a record storm surge here, 14 feet in the new york harbor. all of the predictions about the generators being turned off, all of that came to pass. >> there has been massive criticism over authorities handling of the storm in a previous incidences. so far, what is the opinion of new yorkers over the way this has been managed? >> so far, people seem to be happy. mays said they thought they were hiding at this one after hurricane -- hyping up to this storm after hurricane erin green. -- hurricane irene. this is an island. it is very vulnerable to flooding. that has been known for some time. need some sort of coastal defenses. >> thank you very much. for the last 24 hours, images have been coming in of the sheer strength left by sandy. here are a few photographs that capture these images. ♪ ♪ >> the extraordinary images of new york city, a city that all of us know so well, but it looks very different today. that brings the program to a close. i'm kathy kaye. thank you for watching. i will see you tomorrow. >> make sense of international news at b

sandy set a 13-foot high wall of water rushing through new york harbor and that water pouring into the subway tunnels. the head of the mta calling it the worst damage seen in the 100-year history of public transit here in the city. >> in a most dramatic fashion, sandy's winds caused a twisted crane to dangle perilously more than 70 floors up over midtown manhattan. look at that. emergency crews worried that it would slice through like a hot knife through butter. >> when i saw is the reports of the firefighters in queens or downtown manhattan i could see in my mind's eye not only the buildings and the planes, but the people. >> it's a lot to get you up to speed on and we are waiting for mayor michael boomberg to speak, and we do want to get the latest from the jersey shore which as we told you took the direct hit from sandy as that storm came

new york city as far as storm surge goes. that's why we're forecasting a storm surge as high as 11 feet across portions of long island sound and also the new york harbor. basically that means we'll have water piling into long island sound. water piling into the new york harbor and that east river, east of manhattan will have water that has nowhere to go. so we could be seeing some significant flooding out there. that is a huge concern and also a concern across lower manhattan. sandy again a huge storm system. we're expecting a water rise pretty high in areas further away from new york city. four to eight feet further toward the south of the coast atlantic city. we're seeing that being projection across the coast of connecticut. otherwise heavy rain. six to 10 inches across portions of mid-atlantic. new england will have significant rainfall, one to three inches. not as much as the mid-atlantic. some areas could deal with localized flooding especially higher elevation when you get the runnoff. day time projections as we head throughout the afternoon. we'll see conditions deteriorating. gusts up to 80 miles an hour. beach erosion becoming a huge concern

>> reporter: sam -- diane i am standing water in new york harbor is over the edge and we are standing and it. this is just what are the just washed up and you know, before i came to abc news i covered new york weather for 25 years and i have never seen water in lower manhattan and there is water on the streets in lower manhattan. let's show you where the storm is going to make it smooth. once it is now i'm sure, let's follow this it is difficult to see where the center of the storm is that it is practically on the jersey shore line and the storm continues to be a problem once it is on sure. stepping into the pennsylvania border by the time we get to tuesday. since tuesday, almost it all day tuesday, i will spend a pennsylvania and wednesday, almost all day wednesday into thursday and western new york state, each one of those areas will have tropical storm wind gusts and heavy rain and flooding to be delivered with the storm and it was an amazing little surprise that sandy had in store for us at last minute, like sprinting for the finish line, sandy made a motion straight for e jersey

. >> yes, and, diane, i'm standing in water, new york harbor is actually over the edge here and we're standing in it. this is, by the way, driftwood that just washed up. now you know before i came to abc news i discovered new york weather for 25 years. i have never seen water in lower manhattan. there is water now on the streets in lower manhattan. let's show you where this storm, by the way, is going to make its move once it's now on shore but follow this and it's very difficult to see where the center of the storm is but it's practically right on that jersey shoreline but then this storm continues to be a problem even once it's on shore. kind of stepping into that pennsylvania border by the time we get to tuesday. then spins tuesday almost all day tuesday in pennsylvania. then wednesday, almost all day wednesday into thursday in western new york state. each one of those areas will have tropical storm-force wind gusts and still some heavy rain and flooding to be delivered with this storm. and it was an amazing little surprise that sandy had in store for us when at the very last minut

