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Tractor trailers becoming entangled on i-68 in western maryland which closed on the westbound lanes. whats the best advice for people? is much of the state going to be essentially shut down? >> the governor has personally advised folks to stay inside and off the roads. coming in to work this evening, that seems to be the case in most instances. >> that was the latest report there from maryland. weve been also talking about long island where there have been massive power outages and basically fir...

Two deaths reported, both of them from falling trees. one, a man just 39 years old. he was in the car pulling out of the driveway with his wife and two children when the tree came down killing him. they were not injured. and also an 84-year-old man was struck and killed while he was also moving his car. out on long island, new york wnbcs greg sergel is checking out the scene in river head and just filed this report. >> reporter: here in river head, we just got hit with a down pour of rain, a rem...

Yourself in harms way, youre putting yourself at risk, so weve restricted our driving around for safety reasons. so, and thats the case i think all around the island tonight. >> greg cergol, thank you very much. in fact, one of the deaths we heard was reported was that a woman walked into some standing water that was electrified. that there was a downed power line. we also, i think we have a map we can show you, of fire island. its very well known in this part of the country. along long island w...

People not to use water so the water is available in case of emergencies like fires which weve seen on long island. a number of them caused by transformers. in one case a 90-year-old man had to be rescued from his home by an off duty new york city fireman after a transformer fire lit his home ablaze. so a lot of work to be done here on the island. a lot of cleanup still to come. its going to take a while to deal with what sandy dealt us. >> how much have you been able to move around, greg, and c...

Mayor in hoboken. but obviously a continuing dangerous situation there and a developing one. if we get more information about exactly whats going on, particularly with that transformer, we will let you know. in the meantime, lets go to wnbc reporter greg sergel whos in long island. greg, what can you tell us about long island tonight? >> reporter: were along the banks of the river here tonight in river head. i can tell you, were lucky to say this flooding in this parking lot is about the worst o...

Are all doing well tonight, so tragedy, triumph and a lot of cleanup here on long island to come. >> have you had an opportunity and i dont know, obviously its almost 2:30 in the morning but when is the last opportunity that you had, greg, to talk to officials on long island and are they telling people dont start the cleanup tomorrow? stay inside until further word, until emergency responders can really check out the situation? >> reporter: yeah, a couple of hours ago, the county executive in na...

Of course this is the suspect in the tucson shooting spree. weve learned that jared loughner was removed from the courtroom after an outburst, loughner in court before a federal judge to determine if hes mentally fit to stand trial for the murders of those that he killed, that he allegedly killed in the tucson shooting. loughner accused of shooting gabrielle giffords and 18 others in january, killing 6 of those people. weve gotten information that he was removed from the courtroom after an outbu...