the last week i made an exception because "the new yorker" had a great piece of a new vilified underclass. the rich. and the signs of this oppression are everywhere, folks. for instance, in the post crass stock market recovery the top 1% of earners only got 93% of the gains. what happened to that other 7%, mr. president? did it go for birth control for the muslim brotherhood? solyndra stock option for the black panthers? where? obama's blatant discrimination against wall street has created a crisis. and that crisis is the subject of tonight's word. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: it's not easy having green. folks, last year the top 500 c.e.o.s earned $5.2 billion. the wealthy are paying their lowest tax rates since the 1950s and last week the dow closed at its highest level in five years. america's superrich are having a good decade. but folks-- they can't enjoy it because barack obama has hurt their feelings. one fund, one fund manager said the president showed disdain for the rich. while another accused him of bullying. and a third said becausers who still support obama are like batte

has been reported so far well so far the damage that has been reported this is at least thousand new yorkers are without power and as you mentioned a lot of things have been closed in new york city including the trains the buses are not working the tunnels have closed as of this evening the major bridges in new york city will be closed our schools are closed at new york stock exchange of. forces flow is that is monday and tuesday nobody knows what is to com but new york city mayor michael bloomberg did go on television as of six pm monday evening addressing all new yorkers saying that if they have not evacuated there is no time left to evacuate all new yorkers should now remain indoors because the storm is shasta approaching the new york city officials now encourage everyone to remain away from their windows to make sure they have an and of whom water if they need to leave their apartment do not take the elevator of course nearly four hundred thousand new yorkers were encouraged to evacuate their homes that is if there are. they were. known zones that are too close to the water we had in flo

. >> reporter: baltimore prepares for a pep rally celebrating orioles but what do new yorkers think about tonight's game 3. a live report straight ahead. >>> who cares what new yorgers think. -- yokeers think. -- new yorkers think. charley crowson talking about how baltimore is getting ready. baltimore takes pride in the sports teams and we will celebrate leading to road closures. >> reporter: yes we have the baltimore marathon coming up and i will have more later this week. but orioles go. hopefully they can pull it off. they have a good chance of beating the yankees. so keeping our tankers crossed here. >> lynette is-- fingers crossed here. >> lynette is doing multistate forecast. >> so here at home we are dealing with patchy fog. misting and we will get sunshine heading throughout the day. but let's look at reduced visibility this morning. so we can see three in york. so traveling along i-83 this morning. you will encounter that fog. only about 2 1/2 reduced visibility right now in baltimore. 7 in frederick and we are at 6 in dc traveling that way nation's capital and easton along the

even the liberal magazine "the new yorker" sees it on their front cover, mitt romney pulling a clint eastwood, debating an empty chair. first up, it was the tweet that was heard around the world. my good friend jack welch set off a social media firestorm. take a look at his tweet. "unbelievable jobs numbers. these chicago guys will do anything. can't debate so change numbers,

. >> new yorkers ordered off the streets last night it was a lonely late night for letterman and fallon. no live audiences to laugh at their jokes. >> got up this morning, turned on the radio and listened for the talk show closings. i have no luck. >> talk show closings. >> yeah. >> that's a play on -- >> wait a minute. i think i hear people banging at the door of the theater demanding to come in. wait a minute! we don't want to miss this. the storm has stopped the presidential campaign, so at least some good has come of it. >> and good day. aim andrea mitchell, live in washington. not a laughing matter today. the northeast crippled by sandy. 8 million without power, the storm moving very slowly toward canada. the weather channel's hurricane expert brian norcross joins me now. tell us the latest and give us feel for where it is going, where it's been and how unusual this storm has been. >> all right. andrea, this storm is still spinning around, centered here in pennsylvania now. none of them is of consequence. it's all about the weather going on. along the east coast in the new york met

in my eyes, "the new yorker" is something else.reporting on predator drones, she's seeing what are the military ethical questions involved. how jane votes is not a primary concern in that piece. >> yeah. mark halperin, i'm sure you have a question about the editorial, the bush years, or jane mayer. go ahead. >> david, just paint for us the most optimistic vision you see of an obama second term. he gets elected in a couple weeks. what happens to make his second term as successful or more successful than the first term? >> well, that's a great question. and i think, you know, and it's been said on this show any number of times, in the campaign, that has not always been the best articulated thing. and i think this happens a lot, people running for re-election. they're obsessed with attacks on their own first term. they're defending their own record. and their capacity to set out a broad vision for a second term is hampered. but to answer that question, i would say that certainly a jobs program would be essential. i think a deficit red

