actually waiting to hear from the mayor, mayor bloomberg, in a minute now. he is going to be having a press conference, giving an update on everything that's taking place in his city, recovery efforts. we are going to bring that to you live. you're seeing live pictures there. he will go to the podium and answer questions and provide as much information as possible about where the city stands now. >>> it is the final countdown in the battleground states that could decide the next president. we'll hear from president obama. he is in ohio. [ male announcer ] citi turns 200 this year. in that time there've been some good days. and some difficult ones. but, through it all, we've persevered, supporting some of the biggest ideas in modern history. so why should our anniversary matter to you? because for 200 years, we've been helping ideas move from ambition to achievement. and

including the song of the doe, which one that john burroughs medal for natural history writing. david holds honorary degrees from colorado college in montana state university where he served as the wallace professor of western american studies. he is also aware of the national magazine award three times for articles and a wide variety of magazines, including esquire, the atlantic, and rolling stone. the third of these awards, magazine awards was for a national geographic story called was a star when wrong. the national geographic, he has the title contributing writer with some, which gives him the -- which requires him to write, did you say three articles a year, david? three articles a year for national geographic. he describes his fields as biology, the radical ecology and conservation. after this evening i hope you will have as much appreciation for his physical strength and stamina as you have for his writing talents. in his field, research, he tracks indiana jones style through jungles and rain forests that most of us would never want to step foot in. tonight you are go

almost half of those deaths were in just one of the burroughs that make up the five burroughs of new york, staten island. now, this striking image was captured by an nbc producer and staten island. sandy's wake left the debris in the backyard of john della rosa's severely smashed home. smashed plates mingled with halloween decorations. overwhelmed by the devastation, rocked by the power of the storm, he is left to pick up the pieces of the storm surge which sent more than 8 feet of water into the neighborhood. he is also left to grieve the losses of his next door neighbors, the foundation and stairs are all that remain of the dresh family home. george dresh and his 13-year-old daughter, angela died, when the storm surge came through their home. george's wife and angela's mother, patricia, remain in the hospital. that is one story of devastation wrought by the hurricane on one street in one neighborhood in new york city. the immediate aftermath of the storm, president obama declared a large swath of the east coast as a major disaster area. neighborhoods brought to their knees by what

. >> and bad weather, ladies and gentlemen, the last thing the battered burrough of stat ten eileen need. let's fine out what else mother now has in store. meteorologist justin poric, what's going on? >> well, geraldo, this is the last thing that residents of in the northeast want to think about, a potential storm. this will not be sandy. will not be a big ball of wind encompassing hundreds and thousands of miles in span. but it is a storm system. if sandy was not on the plate last week, this would be your typical nor'easter but the circumstances for the northeast have changed. we have seen huge impacts as the storm system initiates, it will be off the coast. some change in track. we could see variation. all the parameters have not come together and we still have energy that has yet to come into the united states of america. so we're still looking at 72 to 96 hours' worth of time before we get into the meat of the storm situation. as we go ahead into tuesday and wednesday, worst-case scenario, the storm system hugs the coast and we see a storm surge of two to four feet along the jersey c

parts of the new york city burrough was destroid and people who live there are forced to start all over again. power is out for one million customers state wide there. it is an impruvment down from 2.2 and new york, million people dealing with no heat as the temperatures dip into freezing. there are warming centers to provide relief. getting around is a big issue for people. 80 percent of the subway service is now restored and there is limited trains coming from jersiers and some of the tunnels remain closed. that makes it difficult and lines for those who choose to drive. it is getting longer in new jersey and new york. the defense department setting up emergency mobile gas station. there is a limit 10 gallons a person. mayor bloomberg said it would be a big relief. >> i am optmistic in a couple of days, the shortage will disappear and relatively quickly. it takes time to get the fuel from where it start to where we need it >> that is it what words fopt is hear. quick, quickly david lee miller. so many people there first feeling forgotten and now up close we see what they are dealing w

i have burroughs that are now part of europe. i can't be bothered.akes nothing away from governor chris christie in new jersey who did meet with the president today. you can read all sorts of political mess into this. if i am chris christie, i can say this as a new jersey resident, you look for how you can find -- where they say look, you need some help, i'll take it. and i take nothing from bloomberg blowing the big guy off. but i will say that you have to mayor bloomberg. man, oh man. anyway, betty mccoy agrees with bloomberg's decision. >> you did the right thing for three reasons. cops come in traffic, money. new york is receiving 2191 911 calls per hour. no desk jobs allowed -- we can't afford to redeploy any of those. >> he says hey, mr. president, come on down? macnet is a different place from new york city. when the president comes to new york on is gridlock even on a sunny day. new york is are equipped with traffic because there is no mass transit. everybody who has to be in new york is in the car. >> a lot of them are very annoyed at chris

