the highest so far. they still have a couple more cycles they want to get through before they really start looking as to whether or not they can start to reduce the risk that's out there. even though as we've been talking about through the evening things can change ba. we're getting hard facts, hard data. it's generally showing everything's a little bit lower than they initially expected. really good news for everyone out there. it's still going to be a pretty long night out here. i'll send it back to you guys. >> justin, we wanted to put it into inches versus feet or meters. i think it's a little easier to understand. >> largest wave so far, again, as laura just mentioned, almost two feet. 23 inches at kahului. >> we've been listening to our affiliate kitv bringing us some good information and welcome information that the waves that they've seen so far from the tsunami warning smaller than anticipated, about a foot and a half. they're expecting two more waves to come in. they're still monitoring to see

who lives far. my lover who lives far away opens the door to my room and offers supper. in a bowl made of his breath. the stew has boiled and i wonder at the cat born from it's steam. the cat is in the bedroom now. muling. the cat is indecent and i whom trying to be tidy, i whom trying to do things the purpose way, i who am sick from the shedding. i, am undone. my lover who lives far away opens the door to my room and offers pastry in a basket spun from his vision. it is closely woven. the kind of container some women collect. i have seen these in many colors but the basket he brings is simple. only black. only nude. the basket he brings is full of sweet burdens and i eat even the crumbs. as am i have not dined for days. my lover who lives far away opens the door to my room and offers tea made from the liquid he's crying. i do not want my lover crying and i am sorry i ever asked for tea. my lover, who lives far away opens the door to my room pretending he never cried. he offers tea and cold cakes. the tea is delicious. spiced like the start of our courtship. honeyed and

how this improbable team made it so far. >> roger. got an unusual one for you. >> not exactly what you want to hear 30,000 feet up in the sky. the latest problem adding to american airline's woes. >> very mild around much of the bay area. now get ready for another hot day. we'll talk about that coming up. >> and so far, so good this morning if you're heading across the bay bridge. we'll have much more on your tuesday morning commute coming up. >>> good morning, it's tuesday, october 2. i'm michelle griego. >> hi, everybody. i'm frank mallicoat. it's 5:00 and a little celebrating. you can probably still hear it over in oakland. but there's going to be a little post-season baseball upon both sides of the bay. >> the as beat the rangers. cbs 5 reporter elissa harrington is at the coliseum in oakland right now where the as are still looking to win their division. elissa, pretty exciting. >> reporter: it is exciting and hopefully they didn't celebrate with too much champagne last night because they have another game today against the range

highs so far 90 degrees. there is shot knot official highs of the day. there is oakland 92 degrees and there is the 9 so far in napa. 103 degrees in yu kaia. there is relief coming. and i'll be back to let you know when that is coming up. >> the coast guard searching for two missing fisherman off the coast. a large wave popped four men into the pacific ocean and this family of the 46-year-old says he knows how to swim and his wife hopes searchers will find him. >> and the men go fishing together every month. the family plans to keep searching the coastline until he is found. >> and the mayor ossie davis says he will not be intimidated if an arsonist is responsible for burning his offices. davis says he believes the fire and other acts of vandalism are expected to his role as mayor. he says violence only strengthens his resolve its too bad there are people in this city who attempt to exercise first amendment rights in a violent way. >> there is fbi investigating as an act of domestic terrorism. >> thousands of immigrants may apply for a driver's license,

no big hot spots out there as far as accidents go. so here's a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza where you can see so far crews are -- cars are cruising across the pay gates no metering lights yet. there are some areas of fog though. you can see it in some of our traffic cameras this morning. a live look across the golden gate bridge. you can see a lonely headlights towards the pay gates and doyle drive so, so far, so good across the marin county drive on southbound 101. you will find some roadwork in lanes along the peninsula. this is in a stretch of palo alto northbound lanes. 101 between embarcadero and university avenue scheduled to wrap up in an hour and a half. often crews pack up ahead of schedule so one more live look outside a look at the silicon valley drove westbound 237 looks great out of milpitas. that is your "timesaver traffic." back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> the storm continues to disrupt air travel including flights to and from the bay area. there have been hundreds of cancellations in all three airports in

