just as elaine quijano was reporting on the devastating flood in moonachie, new jersey, a house fire broke out behind flood in moonachie, new jersey, a house fire broke out behind her. here's elaine's report. >> reporter: our cameras were rolling as smoke started to billow out o house on a deserted street in moonachie. after we called 911, firefighters showed up in three minutes, carrying equipment they saved from their flooded fire station. frank smith is the assistant fire chief. >> right now we have no police desk, no fire department, no ambulance squad. we're operating on whatever we grabbed during the flood, and we're operating out of a shelter right now. >> reporter: one firefighter was in sweat pants when he entered the building, but they saved it. >> we feel for everybody here because we are everybody here. >> reporter: this was just one of of a half dozen fires since floodwaters overran this town. smith and these volunteers know every call could end at their own doorstep. >> i got to secure my power. i got to secure my gas. >> i got to secure my power. i got to secure my gas.

and elaine quijano on a debt america can never fully repay. owed to this hometown hero. >> this is awesome. okay? ( cheers ) yeah. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. tonight's face-off between vice president joe biden and congressman paul ryan is getting a lot more attention than vice presidential debates usually get. the obama campaign is looking to biden to stop the momentum mitt romney has enjoyed since the debate in denver, which governor romney was widely perceived to have won. ryan's job is to keep romney's momentum rolling. today's national gallup poll of likely voters shows governor romney with a slender lead of one point over the president. of course, that's within the margin of error so it's essentially a tie. tonight's debate isality centre college in danville, kentucky. nancy cordes and jan crawford are there. first we'll go to nancy, covering the vice president's campaign. nancy. >> reporter: scorkt the vice president arrived here in kentucky today after self days

north of that, on the coast of new jersey, is elaine quijano. elaine. >> reporter: well, chip, this storm could make landfall somewhere between delaware bay and long island sound monday night into tuesday morning, but here in new jersey, the governor has already declared a state of emergency and the weather conditions are expected to begin deteriorating here tonight. >> i'm taking it seriously. >> reporter: james bradley said in 25 years here in point pleasant beach, he'd only boarded up once. now he's doing it again. >> it's reality first time a hurricane has been in our doorstep. >> reporter: businesses along new jersey's boardwalk are bracing for hurricane sandy. just days before shop owners hoped to lure in crowds for halloween, crews took down those deck raikses and put up sheets of plywood instead. forecasters say the storm surge, combined with high tide, could bring floodwaters farther inland. water levels could rise four to eight feet above normal from along the delaware bay to rhode island. the worst damage could happen north of where t

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elaine quijano, cbs news, mchenry, illinois. >> axelrod: comin coming up on e cbs evening news, this vehicle makes wide turns, very wide turns. parades go, this has to be even bigger than the rose parade. it's the meandering crawl of the space shuttle "endevor" through the streets of los angeles, attracting crowds as it made its way to its final home. >> reporter: people in los angeles can be a bit blase about seeing stars, yet seeing a starship is a show even hollywood cannot rival. >> oh, it's awesome. it's so big, too. i can't believe it's going down the street. >> reporter: you don't normally see the space shuttle outside a donut shop or crossing over the freeway. crowds got so close to endeavor this morning at the l.a. forum, they could read the numbers on the heat shield tiles. >> i want to see it because i never saw a space shuttle this close. andented to be an astronaut. >> reporter: moving a 78-ton spacecraft in the second largest city in the country is an endeavor in itself, and just six people are in charge of moving it down the street. they walk alongside the giant rig gu