some of that water, three feet above where the water is in new york harbor right now. if that water gets in, problems with flooding in subway systems, new york city is definitely aware of this. boarding up homes and buildings. >> i'm really nervous about this. i'm cooking. i'm thinking that we're not going to eat for the next six days. >> catch basins to help drain flood waters. >> this is a dangerous storm. if it stretened unexpectly or change its expected path it could do a lot of damage and you could be at risk. >> reporter: new york city transit officials are preparing for a possible shutdown of the subway system the largest rapid transit system in the world. >> everything shut down while i'm in the city that's problem. >> reporter: sandy could create a storm surge larger than last year's hurricane irene. possibly filling the subway tunnels with water. >> lower manhattan is the most vulnerable spot for a storm surge. >> no doubt about they expect this to be a large problem for central new jersey, including philadelphia, atlantic city, new york city all of the way up

>> i'm not an expert on the new york harbor, but i know they're taking steps there and they'll probablyto you later about the significant steps new york is taking. but depending how and where it hits, it could really be devastating. some of the action we've taken, for instance, off the virginia and maryland coastal areas, we've gone to what we call port condition zulu. we've closed all those ports. no ships are allowed to enter or leave because it's not safe to do so. if the storm goes on, i think those conditions will continue to move up the coast. >> what about retying and double tying ships that come up. >> there are many places where that's being done. the navy here, commander fleet forces, initially was looking at sailing all the navy ships out of here, and based on the projections said, okay, let's hunker down here. many of the ships have moved to the safest moorings possible, and we've done the same for our purposes so we can reconstitute immediately after the storm and fall in and figure out where there is trouble and where people need our assistance. >> and admiral, even though

place where i'm standing last night at about 9:00, this was effectively part of new york harbor. the storm surge was nearly 14 feet high. that is 4 feet higher than the record back in 1960. 14 feet. way out in new york harbor by the way they measured waves that were 32 feet high, 6 feet higher than the record. the water swept in right here, went up to about -- past my waist last night when it was at its worst. you can see what it did to the plants. it swept in and effect efly swamped this entire area. we've walked all the way through. there's something of a little bit of a lake by a field down that way. it created something of a huge, huge mess. other side of the evacuation zone from where you are, soledad, 370,000 people were told they should get out of these areas. i don't know how many did. you get the sense there are a lot of people that did try to ride out this storm. when i headed down here just a few hours ago, the city was pitch black. the whole lower part of manhattan lost power or had their power shut down, some 250,000 people in manhattan alone are without power right n

water moving onshore and some of that water, we're about three feet above where the water is in new york harbor. so if that water gets in, we're talking about problems with flooding in subway systems, new york city is definitely aware of this, and they're getting ready for it. we're under a state of emergency and they want everybody prepared today for a monday storm boarding up homes and buildings. >> i'm cooking. i'm thinking we're not going to eat for the next six days. >> and sweeping sewer catch basins to help drain floodwaters. >> this is a dangerous storm, but if it would strengthen unexpectedly or change its path it could do a lot of damage and you could be at risk. >> new york city transit officials are preparing for a possible shutdown of the subway system, the largest rapid transit system in the world. >> if it's shut down while i'm in the city, that's a problem. >> sandy can potentially create a storm surge larger than last year's hurricane irene overtopping the floodwalls, possibly filling the subway tunnels with water. >> lower manhattan is the most vulnerable place to a storm surg

we're right here with new york harbor behind us. we'll be able to see how wide this band of water is. any water that's at this shoreline will have to hop up over lower manhattan. a good flooding situation orfor this area. the hurricane center has the latest satellite picture. when you see the clouds are stretching from that south carolina area to georgia, all of the way up to maine and beyond into canada, this is a very large system. as a matter of fact, one of the largest storms that we have seen in the atlantic basin. take a look at the path here. hurricane center says it's still expected to get up and make a left-hand turn. we may expect to see movement turn toward the coastline as late as sunday night and then make the turn, the more direct turn on monday. tuesday, finding a home somewhere on the jersey shore, into new york city. if you follow the path. but look at that mile of wind path there. that's about a 1,000 miles of tropical-force to winds. on the jersey shore, in the new york harbor, long island sound, it won't make a d