so far nobody has claimed responsibility for it. >>> now to the conflict in syria. shelling continuing to cross the syrian turkish border for the fifth day now. this morning turkey fired four retaliatory shells into serbia. the shells landed very close to a border town. leon panetta described his concern about this recent development. 100 people have been killed in the violence across syria today. >>> the second round of debates gets under way this week, but it won't be the men on the top of the tickets, it's the vice presidential candidates on the stage this thursday. cnn's political editor paul steinhauser is here with each side's strategy. >> hey, fred. foreign policies in the campaign spotlight tomorrow when mitt romney gives what his team is billing as a big speech at the virginia military institute which happens to be in a crucial battleground state. we may hear romney criticize the president over last month's killing of the u.s. ambassador to libya. >> we face a time when there is item u tumult in the middle east and other parts of america and people are aski

-- not too far off along the main road here. but things here at our hotel, at least, are fairly calm and orderly. and nobody seems too overly concerned at this point. >> is everybody gathering together to try to see what may happen? are you watching the local news? >> there are a lot of people watching the local hawaii news channels and there are lots of people with flash bulbs going off trying to take pictures, in vain, of an impending tsunami wave. no, there's not been one central gathering point, at least as far as i can tell, you know. it is 10:30, i think, here at night. a lot of people are in their rooms. it's an eight-floor hotel where i am. so a lot of people, you know, are actually safe on the higher floors, or so we've been told, they're just in their rooms. >> how did you first find out about the tsunami warning and how long had you been in hawaii trying to have a vacation before this interruption? >> we've been here since wednesday. and i had a little bit of advance notice just because of our, you know, internal news

so far it looks okay. eastbound is fine, nothing any major road work around the area. 181 and 280 moving just fine, fog causing delays out by sfo but not impacting the drive on 101. drive times for the east bay, not bad as you can see, westbound 580, 14 minutes there, free and clear hayward to downtown oakland. 880 farther south, so far looking good. once again, this is a live look near the oakland coliseum, so far no delay. if your commute takes you through downtown, looking good. back to you. >>> thank you. wireless provider sprint nextel will have a new owner soon. a japanese company reached a deal to buy 70% of company for more than $20 billion, the largest foreign acquisition by a japanese company ever. it will bring the third largest carriers in the u.s. and japan together. the transaction is expected to be complete by next summer. >>> gas prices in california are still high but coming down a bit. currently the average is $4.59, the highest always in san francisco at $4.69. these prices up to 11 cent

that's not far from the burke center station. vre stopped all trains as rescuers responded to the incident. it took about three hours to resume service. police have not released the man's name. >>> ten minutes before the hour now. a former campaign aide to d.c. mayor vincent gray will not spend any time in jail for lying to investigators. howard brooks got two years of probation and 200 hours of community service. back in may, brooks confessed to paying third quarter candidate suleman brown. in return, brown would publicly attack then mayor adrian fenty. prosecutors accepted the lighter sentence in exchange for information on the mayor's 2010 campaign. brooks said he was truly sorry for breaking the law. >>> fuelled from start to finish by doping. that's what a full report from the u.s. anti-doping agency says about lance armstrong's career. the more than 1,000-page report contains testimony from 11 former teammates. they say the seven-time tour de france winner took and forced them to take human growth hormone testosterone and r

more than 15,000 flights canceled so far. phil lebeau joins me with the latest on the transportation situation. you're at atlanta airport. the busiest airport usually in the country. what's the status today with flights? what are airlines telling passengers? >> reporter: they're hoping to begin some flights on a very limited basis later tonight, chuck. i look up at the board, eight flights to newark, and they're canceled today and that's the delta flight. let me give you a rundown in terms of what's going on with the airports in the area. essentially, they're doing damage assessments this morning. by the way, the philadelphia airport is up and operational this morning, although to what degree we're finding out. expect some limited scheduling to begin later tonight or tomorrow. there is some flights going into d.c. and boston, damage there has been minimal. full service is at least a day away when you're talking about the new york area airports. as you mentioned at the top, more than 15,000 flights have been canceled because o

