Growing by 2 in the the lst quarter. That is better than most economists had had predicted. The gdp is our broadest measure of economic health, helpingo move that number forward, a boost to consumer spending, Housing Market in rovery and increased defense spending. Well have much more on this in about 15 lets talk weather now. A massive and deadly Hurricane Sandy could slam into the northeast in just a few days. Take a look from space. Sandy is so big, it would cover tennessee, to los s. Angele and its expected to mix with a powerful wer halloween monster. This could affect everyone from trickortreaters to people headed to the polls. People at the jersey shore are already filling sand bags and preparing for the worst. Meteorologist rob marciano is here. So, percentages . Will it hit . Is it likely to hit . Looks a lot more likely now than it did this time yesterday. Yesterday it was maybe 50 50. Give it greater chances than that. The question is how big and bad will it be . It will be
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
Hurricane sandy is starting to look like a perfect storm, as berman was predicting, from new england to virginia and as far inland as ohio. Everyone is being warned to prepare to take action because of a rare and complex atmospheric setup. Sandy could collide with the east coast early next week as a super storm. Sandy has already done plenty of damage. 11 people are dead in cuba. The hurricane ripping roofs off some homes and flattening others. Sandy killed one person in jamaica, 10 more people in haiti. That is 22 people total killed by this storm already. Heavy rains from the storms outer bands causing flooding as well. Even though its several days away, the sand bagging has already started as far north as new jersey. Meteorologist rob marciano is tracking sandys every move, joiping us live from the extreme Weather Center in atlanta. What is the latest on this . Still a category 1 storm as you mentioned, deadly affects across the caribbean islands, battering the bahamas right now. Ab
Until september. Its really the broadest grade on how the economy is doing. If you talk to the president about this, he says its more proof of the recovery. Since it was last 1. 3 . But his challenger is also using 2 in his favor. No surprise. Mitt romney just gave an economic speech in ames, iowa at a small Construction Business that as it turns out received nearly 2 million from obamas stimulus programs. So lets go straight to gloria borgeer who i know is watching the speech. My question number one for you is this. I didnt hear a lot new in the speech. Im guessing you didnt hear much new in the speech either. So given that fact, isnt it a bit risky, though, to introduce new policy here with 10, 11 days to go . Isnt this really about getting voters excited getting out to vote . Its about getting independent voters to really take a look at you as somebody who is reasonable. As you said, this is really not about new ideas. This is about a different tone, a different kind of appeal. Talk