new york new jersey area. in the washington area the price is a bit lower at $3.52 a gallon. in the past month they were down 22 cents. there could soon be some relief for the gas lines in the new york area. the federal government is buying gasoline to help get more fuel to drivers in new york and new jersey. >>> do you talk politics at the water cooler? a lot of people don't think that is such a good idea. career builder finds 66% of workers do not share their political affiliation at work. going a step further, 28% of workers say they feel like they need to keep their affiliations secret around the office. probably a good idea. >> you would never want somebody to judge you poorly because of who you vote for. not a bad idea to keep it silent. >>> coming up, more like december temperatures this november morning. howard will have the forecast first. monika has the latest on traffic. >>> a us navy legend heading toward history. what happens next to the uss enterprise? >>> a good deal of sunshine today if a change with a noon time temperature a brisk 46. tem in the low 50s, maybe even 40s north and west. i'll be back in a few minutes with the election day and 7 7-day forecast. >>>

york-new jersey. same thing is true on the flip side for european countries, south america and also the asian countries as well. they're relying on goods to be exported out of nework-new jersey and other major ports on the east coast. >> and what about employees in this environment, those who obviously may not be able to get to work because mass transit isn't working, but at the same time might also be worried about paychecks coming through. >> yeah. well, that's an interesting question. that was several hours after hurricane katrina. a call from the white house asking what we needed. it was reaction answer at first -- we needed food, blankets, water. what's really needed is manpower, electrical power and also intermobile connectivity, bridges, roads, access to mid-america, to your market area's got to be open so those goods can move. that's an absolute must. how the workers get to work is going to be an issue that's got to be dealt with because it is absolutely vital. manpower is number one, even above electrical power. otherwise you have no port, have you no operations. >> it is good to see you, sir. thank you for the advice. gary lagrange, the ceo of the por

it could be a rough go across southern new england new york, new jersey. for us, just a chance of some light when dree staff. that is the very latest. >> election day, does it get any better than this? the redskins are looking for a change they can believe them. they are moving forward. they are promoting johnson from the practice squad. mike shanahan looked stock when he went to vote today. -- stoci when he went to vote today. all of the redskins for excited to go out and do their civic duty. >> i have to vote. >> the 2012 redskins campaign hits its by weak today. not before one more stump speech from the head coach. >> the coach was upset. he went to get his thoughts together. >> mike shanahan spoke to the team about the controversial comments he made following sunday's loss to carolina. >> he was not a very pleased with the way it was handled in the media. he was very clear to us about that. >>. those. the redskins have lost three straight. carolina has fewer windss. >> we have built ourselves a tough task but we can win a few more ballgames. we will get

we're talking about new york and of course the new jersey coast. now in new jersey, what we're talking about here's the latest numbers. 1.7million people in new jersey still without power. that number is down about a million so power crews are making some progress. but not fast enough. yesterday governor chris christie said getting them back on the grid is priority number one. >> we're in a triage and attack phase now of the storm. so we can restore power, reopen schools, prepublic transportation back online and allow people to return to their homes if they've been displaced. >> reporter: now for people no new york trying to go back to work two big challenges. first gas, no power, means most gas pumps don't work and the stations that to have power have lines that stretch for miles long. then once they can get gas their second challenge is having enough people in their car to enter new york city. since most mass transit is down, most cars are turned away with less than three people in it. that of course won't apply to the trucks that will heading in from virgi

york and new jersey leaving millions without power. but it's not the first time severe weather has ripped across the northeast. in 1821 a hurricane hit new york city and the flooding was so severe that the east and hudson rivers merged. flooding lower manhattan up to canal street. another hurricane wiped away a resort island off the rocaway. dozens of hurricanes and tropical storms have created havoc across new york and new jersey. one of them was in 1992. here is faith banters report. >> reporter: in a city that has seen just about anything, most new yorkers have never seen anything like this. this is fdr drive on new york's east side completely under water. rescue workers have to dawn scuba gear to rescue people. walking was just as hazardous with winds gusting up to 70 miles per hour in this torrential rainfall. the fierce storm closed down the staten island ferry, the statute of liberty and the subway system. most commuters trains were stopped in their tracks or delayed stranding hundreds of thousands in the city. even new york's laguardia airport sucomb to mother nature's wrath. >> we have a mess. >> reporter: the entire atlantic se