elaine quijano reports it's been a long journey from the battlefield to a high school homecoming. >> reporter: the homecoming game in michigan always draws a big crowd. but this year was special. they welcomed home one of their favorite football stars, a man who went on to become army staff sergeant travis mills. >> this is awesome. okay. yeah. >> reporter: mills was on his third tour in afghanistan. in april a bomb exploded beneath him. >> sat my bag down and five, six seconds later i woke up on the ground. >> reporter: his 6'3", 250 pound body bore the brunt of the blast. two other men were wounded. he woke up at a military hospital in germany four days later. >> you turned 25 years old and you're told you don't have any arms or legs. what goes through your mind? >> i thought of my soldiers. how are they doing. and then i guess i was rejecting my wife's phone calls. i was embarrassed. i didn't want to talk to anybody. >> what were you embarrassed about? >> i felt i was a horrible person, i did something wrong in life and getting paid back for it but that's not it. >> reporter: he's

elaine quijano, cbs news, boston. >> pelley: and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight.us at cbs news all around the world, i'm scott pelley. i'll see you from the presidential debate tomorrow in denver. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> coming up, remembering the victims of the d.c. sniper's killing spree ten years later. >> up next on 9news, a computer scam that is everyone fooling some sophisticated users. i'm andrea mccarren. i'll tell you about it next. >> thunderstorms may not be the problem for the morning commute. we'll tell you what could be the problem. >>> this is 9news now. >> ten years ago tonight marks the start of a three-week rain of terror in the washington region. when it was all done, ten people were dead and three others wounded after the series of sniper shootings. there was a stretch in montgomery county which turned out to be one of the deadly. >> this is bruce johnson and we're at the shell station in connecticut in montgomery

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elaine quijano is in moonachie, new jersey. good morning. royal the floodwaters here in moonachie have receded quite a bit but as you can see there's plenty of standing water that still remains. it's interesting residents here were actually not told to evacuate because it's several miles inland. now they have a long ordeal ahead. >> we'll be able to get you. we have to go here first. >> reporter: throughout new jersey first responder were heading to emergencies to those who couldn't help themselves and to those who didn't see it coming like residents of moonachie, miles inland and submerged by five feet of water in 45 minutes after a tidal surge pushed the river over its banks. floodwaters destroyed moonachie's only firehouse. teams from surrounding towns joined national guard troops to save 1,200 people and bus them to temporary shelters. >> it was devastating. it was certainly not what we were expecting. >> we had been through something like this in the past but thinking this was small waters but not like this. >> reporter: and sandy claim

elaine quijano with that report. >> reporter: is it fair to say you felt as though they were asking you to be a participant in fraud? >> absolutely. >> axelrod: charges from a whistleblower. what's behind cass strosk breaks in water pipes across the country? sharyl attkisson investigates. and christian cheerleaders. will a judge allow them to root for their public high school football team in texas with verses from the bible? >> it does portray our freedom of speech, and that's always important because we need our rights. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> axelrod: good evening. i'm jim axelrod. many americans saw gas prices go up a bit this week. californians saw them skyrocket. nationally, the average stand at $3.81 a gallon, up roughly $.supper 2, but in california prices exploded to a record high average of $4.61 a gallon, up d.n.a that's a $.47 in a week and makes it the most expensive gas in the country. as john blackstone reports, this could only happen in california. >> in the golden state, gas gold. the rush is on to fill up at a los angeles-area sta

and that's where elaine quijano is, elaine? >> reporter: well, chip, we're in the town of bayhead, new jersey, which is especially vulnerable it sits just ten feet above sea level and like other coastal communities residents here have been ordered to evacuate. >> no, man, we have to go home, state of emergency. >> reporter: the race is on along the jersey shore to leave ahead of hurricane sandy. >> i got it, i got it. >> reporter: ted smith evacuated his 81-year-old mother althea from their house in bayhead. he's worried about the water pushing through their beach front home. >> the ocean will definitely come up this far. i mean if we look at the ocean right now, i mean it's coming up pretty high. >> reporter: throughout the region people from coastal towns are jamming highways and roads to escape the storm. forecasters predict as winds push water on shore, a storm surge could cause water levels to rise six to 11 feet, all the way up the eastern seaboard in connecticut and rhode island. the greatest concern, that the peak surge

