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Stop the movement by romney. what may stop it is this storm and not so much that the president will do a great job, although i dont have any doubt that he will. mostly what happens right after a terrible storm is we know where i come from, its the local first responders. its the firemen, the policeman, the highway patrolmen, the national guardsmen, the mayors, the governors, but the federal government has a role to play, a bigger role down the road, but the biggest thing is changing the subject ...

What may stop it is this storm and not so much that the president will do a great job, although i dont have any doubt that he will. mostly what happens right after a terrible storm is we know where i come from, its the local first responders. its the firemen, the policeman, the highway patrolmen, the national guardsmen, the mayors, the governors, but the federal government has a role to play, a bigger role down the road, but the biggest thing is changing the subject is great for obama. hes been ...

>> the flames ripping through 111 homes fanned by sandys powerful wind. this morning it is being called one of the worst the city has ever seen. we have more now from abcs elizabeth vargas. >> reporter: breezy point was engulfed not only by wind and rain from hurricane sandy, but something unexpected, fire. >> dozens, up to 100 homes have been decimated and left in a rubble. >> reporter: a stunned beachfront community, firemen, policemen, blue collar workers took stock of what was gone. not a si...

First responders, the firemen, the policemen who are going out there and risking their lives to save our lives. so we thank you, because the pictures are devastating, unfortunately. lets take a look at our storm system. its still quite a monster, unfortunately it is going to weake unfortunate fortunately it will weaken in the days ahead and well see the cleanup along the coast side. massive side of the storm from new england back to the midwest. blizzard conditions across pourings of west virgin...

Damage, you say get used to big storms like and you said this. >> steve: next five or 7 people. a lot of the global warming people. they peak in and give you an example. when you go back and look at 1950s when the pacific cool and would atlantic was warmed. 10 major hurricane in the eastern sea board including six in 54 and 55. hark hark hazel came up further west and this east and shot back northwest. >> steve: it was so powerful. >> it was not like it was not predictable. >> steve: absolutely....

Technical expertise. what does government do in those situations? and thats not an abstract argument. thats very real. >> what makes the firemen jump into the burning building, the police officer go in the streets after midnight in a flood zone, the national guard deployed. its duty, its service and those are things you get with government. >> yes. >> and this kind of situation, that you cant always get out of the private sector because its there for a different reason. >> no incentive. its thos...

A city of about 50,000 people. and joining me on the phone is dawn zimmer who is the mayor of hoboken. thanks for being with us once again now. this is not highly unusual for hoboken to flood, but have you ever seen anything quite like what youre experiencing tonight? >> well, weve never seen anything quite like this where we have the city of hoboken breached by the hudson river on both sides of the city. the north and the south. and right now as we speak we have two firemen, you know, a fire co...

By tag lines and sending in firemen in chest deep water to their houses. >> millions without power. >> ive been here 16 years and ive never been without power this long. >> some for weeks. >> its going to take a long time, now? it could be months, it could be years to get the roads back the way they were. >> geraldo: even months. >> folks cannot just return to their homes, even if they want to. the flood waters may be resident in basements and taken out pilot lights and could be gas emitted in t...

That but ultimately the fact that it is shaking in the wind is raising questions about whether it ultimately falls in the wind and then what? now, what do you see? >>reporter: there are a couple of things going on. first of all, in the area in midtown manhattan at 8th there are ten fire trucks on the neighboring streets and the firemen are now sort of huddleed here trying to stay out of the weather and frankly, looking at the crane, what are we going to do next. there is still a...most of the st...

Drain and took him with it. he was above the water, still at that stage, but his legs were wedged into the pipe. >> by removing the bag, david unplugs the drain, and now the pressure of the gushing water pushes so forcefully, it sucks davids legs into the drain. >> i jumped into the water to try and help remove him from the drain. his legs were wedged into the pipe. >> firemen, the roadworkers, they all just dived in and just trying to pull him up. >> fighting the incredible force of water, the ...