It is october 7th. This is today. Surprise attack. A terrifying scene in israel, after hamas launches rockets from the gaza strip, and then militants entered the country. Israeli residents near the gaza strip fearing for their lives, with militants opening fire in the middle of the street. Hundreds injured, several dead, and hamas now claiming to be Holding Hostages. Were live in israel with all of the mornings developments. Super soaker. Tens of millions on high alert with rain and flash flooding expected today from new jersey through new england. That wet weather coming just one week after the same area was inundated with heavy flooding from a separate system. Angie is tracking the latest storm. Border battle. President biden speaking out on friday, after announcing his administration would fund an addition to the border wall with mexico. I was told that i had no choice, i cant say i dont like it, im not going to do it. As criticism on both sides grows, were live at the border. All t
An air quality alert in effect in new jersey as new Jersey Health officials are sensing that the ground level ozone is going to be bad enough where a code orange ozone hack alert day is necessitated and that means those of you who fence sieve groups including Senior Citizens real young kids and those who suffer from respiratory and heart ailments need to limit your Outdoor Activity especially during the afternoon up around dinner hour. Those of us in pennsylvania and delaware might want to think about that as well. A lack of real significant cloud cover on satellite and it is warm as the sun gets ready to come up over the horizon. 75 degrees in philadelphia, 68 in allentown, 70 in millville. Also want to show you dewpoints. Yesterday we had them in the 60s. Now weve got some areas including philadelphia popping up into the low 70s and that is oppressive humidity. As we roll through the day nice in the morning. Well nicer i guess. Its still going to be humid but the temperature wont be
Downed power liens started this fire. The big problem for the firefighters, a lack of water appreciate your. 50 homes have burned to the ground. Two dozen more are in the process of burning. We are following the story for you as the day continues. Well have more information on that. More to tell you about, including floods and Power Outages. New york city brought to its knees in a large way. Superstorm sandy was an epic weather event, many people are calling it. Millions of lives have been disrupted now. A transformer explosion happened at a con ed plant about 15 blocks from where im standing right now. What that has done is put basically this neighborhood in Lower Manhattan completely in the dark. They were concerned about this transformer so theyve shut it off as well. That has plunged tens of thousands, people here but more than 600,000 people across new york and into Westchester County are without power today. Backup generator failed at nyu langone Medical Center, probably about 35
Bergen county, new jersey, after a levee break there. Right now an enormous fire is burning in the queens section of new york. 50 homes have destroyed. A transformer explosion to tell you about. Ripped through the night as people described a powerful explosion, very loud. Look at those pictures. Update you on what happened at that con ed plant. 260 patients including babies from the nicu evacuated from a Major Hospital in new york city. Historic recordbreaking flooding consuming manhattan and parts of the northeast, as well. Homes are under water and more than 6 Million People are in the dark this morning. Transportation is at a standstill. Could be days before things get back to normal. Cnn is covering the aftermath of the storm, and Superstorm Sandys next path, like no other network can. It is tuesday, october 30th, and special coverage begins right here on starting point. Lots to get to this morning. Lets start with breaking news. Rescue efforts are now under way in three new jersey
Tainted by a very untruthful version. Reporter what adds to the story is this isnt the first time lochte has been in trouble. In 2010 he was arrested for Disorderly Conduct and in 2005, public urination and trespass. It seems like there are two versions to this story. Somehow the truth will fall in the middle. It makes you wonder why they wouldnt stick to the original story if they kicked down this bathroom door thats not the world. Just expanding upon them to make themselves victims. A lot of times its the coverup. More to come clearly. Embarrassing. Absolutely. Thank you. The state department appears to contradict president obama claim about the release of iranian hostages. Lets go straight to cbs 2s Brian Conybeare live in the newsroom with more on this story. Brian. Reporter the admission that the payment made back in january was contingent on the release of a group of american pay a ransom to free those americans from iran. On january 17, four u. S. Citizens jailed by tehran were