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For six months to rebuild, you might as well tear the house down. >> reporter: just south long beach island residents were allowed to return to their homes for good. >> this is a major disaster. >> reporter: along new jerseys battered shore there are painful reminders. recovery is a long way off. >> this is our katrina. >> reporter: in new jersey and new york more than 4,000 residents are staying in shelters. nearly a quarter of a million people are still without power nearly two weeks after the...

It is uncomfortable, yes, were understanding but were also impatient. and we want more and we want it faster. >> reporter: many new york residents are documenting what are sometimes dangerous conditions. 200 elderly tenants in this rockaway high rise were virtually ignored until today, when the national guard showed up. >> we are kind of under-played, i think this peninsula is very much forgotten about. >> reporter: across the river in new jersey, governor chris christie toured the damaged areas...

>> some experienced power outages as a result of snow and wind yesterday, which set us back slightly. >> reporter: and the hard-hit area goes as far as point pleasant, new jersey. >> any time you have snow on top, doesnt make it much easier. >> reporter: crews around the country were already working around the clock. this team came from washington state. >> it is overwhelming, people dont realize, they see their small area, they wonder why it takes so long to get their power back on, but the amo...

Much worse off than hers. >> its peoples homes. now they dont have their homes. >> reporter: all that worry felt just this deeply. nothing can ease it. but on the positive side, from all this pain, some goodness is emerging. after a week at home without electricity, some kids are actually reporting a renewed appreciation for their moms and dads. >> our familys been together so much, we actually, like, really like talking a lot. >> reporter: and you like that? >> well -- >> reporter: for a while,...

Appeared your family. >> hurricane sandy is speeding watched the east coast and the entire northeast is preparing for damage. >> we are going to get to complete coverage of the giants homecoming but first it is shaking up to be one of the most destructive storms in modern history. hurricane sandy is slamming the coast. 60million people are in the path. >> from atlantic city new jersey, paul diano is tracking sandy. >> she is on land right now. that is the update. weve had a land falling hurrican...

Those workers are going to be extremely busy later this week. the power was going out even before the full force of sandy hit shore. >> see the fuse dangling? >> reporter: larry jackson knows the worst is still to come. >> probably be working 16-hour days. >> reporter: thousands of utility workers are in their trucks and headed east tonight, to repair what are expected to be massive power outages. these beach vacationers packed up to head home, inland. >> actually, the aftermath is what were con...

Its so big, too. i cant believe its going down the street. >> reporter: you dont normally see the space shuttle outside a donut shop or crossing over the freeway. crowds got so close to endeavor this morning at the l.a. forum, they could read the numbers on the heat shield tiles. >> i want to see it because i never saw a space shuttle this close. andented to be an astronaut. >> reporter: moving a 78-ton spacecraft in the second largest city in the country is an endeavor in itself, and just six p...

Were cut down to make way. 2,700 metal plates laid down to strengthen roadways. rewer lines were lifted, stoplights removed. so its like an obstacle course. >> it is an obstacle course, seah. >> reporter: mike lofts is one >> of six operators using this joy stick to maneuver the six computerized transporters carrying "endeavour." they can move in any direction. mikes father gordon is an sperator, too. this is not the biggest thing youve ever moved. >> definitely not. nobody has ever moved anythi...

Porch in a suburban neighborhood. ♪ [ music ] >> im in another zone when im playing. im not aware of anything but the fact that im playing this and im trying to play it as best as i can, do a good job. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: don brittain has been playing the trumpet when he was a kid and was even in a band for a while but never has taken it as seriously as he does now. every morning the 78-year-old retired aerospace worker checks the paper to see when the sunset is, and every afternoon he ...

A baby monkey born at the zoo. the staff says these monkeys are among the smartest and most socialable monkeys you will find and thats a fox watch across america. >> bill: that deadly meningitis outbreak killed yet another person. now there are new accusations about the pharmacy linked to the contaminated medicine. details on that in a moment here. but first, football star turned actor alex karas died today. a big man with an even bigger personality. he started his career as a defensive lineman ...