councilman john olszewski: new jobs and a stronger economy. endorsed by the naacp, police and firefighters small business owner: good jobs... teacher: and better schools construction worker: vote for question seven. i've always been lucky. flew 37 bombing missions over germany. made it home every time. i'm lucky to have good friends who are all still around, and we're all lucky to have a friend named ben. ben's protected our medicare and veterans' benefits. and he's helping my 13 grandchildren afford college. he's my friend, ben. i hope he's your friend, too. i'm ben cardin, and i'm honored to approve this message. >> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> good morning. we're trying to return to normal. we start in northeast where debris is still an issue on route 40. watch for closures. in white marsh, another closure because of debris. in phoenix, northbound york road, we still have enclosures in effect because of the partial building collapsed. some closures in effect at seminary avenue. in crofton, we have some flooding.

councilman john olszewski: new jobs and a stronger economy. endorsed by the naacp, police and firefighters small business owner: good jobs... teacher: and better schools construction worker: vote for question seven. >> it was quite a storm yesterday. the wind was anywhere between 40 and 70 miles per hour. wheat was still get some rain today -- we will still get some rain today. up to a foot of snow in some places in the mountains. garrett county, 70% of the county is without power. they have the heavy wet snow. that was technically a blizzard . in frederick, you guys may see some snowflakes. it will generally be cold rain around baltimore. we still have a breeze kicking up. that puts the wind chills in the 30's. we will add a couple of degrees as we go to the afternoon. i still think it could get over 30 miles per hour winds. but the wind will be settling down and the rain showers will be tapering off. there is solid area of rain across the state and snow in the mountains. scattered light rain showers by this evening. windy in chilly today. wi

councilman john olszewski: new jobs and a stronger economy. endorsed by the naacp, police and firefighters small business owner: good jobs... teacher: and better schools construction worker: vote for question seven.

councilman john olszewski: new jobs and a stronger economy. endorsed by the naacp, police and firefighters small business owner: good jobs... teacher: and better schools construction worker: vote for question seven. >>> tousing our superstorm sandy -- continuing our superstorm sandy coverage. >> abc2 news roosevelt leftwich reports on the cleanup. >> reporter: the cleanup continues. folks in cecil county thought they road the storm out pretty well but one family has a heck of a story to tell. the eastern shore is very flat. in these fields you can grow just about anything here, including, very, very tall trees. when they fall, you can hear it all over cecil. this tree came crashing through the roof of her kitchen. it looks bad on the outside. inside it's even worse. kelly was three steps from the doorway and saw it happen. >> i heard a loud crash, snapping sound, looked up to see the rain and the wind and the tree running through the middle of my kitchen. >> years ago he said this was a model kitchen because of the chestnut cabinets and modern

councilman john olszewski: new jobs and a stronger economy.orsed by the naacp, police and firefighters small business owner: good jobs... teacher: and better schools construction worker: vote for question seven. >> a story that might have been wondering about the safety of your money the next time you use an atm. >> it is cost maryland bank users a lot of grief and has that it feeds thousands of dollars. to go it was that reason crime that happened over and over again at a maryland bank that all caught on tape. >> we exclude -- a tank these exclusive images. -- obtained exclusive images. >> i check bounced because the money they took up. another check bounced and another check bounced. today she was worried creditors might think she was writing a legal checks. skimmers that of more than $600,000. one of them is still on the loose. to go how the thieves -- >> how the thieves got away with it, the thieves got away with it, plus >> cloudy skies, cool temperatures. breezy thursday and friday. clocks back an hour on sunday. cleveland, a little clou

councilman john olszewski: new jobs and a stronger economy.orsed by the naacp, police and firefighters small business owner: good jobs... teacher: and better schools construction worker: vote for question seven. >> what is left of sandy's still out there, kind of a hybrid storm. the circulation point is right here. lots of cold air coming in behind it so we are seeing all of this in west virginia and garrett county. some folks have reported a couple of snowflakes. this storm is slowly making its turn up to the north. let's take a look at the impact of this thing. there are gale warnings on the day -- bay. 18 mile per hour gusts in ocean city. when we talk about the wind on the bay, upper, middle and chesapeake bay and delaware today, a title flooding, a 2-4 feet, ground level at high tide. i was talking to jane miller earlier. it looked like there was a hard time getting rid of the water. the winds are not really that strong, but they are still there. the rainfall totals, for the whole storm, have an history of the storm -- new york city, long

