Superstorm sandy. We are going to be live throughout the night. We have reporters all across the region. And msnbc meteorologist bill karins on hand here in new york. Now, as of 11 30 pennsylvanias Utility Company reported more than 1 Million People were without power in that state. The Associated Press reports thats about 20 of the states electric customers. Joining me now is philadelphia mayor michael nutter. Mayor, its good to talk to you again. Weve been talking about how fluid the situation is. You and i talked about two hours ago. Since then i understand one person was killed after a tree fell on a house in berks county. Whats going on in philly . In philadelphia we do have some significant, for us, significant power outage. About 40,000 customers without power. Pico energy is our provider. They do an excellent job under these circumstances, getting people back online. About 400,000 in the region, and so, again, thats a significant number, but i am quite confident that they will
Reporter earlier it was a loud demonstration that lasted about three hours at the alameda down building in downtown oakland, the chaining of the front doors was mostly symbolic. We are here standing in solidarity with immigrants. Im a muslim myself, so when they Start Talking about muslim bans, i was born here, so you know, just trying to show solidarity where the people of the world, you know . We dont cooperate with i. C. E. , as far as were not involved in front line enforcement. Reporter of the tens of thousands of people that went through Alameda County jails last year, only 165 were released to i. C. E. There is a criminal element that is very, very small that we do engarj with in our jails and these are people that do very Violent Crimes that the u. S. Government and i. C. E. Is looking to deport them. Reporter there were four arrests for trespassing. This group marched through sample calling for President Trump to put an end i. C. E. Deportations. In san jose, the annual march
More than a dozen deaths are being blamed on sandy right now. And that number is likely to rise. Some 5 Million People are without power so far, from all along the eastern seaboard. Even into the midwest. Today, also, stock markets will be closed again for a secondstraight day. A continuation of their first unplanned shutdown since the 9 11 attacks. And at this hour, there is breaking news from queens, new york, where as many as 50 homes have been destroyed by fire. The heavy winds are making it extremely difficult to battle the flames. Nearly 200 firefighters were called to the scene, trying to rescue people. No word yet on what set off those fires. Have to wonder if downed power lines played a role. Well see. Also, the outer boroughs of new york city have been hardhit, as well. With most areas of coney island and staten island, described as being underwater, following sandys record storm surge, as it came ashore just to the south of the state of new jersey. Dunes and sand berms were
An enormous step forward. Now, the agency has been in existence for only four and a half years, but has already done some important things. Its taken some enforce actions, its done policy work to protect those people who are not entitled or not eligible for anything other than subprime loans to protect them in the market. It has proposed some, some curtailment of the right to mandatory arbitration. But thats just the first step. That agency is under assault constantly in congress. I talked to my friend rich, he stopped counted the number of times hes been hauled up to the hill to testify. It was, i think, 50 at last count. Hes not only been there for a few years. We need more legislation, and in order oo eer to do that, we ne organize. We need to personalize these stories, and we need to look at the level of powers that are available to us and try to exercise power. So let me talk about a few things. One is if you look at mandatory arbitration, congress understands how powerful a force
Society. Weve had many discoveries and we just revealed three new ones this past thursday at liberty hall. So check online for that. The aha Society Needs to give a special thanks to a number of organizations that made this program possible today. Especially Trinity Church, who hosts this, partners with great spirit and great support. The congregant Alexander Hamilton of this church. The u. S. Coast guard and auxiliary. As you heard mentioned, that Alexander Hamilton was the founder of the u. S. Coast guard. And the members of the aha society and the board of directors all worked hard to bring this together. We had 32 events in 20 locations over ten days. And it took everyones support and encouragement. The aha society joins with you to honor Alexander Hamiltons life and his legacy. In that light the Alexander Hamilton Awareness Society will be presenting the first hamilton legacy award to Richard Brookhiser for his two decades of work to educate the public about Alexander Hamilton. Th