that's for sure. >> so jason carroll, and susan candiotti, stand by.to bring in paul callan our legal analyst. we had heard the judge might sentence jerry sandusky up to 400 years in prison. he comes back with a sentence not less than 30 years, not more than 60. is this because of jerry sandusky's age? >> yes, i think that's an important factor. the judge is undoubtedly looking at the fact that even a 30-year sentence will probably mean that jerry sandusky will die in prison, and, you know, these sentences, these consecutive sentences which could have added up to over 400 years, while technically it might be a legal sentence, when an appellate court is looking at the case, it looks like a vindictive judge as opposed to a judge who is trying to be fair and reasonable in his approach to the case. so i think it sort of strengthens the hand of the judge in having the conviction upheld by doing this kind of a sentence as opposed to one of those off the books, huge numbers. >> i want to go back to jason carroll. i know jerry sandusky's wife was in the courtr

i want to get to jason carroll, in an area of long island that has been evacuated. jason is now seeing some rescues happening on long island. what are you seeing? >> well, just a few moments ago just as we were live on the air, we saw some of the very last residents in this particular area where we are finally deciding it's time to come out and leave. the water was just rising too quickly. it was rising too high. they have been out of this y'all day long. we saw the water steadily come up, people leaving throughout the day. this is an area under mandatory evacuation. just as we were live a few moments ago, an elderly woman, her son, her daughter, decided it was time to go, so they were finally able to make it out. even before that, we had a point where we went out with fire crews from the fire department, went out with them. we saw at least three rescues happening when we went out with them. they told us throughout the day they had rescued almost two dozen people. sometimes, from homes, sometime, from cars. it's just a very valuable lesson. when you hear warnings abo

jason carroll, cnn, new york. >> the devastation in breezy point is really hard to kind of wrap your mind around. 80 homes went up in flames. homes that are very close to one another, and that high wind brought those flames leaping from one house to another. we are live in breezy point with the latest. >> reporter: anderson, somebody who lived here, said fighting a fire in a hurricane is a lesson in futility. you can see some foundations, but pretty much nothing else. cars incinerated, this we believe is a jeep. this we believe say honda. it is hard to make out anything in the massive debris. there were 1200 firefighters were who trying to put out this six alarm blaze. it followed the exact path of the wind, southeast. taking the homes in a pie-shaped direction. one official says probably as many as 100 homes which may have been devastated. a tight community, as i was walking through, folks would actually come to see if anything was salvagable. one man checking out his sister's home. not only his sister's home burnt to the ground, but his father in law's home. three sisters, homes si

back to you. >> jason carroll, thank you very much for that. this is going to be a long night.ords from maryland governor martin o'malley earlier tonight. and now, thankfully, the storm is moving out of the area, and the worst is over for maryland. but maryland remains under a state of emergency. and we're getting word that a power outage, as water reclamations created an active raw sewage leak in howard county. according to state officials there are a total of about 365,000 power outages in maryland. of course, we're watching that leak of raw sewage. we'll get updates on that. massachusetts also under a state of emergency. severe wind is the big concern there. 354,000 people are without power right now. there was criticism after last year's hurricane irene. remember that? but the governor said utility and power companies will be working together to be more efficient. you see this video of that boathouse that succumbed to the winds and water of sandy. schools in boston were closed. and all public transportation was suspended today. >>> and the streets are flooded, and in a lot

starting with jason carroll. >> reporter: a disaster still ongoing. the images overwhelming. >> this was a devastating storm. >> a tanker on shore. >> it is beyond anything i thought i'd ever see. >> reporter: miles of shoreline washed away. home after oceanfront home surrounded by water, yet consumed by fire. in west virginia and across the appalachians, ice and snow. all of it, all of this, the legacy of sandy, a super storm that's living up to the name as bad as the billing, as terrible as the forecast. >> just these massive -- look at these waves coming through behind me. >> new jersey caught some of the first of it, and much of the worst. >> we're at a moment now where evacuation is no longer possible, and we won't be able to come and rescue people. >> reporter: those who stayed woke up to this. in toms river, new jersey and elsewhere, ems phones rang nonstop and rescues continued today until nightfall. crews pulling several hundred people to safety. >> we're not sure if it was a levee, a compromise -- something was compromised there. >> reporter

back to you. >> jason carroll in lindenhurst, long island.for that. >> it's going to be a long few days. >> for a lot of people. >> none of this is going to be wiped away instantaneously. it's going to be the long haul. all because of torrential downpours, whipping winds and those flooded roads. >> and the snow. and sandy is dumping a lot of snow. these pictures, every time i see them, they're unbelievable. in virginia, blizzard-like conditions. live coverage of super storm sandy continues. folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to geico sure are happy. i'd say happier than a slinky on an escalator. get happy. get geico. melons!!! oh yeah!! well that was uncalled for. folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to geico sure are happy. how happy, ronny? happier than gallagher at a farmers' market. get happy. get geico. everyone in the nicu, all the nurses wanted to watch him when he was there 118 days. everything that you thought was important to you changes in light of having a child that needs you every moment. i wouldn't trade him f

