below ground level. if there is severe flooding, they want to be ready. so the world trade center site has been cordoned off and bat 10ed down as really all of lower manhattan. right now new york harbor looks fairly calm but they are expected on arrival of hurricane sandy the sea could come surging in over this seawall. it was already doing so at 8:00 when we first arrived here eastern time. it had already come over the top of the seawall and was well up onto the legs of those benches you might be able to see behind me. at any rate they're saying six to 11 feet of seawater could come pouring into this part of lower man hat and and that is what has authorities here so worried. jenna, back to you. jenna: jon, we'll watch that. quickly back to the campaign trail. we told you both the president and governor romney making changes to their campaign schedules over the next couple days because of hurricane sandy. governor romney just held an event in ohio. he had a few words about the