he's written many, many books, including song of the dodo, which won the john burroughs medal potential history rating. david holds honorary degrees from colorado college in montana state university where he served as though professor of western americans studies. he's also won the national magazine award three times for articles in a wide variety of magazines including "esquire," the atlantic and "rolling stone." the third of these awards, magazine awards was for the "national geographic" story called what starr went wrong. national agree -- "national geographic" kids in the -- which requires them to recommend egc three articles a year? three articles a year for "national geographic." he describes his sealed biology, evolutionary biology, theoretical ecology and conservation. after this evening, i hope you will have as much appreciation for his physical strength and stamina as you have for his writing talents. in his field research ejects indiana jones through the resource that many of us would never want to step foot in. tonight you're going to learn a new word, at least i learned a n

a dire situation in the new york city burroughs as outraged residents are told they may not have power restored until after thanksgiving. liz macdonald has the latest on the lack of recovery. liz? liz: yeah, good to be with you cheryl. we're at st. francis church, which is basically a grassroots operation of both private sector businesses and the government in trying to help the people of belle harbor and far rock away. this is a community of first responders. what we're seeing here is we have some action going on. we have a tent being built. we are here with chris bernard with the merchant marines. he is going to tell us what's happening. >> right now we're setting up a tent to put all the donated items for all the people in the community to come and be able to claim stuff to help them get back on their feet. liz: are you worried about the weath weather? this seems like a race against time. it may rain tomorrow; right? >> that's one of our great concerns is all these donated items getting ruined but with the speed we are going, we will be able to have this tent up and running and be a

i know the burrough president is not happy from staten island? >> to me it's just politics.ignal and we are on hold. it's unrealistic. they are politicians. people's lives are at stake here. >> megyn: where do you go from here. you talk about bulldozing your neighborhood. can you get through to the insurance company? how do you even start rebuilding? >> that is what we want to know. are we allowed to. we heard rumors. waste pile-up, are we allowed to. i haven't even touched my house. i went back to photos that weren't touched. my sister's house, some things that matter to us and got stuff. most of my stuff is still in the back room or clothes and everything in my garage is with sea water. i don't want that stuff anymore. it's contaminated. these people their entire house is ruined. it's the whole neighborhood. we need help. we need help. >> megyn: for the most part these aren't folks that have several million dollar homes, these are regular people who don't have a huge amount of dough in the bank and find second furnishings and second clothing. all americans need to reach ou

and this is a grassroots operation where basically the community and people from the other outer burroughsating food and clothes and all sorts of provisions for the people here. what did you learn from hurricane sandy? it seems to be worse than other hurricanes to the new york city area. >> this is far worse than anything we have ever experienced or ever imagined. the devastation is widespread. large loss of power throughout the area. a loss of life in some instances in the immediate area. liz: we have about 43 people dead. we're on the anniversary of the jumbo jet crashing after 9/11 in this very same neighborhood, charles, and the thing is now people are being told they may not have power until after thanksgiving. what do you make of that, pete? >> we're really not getting any confirmation on when power might come back on. we're not getting any information at all. it is that uncertainty that's lending to the frustration and anger of the residents down here. they are very self-reliant. they want to get up and going but need to have the power turned on because we're going to need heat very

a place where i was meeting kids from all overbrook lynn and the burroughs. >> emily is one of our favoriteare socially awkward or not the most popular girl in school, that's fine. what we want to celebrate and love are the accomplishments. you said, i might be a nerd in one way but not in others. >> what do you do with that title of nerd or geek? >> i don't like titles. i consider myself smart and my grades show that. i play chess and chess is deemed as a geeky sport. i'm completely okay with that. because, as long as i have my friends who support me and all my decisions, chesswise and my family, who are proud of me for what i've done, that's all i could ask for. >> i love the sense that in a certain way, an accomplishment in a field that's nontraditional in certain ways, nontraditional around gender and race, pro he vids a litt provides a little swagger about what you could accomplish. >> when you walk through the school building, all the tro hefys are not hidden away. we celebrate the success of our smart kids in the school. we think that being smart is cool. we have banners and the ches

most people could walk to the burrough hall and cast their ballots there where generators have been setarge their cell phones even as they cast their ballots. people are still very interested in the national election, and they do want to take part. right now they're also thinking about cleaning up after this superstorm and perhaps bracing for the next one. suzanne, back to you. >> thank you, jim. for more about those affected by sandy and how you can help, check out cnn.com/impact. much of the east coast focussing on cleaning up after sandy in the election. it might be the last thing on their minds, but it is the final count don. key for both candidates really to get out the ground game. what states you should watch for tomorrow, get an idea of who is winning the presidential election. when you have diabetes... your doctor will say get smart about your weight. i tried weight loss plans... but their shakes aren't always made for people with diabetes. that's why there's glucerna hunger smart shakes. they have carb steady, with carbs that digest slowly to help minimize blood sugar spikes.

