when it does it will havoc over the eastern seaboard. hurricane force winds over the sea -- the eastern seaboard. we will talk about the fact that this thing is powering on shore and six to 12 inches of rain likely 40 to 70-mile-per-hour gusts and beach erosion because we are near lunar high tide. we will follow it throughout the course of the show and our own forecast in a few minutes. >>> on the west coast a massive earthquake off the coast of western canada sent a tsunami warnings from alaska down to hawaii. >> it was a 7.7 quake. the largest to hit the british columbia region in more than 60 years. that quake struck the queen charlotte island at 8:00 last night and shaking was felt more than 500 miles away in vancouver. no reports of any major damage at this point. but several after shocks have already followed. >> those are the tsunami sirens that went off in hawaii following that quake. the first of the waves did hit maui roughly three hours after the evacuation orders were given. those waves were over five feet high. the tsunami w

we'll have live reporters up and down the eastern seaboard.or us it just makes your heart go out to everybody because we've got such a great pattern this week. 54 in livermore to start. our temperatures are nice and mild. as we head through your afternoon, we're not going to see the fog last long either. by noon it starts to clear the greater bay area. that sunshine is limited. by tomorrow we'll have partly cloudy to mostly cloudy conditions and the rain moves in which we need wednesday into thursday. 80 in livermore, 73 in san jose and 74 in los gatos. as we head through tuesday into wednesday, holding on to the 70s and then temperatures drop. wednesday, halloween. looks like we'll get a few showers. we'll show you when we're expecting that rain to come through your city coming up. also we'll take a closer look at sandy. this is something we'll be talking about for weeks, laura, so back to you for now. >>> new this morning, bay area 911 calls once again being answered locally after a fire at a major dispatch center caused calls to be redirect

in fact probably two-thirds of the eastern seaboard. and still in terms of wind speed, you're looking at a category 1 hurricane. we had wind of about 80 miles per hour there moving inland, right across the coast there of new jersey. and you can see from tuesday into wednesday, it's just going to kind of hold position. that's a problem for all the rain you see there, flooding rains are a problem. and look at that. snow to the west flank. hurricanes don't bring snow. so what is going on here? you have a hurricane that is literally right now turning into a classic nor'easter supercharged with tropical moisture. the warm core low now exiting the warm waters offshore of the eastern seaboard, now moving over land, pulling in that cold air from the north, which is going to keep the firepower for this storm going for the next 48 hours. some strong winds already recorded not too far away from where jay gray is on the south coast of new jersey. we're seeing wind gusts of 70 to 80 miles per hour. here is the part we're really watching for you toni

coastal communities are flooded up and down the eastern seaboard for hundreds of miles. the new jersey shore among the hardest hit where the governors of new jersey, chris christie, said that the damage there is absolutely unthinkable and the pictures from above are mindboggling. even as the storm moved north it did not spare maryland, delaware, washington, dc, or northern virginia. hundreds of thousands lost power. roads and bridges are closed. shore lines are battered. the storm then slammed into the big city and surrounding areas, a record surge of seawater coming in to the lower part of manhattan flooding the subways, the tunnels, the roads, everything below 34th street in new york city is without power, the bridges are back open, the subways may not be open for four or five days, the trains that go to new jersey, no one knows they were flooded up to the ceiling in some cases. the trains that lead to long island, no clouds. the city is paralyzed. in connecticut the storm damaged homes and millions of trees are down. some homes washed off their foundation. it caused d

your forecast for the weekend has temperatures tumbling on the eastern seaboard. should be pretty nice. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." i can't stand these spots. those spots are actually leftover food and detergent residue that can redeposit on your dishware during the rinse cycle. gross. jet-dry rinse agent helps wash them away so the only thing left behind is the shine. jet-dry rinses away residues for a sparkling shine. >>> good morning. this is "early today." in sports, the arizona cardinals started 4-0 for the first time in 38 years but could not notch number 5 against the rams last night. first drive sam bradford airs it out to danny amendola who makes a one arm grab. the cardinals surrendered nine sax. rams won it 17-3. college football they beat utah 38-28. usc quarterback matt barkley led the trojans to victory. >>> to baseball now where the boston red sox have fired manager bobby valentine. the sox went 69 and 93 in his only year in boston, that's the club's worst season since 1965. >>> in hockey the nhl has canceled all regul

