Northeastern Storm News Today

Well talk about the wind gusts and look at incredible video across iowa. really awesome. hurricane-force gusts across parts of jersey and jfk airport. this was a stormed to be reckoned with. the storm totals in terms of rainfall, 6 inches, 7 inches, 8 inches for parts of massachusetts. new york city, central park, 5 inches of rain. the winds really caused the damage. look at our satellite radar composite over last six hours, the storm continues to hang around. heaviest rain across new england es...

Theres the storm itself. still wind gusts in excess of 30 to 50 miles an hour along the coasts. this storm will be out of here by tonight. jane, back to you. >> good-bye. thanks to you all. down to you, jon. jon: if you have a mortgage or you carry a credit card you know that your credit rating is very important when it comes to spending money, right? what about the nation? moodys investors service is warning folks that the united states golden credit rating might be at risk. jenna lee from the ...

Lets go over to iowa just north and east of des moines. this is charles city, iowa where the river there is at flood stage. this is called ice flows. this is ice jams where, the ice breaks up, layer of ice on top of the river. it often breaks in large chunks youre seeing. they float downstream. they pile up across narrow passages like bridges and dams. and that causes major flooding. so, even though were getting pictures out of iowa, the charles city area, this could really be anywhere across th...

From pennsylvania to maine tens of thousands of people have no power right now. hurricane-force winds pulled large trees out of the ground. some of the worst weather in new jersey. several people had to be rescued from their homes by boat after more than four inches of rain fell. governor. christine:ty declaring a state of emergency there. flood also causing headaches in massachusetts. molly line is in waltham. what is the latest there? >> reporter: john the weather is relentless. this slow movi...

The storm blamed for the deaths of eight. new jersey governor chris christie has declared a state of emergency in his state. power lines are down, trees, flooding, theyre all making it tough for commuters across the region, and it isnt just the northeast. north dakotas red river is rising faster than expected right now. residents are pulling out the sandbags. the national weather service now predicts that river will crest 20 feet above flood stage sometime tomorrow. we have a full forecast comin...

This. >> reporter: thats right. the chairman of the senate banking committee will announce his financial regulation reform bill this afternoon a bill intended to make sure in part we never have to spend trillions to bail out the banks again. ahead of the announcement, republicans on the senate banking committee saying in a letter to dodd they are open to work being with him on a bipartisan compromise after dodd walked away from republican talks last week. jane: lots of weather were watching. a k...