has been cut in after around 40th street. reporter: but most got in their cars and didn t get anywhere fast. we re at 67th and 2nd avenue. our goal is to go 31 blocks south on second avenue. let s see how long it takes. the first block took seven minutes. it s going to be a long ride. to ease the brid lock, michael bloo bloomberg announced new rules. from 6:00 to midnight if, you re coming into man hat an on one of the bridges, you have to have three people in the car. reporter: in other parts of the city, the situation remains dire. after roof top evacuations in staten island, rescuers in boats went house-to-house in this still submerged neighborhood. all these homes underwater. again, we re talking about a good six, seven, eight, nine, ten, 12 blocks inland, a good mile or so inland before the water finally recedes over here. reporter: here, normalcy very far away. but it is slowly returning to
the stock stonew york stock exc closed its doors. this is the scene on monday. the usually loud, packed floors falling silent. yesterday though, michael bloomberg rang the opening bell to the relief of financial markets everywhere. let s get an early look at the markets now. for that, we go to julia chatterly live in london. good morning. reporter: thanks very much. good morning. cautious trading here in europe likely to feed into the u.s. session today. the u.s. session ended virtually unchanged yesterday. it was functioning smoothly. among the biggest movers yesterday, facebook shares losing 4%. the first day that workers became eligible to sell shares they received when the company went public six months ago. remember, the workers watched the share prices fall to almost half its ipo value. so also question about whether we continue to see pressure on that stock with further chunks coming up. also apple lost ground