the damage is widespread from new jersey and beyond. con edison in new york is hoping to have power restored by tomorrow in manhattan and areas of brooklyn with underground power lines but that is just a fraction of the numbers without power. they'll join other utility workers already there troying to get power back online as soon as possible, but this is a monomental task ahead. last night dominion was able to restore power to the last of its more than 200,000 customers that lost power due to sandy. that freed them up to be able to send these crews to new york and new jersey, the areas hardest hit. that's the latest here from national harbor. back to you. >>> well, only days to go until the election. and both president obama and governor romney are criscrossing battleground states in the run up to next tuesday. the president picked up an endorsement from michael bloomberg. today on the campaign trail romney starts in wisconsin. then both the president and romney make appearances in the all important toss up state of ohio. romney has two stops and the preside

. >>> more bad news and bad weather for people in new york and new jersey still dealing with superstorm sandy. >> a nor'easter hitting the area hard again with snow, rain and high linds of david lee miller has the latest from long beach, new york this morning ro. are by mid afternoon, the wind had picked up -- and high winds. >> david lee miller has the latest from long beach, new york this morning. >> reporter: by mid afternoon, the win had picked up. the storm moving its way up the atlantic coast is expected to bring rain and wet snow to new jersey and new york. more than half a million people are still without power following last week's storm. now, there is fear that number will rise. new york mayor michael bloomberg warned those without power to be cautious how they heat their homes. >> if you remain in your home, please do not use gas ranges or ovens to stay warm. that is not only a serious fire hazard, the fumes it releases can kill you. >> reporter: federal officials are helping thousands left homeless by the first storm but despite the risks caused by the nor'easter, there are

with a big rally in new hampshire and both will appear on tape during halftime at monday night football. >>> it has been a week since superstorm sandy struck new york and new jersey. more than 1 1/2 million are still without power. fema is setting up goes distributions to try to get fuel to people. most of the students in new york did go back to school today, although the trip put an added strain on the transit system that isn't completely yet back online. >>> the rebuild is capturing the hearts of many marylanders as don harrison tells us one group is getting behind first responders. >> reporter: john williams run has facebook page dedicated to anne arundel first responders. >> these guys are working until they drop up there. figure we would do what we can to help them guys. >> while first responders are out helping the hurricane victims, their families are home alone and in many cases without eat. john wants marylanders to drop off blankets, clothes, secure solutions, lock and key. he plays in a local band called pass pasadena. he thought this would be good to give back. >> people that we know who live up there won't be able to get back to the house for six to

>>> in a few minutes, we'll have a closer look at how new york and new jersey are handling election day in the wake of last week's superstorm. new york city mayor michael bloomberg says as many as 40,000 people were left homeless though that is worst case scenario estimated at this point. now, public schools are working to reopen this week and gas shortages continue to be a problem. new jersey has rationed it in some parts of the state. the defense department has set up stations in the new york city area with a 10-gallon limit per person. >> things are just so rough there. it is just amazing to watch. it is cold up there too. >> very chilly. temperatures in the 30s to about 40 this morning. unfortunately, the cool weather pattern continues and they will get heavy rain here i'm afraid by the middle of the week. >> last thing they need. >> another big nor'easter. let's get to local weather. we are doing fine. sun is up and doing its thing although you may not see it yet because we have a lot of cloud cover to start your morning. we should be in for a mostly sunny afternoon. it will be a nice pleasant day with a bit of a breeze out

most of them in new jersey and new york. there is still a scramble for gas and housing as temperatures drop. ben tracy in new jersey begins our coverage. >> reporter: along the coast in rumson, new jersey, an old-fashioned iron hand pump is the only way to get gasoline out of its underground tank. the gas is fueling generators in a town largely without electricity. >> anything can power my house, feed my family, hot water and take hot showers, the basics like a hundred years ago. >> reporter: at stations with power gas is being rationed. only drivers with even numbered licence plates could fill up today. for pam maida and her 11-year-old daughter samantha this is day seven without electricity. they don't want to go to this nearby shelter which is now packed as temperatures fall into the 30s at night. >> how long are you willing to do this? >> you know, i don't know at this point yet. i'm kind of just taking it day-by-day. >> i'm getting kind of tired of not having electricity and stuff. >> reporter: maida's 77-year-old mother

