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officials say there are at least 120,000 people without power here in nassau county alone. scott. >> pelley: elaine, i wonder how things look going forward today. are people going to be allowed back down to the beach? it looks like a lot of folks are on the board walk already. >> reporter: it does. in fact, those works for decided to stay instead of obey the mandatory evacuation order have certainly been out and about already this morning. the atmosphere here is very casual, i have to say. a lot of the people who are out now don't seem to be particularly traumatized in any way, shape, or form. most of them seem to be quite amused. but other folks that we certainly came across this morning are breathing a sigh of relief very much so. the fear here was really the storm surge that had been predicted to be a possible risk of four to six feet. it did not materialize, as far as we can tell, at least flotin our area here. so as a result, you're seeing a lot of people simply out enjoying the view right now. >> pelley: elaine quijano in long beach, new york. thank you very much, ela

assessments and he believes that the damage costs will run to easily millions and millions of county in nassau county alone. so they begin the process of trying to see how much damage is done. these residents begin the process of coming back looking into their homes and seeing how much damage is done. it's hard to believe that a lot of people haven't suffered a great deal of damage. there are a bunch of people looking to see has gone on. they seem to be smiling in general. a lot of them have taken a long walk and in the last 45 minutes and they have been caught by the outer band. message from officials, if you don't need to leave your home, please don't. stay inside. wait until this thing is completely gone. >> shep: jonathan, this is exactly as predicted. you watch the last loop of the radar. you don't see it on this particular picture. this is why officials said please stay home. god knows let's hope nobody gets hurt after all the flooding. somebody to get hurt would be a real shame. jonathan hunt live in the suburb of long beach. we're following the issue with this dam up in the catskills. level "

so is bill o'reilly actually using the nassau county police departments as own private investigators are they actually wasting taxpayer dollars and resources just to find out of his a strange white is dating a cop and in fact the case now go against pretty much everything that bill o'reilly says most days on his show the controversial planned parenthood continues raise the house voting today to forty one eighty five to defund the organization which currently gets more than three hundred sixty million in taxpayer dollars to liberals that's sacrilege with cable t.v. and satellite radio nearly everywhere there's no need for government funded media at all especially if the presentation is blatantly unfair cable t.v. and each product of the p.b.s. program to strong privately owned networks will buy them this is a call for sanity the wasteful and unnecessary federal spending past the stuff. all right so bill can rail about taxpayer dollars being wasted on programs that he thinks are useless but he has no problem wasting taxpayer money on police doing his personal bidding hey bill newsflash

i just saw a glimpse of a possible tornado warning in nassau county. so i will update ow that at the top of the hour. >> we look forward to that. thanks, mar yai. we got word of another tornado warning. we will be following that, of course and the latest on the track of the storm, as folks are writing in with their tweets and messages, wanting to know about what's happening. we are hearing about a lot of wind now in brooklyn and lower manhattan. the national weather service is saying 58-mile-per-hour wind gust measured at new york city's jfk airport as irene gets closer to that particular area. and we have another one that, 48 knots in sheeps head bay in brook brooklyn. irene's coming. we'll be right back.

this is for nassau and suffolk counties. we get the spinups an we have this line that's been moving in over and over. new york city was in about about an hour ago. you are in the clear at this time. more tornadoes will be a possibility. the storm is bearing in on new jersey at this time. the center of circulation is pushing in just off of atlantic city. this is going to be where the brunt of the surge comes in. this is going to be where the worst of the winds come in. we're getting wind gust reports up into new york city, 64 miles per hour. that's one big thing about this storm. this thing is a monster. i've never seen the wind field on a hurricane this large. the tropical storm force winds extend out more than 300 miles. the hurricane-force winds stretch out 125 miles. none of the other hurricanes, katrina, hugo, none of them have had winds stretch out this far. it's a category 1, a minimal hurricane at this time. that's great news as this thing continues to move up the coast. it can't strengthen any more. it can only weake

