the mayor says conedison hoping to have most of the outages resolved by tonight. 3.8 million homes and businesses in the east are still without power, down from 8.5 million. california is helping to get power back on. trucks are being loaded on to aircraft in riverside county. pg&e announced it's sending 100 workers to the zaft yefr zone to help in efforts. 150 others sent out this week. >> tensions running high among those affected by the hurricane. and the suburbs may have to wait for a week with a cold front coming up. death toll now stands at 97. 40 fatalities occurred in new york city. the damage could hit $50 billion, second only to hurricane katrina. >> dozens of red cross volunteers from the bay area in new york now helping with disaster relief. 50 volunteers on 10 day to three week missions servinging people displaced or without supplies thousands landed in new york providing relief and organization. >> we're working in logistics and immediate yachl we're working in what we call care and shelter and providing high duration and a safe place for people to be. we're looking to su

the mayor michael bloomberg says conedison is working aggressively to get power restored but it is going to take a long time. new york subwayses are offering limited service in lower manhattan, many lines though are still closed due to flooding. in the meantime a lot of people lined up this morning around brooklyn's barkley center to catch busses to work. mass transit is free by the way because police are trying to encourage people to take transit and not take cars. police in fact are only allowing cars carrying three or more people l across the city's bridges. >>> more coverage coming up on a new effort to help the victims of super storm sandy. what the red cross is sending from the bay area to help on the east coast. >>> it was a west morning commute for bay area drivers after rain moved in overnight. various downpours made it difficult for drivers to see especially before sunrise. this was the way it looked driving through san jose this morning. ktvu traffic reporter sal castaneda says he noticed more accidents than normal but not a whole lot more. >>> flooding created dangerous condi

. >>> conedison and the utilities sector in fact today negative as they all struggle to bring back power. to clarify what simon said, they are extending the timelines for full restoration but they still maintain that they should be able to bring lower manhattan back by this saturday. so they are maintaining this weekend for lower manhattan, but in the suburbs and outside of manhattan, they are extending it to the following weekend. if you read down to the third line there, simon, you will see that. that's what they were promising but nonetheless, it is clearly a longer timeline, a much more difficult resumption than a lot of folks had anticipated. >> when they make the caveat in this situation as big as you could actually drive three new york city buses through it, i pay real attention to that. bertha, i take the point. >>> hurricane sandy certainly causing major disruptions to cell phones. did your phone let you when you needed it most? we'll tell you which is the smartest of the smartphones for an imagine like is it the iphone? the android? the blackberry? >>> fears about gasoline shor