new york state carrying power repair trucks from california. in virginia, the uss san antonio was loaded up with relief supplies and sent off to new york and new jersey. the city of hoboken is finally getting back on its feet after flooding stranded 20,000 people. governor chris christie says the power situation has drastically improved. >> remember, at the height of the storm we were at 2.7 million. a million more customers have been restored. >> in connecticut, garbage is piling up all along the streets as flooded basements are being cleaned out. let's go back to new york. washed out subways are starting to come back, and there are huge lines on buses as the city deals with a gridlock nightmare. work could begin today on removing that massive crane that's been dangling high above a midtown manhattan street. and a lot of people are questioning the decision to go ahead with the new york city marathon on sunday. to lower manhattan where power may not come back until the weekend. our reporter from wnbc found an incredible sight near a supermarket. >> look how desperate it has gotten here in this neighborhood. people are dumpster diving. what they're go

people in the northeast are digging out, new york, new jersey, connecticut, they are seeing a record amount for this time of year. and it ripped through the communities and thousands are without power for a second time in less than two weeks. some people have not gotten the power on after the super storm. others got back in time to lose it again. now it is unclear when the crews will deal with the outages. >> this was going to be maybe thanksgiving. >> it was great have it and then lose it. >> four hours then it is off. >> and sandy dumped a foot in new jersey and cute. and it adds up to the efforts and the damage will cost 50 billion. >>> more workers are heading north to help the victims in the dark. and they. >>> the first time in 40 years new york city is rationing gas. it could last several weeks. starting this morning the odd- even plate system will go into effect in new york city. and people with odd numbered licenses get on odd days. it is theme it will ease demand and get rid of the long lines. and new jersey implemented the same system next week. >>> the mess that's been le

news will have the latest election results. coverage begins tonight 7:00 p.m. eastern time right here on cbs. >>> hurricane sandy is playing a role in today's election. residents in new york and new jersey waited in long lines yesterday to cast early ballots. so many people were displaced by the storm that voters in new york and new jersey can cast ballots at any polling place. now more than a week after the storm hit, millions continue to deal with harsh conditions. no power, no heat, and plunging temperatures and gas lines that stretch for miles. another strong storm is headed to the northeast, possibly flooding coastal areas already devastated by sandy. here in new york, 40,000 people lost their homes. jim axelrod reports. >> reporter: they're breaking up furniture for firewood on staten island. >> it's very cold. and they need to keep warm somehow. i'm glad that the fire department is not coming to put the fire out. >> reporter: desperate moms are standing in line in queens, hoping the donated food doesn't run out. >> it's hard, you know? because you don't want your babies to go hungry. >> reporter: all over the city, the powerful are getting an earful. >> you've got to be kidding m

new york. our news director drove up to new jersey tonight and said it was crazy, sideways snow, slippery roads. new york is getting that as well. in a few more hours i think this will be primarily gone for new york and new jersey overnight. it will linger into portions of new england into late tomorrow afternoon. closer to home it's mostly liquid, although i think some of this might be a little sleet in the brighter returns. indeed there could be a bit of moderate rain. nope how it's mostly from d.c. east. this dry air has made it real hard for any westward progression of this precipitation shield which is pretty much what we expected. bowie might get some sleet moving in, everything pivoting north to south with the outer band of the nor'easter. in a few more hours for us, i think it will be gone by morning. if there are clouds around in the morning, they'll break from west to east. we'll have a sunny but cool breezy day. temperature right now in gaithersburg 39, d.c. 43, annapolis 43. you've had steady light to moderate rain all day east of 95 for many of these areas with only a little snow m

