>> 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

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flanked by andrew cuomo, the governor of new york.e are waiting some comments from homeland security secretary janet napolitano and we'll watch all of these remarks for any newsworthy developments especially from secretary napolitano. >>> meanwhile, michelle crew co-cabrera is here with the latest headlines of the storm and its aftermath. >> we see what's happening in new york city today, president obama met with new jersey governor chris christie yesterday doing a similar tour in new jersey. the president toured some of the worst hit areas of the jersey shore. saying 2,000 fema personnel are on the ground in affected areas. at least 82 people have died in the u.s. as a result of sandy. most of them in new york and new jersey. the number of people without power is dropping, though there are still 4.5 million customers in the dark and it may be ten days before the hardest hit areas see their power restored. >>> meantime, nearly 20,000 flights were canceled because of sandy but stranded airline passengers are finally getting some good n

joining us now is the governor of new york state, andrew cuomo.or cuomo, thank you very much for taking the time to join us tonight. i know it's a sacrifice for you. >> no, it's my pleasure to be with you. >> i understand you just got off the phone with president obama. can i ask what you two are discussing and how the coordination is going? >> i'll give you three guesses, rachel. he wanted an update on the storm and he wanted to talk to local officials in the affected area to find out what they were thinking and he wanted to communicate with them directly. i have to tell you, he's called multiple times a day just into this state, just to find out what's going on in new york. fema, his response agency, has been fantastic. the whole cabinet has really been deployed. so i think he's done this very well. i worked in the clinton administration. i was the hud secretary. hud is one of response agencies. i know what the federal government traditionally does. they're doing an outstanding job in my o pinion. >> what's the top of the priority state for this

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that was new york governor andrew cuomo. in related news, governor cuomo fired the state director of emergency management this week. cuomo says the director used a crew to remove a tree from his own home following the storm. meanwhile, the storm hurt revenues at united airlines. the airline said this week that revenue is down by $90 million. united was forced to cancel around 5300 flights. and, some automakers estimate 16,000 new vehicles were ruined by sandy. that number is likely to rise when gm and ford release estimates of losses. thanksgiving dinner will cost a bit more this year because of the rising cost of turkey. a 16-pound bird will set you back $22.23 - a per-pound increase of 4 cents since last year. the average thanksgiving dinner for ten is $49.48 according to the american farm bureau, which notes that price is less than a 1% increase. on the bright side, the prices of whipping cream, fresh cranberries and pumpkin pie mix have all fallen since last year. mcdonald's faced a mcdrop this week. mcdonald's saw same-

cuomo dijo que serÁ necesario renovar parte de la estructurciÓn para el suministro de la energÍa elÉctricatemala, pasa de medio centenar, se espera que aumente, hay muchos desaparecidos, ericka muestra el drama que viven los damnificados. >>> en segundos quedaron asustados en esta montaÑa, los cuerpos de rescate no pudieron hacer nada por la tragedia, solo rescatar a cuerpos sin vida. >>> solo vimos el polvo, y no se vio nada, pensÉ que habÍa corrido mi hijo, dije a lo mejor ya se saliÓ, y ahÍ quedÓ. >>> jesÚs estuvo a punto de quedarse adentro de escombros al intentaro salvar a su familia, quedÓ vivo , perdio su pierna. >>> nos cayÓ el paredon y se muriÓ mi mamÁ, mi hermana, y su nena de, y perdÍ mi pierna yo. >>> varios colegios y hoteles quedaron totalmente destruidos, la infraestructura prÁcticamente estÁ colapsada. >>> no hay agua, luz, no tenemos con quÉ cÓmer, nos quedamos sin nada. >>> la mayorÍa prefiriÓ abandÓnar hogares y protegerse. >>> vinieron a auxiliarnos, hicimos casitas para pasar la noche, la casa estÁ peligrando que se venga. >>> tanto la poblaciÓn y autoridades continÚ

connell: governor cuomo helping to get this gas shortage fixed pretty soon.y some relief pretty quickly. dagen: we go to new jersey where we find elizabeth macdonald on the scene. >> good to be with you guys. we are about 40 miles. we are in transit. 40 miles or the new york city. we are seeing the lines continue to grow. it is a 2-mile long. there were state troopers trying to keep tteir peace out here. fuel tankers are entering new york harbor. expect a fuel shortage to ease quickly. 80% of the gas stations in new jersey are off-line. they do not have power. fox business has learned from aaa that the reason why 80% of the gas stations are off-line is due to power issues, electrical power is needed to run the gas pump. it is also needed to run the gas pipelines that delivers the fuel into the area. according to authorities, this dual problem will be starting to ease come sunday and into next week. they are saying if you do not need to be on the roads, do not be on the road. we are trying to ease the gas crisis as fast as we can. this reminds many drivers of