. >> hit for the voters of nassau county, long island who last week defeated a 400 million bond issueo finance a new ice aren a. voters were threatened that the team would move. they did not cave in and said their taxes are already high enough and if the owner want to move the team that is okay with them. >> got it. >> stuart, a miss to the new york times. three times columnist likened the tea party to islamic terrorist. they were call would hezbollah faction of the republicans and warren said the wing . the tea party republicans have waged jihad after the new york times lectured us about the evils of inflammatory rhetoric and anti-islamic bigotry. >> i told you that. >> correct. >> stewart it is 40 years since dan cooper hijacked the flight seattle and got a $200,000 ran som. the nba never found him. this week a woman came forward claiming to be db cooper's niece and her uncle died. db cooper was a gentleman robber and never harmed any of his hostages and created a mystery that lasted for decades. the statute of limitation has run out. >> we have run

that's repeated all over this area, all over nassau county. the trees down.his is one of the bigger ones we saw. the work crews here did an amazing job doing it quick, getting this tree removed in about an hour, hour and a half. now moving on to tree after tree in this area. >> gnaw nassau county, suffolk county, catskills all experiencing downed trees because of so much floodwater as well as high winds that kicked in when tropical storm irene came through. so now it's making its way farther upstate new york, vermont, new hampshire, maine as well. we continue to get a lot of video in from our ireporters and our affiliates. we're going to continue to show you new images and get you new information about the damage from hurricane and now tropical storm irene. on our car insurance. great! at progressive, you can compare rates side by side, so you get the same coverage, often for less. wow! that is huge! [ disco playing ] and this is to remind you that you could save hundreds! yeah, that'll certainly stick with me. we'll take it. go, big money! i mean, go. it's y

you see the storm pushing into nassau county and heading into long island sounded. >> we have just not seen this in our lifetime. they want to put up the power outages. >> liz also mentioned the rivers. we'll know the extent of the search in the bay. >> we're back with our live coverage. we have correspondents throughout the region. we'll check this with ali velshi, soledad o'brien, jong king, rob marciano, don lemon is in philadelphia for us. ♪ [ male announcer ] you never know when a moment might turn into something more. and when it does men with erectile dysfunction can be more confident in their ability to be ready with cialis for daily use. cialis for daily use is a clinically proven low-dose tablet you take every day, so you can be ready anytime the moment's right. ♪ [ man ] tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medications and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sexual activity. don't take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain as this may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. [ man ] do not drink alcohol in excess with cialis. side effects may includ

right now, the centerline impact shows that it's going happen right around the nassau county suffolk county line on long island. yesterday that line was through, right at the direct hit of new york. if this storm moves west, it could be. moves east it will make people certainly in new york and long island breathe easier. but it leaves boston, rhode island, massachusetts that could bear the brunt. we're tracking it closely. our models contributed to something called the hurricane evacuation models that have helped inform state and local leaders and federal agencies as they made recommendations and then course those state leaders made decisions. >> poppy harlow, my colleague was saying earlier she's in lower manhattan, people are suggesting it cube surge of water between six and 12 feet high in parts of manhattan. including ground zero. is that a likely prospect, do you think from everything you're now looking at? >> in a worse case scenario, 12 feet is possible. right now given the track the storm is oranges given the wind speeds we're measuring, the speed of the storm itself, what we

jonathan, take it away. >> reporter: i'm with i had the nassau county chief executive.he worst, how bad was the worst >> pretty bad 120,000 residents without electricity, 20 transmission lines down. downed trees, flooding, roads impassable. dangerous conditions many people should stay in until we get the all-clear. we weathered the storm without reported injuries, that's important. people followed the plan and we got through this, without injuries to the safety of our residents and that's primary concern. >> reporter: one thing we know, just looking out here on broadway, the main thorough fair that runs along the ocean, a lot of hopes -- badly flooded. >> flooding of homes and business significant. we are under an assessment, fema is deploying an assessment team as we spook. it is important we do that task. primary keep the public safe. next task to return us to normalcy that is underway >> reporter: no dollar figures, but it is pretty bad. >> million worth of damage sustained in this storm. >> reporter: county executive for nassau, thanks. shep, we are through the wors

we got an update from nassau county telling us that press are coming up at 3:30 with the latest. >> thereas a hurricane that ripped through there in 1938 that people talk about today. >> oh, yeah. >> that split long island in half. >> that's right. a lot of people are fearful that will happen again. a lot of people who come out here and many people vacation here and live here, of course, that road. do you know road will flood when it drizzles. they are worried about what will happen with the storm. the police chief dean told me a short while ago they have an updated set of numbers when the storm hits. they are predicting tropical force winds at 9:00 p.m. and 4:00 a.m.. 50 miles per hour and 7:00 a.m. this is when the area will get it storm surge is predicted 3-6 feet. >> laura, be safe out there and best to the crew. west hampton beach, long island, new york. >> back to chesapeake, maryland. slammed with bands of wind and rain. we are watching that situation as it crosses the map and you can see the pictures on the left hand side of the screen in north carolina. they have gotten the worst