back in new york harbor. s a lot of underground flooding going on there. at least, on the surface, the water is back in the harbor. it was difficult to find a high place last night. our crew did, sleeping in cars and suvs, did to be here first thing this morning. let's look at where this storm is going. if you were affected by this storm, will still will be probably for two days. look at where it is, right on the border of pennsylvania, kind of west of philly. and watch what it was over the next couple of days. then, sitting in western new york state. then, hooking up into canada. it will have strong winds and a little bit of rain and eventually be pushed out into the canadian maritimes. some with the rain. still, there will be rain that lights up along the shoreline. we get periodic rain showers. so will you, too. but inland areas, much heavier rain. >>> now, to lara spencer in connecticut. it was a difficult night. and it was a tough one. >> the wind was a huge problem, sam. one of the big concerns and not o

new york city officials think that the storm surge will hit here in new york harbor sometime between 8:00 and 9:00. high tide is scheduled for 8:506789 so wh8:50. when you combine the fact that it's a full moon which means high tides anyway, plus this outrageously huge hurricane that is coming our way, all of that spells trouble. and that is why there is a mandatory evacuation in this area here at battery park and much of the financial district. people were told to leave their homes by yesterday afternoon. there are a lot of people down here. some said, it's not so bad. i'll come out and take pictures. police are using bull horns to remind people that this is a mandatory evacuation area and it's not safe to be here even to take pictures either for your vacation or just for pros tear tea. as far as the city goes, city schools are closed tomorrow. amtrack service is canceled for tomorrow. the new york stock exchange will also be closed tomorrow and that is all because of this storm. city officials are urging people to stay indoors, don't go out if you don't have to. many bridges around

i'm john berman live in the evacuation zone in new york harbor.e most concerned about, a storm surge, as much as 11 feet high, that could swamp this area, threatening lives and livelihoods. >> and with just eight days remaining until the election, the race for the white house takes a back seat to sandy. i'm zoraida sambolin. hurricane sandy forcing the candidates to cancel campaign stops. it's creating havoc for voters, as well. cnn's special hurricane coverage starts right now on "early start." >> good morning, welcome, everybody. you're watching our breaking news, which is the continuing live coverage of hurricane sandy, as it heads toward new jersey. that's where it's expected to make landfall sometime this evening. one coast guard official tells us he sees this scenario, which you're watching on your screen right there, playing out over the next 24 hours in a couple of ways. he said it could either be bad or it could be devastating. obviously neither one of those is a very good option. if you look at sandy you can see the category 1 hurricane

chad, a lot of the talk so far has been about the water rising in new york harbor, but when you look field and the direction, long island sound is a worse problem than new york harbor, because the winds are going to push the water on long island sound into that western part of new york. flood astoria and city island and at the same time, you will see the surge coming in from the ocean, and that is a terrible combination. >> professor, when the water goes up the east river and tries to come down from the east river from the sound, what is going to happen? >> right. so we will see some massive flooding. >> you are talking about roosevelt island? >> in irene, it came close to a foot of getting into the subway at south ferry, but we have a good chance that we will get salt water in the subways for the first time. >> oh, really? that is really obviously not good for the electrical or anything to get salt water down. >> right. saltwater and electricity don't mix well. we have a big intra strufrastru problem putting the subway back in order and that is a huge economic loss to the city. >> a

we will have water into new york harbor and water into new york sound, and we talked to professor coch who said that the water will try to go up the east river and down the east river and somewhere at the confluence will be a significant flood somewhere close the roosevelt. that water will go back into brooklyn, queens or manhattan, and there are subway systems and intakes this that area, and if it is too high, all of the sudden, he is expecting professor coch, and from klumby kra? >> no, queens college. >> and he expects the salt water to be in the subway. >> and he said, that saltwater and subways don't mix. you said something important, and you it is a is unprecedented, because you were talking about people who would ride out the storm in big cities? >> well, we have 60 million people, and no place to tell them to go. i know there are some shelters burk in other hurricanes if you see it coming to a town or city, you go left or right. this thing is 1,000 miles north-south, and 1,000 miles ea east-west. you cannot drive 1,000 miles out of the storm, and as the governor christy said, y

