lives going to be in a very embarrassing situation. we are on this planet between 70 and 85 years. there will be one time when you are so em bared. look at al roker. last night what did al roker say? he pooped in his pants in the white house. that s embarrassing. al roker sharted in the white house? what happened if there was nobody around to help you and there were no bathrooms and you had to call 9-1-1? is al roker going to call 9-1-1 saying holy crap, i crapped? that would be an abuse to the 9-1-1 system. what will he call, 3-1-1? what about murieta, california where they charge you $350 for ambulance or paramedics through the fire department? they are now charging. they are literally charging people money. they have to because they are going bankrupt. because they give away so much money and fund pensions for life. now people are not going call
off power to thousands to prevent further storm damage. storm sunga surge is reaching rd high levels. getting help is a nightmare. new york city s 9-1-1 system is overloaed. it s not just new york, though, and new jersey. in maryland sandy downing trees, leaving thousands and thousands without power. in delaware and new jersey, raging flood waters drenching and in some instances drowning coastal towns. 50 million people still in sandy s line of fire. the count at this hour is more than three million without power. thousands and thousands of those without power are in new york city, though. whipping winds and pounding rain creating treacherous conditions. in mid town a collapsed construction crane is dangling from a high rise. now, no one knows what is going to happen, but it is getting weaker and weaker and weaker. david lee miller is live in mid town. david? reporter: that s right, greta. there s a great deal of drama