In his final state of the state address new Jersey Governor Chris Christie talks about his administrative. He also discussed the response to Superstorm Sandy in 2012. His successor democrat sal murphy will be sworn in tuesday. [applause] thank you. [applause] [applause] thank you. Thank you all very much. Now, before we begin im going to ask you for a favor. Not for a moment of silence but for a moment of celebration for the extraordinary life of governor brendan byrne. That is what he would have wanted. He would not want to settle he was one of celebration so lets all rise and celebrate governor bernd. [applause] [applause] nine years ago yesterday i went to pick up then 8yearold patrick and then 5yearold ritchie from school. On my way out of school with them on the front lawn of the Assumption School and mars town i announced to the media that i was a candidate for governor of new jersey. On that day i said many things but looking back on it the most important thing was this, i said
Bill neely has the latest. Good morning. Reporter good morning, matt. Tragedy with 54 dead, but not the mystery we have seen with other plane crashes in the past year. The two black box flight recorders have been recovered along with all of the bodies. The plane was carrying three babies, two other children, and 49 adults. It took often heavy rain and fog and lost contact. Half an hour later crashing into dense jungle on a mountainside. Me planes that crashed there have never been found. This one was spotted frooam ts, air. Search teams still had to hike for two days to reach it. It was carrying nearly halfee million in cash for local villages. The money not found. The plane totally destroyed. The airline trigana has a deadly safety record. It lost ten planes in 20 years. It is the third deadly air saeter in indonesia in the past year. For peopl ore in this reemote area, planes are the only wayuout. All the dead here indonesian. Matt . Bill ne ely, thank you very much. O t top story in
Contain it while wading in anklehigh water. Its rarely seen in this city that never sleeps. Sandy set a 13foot high wall of water rushing through new york harbor and that water pouring into the subway tunnels. The head of the mta calling it the worst damage seen in the 100year history of Public Transit here in the city. In a most dramatic fashion, sandys winds caused a twisted crane to dangle perilously more than 70 floors up over midtown manhattan. Look at that. Emergency crews worried that it would slice through like a hot knife through butter. When i saw is the reports of the firefighters in queens or Downtown Manhattan i could see in my minds eye not only the buildings and the planes, but the people. Its a lot to get you up to speed on and we are waiting for mayor Michael Boomberg to speak, and we do want to get the latest from the jersey shore which as we told you took the direct hit from sandy as that storm came ashore near Atlantic City in the southern part of new jersey. Nbcs r
We will go to that conference once the mayor begins his remarks. Well hear from a number of ceos about how sandy has impacted their businesses. The heads of hartford financial and landry is among the top executives who will be joining us over the last few hours. How equity Index Futures are trading. Will cease trading in 15 minutes time. The dow and nasdaq pointing d n down. As for europe, the action dominated by Deutsche Bank and bp. We do see green arrows across the board with a 1 gain in germany. At least 16 deaths blamed on sandy as the storm continues to wreak havoc on the northeast with new york and new jersey dechaired major disasters. Overnight more than 200 patients have been evacuated from two nyu langone hospitals after backup power failed. Millions on the east coast awoke without power or mass transit. An estimated 7. 8 million are believed to be without power and experts say it could be several days before it is restored. Mass transit at a stand still after an unprecedente
Today. Right now the storm is over pennsylvania. Torrential rain and in some places, blizzard conditions. Here is the big picture as best we know it. 67 in the caribbean. Close to 8 million customers in 15 states and the District Of Columbia have no electricity. Spent last night in red cross operated shelters. This may be the worst storm ever to hit new york city. One of the Biggest Challenges is where the massive subway system is shut down, tunnels and stations are filled with high water. No idea when the trains will be running again. This is a difficult situation. Take a look at laguardia airport. The runways are submerged and levels were so high they reached the jet lanes where people usually walk on to the planes. An entire neighborhood is destroyed by fire. At least 80 homes burned to the ground in the new york burro of queens. This is an awful image. People are going through hell right now. Tell us about it. You know, they really are. About 80 homes, the fire official telling us