this area was part of new york harbor overnight. surge was 14 feet. 14 feet, which is 4 feet higher than had ever been recorded before. that record set in 1960 before. the waves in new york harbor were 32 feet high. water levels here simply much higher than anyone anticipated which caused this massive, massive flooding in a part where i'm standing, of course, where you are, soledad, on the other part of the island. seven of the subway tunnels that go from manhattan to queens and brooklyn, those have been flooded. it could take a week to pump that out. they simply don't know. they've never seen anything like this with the water here before. soledad? >> john berman, updating us on what was a big concern in the city. rightfully so. the storm surge, the floodwaters, obviously wind also a big problem. debrises with a problem. you saw pictures of that crane that we talked about yesterday morning, eventually that crane did partially collapse. very precarious. they've had to evacuate some of the buildings around that crane. the expectations

we're going to have what we think may be record breaking storm surge in new york city, in new york harborisland sound and up along the jersey shore. this is imminent, tyler. it is going to happen this afternoon, into very early this evening. along the jersey shore there from sandy hook -- that's north jersey -- all the way down to cape may, including the north side of delaware bay there in the state of delaware. anybody that is there near the coast at a low lying area is in severe risk here right now this afternoon. >> so unprecedented in terms of size and in terms of potential impact. how far inland does that storm surge go if it is as bad as you say it may well be? >> well, it really depends on exactly where you are and how low lying you are. many parts of the coast, there are barrier islands. it is going to go over some of those barrier islands. other parts, it kind of goes up pretty quickly and it is going to go up against that land. up here in new england there are a lot of rocky shore lines. it just goes up against the rocks. but it also tends to get funneled. here with new york and

about an hour or so before the true high tide stops there and starts to try to roll back out of new york r harbordon't believe the water is going to get out of new york harbor and the wind, erin, is going to continue to push in. i wouldn't be afraid to bet at least another couple feet. high tide's only going to add maybe another foot. the wind has changed directions. for r most of the day, it was really from the east or northeast and not getting into the harbor, but now, as the water gets pushed up the coast, it will come up dramatically. here's the tidal gauge for battery park. we are at this point right here. high tide, not quite there yet. so, another half a foot because of high tide, but also, at least another foot and a half because of the water continuing to get pulled back. there's one other scary part up near kings point. not that far from laguardia. it's at 12 feet right now. that's low tide. there's seven more feet on top of that for the high tide. 12 plus 7 is 19 feet. talki ining great neck, you nee be very, very careful tonight because it's going to get up there. that long island sou

then six to 11 feet, this is what prompted the evacuation orders from the mayor of new york city. new york harbor on the north shore of long island dealing with six to 11 feet. the national weather in new york says this will be the highest storm surge ever in new york city, that's what they are predicting at the national weather service so far. look at the rainfall, we're up from last night. locally a foot in new jersey. the biggest difference this year is stream flows across pennsylvania and new york are much lower so we may save a few from flooding but it's inevitable that we will sigh flash flooding in many, many places. and crippling snowfall in parts of virginia. all of these elements coming together for massive power outages, some 60 mill brion peo affected, we are iing 10 million to lose power from this megastorm. >> some remarkable numbers there, jim, thank you. all day sandy has been lashing north carolina's outer banks. julie martin is in nags head for us tonight. julie? >> reporter: we have been taking a beating all day long here along the outer banks, the tropical storm force wind gus

here we are, about 40 miles or so due south of new york city and 20 or 25 miles south to the inlet to new york harborge could be historic. the waves across new jersey have been pounding. we stand on berkeley hotel, there's a lot of history in asbury park, it's on the surge of another economic comeback. a couple hundred yards from the ocean. last night during high tide cycle the water was well above the normal side, 3 feet above average, lapping up against the boardwalk. later on today and tonight when high tide cycle peaks around 8:00, is around when sandy should be making landfall just south of here, we expect a storm surge of at least four, possibly as high as eight feet. that would mean that water would come up over the board walk and possibly flooding these streets through the rest of asbury park. a similar situation will happen along the coastline. inland flooding and devastating winds sandy will bring. government officials and governors across the northeast corridor have been warning their constituents. this is what governor christie had to say to new jersey yesterday. >> so, don't be stupid. g