new england. it is pretty much gone and new york city as well into new jersey and even here we have had a few sprinklesthis morning on the eastern shore and around the delmarva area. that is about it. the cloud cover will be lingering through the morning hours. here are some of the snowfall totals about 1 foot in connecticut. new york, new jersey over 6 inches. central park record 4 inches. 39 at dulles. 37 in manassas. 31 -- 41 at bwi. record yesterday for the lowest maximum temperature. the lowest high of we have had on november 7 of a 43 degrees. it ties the record set back in 1967. it deals with a cold november? you are right. 8 degrees below average. and a 10 day stretch below average. you can see our storm will be pulling out. high pressure will build from the west. skies clearing today. we will be on the plus side with the north wind. we will get return flow bringing in a southerly winds and the temperatures will be on the increase by the weekend. today, clearing skies. it will be blustery. 52 to 57. tonight, mostly clear skies. 28 to 35 degrees. and for more information, i would love it if you

new jersey -- the egg harbor in new jersey. the owner and members of the epic church in canton spent the weekend collecting donations. heaters as well. this is for people still without power in new york and new jersey. a van is filled with donations @ from hns bakery, and steak house. the owner, he is getting cash donations and getting it from ravens players. >> within 15 minutes, they are going to text back to me. they will be in to see me next week. >> coughman plans to make trips every week for the next several months. if you would like to donate, we included drop off locations in the story, find it on abc2news.com. >>> when you hear anheuser- busch you think of beer. during the weekend the company shifted to a different beverage. anheuser-busch's georgia based brewery started producing cans of emergency drinking water, donating 44,000 clean cases of water in new york and new jersey, anheuser-busch helped victims of natural disaster by giving away water to those in need. >>> new york city marathon may have been canceled. instead of embarking the 26.2- mile race, they stayed in to the community to hope victims, thousands of people were delivering supplies and taking donations door

new york today because of the concerns about fuel. gas shortages are causing long lines at the stations in new york, new jersey, and connecticut. aaa says that those problems, they stem from the shortages and a lack of electricity to power the pumps. >>> in the last two hours, amtrak announced that they are starting to restore limited service between new york and philadelphia. today, the rail service, they did say that they had cleared the water from one of its tunnels under the hudson river. clearing the water and debris from the new jersey coastline could be a whole different matter. and sarah shuckman filed this report from long island. >> reporter: the new jersey national guard drove us inside. here on long beach island, the center of super storm sandy's landfall. more than 100 troops are holding the peace and holding up those who stayed behind. >> you're scared because you don't know exactly what's happening here. >> reporter: and we probably won't for a few more days while the lights are dark, the shops closed up, and no one is moving in or out. nothing seems to be in its rightful place. >> most of the boats in the water d

new york, new jersey and connecticut are still in shelters tonight. fema is helping pay for temporary housing and says more than 369,000 have applied for individual assistance. and fema has approved more than $455 million of assistance so far. meanwhile, organizations like nework-based architecture for humanity which has helped rebuild communities in haiti and new orleans say the long-term needs for sandy victims are just as great. >> what we've noticed is that there are pockets that are very similar to some of the hardest-hit areas after katrina. >> reporter: the company plans to help rebuild seaside heights, still closed off to residents. back in staten island, patrice says she doesn't know what's next, but she does know what she needs. >> i need some place to stay permanently. that i can afford to pay once fema help ends. >> reporter: and this is a community-based center run by volunteers. also fema has set up 55 centers throughout the hardest-hit areas of staten island. >> michelle frandsen, thank you. >>> meanwhile, the red cross says it's received $117 million in donations to help victims of sandy. and tells us that so far its response has been near flawless. but that's not what we heard in some hard-hit areas of new york city where storm victims clai

the path train between new york and new jersey is back to limited service under the hudson river. ahead of the storm. penn station in new york was closed for a while last night, but luckily it is open again today. we have team coverage of this untimely winter storm. susan candiotti standing in the snow in asbury park, new jersey. but first we'll go to rob marciano who's in staten island where they were still just reeling from last week's hurricane. hey, rob. >> reporter: hey, john. so many people who go through disasters like this, by this stage of the game, it's let's pick up the pieces and move on and better spirits and the community come together. but when they heard this storm was coming, it ripped the heart out of these people, as many of them are still in survival mode without heat or power after hurricane sandy. as a matter of fact, yesterday, we caught up with a number of people, including this family whap live in one of the homes where we're standing near. and they described for me the kind of things emotionally and physically they're going through. >> i went through the

