those jobs of the 21st century. they are our true engines of work force development, and we have reduced funding over the last couple years by 40%. we need to make sure we are investing in our education system. when you take average virginia pay, average virginia pay, we win 50th out of 50 states. we need to work together to pay our teacher when out they deserve in the commonwealth of virginia. when 80% of the brain is developed between birth and 3 years old. we need to make sure we are investing in early childhood development. but also, the passage of a funding bill is only the first step in addressing the critical transportation problems that we face in virginia. over the next four years, we have
work in the typical week compared to government workers who missed 2.1 percent of work hours. they had personal reasons like family opportunities or transportation problems. it doesn t count dabsences due o vacations or absences due to bad weather or weather. thank you so much, diane. the tame right now 47 after the hour. a big birthday surprise for a little girl in south jersey. we will show you more of the reunion that will warm your heart. plus a cell phone verses a gun. how one cell phone saved one life. let s check in with steve doocy to see what s coming up on fox & friends. it was one year ago today that super storm sandy hit the
progress in getting power to the people, con edison says all of manhattan will have electricity by tomorrow. let s repeat that. they say all of manhattan will have electricity by tomorrow, but many outages in new york city s outer boroughs and northern suburbs could last another week. some, two weeks more in the dark. about 4 million homes and businesses in the region are still without power right now. and as people across new york and new jersey struggle to get back to normal in the wake of the storm, one of the biggest challenges is just getting started. absolutely. millions are facing massive transportation problems, lining up in droves for buses, trains, and gasoline. more from abc s alex perez. reporter: superstorm sandy has led to a flood of desperate drivers waiting in lines miles deep just to get gas. so we re here in hasbrouck heights, new jersey, where the line of cars waiting for gas stretches out of sight. we re going to find out just how long the line is. car number
have electricity by tomorrow, but many outages in new york city s outer boroughs and northern suburbs could last another week. so, two weeks more in the dark. about 4 million homes and businesses in the region are still without power right now. and as people across new york and new jersey struggle to get back to normal in the wake of the storm, one of the biggest challenges is just getting started. absolutely. millions are facing massive transportation problems, lining up in droves for buses, trains, and gasoline. more from abc s alex perez. reporter: superstorm sandy has led to a flood of desperate drivers waiting in lines miles deep just to get gas. so we re here in hasbrouck heights, new jersey, where the line of cars waiting for gas stretches out of sight. we re going to find out just how long the line is. car number 5, 28, white pickup, number 58. i got here at 9:59 a.m., and
it is absolutely miserable, and as bad as it is, it s not nearly as bad as looking at what has happened overnight. chris? anne thompson who is down at the tip of manhattan, thanks so much. we are also waiting for an update from new york mayor michael bloomberg and we ll learn more about the widespread power outages throughout new york city as well as transportation problems. let s go to ron allen now. also who is in point pleasant, new jersey, what can you tell us? reporter: chris, take a look at the devastation all over this place. this is a street about a block and a half from the ocean and 75 yards in that direction and it is covered with sand and it goes another hundred yards in that direction or so. last night there was a huge storm surge. there are dunes that we were broadcasting from yesterday designed to protect this town. those sand dunes about 12 feet tall, 30 feet wide were