a massive explosion all, but lighting up new york city harbor. when surging waters flooded a substation near the waterfront. as of now 7 million people or -- excuse me, over 8 million people in 13 million states from maine to maryland, new hampshire to north carolina have no power because of this storm. joining me now by telephone is con edison spokesperson alfonso skwshgs uiroz. let's start with the tally. we were hearing from mayor bloomberg, is it 750,000 people without power currently in lower manhattan? >> when we are seeing in new york city and westchester county which we cover it's 787,000 customers out. in manhattan we've got about 250,000 customers out. these numbers are fluid because a lot of people have becalled t register their outage, we ask them to call 1-800-con ed, for the power. >> what exactly happened there? >> well, sandy really hit us by air and by sea. she hit us, number one, with the very, very high winds that attacked the trees and that went on the overheadlines and that really knocked a lot of customers out. in staten isla

i want to show you right here, new york city in toward manhattan and this is the new york harbor. this is why we have been dealing with the storm surge. there is a little spit of land here, a barrier island that is out here called breezy point. it is low and topped with water. now look at this picture showing the fire we have going on out there on this piece of land. it is a their restrip of land with some beautiful homes right there. and there are now 50 homes that have been destroyed by this fire according to the new york fire department. a very dangerous situation. it is now a six-alarm fire. there are over a hundred firefighters out there and having difficulty getting water. they are having to fight this with the saltwater. a big problem on their hands with 50 homes that have been now destroyed by this one home -- by this one fire out there. that's obviously one concern. the broader storm continues. we have the rain going on and most of new england is in that threat. we have the colder side of the storm with such strong winds. that means the left side of the storm is bringing

right here in the new york harbor, we're standing, rolling over the edge there, there's a white cap thereginger zee is standing right now up against the water in atlantic city, new jersey. >> reporter: hurricane sandy is currently more than 200 miles east of cape hatteras, knock knock. already, its effects have been devastating. look at this house in rodanthe, north carolina. parts are breaking off and falling into the ocean. there are many places like norfolk, virginia, where low-lying streets are already flooded. and there are thousands of customers without power. 89-mile-per-hour winds are already churning the surf. sandy's winds could be up to 90 miles an hour this afternoon, just short of a category 2. and a daring coast guard rescue is currently under way. the "hms bounty" is takes on water. 17 people are being hoisted from lifeboats on to jayhawk helicopter it's. all of this power, all of this damage and sandy are still well offshore. what makes sandy special? this time of year, most tropical storms move east out to sea. sandy's traveling north and will turn west so its effects wil

storm came on shore around central jersey at 6:00 tuesday, that side of the storm is towards new york harbor. a lot of water toward long island sound and water piling into new york harbor, major problems for new york city. long island, major problems, north jersey major problems but the way the topography of the coast line is, all the water comes in and can't get out and that is one of the problems. the other model we like has been trending farther north and it is around their wards road island. that puts more energy plus coastal areas of maine. it won't necessarily be one of those. could be somewhere in the middle or that general area. it doesn't really matter because by the form -- by the time the storm gets to the northeast is not a potential hurricane with the strongest wind at the center of the storm. is a difference to amend wind field will be huge. many people will be dealing with a lot of wind and a lot of power outages. one thing that will definitely happen wherever you have the storm to the east or to the right there will be a lot of storm surge, significant storm surge and waves t

one of those was measured in new york harbor. a couple of the ocean city cameras, a rainy day on the beach. they have one last big high tide. my mom was down there. she said the tides were well above average, right there with irene. we have bigger waves. there it is, ocean city pier. it's gone. just the remaining two thirds of the oc pier, rainy, windy kind of a day, delaware, kent island. higher than normal on the bay because of that rising effect from really the full moon cycle and all the runoff from sandy. 42 at the airport, cold. the cold continues to spin. we continue to see the last effects of the storm drifting north but tomorrow will be mostly cloudy, breezy. i think we're dry by thursday. the cold air will keep funneling in. as we take one last look at it, less and less extinct. bring the big winds to the bay and bringing snows to the mountains and could, in fact, as a parting gift, bring a few wet flakes to the baltimore area. we're down to 36. it's going to be a cold night. 54 tomorrow. chilly, breezy. tomorrow night

