You saw them about every ten minutes, some of them were white, some of them were green, some of them were red and then youd see entire towns along the river in new jersey go black. Much more on sandy much right now on morning joe. I am not worried at this point about the impact on the election. Im worried about the impact on families and im worried about the impact on our First Responders. Im worried about the impact on our economy and on transportation. You know, the election will take care of itself next week. Right now, our number one priority is to make sure that we are saving lives, that our search and rescue teams are going to be in place, that people are going to get the food, the water, the shelter they need in case of emergency and that we respond as quickly as possible to get the economy back on track. Good morning, its tuesday, october 30th. Welcome to morning joe. With us onset, we have msnbc contributor Mike Barnicle and senior political analyst Mark Haleprin. Well begin,
Closed today. It will reopen tomorrow. It was the first twoday weather closing since the blizzard of 18 8. It was a night to remember or forget. Theres a mandatory Evacuation Order under effect. Real concern here is to the inland lakes connect to the ocean and wipe out the town in this area. This is a dangerous situation. Police are creating a collapse zone. No cars, no pedestrians around the area of 57th street where this building is under construction and this is crane is dangerously dangling over the street. The storm surge right now, thats just the water rise alone with this, 6. 6 feet. Thats 2. 2 feet higher than irene. Were awaiting that high tide coming up. For example, irene was about right here, all right, and what we could see with another two and a half feet is up through here. No campaigning for the president. He is locked down at the white house, telephoning governors and mayors and meeting with fema. Mitt romney is not campaigning but holding what his Campaign Calls a Hur
Stories above the streets after partially collapsing in high winds. But we begin with storm politics. With just seven days to go, the president ial race may hinge on how candidates respond to the storm. If they seem president ial or irrelevant. This october surprise has revealed a Surprising New alliance. Obama christie. Thats right. Just listen to how the new jersey governor, a top romney surroga surrogate, heeds praise on president obama. The president called me. I appreciate that call from the president. It was very proactive and i appreciate that type of leadership. The president is great. I spoke to him three times yesterday pep called me for the last time at midnight last night. Asked me what i needed. I said if you could expedite the major declaration without the fema mumbo jumbo. I got a call from fema at 2 a. M. The president has been all over this and he deserves great credit. I was on the phone with him yesterday three times personally. He gave me his number at the white hou
My ability to talk about the market, because alas we didnt have one. For me, it is right smack in the middle of earnings season. And then draw some mid season conclusion that can give us a sense of what awaits us in the final months of do 12. The report is so stark that we have to go over them right now before it starts up again tomorrow. First, our company has spent years and years and years trying to distance themselves from what seemed to be the no growth usa market. The unified currency opened up the market that was right for us expansion. Second, they took part in a tiny grab that has provided us earnings for several years now. We are making the move to comment on the Conference Call that gave you hope that a companys business could have another leg up somewhere down the road. Ki china play became a prize possession on call treat. Hallelujah who is going in there, rush thea, brazil. Where companies were starting to do business. It meant that you were provicial and you were hostage
Commodity trading. Lots of damage to report in the new york city area, more than 50 homes were destroyed by fire last night in breezy point queens. Just east of cone any islands, more than 170 firefighters were on the scene. And separately more than 200 patients were evacuated last night from new york universitys Medical Center after power went out. Patients some on respirators operating on Battery Power were taken to other hospitals. And check this video out. A crane on this luxury high rise building, thats under construction, topping over on 57th street, the 90 Story Building looks over central park. Luxury apartments telling for tens of millions of dollars. The crane could be seen blowing in the wind for most of the night and officials there trying to figure out how to get that down eventually. To find out how much rain and wind sandy will be packing and where its heading next, jen carfagno has the forecast. Between morning. So we are still dealing with central winds of 65 miles an