meanwhile, breaking news tonight, the nor'easter bearing down on new york and new jersey tonight. new york city's death toll has risen tonight. we are live in one of the hardest hit areas. joining me now, top strategist, david axelrod. >> it was a great night to be in that room with that crowd and the sense of joy frankly and spoke to the young volunteers and staff. and it was a very movingen counter. when was the moment that you thought we've got this it is all going to plan. >> when the vote started getting counted we knew quickly we have a fairly sophisticated model. we knew when we were hitting our targets and our folks were skilled and when we saw the votes coming in, in ohio and virginia, and then in florida, there was a sense that this could be an earlier evening than we thought. we looked at the demographics. pretty much across the board you had a good night on women, independence, younger people. african-americans, it was a pretty big sweeping area of people coming into vote again for you guys. were you pleased about the level of the turnout? and the breath of it. you know

new york, new jersey and long island. the president comes in, photo op and leaves. >> the minute he got the photo op he went back to being campaigner in chief. it's been disaster for new york and new jersey. not enough gasoline, not enough water, not enough electricity. you can't fly water into new york. if you focused on it, fema didn't preposition the water, fema didn't anticipate the enormous amount of demand for gasoline. fema didn't do this, president didn't do that. president bush got taken apart for the katrina reaction. this is probably more pathetic than katrin abbas this is smaller. i know something about emergency response. i know a lot about emergency response. you want my grade for this one, president obama? how about f minus? and ten people died just in midland beach in staten island. staten island, rock aways, breezy point, the jersey shore. they are decimated. >> i was there. i was there before i left on my trip. i had a press conference there with the towers. they raise money, they are out there, giving out blankets, giving out water, they set up three or four offices. they aren't getting much help. >> let me ask you this. this is fema's job, this is

concerned for this in new england, new york, new jersey. one scenario takes it out to sea and another has it coming up the coast. not is like -- not like sandy. they don't need anything additional on what has happened there. the polls open locally on tuesday and we're expecting to have mostly sun around with the temperature in the low 50s, brian. >> in an interview with shepherd smith, when we return. president obama: there's just no quit in america... and you're seeing that right now. over five million new jobs. exports up forty one percent. home values... rising. our auto industry... back. and our heroes are coming home. we're not there yet, but we've made real progress and the... last thing we should do is turn back now. here's my plan for the next four years: making education and training a national priority; building on our manufacturing boom; boosting american-made energy; reducing the deficits responsibly by cutting where... we can, and asking the wealthy to pay a little more. and ending the war in afghanistan, so we can... do some na

new york and new jersey tonight. >>> hello, i'm bruce johnson. thanks for joining us. life for most residents in newgradually getting back to where it had been before hurricane sandy. in new york carpool restrictions have been lifted, and most subway lines are running. power has been restored to all but a 10th of new york city residents. warming centers remain open for those still without lek tries. schools will be open tomorrow for 1 million new york city school students. governor christie is urging schools that have not open to be creative to get students back to the classroom. >> we've got a lot of work to do but we've already accomplished a lot, from 2.7 million people out of power, we're down to under a million in less than six days of work so we're making progress, doing the things we need to do. you know i will continue to ride herd over these folks and make sure what needs to get done will get done. >> gas continues to be raged but the governor says he hopes to lift that order soon and he insists there is no gas shortage in the statement he says the long gas lines should subside now that ref

new york state carrying power repair trucks from california. >>> in virginia the "u.s.s. san antonio" was loaded with we leaf supplies and set off for new york and new jersey. >>> the city of hoboken is finally getting back on its feet after flooding stranded 20,000 people. governor chris christie says the power situation has drastically improved. >> remember, at the height of the storm we were at 2.7 million so we're a million more customers have been restored from the height of the storm. >>> in connecticut, garbage is piling up on the streets as flooded basements are being cleaned out. >>> in new york, washed out subways are starting to come back, and there are huge lines to get on buses as the city deals with a gridlock nightmare. work could begin today on removing a massive crane that's been dangling high above a midtown manhattan street. a lot of people are questioning the decision to go ahead with the new york city marathon sunday. mayor michael bloomberg says it won't hurt storm relief efforts. and in lower manhattan where power may not come back until the weekend, our reporter from wnbc found an incredible sight near a supermarket. >> look how des

