Europe and north america are the highest they have been in the eleven thousand years which is leading to rising sea levels and greater frequency of storms like we witnessed this past Hurricane Season the assessment involved hundreds of scientists in the government and universities professor Katharine Hayhoe of texas Test University told the Financial Times that quote weve been smoking fossil fuels for hundreds of years the report is an x. Ray of our lungs we are in a very serious condition its all a bit more and that by the way at the end before we go a. Lot via a small country of two Million People its been a big Banking Center and theyve since theyve become independent from the former soviet union in one nine hundred ninety one but some recent news has tarnished a previously stellar reputation Central Bank Governor bill maher is rib civics has been accused of slow. Sitting a bribe and the nations Third Largest bank a b. L. V. Is facing sanctions from the United States for Money Laund
Downed power liens started this fire. The big problem for the firefighters, a lack of water appreciate your. 50 homes have burned to the ground. Two dozen more are in the process of burning. We are following the story for you as the day continues. Well have more information on that. More to tell you about, including floods and Power Outages. New york city brought to its knees in a large way. Superstorm sandy was an epic weather event, many people are calling it. Millions of lives have been disrupted now. A transformer explosion happened at a con ed plant about 15 blocks from where im standing right now. What that has done is put basically this neighborhood in Lower Manhattan completely in the dark. They were concerned about this transformer so theyve shut it off as well. That has plunged tens of thousands, people here but more than 600,000 people across new york and into Westchester County are without power today. Backup generator failed at nyu langone Medical Center, probably about 35
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
Highest honor, double finger guns with a wink. [ laughter ] donald trump donald trump reportedly paid aids and staffers to cheer and clap for him at his press conference yesterday. Eh, not the worst thing hes paid people to do for him. [ laughter ] [ applause ] i mean, laugh and clap. Thats right, trump paid staffers to clap for him at his press conference. I mean, can you imagine anything sadder than that . Please clap. [ laughter and applause ] seth okay. Thats sadder, i take it back. Im willing to admit when i am wrong. [ light laughter ] that is sadder. The head of the office of government ethics said yesterday that the only way for donald trump to completely avoid conflicts of interest is to sell his assets and place them in a blind trust. Said trump, fine, i trust ivanka. [ laughter ] Senate Republicans today passed a budget blueprint marking the first steps towards repealing obamacare. Which means its going to cost us a lot more to get this mole looked at. [ laughter ] [ cheers
Highest honor, double finger guns with a wink. [ laughter ] donald trump donald trump reportedly paid aids and staffers to cheer and clap for him at his press conference yesterday. Eh, not the worst thing hes paid people to do for him. [ laughter ] [ applause ] i mean, laugh and clap. Thats right, trump paid staffers to clap for him at his press conference. I mean, can you imagine anything sadder than that . Please clap. [ laughter and applause ] seth okay. Thats sadder, i take it back. Im willing to admit when i am wrong. [ light laughter ] that is sadder. The head of the office of government ethics said yesterday that the only way for donald trump to completely avoid conflicts of interest is to sell his assets and place them in a blind trust. Said trump, fine, i trust ivanka. [ laughter ] Senate Republicans today passed a budget blueprint marking the first steps towards repealing obamacare. Which means its going to cost us a lot more to get this mole looked at. [ laughter ] [ cheers