brain force authorities to ban all opposition protests and public gathering in the harshest move so far to silence the program for demonstrators. superstorm sandy claims at least thirteen lines as it slams into east coast america forcing barack obama and mitt romney to hunker down just days ahead of the presidential election. plus no bailout needed a spain and italy as prime ministers and says their countries don't need help but the latest economic forecast says financial collapse is a little bit. of a lot of thank you for joining me karen tyrol china live here in moscow this is our team and it's two o'clock here well before any authorities have banned all protests gatherings amid escalating clashes in the gulf kingdom it's the most sweeping attempt so far to kwacha entire regime protests that have been going on in the country for nearly two years they were calm after the country's police reportedly attacked anti-monarchy protesters with tear gas and rubber bullets in the capital manama on monday clashes in bahrain occur almost daily without around eighty people being killed since the u

but so far for these fans, it looks pretty good. live in san francisco, i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> centered into right field, a base hit! coming around! and the oakland as will win another day! >>> that was the scene last night. the as were down to their last three outs when they rallied to beat the detroit tigers. 4-3 at a wild coliseum. once again, the as congratulated the coco crisp with a whipped cream can pie. the first pitch of the -- whipped cream pie. the first pitch is at 6:37 p.m. at the oakland coliseum. we'll have the latest on all bay area baseball coming up at 5:00p p.m. -- 5:00 p.m. >>> our other top story -- the possible break in the case of a hayward girl who disappeared 24 years ago. michaela garecht was kidnapped out side of a corner store -- outside of a corner store and now a bone pregnant unearthed in the central valley may help to try to solve this mystery. alex savidge is live with how that bone could be tied to a pair of serial killers. good afternoon, alex. >> reporter: good afternoon. a th

over the last hour the situation has become far far worse.land now has no choice but to wait it out. we, for instance, are now trapped in this hotel something like six feet of water on the ground floor. it is rising the management tells us to the mezzanine level. we have been told to stay inside. the board walk behind me is beginning to get water overtopping it even now. out on to the streets right across long island, long beach, long island it, appears that there is major flooding. this is going to be a desperate situation through the night here. nobody has any power. nobody can see anything as they get out there. and can i tell you as i have watched this ocean, shep, you really get the sense that the ocean is moving into and across this barrier island. it is an extraordinary thing to watch. not comparable in any way to anything we have ever seen before. shep. >> shepard: jonathan hunt on scene and what you are hearing in his voice and seeing in the pictures is exactly what the first alert forecasters suggested that as this storm moves its w

and really intense as far as if wind is concerned. we know there's significant flooding in the area and really, up and down the coast and unfortunately, at least for this area, i'm afraid that maybe we're beginning to see what may be the roughest blow from the storm. >> and will the next high tide be a real point at which you know how much damage will be done? >> reporter: i think that we'll see more significant damage as a result of the next high tide. here in cape may we're in a unique position. the city is out on a little finger here and it points to the south and the way the winds were earlier the storm was actually pushing that tide out to sea. so now we're going to get the turn around and we'll see exactly what happens as far as the tide is concerned and the tidal surge is a very real concern for many people in this community. >> nbc's jay gray in cape may, new jersey. thanks for going me tonight. >>>. >> always good, thanks. >> our coverage will koi agage after a break. be right back. >>> the good news is we will clean up and w

so far it appears to be the case. we have been watching a couple of different -- it sounds like minor fender-benders including this one. eastbound 380 on the connector ramp to northbound 101 there is an accident reported but it doesn't look like it's causing any big delays but just a heads up in the area right around san bruno in the airport. it's eastbound 380 towards northbound 101 heading along the peninsula. elsewhere westbound 580 through the altamont pass. we have been watching these brake lights so a little slowing past some of the wind turbines towards livermore but not enough to impact your drive 15 minutes to the dublin interchange. if you are heading towards the dublin interchange, there is a live look closer toward the tassajara exit. things improve towards the dublin-pleasanton area and continue to move well past 680 all the way towards oakland it looks good. elsewhere down the carquinez bridge westbound 80 should be still a 18-minute drive time on westbound 80 from the carquinez bridge to the maze. this