out ahead of it, if you like summertime warmth enjoy it from the eastern seaboard. up i-95 through all the big cities it will be one of the warmest days you'll see until next mid to late spring. temperatures in the 80s. we're starting off in the 60s from boston all the way down to atlanta. with a good deal of sunshine. humidity down a little bit. very enjoyable friday. back with the cool air, cold in denver this morning. we're at 31 degrees. we are below freezing. temperatures in the middle of the country, this is where it definitely feels like the middle of thefall. high of 47 in minneapolis. smiles if you like the warmth in the eastern seaboard. that's a look at your national forecast. now here's a look at the weather outside your window. well, raleigh, north carolina, is one of those spots where if you enjoy the warmth, get outside for lunch at 82 degrees. the front will eventually be trying to push through the ohio valley. showers in areas like pittsburgh and cincinnati. for the eastern seaboard it looks like the cooler air will arrive sunday. >> we will enjoy i

this historic storm tonight is wreaking havoc up and down the atlantic seaboard from the carolinas to connecticut, claiming at least ten lives so far. flooding entire towns, causing blackouts across the midatlantic and midwest and snoerms frwstor maryland to tennessee. juju chang spent the day in lower manhattan and comes to us from the dangerously flooded streetings. what is the latest? >> reporter: we've sent much of this evening wading through the floodwaters ofmanhattan, through the evacuation zone, this storm now has the dubious distinction of setting a record for a record storm surge but it's deceptively calm now, not a lot of rain or wind, we're penned in by flood waters and blocked by sky scrapers in the historic canyons of lower man hasn't and the 9/11 memorial began flooding this evening. behind me is literally the financial heart of the stage, new york stock exchange shut down today and tomorrow. detectly behind me is what new york officials feared, tonight a huge swath of lower manhattan is under water and without power. storm surges of up to 11 feet battering the southern

extensive damage through the eastern seaboard, the cost to rebuild a staggering as well.iz macdonald with our report. record-breaking sandy stranding the residence of the country's largest city, forcing the closure of subways, buses, bridges, tunnels. how long before normal becomes normal. former new york governor george pataki joins us next. ♪ with my friends, we'll do almost anything. out for drinks, eats. i have very well fitting dentures. i like to eat a lot of fruits. love them all. the seal i get with the super poligrip free keeps the seeds from getting up underneath. even well-fitting dentures let in food particles. super poligrip is zinc free. with just a few dabs, it's clinically proven to seal out more food particles so you're more comfortable and confident while you eat. a lot of things going on in my life and the last thing i want to be thinking about is my dentures. [ charlie ] try zinc free super poligrip. ♪ lou: new york city, the country's largest city in assessing the massive damage from hurricane sandy. we will be joined by former new york governor georg

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storm sandy has destroyed homes all over the eastern seaboard. it's not just new york. what impact could the rebuilding efforts have on the housing market? will it give a boost to an already recovering market? carl case, the coauthor of the case shiller index will be joining us with some information you've got to hear. liz: and some six 16,000 flights have already been cancelled due to the storm, nine airports including jfk, la guardia and newark still closed. what does it mean for the airline industry? and when could we see things return to normal? >> the story from jetblue, the chief operating officer joining us. david: also after many were forced to close their doors for the week, how are restaurants dealing with with the aftermath of the storm? the ceo of dine equity, the owner of applebee's and ihop restaurants all over the country, she will be joining us with the latest of the impact on restaurants. that's coming up right after this. [ male announcer ] this is steve. he loves risk. but whether he's climbing everest, scuba diving the great barrier reef with sharks,

number one, as you close refineries along the eastern seaboard, you should have seen spikes in unleaded gasoline prices. but by the same token, if those refineries are closed, that means that the end users don't need crude. they're not going to buy crude. so that should have been very bearish, the crude oil market. the crude oil market didn't break nearly as much as i expected it to. and the other thing that i noticed is- keep in mind i trade futures. in futures, futures have contract months. the lead month is december, and you trade every single month. so presumably, you would think that the front months of crude would have weakened toward the back months of crude, because, if the end users, i.e. the refineries along the eastern seaboard, if they don't want the crude right now, then they'll pay up and store it and use it later. that didn't happen. you actually saw the front months of crude actually showing some reasonable support to the back months. i totally didn't expect that. so for me, i am not going to sell into this break, and i actually would rather be a buyer of break in the cr

