gretchen: 15 minutes after the top of the hour. time for your hurricane sandy news by the numbers. first, ten million. that s how many people could be left in the dark across the east coast because of this storm. some outages expected to last more than a week. next, 47500. that s how many flights have been canceled because of the hurricane. numerous other flights have been delayed. last, 350,000. that s how many new york stires did not have been forced to leave their homes because of hurricane sandy. they live in low lying areas deemed unsafe because of the storm surge. people in connecticut as well. nearby neighborhoods to me were also evacuated. thousands of people, i m sure it s happening in new jersey and other parts of new york as well. brian: donald trump is not letting the rain stop him and the focus storm stop him from calling in. are you working today? i am going to be working. my office is actually up and we have so many people, they re so dedicated, they all want to co
we ll keep you updated throughout the morning. back to you. gretchen: thanks very much. brian: amazing to see the waves just over that peaceful looking dune. as high winds and rain slam the east coast, residents in pennsylvania are preparing for the worst. sandy is approaching the central part of the state, closing schools, shutting down mass transit, canceling hundreds of flights. steve: pen opinion governor joins us live with the latest. good morning to you, governor. good morning. how are you? steve: fine, thank you very much. we know you ve got your hands full. i see you ve already put 1600 pennsylvania national guardsmen on stand-by. that s right. we have another 16,000 available to us if we need them. we ve closed state offices across the commonwealth. schools are already closed in southeastern pennsylvania. south central pennsylvania. so we have been preparing. we started yesterday as many other states did. i have to say that the people are work very closely together
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