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 boat. o
today at the olympic games with matt lauer live from rio de janeiro, brazil, and savannah guthrie live from rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everyone. welcome to a split edition of today on a friday morning. savannah, it s great to see you. we have reached the final hours of our countdown to tonight s opening ceremony of the 2016 olympic games. and i ll be honest with you, i m you re nervous? what? you don t have to do a back flip, do you? no, you know what, that s actually right. you know, we are hosting the opening ceremony. what do we have to be nervous about? we re not competing in the olympic games. i have to tell you, savannah, you ve been to the olympics, you know sometimes in the morning when the crowd gathers here at an olympic set, you have wonderful, little moments, unexpected moments. i had one of those a second ago. i was walking around talking to walked up to this guy right here, and i said, hey, love the t-shirts, team usa, you ve got the simone b
temperatures starting out in the mid r0s in the upper hudson valley this hour of the morning. incredible, 61 in rhineback, a few 50s, even that s way above normal. the normal low in central park for this date is 33. right now, it s 65. i think that puts it all in perspective. again, a lot of 50s through the northern half of new jersey. cooler across long island. that s about it. upper 40s, low 50s. clouds around this morning. thin spots from time to time. a couple of spritzes stay to the north, well to the north. the shower threat to the north may increase a little bit ater on in the y. all of this heavy-duty rain will stay out to the west and southwest of us for at least the next few days. the day planner, yeah, more cloud cover. towe start out in the 60s, end up with the low 70s by noon. a high that could be a record again at 76. a little after 5:00 a.m., hopefully no big issues on the commute, lauren. no big issues so far. we have delays for commuters on the hoboken line
welcome good day new york 9:00 hour big happen technician in new york. rode is happening here in new york. well tonight one of those great big rallies that trump is famous for hes lost pretty big in wisconsin last night. want to he brings his battle to new york again. a rally at the old grumman factory in long island in bethpage they turned this into a tv studio years ago. one of the cools things about many place in my opinions it s history they built the lunar module lift. the one that actually isn t that qield? amazing. they built that thing on long island, half of it by the way is still on the moon. you see parking lot gold part. that s still there. that was a moon buggy. we littered basically up there. it was necessary. great they re not talking about moon landings, though, an out of this will world rally. 12,000 people you see people unloading their stuff, equipment but there will be protesters nfts one planned nearby. these rallies are pretty wild. we ve see