also very dangerous surf conditions up and down the eastern seaboard.irlines are waiving fees for any passengers who want to change their flights to the northeast and mid-atlantic regions. but some major delays and cancellations are, of course, possible in the coming days. you may want to adjust your plans accordingly there. and the u.s. navy ordered all ships in the norfolk, virginia, area sent out to sea to ride out the storm there. we've got a team of correspondents alone the east coast, including the "today" show's al roker, weather channel's stephanie abrams. they're in rehoboth beach. also the weather channel's julie martin we heard there her in nags head, north carolina. they're going to be joining us throughout today. all throughout the day with coverage of sandy. meantime, nbc meteorologist dialen dryer is back with the very latest of the forecast track. dylan, another good morning to you. >> thanks, alex. good morning. we are looking at this storm as a weakening storm system right now, but that does not change the characteristics. it is still

and my first message is to all people across the eastern seaboard, mid-atlantic going north, you need to take this very seriously. follow the instructions of your state and local officials because they are going to be providing you with the best advice in terms of how to deal with this storm over the coming days. we just had an excellent meeting with the fema team here, the various agencies that are in charge, including the department of defense, department of energy and others that are going to need to respond very quickly. under craig fugate's leadership here at fema, we've had a chance to talk to the region al officials as well, and i had talks with governors of various states as well as other leaders. everyone is confident that the staging process, the pre-positioning of equipment that will be needed to respond to the storm are in place. but as craig has emphasized, this hasn't hit landfall yet, so we don't yet know where it's going to hit, where we're going to see the biggest impacts, and that's exactly why it's so important for us to respond big and respond fast as local informa

eerily dark and quiet as this massive superstorm has left hav atlantic seaboard from the carolinas to connecticut, claiming at least ten lives so far. flooding entire towns, causing blackouts across the midatlantic and midwest and snoerms frwstor maryla to tennessee. juju chahang spent t the day in lower manhattan and comomes t u from the dangerously flooded streetings. >> rorter: we've sent much of this evening wading through the fldwaters ofmanhattan, rough the evacucuation zozone, this storm now has the dubious distinction of setting a record for a record storm surge but it's deceptively calm no notot lot of rain wi, penn historic canyons of lower man hasn't and the 9/11 memorial began flooding this evening. behind me is litallyly the financial hea of the stage, new york stock exchange shut down today and tomorrow. detectly bind me is what new rk oicials feared,, tonight a ge swath ofower manhattan is under water and without power. storm surgeses of up to 11 feet battering the southern tip of this island. streets and avenues turning to rivers as the water surroundidi manhattan pour

the wind and water teamed up to cut power to millions of people along the eastern seaboard. the storm surge even continued today as sandy tracked through western pennsylvania and new york state. the storm has affected an estimated one out of every five americans, bringing some business to a standstill over flooding, closed airports, and no public transportation. while rescue efforts continue tonight, early damage estimates are still rough, running between $10 billion and $20 billion, according to eqecat. hurricane irene did $10 billion damage 14 months ago. >> susie: wall street was closed again today for the second straight day because of hurricane sandy. this is the first two-day weather-related shutdown since 1888. but the major exchanges are expected to reopen tomorrow. all systems are a go. the new york stock exchange said the opening bell will ring as usual at 9:30 a.m. eastern time. the nasdaq will also open for normal operations on wednesday. that's just what investors wanted to hear. both exchanges have been running tests today to make sure all systems were running

you don't need the jacket on the eastern seaboard. later this afternoon, 81 in new york. 81 in washington, d.c. with blue skies and a lot of sunshine. lynn, it's in the middle of the country where there's jackets today with temperatures only in the 40s. things to come for the east coast this weekend. details coming up later. >> all right. thanks so much. >>> also coming up, charles manson's main man pardoned, and feds bust a crime ring that stole almost $.5 billion of your money. >>> plus, the first lady reveals who she'd want to play her husband on the silver screen. that's just ahead in scrambled politics. you're watching "first look" on many msnbc. [ female announcer ] ready for a taste of what's hot? check out the latest collection of snacks from lean cuisine. creamy spinach artichoke dip, crispy garlic chicken spring rolls. they're this season's must-have accessory. lean cuisine. be culinary chic. [ male announcer ] how do you turn an entrepreneur's dream... ♪ into a scooter that talks to the cloud? ♪ or make 70,000 trades a seco