new york governor andrew cuomo is expected to address the media shortly. we will monitor what he says and bring you late details should the governor make news. bellevue right now evacuating patients. 700 patients in all. this will be going on all night long after a day of running the generator. the rooftop generators with buckets of fuel from the basement passed hand to hand up 13 flights of stairs, if you can imagine. and now traffic in manhattan jammed solid. the subways expected to start to come on-line tomorrow, but in a very, very limited way. people now jamming buses or simply walking. things are improving slightly in places. but this crisis is far from over and it is evolving almost minute by minute. we have all of the angles starting with president obama and new jersey governor chris christie. with the election near but the disaster now two political rivals joined hands and got to work. they saw a shoreline battered beyond recognition, almost beyond belief. mile after mile of destruction. home after home, life after life. on the ground at a local s

new york governor andrew cuomo expecting to be briefing the media shortly. we'll bring you late-breaking details. the national guard is out in force in hoboken, across the river, a long line of ambulances, outside another big manhattan hospital, bellevue, right now, evacuating patients. 700 patients in all, this will be going on all night long after a day of running the generator, the rooftop generator with buckets of fuel from the basement, passed hand to hand up 13 flights of stairs if you can imagine. there's that and there is this. traffic in manhattan, jammed solid. subways expected to come online tomorrow in a very limited way. people jamming buses or simply walking. things are improving, slightly in places. but this crisis is far from over, and it is evolving almost minute by minute. all of the angles tonight, starting with president obama and new jersey governor chris christie. with the election near, but the disaster now, two political rivals joined hands and got to work. they saw a shoreline battered beyond recognition, almost beyond belief. mile a

governor cuomo says -- new york's governor cuomo says utility company's response to sandy unacceptable. he is making some strides. more reaction to the storm. initial phrase for president obama's reaction is fading. new york city mayor rudy giuliani on the government's response. look at charles's reaction in a moment. >> since the president got all this praise and credit and press has been abysmal. fema is as much a failure now as it was at the time of katrina. i do not understand why there's not enough water in new york. st. st. i turned 65 last week. i'm getting married. planning a life. there are risks, sure. but, there's no reward without it. i want to be prepared for the long haul. i see a world bursting with opportunities. india, china, brazil, ishares, small-caps, large-caps, ishares. industrials. low cost. every dollar counts. ishares. income. dividends. bonds. i like bonds. ishares. commodities. diversication. choices. my own ideas. isres. i want to use the same stuff the big guys use. ishares. 9 out of 10 large, professional investors choose ishares for their etfs. introducin

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governor cuomo and governor christie, feel it's too big. and to that point the local guys cannot take over until th cede that control. >> i've covered state and local government early in my career, cuomo knew what was going on. >> and throwing the utilities under the bus. >> that's fine, but i saying in terms of what's going on on the ground, governors are briefed like every minute when something like this happens. >> well, i tell you this, and john kennedy was right on this, success has many authors, failures is an orfist, and the longer this drags on and proves a failure these guys are going to be pointing fingers faster than constituents are raising fingers at them. we'll see. the election is over, only now everybody is talking about the fiscal cliff. it's 51 days away. does anyone remember we were on it fro day one? contrary to all of this nstop coverage of everything november 6th is something that's going to four ambassador. much more on that. i'm jamie colby, back to cavuto on business here on fox, the most powerful name in news. >> n

rob, governor cuomo has declared a transportation emergency.ll be no fares for subways, trains, and buses. but many of the bus and subway lines are not yet up and running. is that right? >> reporter: yes, that's true. and the few that are up and running were jammed full. yesterday, there were issues with buses that weren't even able to stop and pick people up, even scenes like this, near queens, the queensboro bridge station, where there's actually people pushing and shoving, just trying to get on. there's some bit of desperation. a lot of people had to get to work. i talked to a number of people, one of which borrowed my cell phone to say, can i call my boss and tell him i can't get on the bus? there's no way for me to get to work. i think this will be echoed again today. however, subway lines will be running north of 34th street. that may alleviate this issue. we have 5 million to 6 million people who typically take the subways were aboveground yesterday and a lot of foot traffic as you imagine as well. we're by the brooklyn bridge, where the

governor andrew cuomo is weighing in on this debate.new york state, $41 million. 19 billion in new york city alone. what is being incurred to date by the state of new jersey. when all said and done could surpass the cost of hurricane katrina which stood $110 billion. when you look at the numbers, basically the power outages in the region from hurricane sandy are about two times more power outages versus what we saw in hurricane katrina. when it comes to the number of homes destroyed, 50% more homes destroid in hurricane sandy versus hurricane katrina cat. hurricane katrina claimed for lives. 1866 people were killed by hurricane katrina. versus 185 deaths from hurricane sandy. destruction and damage governor cuomo may have it right. as to who pays for it? ordinarily the u.s. government picks up 75% of the tab for restoring government services including things like mass transit. as for now both governor cuomo and governor christie of new jersey are saying wait a second we want the federal government to pick up even more of the tab possibl