the very long lines that continue to be seen time and again throughout new york city and all the burroughs as people are lining up to find gas stations that, a, have power enough to even pump the gas once they get it. new york is starting to use the same system they have in new jersey, the odd/even plan according to your license tag as to when you can gas up. again here in new jersey, they've been doing this for the past week. and as we have been driving around the last several days, we have not seen any gasoline lines, or very short ones anyway. governor christie at a news conference said he has discovered the same thing, so much so that he might decide to lighten up the rationing or get rid of it. here is what he had to say about it. >> there's order. there's easy access to gas. we're continuing to use the national guard to deliver gas to stations and counties that are displaying some type of still disruption in their supply lines. but i'm confident that by the weekend, i should be in a position to re-evaluate the odd/even system and decide whether it needs to go forward into next week.

over a week more across parts of the eastern burroughs. this is an issue.wer, soledad, now that we're on day three, elderly people, people immobile, unhealthy even coming down 1215 flights of stairs is an issue. just to get life survival supplies in that capacity will be a problem and we'll need some extra help from the local authorities. >> it's brutal. i ran into yesterday, rob, at the bank like 25 people in the little atm lobby thing. and i was like, wow, a run on the atm. no, they were using the power supplies, plugged in, had all these cords running. >> there are places where your cell phone works. did you notice there are people like standing by little pockets outside, using their cell phone? >> it will be a little while before that's back to normal. let's talk about politics this morning. final push for president obama, mitt romney with the election five days away. it's kind of a game of inches, i guess. cnn's latest poll of polls has president obama at 48%, governor romney at 47%. after getting an eyeful from the damage from sandy in new jersey, fir

the route for the city's five bu burroughs is unchanged.starts in staten island, eight miles across from the neighborhood completely destroyed by fire, breezy point. and ends in central park, which is still cleaning up after half a million dollars worth of damage in trees alone. mary wittenberg is the race director for the new york city marathon. welcome. >> hi, carol. >> as you well know, the city and the mayor and yourself taking a lot of criticism over the decision for the race to go on, because it takes away resources like police and fire from the city. so why not delay the race? >> well, the idea is really to help the city rebound as effectively and efficiently as we can. for -- first our hearts go out to all the new yorkers and everybody on the eastern seaboard that's been impacted by the storm. and once the mayor said we want to go forward with the marathon, our job is to do everything we can to make the most of the platform to remember those lost, to honor and support those hurt, and see how we can really mobilize and get more suppo

the burrough president had to tell people to calm down and he also said i guess you don't want to holdunder way on staten island and the residents you heard realize that. that is the latest. back to you gretchen. >> gretchen: so sad to see the frustration of those people, brian? ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> brian: brave men and women of the armed services put theirr lifes on the line every single day . those who return from iraq and afghanistan offered suffered many external and internal injuries. >> i was highhing to my family the whole time i was in irackk. the e-mails and one time i used the phone that i was in a green zone and that i was you know there was no action. we were safe. out of fear for them. and i was in a truck in irackk. i just remember hearing a whist and he will then blackness. >> oceans like the wounded warrior projectts help them to get their lifes back together. last night i was able to host and emcee a dinner for accosta and helping heroes is the name . program and to help talk about that and how to help out the wounded warrior so much more. chairman of the acasta. and nancy who y

the 5.2 million people living in these three burroughs are demanding more and more natural gas. natural gas as we all know is reliable, it's clean, it's domestic and it's economical. on september 15 of last year, new york city deputy mayor testified before the national park subcommittee and in support -- and they're in support of the grimm-meeks bill. i appreciate all the courtesy shown to him on that day. in his testimony, the deputy stated, energy demand in new york city is increasing and will continue to grow. therefore getting the gateway project done is a major effort that includes the private sector, the city, state and federal governments. the gateway pipeline project will generate approximately $265 million in construction activity. create almost 300 local jobs and bring in about $8 million in annual local revenue for the city of new york. providing much-needed short and long-term boost to our economy. following house passage, my colleague, congressman crowley, praised the bill for reducing the use of two so-called dirtier fuels, number four and number six oil. the senat