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New york city subways every day, and this morning the entire system is shut down. seven subway tunnels under the east river are flooded, and the electricity that powers -- runs the system is turned off to contain the saltwater damage. getting the trains up and running again will be a massive undertaking. >> it could be anywhere between 14 hours to four days just to pump the water out. and then we have to, you know, inspect every inch of rail, inspect all of the infrastructure down there to make ...

Hit a record high of over 13 feet. what can you tell us from there? >> reporter: yeah, certainly, chris. the waters have receded from battery park city and along the walkway. as its known here. as you mentioned, the historic flooding, 14 feet. the last time -- the last time they had had that situation was back in 1821. so it was a big, big massive, massive wave of water that came in during that surge. what we do know is that that water, of course, were hearing more from the mpa, the mass transit...

Seven subway tunnels under the east river are flooded, and the electricity that powers -- runs the system is turned off to contain the saltwater damage. getting the trains up and running again will be a massive undertaking. >> it could be anywhere between 14 hours to four days just to pump the water out. and then we have to, you know, inspect every inch of rail, inspect all of the infrastructure down there to make sure that we can provide safe service. so, needless to say, this is going to be a ...

Bag in brooklyn. for the most part we were able to withstand the brunt of the storm with minimal rain and electrical disruption in my district, but i know communities just outside of the boundaries of my communities that have experienced extreme flooding as well as electrical disruption. >> im sure you are following, congresswoman, the reports from the metropolitan transit authority that in the 108-year history of the subway system in new york, theyve never seen anything like this. massive flood...

Breached a number of underground stations. the mtas chairman put out a statement reading in part "the new york city subway system is 108 years old but it has never faced a disaster as devastating as what weve experienced last night. hurricane sandy reeked half 5:00 on our entire transportation system. our employees never faced a challenge like the one that confronts us now." seven subway suntunnels flood. further east, flooding began to spread across long island the full 12 hours before the cent...

Work, i live in brooklyn, thats how my family gets back and forth in manhattan. if that is shut down for an extended period of time its going to cause huge headaches. people wont be able to get to work and make a living and an earning. huge issue and huge problems and sent that press release out saying its a 108-year-old system and the worst thing its happened to it in over 108 years. that wasnt a good sign of what theyre about to tell us later on today but well find out. as far as the storm goe...

System is shut down. seven subway tunnels under the east river are flooded, and the electricity that powers -- runs the system is turned off to contain the saltwater damage. getting the trains up and running again will be a massive undertaking. >> it could be anywhere between 14 hours to four days just to pump the water out. and then we have to, you know, inspect every inch of rail, inspect all of the infrastructure down there to make sure that we can provide safe service. so, needless to say, t...

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Fire in breezy point, queens. more than 50 homes have been destroyed. and new york city subway system remains shut down after extensive flooding. on the phone now aaron donovan, a spokesman for the metropolitan transit authority. good morning. >> good morning. >> whats the latest you can tell us on the situation and how widespread it seems to be? >> well, the new york city system, subway system is shut down. this is a level of devastation that we experienced last night, has seldom faced, if ever...

Authority has reported as much as 4 feet of water in some stations. it could be days before the lines are operational again. the head of the mta called it the worst disaster in the subways 108-year history. >> lets go to the politicos desk with tvs own willie geist. >> the chief white house correspondent down at politico mike allen has a look at the playbook. >> good morning, guys. >> lets talk about what this storm has done to the campaign. both president obama and mitt romney altering their ca...