when a high-level mta official talks to me and says she doesn't trust or he doesn't trust the san francisco transportation authority, and the deliberation and if we say what we have to say, after we have the documents is that politically correct? come on, man. y'all have a conscious. use it. thank you very much. >> thank you, is there any other member of the public that would like to speak. please come forward. >> san francisco supervisors, transportation authority. congrats, you're doing a great job of sacking the job all in the quality of life in san francisco. it's a perfect time right now to get away with absolutely anything in city hall. you've got the sunshine ordinance, quietly paid off and snoozing. not even paying attention. why, you could put al-qaeda out here on the transportation authority and you could probably get away with it. because you've got the whole system rapped up. eth ethics commission, brown act. whichever way you want to go, san franciscans, we're ramming this down your throat. why? it's not about democracy, it's about communism. we tell you as a dictatorship what

critics call it an invasion of privacy, but mta officials say the audio will be used in the case of an accident or incident on the bus. the mta operates several bus routes in the d.c. area. >>> there is a fight to save a historic nursery school in old town alexandria. this small yellow building used to be a school for black children during world war ii. it later served as an american legion post. now the owner of that building is selling it for $700,000. residents are a bit concerned it will become another residential complex. >> one of the reasons we have a historic district is to protect them from condominiums and developments because we're near the king street and braddock road metro stations. >> struck a deal with the developer to take a two-year period before it would be considered for redevelopment and try to find a buyer who would buy it and preserve it. >> the greater alexandria preservation alliance says, if a buyer is not found, that building could be torn down in february. >>> a peanut recall now has schools across the country double-checking their supplies. smuckers is advi

we went into the labyrinth of debris, water and damage that are the city's subways with mta official joe leader. what percentage of the railways that we need are underwater? >> we have 46 miles of track currently underwater right now. >> reporter: the biggest problem lies beyond the turnstiles. this is the real deal. these are the stairs going down into the subway. >> we are actually about two levels up right now. >> reporter: what are we talking about, 50, 60 feet? >> yes. >> reporter: they have to pump out the water and repair signals on 60 miles of track just to start and in joe's eye not concern, confidence. how many men? >> close to 1,500 people have been working. >> reporter: like a small army. >> yes, we'll just roll with it. we have to do . it's part of our job. >> reporter: diane, joe says two days. two days until workers are back on the subway. here we are in the middle of the financial district, it's just a stone's throw away. bowling green usually has a flood of financiers and workers that drive our economy now clearly closed but also right now men are down there in the d

. >> mta officials say audio systems have been installed. 10 passenger buses will be recording conversations on those vehicles. they plan to expand to half its fleet by next summer citing safety concerns. >> our goal is to use every tool to try to resolve crimes in our system. we think this is another tool our police department can use to resolve instances when there is an assault on the bus, an altercation between an operator and a passenger. >> the aclu opposes the installations saying they violate privacy rights. the older recordings do not violate the wiretapping laws because posted signs inform that they are being recorded. >> new details about the scheme to blow up a bank in new york. the latest on what the suspect's family as saying. >> this is traffic on 95 south of maryland 100. give yourself a little extra time. more on weather and >> good morning. 5:09 on this friday morning. little hazy out there. we check the radar. that is the current now. there are still some showers in northern baltimore county and up into pennsylvania. until the front goes completely through the area and off

. >> mta officials plan to expand the system to have their fleet by next summer. >> a huge windfall for the city's coffers. 0.5 million visitors to baltimore with an estimated $166 million into the local economy. or events at the inner harbor and fells point and exhibits and the blue angels exhibit. >> katie o'malley joined celebrity chefs for the biggest little talk a party on thursday night. more than 50 local restaurants offer their best recipes. there was a locker room access and a chance to meet with ravens players. >> i was fortunate enough to have two loving parents and great teachers a growing up and great role models in my community. i know i was lucky enough to have that i hope every young person gets an opportunity like that. >> we know how important is for children to have good mentors in their lives, people that care about them. we care about this organization because they care so much about the children. >> the ravens sponsor the event with under armour. >> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. .> let's bring you up to date in ellicott city, route 99 is clo