as far as the harbor, boats are bobbing out there. gust they bang around a little bit. but again the winds isn't as bad as ocean city as ava was describing. it is mostly a rain event right here and we are getting gusts from time to time. as far as the shelter is concerned in annapolis, we have one. tim tuten mentioned them in the city. you can go to annapolis high school on arrive have road. you can bring the whole family including cats and dogs. don't try to weather the storm if the conditions get bad. and stay off the roads if possible as conditions are only expected to get worse. >> we are not even in the 7:00 hour and you see how things have deteriorated around kim dacey's live shot. we will keep you posted there and around the area. here is what we are monitoring. rogers avenue shut down past baltimore national pike to town and country boulevard due to a downed tree. first signs that the weather is starting to impact the morning rush. fewer cars than normal and that is because we are in a state of emergency. we encourage you if y

so far, so good on this friday morning. quiet commute so far into san francisco. no big accidents. you will find some roadwork just in your usual spots. actually at this time across the san mateo bridge looks like eastbound of 92 from foster city boulevard all the way towards the toll plaza, it's early no delays westbound or eastbound 92 across the span. live drive time sensors, you can see where it is sluggish is in the eastbound lanes of the dumbarton bridge. it's actually roadwork this morning on the san mateo bridge and the dumbarton bridge both in the eastbound direction. so just a heads up. caltrans crews will be out there until 5:00 this morning. and so not too much blockage. elsewhere the nimitz live 880 through oakland so far, so good to the downtown oakland exits and continues to move well southbound 880 towards oakland airport and hayward. coming up, we'll check mass transit. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> the east coast is bracing for what some forecasters are calling a franken storm. a combination of arctic air, winter storm and hurricane sandy. the hurricane is b

how is it looking so far, sal. >> it looks good, so far so good, you mentioned the a's game, we will be reminding people of that. these games have been well attended and why not, if you want to get there, take part and if you are driving near the coliseum just remember there will be a lot of people leaving the coliseum. let's move along and look at interstate 880 as you move to the mcarthur maze, that traffic is moving well as you head out to the mcarthur maze. no problems getting into san francisco, again san francisco has been very crowded these days and we have oracle open world and just a lot of events coming up no doubt you heard about that, this traffic is san jose say looks okay, let's go to steve. >>> unbelievably big game for the a's. people are getting a little upset here on the coast. fog is out there, it is a west winds and that's the key and it has started. it is still rather mild, it is we have not seen any schooling yesterday. west at fairfield, that is the key if that gets over 15 or 20 we will let you know. dropping to montana or idaho, we will have some clouds on th

the busiest day of the race so far. the first stop on our flight around campaign marathon extravaganza. >> the president ticked off his america forward to work in iowa in colorado and then finally a las vegas rally. if it seems like they are overlapping, it is because they are. g somet romney is hittin same spot.t by his assessment, to growing crops. >> people are coming together at they haveime diminished the president's because he has been sesame to talking about characters. >> mitt romney has taken his of lumps lately, he is them out, too, the president for a r interview in which he for he had no regrets on health carduring his first two years of office of working strictly on the economy. after the president's first overnight flight to florida, he comes here to richmond. then on to chicago. >> the battlegrounds of virginia about to become very crowded. presidential candidates and candidates.nt of tomorrow, president obama will richmond.ent in paul ryan will stop charlottesville. saturday, vice-president baden well as

host: as far as the gender impacting people, what do you think about that overall as far as the process of deciding who to vote for as president? caller: any woman who would vote for the republican party would be out of their minds. why would you do that? we fought too long and hard for this. host: the comments of indiana republican richard mourdock still in the newes. his r remarks ape continuing to shape the political world. -- his remarks about rape . >> i don't think any male politician should be making health care decisions for women after what we have seen this week. [cheers and applause] i don't think your boss or your insurance company should be making those decisions for you either. i believe women are capable and should make their own health care decisions for themselves [cheers and applause] law's why the health care repast puts the choice in your hands, where they belong. that's where they ought to stay as long as i'm president of united states of america. host: on twitter -- tim is joining us from falls church, virginia, independent line. caller: as a man, i am thankful i c

