julie wolf. 9news now. >>> at 6:07. jessica doyle is here and she is watching your money. >> and she's also watching your smart phone after sandy. >> that's right. now if you've had problems with your cell phone after hurricane sandy, you are far from alone. the cell companies are still working to get the power back on to a quarter of their cell towers and resume broadband, internet and television services. the head of the fcc says cell service is only going to get worse before it gets better. many towers have been running on backup battery power fueled by generators but crews are having trouble getting to the generators because of the flooding and once the generators go down the batteries die and additional towers are expected to go dark. >>> in the meantime, questions are being raised if the federal emergency management agency or fema has enough money on hand to cover flood damage if the storm. flood damage alone is estimated in the billions of dollars and fema runs the federal flood insurance program so it picks up t

in jermantown, julie wolf. 9news now. >>> there's a little silver lining from sandy for your pocketbook. that story is coming up. >> plus, we'll take a closer look at the recovery efforts on wall street after sandy. >> there are people all over the coast who need help. here at wusa9 we're donating $1 to the american red cross sandy relief fund for every one of you who "like" us on facebook. it's a quick and simple way for you to help out. we'll be right back. >>> nine after 5:00 on this thursday morning. we're almost done with what's been a very long week. you'll have to bundle up again. a little breeze out there this morning and maybe a stray hour so forth and west of -- shower north and west of town, temperatures starting in town in the mid 40s and some spots in the upper 30s. slowly get to the low 50s be think afternoon. mid 50s for high. monika? >>> police have been on the scene of a traffic stop for about 25 minutes or so on the southbound side of 395 at route 110. it looks like it's beginning to clear up a bit of activity but not causing any delay. i'll be back once again coming u