three quarters of a million new yorkers lost electricity. >> we're congregated around a radio trying to get information, no one has power, no one has internet. >> it's amazing. cars are completely destroyed, they were submerged under water. i mean, i -- i'm floored by what happened. >> reporter: no borough was spared, from this oil tanker beached on staten island to a beach community in queens. >> this is a massive storage unit from a construction site. it floated over here or was blown over here. get this, all the way from across the street. you see those other containers that are there right now. >> reporter: the mayor said this may be the worst storm in the city's history. >> the damage we suffered across the city is extensive and it will not be repaired overnight. >> reporter: the subway system that carries 4 million people is flooded and could take days to repair. water damage for laguardia's runways will keep it closed at least another day. and the crane still dangles, keeping streets down below blocked off. the water toppled streetlights and carried mannequins a block from the

all across the city, new yorkers walked and waited. you can see the traffic there on the right. it was hours to move anywhere. and, there is another hospital being evacuated tonight. bellevue hospital, famous for its mental health services. 150 national guard members coming in to take those patients to safety tonight. >>> and new york is one of just 16 states grappling with power outages tonight. take a look at this. "the new york times" created a visual portrait of the power outages, as sandy moved up the coast and then moved on, leaving behind darkness. there you see where it happened. >>> and also, back in action today, abc's chief medical editor, dr. richard besser. he was gathering up flood water to test it for the safety of anyone who touches it. and tonight, he put it to the lab. he has the answers. rich? >> reporter: that's right. yesterday, it was all about flood water. this is water that's in people's basements, it's water that's on the streets. so, i went down to lower m manhattan to collect a sample. as you know, it was loaded with gasoline. the ambient group lab tes

and this is new yorker's way of saying, we're not going to give up, we're going to come back, and we will. and this city will rebuild, and the state will rebuild. and i believe we will be the better for it. >> in a city where today people were talking about building seawalls, the kind they have in new orleans, our talk with the governor of new york deep underground earlier today. >>> still ahead, as we continue tonight. remember election day, a week away, with so much destruction after this storm, a big question now for a lot of folks in a lot of places, are they going to be able to vote? who have used andr, there's big news. presenting androgel 1.62%. both are used to treat men with low testosterone. androgel 1.62% is from the makers of the number one prescribed testosterone replacement therapy. it raises your testosterone levels, and... is concentrated, so you could use less gel. and with androgel 1.62%, you can save on your monthly prescription. [ male announcer ] dosing and application sites between these products differ. women and children should avoid contact with application s

the wonderful heather mcgee and senior editor and staff writer at the new yorker magazine. they just endorsed barack obama and all the talk about the des moines register. people are overlooking the fact he bagged "the new york times" and the new yorker. hurricane sandy caused president obama and mitt romney to cancel events in virginia. this is important because with only nine days left until election day, it comes down to math and geography, the votes and the map. the map shrunk to seven swing states, virginia, iowa, new hampshire, wisconsin and ohio are all in play this cycle. president obama can count on 243 electoral votes that will go blue and romney can count on 106. with each having to get to 270 to win. the simple take away is the president's path to victory is significantly easier. polls show barack obama consistently ahead in iowa and wisconsin. if he holds on there, he won both last time, he just needs to win florida, ohio or virginia. he's behind in florida and a dead heat in virginia. he seems to be ahead in ohio. it's why the candidates are spending so much tim

please welcome my fellow new yorker, donald trump, everybody!mmy: thank you so much for coming back to our show. >> absolutely. i love it. >> jimmy: you couldn't be hotter right now. you're everywhere. i see you have a line of ties. >> i do. at macy's. >> jimmy: at macy's. they're killing it. they're all over the place. i see you were on "letterman" the other night. >> right. >> jimmy: it was very funny. you're out there -- there's a lot of stuff going on. >> how were the ratings? >> jimmy: i think the ratings were pretty good. i don't know, yeah. i think they're good, right? yeah. >> oh-oh-oh. >> jimmy: i'm not a ratings -- >> but he's been very nice. >> jimmy: he is. letterman, yeah. >> he has been very nice. >> jimmy: he's a good -- well, they want to -- you've been very controversial lately. >> i don't know if it's controversial. i've been -- certainly, i offered a lot of money for something that's very easy to produce. but, you know, i don't know if that's controversial. to some people, it's not controversial. >> jimmy: yeah, well, it's ver

