saying earlier that he expects the damage in the estimates for the garden state to be in the billions. possibly the tens of billions in damages for new jersey. more on that new jersey, those rivers are going to rise. the damage assessments just now starting. emergency crews need to keep in mind their own safety before they venture out. something they are keeping in mind in the state of maryland as well. here s the governor there. our latest count is about 158,000 people without electricity in our state. the crews have been out there working as best they can even as the storm intensifies and comes closer. we are reaching a point where emergency personnel, even our state highway crews and also the people working on power restorations will have to come in themselves and will not be able to be out there. bill: doug was live in ocean city yesterday bracing for the worst, today the dawn of a new day. how is it? aloha from ocean city. what a contrast. good things await you in
on the northeast that is a major part of our focus. good day on a sunday i m bill hemmer this is our special programming. martha: hello again bill hemmer. good morning i m martha maccallum. we are an ing a slew of news covers. big updates from the governors. one of the first is governor of virginia who we spoke to as they were getting ready. new jersey governor christie is about to weigh in. saying earlier that he expects the damage in the estimates for the garden state to be in the billions. possibly the tens of billions in damages for new jersey. more on that new jersey, those rivers are going to rise. the damage assessments just now starting. emergency crews need to keep in mind their own safety before they venture out. something they are keeping in mind in the state of maryland as well. here s the governor there. our latest count is about 158,000 people without electricity in our state. the crews have been out there working as best they can even as the storm intensifi
coast. mass port is ready. runways open and ready to accommodate flights once they come in. without power people are also without heat. it s cold. my word when heat will be restored to the massachusetts citizens? mother nature will determine when the winds die down. they will work as quickly and as hard as they can through the overnight to make sure residents can come back online. you know, during the peak of this event, peak of the storm, 55,000 customers without power statewide. looking forward to watching the winds die down overnight so the crews can do the important work they need to do. scott macleod. good luck. thank you. all right, brian. brian: there you go. sixth avenue in manhattan, right outside our door.
accidents from north carolina to maine and retail stocks are hit as the storm slams the shopping and shuts in fedex and ups and 2,500 flights already canceled. some could be stranded physical friday. and the ripple effect causing delays as far away as florida. on the phone is port authority spokesman which runs the new york area airports. steve, welcome to your world. when will flights arrive and depart? guest: we have good news. we are expected to open la guardia in a moment and john f. kennedy and newark will be open but, a lot of the flights canceled for today already, and they could have a normal schedule tomorrow morning so there will be flight activity tonight but it will be minimal and we hope for more flight activity tomorrow. do we know what percentage of regularly scheduled flights could go out? guest: very few, maybe a few dozen flights tonight but were more of a schedule tomorrow morning. it is possible people who were delayed yesterday and today could be