the local fire chief here of long beach requested assistance from nassau county.n him the help he needed to clean out the debris. national guard troops along the way to assist with the cleanout as well. the one good thing we can say about nassau county and the massive waves going on right now is there is going be a big sur of competition scheduled to take place next week. still going to take place next week as far as the event organizers can tell us. and that is going to help with the economy as well. 10 to $15 million is expected to be pumped into long beach because of that surf competition and, of course, the local economy could certainly use it because all of the businesses lost so much over the weekend when they boarded up. >> sure do. watch the undertow swimming today or next week. i see class is not in session yet give ten is a sunday. there is a couple of days left to the summer. good luck, laura, talk to you later. an important part of the coverage is the images you send. we rely on you. if you are in a safe area and able to send some of the best pictures

i got a report out of nassau county, where my friends did text me that the power did go out there and on twitter, reports of power outages across southeastern pennsylvania. there is rain as far as central p.a., very heavy rain at that. now the other risk are tornadoes, unfortunately with the storm system. last night when we were on the air, we saw tornadoes across north carolina. now there is a watch, including in new york city area, long island and portions of jersey in effect until 5:00 a.m. eastern time. so the risk for tornadoes will be ongoing. winds across the area starting to pick up. norfolk, winds at 52 miles per hour and a sustained wind here at the new advisory, newport news, virginia, a sustained wind up to -- a gust to 68 miles per hour and a sustained wind at 48 miles per hour. so sustained means that it's just ongoing. so, guys, we are looking at the winds picking up near the center of the storm system. jfk with a wind gust of 58 miles per hour. the storm is still far away. and long island and westhampton, 38-mile-per-hour wind, flashflood warnings across the entire sta

. >> you will always be able to leave the island, but after 5:00, the nassau county police are only goinglectr legitimate reason, if he're fir first responders or they're going to have to have a pretty valid reason for coming back. the real problem is that we're hoping that the water doesn't get trapped in the bay, which might mean prolonged flooding in our canals area and the bay front area, that's our greatest concern and the other thing is that, you know, with the prediction of winds that could exceed 70 miles an hour, that means many trees falling and that means loss of power and if that loss of power is widespread throughout the island, that might mean a long time before power is restored. that's a big problem. >> that could be, so that is why they hope people have made their preparations, have batteries, have generators and know how to use them. >> thanks so much, susan candiotti. >>> and before it gets to new york, hurricane irene has got to pass by philadelphia where there people are bracing for flooding, we'll have a live report from philly right after this. but there's one oppor

again, that's somewhere near nassau county that moves again, makes its third landfall on the connecticutreline between connecticut and rhode island. how the winds will be, it will matter little to you whether we call it a tropical storm or hurricane at this point. in the red field those winds will be in excess of 60 miles an hour, inland they'll be strong as well. rain is worse west and that will have anywhere from 6 to 12 inches even though the others will have a good solid 3-6 inches. it's still a storm capable of changing the coastline as we know it as we have all these waves pounding at 15 to 20 feet at the minimal we think they'll be and a four-foot at least storm surge that could be any anywhere from 4 to 11 feh@h@h@h@ >>> we are live in lower manhattan looking right at the statue of liberty. bianna? >> all right, sam, thank you. the hurricane itself is basically an east coast story, but the traveve disruptions fro it is a national onone, global e in fact. thousands of flights have been grounded and it's going to get worse over the weekend. abc's t.j. is covering the ripple effects

it happened last monday as a vicious hail and rainstorm pelted nassau county.reets were flooding quickly. he was in a mini bus with a teen and matron on board when he spotted an unmarked police cruiser like this filling with water with three detectives inside. >> and they are saying you've got to help us, you've got to help us. you've got to get us to the third precincts. we're police officers. >> reporter: he made the decision to push through the floodwater, picked up detectives and delivered them to the nassau precinct. >> it's sad to hear when his good deed cost him his job. >> reporter: after dawe filed a report about what happened, he was fired. according to papers supplied by dawe, he violated bus company policy about picking up passengers. >> i felt they were in danger, and i felt it was something anyone would do under the circumstances. >> reporter: a vice president for educational bus transport responded with the statement this particular employee was not terminated solely because of the pickup of unscheduled passengers, but tim floyd would not elabora