>> well, as far as i expressed earlier, we have the springtime exercise. that was our fifth annual one. we will obviously continue that through. just like we were speaking about yesterday, maturing the process in our relationships as well. what we're doing here is again in a typical marine corps fashion, we're going to move this forward into a more combined arms event. we have been previously doing the aviation operations but now we do have a robust capability within the one map on the air in aviation site on the ground piece as well as far as we have built in the plan as far as getting dozers, things like that, the logistical piece and making it a more robust exercise. initially what we looked forward to was on the initial capabilities exercise, the initial day, is to build a lot more friction into it. it's working through the orders. what constitutes the approval to enter into action. we can't just go at the call, it has to meet the threshold but we want to be able to attack aggressively and meet the intended desire but, again, we're going to build that

wind warnings extend as far north as maine, as far south as north jersey and as far west as columbus,t's hard to describe to you just how large this system is, and how far inland it is going to affect people. so this is -- this has far reaches beyond just what a hurricane, including a blizzard warnings that are out. preps are up and down are going on up and down the jersey coastline. thousands have evacuated from coastal communities and yesterday governor chris christie, who is certainly a straight talker, had these dire words of advice for his constituents. >> we want everybody to stay off the roads. again, you know, we can't emphasize this enough, don't try to go out there and be hero or act as if there's nothing going on here. something is happening. it's important. and we need to have you stay inside. >> so that's important advice because even if you don't live along the coastline the winds are going to be such that trees are going to come down. if you live in an area that has a lot of trees stay indoors and get down from the upper areas of your home to a lower entire yore room, a

he is far less important than he was six years he is far less important than he was six years ago hee up power to his brother. clearly, his fading from the same. on the other hand, us politicians consistently referred to out founding fathers — thatis referred to out founding fathers — that is the way people, i'm sure, referred to fidel castro. what would he want? what would jefferson do under this circumstance? in other words, he is an enormously present figure in cuba. it is hard to avoid that this is fidel castro who led cuba — the revolution. 50 yea rs who led cuba — the revolution. 50 years in power. what he says and things and what people think he thinks does mean something. his death will of course open up the government for more and more rapid change than we have seen so far. police in wisconsin say gunman who killed three people committed suicide inside the building. they initially thought he fled the scene but his body was found six hours after a manhunt had begun. they suspect radcliffe haughton of killing six people. they believe the shooting was related to a domestic disp

on telecom and communications in paragraph, i am far -- in particular, i am far less of an expert than he is, i have to admit right up front. in general, i would say that really falls for the administration much more into the regulatory arena in how to deal with various different constituencies and various different businesses in trying to balance the different issues that different kinds of industries come at. so, and i would also say that in many ways the administration looks on -- and i may be speaking too broadly here -- i think the administration looks much more on far-reaching investments in science and innovation as their policy agenda compared to trying to work out where telecommunications and i.t. firms can invest because they can do that pretty well on their own. i mean, they're powerful, they're quick, they're very adept. and it's really the regulatory issues, i think, that define that there. >> host: mr. kneuer, same question with regard to governor romney's philosophy. how would you describe it? >> guest: well, at the outset let me just say i'm not speaking for the campaig

>> i think our team has come far, especially offensively as far as what i'm doing every day.eceivers i have a better rapport with them and offensive field with what plays they like. willis and ryan did a great job running the ball and opened up passing lanes. i think the team is maturing and hopefully, we will keep it going. >> michele: you mentioned demaryius thomas standing next to you. you're getting in a groove with all of your receivers. >> these guys are very talented. the more situations we are in the more we should improve. demaryius played great tonight and sure am proud of him. >> michele: congratulations. >> thank you. >> michele: the receivers played a very good game tonight, demaryius. as peyton said you two seem to be communicating better and getting on the same page. how far are you guys come in these seven weeks? >> we get better and better every week. you know, i just feel like the repetition the better you get and tonight, you know, we had had a couple of -- they were trying to stop the run the whole game. we had some wide open lanes for our receivers, so, y

