for the latest on the aftermath especially in manhattan, let's turn to the borough president scott stringerstringer, thanks very much for coming in. >> good to be here with you. >> earlier today con edison reported 226,000 residents in new york and manhattan -- manhattan alone, are still without power. has that number changed? >> that's an accurate number. we're hoping that some time tonight the switch will go on and much of lower manhattan will then have kind of some electricity. which would go a long way in alleviating some of the problems we're facing in lower manhattan. make no mistake, it's still a dire situation. we have people with no elevator service, no heat and hot water, getting colder in the city. and the challenges of lower manhattan are really the same as what you're seeing in staten island and breezy point and the rockaways. we see problems in brooklyn as well. so we are in a very serious situation riegtd now. hopefully it will get better over time. mayor bloomberg and governor cuomo have done an amazing job coordinating all of us to focus on relief. i think that's going very

directly across the river from manhattan in hoe beck boken, ne jersey, 150,000 people without power in and around the area. electricity there may not come back for as many as ten days. residence being told to stay out of standing water because of sewage and oil leaks. the national guard is bringing in food and supplies and ferrying stranded residence to dry land. stephanie abrams is live in hoboken. stephanie, good morning. what does it look like today? >> reporter: good morning. let me show you around here. something i think is very interesting. i'm going to start you off with this man hole cover. everything is fine, right? no wear the coming out. a lot of time the water bubbles out of. that the water has come from the hudson. and it brought with it the sentiment. it unundated this car. remember, all you need is 12 inches of swiftly moving water to move a car. six inches to knock you off your feet. now as we make our way to the sidewalk. willie and everyone at home, check this out. the water is bubbling out from the sidewalk. i never saw ut bubble out of a sidewalk. it's doing that ev

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hoboken is a little town directly across the hudson river from manhattan. it is small, but it's got 50,000 people in it. you can see hoboken clearly from the west side of new york city. and as of last night, the mayor told us, there were as many as 20,000 people, of the population 50,000 people in the city, there were as many as 20,000 people still stranded in deep, impassable, and increasingly polluted floodwaters. the national guard did get to some of those people, starting late last night and into today. we'll have more about that very dramatic situation in just a moment. the national guard also arrived this morning in moonachie, new jersey, where the storm surge swamped the town very, very quickly. people in all sorts of housing in moonachie were caught unaware and trapped, but particularly folks in mobile homes had a very difficult time there. members of the national guard also rushed to the assistance today of new york city' bellevue hospital, which has been running on generators ever since the lower half of manhattan lost power monday night, when sand

the state of flork, particularly lower manhattan and long island. we're very concerned about some situations in connecticut as well, and we're still monitoring west virginia where there are heavy snows in some inaccessible areas. those areas are bearing the brunt of this storm. we have been able to stage commodities, water, power generators, ambulances in some cases, food, medical supplies, emergency supplies, and over 2,000 personnel on the ground right now. their job now that we're moving out of the search and rescue faze, is that they're going out and talking to individual communities to they know how to get the help they need. >> the governor spent the rest of the day doing storm response with president obama. as you can see, this is a shoreline district fronting the new york harbor. i know this has been a difficult past couple days, what kind of damage are you seeing in your district? >> it's all kinds of damage. i mentioned union beach to you. three or four blocks from the bay, the storm surge came in and the waves were pounding on top of the h

. >> and howard hughes for research at the manhattan institute. thank you for joining us. the question of whether and how governments, particularly the federal government direct tax dollars to industries was a discussion last night presidential debate and is becoming an ongoing theme in the campaign. the term on which the finance and industries have also been the focus of intense debate, but probably the most contentious example of all is the one on which diana furchtgott-roth of the manhattan to senior fellow and speaker this afternoon focuses and are tightly regulating to disaster, have green jobs policies are damaging america's economy. in fact, she subjects the assumptions and policies which led to such elevated as of now bankrupt seller paid no manufacture as well as the electric car battery manufacturer to a withering analysis, which we at the institute have come to expect from this oxford trained economist who served as chief of staff of the council of economic advisers -- sorry. during the administration of president george w. bush. while the serving direct investme

they say the power will be repaired in manhattan in the next two or three days queens, the next two orly 250,000 people are without power in manhattan. 100,000 in queens and 100,000 in brooklyn. i'm running in a new district that has a swath of brooklyn in it they're working hard. i've then seen new yorkers so united to get through this. i was in town yesterday just working with people, and everybody was pitching in. everybody was directing traffic or helping people. a lot of stores were closed because people could not get in to work. >> eliot: there is devastation. small businesses that have been flooded basements where the equipment was. restaurants, i've been hearing stories about basements where they stored their equipment and machinery that they used to cook was destroyed by the flood. how do we get money to those small businesses quickly. >> it's not just the destruction of the equipment they don't have refrigeration. these restaurant and stores are going to lose all their dairy products and other things. we need to get the fba down there in the neighborhood with loans, i was tal

