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I have never been more proud of my constituency. teddy atlas is a friend. i have been in the boxing gym when i ve been corrected. let me just say i m very, very, very proud of staten island. they are resilient, and they are tough, but they do need our help. i agree. let s hope it works tonight. thank you, congressman michael grimm, who represents staten island and other parts of new york. perhaps no one has been more vocal in his anger about the slow pace of federal aid than new jersey governor chris christie. let s listen to the governor. new jersey does not expect anything more than what was done for louisiana and alabama and mississippi in katrina. what was done in joplin, missouri. what was done in the floods in iowa. we don t expect anything more than that, but we will not accept anything less. and if they want to make new rules about disasters, well, they picked the wrong state to make the new rules with. that s jersey talking. joining me now is new york congressman steve i ....
Than that, but we will not accept anything less. and if they want to make new rules about disasters, well, they picked the wrong state to make the new rules with. that s jersey talking. joining me now is new york congressman steve israel. congressman from new york who represents areas hard hit by superstorm sandy. steve, thank you so much, congressman, for coming on. sure, chris. you re a partisan democrat, fair enough. will you lats talk about this issue as a national thing. why new york, i thought they got great media coverage, when you have a baseball star in new york, they re national figures, just huge, but yet this time i do think that the media is undercut. i m as guilty as anybody for not seeing what s right in front of our eyes and for some reason it hasn t gotten the pictures on tv as much as, you know, katrina did. i have learned on the ground what it s like. there s some pictures we re showing now and it ain t going away. this is a horror for many months, point pleasa ....
Arkansas with a record-breaking white christmas. that storm system continued its march across the center of the nation wednesday, leaving a near whiteout from detroit not used to it. it s slick. reporter: to indianapolis. it s definitely a doozy out there. reporter: the blizzard-like conditions making getting anywhere nearly impossible, on the ground and in the skies. thousands of passengers were stranded in dallas, where temperatures stayed below freezing, forcing airlines to deice their planes. the storm has caused more than 1,300 cancellations nationwide on one of the busiest travel days of the year, and there are growing worries as the storm pushes into the northeast. in areas hard hit by sandy, residents are stocking up and removing limbs that could break under the weight of thick ice. this storm will have some build-up of ice and snow. ....
This morning on world news now more misery for areas hard hit by and still reeling after sandy. a snowy nor easter is dumping up to 10 inches of snow in the new york area making for some real problems this morning. it s thursday, november 8th. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. welcome everyone. adding insult to injury, snow on top of all of the destruction from sandy. just what this area of the country did not need. good morning, everybody, i m paula faris. good morning, everybody, i m rob nelson. our nor easter coverage is up first. also this half hour, freed after nearly four decades in prison for murders he says he did not commit. the story of a newly freed man also coming up in this half hour. then, the question is the shine off of apple. practically everyone has an i-something. ....
Jon: a fox weather alert for you now. a nor easter bearing down on the northeast bringing strong winds, snow and rain as areas hard hit by sandy get ready for the impact. janice dean is in the fox weather center and has more for us now. jd. reporter: oh, jon it s the worst news. if this was a run ever the mill nor easter we d say yeah we can deal with this. but the coastline is vulnerable. trees are vulnerable. homes are vulnerable all along the area that is going to get hit by this nor easter. already we are getting some snow. snow reports across atlantic city and then up towards jfk airport getting reports of snow. connecticut, much of parts of southern connecticut in towards central connecticut getting find of a mix snow flakes. we ll see some mixing. ....