are we more likely to deter the future use of chemical weapons by acting or not acting? the syrian government vows to defend itself by using all means. the regime has hundreds of tons of mustard gas and large stock piles of sarin plus 100,000 missiles and rockets. john, diana, it s not clear what assad will do if attacked. syria has missiles capable of reaching israel. the israeli prime minister says his country is ready. john, diana. tahman bradley in washington, thank you. it appears syria may already be responding to the threat of a u.s. strike. syrian electronic army, group of pro-assad hackers says it has taken control over several major media web sites including twitter and the new york times. the new york times spokeswoman tells abc news their outage was affecting some users but the attack did appear to be malicious. worries over syria are taking the toll on wall street. the dow lost 170 points. the nasdaq closing off 70.
just close to the brooklyn bridge. right next to the carousel there s a nice green area and a small little beach. but as you can see, it s all a beach now, and the horses are under water, not as they should be. and, of course, one of the problems in new york and up and down the east coast, flooded streets. i mean literally you see these streets turned into rivers. that storm surge, always so dangerous, is taking over the city. we were trying to figure out what this is. i think i see steps. i think these are steps down to one of the subway stations, but i m not really sure. it s abstract art. so read into it what you want. leave it up to your individual interpretation. another example of flooded streets here is washington. if you look to the side of that vehicle, that s actually an nypd van out there. you see how high that water really got. yeah. and this is not what the new york taxi cab situation should look like there, submerged right there. the yellow cab, truly an icon
hours. you know this place well. this is actually a carousel close to the brooklyn bridge. right next to the carousel there s a nice green area and a small little beach. but as you can see, it s all a beach now, and the horses are under water, not as they should be. and, of course, one of the problems in new york and up and down the east coast, flooded streets. i mean literally you see these streets turned into rivers. that storm surge, always so dangerous, is taking over the city. we were trying to figure out what this is. i think i see steps. i think these are steps down to one of the subway stations, but i m not really sure. it s abstract art. so read into it what you want. leave it up to your individual interpretation. another example of flooded streets here is washington. if you look to the side of that vehicle, that s actually an nypd van out there. you see how high that water really got. yeah. and this is not what the new york taxi cab situation should look like there,
here in ocean city we ve been getting freezing rainfall on and off, and part of the downtown area is flooded, rob and paula. all right. now, tahman, you are in ocean city. are people stranded? were they given evacuation orders? reporter: people were given evacuation orders, but a lot of people are stuck here. some of the streets are flooded. there was a main bridge that was shut down. so the weather was very intense here, and a lot of people, really, with no place to go and just having to hunker down and stay here. all right. tahman bradley in washington in ocean city this morning. you re much warmer and drier than you were yesterday. thank god for small favors. right? reporter: a lot better. as the storm blows across the northeast, there are eight nuclear power plants in the storm s weather path. the oyster creek facility in toms river had an alert after
off, and part of the downtown area is flooded, rob and paula. all right. now, tahman, you are in ocean city. are there people stranded? were they given evacuation orders? reporter: people were given evacuation orders, but a lot of people are stuck here. some of the streets are flooded. there was a main bridge that was shut down. so the weather was very intense here, and a lot of people, really, with no place to go and just having to hunker down and stay here. all right. tahman bradley in washington rather in ocean city this morning. you re much warmer and drier than you were yesterday. thank god for small favors. right? reporter: a lot better. as the storm blows across the northeast, there are eight nuclear power plants in the storm s weather path. the oyster creek facility in toms river, new jersey, had an alert after water rose to six feet above normal. the plant, which is the oldest in the country, was already offline for maintenance, and officials there say there is n