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councilman john olszewski: new jobs and a stronger economy. endorsed by the naacp, police and firefighters small business owner: good jobs... teacher: and better schools construction worker: vote for question seven. >>> tuesday morning, big story again, super storm sandy, what was once a hurricane has been downgraded but causing a lot of problems in our area. >> 10,000 flights grounded as a result gives you an idea the far reaching effects of sandy. what she is doing here locally? let's get to lynette charles. >>> we are dealing with lots of rain coming across the area. this will continue throughout the day. we will see pockets of heavy rain, throughout the day. we can see it around washington. looking at the yellows, and also the oranges, but the greens, the lighter rain, that's going to be a steady rain and snow back off towards the west. rainfall totals, on top of yesterday, 5- 6 inches we are getting over an inch in german town. eastern shore, chester town, 6/10ths there, over an inch in annapolis. when this is all said and done, we could

councilman john olszewski: new jobs and a stronger economy. endorsed by the naacp, police and firefighters small business owner: good jobs... teacher: and better schools construction worker: vote for question seven. >>> this is from overnight. explosion from new york city, the new york city con edson plant. one of the reasons part of lower manhattan is in trouble and dark. the company vice president is saying this morning, this is the worst storm related outage in the company's history, as you can see, incredible explosion happening out of there. >> according to breaking news.com, it could be a week because of the explosion, could be a week for customers to get back on. that's out of con edson. >> if you lost power, you know it's brutal being without it for that long. >> i a lot of you are listening opposed to watching. a huge fire broke out in the breezy point neighborhood incomes queens new york. >> 50 homes destroyed. jim describes the incredible scene. we will run the video for you to hear. >> 4200 homes out here. this is a community that

councilman john olszewski: new jobs and a stronger economy. and firefighters small business owner: good jobs... teacher: and better schools construction worker: vote for question seven. [ howling ] >>> it's officially halloween, and you're going to see so many creepy costumes out there. >> uh-huh. >> yeah, yeah. >> and who's creepier than the tv character dexter? >> ah. >> oh. >> pretty cripe. >> creepier is dexter -- >> creepy. >> dexter. >> well, this girl made a video tutorial on to you become a dexter victim and you see her going through the process. >> oh, oh. okay. she's not nude. >> you're not nude, but you can be if you want to. whatever. >> cheap, super easy. incredibly last minute. she's wrapped up in saran wrap. she even has a wound on her chest with blood in it, like it spills out and then restraints on her limbs and her ankles. >> used surran wrap around her mouth, which is tricky. >> how do you have any of this halloween punch when you've got that saran wrap around your mouth? >> a straw. >> oh, a straw. >> hard to get your pants

councilman john olszewski: new jobs and a stronger economy. naacp, police and firefighters small business owner: good jobs... teacher: and better schools construction worker: vote for question seven. shore, this whole region is so battered, it is hard to believe it was good news today that only 3,000 flights were cancelled. it was big news that la guardia will open tomorrow. it has been a lake for days. across this whole region, nothing seems quite right. as soon as you approach the jersey shore, it is clear something is not right. this line of cars on the highway stretching for over a mile, it is just for gasoline. the most precious commodity on the shore these days, and people are willing to wait hours to fill up. point pleasant is on the northern end of the jersey shore, closer to new york. its prime beachfront real estate, some of which is now condemn condemned. in point pleasant beach, the white sand hotel has been in business for years. another mark is jenks, where the locals call it, where cindy klaus rode out the storm. >> we heard thi

councilman john olszewski: new jobs and a stronger economy. endorsed by the naacp, police and firefighters small business owner: good jobs... teacher: and better schools construction worker: vote for question seven. >> welcome back to 11 news today. take a look of these pictures from ocean city and monday. look at those giant waves in the background. those are some amazing pictures. >> are those surfers? >> good call. they do not care about the hurricane. >> ava marie is live in ocean city. >> good morning. i was able to look at the ocean. the waves are so much calmer. the rip currents -- i want to give some updates. route 90 has been reopened. that is good news. people can come in and out of ocean city. i believe everything is shut down because they are worried about flooding. we're on 32nd straight. nobody is out on the roads. there is debris in storm drains. that is the latest of what is happening here. i was glued to all the coverage yesterday. even when i was taking a break. this was an incredible storm. >> we are lucky that it made a tur

councilman john olszewski: new jobs and a stronger economy. endorsed by the naacp, police and firefighters small business owner: good jobs... teacher: and better schools construction worker: vote for question seven. >>> thanks for joining us this morning. we are joined by angie barnett who have some great tips because so many of you have cleanup to do. maybe a roof blew off a house or maybe a tree is down. but there are scammers out there who basically make their living off of the opportunity. >> oh, absolutely. we call those storm chasers. they are individuals who monitor where storms are occurring, and they will actually trek across the u.s., and luckily they are able to be followed by business name, but our storm chasers will actually come into a neighborhood and think about it, lots of damage frequently in neighborhoods, people are frustrated and they want things fixed fast. so they come in, knock on your door and offer to do your service. this is the one thing i want to always remind people, the lowest bid, the lowest price is not necessa