. >> my first message is to all the people across the eastern seaboard and atlantic going north that you need to take this very seriously. follow the instructions of your state and local officials because they are going to be providing you with the best advice. >> gregg: this storm is in the

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we have reporters all over the region covering this major storm as it bears down on the eastern s seaboard. we'll hear from all of them straight ahead. but first let's now look at the weather picture and take -- get an idea of the track of this storm. let's check in with sara dillingham in the severe weather center. we know it's not far off from the carolina coast. is it moving rather fast? >> fredricka, we got the latest advisory from the weather center. sandy is still a hurricane at 20 miles per hour. we're still holding out at about 14 miles per hour because this ridge is going to hold sandy up and this area of low pressure will draw sandy in over the next 24 showers, so we could see a portion of her feet up as we go through today and into tomorrow right before it slams into the eastern coast. taking a look at the track of sandy, we still have it as a track 1 hurricane, winds at 80 miles per hour. this is still expecting to slam into the northeastern coastline anywhere from washington, d.c. all the way to new york city. we're in that cone of uncertainty and winds holding possibly at 70

we're seeing changes in early voting in states all along the eastern seaboard.k that's going to make a difference? will people go to the polls anyway just a little later? will it suppress the vote? >> well, i think what's interesting was these tremendous lines that you saw before the storm came. at early voting. you saw lines like it was election day. so we know that turnout was very heavy in those early-open polls. i believe that people who were inclined to go and stand in the lines will share that sense of urgency even afterwards. i think in some states like virginia, once we find out what happens there with the harder-hit areas in particular, might make a difference. frankly, when you look up the coast into new jersey, could make a difference. but i'm really fascinated by the level of intensity in there's been on early voting and so i think that those folks will come back as soon as those polls are open again. >> jennifer: the northern virginia suburbs are disconcerting. there's also been a lot of speculation about whether this storm would actually change the

red cross has shelters open all up and down the eastern seaboard. had over 190 shelters open with over 4,500 people staying just last night alone. we have hundreds of disaster workers and we're ready with supplies and emergency vehicles in place to help. and to find a shelter, we have very easy ways to do so. you can download our hurricane application from redcross.org. visit our website, or call 1-800-red-cross for this information. >> that's great information. just quickly, i want to ask you, if someone's watching this and saying, i see standing water in my neighborhood. it's very dangerous to drive on just an inch or two of water. let's say they're about to leave. what should they grab before they head out the door to get to a shelter? >> well, first and foremost, we want everybody to use extraordinary caution going through their neighborhoods and standing water. but when they leave, we courage everyone to take their medications, personal documents. if they have special needs or need lifesaving medical devices, please take those. battery chargers

. >> and in other new, hurricane sandy is moving up the eastern seaboard with the outer bands bashing the islands of north carolina. >> and the governor of new york is ordering a halt to all public transit is in new york city tonight at 7:00. the storm could affect more than 50 million people. the bridges and tunnels will also be shut down. susan mcginnis is live on the coast of delaware and susan. the winds have looked to have picked up in just the last hour. >> reporter: it certainly has ann and phil. the winds have picked up over the past several hours. we have been out here for nine hours and the intensity is increasing. the rain and tides. you can see how big the waves are compared to what we showed you yesterday. the waves are crashing closer in and it is hard to believe the brunt of the storm is still more than a day away. driving rain from hurricane sandy is coming in this morning. but officials are not expecting major damage. >> the track has improved in our favor here. >> reporter: bulldozers, and residents, are piling up the sand along if jersey shore. millions are bracing