. >> jason carroll was in the courtroom today. 's been reporting on this really from the beginning. jason, as i mentioned before, a lot of the victims spoke out today. what did they say? >> reporter: well, there was a lot of emotion in the courtroom today, anderson, as the victims stood up and talked about the years of abuse they suffer at the hands of jerry sandusky. victim number six stood up, addressed the court. he did not look at jerry sandusky. he cried as he spoke. he said that night, you told me you were the tickle monster so you could touch my 11-year-old body. i realize how much you manipulated me. then there was victim number five. he cried as well and once again did not look at sandusky as he addressed the court, saying the sentence will never erase what he did to me. it will never make me whole. he must pay for his crimes. take into account the tears, pain and private anguish and then there was victim number four. he was different, anderson. because he was somewhat defiant. he was defiant during the trial, defiant toda

i'm going to go to jason carroll, where the worst of sandy is barreling down on lindenhurst. we see the pictures of you there live. clearly a big, big storm has hit there and a lot of water. what are you experiencing? >> reporter: well, the story here is without question, flooding. if you take a look right behind me here, this is montauk highway. just about an hour ago, to give you some perspective, we could drive through here. it was dry, at least in this one particular spot. but it has breached here, it has breached in several other sections and that's the story we're seeing here. in this particular area of lindenhurst, you will see a lot of canals checkered throughout the area. right down this street here, this is a street, though it doesn't look like it, it's hard to see, it is not a canal. it is completely flooded and there have been several streets like this. we have been here throughout the day and just to give you a little more perspective, down the street is where we could have stood just a few hours ago and again, the water just keeps continuing to rise, keeps conti

cnn's jason carroll was inside the courtroom. he's just come out to join us. all right. so play out for me exactly what happened in that courtroom where our cameras 3r7weren't allowed. >> reporter: well, it was a courtroom filled with emotion beginning, first of all, with the victims who came to address the court, who spoke about the pain and the anguish that they suffered over many, many years at the hands of jerry sandusky. victim number six, that is a young man identified as victim number six, he stood, he addressed the court. he said, quote, that night you told me you were the tickle monster so you could touch my 11-year-old body. i realize just how much you manipulated me. when he said this though, he did not look at jerry sandusky who was seated just to his right. he looked directly straight in front of him at the judge as he addressed the court. after him we heard from victim number five, another young man. he stood up and said, and cried as he said it, he said the sentence will never erase what he did to me. it will never make me whole. he must pay for his crimes

jason carroll joins us. he's in state college.e phone is michael bonny, the lawyer for victim number one. also renowned criminal defense attorney, mark geragos. you say jerry sandusky is opening the wound for the victims by releasing this statement. >> yes, anderson, i believe he is. what's happening is that sandusky is taking every opportunity to continue to torment these victims. he's now accusing them, in fact, he made a direct reference to victim one by saying he started everything. there is no conspiracy here. there is no making these accusations for any reason other than to put mr. sandusky behind bars for the rest his life because of the heinous acts that he perpetrated on these victims. >> mark, what about this? he is alleging this basically huge conspiracy against him by just about everybody, putting out a statement like this the night before the sentencing hearing, is that something you would ever advise a client to do? >> no. the last thing you are going to want to do is advise a client i want you to go in there, you're

six to move him within two shots of the lead and just a further stroke behind charles how and jason carroll i want to play for you just one more round remaining. we will end with kickboxing because moscow has hosted the seven thirty five fight a tournament where despite one victory being claimed by a men's world champion it was two female fighters who stole the show as nick i chose reports. kick boxing fans were in for a treat as they got to witness the seventh edition of the international w y z series with the first of the three main events beginning to believe as russian. demonstrated how to put on a show with glee entrants does she want them or lucky for it beatrice never came close to million dead zero point decision is quite not fighting at. all i was really focused on the fight so i didn't really push my limits i think it performed about fifty to eighty percent of what i can do but i'm not very happy about it because to do what for whatever reason i didn't i just panicked because i didn't start the fight the way i was planning to was no i just lost focus. but the law in much of this w

cnn's national correspondent jason carroll is in new york with details. jason how does it look?ook behind me, i'm on the manhattan side of the queensboro bridge. i don't know if you can see through the darkness that's foot traffic, thousands of people we've been seeing throughout the day who have been trying to get into the city, get out of the city. their only mode of transportation their two front feet, simply because no subway service, no train, once again a trying day for new york city commuters. it's gridlock on the streets and foot traffic on bridges as commuters struggle to get into and out of manhattan. thousands crossing bridges like the queensboro throughout the day. >> it's insane, like we knew it was going to be bad coming in this morning but didn't know it would be this. of a standstill. >> didn't try, the line was around the block, i said forget it and started walking. >> it's crazy but everyone is doing what they have to do. that's what we do in new york city. >> reporter: subways not running, some still flooded, limited train service, power in lower manhattan out