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councilman john olszewski: new jobs and a stronger economy.d by the naacp, police and firefighters small business owner: good jobs... teacher: and better schools construction worker: vote for question seven. denny's everyday value slam egis four dollars every day. wait, is that right? eggs, bacon, pancakes. yeah. that's right. the four dollar everyday value slam. only four dollars every day. only at denny's. >>> all right, a blizzard warning remains in effect today for western maryland, all thanks to superstorm sandy. >> it's unbelievable. you have to see this video. while we were mostly seeing the rain, look what they're dealing with in western maryland, we're talking two to three feet of snow, certainly creating a big mess and a lot of cleanup for people out there. now, this is what it looks like in garrett county. snowy conditions. it shut down a portion, actually, a huge portion, we're talking a 50-mile stretch of interstate 66 between maryland and west virginia. truckers were basically stranded and the drivers there, they were stuck for a

councilman john olszewski: new jobs and a stronger economy.orsed by the naacp, police and firefighters small business owner: good jobs... teacher: and better schools construction worker: vote for question seven. >> world a poker has a new champion, and he is from maryland. he won the title just before dawn this morning and lost big is up for going all in on the last hand of texas told against jesse sylvia. he was the last man at the table in the marathon session that lasted nearly 12 hours but certainly well worth it. he received 8.5 $3 million as the top prize. he took on the ultimate prize, of gold and platinum bracelet if encrusted with diamonds. >> that is definitely something going on there. seriously. >> we hear so much about cholesterol, and you do need some to help build your body's cells, but too much can but you are rest. one local doctor says you can lower your cholesterol with a diet makeover. four years he struggled with high cholesterol, which eventually led to a blockage in her heart. and >> they came down lower than it was, but

councilman john olszewski: new jobs and a stronger economy. endorsed by the naacp, police and firefighters small business owner: good jobs... teacher: and better schools construction worker: vote for question seven. >> sandy has been wreaking havoc on the east coast, but also stirring up trouble on the campaign. the candidates have canceled a lot of events, but trying to get back on schedule. nikole killion is in washington with that story. >> the white house says the president will travel to new jersey wednesday to serve a storm damage, for going campaign events for a third straight day. president obama did not take questions on his campaign schedule at the red cross. instead he kept his focus on sandy. >> obviously this is something that is heartbreaking for the entire nation. >> the president has been hunkered down at the white house for the past two days, tracking the storm response. he canceled events in ohio, where the vice president said he might return to a normal stump schedule. >> we will resume our schedule in florida, starting tomo

councilman john olszewski: new jobs and a stronger economy.irefighters small business owner: good jobs... teacher: and better schools construction worker: vote for question seven. it's oysternomics 101. you start with a u.s. senator named ben. by helping restore thousands of acres of oyster beds, he kept hundreds of oystermen on the job... which keeps wholesalers in business... and that means more delivery companies... making deliveries to more restaurants... which hire more workers. and that means more oystermen. it's like he's out here with us. he's my friend, ben. i hope he's your friend, too. i'm ben cardin, and i approved this message.

councilman john olszewski: new jobs and a stronger economy.business owner: good jobs... teacher: and better schools construction worker: vote for question seven. some of them seeing the damage. over all a lot of people out here feeling that they may have dodged a bullet but you know at the same time we're not quite sure that the worse is over yet if the waters keep rising. >> this equaling the sentiment of government officials who say do not let your guard down yet. have you seen police patrolling the streets. >> reporter: we haven't seen many. but we have seen them as the sun comes up. we've seen state and county service trucks driving around, mainly police. we've seen a lot of police. including the highway patrol out here basically just cruising around. making sure everybody is okay. we did stop and talked to a couple of themes. we stopped one and he was optimistic that the waters had peaked and they were starting to recede. but he didn't really sure that's just what his eye perceived. but do not let your guard down, but clearly the storm is

councilman john olszewski: new jobs and a stronger economy.d by the naacp, police and firefighters small business owner: good jobs... teacher: and better schools construction worker: vote for question seven. >>> that's the community of breezy point, completely devastated. a tight-knit community on the edge of new york harbor. and our cameras were up close as the burning fires wiped it out. more than 100 homes destroyed. it looks like a moonscape right now. that's elizabeth vargas. we're going to go to her in a moment. >> that's a firefighter community. >> so sad. >>> we also have new details on the dramatic hospital evacuations that happened during the storm. doctors, nurses, paramedics, saving so many babies. working respirators by hand. we'll hear from the mothers at their moment of crisis. unimaginable. >>> and the flooding so severe. take a look at that. that's a runway at laguardia, underwater. normally one of the world's busiest airports. we heard chris cuomo talking about the new york city marathon this weekend. people coming from all o

councilman john olszewski: new jobs and a stronger economy.d jobs... teacher: and better schools construction worker: vote for question seven. i've always been lucky. flew 37 bombing missions over germany. made it home every time. i'm lucky to have good friends who are all still around, and we're all lucky to have a friend named ben. ben's protected our medicare and veterans' benefits. and he's helping my 13 grandchildren afford college. he's my friend, ben. i hope he's your friend, too. i'm ben cardin, and i'm honored to approve this message. >>> it's 8:00 now on a wednesday morning. it is october 31st, 2012. halloween morning. a little different one for us here on the "today" show this year for obvious reasons. new york city and the surrounding areas slowly bouncing back from the storm that was sandy. we are happy to have some folks back on the plaza, and we hope things are going well where you are waking up this morning as well. we have cancelled our halloween celebration today, but on friday a pick me up for storm-weary people around here.