in nassau county, there are places where floodwaters are 4 feet deep.alking along the boardwalk enjoying the afternoon at this point, grateful that irene didn't do more damage here. scott customer. >> thank you very much. moving off the beach into the city. jim axelrod of the crossroads of the world, times square. the storm has come right up broadway. >> it has. frankly, it didn't hit new york nearly as hard as was predicted. there was enormous concern that the hurricane force winds were going to create problems especially with the skyscrapers. it turned out to be just that really, concern. not that the city won't have its share of problems from the storm. >> reporter: irene pondered the new jersey shoreline this morning. the boardwalk in belmar, new jersey was turned. the arrival coincided with the high tide. storm surge is a major threat for new york city. low-lying areas of manhattan are protected by a single, and a system of pumps, but with predictions and surges up to 8 feet, they may not be enough. wind gusts toppled trees in brooklyn more than 10

the jersey shore and on up into the western sections there, the western part from suffolk and nassau county along long i'll. l the people here in this box right there, you are in the most danger at this point in time. we'll get to the northeast in a second. we have winds coming here. we have winds pulling water from the sound into your rivers. elizabeth city, all the way to greenville, all the way down to -- even into henderson. watch this, watch what happens when you pull this water in and then you get ten inches of rainfall here. to get to this google map right here, here is the storm track moving across here, the winds coming in, shawn go ahead and move this in here, elizabeth city, right there, right on the water, beautiful part of the country here, but very low, no topography here, the water is getting pushed up the bay, getting pushed up the river and 10 to 12 inches of rainfall coming down the river. it is a tremendous flood potential here and greenville, one more spot, another area where the water is getting pushed back up here in washington, and i assume parts of the city are compl

as fwe feared at this time, the storm surge and flooding is the issue here, and not only in nassau county, but up in suffolk county as well. >> no doubt, suffolk county will be affected. let's check in with jacqui jarvis, and a i think a lot of folks watching this are living in new york and wondering how bad it is in manhattan, and they will think maybe they should go outside and walk around even though it's not -- this is still a hurricane, a category 1 storm. if you don't have to be outside, there's no reason to go outside. >> no. >> it's miserable out here. it's not a sideways rain yet, but a driving, pouring rain, and it's going to be a very uncomfortable day all day today in new york city. where is the storm now and what does it looks like now? >> it's very close to you right now, anderson. i will show you what we call the velocity mode, sarah, if you can do that for me. this is where the center of the storm is. here's sandy hook, new jersey. and here is new york city. there you can see the bronx over here. and there is the center of circulation. wow, it just popped up to the north f

nassau county police they pulled their cars off the road at least as of an hour. good news. paul got his hat. >> that's great. >> he got his hat. you're going home. he's got the hat. >> that's all good. you kept yours as well, right? >> yes. so far. it's blown off once. i'm trying to keep it secure. >> all right. al roker you're the best. thank you for joining us from long beach, new york. join me right now with more on irene's location and strength is the weather channel bryan norcross. brian, you're looking at the video and watching our broadcast and you see the winds with that tremendous storm surge there with al was in long island. that's going to create some havoc with flooding in that area for sure. >> we're going to have some flooding from storm surge. in the end that won't be the legacy of this hurricane. it is as al said it's the inland, heavy rain and flooding that's going to go from all the way up to the canadian border across northern new england and on down through new jersey and eastern pennsylvania, serious, serious near record flooding. two or three of all ti

in nassau county, the county executive held a tense meeting with his emergency management team, amiderns about flooding. their own internal inundation maps show the effects in red of a category 1 storm, with major floodingngcross the barrier island communities and along the mainland. most people we spoke with were beginning to get the message. >> you can really feel it. you can sense something is -- something big is coming along. >> reporter: of course, it all depends on the ultimate track of the storm. no mandatory evacuations on long island, at least not so far. that is likely to change later this morning. m.j. burke, at abc news, point lookout. new york. >> aaa in new york is giving us some tips this morning on storm safety. they say pack an emergency kit, fill your car with gas now. don't wait until the lines get long. don't drive through the high water. that's a big no-no. and stay tuned for forecast. and living in new orleans, you may not think about -- clean the fridge out. don't leave nasty food in there. when the power goes out, you don't want the salmon in there marinating