it sounds like so far you have been pretty lucky. >> so far we have, thank you, sir. >> thank you so much. appreciate it. >> unbelievable. unto two feet of snow in -- up to two feet of snow there.at ths are battling a four-alarm fire. this image from the breezy point section of the rock way peninsula in queens. fire officials say the fire was reported about 11:00 p.m. monday. it involved about 15 houses. all of those houses situated in a flooded zone, an area that is flooded. a fire department spokesman says that 170 firefighters are currently at the scene. they are in breezy point. two people have suffered minor injuries. the cause of the fire not immediately known. so this is another situation. we just saw the blizzard won decisions, the hurricane-force winds, the massive flooding, now fires. >> power outages. >> and power outages being reported by the ap wire associated press 6.2 million people across the east -- the u.s. east -- the eastern seaboard without power. >> it can last not only days, but maybe more than a week. we will keep on top of it and let you know the latest on th

. >> reporter: an election only 35 days away but still far from over. and the first debate is on the domestic issues that are defining this election. lynn? >> all right, brian, thanks. >>> elsewhere, the candidates for the u.s. senate in massachusetts, scott brown and elizabeth warren, debated for the second time last night. the two were combative as they staked out opposite positions on issues ranging from job creation to bringing home troops from afghanistan. nbc's david gregory of "meet the press" was the moderator, and they also clashed over brown's claim of partisan independence. >> if he is re-elected, that increases the odds that the republicans will control the senate and that he can block president obama's agenda. >> if you're going to comment on my record, i would at least have you refer to it -- >> can we -- >> excuse me, excuse me. >> go ahead, senator. >> excuse me, i'm not a student in your classroom. please let me respond. thank you. >> recent polls before the debate showed elizabeth warren with a small lead over scott brown. >>> and last

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nuclear war has been avoided so far.ia and pakistan have come close to nuclear war several times. the crises that led to that, especially kashmir, remain. but india and pakistan have refused to sign the non- proliferation treaty with israel and both of them have received u.s. support for development of their nuclear- weapons programs. action, until today and the case of india, which is now u.s. ally. more threats and the middle east, which could become reality very sen. once again, escalate the dangers. fortunately, there is a way out of desperate and simple way. there is a way to mitigate, maybe end, whatever threat iran has alleged to pose. very simple. move toward establishing a nuclear-weapons-free zone in the middle east. the opportunity is coming again this december. there is the international conference scheduled to deal with this proposal it it has overwhelming international support, including a majority of the population in israel. that, fortunately or unfortunately it is blocked by the united states and israel.

there are no street closures so far. stay away from the old town area ofause they expect some these roadways will flood. service a new emergency number you can call. that is for folks in the city 703-746-help. is and we will pause that online wjla.com. >> just eight days left until election day. sandy is impacting the campaign. the early voting in maryland has today andlled for made up on friday. obama canceled his campaign in florida. he opted to return to the white he isthis morning where conditions andm is prepping for an appearance tomorrow in green bay. he and president clinton will attend the events together. mayor ron is going forward with the events in ohio and iowa today -- mr. romney is going the events in ohio iowa today. they are collecting supplies for in virginia and a being used for efforts. on the hurricane that there is other news we need to update you on. an investigation in falls church found in ay was burned home at 4:00 a.m.. the flames were so intense that -- that a nearby home was also damaged. com

no metering lights so far at 5:35 this morning.r maps, if you are coming down the peninsula southbound 101 looks good past candlestick down towards sfo. yeah, much better drive this morning than yesterday. we had that late running roadwork so hopefully you weren't caught that backup. right there near the airport we saw some good sized delays. not the case this morning. elsewhere westbound 580 seeing a lot of changing color on our live drive time sensors. 17 minutes is that drive time coming through the altamont pass out towards 680 and the dublin interchange. eastbound highway 4 roadwork at loveridge towards antioch has been picked up. now it is the commute direction. those westbound lanes, we are seeing brake lights heading towards pittsburg-bay point. coming up a check of mass transit. in the meantime back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> ross mirkarimi is ready to go back to work as san francisco's sheriff. cbs 5 reporter anne makovec is at city hall where supervisors voted to save his job. >> reporter: they were two votes shy of

