the governor of new york, andrew cuomo, was there. both candidates took time in their speeches to make jokes about andrew cuomo. and the weird thing is they both made essentially the exact same joke. >> tonight, i am here with man whose father was a popular governor and who knows what it's like to run a major northeastern state and who could very well be president someday and i'm hoping it is andrew cuomo. >> i'm pleased to once again have the chance to see governor cuomo, who's already being talked about for higher office. a very impressive fellow, but he may be getting a little ahead of himself. i mean, let me get this straight. the man has put in one term as a governor, he has a father who happened to be a governor, and he thinks that's enough to run for president. >> andrew cuomo sitting right up there on the dais almost right next to the candidates as they were giving these speeches seemed to be enjoying himself greatly as they made fun of him in the most flattering way possible. one thing that is interesting about andrew cuomo,

and abc's chris cuomo tracks down the people he says did not help. >> chris cuomo from abc news. we've been trying to get in touch with you. >>> razor thin. inside the new presidential polls. >>> hidden america. the first look at an unprecedented event. rival gang members from chicago's dangerous streets. in one room, the anger -- >> you're going to be the prey or the predator. >> the surprises. and the night after, one of them is shot six times. >>> and really, amy? >> really? >> really. >> tonight, the secret message that makes a funny girl our "person of the week." >>> good evening. tonight, we begin with the stunning story of bravery, by a young boy who stood up after he says so many adults looked the other way. it is an abc news exclusive. for the very first time, the young man who brought down a football legend in pennsylvania, coach jerry sandusky, speaks out. his name is aaron fisher, and until now, he has been called victim number one. "20/20" coof anchor chris cuomo is here now with what it took for a child to come forward and chris searches for answers from adults this

>> well, i think as governor cuomo said, it's a new normal but we have old infrastructure.hink if f you listen to client scientists -- if we had listened to climate scientists who worned, no could flood like this, that storm surges were going to increase as the sea levels rose because of gobel warming and because of more intense storms we might have prevented it. now i think we need to listen to climate scientists who are warning that sea levels could rise, two feet-- as you heard-- by the middle of the century but three, four, five and six feet by the end of the century. so our choices are twofold. we should reduce greenhouse gas emissions so we're on the low end of future warming estimates and secondly we've got to start preparing for the storms that we are stuck with, like hurricane sandy. >> suarez: he used the word "prudence." what is prudent at this point? >> that's the question. i agree we have a lot of infrastructure problems in the country. many of our infrastructure problems are actually caused by bad policy, building infrastructure in places without signals to sa

president, governor cuomo, al and ann smith, senator schumer. thank you for are invitation. thank you for your extraordinary warm welcome. ann and i appreciate your friendship very, very much, thank you. >>> now, al, you are right, a campaign can require a lot of wardrobe changes. blue jeans in the morning perhaps, suit for a lunch fund-raiser, sport coat for dinner but it is nice to finally relax and to wear what ann and i wear around the house. [ applause ] >> i'm glad to be able to join in this venerable tradition. of course, i'm pleased that the president is here. we were chatting pleasantly this ink as if tuesday night never happened. i credit that, of course, to the cardinal. it has taken new york's highest spiritual authority to get us back on our best behavior. i was actually hoping the president would bring joe biden along, because he will laugh at anything. [ applause ] of course, this isn't a night for serious politics. it was especially nice to see president obama and cardinal dolan sharing despite their differences. i'm sure the cardinal has no hard feelings and

coke. [ laughter ] so maybe instead of turning this state into governor magorium's ganja emporium, cuomold really help these kids. [ laughter ] he could tell them to put down the pot, and focus on their lives: their crumbling schools, and their community's hostile treatment by the police. and if that upsets them and they need to relax, they can get a prescription for xanax. [ laughter ] because remember: drugs are not the answer, kids-- except when they are. we'll be right back. [cheers and applause] ,x+ c4-x!-) >> stephen: welcome back, everybody. thank you so much. my guest tonight is a professor of materials chemistry from the department of materials science and engineering at mit. i'll ask him what the hell i zpsh i will ask him what that means. [cheers and applause] please welcome, donald sadoway! thank you so much. what is that -- material chemistry and materials science, what do you deal with? like odd strange material? >> no, it's the science of inventing new materials, materials that involve new mixes of atoms and ways that give us properties we haven't had before. >> stephen: c

