dr. chris christie described what happened as unthinkable. >> the devastation that i've seen so far is the worst by faf. the storm made landfall here. >> reporter: had hit just south of atlantic city. dozen himself to be rescued from shelters of last resort where the power failed. in northern new jersey, more search and rescue. after a tidal surge pushed a river over its banks. residents said the water rose five feet in a matter of minutes. >> it was like a lake in our basement and it filled all the way up to our stairs. >> there was no phone lines, electricity was out and all our phones was dead. we couldn't call absolutely nobody. >> reporter: across the straight, 2.4 million customers, 60% of the population, have no power and the worst was probably along the coast in towns like point pleasant beach where some who chose to ride out the storm told of an unbelievable experience. >> it was very surreal last night with just the power and the awe of everything going on. it's only once in a life time you see something like this. >> reporter: the town sits behind a huge line of sand dunes built

dr. ice's toothless. (applause) >> stephen: i got a couple more here. keep got got, chris christie, and dwayne the rock methamphetamine. okay. >> i concede to you. >> stephen: in guy, he goes, gets into the chemistry teacher without gets into making the high speed chicken feed to pay his medical bills. >> yeah. >> stephen: that's like romney should be pushing that as his obama care answer. just give everyone in america test tubes and sued a fedment-- sudafed, he is over his cancer. >> at the moment he is in remission and. >> stephen: is that cancer in there to make him a more sympathetic character so we can understand how a man can go so bad? >> all honesty, yeah, probably a little bit. you know, when i was first coming up with the story for the show, i wanted to do a show not about meth so much but a show about why good people may well decide to do bad things. the old thing, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. >> stephen: so it's a man without goes down this road do. you think everybody could go down that road to hell. you know, like something went wrong in their life.

if you noticed this, i think chris mathews doesn't realize that ron christie is running circles around him. it's the most fun things to watch because other than that it's dr. who couldn't argue with my cup of iced tea. you'd lose the debate. >> one thing i noticed in this area, this election that's very different than all past elections, every other car in the area would have a carrie or core or obama sticker. every five houses of death among time from a democratic candidate. i could drive off and just see a few bumper stickers to say obama. there's no houses in my west l.a. neighborhood that had been a bomb alongside. i'm wondering, what does this mean? [applause] >> well, i would like to think it's because conservatives got tired of having their cars keyed insides ripped down and decided to retaliate by key liberal cars and within their signs down, but i suspect that is not reinserted. i think probably baseless support for obama, so they may not be willing to say it. who would put an obama sign on this lawn. [laughter] it would be like a dukakis sign. come on. okay, we elected the first black resident, but he only wrecked the country, give it a rest. ou

chris christie. more on that in a moment. first, breaking news, new york city's best known hospital, bellevue, is now being evacuated. hundreds of patients are being moved due it a failing power supply. dr will join us momentarily with more on that. the storm claimed at least 50 lives in the u.s. and one in can d canada. national guard troops are rescuing families trapped by floodwaters in hoboken, new jersey, right now. we learned today that the navy is sending three amphibious landing ships to the coast of new york as well as new jersey in case they're needed. nation's largest subway system still water logged, limited subway and rail service begins tomorrow, but above 34th street as mayor michael bloomberg said a moment ago in a press conference, below 34th street, no subway service. one sign of normalcy, the new york stock exchange was reopened and the bell was rung by mayor michael bloomberg. getting back to business there. we have this today from nasa, first time we're seeing this. satellite images of superstorm sandy from its inception in the caribbean to its landfall in new jersey. days of watching, warnings and preparations, but still in 19 seconds. but the storm is not done yet