american trucking association drove the goods to staten island, new york and new jersey. >> it started out as we were watching the concert for newk on friday night like a lot of families and my 6-year-old turned to me and said mom, do something. so we sent out an e-mail to our classroom about doing a donation at our house. it was going to be about 10 boxes aand take them to ups and ship them you about through the power of e-mail it went from list serve to list serve and the community response was so overwhelming, there was no way we could did it out of our house anymore. >> the truck being association say the donations load a 53- foot trailer and they need it up there. >> good for them to step up like that. >> what's going on, tucker? >> cold and a little bit breezy to start the day. we'll see more sunshine later this afternoon and a nice warming trend for the weekend. >> we need the warmer weather. a lot of people are feeling like this is too early. >> the last couple of week, it's been unseasonably cold. it's cool start out there and again, with the breeze here out of the north and west, i'll show it to you. it feels colder th

on that in just a moment while i want to get to ana stasia there in new york on a sufi how did things play out in new york in new jersey there was a lot of speculation as to how hurricane sandy would impact the election how did it play out liz well you know if there's one word that describes what happened to me. new jersey throughout election day that word is definitely chaos because while some people were certainly enjoying the right to vote quite a few folks were out there really fighting to be able to cast that ballot and of course hurricane sandy had somewhat of an impact on that but as many just mentioned i mean enormous lines in other states and the same situation here there was definitely a lot of confusion on the ground because over five hundred polling stations were destroyed in the hurricane in new york and new jersey people had to relocate to vote in other places there was a lot of confusion surrounding that officials were trying to provide information online but certainly for over a million homes and businesses that are still without electricity in new york city without power how were they supposed to get t

new people are getting resentful. they not getting gas or help, not getting the supplies they need and you don't know what impact it's going to have in states like new york, new jersey, and particularly eastern pennsylvania. >> reporter: we'll find out tomorrow as americans head to the polls to choose the next president of the united states. in new york, i'm tracy burns. >>> some one-marathoners decided to go to new york. they travelled to the big apple when they learned the race was postponed and turned their attention to providing relief and assistance. >> disappointment turned into something great and amazing. people are coming together and turning a bad situation into something good. >> and several organizations that were going participate in the race established the race to recover fund. and it raised more than $2.6 million. >>> adding insult to injury is the nor'easter. >> and that is impacting them more than us. >> may have an affect on the del marva and that is north of us and that is going to make the water rise. and some rains and winds gusting to 40, 50 miles an hour and that is in a time when the tides are not high. we're not sure yet, brian, if it's goi

new york new jersey area i kind of have to chuckle at the fact that there is a gas shortage but does the gas shortage have to do with government stepping in and saying that there can't be any price gouging well what the heck about the notion of seven dollar a gallon gasoline in a situation where people are standing in line for six hours there may be a lot of people that wouldn't want to stand that would want to pay seven dollars for a gallon of gasoline and the notion of gasoline trucks and i'm not a technician here but this is where government gets in the way and prevents real live solutions to these problems what about the notion of a gasoline truck that actually had a dispensary on the truck that could actually dole out gas in a safe way leave that to the private sector and it would happen but i'm just saying if the government took the opposite response to gasoline prices in this case there wouldn't be any shortages right now in the new york new jersey area because entrepreneurs would be driving gasoline trucks into the area to respond to the problem i use that is just one example of probably dozens of examples on how there could be better response given more of a private sector access to be able to do that dr stein is that is the free market the solution to the large disasters. you know if it is i think we haven't seen it yet so it would be the first time and that would be remarkable yes of course there's a role here a role only that government can play it needs to be a better just do a better job but. you know fundamentally we need government to be able to come in with fema provide the food provide the water provide the housing provide the emergency assistance and the fuel i'm afraid that's the only way we're going to deal with this but it's very important for us to talk about the role of government in preventing us from having to deal with more and worse of these storms going forward and it's not only the storms i