and do you think that new yorkers will hold up here? >> well, certainly new yorkers will hold up. we have in lower manhattan we held up, came back stronger after unprecedented attack on our nation, we'll come back from this too. as someone who represents, the big part of the community, to watch waters flood in to brooklyn abou battery tunnel or anything into residential buildings, if is painful. and scary. and there is no question about that but, in new york, we know how to handle it. we stick together. people have been supportive of each other. i was talking with folks that live on 11th floor of a building, they were carrying water up and down all day, they were not worried about themselves but their 87-year-old neighbor with diabetes. what to do about her. that says it all. gerri: that is commendable. daniel and tom thank you. thank you for the information, and for insight, we really appreciate your time. >> my pleasure. >> thank you. >> thank you. gerri: still ahead tonight, for homeowners, affected by hurricane sandy their troubles just beginning, what does this mean are in in

back to you. >> she was a classic new yorker, dan. love the resiliency. dan harris, thank you. >>> in addition to the subway shutdown in new york city, air travel is shutting down, as well. just this hour, we learned more flights canceled. the total nearing 7,000 flights now on hold. the ripple effect all across this country. it will be huge. so, here tonight, abc's lisa stark now. >> reporter: at new york's laguardia airport, a madhouse today, as travelers scrambled to get out before the storm comes in. >> we're trying to get back to raleigh, north carolina, and we're stuck. >> we're basically almost having nervous breakdowns. >> reporter: the airlines are taking no chances, starting to cancel flights tonight, from washington, d.c. northward. and on monday, united, delta, southwest, american, jet blue and us airways all announcing they will be closed for business on the east coast. a massive shutdown that will ripple nationwide. >> when there are flight cancellations in major hub cities like new york, like philadelphia, like washington, d.c., that affects

it is literally the site that took new yorkers' breath away. if you think about it, it is still dangling precariously a thousand feet up from the ground. we do have a bit of good news from mayor bloomberg this morning. he said it appears at this point the crane is stable, but that the winds are going to have to die down even a bit more before they will be able to secure it. when that happens, and hopefully given the conditions now, hopefully that will be very soon, the crews will go in, and listen to this, they'll try to go in, grab a hold of the boom, and strap it to the building and that's how they will secure that crane. and at that point they'll be able to reopen the streets. as i mentioned, the seven-block area was evacuated, hundreds, possibly thousands of people including one luxury hotel, 700 people. >> not just people in streets, but in neighboring buildings, they didn't know where the crane could go. >> they all want to get back home, back to their original hotel rooms, not where they're staying right now. >> you also look into the rec

. >> residents who live near the water where i'm standing are among the 375,000 new yorkers under a mandatory evacuation. but you cannot force everyone to leave and some people are choosing to stay. >> i don't have the necessity to leave. i have food, water, my kids, and my dog and that's the safest place to be. >> the city shut down buses, subways and trains. they are also closing tunnels and bridges. >> if you are in your home soe whe you can rein, stay there. the time for relocation or evacuation is over. >> with fierce wind gusts expected many businesses are taping their windows. in queens, the surf is high at rock rockaway beach. >> this seems worst than last year. >> reporter: the power of sandy is felt in midtown. a crane snapped at a construction site and in brooyndamaged ility lines created dangerous sparks. >> reporter: in termof numbers, in terms of power outages, 300,000 new yorkers are dealing with having no power right now. on top of that, the mass transit system is crippled. there is a complete halt of all subway, bus, and as of 7:00 p.m. this evening, the major bridges and tun

new yorkers need your help today work -- >> as the mayor moves into some of the more local issues now concerning the people of new york city, he just mentioned 1.1 million school kids out of school again today and here are the other highlights from where mayor bloomberg just said. new york city is known as a traffic hub for the entire world, not today. all three airports remain closed, the three major airports, newark and jfk and laguardia, those runways all flooded. not only that, but the public transportation this is he is known for, the subways, the tunnels, many of them all still closed. the priority is to get that mass transportation system back up and running and also to get power back to the 1.5 million people -- excuse me, at least 1.5 million people who are without power in this city. that is also a priority for the mayor as well. he also said stabilizing that crane, which is really a perilous situation for so many people who live in that very, very concentrated neighborhood, that arm literally bent all the way from the left-hand side of the screen to the right bottom of the

