. >> will go to holly jackson with an update on the conditions in d.c. >> i am holly jackson in washington where president obama has signed an emergency declaration for the district of columbia along with seven states up the eastern seaboard from maryland, massachusetts, as far west as pennsylvania. government offices have been closed, and most federal employees will not be reporting for work. that does not include emergency personnel. they will have their hands full. the president has promised the governors and mayors that he will work to cut through rotate to make sure that people get help there need -- a need after sandy strikes. the director of fema has been urging people to listen to local officials when it comes to any evacuation orders. >> thank you. you can track hurricane sandy's movements on our radar. you can see the satellite images. find all of that at wbaltv.com. officials are telling maryland residents to prepare for losing power for a while. >> crews are working to restore 700 outages in maryland, including more than 400 of them in baltimore city. more than 100 in baltimore

holly will show us what is going on, on this rainy tuesday morning and how they're doing it. >> and from michael jackson psy, inmates at a prison in the mill fenes this might be the -- philippines, this might be the most fun prison in the world. >> dancing prisoners. >> the gangnam style dance in the rain and the inmates put the performances on each month for tourists. what? what are these people in jail for? that's what i want to know. we'll be right back. it is 9:23. they're jamming. that's all i can say. [ male announcer ] we the peopople, the middle clas, who move our country forward, work hard, raise families, and keep america strong. but mitt romney's budget plan will hurt the middle class, raising taxes on the average family by up to $2,000, while giving a tax break of $250,000 to multimillionaires. doesn't mitt romney understand we can't rebuild america by tearing down the middle class. priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. >>> american airlines says it will inspect several planes after several seats became loose in flight. the first incident happened saturday