now that is what new york governor cuomo says about the super storm sandy. now, the wrath of sandy has left more than 30 people dead that number has been rising, unfortunately. it may still rise. more than 8.5 million people without electricity, as you said, brian. mass transit system in and around new york city paralyzed and in many cases, guys, still under water. keep in mind it is not just removing the water here, you have electrical components that need to be cleaned before the system can be restored which means, for example the approximately 5.3 million people who use the city's subway system each weekday might have to wait days to be able to commute again. >> the damage we suffered across the city is clearly extensive and it will not be repaired overnight. the two biggest challenges facing our city going forward are getting our mass transit system up and running and restoring power. >> as for the mta officials, the scant worps they have seen in the mta's 180-year history. now for good news you can governor cuomo told thanks jfk could up and running by

i'm pleased to once again have the chance to see governor cuomo, who is already being talked about for a higher office. a very impressive fellow. but he may be getting a little ahead of himself. i mean, let me get this straight. the man has put in one term as a governor, has a father who happened to be a governor and he thinks that is enough to run for president. [ applause ] of course, we are down to the final months of the president's term. as presidents -- as president obama surveys the waldorf banquet room, with everyone in white tie and finery, you have to wonder what he is thinking. so little time. so much to redistribute. and don't be surprised if the president mentions this evening the monthly jobs report where there was a slight improvement in the numbers. he knows how to seize the moment, this president. he already has a compelling new campaign slogan. you are better off now than you were four weeks ago. you know, with or without all the dignitaries that are here, the al smith dinner surely lives up to its billing. usually, when i get invited to gatherings like this, it is ju

governor cuomo's father, former governor of new york, governor cuomo himself, was very close, was friends with a guy named vince tece, number one board member on bear stens. i received an angry phone call from governor cuomo when i brought up that connection. there is one reason for the cynics and the conspiracy nuts out there why that case wasn't brought. i will point out this about eric schneiderman. as well. this is the most liberal activist public official mayb, in a semimajor position in the country right now. it seems odd that brings it up now. melissa: besides the politics what do you think about jpmorgan's point that no good deed goes unpunished? obviously jamie dimon is not going to acquire a company he doesn't think he will make profitable at this point because th would be irresponsible to the shareholders. >> right. melissa: at the same time we all know that weekend they were trying to combine people who had deposits that could suort these banks and these brokerages that were going under. i think they feel like no good deed goes unpunished. what do you think about that argument

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[laughter] i'm pleased to once again have the chance to see governor cuomo who's already being talked about for higher office, a very impressive fellow, but he may be getting a little ahead of himself. i mean, let me get this straight. the man has put in one term as a governor, he has a father who happened to be a governor, and he thinks that's enough to run for president. [laughter] of course we're down to the final month of the president's -- months of the president's term -- [applause] as president obama's surveys the waldorf banquet room with everyone in white tie and finery, you have to wonder what he's thinking. still a little time, so much to redistribute. [laughter] don't be surprised if the president mentions this evening the monthly jobs report where there was a slight improvement in the numbers. he knows how to seize the moment, this president, and already has a compelling new campaign slogan -- you're better off now than you were four weeks ago. you know, with or without all the dignitaries that are here, the al smith dinner surely lives up to its billing. usually when i g

thank you to al, governor, miss romney, governor cuomo, mayor bloomberg, senator schumer. all the distinguished guests who are here. in less than three weeks, voters in states like ohio, virginia, and florida will decide this incredibly important election which begs the question, what are we doing here? of course, new yorkers also have a big choice to make. you have to decide which one of us you want holding up traffic for the next four years. tonight i am here with a man whose father was a popular governor and who knows what it's like to run a major northeastern state and who could very well be president someday and i'm hoping it is andrew cuomo. this is the third time that governor romney and i have met recently. as some of you may have noticed, i had a lot more energy in our second debate. i felt really well rested after the nice, long nap i had in the first debate. although it turns out millions of americans focused in on the second debate who didn't focus in on the first debate and i happened to be one of them. i particularly want to apologize to chris matthews. four

heard that from governor cuomo and jfk a little more hopeful. the financial markets closed for two days in a row. that hasn't happened due to weather, at least from the new york stock exchange standpoint, from the late 1880s. what's the likelihood we'll get the financial markets open tomorrow? >> you had very important news. the nyse is very happy with what you're saying because getting the bridges open is crucial. i'm told so far so good for a normal opening. the backup generators are all working and that's good because lower manhattan doesn't have power right now and nasdaq is also planning to open as usual. there's a lot of potential pitfalls. here's a couple of the main ones there. may be connectivity issue. the nyse and nasdaq have to make sure they get data in and out, have to assess the damage, if any, to the verizon lines. they need about 200 people on the floor, and getting the people there depends on having the bridges and tunnels open so that's why the news from scott is very important. carpooling lists are brought together to bring t