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let's go now to cbs news correspondent elaine quijano. is at point pleasant beach, new jersey this morning. elaine, what's the latest there? >> reporter: good morning to you, bob. well, governor chris christie has declared a statement of emergency here in new jersey, and he's also ordered the mandatory evacuation for residents who live on the barrier islands. that begin at 4:00 this afternoon. really, the big concern here is the water. officials say the storm surge, combined with high tiepped, could send water levels much higher than normal. anywhere from 4-8 feet in some areas. another concern, of course, is downed power lines with the approaching winds here. local power companies have been prepositioning their trucks and their crews so that they can be ready to respond once this storm actually does pass. now, to of to the north in new york city, officials have opened up emergency shelters for any residents who want to go ahead and take advantage of that. there is some worry about flooding, particularly in lower manhattan. and mayor micha

elaine quijano has our report. >> reporter: pounding surf and rising water along the jersey shore had officials worried early in point pleasant, beach. >> it's completely underwater. i'm not going to chance taking this vehicle into it. >> reporter: by noon, the water was already so high even experienced rescuers had to turn around. >> you can see how deep it is. >> reporter: kyle grace with the city's emergency management team had a blunt warning for anyone who ignored the order to leave. >> they have to realize if it gets really bad here we can not come in and get them. so if you can get out now; get out now. >> reporter: authorities here know how deadly storms can be. last year, tropical storm irene swept two people out to sea. >> people need to learn from that and listen to us and get away from the ocean, get away from where the tidal flooding is going to happen. >> reporter: one person who was on the beach after the evacuation order was mike koen. what are you doing here? >> i came over here to check one of the complexes that i manage. i'm setting my pumps up and leaving right now

first, elaine quijano in new jersey, the state where the storm made landfall last night. >> reporter: scott, here in the town this town the problem was tidal surge. one resident said it was as if someone had turned on a giant faucet. there was no time to think and barely any time to escape. the rescue started at daybreak in this town, boat after boat filled with people who spent a terrifying night stranded in their homes with waters rising. this woman was in her basement apartment shortly after midnight. >> i was a sliding door and i was like, oh, my gosh. my bed was floating, i got a brand new sofa that's floating. >> reporter: the town's only fire house was destroyed. teams from surrounding towns joined new jersey national guard troops in the effort to save hundreds of people. staff sergeant katie cataldo said it was tricky and dangerous work. >> we can only get so close to the homes and if we have to get out of a vehicle and assist in getting them up, we will. >> reporter: moonachie and neighboring little ferry were swamped by a tidal surge of the hackensack river. both towns were

as elaine quijano reports his wife may be one of the victims. >> one of the employee's husband came in with a gun. >> reporter: a gunman entered a spa in brookfield, wisconsin and opened fire. audiotapes recorded by police dispatchers capture the chaos. >> two witnesses who saw him at the shooting. >> he did state one person was shot. she thought possibly in the head and there was a lot of bleeding. >> reporter: police believe the alleged gunman, 45-year-old radcliff franklin haughton targeted the spa where his wife is an employee. according to witnesses haughton opened fire shooting people at random and sending customers fleeing in panic. >> maybe ten people came running out of the back of the salon with their hands up running screaming out the door. >> reporter: john gosh was stopped at a red light when a woman ran screaming trying to get his attention. then the shooter emerged in pursuit. >> he didn't know what was up. she didn't say anything about targeting any one person. he just started shooting people. >> reporter: when officers got inside three women were found dead. and anothe

