has been cut in after around 40th street. reporter: but most got in their cars and didn t get anywhere fast. we re at 67th and 2nd avenue. our goal is to go 31 blocks south on second avenue. let s see how long it takes. the first block took seven minutes. it s going to be a long ride. to ease the brid lock, michael bloo bloomberg announced new rules. from 6:00 to midnight if, you re coming into man hat an on one of the bridges, you have to have three people in the car. reporter: in other parts of the city, the situation remains dire. after roof top evacuations in staten island, rescuers in boats went house-to-house in this still submerged neighborhood. all these homes underwater. again, we re talking about a good six, seven, eight, nine, ten, 12 blocks inland, a good mile or so inland before the water finally recedes over here. reporter: here, normalcy very far away. but it is slowly returning to
below ground level. if there is severe flooding, they want to be ready. so the world trade center site has been cordoned off and bat 10ed down as really all of lower manhattan. right now new york harbor looks fairly calm but they are expected on arrival of hurricane sandy the sea could come surging in over this seawall. it was already doing so at 8:00 when we first arrived here eastern time. it had already come over the top of the seawall and was well up onto the legs of those benches you might be able to see behind me. at any rate they re saying six to 11 feet of seawater could come pouring into this part of lower man hat and and that is what has authorities here so worried. jenna, back to you. jenna: jon, we ll watch that. quickly back to the campaign trail. we told you both the president and governor romney making changes to their campaign schedules over the next couple days because of hurricane sandy. governor romney just held an event in ohio. he had a few words about the
been busy working the phone trying to figure out what happened, how injured, how many people? we don t know how many people have bee shot. i just got off the phone with sergeant jason james of the bryan police department. he said multiple people shot. the investigation is still continuing. they don t know if there s another suspect right now. this did happen off campus just blocks away from the university. it s scary for them there. scary for people anywhere given what happened recently. there was a gunman spotted on campus. they issued campus code maroon locking the campus down. they don t know if anyone from the university is involved. multiple people shot including civilians and police officers. when i spoke not too long ago, she told me, you never know how many people are involved. she said one person is contained, but there s the possibility and they are looking sboog it now that others could be involved. this is still a fluid situation. they don t know if ther
. jenna: well, it s a fascinating treasure found beneath the streets of lower man hat and raising the question what else we could find underneath our cities today. take a look at this. utility workers are installing a new steam pipe near new york city s south street seaport and they discover a basement foundation dating back to the early 1800 s. a team of archeologists is working down there digging up thousands of artifacts like fine china, appellate plates, goblets, potterry. they are literally piecing items back together and getting a snapshot what life was like 200 years ago in one of america s most popular and biggest cities.
a park that got its name a long time ago. and jonathan hundred is there on a rainy and chilly day in man hat. i don t see a lot of folks just you and the journalists. jonathan: it is quiet. the park is probably just a few dozen protesters who are staying here. but as you look around you see many of the yellow-vested security guards and the police at every corner of the park and they outnumber the protesters quite considerably at the moment. strike one against the protesters was the decision by mayor bloomburg to evict them. strike two was the judge s decision to allow them back in but not to bring in sleeping bags and tents. and strike three is this turn in the new york weather. but the organizers of this movement say despite mayor bloomburg winning the battle of