. >> i live here in nassau county, i don't want to see us lose the only thing to bring people from othernties to spend their money here. >> we're not idiots. we want to look up on the internet and say what's the deal with $14 billion in debt we'll incur. >> the move could have raised property taxes close to $60 per year for 30 years. >> meanwhile, a poor pooch forced to suffer in the hot miami weather wedged underneath this car for hours. apparently, get this, the reason he couldn't get out, the collar apparently got caught near the engine. fire crews used the carjack to get him out. the dog escaped with cuts, bruises and a little dehydrated but he is fine today. meanwhile, let's find out where it's raining and where it is dry. and as you can see, we've got some thunderstorms moving through portions of the northern plains right now. also into the great lake states affecting our friends in wisconsin and michigan. a little action overnight in portions of the new england states and in particular maine but right now, things are nice and dry. the current temperatures as you head out the door

past manhattan but irene hit long beach, one of the hardest hit areas there, a cleanup across nassau county could take weeks with one lawmaker calling it a monumental task. laura ingle has been all over long beach and long island all weekend long with amazing reporting and she's jong us now. hi lawa. >> reporter: hi there. maybe relatively calm and you know, things are getting back to normal on the board walk. the most action that we have seen in this board walk in a lot -- a lot of storm action yesterday for sure, has been the cleanup that we've been watching with the lifeguards cleaning up all their gear that got knocked around and really dirty and we've got bulldozers on the beach moving around the sand that was pushed up with that enormous storm surge we saw. one of the things you see here behind me is the long beach lifeguard headquarters tower. that thing that you see right there, we've got some tape of what happened yesterday, man, it was knocked around, in fact, it was knocked around so much, it actually lifted up off of the foundation. one of the most dramatic shots, certainly, out

there's not a single model out to sea right now, and most take them somewhere over suffolk county, nassau county or even right up the hudson river. take that, think about what that possibly could. a category 2, and you run that into any big city in the northeast, you're looking at 500,000 to 750,000 people without power, and some spots will take 10 to 15 days for all of that power to come back. so what does that mean? drew, that means you might be camping in your house for ten days. what does it mean to camp without power, without water probably, and how do i survive those ten days? take care of yourself and don't expect the government to take care of you. get the water -- i'm not saying buy bottled water. empty some old milk out of a jug, rinse it out and make sure your bathtub is full of water before that gets there. that will be your gray water. you won't drink it, flush with it. you'll water plants and whatever you need to do with water that you just wouldn't drink so there's going to be a run on all the supplies. don't need to go out and run on all the supplies. water is still very good to

nassau and suffolk counties make up long island. 200,000 to 300,000 people have been asked to evacuatethey will not come and force you out of here. they will not help you during the height of the storm. the reason being at least from where we stand here, the nearest hospital is 40 miles away, roughly. that is the main reason they asked people to evacuate. hurricane amnesia in new york city. you better believe it. it has been since 1985, really, since we had a storm like this. gloria and hurricane bob in 1991. it has been a while since they have seen a hurricane. i think folks have been preparing for the most part. are they evacuating in mass numbers? that may not be the case. the timing of the storm coming in later tonight and we will probably get the effects of it around midnight. the second landfall, once this makes it through north carolina, it will not make landfall here until noon tomorrow. this will be a long-duration event. this coastline will get hit pretty hard with the winds and waves. new york city proper will be getting those sustained winds and the higher skyscrapers and h

nassau, suffolk counties where over half of the all people in the state have lost power.s the predominance of the flooding. that's on long island. we also have a problem in the cat skill area of the state, mid hudson, a lot of creeks and rivers have been cresting and flooding. we've had a loss of life there. going forward i don't want new yorkers to get over confident and think it's over. it's not over. there's no reason for new yorkers to be coming out of their homes. shouldn't be on the streets or roads. let the emergency personnel do their jobs. stay in your home and enjoy your family. read a good book but it's not over until it's over. irene is not done with us yet. >> governor andrew cuomo, thanks for your time. a lot of images that we were watching, some of the pictures you snapped as assessing the damage, thanks so much for your time. >> not too far from new york we have new jersey. a lot of what the governor described also a huge fear in new jersey as well. let's go to poppy harlow live in see caucus. talk to me about what you're seeing around you and how big of a