we have storm surge coming into new york harbor. the only way the two connect is through the east river. when it comes up on the south side is doesn't have any place to go so we'll have significant flooding in manhattan and the burrows. the other is the massive wind field, 50 to 60 miles an hour as far as chicago from this storm. >> quickly, we read the full moon had something to do with it. >> it does, that storm surge means you have astronomical high tide. add 8-foot storm surge and 20-foot waves on top of that. >> interesting. thank you so much. good advice. >>> wow, it's time for "sunday house call." joining us, dr. marc siegel, the author of the inner pulse, unlock the secret code of sickness and health. >> and the vice president of the robotics. we welcome both of you. >> good morning. >> we begin with a shocking study found that serious birth come indications are on the rise in our country. researchers found heart problems are among the most common. why the increase and what do we do? >> this is coming out of the center for d

we have the coast being pounded into new jersey an the new york harbor 60 miles out. so sandy is on the way ashore and it should make landfall in the next couple of hours. >>> here in the pacific, we've got some changes on the way. take a look at the system here. ironically, sandy is telling this system, we expect to bring us rain by halloween. it looks like it may hold off just in time for the trick-or- treaters. the rain line to the north of us as we progress in the afternoon, it begins to slight, it's now into the evening hours right around 9:00 or so and it's over the north bay. it will sweep through. it looks like we can get it in time for the thursday morning drive. the good news, the trick-or- treaters may actually be dry. if you are out and about parting in the late evening hours, the chance of rain may increase. outside the door, 73 degrees. and 57 in napa. 64 santa rosa. napa is a reporting a little. and dense fog advisory, visiblity will be about a mile. for the afternoon, highs similar to yesterday and slightly cooler in the areas that won't see as much su

and one other record, i just want to share with all of you, new york harbor had a record wave height ed of 32 1/2 feet. 32 1/2 feet for a wave in new york harbor. the prior record that it broke was 6 1/2 feet. again, that gives you a sense of the scale. i want to go to rob marciano who is in asbury park, new jersey. rob? >> erin, there's been a number of records broken today, hasn't there been. extraordinary storm no doubt about it. all the things that chad described and then the far-reaching effects, certainly down the coastline. here along the shore of new jersey, it's been quite damaging. here in asbury park, about 40 miles as the crow flies from new york city, we had it looking pretty good for a little while but then when high tide came in onshore, the breach came pouring into the city. that water has receded, but we still have areas that are ponding. it's difficult to see at night here. but good one to two, in some cases three foot of water that has inundated much of the city of asbury park here. you can imagine, you can bet that that scene has been across the jersey shore commun

life-threatening storm surge from the mid-atlantic coast, including the long island sound and new york harbor. it's fwegt more serious and ominous as the storm approaches. right now a category one hurricane. we're not expecting it to intensify to a category two. we are expecting hurricane force winds at the time of landfall. let's take a look at the track. it's slowed down a bit. landfall possibly early tuesday, but in advance of the storm because it's so wide certainly we'll be feeling those effects of wind and rain already right now as you saw from the report in north carolina, but in areas further north, you'll feel it later tonight and certainly for tomorrow. the storm track going inland. that's why it's supper a dangerous point because it will be impacting so many people. that's what i want to show you now. the power outages by 10 million. you're talking about new york city and philadelphia. those are the possibilities of people that could be impacted. cleveland and pittsburgh all the way to the west as well. tens of millions of people possibly impacted by one storm, one unusual hurrican

it looks like a wave literally surging from the bend off to my right which is toward new york harboross the garden state parkway and it went across the road and they had water rescues also on the east side going southbound. water is about three to four foot on the garden state parkway with white caps. unbelievable. >> along the way, jeff, thank very much. i'm getting a number of updates on our communication devices tonight. new york city's 9-1-1 is on overload. a spokeswoman said the city is experiencing unusually high volume of 9-1-1. a bigger picture is coming into focus for us. the storm came ashore about right here, lower part of new jersey, and from atlantic city and to the north all the way out 0 on long island, the water is pushing in i in, and an ep iic l disaster is coming into focus. it's our belief from correspondents reporting along the coastline that all these beach communities are being inundated, that roads are washing out, basements are being flooded, the billing biggest city in the united states is flooding, the power is out on its southern shore. the subway systems

