Captions paid for by Nbcuniversal Television now that the president ial debates are over, it is clear each one of them had a plot line. The president underperformed against governor romney. Both men were amped up. Last nights plot line appears to be the president s Foreign Policy attack and mitt romneys movement to the center on a number of issues. 60 million americans watched on live television. Starting today, there was a new sense of urgency out on the trail. Now, the travel becomes urgent and frenetic every second counts. So does every state. We have it all covered and we begin with Peter Alexander traveling with the Romney Campaign in henderson, nevada. Peter, good evening. Good evening to you. As you just noted, nearly 60 million americans watched last night. That was the smallest number of the three president ial debates. Over the next two weeks as they bounce across the country, effectively hopscot scotching o another. Both believe theyre in the drivers seat. Give it up for kic
Good evening. Tonight much of the east coast is on high alert and sitting on a slow motion collision course with what forecasters are calling a storm of historic dimensions. At its heart Hurricane Sandy, a sprawling system more than 800 miles wide. Capturing these amazing images from space. After killing more than 50 people and causing heavy flooding in the caribbean sandy tonight is tracking parallel along the u. S. Coast toward a rare and fateful rendezvous monday with two other potent weather systems. Call it a hybrid storm. It is expected to send sandy inland with damaging winds and torrential rain. The storm will impact some 64 million people. Tonight, eight states and the District Of Columbia are under states of emergency as officials brace for flooding and power outages. Some mandatory evacuations are already under way. Forecasters warning just how dangerous the storm is. Weve got our team in place to cover it all. Lets start in new york with Weather Channel meteorologist jim ca
Its getting tonight across the northeast. Vehicles were ordered off the roads in massachusetts. That would be all of massachusetts. Starting at 4 00 p. M. This afternoon. Youre looking live at the cape where theyre already taking it on the nose tonight. Blizzard warnings posted across a big area. We could see some historymaking snowfall out of this. Weve already seen a could lass al stoppage of transportation in the corridor of our country, affecting 50 million americans before its all said and done. And its a long way from being over. As you watch the coverage of all of this tonight, remember, this storm is hitting many of the same people along the very same coastline, still recovering from Hurricane Sandy just over 100 days ago now. Our team is out in it. What could end up as a 30inch snow event by this time tomorrow night. We begin with nbcs ron mott. Hes in providence, rhode island tonight. Hey, ron, good evening. Brian, good evening to you. Long before the teeth of this storm full
Spoken thoz conversations have maybe grown louder as thousands have taken to the streets in cities coast to coast. Our team remains in place in sanford and Kerry Sanders was in the courtroom when the verdict was read, starts us off. Kerry . Reporter good evening, lester. Residents here in sanford and across the nation gripped by this trial may want to know what swayed the jury to reach their not guilty verdict. Tonight none of the six women who sat on the jury has revealed their identity. Outside the courthouse the reaction was immediate. How can you murder an innocent child and sleep at night . How can you . The verdict is the verdict and it cant be changed, but i think as a community we have to pull together and try to make sense of everything. Reporter and its not just sanford. The nation watched this trial closely. In the Early Morning hours in washington anger over the verdict. And in cities like chicago and new york, the verdict touched a nerve. I have a young daughter and i thou
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