just a short time ago the governor of new york, andrew cuomo spoke with brian williams about the scale of the disaster that the city and state are now facing. >> last night i'll tell you the truth, it was frightening. downtown manhattan, we had the hudson river came over the banks and was pouring into the ground zero site. at such a volume that it was really frightening and this was all filled with water. what we're looking at now, this goes back about five miles to the other end of the train track which is in new jersey. and we have to figure out how to pump out this water. >> think of the three governors, malloy, christie, cuomo rebuilding coastlines or at least talking about plans today are we the new amsterdam? >> well, you know, i said kiddingly the other day we have a 100-year flood every two years now. there is a frequency to this and this is really a new problem for new york state. we have not seen a flood like this, damage like this in our generation, period. people who worked in the subway system, the construction industry in this state have said they've never seen damage lik

new york governor cuomo's office is reporting that there are storm-related deaths tonight., both campaigns have flooded the air waves in key battleground states with television ads and a last ditch effort to sway undecided voters. joining me to help all sort it out, let me put out ohio rasmussen. we have a two-point romney lead. this is now a state that is surging in romney's direction. then, of course, we've got the latest gallup poll that shows 49-47, and it's 51-48. frank, what do you make of this? >> if those polls are accurate, mitt romney's the next president. the question that you have to ask if that is the most pro romney of all the surveys out there. i wonder about ohio. we know that there's a romney intensity advantage. people want to vote for him more than obama voters want to vote for him, but why is it that more obama voters are voting in these -- in this early voting? >> sean: at a much lower rate. >> gallup tonight released a report from their latest survey that shows the people who actually voted already nationally, more people voted for romney than voted fo

that presser by cuomo was pretty dire.r of maryland held a presser saying that people will die as a result of sandy. they just prohibited driving in hoboken this afternoon and tonight. what's it like in pennsylvania? >> we certainly hope that nobody dies from this storm and we are trying to be as prepared as we possibly can. the pennsylvania emergency management agency is working with the counties. most counties have already opened their eoc, emergency operation centers, we have closed all of the state offices in pennsylvania. most of the schools in the southeastern part of the state and south central part of the state has closed. we called up 1,600 national guardsman right now we have 16,000 that are available for us if we need them. shelters that we opened about 100 so far. we will have enough shelter capacity for more than 30,000 people and as you know with the order from mayor bloomberg to evacuate certain sections of new york city, i assume that some of those will come either into new jersey or all of the way into pen

that was directly from governor cuomo about three minutes ago on his twitter feed.f you want to follow governor cuomo, he's actually -- he has a fantastic quick twitter feed there going. you can get port authority information. moving around lower manhattan, anywhere literally south of penn station for the next days upon days is going to take a very long time. >> chad, do you know why cell service in downtown manhattan isn't working either? >> i don't know that, but all i can tell you is that most of the cell towers down there worked on backup generators, do have backup generators and they don't seem to be working at all. because there is no power down there at all, the cell towers are really just -- they're not working. >> all right, chad, appreciate that. let's go to cnn's michael holmes for a quick update from the jersey shore. >> reporter: anderson, we're here on the west side of the mathes bridge, route 37 as the locals call it. that is the bridge to the barrier islands. you've seen the pictures, that whole area devastated by hurricane sandy. you can still see a

>>neil: we got word now that the governor romney cuomo of new york has deployed the national guard to take up residence in the streets of manhattan, and if it is a significant group it would be reminiscent of after help help when -- 9/11 when the national guard was last used like this. and now an eye on hurricane sandy hours away from hitting land and it will hit the middle of new jersey, around atlantic city at a time when this storm has already been causing havoc among the most populated regions of the country, stepping back from this, this is an area that affected one out of five living americans and if you citizen the reach beyond those directly impacted to those who could be in the days and weeks appear you are talking about one in four members. so, a cobs station with a population that obviously doesn't need any further explanation. we should also let you know they are shutting this island of manhattan down. already the brooklyn battery and holland tunnel and to and from the lower part of manhattan are shut down and the north most bridge on the island is shut down. but the mayor

my understanding from people in the world of both of these people, hillary clinton, andrew cuomo, theyoth laying the groundwork that they need to lay right now in talking to the people they expect to be pulling in their money from. >> this is the ultimate truth is that cuomo knows that he's frozen. i talk to new york donors all the time. there are a lot of them that love both of them but no one if they have to choose is going to choose andrew cuomo over clinton because it's her last chance. in 2008 democrats were torn between two possibilities, by a hair they went with the african-american. many democrats believe it's time for a woman. she's the most popular woman politician in the country and i think most of the party wants her to have it. they want her to be the nominee and they want her to be president. she's had an incredible run of secretary state and she missed it in 2008. even people who voted for obama thought she was great but that he was just better. >> i think you'll find a lot of people felt good about her missing it. they were voting for barack obama from the start. >> yea