the other thing with new york, at nassau county, the highest tax county in the country. how much more taxes are we going to be paying? how much more are you going to believe us? why pay more when they are being foolish with my money already? that is my problem. i don't mind paying more. just list with what they are doing now. host: robert gibbs was on one of the morning shows. he said that republicans must decide whether they are going to swear allegiance to the tea party or work with democrats to create jobs. that is the next to a democratic jamar from dallas, texas. -- caller: i to say everybody pays taxes at work. the me give you an example. people say nobody -- i only make $39,000, from department of defense, and i pay $5,000 worth of taxes and only reason why i get anything back, which is not that much, if i can do my home deduction. they make interest of all our money that we pay in. i don't have any kids to be dumped, but a lot of people say you don't pay taxes -- you do make -- pay taxes and the federal government makes money. i advise people who say no taxes --

. >> we have to work together beings you have some friends in the nassau county police department, what daw was kind enough to remove the detectives from these rising waters and transport them back to their office as a direct result of his actions on our behalf, the bus operator was terminated from his employment. it seems as though the management of the educational bus transportation company should reconsider their position in this matter. would you go back to work for this company? >> i explained this to everybody. i loved the job i was doing. they gave me a bonus check -- i love my job. if i didn't love the job, i'd be there every day. >> thank you for being a good samaritan and inspiring all of us in america. >> absolutely. everybody has to do their job. >> stay with us, george. coming up, he was looking at the stock market instead. instead it sank. did president obama miss his best opportunity to become a real commander in chief? our next guest says yes. wait until you hear why. and the number one song in 2009 "i gotta a feeling" by the black eyed peas. america needs you. [ female

and tonight, people in nassau county, new york will vote on whether or not to use millions of dollars funds to build a new hockey arena and baseball field. if so, they could see a tax hike for the next 30 years. let's go over to peter. >> thanks, gretchen. it's been almost 10 years since the 9/11 terror attacks and some people say it's time to move on and drop the name ground zero from the world trade center site. they want to use the original name world trade center but not everyone agrees. joining us for a fair and balanced, we won't call it a debate, a discussion is jim richards, a retired new york city firefighter who lost his firefighter son jimmy on 9/11. and retired u.s. marine mark finelli in the south tower when the planes hit and decided to enlist in the service of this country. good morning, gentlemen. happy to see you both, jim. nice to see you again. chief, why should we continue to refer to the site of the attack as ground zero? why is that important in terms of our national interest and our psyche? >> well, we said after 9/11 never forget and i feel you can't sanitize i

cat skills area because of the saturated ground and nassau and suffolk counties, this still isn't done. >> we heard from mayor bloomberg while people are expected to get back to work as best they can, he does expect that nothing will be back to normal especially since you heard mta may not resume until mid afternoon and that's pow people get from point a to point b. >> offices and services will be open. >> maybe people will get free passes if they are late to work. >> maybe. >> as we're talking about new york, we want to talk about rhode island and we have kate baldwin standing by where the story appears to be the wind. >> reporter: it does feel to be the wind. as we've seen across the coast, there's relative calm and then i almost got blown over one additional time a few moments ago. it does still seem to be the wind. we have been getting a little more rain but nothing people feared could be heading our way. i will tell you as we've been talking about the concern throughout this state was the wind damage and all of the problems that they have been experiencing because of these fierce

in the five boroughs and in nassau, suffolk, westchester, and rockland counties.pefully that won't happen, but there is the potential. combined, i think it's fair to say that these conditions make it unsafe to say outside. let me just repeat that. the time for evacuation is over. everyone should now go inside and be prepared to stay inside until weather conditions improve, which won't likely be until sunday afternoon. but we will get through this next 24 hours, i assure you. the city has taken exhaustive steps to prepare for whatever comes our way, and the very best first responders are going to work nonstop through the night to make sure we get this night as safely as possible. i'm joined by our fire commissioner, police commissioner ray kelly, and our officer of emergency management commissioner, joe bruno. we have prepared for this, we've worked very hard. we've warned the public, and now we have to deal with what comes from mother nature. your safety, your own safety, is dependent upon what you do. new yorkers should now remain indoors and take the following s