>> we went into the lib rinth of debris and water and damage that are the city's subways with mta officials >> what percentage of the railways that we need are under water. >> we have 46 miles of track currently underwater. >> the biggest problem lies beyond the turnstiles. >> these are stairs. we are two levels up. >> we are talking about 50-60 feet. >> they have to pump out the water and repair signals on 50 miles o track. in joe's eyes, not concern but confidence. >> how many men? >> 1600 men. >> like a small army. >> we will roll with it. it's part of our job. >> dan: as we head earlier, 8 million people are without power in 17 states. utility crews are being dispatched from around the country to help turn the lights back on. pg&e sent 150 people from california and they are bringing trucks with them. some are flying on 747 so they can get there quickly. their assignment could be three days, maybe three weeks. it doesn't matter to them. they are eager to help out. vince brown. >> as far as the crews go, they are really ready to jump in and do whatever they can. >> we are expected to hav

. >> as for the mta officials, the scant worps they have seen in the mta's 180-year history. now for good news you can governor cuomo told thanks jfk could up and running by tomorrow, welcomed news for the people on the more than 15,000 flights that have been canceled and both the airports in d.c. and philly partially operating. many of the brims are also beginning to reopen. we will keep everybody updated on what is going on. brian? >> mandy, thank you. >>> well, stocks may be reopening tomorrow but we are a long way from being back to normal. the exchanges could be hit with a flood of orders on wednesday and lower manhattan is simply dealing with an actual flood. bob pisani and scott cohn are with us. bob, you first. give us the latest on the new york stock exchange maps as we know them at this hour? >> right now, all systems are go, what nyse ceo duncan niederauer told us on cnbc a few minutes ago. key point, open for normal trading operations tomorrow, a normal day, new york stock exchange floor will be open, the hours, the regular hours, 9:30 to 4 p.m. they did say that

later in the morning we will be hearing not just from mta officials but expect to hear from mayor bloombergas well. so we'll keep you posted throughout the day. this storm has killed at least one person in the washington, d.c. area. i want to bring back melissa mollet with our station wrc in washington, d.c. and she is in alexander, virginia. we got cut off from you the last time you were reporting but give us a sense of how things are looking there right now. >> well, good morning, chris. you can see, let me first show you this tree behind me. look how massive this thing is. we are in alexandria, virginia. you can see how large it is as i stand next to it. this is a neighborhood that lost power last night. who knows who they'll get it back on. they are just some of the hundreds of thousands of people in this region without power. if we kind of pan around, you can see it is completely dark. let's walk across the street and see another tree that is down. our numbers right now and the d.c., maryland, virginia area are 200,000 people out of power. i've got to tell you the winds were whipping t

mta officials say the damage is the worst they've ever seen in the subway's 108 year history.ports are beginning to open up. jfk will open tomorrow. washington and philadelphia have been partially restored as far as service is concerned today. bill, back to you. >> courtney, thank you very much. so it's all systems go at the new york stock exchange tomorrow. the nyse and nasdaq confirming they will be opened and fully operational come tomorrow. >> on the phone now, sam from s&p capital iq. thanks for joining us. s&p capital iq down the block from the new york stock exchange. what have you been hearing about your offices reopening tomorrow? >> hey, maria. we know the electricity is turned off. just like here in jersey city where there's no electricity, no water, we do as best we can. but we're in communication with our headquarters. so we'll be instructed as soon as they find out whether we can come back in tomorrow. >> we're all trying to assess and anticipate the nature of the market when it reopens tomorrow. this is a rather unprecedented situation. what are you expecting to

critics argue the audio recorder is an invasion of privacy, but mta officials say it will help in the event of an accident or incident on board a bus. >>> 23 before the hour now. some alexandria residents are fighting to keep a historic landmark from becoming another condo complex. this small yellow building used to be a school for black children during world war ii. it later served as an american legion post. now the owner is selling it. and some are worried possible redevelopment could hurt the historic charm of old town. >> one of the reasons we have a historic district here was to protect it from condominiums and developments because we know that we're very near both the king street and braddock road metro stations. >> we struck a deal with the developer to take a two-year period before it would be considered for redevelopment and try to find a buyer who would buy it and preserve it. >> the greater alexandria redevelopment says, if the buyer is not found, the building could be torn down in february. >>> today you could enjoy the white house gardens without having to brave the cold