the death toll just continues to rise. here in lower manhattan the power is obviously still out but it is slowly starting to come back online. of course, the city telling everyone they hope to have the power fully restored by this weekend. >> eliot: you know, the tragic story of those two little kids it is heart-wrenching. up to 100 numbers that are devastating. it just reinforces to folks when they get an evacuation order from the mayor or whomever, they've got to listen. the power of these storms is beyond description. you hate to hear those stories. con ed is doing what it can. i saw an e-mail from con ed today referencing next weekend the weekend after the election, as a date by which they hope to have all power back. what do you know about what is the holdup here? they have to rebuild some major substation. what has con ed been telling you? >> reporter: definitely. we talked to some of the power crews today. they feel bad because they're getting the brunt of the anger. they say we're having to move so much debris and so much sand and so much

in an effort to ease gridlock in the city, the mayor has ordered all vehicles entering manhattan must have at least three passengers. that stands for the rest of the week. there are check points set up on the way into the city with cars not meeting the three-person rule being turned away. and you're only beginning to make your way to new york, if you're lucky, to find gas or cars. about 80% of new jersey stations are either without power or without fuel. those that do have gas are facing nearly impossible demand. both new jersey senators now asking president obama and the federal government for emergency fuel supply. today, secretary of homeland security janet napolitano is expected to arrive in staten island. many resident there is are feeling desperate, overlooked, and angry saying they've received little emergency aid. nbc's ann curry spent the day there yesterday. >> every single person on this block lost everything. >> staten island has had enough. >> we just want everyone to know that we are hurting down here, and we need help immediately. >> reporter: residents here are asking,

the hard-hit new jersey coastline. we're going to take you now to manhattan, still struggling to recover. sinlt ya mcfadden is at one of new york city's major hospitals where evacuations of the sick are currently under way. cynthia? >> good evening, terry. that's right. well, new york began to wobble back to her feet today. the new york stock exchange opened and some buses are running, but i am standing in front of the third major hospital to shut down since the storm. this is the legendary bellevue. yesterday, when they began the evacuation, there were 725 patients inside. tonight, there are still about 200 patients inside, along with 200 members of the national guard, who are helping carry them down, sometimes as many as 18 stories. you know, we began the day here but we spent much of it in yet another community where the devastation is still to be fully unpacked. a community just outside of new york, the rockaways. this morning, the word went out. backup generators operating since monday night had failed. national guard troops called in to help carry out hundreds of patients from bellev

>>> shot of the manhattan skyline. ower outage on one end of the island and farther uptown, i say apparently because manhattan, new york city or new york region won't be back to normal for a while. because of that, just moments ago, new york governor andrew cuomo declared a transportation emergency announcing that from now until the end of the week all travel on public transit, buses, subways, any subways that are running, and commuter trains will be free. the idea being to get people who need to come in to manhattan to work out of private cars and off the streets. we know a number of people have obviously lost their lives. 28 people lost their lives in new york city. 56 across sandy's deadly path in the u.s. as we are seeing, both at ground level and especially from the air, the worst physical destruction is along the jersey shore. some of the images have been extraordinary. as you saw at the top, president obama and governor christie toured the devastation area. more on that from jessica yellin right now. >> crisis ma

jim axelrod is at the tip of lower manhattan outside of the staten island ferry terminal. jim, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, charlie. that's a big step for new yorkers getting partial subway service restored to help ease the congestion on city streets. there won't be any subway cars coming in and out of this station not today, not tomorrow and not for a while it would appear. three days after superstorm sandy swept through new york the city's road to recovery is literally grid locked. >> the traffic is terrible. takes 45 minutes to go four blocks. >> reporter: with the city subway system still not operating commuters turned manhattan streets into parking lots. a telling sign of just how badly the city needs its mass transit back. >> i'm declaring a transportation emergency. >> reporter: this morning 14 out of 23 subway lines will begin operating. but none will be able to run below 34th street in manhattan and into brooklyn. multiple tunnels and stations in that area remain flooded with sea water. >> where are he? >> reporter: joe leader oversees maintenance for