for cbs "this morning" saturday elaine quijano, new york. >>> and here with the latest on the investigation into these tragic killings is cbs "this morning" senior correspondent john miller. he's a former fbi deputy director. good morning. the obvious question also in something like this is why. they've been looking into the background of the nanny, apparently she was in some distress, yeah? >> so the why is a tough one here. in the hospital she's got a tube down her throat and she's been in an induced coma there. they are unable to interview her. they've been to the krim family and gone through that with them to the extent that they are able to cope with those questions, and nothing obvious is jumping out. when they've been to the nanny's family they said she was under increased stress. she was going through -- she wasn't herself. she was going through some mental emotional issues and she was seeking help. so yesterday they were going through her phone books, business cards, things in her room on riverside drive trying to figure out where was she getting that help can they find a doctor cl

for cbs "this morning" saturday, elaine quijano, mchenry, illinois. >> so are you carving pumpkins in the mason household this year? >> this job usually falls to me with a big knife and the question usually is how many. >> were you the kind of person that draws on face. >> can't go free form. >> i go free form. >> what do you get then >> picasso. >> that's what i thought. that could getting youly. all right. coming up next from texting to twitter how social media is changing the way some doctors treat their patients. >> a georgia teacher whose kindergarten lesson plans are so good that they've made her a millionaire. she's going to tell you how she did it. i'm sure a lot of people are interested in that one. you're watching cbs "this morning saturday". >>> what's happened to our politics mr. vice president? >> who do you think america's number one enemy is >> we talk about cutting taxes and balancing the budget. i wonder what would you cut? >> what will be the significant achievement that you want to >>> the housing market in the u.s. may be getting stronger but in germany there's a g

that's our elaine quijano, on the scene in moonachie, new jersey just as a fire boek out there. that's full blown there. we follow the recovery from superstorm sandy. what to do? you're standing there doing the story and then you hear this behind you. >> incredible pictures. looks like the firefighters made it on the scene quickly. right now we want to check in with chip reid, he's in summers point, new jersey where people are starting to return to their homes this morning. chip, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, norah and gayle. i am standing in summers point. this is the story of two towns, two neighboring towns. summers point was hit pretty hard by hurricane sandy here on the mainland of new jersey. out there across the bay is ocean city, new jersey which sits on a fragile narrow barrier island. and that is where sandy hit first. summers point, new jersey is ten miles down the road from a devastated atlantic city. >> half of summers point in our backyard. our entire dock. our shed came down. devastating. >> reporter: the storm destroyed the town's beloved fishing pier,

elaine quijano has a fresh look at this wonderful story. >> good morning.harlotte, the great barn spider the world of children's literature had never seen a story like it. it's a tale of friendship and deals with the painful realities of life and death. 60 years ago it's a story that still endures. beloved children's book charlotte's rewas released on october 15 1952. since then it's sold millions of copy printed in 35 languages and spawned two movies. >> my name is charlotte. >> the story centers on an unlikely friendship between a pig named wilbur and a spider charlotte. she with weaves into her web aiming to save wilbur's life. the story is based on an actual pig. >> he worked with his son, stayed up all need. nothing work. the pig dies and much more sad than he taught have been. it stays in his mine. i love that. it comes alive then as a character in his mine. >> he wanted to write a different ending. >> many writers admit they want to write a different ending to real life and that's what he did. >> wright was an animal lover. details mattered to him. h

. >> elaine quijano, thanks. >>> let's go south to atlantic city and check in again with jeff glor. fallen here in atlantic city since sunday. at one point we were told more than 80% of the city was under water. much of it has receded. rescues took place into the night. we watched as rescues took place. governor chris christie continues ripping the mayor of atlantic city this morning, saying he didn't do enough to ensure that residents got out. across the northeast, more than 7 million people remain without power and, as you know the flood threat will remain for days. but here in atlantic city at least, the skies have changed markedly in just the past hour or so. the worst of sandy appears to be over. charlie, norah? >> thank you, jeff glor. >> some of sandy's victims are dealing with blizzard conditions. we'll go back to west virginia where several feet of snow is falling in some areas there. >>> more snow falling in the appalachian mountains thanks to superstorm sandy. tree limbs and power lines are falling, too. let's go back to anna warner in elkins, west virginia. anna? >> we h