new york and new jersey can't catch a break. high winds, heavy snow, whipped the boardwalk in rockaway beach queens in new york and many people are not leaving. they're not budging. authorities say they are working around the clock trying to restore power and pump all of the flood water back out to sea. >> we want to be aggressive about protecting our community. >> there are still nearly 800,000 homes and businesses without power from the superstorm sandy: last week dominion electric sent 1500 crews from virginia to help the north restore the power in new york and new jersey and more on how it's impacking air travel and we'll have that locally in a couple can of minutes -- in a couple of minutes. >>> but first other news now. d.c. authorities say faulty water heater sent carbon monoxide through the home here in northwest. this is 9:00 this morning on the street in northwest. which is near illinois avenue. medics examined six people living in the home and two of them were taken to the hospital and they are all expected to be okay. there's no word if the home had a working detector though at this point. >>> we have some new informa

new jersey. governor chrissy imposed an odd/even rule to get gas. people say it has helped relieve tensions. >> and commuters in to new york city face a long haul. three new jersey transit lines, one long island railroad line and the path train remain fully or partially suspended. yo majority of the subway system will be back, but amtrak still has flooding in two of its tunnels under the east river. >>> the eve of the u.s. elections is upon us and the race for the white house couldn't be any tighter. the final nbc "wall street journal" poll shows president obama beating mitt romney by a 48% to 37 hrs m 47% margin. the two men are within 0.2% of one another. they'll be crisscrossing the country today in a final push. joining us for more is tim stanley, historian at oxford university and author of a biography of pat buchanan titled the crusader. tim, welcome. this piece is nelgts partisan nor mad to predict a romney victory. mitt still has the x factor. >> i think that's true. there are some people who say it's just impossible now because of obama's lead in ohio 37 but if you look at one or two new polls that have come out, which significantly have

in new york city, back to you. >>> so we're seeing this situation in new york and new jersey, some of the hardest hit areas. a lot of you are saying my yard needs to be cleaned up too. my roof collapsed. all that debris, flooding and damage, you might want to know when is it going to dry out. let's send it over to lynette charles. >> some people -- we're still going to be seeing lots of clouds around and we're also dealing with light showers as we head over to carroll county. you can see it off towards the west of westminster right now. if you're heading down arthur ridge, mount airy getting in on that as well . this will start to diminish as we go throughout the day. again, we will see plenty of cloud cover across the area, maybe a few peeks of sunshine, but mostly cloudy skies. the more important story, we will be breezy and we're also going to be cold. remember how we were in that indian summer for a while, sandy just shifted a whole new weather pattern. this is late november temperatures that we'll be seeing as we go through the afternoon. but right now coming in at 45 degrees in

new york and new jersey. aaa says this week between 60 and 65 percent of gas stations in new york were back open. in new jersey, between 55 and 60% were reopened. an investigation is under way in new york into price gouging in the wake of superstorm sandy. the new york attorney general has received hundreds of consumer complaints, ranging from pumped-up prices on gas, to generators and hotels as well as food and water. the ag says price gouging during natural disasters is against the law. meanwhile, new jersey governor chris christie is updating residents about problems at the pump. "gasoline, we're seeing positive results from our odd/even system. i was reluctant to go to the system until we had to. i will tell you that for the most part it has significantly diminished lines across the state, if not eliminated them." christie ads the federal government will provide 500 buses for commuters this morning. hurricane sandy swept away $4 billion in retail sales last week along the east coast according to mastercard, which makes up about 24% of retail sales nationwide. typically retailers should have ge

nearly a week after super storm sandy, residents in new york and new jersey are having to face more misery. a new storm has caused heavy rain, snow, and wins also up to 95 kilometers an hour. tens of thousands of people did lose power because of sandy, and they have found themselves plunged straight back into darkness. many forced to leave their homes. public transport affected as well. major airlines cancelled flights in and out of new york and new jersey ahead of the storm. not a pretty picture. joining me to talk a little bit about the storm is our bbc whether presenter, ben rich. disasters -- how it must hit the heart. >> in the context of the north american winter storms, it is actually not anything to write home about but there are a few things that make it notable. one, how early in the season it is. it is something we normally expect in winter. and also, it has hit the same areas that were strongly affected by hurricane sandy. it has been pushing up the east coast the last few days and really has been making its presence felt in new york and new jersey. along the coast, when gusts of 50-6