not far from the sea sport a subway station, the south street station, and mta officials are saying that at that station, the water not only came up over the tracks up to the platform, it was all the way up to the ceiling and that gives you a sense, that's the one line on the subway, that gives you a sense of what they are dealing with mass transit in new york city. so, while they will get the market back up, which is important, getting people to where they need to go tomorrow, it is going to be a tough come mute, to say the least. back to you. >> scott, it is really an amazing scene there. we have seen pictures like these in tropical south florida and so forth, but never in a major metropolitan area like one of the big east coast cities like new york. we will keep watching those images throughout the day. 50 homes in one new york city neighborhood burned to the ground last night. this was the scene in a part of queens known as breezy point near the ocean. more than 170 firefighters were called to the scene. they had a very difficult time getting to that inferno. so far, it appears that

. >> officials say it all mta and metro operations are up and running. 00 outagesan 860 reported by b.g.e. >> we have been able to find a few trees downed. jennifer franciotti will have more on that coming up later this morning. people in low lying areas had to assess any damage. people are used to the flooding in some neighborhoods but are grateful that this storm wasn't as bad as isabel was. >> in comparison, this was a piece of cake. it is a bill, my basement was flooded -- in isabel, my basement was flooded. >> in comparison, this was nothing. >> there are a number of school closings this morning. >> good morning. trouble for businesses. harford county is closed because of sandy. an carroll county is opening two hours later -- and anne arundel county is opening two hours late. some schools may come back on today. baltimore county is opening on time today but there are 17 schools there without power. if you have lights today, there will be school. 10 schools without power in howard county. they made a determination to make sure their clothes. baltimore city, harford county, out. anne a

officials said from the mta it would take anywhere from 14 hours to four days to pump out the water andhen after that it's very painstaking work to figure out what might be damaged, what might need to be replaced. that's an ongoing situation in manhattan. let's move to delaware. the dover post there reporting about 650 people in rehoboth beach had to be evacuated. good evening. are you there? >> yes, i am. >> as i understand it, rehoboth was to be reached by midnight tonight. what's the situation there? >> we expected high tide in rehoboth around 9:00 so we're past high tide and it moves up the state in the northern part of the state. we were very concerned about the 9:00 because the flooding is very serious but it didn't appear to get materially worse with the 9:00 high tide and we're hopeful that that will be the case as well as high tide moves up the state. >> what was affected by the flooding? >> well, we had a number of homes where we had floods. we had an evacuation in most of the low lying coastal areas. so fortunately we were able to deal with that had not folks evacuated. prima

mta is putting its passengers on notice. starting this week, your conversations on the bus could be recorded. officialsnnounced thursday that audio systems have been installed in 10 buses. agency officials plan to expand the system to have its fleet next summer to battle safety concerns. >> our goal is to use every tool that is legal to us within our means to try to resolve crimes. we think this is just another tool in the toolbox that our police department can use to help resolve incidents where there is an altercation between an operator and a passenger. >> the aclu opposes the new system, saying it violates passenger privacy rights. the audio recordings do not violate the state wiretapping laws. all commuters can celebrate some good news when it comes to gas prices. we have officially entered the seasonal slide when gas prices start to decline. the national average has already fallen for 10 straight days. analysts predict prices will drop five to 15 cents each week for the next three weeks. >> now, your e 11 insta-weather plus forecast with john collins. >> a rough night last night with some pretty

mta is putting passengers on notice. what you say all riding on buses could be recorded. today officials announced audience systems have also been installed on 10 buses. officials plan to expand the system to half its lead by next summer, citing safety concerns. >> our goal is to use every tool that is legal to us within our means to try to resolve crimes that occur in our system. we think this is just another tool in the toolbox that our police to guard can use to determine where there is an assault on the bus, where there is an altercation between an operator and a passenger. >> the aclu opposes the installation, saying it violates privacy rights, but the state attorney general's office disagrees and says the recordings do not violate the safe wiretapping laws because riders are informed they are being recorded. >> is your star-spangled sailabration was the huge excess -- a huge success. it brought an estimated $1.66 million to the local economy. >> october is breast cancer awareness month, as you probably know. one group is hoping to use that moment to spotlight prevention efforts in

