You saw them about every ten minutes, some of them were white, some of them were green, some of them were red and then youd see entire towns along the river in new jersey go black. Much more on sandy much right now on morning joe. I am not worried at this point about the impact on the election. Im worried about the impact on families and im worried about the impact on our First Responders. Im worried about the impact on our economy and on transportation. You know, the election will take care of itself next week. Right now, our number one priority is to make sure that we are saving lives, that our search and rescue teams are going to be in place, that people are going to get the food, the water, the shelter they need in case of emergency and that we respond as quickly as possible to get the economy back on track. Good morning, its tuesday, october 30th. Welcome to morning joe. With us onset, we have msnbc contributor Mike Barnicle and senior political analyst Mark Haleprin. Well begin,
Contain it while wading in anklehigh water. Its rarely seen in this city that never sleeps. Sandy set a 13foot high wall of water rushing through new york harbor and that water pouring into the subway tunnels. The head of the mta calling it the worst damage seen in the 100year history of Public Transit here in the city. In a most dramatic fashion, sandys winds caused a twisted crane to dangle perilously more than 70 floors up over midtown manhattan. Look at that. Emergency crews worried that it would slice through like a hot knife through butter. When i saw is the reports of the firefighters in queens or Downtown Manhattan i could see in my minds eye not only the buildings and the planes, but the people. Its a lot to get you up to speed on and we are waiting for mayor Michael Boomberg to speak, and we do want to get the latest from the jersey shore which as we told you took the direct hit from sandy as that storm came ashore near Atlantic City in the southern part of new jersey. Nbcs r
Hurricaneforced wind gusts across the Northern Tier of our viewing area as we get into the overnight hours tonight. Thats when the worst will appear later this afternoon and particularly during the nighttime hours tonight. 26 your most recent wind gusts here in washington, 18 in leonard county. Winds will be picking up, and itll be worse later this evening. Forecast, 54 today, chilly throughout, winds gusting to 70 Miles Per Hour, yes, 70 Miles Per Hour later this evening. As the storm makes land fall. Rain heavy at times and becoming very windy. We have a high wind warning in effect until 8 00 tomorrow night. I want to mention, its going to be very cool, in fact cold later tonight. Make sure you have plenty of blankets. If you lose electricity, not top of warm you. Thats a look at weather,ville more in a minute. Thanks. We have Live Team Coverage of the storm this morning, Lauren Demarco is live in ocean city. Holly morris is live in annapolis, and melanie is monitoring the situation
Hurricaneforced wind gusts across the Northern Tier of our viewing area as we get into the overnight hours tonight. Thats when the worst will appear later this afternoon and particularly during the nighttime hours tonight. 26 your most recent wind gusts here in washington, 18 in leonard county. Winds will be picking up, and itll be worse later this evening. Forecast, 54 today, chilly throughout, winds gusting to 70 Miles Per Hour, yes, 70 Miles Per Hour later this evening. As the storm makes land fall. Rain heavy at times and becoming very windy. We have a high wind warning in effect until 8 00 tomorrow night. I want to mention, its going to be very cool, in fact cold later tonight. Make sure you have plenty of blankets. If you lose electricity, not top of warm you. Thats a look at weather,ville more in a minute. Thanks. We have Live Team Coverage of the storm this morning, Lauren Demarco is live in ocean city. Holly morris is live in annapolis, and melanie is monitoring the situation
Bergen county, new jersey, after a levee break there. Right now an enormous fire is burning in the queens section of new york. 50 homes have destroyed. A transformer explosion to tell you about. Ripped through the night as people described a powerful explosion, very loud. Look at those pictures. Update you on what happened at that con ed plant. 260 patients including babies from the nicu evacuated from a Major Hospital in new york city. Historic recordbreaking flooding consuming manhattan and parts of the northeast, as well. Homes are under water and more than 6 Million People are in the dark this morning. Transportation is at a standstill. Could be days before things get back to normal. Cnn is covering the aftermath of the storm, and Superstorm Sandys next path, like no other network can. It is tuesday, october 30th, and special coverage begins right here on starting point. Lots to get to this morning. Lets start with breaking news. Rescue efforts are now under way in three new jersey