we hope that cuomo has a plan and tale submits that plan and says this is what i want to spend it on and not just ask for a blank check "trust me" situation. >>neil: they will give everything to help folks out, but we have learned with fema and some of the government agencies, it disappears. so, when i heard about governor cuomo's $30 billion request, why do we think it may pay for things having nothing to do with the storm. >>guest: they have $1 billion deficit in the state of new york so, throw in an extra $1 billion or $2 billion and you can move the money and i am not say that is what he wants to do but it opens up a lot of questions. take a step back, fema has not been around that long. 1979 fema was created so, we survived these disasters before 1979 and the federal government wasn't in the middle of it, and why do we need family? i think we need to start that discussion. can we do this without a central ide bureaucracy running the show. >>neil: what is odd about the request is a governor can decide whether he wants to nationalize a storm, in other words have fema take over tak

. >>> new york governor andrew cuomo is ask asking the frovd for $30 billion in aid to help his state rebuild following hurricane sandy. two weeks after the storm, tens of thousands of customers remain without power in the hardest hit sections of new york and new jersey. some 55,000 of them on long island. cuomo says the long island power company was not prepared and failed to communicate. >> i'm going to do a thorough review/investigation and a very serious one, and they will be held accountable. for past performance. and then we also have to get smart about this, and we have to make sure that we're prepared for when this happens again. >> this morning, gas rationing in new jersey ends, but remains in effect for new york city and surrounding suburbs. >>> overseas now and the spreading unrest in syria. for the second day in a row, syrian jets struck positions near the turkish border. yesterday, syrian jets and helicopters bombed a rebel-held border town. opposition groups say up to 16 people were killed. yesterday, israel fired on syrian artillery after syrian mortar rounds fell. >>>

. >>> new york governor andrew cuomo is expected to request $30 billion in federal aid to rebuild after super storm sandy. governor cuomo says the money will be used to repair infrastructure and pay for emergency costs related to the storm. the new york city council is going to vote on a plan today to use half a billion dollars to repair public schools and hospitals. 23 schools and two city-owned hospitals are still closed now two weeks after the storm. in boilers, new electrical systems, roof repairs are on the long list of repairs that need to be fixed. also in new jersey they are going to end the gasoline rationing there. it will remain in place in new york city and long island. they expect to have power restored to 99% of customers by tonight. >>> here's a look at some other things making news at 4:35. the deaths of three children, their uncle and grandmother inside a toledo home appear to abmurder-suicide. the woman's husband called police after he shundz suspicion -- he found suspicious notes in the house. they found a truck running with hoses leading to a car in the garage. inves

that democrats cannot count on new york's supposedly ra democratic governor andrew cuomo as an ally.e country should know that, too. we already knew in the run-up to the election, andrew cuomo whose aspirations for national office are well-known did essentially nothing to aid the party in its quest to steak back the state senate from republicanz. while his reason for not endorsing democrats in contested races with republican alphabets was he did not want to wound those republicans who voted for the successful marriage equality. that the explanation doesn't address his refusal to endorse the democratic candidate in one race where the incumbent republican had been defeated in the primary by a tea party challenger. we know we never got an explanation from him for his lack of endorsement in that race and even without his help, democrats managed to win an apparent majority in the state senate with the two seats still being recounted. just as it looked like democrats would win back the senate majority, sin cough felder brooklyn democrat elected as a democrat announced just a few days after

. >>> new york governor andrew cuomo is making his case for federal aid in the aftermath of hurricane sandy. governor cuomo said the storm could cost the state nearly $42 billion, and new yorkers would need federal help footing the bill. while acknowledging that more people died during hurricane katrina in 2005, the governor said that sandy's damage was actually more widespread. >> when you look at the number of homes and businesses affected, this storm affected many, many more people in places than katrina. and arguably, therefore, this created more housing and economic damage than katrina. >>> new jersey which suffered massive damage to its transit system and coastline estimates that it nearly has $30 billion in damage. >>> u.n. ambassador susan rice is heading to capitol hill today to meet with some of her toughest republican critics and answer questions about the september 11th attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. rice will sit down with senators john mccain, lindsey graham, and kelly ayotte. >> that should be fun. >> that could be really awkward. they all accuse her of misle