. >> well, today is a pretty a warm day on the eastern seaboard setting the stage. cold air plunging down through the middle of the nation st. louis with a high of 55 and areas on the east coast much warmer than that. maryland today up into the 70s. so, once again, two days to prepare for sandy if you live in the mid-atlantic or the northeast. >> a lot of people are concerned about this storm. preparation is key. >>> another reason aspirin is good for you and a story that truly goes beyond any family's worst nightmare. your headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, where is the economy headed with just days until americans are headed to the polls? details are next. you're watching "early today." >>> stories making news this morning, we begin with a horrific story. a nanny at a luxury new york city apartment building stabbed two small children to death in a bathtub and then stabbed herself. the nanny is hospitalized in critical condition and the children's mother arrived home to find the devastating scene before police were called. >>> a federal appeals court has refus

this morning hurricane sandy is fast approaching the eastern seaboard. here's a live picture from atlantic city, new jersey, 50 million people in the storm's path, billions in damage predicted. forcasters are most concerned about the storm surge some areas could be hit by a wall of water 11 feet high. here's video from overnight this is ocean city, maryland. you want to stay with the abc7 morning news later we go live to ocean beach for an update on conditions now. you should know the casinos are closed in atlantic city. that should give you an idea of how seriously they are taking this. >> picture of an 80 foot chunk of the atlantic city boardwalk that came loose and is floating down the street. here's a live look outside of the embarcadero in san francisco, not wet but fog go meteorologist mike nicco will have the full forecast, coming up. and we'll check in with sue hall in the traffic center. >> mike is also tracking sandy to let you know what is going on there. also the world series win turns into a fashion statement. statement. late night effort to

it will be felt outside the eastern seaboard.odryga joins us with more. good morning. >> good morning, josh. the financial markets are closed today. even though online operations. it's the first time weather has closed wall street since hurricane gloria since 1985. there's been no ldecision as to whether the market will be open tomorrow. pfizer reports will be announced on thursday instead. and investors will wait to hear from manager companies. speaking of energy, they're awaiting sandy's path. we haven't seen a prespike in gas prices as we have in the previous hurricanes. those refineries along the east coast account for about 7% of the country's capacity. of course, it's not just oil we're talking about. most major retailers have 10% in sandy's path. this storm will have a major impact on their business as well. we're going to keep an eye on all of this. >>> sandy also putting a chaotic spin on the final peek of the election. president obama has canceled an event in florida to return to washington, d.c. to monitor the storm th

amtrak cancelled almost all of its service on the eastern seaboard. there will be no trains kwcomin to or from d.c. >>> a quick peek into the world of sports this morning, and another tough loss for the redskins. steelers routed the skins 27-12 yesterday. robert griffin iii had one of the worst games of his young career. he had one touchdown and threw for just 177 yards. the skins now 3-5 on the season. they take on the carolina panthers next sunday. >>> got him looking! and the giants have won it all. >> major league baseball has new giants. the san francisco giants are the world champs. they completed a sweep of the detroit tigers last night with a 4-3 win in extra innings. >> two world series in three years, not bad. >>> it is now 6:29. coming up, high tide kds be a problem along the coast this morning as hurricane sandy starts her trip to the west. we'll have live coverage from rehoboth beach. >>> this morning hurricane sandy has the potential to endanger up to 50 million people for days. that storm already shutting down beach communities, governm

with that humid air mass up the eastern seaboard. there's a lot of fog. you want to give yourself a little extra time. as far as the cold air, it's beginning to show itself. now some of that rain in northern montana, changing over to snow. that's the rain. maine zul la to helen in a, expect big changes. rainy weather, higher elevations. billings, 46. everywhere else it's a nice, mild day across the central plains. enjoy it while it lasts. let's take a look at the weather outside your window. areas like indianapolis to chicago, that area of low pressure is sitting to your south. kind of sitting there and spinning. it will keep you kind of cloudy. you may see a little bit of drizzle and showers. could even see a few showers and storms mid-atlantic later today. big changes everyone by the weekend should experience a cooldown. >>> coming up, tech tight tall zule, fear bounces back, and the city that's cracking down on snacks. i don't like the sound of that. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, a heated exchange between nicki min

. >> late-season hurricane, make can its way along the eastern seaboard. what is amazing with the storm is not the strength but it is such a large storm. so the potential for damage over a wide scattered area and a densely populated area, it is going to be a major problem. right now, sustained winds of 90 miles an hour making it a category one. but this is expected to sweep on shore later today and as it moves onshore, a very large storm surge. i will tell you what. new york probably in the worst spot. it is in the right front quadrant of the storm system. you have the forward motion of the waves coming onshore and the winds wrapping it around taking the winds back in the harbor and they could see 8-11- foot storm surge. and are already seeing flooding along the coastline. not done there just yet. it will make its way onshore and carry with it lots of rain and the winds will be the big story. and here is the wind forecast. you can see the large swath of purple with very strong 50 plus mile-an-hour winds associated with the storm system, stretching all the