let's get to jason carroll who is out on long island. son, you've been watching the storm come where you were, it was pretty incredible. what is it like for you at this moment? >> well, right now -- >> and yes, it appears we just did lose jason's shot. we'll try to get that back up in the next couple of minutes. i don't know if you've been watching cnn, it's touch-and-go. sometimes when the weather's really bad, we drop the shot. jason, are you there? >> yes, i'm with you now. can you hear me now? >> yeah, i got you. go ahead. >> are you guys with me? >> yes. >> terrific. i just wanted to bring you up to speed what happened. as we were talking about the flooded montauk, you can't see it nous because the lights are out, tell us exactly what happened, where you were, where you came from. >> well, we were down by south 6th street. my brother was driving, and we didn't see the puddle over here. >> puddle, that's an understatement. >> the car died in the middle of the puddle. that's it. >> also down here you were talking about another house fi

jason carroll is live from the courthouse, where sandusky could be sentenced to life in jail tomorrowhear from michael bonny, the lawyer for victim number one and sandusky's defense attorney. those stories and tonight's "ridiculist." a lot ahead at the top of the hour. >> such a bombshell. just shocking. to listen to his voice and how clear and convicted he is in what he says. look forward to it. thank you. >>> want to go to our fifth story "outfront" tonight. love free or die. not live free or die. this thursday's national coming-out day, a day that encourages lesbian, gay, transgender and bisexual people to come out to their loved ones. that is what bishop gene robinson did more than 25 years ago. he's since become the first openly gay bishop in the church and is taking his message on the road in a new documentary film that follows his personal journey to gain acceptance in the church. "outfront" tonight, bishop robinson joins me. good to see you again. we meet again. >> i know. i'm so glad to see you again. >> what a treat. i want to talk -- the time we met before, we talked about

jason carroll is in lindenhurst, long island, where he's seen a lot of flooding and people who decidedn place. basically trying to leave after an hour or two of seeing the water rising. jason, are you seeing anything receding at all? >> we're still waiting for the water to recede. it certainly hasn't happened yet. i'm sure it will happen. i'm sure it will happen slowly. montauk highway, you can still see emergency vehicles have made their way through here. they've blocked off the other end, just about a half mile down, anderson. this whole section of montauk highway is just flooded out. not only are they dealing with flooding here, but fires as well. just within the past hour, fire broke out just to our right. too dark to see now. emergency crews, volunteer fire force, was able to get out there, put that fire out. we're told at least five fires in this area just tonight. i can tell you, anderson, just from being in lindenhurst throughout the day, i can tell you it's got to be dozens of homes that are experiencing flooding. earlier tonight, we just ran into some of the residents who mad

cnn's jason carroll is talking to some of them. he's on long island in the town of linden hurst. tory evacuation, i believe so. >> reporter: yes. >> did most people leave? >> reporter: no. take a look behind me. look very quickly. take a look at this. you can see some of the folks are just now heeding that warning. now just backing up their bags and heading out. heading out now. even at this very late hour. the person that you're seeing over there, talking to her in a moment. her brother lives in one of the houses down the street. i say street. it doesn't look like a street. it looks more like a canal. this area of lindenhurst, kate, checkered with canals and the streets have turned in to canals. they're flooded like this. we have been out here all day long. earlier, i was down where that first light is that you see how. it's too dangerous and deep to be down there at this point so we have had to move up. behind me here and my photographer steve is the montauk highway and breached at this point and several areas in this community and where the montauk highway has breached this. th

. >>> let's head quickly to long island where jason carroll is. jason. >> reporter: well, just within the past few minutes, carol, we've seen the waters start to rise here. we're in an area called lindenhurst. criss-crossing through this area, you have canals and the water's slowly started to rise smchlt ] down this one particular street, a car tried to make it. it got stuck. a number of residents here are in the process of deciding should they stay or go as the water continues to rise here. we have anthony here on my left. we have betty lou on the right. anthony, you've been here for about a year. you're going to stay. what would it take you to leave? >> probably my mom and my dad to come and grab me out because they're freaking out. but i'm going to stay. >> reporter: this is an area under a mandatory evacuation. betty lou, you've lived here for 51 years. you say this is already worse than areen was. >> yes, it is. it's worse than areen was. we're just hoping for the best. but it's not as bad as gloria was. >> reporter: you're still debating if

>> jason carroll reporting.aking. >> let's dig a little bit deeper right now. the latest on sandy from our severe weather expert, cnn meteorologist chad myers. what do our viewers, chad, need to know about this storm right now? >> it is still not done. it is still going to rain where it's raining now. and even maybe turn over to snow in some of those almost 35, 34 degree areas. and then it could snow for another 24 hours. big, heavy, thick snow that can get on power lainines, get on ts and break those power lines as the branches start to break. i want to back you up to 6:00 on sunday. here's where the lindenhurst issue started. it's when all to have the wind around sandy was doing this. it was piling up water. not high, you think if it was only 6 inches higher than normal, because of the way the waves were spinning and the way the wind was pushing it. think about, as you try to cool off a cup of coffee, you blow on the cup of coffee and the waves of the coffee kind of go to the other side of the cup. that's what

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