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im christine romans. governor romney will keep pressing with two stops in the battlegrounds while president obama shoots hoops, an election day tradition. >> and im zoraida sambolin. the immense damage from hurricane sandy forcing an election day scramble. people voting by e-mail and different polling stations and in some cases literally moving the earth to have their voices heard. >> joining us throughout the morning, congressman randy forbes of virginia, delaware governor jack markel...

It is a desperate situation for millions of people on this island today, jenna. jenna: difficult for us to transmit video. well be getting video throughout the day from jonathan and our entire team here at fox. thank you. that is jonathan live from long island. not the only area affected but one of the most affected areas seems like. jon: at this point the storm is still pounding the country as it moves inland and bringing snow and all kinds of misery to other folks as well. super storm sandy ha...

Duey and bethany had to close and we have 90 flooded areas throughout the state and its a significant storm, but compared to the losses weve seen elsewhere we feel relatively fortunate. >> people are being told to stay home. government offices are shut down. only emergency personnel are working and whats the situation in delaware? >> we had quite a significant driving restriction and we lifted it today. we still have what we call a 11 one. no penalties for being out. you shouldnt be joyriding an...

after floodwaters rose seven feet high. an update and more all "happening now." jon: good morning to you, from a shell-shocked northeast. im jon scott. jenna: nice to have you back in the studio. jon: great to be back. jenna: you felt the elements out there. jon: it wasnt as bad when i was out there as it got. jenna: show you comparisons yesterday, you get the feeling what the last 24 hours means not only for new york city but the entire east coast. im jenna lee. were so glad youre wit...

0 they are still evacuating patients as we speak. well get to more on that in a moment, but first, lets go straight to meteorologist bill karins for the very latest. bill? >> good morning to you guys. and its just starting to settle in. and once these pictures come in, its just going to be incredible. the kind of damage that sandy created. over my shoulder here, youre looking at one of the strongest storms to go through the mid-atlantic region and caused the most destruction of our lifetime. thi...

feet high. an update and more all "happening now." jon: good morning to you, from a shell-shocked northeast. im jon scott. jenna: nice to have you back in the studio. jon: great to be back. jenna: you felt the elements out there. jon: it wasnt as bad when i was out there as it got. jenna: show you comparisons yesterday, you get the feeling what the last 24 hours means not only for new york city but the entire east coast. im jenna lee. were so glad youre with us today. new york and new ...

There are ways out. but we told people a couple days ago now that if youre in the evacuation area you need to get out. >> governor jack markell, good luck to you. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> our daily fix could sandy affect the outcome of this election? for up to the date information on hurricane sandy, be how it will impact your area, check out weather.com. youre watching "andrea mitchell reports" special coverage right here on msnbc. begin. tomato, obviously. haha. theres more t...

There is a barrier for regular people to run and get involved thats about funding your own campaign. senator durbin has a bill fair elections now act that would do public funding for members of congress, has not gotten support from this white house. i would give both parties low grades on these issues. >> nonetheless, shepard, i think your point about awareness, getting people engaged and bringing them a visual image that reminds them of whats going on is important. congratulations on that and t...

Joining me by phone is the delaware governor jack markell chairman of the governors association and in response to delawares response to the storm. what is your concern about people who are not leaving when told? >> well our biggest concern at the moment is the likely loss of power. my guess is people will be out of power for a week to ten days or longer. significant flooding down at the beach, you heard your reporter from the rehoboth beach area and seeing significant flooding there. we did a m...

0 your reporting, and you be safe yourself. i can see even by looking at you that the wind is picking up. thank you so much. and thanks so much for watching. chris matthews and "hardball" is next. facing the storm. lets play "hardball." good evening. im chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with the storm but also the society and the leadership thats facing it tonight. this is not the first storm this president has led us through. he came into office facing the full blast of the...