against, but now is not the time. we re happy that he s going instead to new jersey. the president of the united states at red cross headquarters in the washington, d.c. area. later the president will be teaming up with chris christie across the river in new jersey to survey the damage. eric: the numbers that they re throwing around, the estimates of $20 billion, i think that has to go up. that s just for the damage alone. it s not the economic activity associated with the storm. point of reference, hurricane katrina, around $80 billion of damage alone with another $80 billion in economic damage in the aftermath of katrina. so 20 right now for damage in new york, plus another 20, 25 economic activity. i think those numbers will go substantially higher when they really find out. steve: plus there are so many houses they haven t been able to get to. the barrier islands south on the jersey shore, people haven t been able to get there because they were essentially washed out. gretche
there for 100 years and this was the storm that took it out. the storm also took out halloween. tonight is halloween, but because a lot of neighborhoods in new jersey still have downed power lines, where i live, of the 300,000 customers for orange and rockland, 200,000 don t have power. eric: i am very upset about this. gretchen: why? eric: my snooki costume, i had gretchen: snooki! steve: you can wear it on saturday. gretchen: i ll look at it after the show if you want to put it on. eric: no, i was just kidding. very important point to make is that with all the power outages, with the lights, streetlights out, you don t want to have kids running crossing streets. steve: that s right. that s why governor christie is apparently going to sign some sort of executive order essentially moving halloween from tonight so the kids can celebrate it one day this weekend. probably friday or saturday. gretchen: it s not just that state. we ve heard nothing in connecticut either.
gretchen: with only six days until the election, sandy packed a political punch. mitt romney and president obama taking a break from the trail. steve: with the storm spreading across multiple states what, impact will it have on people voting next tuesday? let s talk to former advisor to president bill clinton, co-author of the book that s coming out, u.n. global governance and the loss of freedom, dick morris who joins us today from detroit. good morning to you. i don t know if the black helicopters will get through the storm. steve: they were probably grounded for a day or two, but they could be back later today. as we look toward you guys hear that the u.n. is sending inspectors to monitor our elections in the u.s.? steve: yeah. we talked about it in the
will take a long time to get it where it needs to be but new jersey will come back. that s the latest from point pleasant beach, robert moses. back to you. eric: thank you. gretch be, over to you. hurricane sandy earning her name, sandy. gretchen: no kidding. thanks so much. hurricane sandy leaving behind a path of death and destruction, especially in new york city. take a look at this incredible picture. an entire facade of an apartment building ripped right down during the storm. the debris crashing in front of the mussel maker grill, the restaurant beneath the apartments. ben ross is the franchise development manager for the restaurant and joins us live this. no good morning. good morning. gretchen: that s an amazing picture. looks like a doll house that just stripped the facade right off. what happened? it s a tragedy. so no one knows why it happened and exactly what happened yet, but obviously you can tell from the picture the brick facade from the top part where there
spot fist warham. there was a sudden and severe storm that came through here on tuesday night and cause water and tree limbs to fall on homes and streets and power lines. in fact 1715 customers without power. first it was thought it was a sandy related thunderstorm that came through here. but the meteorologist spoke with the national meteorologist and said it is it a result of a microburst. they are not sure but detected weak rotation before the storm moved through warham on tuesday night. they are investigating the possibility of a microburst. residents told me it was unlike any this little theng that move in here. it was a sheet of rain, intense rain and that something passed right over their home and seemed to start in this area.