Tons of damage. 11 people dead in cuba. Sandy ripping off the roofs of homes, flattening other homes al to the. The storm killed one person in jamaica. Nine other People Killed in haiti. Heavy rains from the storms outer bands have unleashed devastating flooding. Although the hurricane is still several days away from the United States east coast, sandbagging is already under way as far north as new jersey. Meet oreologist rob marciano is tracking sandys every move. Were getting already dire warnings, really serious red flags about this storm. Tell me exactly whats happening that makes it, you know, worse than what they call the perfect storm. Well, the perfect storm never made landfall for one thing. This one looks like its going to make landfall. Thats what makes it worse. The setup is somewhat similar, we have a hurricane thats moving north and a strong cold front with a strong jet Stream Energy thats moving in from the west. And this morning, more than ever, were getting more confid
Eastern seaboard for days. Expected to create dangerous storm surge, flooding, as well. Cnn has Hurricane Sandy covered like no other network. Were talking with the delaware governor jack markell, new jersey mayor cory booker, craig fugate will be our guest. Virginia governor Bob Mcdonnell. John berman is live in battery park, Lower Manhattan. Expecting big storm surge there. Rob marciano has the forecast but also is live in asbury park, new jersey. Sandra endo is in ocean city in maryland. Youve seen the deteriorating weather conditions there. George howell in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, on the outer banks. Has for hours now. Lets begin with rob marciano for the latest on what sandy is doing right now. When she is expected to make landfall, and how it will be all the way through. Rob . Good morning, again, soledad. The center of sandy is about 380 miles southeast of of new york city. The wind field expanding. Weve got 800 miles of Tropical Storm force winds that will be batterin
Say that you are the best msnbc host ever created by god. God created you, chris, to be here. Thank you, michael. Ec baldwin should be looking over his shoulder. No way. I was not lying, actually. That was me being nice. That is all in for this evening. The Rachel Maddow show starts right now. Good evening, rachel. I dont take it personal at all. It was an impression. It was the voice of a certain hyperbolic character. I dont mind, doesnt bother me at all, which im sure you can tell. Thanks, my friend. Thanks, michael. And thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. Heres the story. In march of this past year there was an explosion in pasadena, texas. Pasadena, texas, is about 11 miles outside of houston. There was a big explosion followed by a fire. Smoke and flames could be seen for miles around. Look at that. The whole neighborhood around this fire and explosion had to
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Street. Much of what you mentioned, those Circuit Breakers being activated after stocks fell too far and too fast in the morning, putting investors on the sidelines, waiting 15 minutes to begin trading again. We saw Oil Prices Plunge the most since 1991, thats when the gulf war was in full force. Thats as saudi arabia flooded the market was oil despite waning demand. And where we saw another red warning sign flash in the bond market. Were seeing yields at record lows. Thats because investors are expecting a potential global recession because of the coronavirus. So weve got all of this piling on as those worries and those fears and no one really knows whats going to happen with the coronavirus as far as the economy and businesses know. All of that fear weighing on wall street, jake. Alison kosik, a very, very bad day on wall street. Lets bring in auston goolsbee. Also with me is cnn Global Economic analyst rana farouhar. Auston, you tweeted about comparing today so the days before the 2
On capitol hill. Two lawmakers are in selfquarantine after possible exposure to coronavirus at cpac, a conference the president attended as well. The Surgeon General this morning, warning the government is expecting the number of cases to rise rapidly as more test kits go into circulation. Joining us is courtney reagan, hans nichols with the president. Lean Leanne Caldwell and robert costa. Courtney, let me start with you, this has been a very ugly start to the day. What have we seen play out here. Absolutely. Not only is it ugly, its historic. Something that we really havent seen before in this forum. Lets catch everybody up, whats happening here today. Stocks on wall street are now trading again. But thats after they traded for four minutes, once the opening bell sounded, and then they were halted. They were halted because the s p 500 dropped 7 . And that triggered a Circuit Breaker which basically said all trading has to stop now for 15 minutes. It allows cooler heads to prevail. It