tropical storm warnings cover 600 miles of coastline along the eastern seaboard. hurricane sandy is packing winds of 75 miles an hour. she is expected to collide with another system with the full force hitting the area monday night. president obama declared federal emergencies in washington, massachusetts and new york. my message to the governors as well as to the mayors is anything they need, we will be there mitt romney also changed his campaign schedule but was able to stop in swing state ohio. "...our thoughts and prayers with them." and it's not just wind and rain. a third storm bringing canadian cold... could blanket west virginia, pennsylvania and ohio with wet heavy snow. "i don't know what to expect..." a high tide and a full moon make an already terrible weather situation even worse. casinos are closed in atlantic city, new jersey. and this sign says it all: be kind to us sandy. the governor of maryland has also declared a state of emergency >> in maryland... >> we have been here all day and, this is certainly the worst of... rain pelting down... this is

people along the seaboard are preparing for the storm's high winds and the severe storm surge. sandy could strengthen back into a hurricane before making landfall, and weather channel meteorologist julie martin is live in nags head, north carolina for us. julie, good morning. you know, i hate saying that it's been downgraded because i know this thing in all likelihood will come back up to full speed, right? and you're seeing the first effects right now there. >> yeah, alex, it doesn't really matter that much. because, right now, what we're dealing with is a very large system, with a large wind field. so it's if a tropical storm, if it's a hurricane, it doesn't really matter. all that much at this point, because that wind field is so large, the effects are going to be so widespread, and millions of people, potentially, impacted by sandy as it makes its way up the coast. just to give you some perspective, i'm in nags head, north carolina. the center of this system is still about 500 miles to my south, well off the coast of florida, and we're already seeing winds that are in the 2

the eastern seaboard is very warm as we go through this friday. as far as the wet weather goes, not a lot of wet weather to deal with. a little bit in colorado with snowshowers and rain showers. this is the only weather feature that's going to move into the west over the up coming weekend. it's going to drift that way. increasing clouds, especially high clouds that will keep temperatures cooler this weekend. we're going from well above average to near average temperatures in the west as we go throughout the upcoming weekend. today, starting off. it stays a little chilly. a little chunk of cold airheading for the central plains. the cool air didn't make it into the mountain areas towards you. it stayed off towards your east. this is one of the warmest spots in the country as we go throughout the upcoming weekend. your forecast for today, absolutely splendid, busful weather in the northwest. it should benow we're starting of the cooler air down through the central valley, too. should enjoy the 80s instead of the 90s. >>> weekend forecast coming up.

and it is going to take this path, following parallel to the eastern seaboard. but look at this setup. we have a stalled front to our west, and we have a huge area of high pressure to the northeast. that's actually going to cause this storm to go in between the two, and monday night into tuesday, that's when conditions are going to deteriorate. we could end up with more than 10 inches of rain in the delmarva peninsula and of course the rough surf will be an issue, as well. alex? >> okay, dylan. thank you for that. in just a few minutes, weather channel meteorologist julie martin will bring us a live report from the north carolina coast where they're certainly gearing up for the storm there. also al roker will be joining us at 7:30 a.m. from delaware. >>> front page politics now. new this morning, president obama in his weekly address emphasizing the progress made four years after the wall street crisis. >> businesses have added more than 5 million new jobs, the unemployment rate has fallen to the lowest level since i took office. home values are rising again. an

and tuesday afternoon, anywhere from tuesday to 40 miles per hour up and down the eastern seaboard and we get into the areas still tropical force winds and they finally start to move north and peel out and that will be overdone, over optimistic and they will be here until noon which will be a good thing. until then, we will hunker down and temperatures are in the 40s and 64 in -- 46 downtown and temperatures will continue to drop. our friends across the divide, we showed you savage mountains and it is snowing and 32 in oakland right now. here is a look at the heavy rain, stim hammering the entire metro area and it is really hammering fragile lynn county -- franklin county and you can see snow growing in beckly and snow is growing also up into western maryland. let's talk about what you can do to be safe. stay away from windows. treat this like a tornado warning, sleep on the lower level if you can. winds are up to 45 miles per hour and sustained winds up to 75 miles per hour and we'll see gusts. that is pretty much a given and the critical time is between now and 2:00 p.m. tomorrow. th

