Hes been doing so all week. Bill, whats the latest . Good morning to you, lynn. The storm is just off the florida coast. Tracking all the way up and down the eastern seaboard. So many people on the west coast travel there or have family and friends that could be impacted by this storm. A lot of our favorite vacation spots on the east coast are getting impacted. High winds in florida. It will be a lot worse as we go through the weekend and especially the tail end of the weekend into the northeast. It almost looks like an extra tropical system or a hybrid with tropical conditions to the north sucking in dry air to the south. Thats going to be the story with this. New england is not going to be hit with a hurricane. It will be a noreaster with rain instead of snow. The forecast path takes it parallel to the coast and then inland, somewhere right along the big cities. Some of the most highly density populated areas. Between washington, d. C. And new york city. We wont focus too much on the
Everyone. Im lynn berry and the east coast is bracing for a direct hit by hurricane sandy. Officials are busy making emergency plans. The category 2 storm is churning out in the caribbean where its being blamed for at least 21 deaths. 11 of those in cuba alone. Lets begin with nbcs jay gray. Sandys Early Warning came as the storm lashed the caribbean. Violent winds and driving rains battering the islands and cuba take aing the most vicious hit and now the storm turns its attention towards the east coast. I have been watching it for the last two or three days and i saw this morning it is headed this way. Reporter models show sandy brushing the midatlantic through the weekend and targeting the east coast early next week. If the current forecast holds, new york could take a direct hit. Weve opened the Office Emergency management situation room already and the nyc coastal storm plan was activated early this morning. Reporter early signs of the storms are showing up along the beaches in flo
Nbcs Brian Williams spent the past two days on the campaign trail with president obama often gaining aca ses to the president to the president in chief. He talked about the election versus the job itself. Its funny one of the things about being on campaign trail youre in marine one and big motorcades and michelle jokes i have everything but a caboose and dog sled behind me wherever im driving. None of that is the presidency. The presidency is all about whos going to fight for the American People every single day, even when youve got to make tough decisions that are unpopular because you have some compass about what this country can be. And, you know, during the course of these four years all kinds of mistakes i made every single day. But my compass has been true and im focused on, you know, whats going to be best for the American People. Now, for a look at other stories making news. Lets begin in georgia where one family losing their home to foreclosure actually got much worse. Prepari