, maybe near the freezing mark in some places without power outside of manhattan so staying a matter of survival as we go into next week. >> thanks, rob marciano. you've been up and down the east coast doing amazing work during the storm, thanks very much. >> and the power of hurricane sandy was felt on staten island across the harbor from manhattan and brooklyn. the south shore took a beating from the storm surge. check out the damage in this section. others more dangers in the water. a new jersey oil facility leaked 336,000 gallons of fuel along the arthur kilt, the tidal waterway. >> thousands will wake up on shellered cots. take a look. these are scenes from tom rivers, new jersey, 9,000 in 13 states spent tuesday night in red cross shelters and donations are starting to pour in, nearly $12 million so far. if you would like to help go to cnn.com/impact. we have all kinds of information there on what you can do to make a difference. >>> 35 minutes past the hour. president obama met with new jersey governor chris christie yesterday to survey all of the damage and the two m

and now they asked the manhattan d.a.'s office look into filing charges. ey compared it to yelling fire at a crowded movie theater. i never heard of that? he says he hopes the pursuit of charges would mache him feel less -- would make him feel less comfortable. he was outed as the campaign manager, and he apologized for his, quote, series of irresponsible and inaccurate tweets. gavin, should tweeting false information be illegal, and should he be punished with prison time or death? >> i get all of my news from twitter. if twitter is wrong, i should go to jail. i don't need to be looking up things. twitter is the boss. if twitter is wrong, then you oh me money, expru to go away. that's how it works. i don't have to do any work. you have to do it. >> we have to tape a 90-minute show when gavin is on for everything you edit out. >> you do me wrong, and it is your fault. i don't have to do anything. >> we'll take that out because you are offending the youth. >> tom, the guy apologized and he has resigned as campaign manager in the position he once held. is that

no power and gasoline is becoming a big issue in the manhattan area. people are starting to lose their patience. here is picture of the george washington bridge this morning. incoming bridge, tunnels, cars are lined up for miles. there are restrictions. you have to have three people in order to get into some ways into the city. everybody worried about running out of gas. how much gas have you left in your car right now. the few gas stations that have gas have lines that are hours long, even middle of the night. bill: they certainly do. in hoboken new jersey, now this is a town where thousands of people are still trapped. a quarter of the town flooded with several feet of water. the national guard is there rescuing folks with no power, water or heat. hoboken is a city of 50,000. it is right across the hudson river just west of new york city. one of the most densely populated towns in the country. sandy's massive tidal surge flooding that town and trapping folks again with no way out. molly line made her way in. how are things there this morning? molly, h

. >> pelley: and even longer lines of cars cross the bridges into manhattan. in new jersey and on long island, cars lined up as far as the eye could see for gasoline. many stations are closed, either out of gas or without power for owerpumps. in some parts of new york city, the lines were for food and water. 52,000 homeowners in 16 states and washington, d.c. have filed insurance claims, including nclrly 10,000 here in new jersey. in this part of the state, long beach island, homes were not just flooded but destroyed like the one behind me. the new jersey national guard helped rescue folks from the island. a mandatory evacuation order was in effect at the time, but many people chose to stay behind. let us show you what parts of long beach island used to look like. as a point of reference, notice ehe white house at the bottom of the cul-de-sac, the one with the pool. now look at it today. tat's the white house, wrecked, and the street is now a canal. long beach island has 150,000 residents in the summer, but today we found it mostly empty. the national guard is

three hours for people to get to the east side of manhattan. although new york senator charles sc huchlt mer is telling us the hope now is to see full subway service restored by monday. back to you. >> the millions of people who have no electricity, the need for fuel to power generators and cars is becoming more urgent. the supply just not keeping up with demand. shortages are spreading and lines are getting longer. following that story in se krchc secaucus, new jersey, elaine, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. a few miles outside manhattan at this gas station here in secaucus, new jersey, drivers have been waiting for up to three hours to gas up. some traveled from across the devastated region where, in many cases there is no fuel. at the alexander hamilton service area off the new jersey turnpike, cars were lined up for over a mile. >> it's the worst i've ever seen. >> reporter: people like keith mittenzwei drove over the jersey shore to get fuel and in many cases found out there was nothing left. >> i stopped at six stations and every

i recently sat down with robert bryce senior fellow at the manhattan institute. he tells us what another four years means for america's energy policy. we assumed it was safe to betshw that the president would bebethe doubling down on his re administration. his new >> i hope he takes a differente tack. we see solyndra, begin, begin pr power to raise fuel. gerri: we just show a whole list . >> and it is extraordinarily costly for the taxpayer. a better path if he is really interested in green technologyis or clean technology is setsted e reform the research and development efforts at the federal level so that if there is some breakthrough to be att3 e federal government can findth eakthr clearly this venture-capital model has failed. gerri: some breakthrough to be found : company have found ital? and me, that seems to be the>> u lows to of theld most logical.ga the president gave us a little sneak peek in his acceptance he speech. a listen to this.s >> we want our children to live in america that not burdened byi debt, not threatened by thebuen destructive power of