new york and new jersey. he said at least 40 trailers have already been dispatched. new york and new jersey officials will determine where the houses will be placed. >>> and ten days after the storm, hundreds of thousands of people in new york and new jersey, still in the dark. on long island the power authorities' inability to get the lights turned on in flood areas has new york's governor andrew cuomo just really ticked off. listen. >> they were specialized in doing this. and we paid them and we gave them a franchise because they represented themselves as experts at doing this. and they failed. and they should be held accountable for their failure. in the meantime, they should be doing everything humanly possible to improve their performance, and get these people out of the pain and the suffering that they've been subjected to. >> wow. power companies say they're dealing with unprecedented damage, and they're doing the best they can. >> meanwhile, survivors dealing with some of the coldest temperatures of the season so far. so let's bring in meteorologist karen mcginni

but i guess we should be grateful that we're not getting hit as hard as the folks in new york and new jersey. >> that's really the truth. coming after a hurricane like sandy, i'm hard-pressed to look back in history to find a snowstorm right on the heels of a hurricane. you just don't see that very often. but that's exactly what they're getti getting off to the north and east. i would not be surprised to see a few snow flakes mixed in here and there. i saw a couple of them a little bit earlier as that rain started to come down a little bit heavier. there it is on the radar picture. you can see where that rain is. mostly, from i-95 off to the east. and this is exactly where we told you this would be during the day yesterday. from i-95 around the beltway, in through southern maryland and portions of adorondo county. if you're driving around the beltway or you know somebody who is, they're probably seeing that sleet bouncing off the car right now. that's how you can tell if it's sleet and not freezing rain. over towards buoy, along clinton, right along 301, you'll continue to see that sleet. th

your governor there in new york says it's a $50 billion problem in terms of costs, to new york, new jersey to do something, with rebuilding the coastline and all the damage. philadelphia, connecticut, damage in cost to local government, so i've put forward a bill that -- there will be a bill to provide emergency funding, because it is -- the storm as it always is and the question about, you know, when we move and how we move it, i think we should move forward, aggressively, now, because, you know, i heard on fox business that $25 billion, retail sale losses, i mean, there will be a real economic consequence here. and we need to respond. >> neil: you know, maybe i'm the only one in the country who doesn't share your enthusiasm for fema. i saw a lot of fema officials and others slapping themselves on the back about the great job they are doing and i'm looking at staten island and the jersey coast and seeing, well, they are obviously unaware or not addressing some of the real problems out there. they are still doing a lot of ridiculous things, like texting and tweeting people about what they

new york and new jersey overnight. bringing eight million gallons of gasoline, another 28 million gallons are on the way. triple-a now estimates that 60% of gas stations in the hardest hit areas of new york city, new jersey, and long island are up and running. for those who do get gas, they'll pay more for it. gasoline prices in the northeast have increased as much as 14 cents a gallon. >> tom: 1.3 million people are still without power tonight, one week after superstorm sandy. and as susie mentioned, temperatures are plummeting, as another storm approaches the northeast. having no power and no heat is one concern. but thousands of people have also been left homeless by the storm, and that is fueling worries about a housing shortage. erika miller reports. >> reporter: the new york city metropolitan area is slowly recovering after superstorm sandy. but many homes and businesses still don't have power, or heat. >> things that took months or years to build are gone, how quickly we can get it back i'm not sure, but there will certainly be places that don't have power for a very long time. >> reporter: lack of power is more than just an inconvenience, it's also safety issue. temperatures

voting process in the aftermath of hurricane sandy and the damage she had she has caused in new york in new jersey hundreds of voting pools have been wiped out as a result we're seeing a long long lines throughout new york and new jersey lots of people lighting up over crowding just to cast their ballot but there's also been a mounting amount of problems in manhattan for example there have been voting delays reported because election officials couldn't find ballot cards and scanners weren't working properly in staten island where tens of thousands at least ten thousand if not more are still living without electricity those people were seen voting by flashlight voting by paper ballots military trucks have also been set up throughout new york and new jersey as make shift polling stations now in new jersey were more. than two hundred forty polling locations were destroyed government officials are now allowing voters to cast their ballot via fax or by e-mail now this many cyber security say cyber security experts say can lead to enormous problems because can't get into the system wipe out votes and de