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This is d-day with hurricane sandy. waves are growing ever more om nis and the threat of storm surges from 4 to 11 feet high. this is the scene about 100 miles north of boston. hundreds of thousands have been told to evacuate in coastal a areas all the way into new england. the storm claimed 65 lives in the caribbean and has the potential to paralyze new york and other big cities. early this morning president obama has signed emergency declarations for connecticut, pennsylvania and rhode island,...

Its literally not moving. how many hours of this are you in for? >> reporter: it totally depends whether it picks up speed, whether it stalls or continues moving at a steady pace. but it appears well be putting up with this for most of the rest of this day, bill. bill: that is remarkable. jonathan, stay safe. we have watched you for hours ride this thing out. its a remarkable thing to see that pounding. be well. some 41 parishes as they are known have issued emergency declarations. 7 have mandat...

Winds kicking up where you are. adam housley reporting live from colorado springs. >> gregg: a massive recovery effort as multiple states are under emergency declarations scrambling to bounce back from extreme weather that is hammering the mid-atlantic carrying hurricane strength hitting without any warning. carrying across nine states and the nations capital and killing at least 13 people and leaving three million without any power in suffocating heat. it could be days before all is up and runn...

Be high but offset by federal disaster relief. after all, thats what happens in the wake of a disaster, right? thats why barack obama has been going to fema and meeting with the secretary of homeland security and signing all of those emergency declarations for state after state after state. part of what the government exists to do is to respond to disasters like hurricane irene, to help citizens get back on their feet after a devastating storm, but out on the campaign trail, candidates for presi...

Been told to leave. that states governor joined two others issuing emergency declarations. the senior correspondent is in kitty hawk, north carolina, on where the storm is heading and where it has been. >> in the bahamas, it wasnt a fair fight. taking aim at vie land barely above sea level to top 115 miles per hour. fox phil keating was on the air from nassau as the worst of irene came in. >> several had their roofs damaged. or torn off. a couple of townships reportedly flattened on some of the ...

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Emergency declarations is now in place along the gulf coast. bonnie could hamper clean up operations in the gulf of mexico for days to come. >> heres the latest. lets show ow viewers across america what we have with tropical storm bonnie. sustained winds at 40 miles per hour. minimal tropical storm. winds gusting up to about 50. much of the rainfall over parts of extreme south florida. the storm has been affected by a couple of things, not only interaction with land but fairly strong upper level...