then you have it out of manhattan within the downstate metropolitan area situation. in manhattan, manhattan, as you know, has that elaborate infrastructure below ground. and new york does not historically have floods or hurricanes. it's not what we get in this part of the country. so we designed this elaborate infrastructure without really anticipating that you may have water coming over the banks and we've now flooded the whole tunnel system, road tunnels, subway tunnels, and we have under the, beneath the ground in manhattan, 10, 15, 20 stories of infrastructure. so now we have the novel problem of how do you pump out this whole infrastructure? the water is in the tunnels. the electrical system is also in the tunnels. and the trains run in the tunnels. so you can't turn on the power until you pump out the water. you can't have the trains run until you have the electricity on. so we have the army corps of engineers in here trying to pump out this elaborate subway system. outside of manhattan it's basically loss of power because of downed power lines from trees with t

the new york chapter. >> harry smith is with us from high above manhattan. s strike me, it takes a little bit of the thrill out of the upgrade from the iphone 4s to the 5. without a charge, it makes a really good skipping rock down your flooded city street, doesn't it? >> reporter: and oh, by the way, the service down there where there is no power because the repeaters can't be charged is really crummy, too. there's a lot of people trying to figure out how to get along. there's a certain reservoir of goodwill. and it's being spent day by day by day. quite honestly, it's starting to get a little bit low. >> we sure are sensing that part of it, as i said earlier, the kind of mechanism of a civilized society has stopped running for a lot of people. harry u thank you for chronicling life in lower manhattan on a fourth straight dark night, yes, sir? >> reporter: yeah, i just need to get a shoutout here where we have the haves and the have nots. we need to thank the rare bar and grill for this purchase tonight. >> and the yankees owe you some thanks after a less-th

the power is out still all over lower manhattan. look at this picture. eet bridge which goes across the hudson. in the background there way down at the tip of the island you can see the new world trade center tower and in between darkness. i went down into my mashed. dark eerie and spooky i might add. mayor bloomberg said the power company is working as quickly as it can. >> the task of restoring power is going to take a lot of time but the good news is they are working aggressively. in fact con ed informs me that they are making very good progress better than anticipated. >> most of the city will be back in line and back having power by saturday. but con ed says some people won't have juice until at least next weekend. 10 days from now. david lee miller is down in lower manhattan for us tonight. david lee, lots of delays. indeed, shepard. folks who get their power from overheadlines are simply going to have to wait. there are some 100,000 downed wires. and they say those crews are going to have to fight not just downed trees and blocked roads but the flo

but the power is out here in hoboken, the power out in manhattan. it's an eerie thing to drive through new york city in the dark. it's been bizarre. a lot of people hoping things will get turned back on soon. but it could take weeks. >> anybody who's been up there they know it's a city that glitters with lights. >> thanks so much and we appreciate you giving us an idea especially since you started in country island. >>> a lot of you here at home have debris or flooding or perhaps a piece of your roof is in your hard. when you see what happened in other neighborhoods like queens you can see just how powerful sandy could be. and sherrie johnson is here with more on new video and how that community went up in flames. how are they doing this morning? >> not too good. they're hanging in there. people in a flooded beach front neighborhood on the outskirts of new york city returned home to find fire had taken everything the water had not. a huge fire destroyed homes in the close knit community of breezy point in queens. families tried to salvage whatever th

the city's massive subway system is roaring back to life. except in hard-hit manhattan. >> more power is being restored to that area, as well. that's where we find abc's mark greenblatt once again this morning. good morning, mark. >> reporter: good morning to you. right now, the death toll from hurricane sandy stands at a grisly 74. and over in new jersey, there's a looming threat ona and ongoine from ruptured natural gas lines. but in this neighborhood in lower manhattan, the lights are on for the first morning since sandy struck. the nation's largest public transit system will begin rolling again this morning, but with limited service. some tunnels and stations remain flooded. and power is still out in much of downtown. but the lights began to turn back on in some areas near wall street. still, subways won't run yet to the city's financial district. traffic clogged the streets as people returned to work. new york city mayor bloomberg announced only vehicles with three or more occupants will be allowed to enter manhattan between 6:00 a.m. and midnight. as new york rebo

that building, like all of the buildings of lower manhattan tonight. re, with the help of night vision gear, you can see figures on the sidewalks. one holding a candle. another wearing a head lamp. you can see, store front after store front, apartment building after apartment building, all completely dark. chrissy germany is living among the powerless conditions. >> it's scary. you have to make it work. >> reporter: we're 20 blocks from electricity, from civilization. but here, it feels like a different city. there is really an eerie calm here. the total darkness broken by the flashing lights. the sirens blaring. yet, in darkness, we find families refusing to give up on halloween. do you have a sense of how different it is to the north? >> no. we haven't been in civilization for a while. >> reporter: is this your favorite halloween? >> i guess so. >> reporter: would you like it if they turned out the lights every halloween? >> yeah. that makes it more spooky. >> it was like walking into another world. that group, so many cut off not just from power and