the democrats still have some heart in there but they still swing to a far to the right as far as i'm concerned, but the republicans, that is the whole meeting of the party is the super rich and those who can be distracted because the message that they are propounding would take america in such an awful direction. but both parties are too beholden to big money. neither party takes on vested interests. i agree is the audacity of hope if i could coin a phrase that in a second term, president obama would assess what happened in the first term, how much a true need of america was tripped up by powerful interests and would be prepared to take it on. we have had that in our history at various times. great reformist president. both parties -- theodore roosevelt on the republican side. franklin roosevelt pa on franklin rooseveltr on the democratic side. kennedy and johnson. we have had that to face down the powerful interests. president obama had the mandate to do it in 2009, as we have been discussing. i do not think he did it the way he could have done it. i am hoping after the election he

as far as chicago we've seen huge waves over lake michigan in the last 24 hours. some of that will continue before it eventually begins to wind down. looking ahead over the appalachians, that's the biggest effect, a blizzard is ongoing across west virginia, the circulation around sandy is running up against those mountains, enhancing the snows and we're going to see some enormous snow totals. by the time it's all said and done three feet in the higher elevations in west virginia with snow as far south as the mountains of tennessee, north carolina and western portions of virginia. for cbs 4 news i'm david bernard in miami. >> here's some of the waves david was talking about, pushing a near record high of 20 feet. the record high for lake michigan is 23 feet. the high waves brought a cargo shipping to a standstill on the great lakes but as anna warner shows us deep snow is crippling west virginia. >> reporter: for the second day elkins is paralyzed under a heavy blanket of snow. no power means most of the city is shut down. almost no food and no fuel. what seems to

so far the peninsula travel times looking pretty good. 101, 280 and 92 no troubles just yet. 880 so far still early not a lot of cars on the road but both directions moving along through oakland. now bart, ace, muni, caltrain and your ferries, mass transit a great choice to avoid trouble spots on the roads. also, a good idea if you are headed to the giants game this evening. so far, so good through the altamont pass. only 15 minutes westbound 580 from the altamont pass to 680. so that wet weather is going to cause problems for the world series. lawrence. >> well, that's the big question we want to get done with the rain early on and then clear it out. i think it will work out okay. still we are starting out with fairly moderate to heavy rainfall along the peninsula especially toward half moon bay stretching as you make your way into the 280 and 101 so if you plan on coming up the peninsula be careful. it's going to be slick at times although by the time you get into san francisco, just tapering off to some scattered showers. now, that will be the case today. this is going to sweep by ea

the coldest night of the season by far so far. we're going to continue to see those numbers go on down through the night tonight and into the day tomorrow. tomorrow afternoon, we'll see plenty of sunshine once again. that sun will help to warm us up. but it's going to take some time. you may have to wear the coats almost all day long tomorrow or at least the jackets. around noon we start to see the temperatures get up into the upper 50s, to maybe around low 60s late afternoon. if you're out the door at 7:00 tomorrow morning, it's going to be chilly. a warm front sunday will allow the temperatures to move back into the 70s with breezy conditions. 20 to 30 miles per hour on sunday afternoon. but it will be out of the southwest. that is a very warm wind. and some very positive numbers as far as the temperature goes. we'll stay nice and warm on monday. we're talking about this evening, clear skies, breezy and cold. cooling quickly. 42 to about 55 degrees. this is about the 9:00 hour. so watch out for those winds, too, as we talked abo

sixty people and some of the organizers working with them know how deep their relationships are how far it is from that here to the next tier of workers and that's the big question for the next month we may not see a lot of public action the question each of those people how many coworkers can they convince to do what they did there will says josh eidelson to help the great reporting and we'll keep an eye on this thanks a lot thanks a lot in this struggle between working class americans and billionaires we know which side mitt romney is on after all he's most likely a billionaire himself and has played an active role over the last few decades in accelerating the wal-mart a zation of america times. you need to know this you member what the american dream used to me i do used to mean working hard keeping your nose clean getting enough of a paycheck so you could raise a family meet all the basic essential as you need be able to take a vacation every now and then and afford a real quality retirement and if you wanted to be really successful to climb to the highest rungs of the american drea