now new yorkers and tourists enter another new world to rediscover columbus.g room americana. couch, cable tv. >> columbus stayed exactly where he is. this all took shape around him. >> reporter: only columbus has seen these views before of major new york avenues. >> i like to think of it christopher columbus finally getting a piece of the american dream. his own home. front row. new york city. >> reporter: japanese artist tatsu nishi who specializes in transforming public spaces brought columbus out of the cold. >> i am so happy to have my work in new york city. >> reporter: some people are not happy an italian icon is hidden away in a living room. >> if they wanted to exalt him they wouldn't have encased him. >> reporter: i walked up more steps at italy's new york consulate to discuss what was done to an italian sea captain by a japanese artist in manhattan sfwl art manhattan. >> art is a language which is supposed to unify people in different cultures. >> reporter: i ordered chinese takeout. will the delivery man be able to come up here to the living room s

we can have confidence in them, and i'm sure new yorkers do.: taking shelter, an emergency situation has now ensued. obviously, they see something worse coming where that could be coming. were you could see our facility, power is out in manhattan. you always worry about what happens there in blackouts. sometimes we have a lot of nasty stuff that goes on. >> well, i don't think that's going to be the case. i think that was a long time ago when we had the problem with antisocial behavior in a blackout situation. i think new yorkers and americans understand that we are all in this together and we're going to get through it together. but obviously, you hit it on the head full are anticipating or at least warning that it could get worse as the night goes on. the important thing is to stay inside. you just talked about the tragic loss of life from a tree falling. i have lost power here in the hudson valley. i am sure throughout the metropolitan region, there are hundreds of thousands of people without power. the greatest danger now, if you're not on

>> the new yorker. >> why? >> because they don't listen. you can always tell a new yorker, but you can't tell them very much. >> new jersey nnl of course bracing for this storm, we're going to check in with our allison cossack where there are in some cases long lines for gas, long lines to get out. now, thaa test drive.ll silverado! the most dependable, longest lasting, full-size pickups on the road. so, what do you think? [ engine revs ] i'll take it. [ male announcer ] it's chevy truck month. just announced additional $750 bonus cash on a 2012 chevy silverado all-star. trade up to get a total value of $8,750. bonus cash ends october 31st. [ male announcer ] jill and her mouth have lived a great life. but she has some dental issues she's not happy about. so i introduced jill to crest pro-health for life. selected for people over 50. pro-health for life is a toothpaste that defends against tender, inflamed gums, sensitivity and weak enamel. conditions people over 50 experience. crest pro-health for life. so jill can keep living the good lif

still, new yorkers have never seen anything like it. >> we expected an unprecedented storm impact here in new york city. that's what we got. so while the worst of the storm is passed conditions are still dangerous. i just can't stress that enough. >> a power station in manhattan exploded. power was knocked out to much of the burough. city officials say it will take one week to restore power as well as the walteter, rail and other services. 2 million households across new york state are still without electricity. the u.s. nuclear regulatory commission says workers are alerted at the nuclear power plant on the new jersey coast. officials were concerned about high water levels. three other nuclear mranlplants new jersey and new york were shut down because of high water and damage to the electrical grid. new yorkers found their streets, businesses, and homes flooded. they spent the day trying to dry out. >> the streets of downtown manhattan are eerily quiet and dark. the usual jostling of traffic and pedestrians is greatly reduced. most businesses remain closed and workers are staying home

ask all new yorkers to keep them in our thoughts and prayers. in addition to the lives of we lost, the damage we suffered is clearly extensive and it will not be repaired overnight. two biggest challenges facing our city going forward to getting a mass transit system up and running. and also restoring power. this morning we have begun the work of clearing and reopening bridges. the best way to help us get done quickly is to get off the roads. the work is well underway. the bridges have already been reopened. the work of getting our mass transit grid for it in our power grid restored is going to take more time and a lot of patience. the ceo of the mta has described this as a worst disaster in 100 acres of the subway has been running. and coned has described as unprecedented in scope very clearly from the challenges that our city faces in the coming days is enormous. the mta and coned have dedicated workers and good leaders. they are working hard, and they will continue to work around-the-clock to get their systems fixed. our administration will m

