Right now we know of at least 116,000 homes without power. Those numbers will obviously change. But i just want to hit home this point, that everything about sandy is huge. You see the system. This is on your screen here. The wind field, this is something well talk to chad about, the wind field roughly 900 miles wide, 60 Million People all the way from North Carolina to maine could be affected by this hurricane. About 61,000 National Guard troops have been deployed. The president making the point that a lot of the resources, as best as they can, have been prepositioned in anticipation of this storm. 87 billion worth of homes reportedly at risk. And in manhattan, the New York Stock Exchange closed today and we know it will be closed tomorrow. Also shut down, amtrak, subways in new york, washington, d. C. , philadelphia, and in boston. And at the top of the hour here we can tell you now that new yorks holland tunnel and the brooklyn battery bridge are shutting down, closing. No traffic t
Thank you, darling. Good evening and its great to have you with us here on a sunday night. And we do begin with the devastation only worsening in colorado tonight. What families are going through there, unimaginable. At least five people dead. Authorities still trying to reach hundreds more unaccounted for. The punishing rains coming down again this sunday, this epic flooding, leading to the biggest Helicopter Rescue operation since hurricane katrina. Those rescues screeching to a halt because of the relentless rains. The National Guard rescuing 1,700 people already. Families hoping for reunions like this one. Evacuees finding loved ones after being dropped off at a local high school. From the sky tonight, you can see the damage, the South Platte River cutting a highway in half in colorado. The Rushing Waters pouring into towns. Look at this parking lot. Nothing but tiny dots of color there, cars completely surrounded by the water. Families who have returned home, wading through the mu
Talked about getting things done with a pen and a phone. Now were seeing the next president get things done with a twitter account. He sat down tonight with the ceos of two companies he called out on social media. Boeing and lock heheed martin. He got a concession with boeing, which he had targeted because mr. Trump accused them of going way over budget on the next air force one. Trump was concerned the price tag for two planes had ballooned to more than 4 billion. But he was assured it wont cost that much. Were going to get it done for less than that and were committed to working together to make sure that happens. I was able to give the president elect my personal commitment on behalf of the boeing company. Reporter Lockheed Martin manufactures the expensive f35 military aircraft, which mr. Trump reamed while talking about how he plans to cut costs at the pentagon. He said he is working on lowering that price tag. Were going to get cost down. Were going to get it done beautifully. Th
Paul. President trump starts his christmas vacation and hes celebrating his first major legislative win. He headed out to his florida resort after he signed the tax bill into law. Cheered what he called the largest tax cuts in history. But despite his excitement, aides told the president to avoid the president ial year end News Conference out of fears that there could be a lot of questions about russia. And those concerns come as investigators interview the long time personal assistant as part of the russia probe. And democrats warn Republican Leaders against shutting down the investigation. More on that in just a moment, but lets start with dan near the president s resort there in florida. No doubt that the tax bill, big win for the president as he wraps up 2017. Reporter it really is a huge win and the president is not somebody who likes muted celebrations. Hes kind of a larger than life figure even before he was president so it was surprising when he signed this bill in the oval off
There are new concerns on whether a deal can be struck. House Republican Leadership aides say theyre confident they have the votes to pass a shortterm government funding bill that would keep the federal government running at least until february 16th. But thes prospects in the senate are less positive. Lindsey graham said yesterday enough is enough and a fourth shortterm extension since october is too many. With graham against the measure and fellow republican senator john mccain absent for cancer treatment, Senate Republicans need the support of 11 democrats to pass it. President trump yesterday said a shutdown could happen and said democrats would be to blame. Speaker paul ryan, yesterday, echoed the that blame on the shoulders of democrats, citing their push for a deal to help young undocumented immigrants as a part of the bill. Weve been very clear, we want to see a daca solution. But a daca solution has to be a balanced solution, a solution that not just treat tess the symptoms, b