so far, it appears that only two people were injured. wnbc's jonathan vigliotti toured the scene an hour ago. >> as the water rose and the winds picked up, the fires began here on the rockaways, i'm standing in front of what was a home. you can see the devastation that this fire caused here. in fact this area was once a neighborhood. take a look what the it looks like right now. completely destroyed by fire. you're looking at what once were homes, one, two, three. my eyes here, i can count probably a dozen homes here that went completely up in flames. firefighters, you can hear them right now as they continue to work on putting out fires. they do continue to grow here in this neighborhood. we have been driving around here the entire morning. and all we can do is just look as these fire crews try to get to these scenes. the water here, the floodwaters that swept in yesterday, made it incredibly difficult for these crews to get to them in time. right now, all these downed power lines and trees continue to make it very difficult for druse g

so far today they have been able to do so.ay monday could be a far different story. >> sharon, thank you very much. appreciate it. have a great weekend. >> randy bateman, very quickly, what's the cause of the selloff, randy? >> obviously there's a reflection of what's going on with regard to earnings. i think, you know, we were right in the midst of earnings season. about 20% of the companies have reported on the s&p 500. about 106 have already reported. the numbers on a quarter to quarter basis look okay, but this early in the cycle we're looking at only about 61 that are giving positive surprise situations. that's not that good. you expect later in the cycle you're going to see some of the more weaker players, but we've had some notable disappointments in some of the tech sectors. you saw those numbers yesterday. i think this is going to be a reflection of that. >> randy, thank you so much for joining us on short notice. thank you for watching us. "closing bell" will have much more. i turned 65 last week. i'm getting married

but so far, apple stock, moving a little bit lower, maybe concerns about the sales pace. i'm here all hour. back to you. >> indeed you are, a day of gifts today from am, the true holiday shopping season not even begun. okay, get you right down to the markets, we have got bob, we have got rick, we have got lots of people the course of this hour standing by to follow. what is going on. bob, give us your take on what is to blame for this selloff? >> argue in some sense mr. bernanke perhaps not doing a third term discussed in the new york times is a factor. to me, it is earnings. dow jones industrial average 26r, 260 a low. a risky thing to play that in my opinion. so now earnings slowing down, revenues definitely slowing down, the rally is over, forget about t nit. cost reductions continue with the companies. slowing growth, i don't hear anybody talking recession in the u.s. slow growth likely in china and the u.s. fourth quarter guidance is conservative, likely in the fourth quarter like they did in the third quarter, buy on the dip so far worked for the whole year. certain

so far here we just have light rain. as you can see these campaigns are taking no chances. >> reporter: governor romney will join ryan's bus tour in ohio. president obama canceled events in virginia and colorado. he'll do one last rally in florida today before heading back to washington. on sunday the president met with fema, the federal emergency management agency overseeing the government's plans to help states and cities. >> anything they need, we will be there. we're going to cut through red tape. we're not going to get bogged down with a lot of rules. >> reporter: in florida the president told campaign workers turnout is the key. >> whoever is able to get their voters out, they're the one whose are going to win florida. >> reporter: that could be tough in states where sandy is headed. maryland already canceled early voting today. virginia, a battleground state could see power outages lasting until election day. >> several months ago we had the largest -- third largest power outage in history but we got everything pr

so far, most areas are pretty quick trip. this is a live look through berkeley near ashby and it should be 18 minutes in those westbound lanes of interstate 80 from the carquinez bridge to the maze. so you still have some areas of overnight roadwork still in lanes. a lot of it is from marin county. you will notice it between sir francis drake boulevard and the waldo tunnel. ongoing roadwork across the stretch so heads up if your commute takes you towards the golden gate bridge where they are doing lane changes now. that's traffic. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> 5:07. in about an hour the sentencing hearing of convicted sex offender jerry sandusky begins in a pennsylvania courtroom. the former penn state football coach was found guilty of 45 counts of child sexual abuse back in june. by law, those counts would add up to a minimum of 220 years behind bars. despite his conviction, though, sandusky insisted in an audio statement that he is innocent of all the charges. >> they can take away my life, they can make me out as a