apple, a lot of people may be heading that way for the game so they can have a sea of orange and new yorkers may have a different perspective. and don harrison takes a look what the they had to say about the coming o's invasion. >> reporter: we are used to new yorkers-vading bolt hoar and it's our -- invading baltimore but it's our turn. >> we play for the post season. this is all i've known. we have been in the post season every year for 15, 16 years or so minus the one year. so this is a regular season for us. no offense. >> reporter: you think new york is worried about baltimore fans coming up here? >> no. they will kill them, the yankees. they will get them. you come buy your tickets and watch. it's all right. the more the better. >> i ami hate the team. -- i hate the team i miss the old stadium but nothing i hate the yankees. the end. >> reporter: not everybody loves the yankees but we will see how much they love the orioles after we take them on in game 3. for good morning maryland, here in the bronx, i am don harrison, abc2 news. >> reporter: and abc2 has you covered to new york. game

flash lights, all of that. >> new yorkers consider themselves a tough bunch. but sandy had.ns. in manhattan's upper west side, what would a hurricane be of course without all of those sacks. >> then there's this guy making a mad dash in grand central. racing to get on the last train out heading to the connecticut suburbs. >> and when the trains were gone, here's what's left, the usually chaotic grand central floor completely empty, except for a few workers. the iconic hub closed, get this, only the second time in its history. >>> and finally, when the storm rolls in, we always see the reporters out there strapling themselves to the mass. we give it to matt gutman standing in sandy's strong winds yesterday in rhode island yesterday. you need advice from. that's why our pharmacists are trained to know just what you should take for your symptoms. they're here and ready to help before you try anything... too crazy. now walgreens pharmacists welcome express scripts members. you may stop by today for the service you trust. at the corner of happy and healthy. [ coughs ] [ baby cryi

it could save your life or the life of a fellow new yorker. these are not games. we've said from the very beginning, this is a once in a long time storm. -- >> lawrence od'donnell continue our coverage -- >> by those that talked about the highest estimate. we have to get the emergency services to where they are needed. that means we've got to know where the emergencies are. so if you're clogging 911, we can't find that out and then we've got to get the personnel to where people really need help and if you're car is blocking the roads we can't do that. as to the current weather, the rain i'm happy to say has passed and moved west so we don't' anything more than a few showers from now on. in terms of winds they should go below gail force in a couple of hours. as for the storm surge, a very big part of it will be over in the next couple of hours. the high tide was at roughly, 8:15. it is now 10:00. next low tide is at 6:00 in the morning so we're heading down and you'll see a lot of the roads that have currently flooded, the water will drain off. most new yorkers hav

written about american food culture and other subjects for a variety of publications including the new yorker foreign policy the new york times magazine and many others who has spoken about food culture of the united nations has appeared on n.b.c.'s n.b.c. democracy now n.p.r. and b.b.c. he's also the author of the critically acclaimed book bet the farm food stopped being who joins me now from our new york studios frederick welcome. hi tom how are you find great to have you with us your book bet the farm is filled with stories as well as information about you know in this conference or going what what got you into this. well i'm a journalist and i had been really following the food story for quite some time and i thought i had a pretty simple question after all these articles which was how could an expensive delicious unhealthy food be available for everybody on earth and i thought i had a pretty simple answer tom i thought it was takeout pizza and. i am joking yes but i i thought maybe a little tongue in cheek i should look at takeout pizza because actually tom takeout pizza is a thirty six

other way it's a mutual manipulation that's going on here all right professor fibro todd petra's new yorker good to get your a brief thoughts appreciate it ok thank you very much. of a journalist who's been helping russian news outlets in syria's told r.t. that she's been kidnapped in the city of homes there is a scene of intense fighting between government forces and the opposition our correspondent in the region when it comes she is following the story. the husband. question of a has contacted r t and saying that she was abducted on hard courts here i was working in syria she has been there for almost a year and now she has been to all major hotspots in this country torn by the civil war as well as russian diplomats in syria are working on establishing what exactly has happened to our and where her whereabouts could be we have also been contacted by one of her call weeks and this is how she described the situation where you know the time had went home to help a group of fresh and journalists who weren't since then. and haven't been able to return her cell phone then through our channels w

