Several municipalities have declared a state of emergency. The storm is unusually large. Its expected to cut across new jersey over the next several hours. More than 6,000 houses have lost electricity. Barack obama made a direct appeal to people in the hurricanes path. The most Important Message that i have for the public right now is please listen to what your state and local officials are saying. When they tell you to evacuate, you need to evacuate. 370,000 new yorkers who live close to the water have already left. City officials have shut down the transit system. Businesses and shops have closed. Workers are piling up sand bags in front of subway entrances and buildings. Its vr important. This is the stop the water from going into the subway. Irene last year didnt look like this after it hit. They expect the storm will pound a wide area for several days. Sandy has interacted with cold air from the north and its become a post Tropical Cyclone. Its not a Tropical Cyclone anymore but t
There it is. Traffic is slow onto the bridge. Once you make it onto the span, its not too bad but we do see crowded conditions on the span driving into San Francisco. Its crowded on the bridge but slow at the toll plaza. Also looking at the san mateo bridge. Westbound 92 is moderately heavy. We have been looking at highway 4, its low over the hill from concord to pittsburg and through bay point. 680 looks good from the benicia bridge to walnut creek and 880 is slow. Traffic is flowing on northbound 101 in san jose. 280 and 85 look pretty good into the west valley. A scary story out of san leandro. Investigators say someone was pulled over by a teenager impersonating a police officer. Christien kafton is in san leandro with more information and some advice. Reporter we will get to those tips about what you should do if you suspect youre being pulled over by a fake officer in a moment. The victim in this case said they were driving in san leandro and someone tried to pull them over. They
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Nightly news begins right now. Good evening. Im kate snow in for lester tonight. And there is an intense manhunt under way in turkey. Police there releasing new images today of the man they say stormed into a nightclub just after partygoers rang in the new year, opening fire and killing at least 39 people. Isis has now claimed responsibility for that attack, raising new questions about the terror groups potential in 2017. And as the investigation continues, were learning more about what happened in less than ten minutes inside the club that night, including exclusive new details from an american who was shot and trapped. Our chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel is in istanbul. Reporter tonight a hunt is on for this man. Turkish Media Broadcast this selfie video he reportedly took days before he ran into a nightclub and unloaded into the crowds on new years eve. 27 of the 39 People Killed were Foreign Tourists from israel to lebanon, india and beyond. Among the Dozens Injured was a
Good evening. Im kate snow in for lester tonight. And there is an intense manhunt under way in turkey. Police there releasing new images today of the man they say stormed into a nightclub just after partygoers rang in the new year, opening fire and killing at least 39 people. Isis has now claimed responsibility for that attack, raising new questions about the terror groups potential in 2017. And as the investigation continues, were learning more about what happened in less than ten minutes inside the club that night, including exclusive new details from an american who was shot and trapped. Our chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel is in istanbul. Reporter tonight a hunt is on for this man. Turkish media video he reportedly took days before he ran into a nightclub and unloaded into the crowds on new years eve. 27 of the 39 People Killed were Foreign Tourists from israel to lebanon, india and beyond. Among the Dozens Injured was american jake raak. He told us hundreds had just welco