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said that bart and boston mta use switch backs in the same way and f.d six improvements and alleviate switchbacks with this. the jury responds, "the jury asked muni officials several times to provide a list with transit operators to verify the assertion that it's the industry standard. muni kept repeating a generalization and gave up with a list of the controller and of the five other transit operators. the jury assumes that the controller did not cherry pick these five cities and or transit operations. the jury added bart and the paris systems since muni alleged the practice was common in europe. of all the city systems the jury interviewed only santa clara valley transit association supported muni. at the end of the term muni received the report two days before it went public. in those two days apparently muni came up with a list of five like minded transit systems. the jury asks how many other systems did you contact during those two days? did you do some cherry picking? we were also like to know how these unreported systems f any, responded to the question? as far as bart and boston mbta are reviewed they stand by their results. muni officials talk out

officials delays and no incidents. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now let's get the latest on the buses and the trains. for that we go to kurt kronke of the mta system. good morning. >> good morning. we have a few bus delays. the 64 bus is diverting because of construction. the 10 and 23 bus diverting at route 40 and rolling road. light rail is on schedule. more trains are looking good with no delays on the penn, camden, and brunswick lines. now back to tony pann. >> thank you. it is a little bit of a cold start for us. it will be a nice day. 49 in jarrettsville. look off to the west and we can see some warmer temperatures. 76 in kansas city. 85 in dallas. that warm air will be shifting to the east. the leading edge is coming through right now. we could see some rain up in pennsylvania and back into new york state. i think most of this will stay north of us. if possible sprinkle back into the mountains. around baltimore, we should have a mixture of sun and clouds. we will make it into the upper 70's this afternoon. a quick update on the tropics. this is a tropical storm sandy. sustained winds of 45 miles per hour. it is way down in the caribb

so officials say passengers definitely, before you head out the door, check with the airport, it could be several days before the airports along the east coast ramp up and return to normal. >>> and mta service will be back in full swing today. a spokesperson said they found very little damage from the storm. buses, light rail and train services operate on their regular schedule. >>> amtrak says it will resume some service in the northeast. train tunnels had prevented service to and from new york's penn station. the rail line says it will have modified service from new york to new jersey and some south points. all amtrak service will return to normal once inspections have been completed. >>> there's a huge parade in san francisco today. the world series champions san francisco giants will celebrate their victory with a ticker tape parade. this is the second in three years for the giants in major league baseball, claiming the top prize. >>> not everyone dealing with the flood waters from sandy. in western maryland a very different story. they're actually shoveling a lot. >> up there three feet of snow in some places. this is what it looks like in garrett county. plow trucks out in ful

metro transit officials say seven subway tunnels located under the city's east river have been flooded out. mtabway system has never faced a disaster as devastating as what we experienced last month. so 14 hours or four days to clear that all out. >>> speaking of floodwaters, this is what it was like inside a vent building at the holland tunnel yesterday. officials closed the holland tunnel yesterday afternoon as the threat from sandy loomed. that's what it looked like inside one of those holland tunnel vent tunnels. when we come back, we'll talk about air travel and when you can start to see flights back up and running. across the country, there have been flight delays and cancellations. we'll tell you what the status is now and when you can get back on a plane. >>> in the wake of the super storm we've talked about the devastation from flooding and damage from high winds. also, we need to talk about snow. let's get to martin savidge in west virginia. good morning. having a hard time hearing martin. we'll see if we can fix that audio issue with martin savidge, who will report on the blizzard co

mta's restoring limited bus service going to take place. this is starting 5:00 this evening. fares are waived for the first time. according to officialtter account for the public transportation provider, all of this is happening 5:00 p.m. and again, restoring limits bus service in the city. if you need to get around, start as at 5:00. and if you still have any doubts that about super storm sandy's power, take a look. moment to look at this photo here. this is a huge tanker sitting on the shore of staten island. it moved. listen to wabc reporter describe what happened. >> this is a giant 160-foot, 700-ton tanker that was just picked up by the narrows and dumped here on front street. we are on front street in staten island. and if i show you this, you can see the water coming in, there's lower manhattan. and then we swing around to show brooklyn. and this is the bridge. this tanker came from about a mile away from marina that has been chopped to bits. >> two tugboats called in to help remove the danker. the storm is causing chaos for flyers as well. transportation, new york area airports closed. laguardia, located in queens, not expect