everybody along the seaboard should be concerned. >> a lot of concern in new york city, long island, new jersey just from the storm surge, which is going to be significant. the storm is strengthening as a hurricane. it has warm water to go over and will strengthen as a hurricane but the other is the clash of cold air, that forms the hybrid nor'easter storm that will cause incredible storm surge like we've never seen. say it comes on shore in central jersey. it puts new york city, long island, connecticut and cape cod and the islands on the bad side. the worst will be around long island. storm surge comes down the long island sound, say six to ten feet of that. it's bigger here and funnels into a smaller air. 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

tracking all the way up and down the eastern seaboard. so many people on the west coast travel there or have family and friends that could be impacted by this storm. a lot of our favorite vacation spots on the east coast are getting impacted. high winds in florida. it will be a lot worse as we go through the weekend and especially the tail end of the weekend into the northeast. it almost looks like an extra tropical system or a hybrid with tropical conditions to the north sucking in dry air to the south. that's going to be the story with this. new england is not going to be hit with a hurricane. it will be a nor'easter with rain instead of snow. the forecast path takes it parallel to the coast and then inland, somewhere right along the big cities. some of the most highly density populated areas. between washington, d.c. and new york city. we won't focus too much on the center because it will be a broad wind field and the winds will probably be stronger 50 to 100 miles away from the center. no eyewall or anything like that. a high impact s

up and down the eastern seaboard 60s and 70s. let's take a look what is going on.andy is well offshore. not causing problems. we have snow around denver. i don't expect any delays here this morning. flight tracker at the bottom of abc7news.com. >> eric: it's 4:47. new this morning, apple is taking pre-orders for the ipad mini. they begin ordering the device at the stroke of midnight but they won't hit shelves until november 2. smaller tablet they are worried won't compete with the other android models. ipad sales dipped 18% caused by increasing competition in the tablet market. >> kristen: mitt romney returns to iowa to address voters in swing states. he is expected to focus on debt and job growth on the same day a report comes out. president obama plans to stick around the white house after 40 hour campaign in battleground states. >> race for the white house is at a furious pace and one key swing state. ohio, with only 11 days left. whoever wins the buckeye state will certainly win the white house. challenger mitt romney leads nationally according to the latest tr

more coverage, chad myers here, also our reporters, all along the eastern seaboard. more continuing coverage, hurricane sandy, as she makes her way to shore. imimagaginine e ifif y yod alalwawaysys s seeee l e [m[mususicic]] inin t thehe b besest t lil. eveverery y titimeme o of f. ououtdtdoooorsrs, , oro. trtranansisititiononss® ls auautotomamatiticacalllly y fift ththe e ririghght t amamouountn. soso y youou s seeee e eveg ththe e waway y itit is memeanant t toto b be e ses. mamaybybe e evevenen a lilittttlele b betette. exexpeperirienencece l lifife e, asask k fofor r trtrananss adadapaptitiveve l lene. oh, hey alex. just picking up some, brochures, posters copies of my acceptance speech. great! it's always good to have a backup plan, in case i get hit by a meteor. wow, your hair looks great. didn't realize they did photoshop here. hey, good call on those mugs. can't let 'em see what you're drinking. you know, i'm glad we're both running a nice, clean race. no need to get nasty. here's your "honk if you had an affair with taylor" yard sign. looks good. [ male anno

we'll show you what is happening along the eastern seaboard. hurricane sandy which is about 300 miles to the southeast of charleston lashing parts of the carolinas. it will bring 3-6 inches of wayne, wind gusts around 35 miles an hour and gusts up to 50 miles an hour. then here is the cold front that is going to develop into a nor'easter. we are looking at a huge wind field. lots of rain. an event that is expected to last over 12 hours. not out of question to see some rainfall amounts over 5 inches. we have downed trees, power outages pretty likely from new york to washington. back side of that looking at a foot of snow for the mountains of west virginia. it is a huge storm impacting over 60 million residents. we are looking at a big contrast in our weather. mounted st. helena, a sweep on top of the mountain there is picking up nothing in the way of clouds, fog or rain. that will change in the next 72 hours or so. 55 in oakland right now. temperatures are cool out towards gilroy. 49 in santa rosa. we are looking at mild start. this is why. temp