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Virginia. now -- >> pennsylvania, they got a chance there? yes. is it likely? >> feels like theyre looking for more paths and more opportunities. they basically failed to expand the map early. theyre hoping maybe hope upon hope that they steal a state late, that somehow they could scramble the whole thing up with pennsylvania. the fact is theyre close in pennsylvania, but its lucy and the football close. >> theres a lot of work to be done by the democrats in southeastern pennsylvania. >> they do...

No one is being allowed in, including residents. only emergency workers and state police here to try to prevent looting. a short time ago we spoke with the towns mayor george dempsey lived here since 1943. he is depressed his town was beautiful and shocked but will be back and town will be back. he told us they did everything they could, including evacuating every resident who would leave before the storm arrived. >> we were very well-prepared but not prepared for the amount of damage we got. >>...

Thats alienating a lot of suburban white women voters and a lot of black -- a lot of women voters across the board, actually. >> thank you so much, james peterson and erin mcpike, from real clear probation. up next, joe isuzu is back, campaigning for mitt romney, sort of. you dont want him too much on your side. this is "hardball," the place for politics. ♪ [ male announcer ] why do more emergency workers everywhere trust duracell...?? duralock power preserve. locks in power for up to 10 years...

>> all right, richard lui in lower manhattan for us this morning. richard, thank you very much. well, the community of seaside heights, thats one of several that were completely cut off prompting an all-day rescue effort to get people off the island. that was led by officials in neighboring toms river. thats where we find nbcs michelle franzen. michelle, we know theyre trying to help people in seaside, toms river has its own problems. this is the first full day of cleanup, right? the weather is ...

The electronics and the equipment and actually it works again. when the power windows work. but you get saltwater in there and typically thats the end of the vehicle. and if those kind of electronics which many of them are old exist down through here theyre going to have to be replaced and you start adding time on the timetable. the majority of uptown and midtown, again, getting on back line -- back on line tomorrow and hopefully up to full operation by the time monday rolls around. thats a good...

Recovery nows underway, as government agencies prepare to re-open tomorrow. just hearing from washington, dc, the federal workers can return to their desks tomorrow but in the meantime, a real mess for rescue officials now. how long do you expect it to last in. >> i was surprised to hear the path station, for example, could be five days away, my guess it really could be longer. this is the real difficult part for people, neil, and that is le high but i remind people again, the emergency workers,...

Place. what stands out most to you about what happened last night? >> this is unprecedented. theres been previous blackouts where generators have gone down in hospitals but nothing of this scope. i spoke with our dean of clinical affairs who laid this out for me that there were tables in the middle of the lobby and we had everyone there, fire department, police department, emergency workers, physicians working through the night. they brought down the sickist patients first and transferred hem ou...

And outside nyu hospital there was dozens of ambulances taking away patients this, is something most people never thought theyd see here in new york city. very, very disturbing image but emergency workers and crews trying to do their best to save patients that needed care to other facilities. i can tell you at this hour much of lower manhattan remains in pitch darkness, flooding continues there are heavy gusts of wind and down pours. new york city subway system and i can tell you that ground zer...

Country. and more than 8 million customers, not people, 8 million customers have no power. most of them in new york and new jersey. look at this map here. the damage from the monster storm extends as far as west as michigan. the blue areas are the flooding. the red is wind damage and the white, thats snow and lots of it. parts of west virginia have already gotten more than 2 feet of snow. the blizzard warnings are in effect in more than a dozen counties until tomorrow afternoon. new jersey, of c...