governor cuomo acknowledged as much today. >> 98% 99% of the people who can have their power back do.f you don't have your power back, it probably means power can't be restored to your home at this time. >> eliot: at least 58,000 people in the rockaways, long island and brooklyn may be without power for months. the costs costs are continue to go add up more than 69,000 people have registered for fema assistance. while cuomo plans to petition congress for $30 billion if for appropriations to rebuild referring to the money as a wise investment. sandy has cost more than $50 billion. the government unable to respond to crisis is another cost that has no measure. joining me now for more on the recovery effort, errol louis host of ny 1's inside city hall, and mark jacobson, contributing editor of the new york magazine. thank you both for your time tonight. tell me how the two compare visually? >> let's see, first of all it's cold in rockaway. the best thing about katrina it happens in new orleans during the summer, is it wasn't cold. but the devastation along the coast line is similar. just

well, cuomo house that 28.1 million. rainers also ambitious goals for profits. he set a goal of doubling earnings to $6.46 per share within five years. is $6.46 number was taken very seriously by his team. this is a pet doctrine senior vice president at fannie mae. by now everyone of you must have $6.46 branded in your brains because be able to save innocent, he must be able to recite it forwards and backwards. you must have a raging fire in your belly that burns away all doubts. you must live, breathe and dream $6.46. fanny did need that earnings goal. the securities and exchange commission found fannie mae had been low off on its accounting. rainers said he knew nothing of any accounting shenanigans. this is rainers and his cfo explaining the dubious accounting in congress. so was he to blame? well, just last month the u.s. district judge dismissed the shareholders lawsuit against rainers. the judge found no direct evidence that rainers new accounting rules were being violated. when rainers was fired at the end of 2004 there were huge of people at fannie mae.

mayor bloomberg and governor cuomo say it's designed to shrink extremely long gas lines and get the fuel supply back to normal. >> poor folks. fema is sending trailers into some of the areas hardest-hit by superstorm sandy. craig fugate says they have several hundred mobile homes that are available to help all the displaced residents in new york and new jersey. he said at least 40 trailers have already been dispatched. new york and new jersey officials will determine where the houses will be placed. >>> and ten days after the storm, hundreds of thousands of people in new york and new jersey, still in the dark. on long island the power authorities' inability to get the lights turned on in flood areas has new york's governor andrew cuomo just really ticked off. listen. >> they were specialized in doing this. and we paid them and we gave them a franchise because they represented themselves as experts at doing this. and they failed. and they should be held accountable for their failure. in the meantime, they should be doing everything humanly possible to improve their performance, and get th

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governor cuomo took me for an exclusive look. is there a moment that stands out from this entire experience? >> i think it was this moment. i think it was that night you got a sense of how quickly it could all go so very bad. >>> a new york city nurse saves a newborn baby's life, just 8 hours old. the hospital is evacuated when the generators failed. we get insight into how the rescue mission went. >>> we have some remarkable video to show you. it is a time lapsed video as the lights went out across the east river. it is amazing to see it like that. some of the power had been turned off downtown, as a precaution but as things stood before the storm, there is no way of holding back the sea. highways flooded, cars, subway tunnels flooded as we talked about. some of the most commercially valuable handled on the earth is now waterlogged and so are 62 enacres of hal overed ground. we went below the world trade center site. take a look. monday night governor cuomo was here when the water poured in. in pitch black, he and lead engineer

and in new york, andrew cuomo had a free gas plan that turned into an absolute fiasco and long linesnd that plan is quickly abandoned. more on that later this hour. don't forget, facebook is always open to you, for your comments and actions and opinions, and it's an active conversation, join in, please, big day today. and now this, the washington redskins lost to the carolina panthers yesterday. and here is why we're bringing you the story. if the redskins win their last home game before a presidential election, the incumbent party keeps the white house, if the redskins lose, so does the incumbent held true for the 17 of the last 18 presidential elections and this result yesterday points to a mitt romney victory. we're just one day away from the most critical presidential election in an entire generation, and it's a dead heat in the late polls. as we head to the opening bell listen to mitt romney light up the crowd in pennsylvania last night. >> now. [cheers] . [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, now is a good time to think about your options. are you looking for a pl

governor cuomo wasn't the only person to bring up climate change.o did al gore in a blog post he recently put up. he called sandy a warning. do you think this is a big warning and the fact it has the governor's attention -- the governor's attention's been on this. he's saying the frequency of this, it's not political, but we got to look at it from the frequency standpoint. >> we are entering an era of climate disruption. we are right now seeing the beginnings of this. this is going to be the warmest year on record. we had record droughts. we're seeing disruption across the planet. it's important for people to understand this. we started putting carbon at industrial scale into the atmosphere starting in the industrial revolution. there's already more than 100 years of that in the air. we've already warmed the earth's temperature by about 8/10 of a degree. people will look at this and say, well, there were bad storms in the 1930s. indeed, there were. the best way to think about this is to think about steroids and baseball. all right? if a baseball pla