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p.m. here on the east coast. this is live continuing coverage of hurricane sandy now post tropical storm sandy. good evening, i m chris jansing. we ll be here with you all throughout the night along with meteorologist bill karins. at this hour, we have a lot to tell you. let s get you caught up. serious flooding across the mid-atlantic coast including new york city where water is entering the subway system and the bridge connecting manhattan and brooklyn. con edison reports that almost all of manhattan all the way down to the battery, that s the lower tip of the city, all of it without power. more than 300,000 homes without power in new york city. 3.6 million along the east coast. already it s been a deadly storm. at least ten deaths reported. new york, new jersey, connecticut, pennsylvania, west virginia, we have video from manhattan s east side. let s get you caught up on what is going on here in new york. michelle franzen is on the phone with us from battery park cit ....
queens new york, fire destroyed dozen homes, 50 burned to the ground, 30 were on fire. and head of the new york transit authority says the city subway system is facing the biggest disaster in its history, including flooded tunnels and power outages. a short time ago, we heard from new york mayor michael bloomberg. make mo no mistake, this is a d devastating storm, first ever experienced. first responders heroic job. they are conduct life saving search and rescue missions and we owe them an enormous debt and gratitude. new jersey, a natural berm, levee, near the town as given way, on the new jersey side next to teeterboro airport and several nearby communities including little ferry under water. we ve dispatched state and federally supported teams to assist in rescues and providing shelters to those in need. maggie lake has made her way there, at a shelter. talk about what you have seen. you ve just arrived. how big is this facing that the the most coordinated no ....
a white capped rush of water took over the streets of ocean city, new jersey, after hurricane sandy made landfall at 8:00 last night. the governor is calling the damage there unprecedented. so far 29 people have died here in the united states. 29. and dozens of survivors today feared what would happen if rescuers had not shown up in time. we tried to stop it. we put towels down, we had the sandbags down. it was rushing in. it was rushing in from the windows, the doorways, everywhere. we lost everything. i came all the way from the top of the house. where were you at that time? downstairs trying to save them and i couldn t do anything about it. just kept on pouring in. it was coming all over the place, under the windows, from the sides. so many people in the storm s path have never experienced anything like this. we have more than 8 million people in this city, nearly half a million customers with no power today. that is challenge number one. challenge number t ....
sandy. when we all opened our eyes this morning after experiencing first-hand the unrelenting power of last night s record-breaking hurricane, the more than light revealed unimaginable destruction in sandy s wake. make no mistake about it. this was a devastating storm, maybe the worst that we have ever experienced. the level of devastation at the jersey shore is unthinkable. the death toll tonight, at least 30 people have died across eight states. nearly 8 million people in the northeast and the mid atlantic are without power tonight, and the estimated costs of the storm, and it s only fair to say, this is only preliminary, given that the destruction is still being evaluated. right now we re already looking at as much as $20 billion, and that is only for lost business and property damage. the destruction is not over, because look at this picture. this is new jersey. floodwaters have turned neighborhoods into islands there. for many people, the only way out is by b ....
tion day, but of course hurricane sandy is throwing a curve ball in the obama and romney war room plans. president obama as we mentioned cut campaigning in florida short to return to washington. mitt romney had this to say in iowa before scratching plans for an evening rally in ohio. romney: hopefully your thoughts and prayers are join with mine and people across the country as you think about those folks that are in harm s way. jennifer: and the romney campaign actually went ahead with that event because doors had already opened. joining with me analysis of how the campaigns are reacting to hurricane sandy, and here inside the war room is cheryl. thanks for joining us tonight. absolutely. jennifer: welcome back. let me start with cheryl. talk about the aura of presidential leadership in the midst of a crisis. obviously people are saying it is a presidential advantage. is it as simple as that? i don t think it is that simple. this ....