for depression and the various kinds of anxiety that burdens so many people, so yes, there may be new yorkers taking these mications for fun, but that's not the way it is for most americans. >> she describes a cocktail party as a pill bazaar where pills are exchanged, correct? >> . yeah. i think a point that comes up with this is that there can be a fine line between medication and recreation. it's not like cancer where you can take a test and either you have it or you don't. there isn't a test to see if you have enough seratonin, which is why somebody would take prozac or another ssri. i mean, it's not as black and white. >> it's not likely you have an x-ray that shows you whether or not you have a major depression, but we do have well set out diagnostic criteria for these conditions and people either meet them or they don't. it's not just that these are set by the american psychiatrists. these diagnostics are criteria around the world. we do have diagnostic criteria and people either do or do not have certain real problems. >> one of the strong characters in your narrative here is molly sma

now, of course, the biggest headache for most of the new yorkers here are power outages. we are told by con ed the original predictions are further. for people in manhattan and brooklyn it looks to be four or five days before they could have power. live in lower manhattan, veneta n air, cbs 5. >>> sandy has flooded one of the nation's busiest airports. the runways and taxiways at laguardia like like a beach. all three airports in new york city are shut down leading to thousands of canceled flightses across the country. ken bastida is live in mobile5 at sfo where travelers on this coast are feeling the impacts of sandy. >> reporter: we ran into a guy at the airport, chris, and he tells me that his parents are in trouble. i mean, they have flooding in their basement. he has trees down in the yard. he can't get home to help them. he can't get a flight out. >> i have been here friday tried to leave sunday and now my flight is scheduled thursday. i have friends in the area. 150 flights canceled from sfo yesterday 115 canceled today. the airport duty manager tells me this after

three quarters of a million new yorkers lost electricity. >> just trying to get information. no one has power, internet. >> reporter: adding to the misery, daylight revealed. >> amazing. cars were completely destroyed, submerged under water. >> reporter: no borough was spared. >> this is a massive storage unit from a construction site. it floated over here or was blown over here. get this, all the way from across the street. you see those other containers that are there right now. >> reporter: the mayor said this may be the worst storm in the city's history. >> the damage we suffered across the city is clearly extensive and it will not be repaired overnight. >> reporter: the subway system that carried 5 million people is flooded and could take four days to repair. water damage to laguardia's runways will keep it closed at least another day and 1,000 feet above midtown manhattan that crane still dangles. the rush of water and win stopled streetlights and carried mannequins a block from their store. >> you can see about six fees. >> reporter: at this nearby apartment building,

all of all of new yorkers right now are suffering i should extend that to all those living in new jersey virginia maryland along the east coast this is a this is a brutal storm i may be easing up but clearly it is causing significant damage ascending is clearly becoming a huge player in this two thousand trauma lection let's remember this election day is a week away u.s. president barack obama and his opponent mitt romney they both have suspended their campaigning events for a monday and tuesday president obama returned to washington d.c. he addressed the nation about the series weather conditions told americans as this is a very extreme and serious storm and everyone should be taking this circumstance very seriously now on the gallup poll what's interesting is that they have announced that they are suspending their daily election polling due to this hurricane hurricane sandy it's not clear when they will be good again but sandy is likely to affect early voting now early voting typically helps democrats but we don't know what kind of damage will be caused by next week how are people goin

but new yorkers have been challenged before.re and we get up and we get up stronger and better than we were before. and i say to my colleagues, we're not just going to rebuild this community, we're going to build it back better than ever before. >> reporter: now, anderson, arguably the governor did not stay very long. matter of fact, didn't even get very far, but he's been surveying the damage through all sorts of media, keeping an eye on things here. anderson, you know, it is amazing. when you look and see the scope of how many homes were lost here, it really does look like a bomb was dropped, this entire area incinerated. also what is amazing is we're seeing a lot of people and those people are coming and looking in the debris and some people are incredibly emotional. they're trying to figure out exactly, you know, what they're going to do next. some people were living here year round. others coming for the summer. but still there is really a sense of resiliency. they're not sure exactly what their next move is going to be. a