we are expecting flooding in long island sound and into new york harbor as well.ould not be worse. we are not hyping this storm. it is going to live up to its potential and then some. >> scary news. >>> president obama flew to orlando this morning. he landed just a short time ago and bill plante is at the white house and bill i imagine the president is meeting with his top team. >> reporter: that's right. the president is motorcading back here, he's due about now and what he's going into the meeting with federal emergency management officials. he will talk about what is needed. he left for a campaign event in florida. but early this morning the white house cancelled that. they also cancelled a campaign stop scheduled for wisconsin. jay carney said that the speed of the storm made it essential for them to return earlier so the president can stay here to closely monitor the impact and in response to the hurricane. carnie says the president needed to be here to make sure that needed federal resources are in place to support state and local recovery efforts. but of co

a storm surge as high as 11 feet above normal tide levels across portions of long island and new york harbornd widespread storms from four to eight feet from new jersey up into portions of the coast of new england and this is going to be a very long duration. and southern portions of the state of new jersey and about 48 hours of very strong winds are forecast, tropical storm force or even hurricane force for some of you, major tree damage, power outages, will be widespread for many people out across the mid atlantic and the northeast. quick time line for you, sunday night expecting the rain to be picking up across new york city down through portions of north carolina. by monday during the afternoon, gusts will also be increasing up to 65 miles per hour, widespread beach erosion along the coastal areas and worst for new jersey and new york city and long island monday night into tuesday morning wind gusts up to 80 miles per hour and harris, like we last mexed in the last hit. heavy wet snow as we head into tuesday across west virginia. >> harris: and that's the part of the storm that people do

the waters behind me, new york harbor is getting angrier and angrier. obably will be the last report that we do from this location here because as you may be able to see the waters in new york harbor are now starting to lap up on to this esplanade here at the battery at the tip of lower manhattan. >> that is scott cohn covering the storm from lower manhattan and joins us once again. scott, when we talked to you 20 minutes ago you had to evacuate because of the storm surge. what's the latest on the stage of flooding down there? >> reporter: well, we're still trying to figure out what exactly happened with subways and the staten island ferry because we had to get out of there very quickly. i don't have anything authoritative to tell you right now. i've come quite a bit inland. we're now at the lower tip of broadway. if you're familiar with the ticker tape parades that they have in the canyon of heros in manhattan, that's where we are now, somewhaticslated from the wind and certainly insulated from the water. what they tell you about storm surge, and, you k

the water has moved in towards new york harbor and as well as the long island sound gets stuck in here. so when we get next high at 9:00 in the morning, we are likely going to see an additional round of flooding in lower manhattan. this is incredible. take a look at some of the pictures that have been here, into lower manhattan, just in the last couple of hours. this right here is the tunnel that connects lower manhattan to brooklyn, water has gone into that tunnel. it is flooded. take a look at the next picture we have. these are scenes from down in the lower east side of cars completely submerged. it is hard to imagine, this is water that has overflowed the banks of the hudson or the east river on the east side of town. these are the images that you see. very scary one, right here. this is more of the water coming in towards -- just funneling quickly in towards the tunnel there. but some big concerns for the subway systems. this is hoboken, new jersey, on the other side of the river from manhattan. people take this train every day to get in from jersey in towards manhattan. it connec

new york city. there is the lovely lady liberty hanging out in new york harbor. lovely shot.e it is going to be a great day. thank you for starting your day with us. >>> voters, pundits and the media might have poured over every word the candidate said in this week's vice presidential debate, but gary tuchman took a different look at things with body language expert to see how posture and smiles even sips of water played a role. check this out. >> first of all, let's talk about the handshaking. this is important to you, right? >> yeah. >> what do we see here? >> ryan is going up with his hand up a little bit farther and it's open and it's raised. >> what does that tell you that his hand is raised. >> he's trying to show you that he's strong and open and ready for this. >> what is biden showing us? >> biden is showing us that he's not scared. he doesn't need to come in like an alpha because he already feels like he is an alpha. >> each candidate gets water, i assume it's water and not vodka or gin. we saw the congressman drinking a lot of water. this is just time after time wh