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15 states at this point. new york and new jersey hit the hardest when it comes to the power outages with a combined 4 million residents still in the dark. bill: the travel nightmare continues. you have to imagine how many people have been affected by this. show you the scene in laguardia here in new york, one of the busiest in the country. water literally covers the runways. so far airlines canceled more than 18,000 flights because of sandy. flights are starting to move out of the new york area....

Armed services committee, and sir good morning to you. >> good morning, bill. bill: how does it impede an investigation if you cant talk to the only man that we believe is under arrest at the moment, or being held? >> well, bill u know that is hugely important to this investigation, and it plays into part of a larger narrative that weve been asking for several weeks now, and one of them is, did we have the military assets that we needed to defend u.s. interest? if not, why? was it because of all...

Before the subways reopen fully again. the system hit with the worst disaster it has seen in its 108-year history. >> i dont think its any secret. sandy hit us very hard. it was a storm of historic insurance tense tee, but new yorkers are resilient and we have seen an enormous outpour of support eager to volunteer, doe in it and help out. we have a plan for recovery, and that recovery is already beginning, im happy to say, its the beginning of a process that we all know will take a while, but th...

Were at least two drones over this area while the attack was in progress, one arrived about an hour into it, was running low on fuel. that was replaced by one that fl flew in from italy. neither was armed. what do you make that of? >> well, bill, two things. first of all, we now know that the white house instantaneously knew who was happening in this particular situation. we are told that the president said that the military should do everything that was necessary. that drone that you were talki...

To take back some sense of normal see, and its coming back little by little, but boy look at what so many folks are facing. a hundred homes in this beach-front community burned to the ground. this is one of the most devastating sights at all. well talk about this when we meet with someone from the community, a conditioning man. 22 deaths were reported in the city alone, extensive damage where the hudson and east rivers overflowed their banks and filled into the streets. look at these pictures of...

Until maybe five or seven days from now. bill: the planes, the trains, shipping, public transportation and six major cities essentially forced into lockdown since sandy started. martha: if you come to grips with the full impact of this storm we cannot forget that in six days we elect our next president. here ace look at some of the latest poll numbers that have come out in critical swing states, and these are the quinnipiac polls we are looking at, one of a large group we have out there. in ohio...

Moment ago 22 people have died in new york city, seven of those deaths in staten island. one of them an off-duty new york city police officer who died in staten island, he apparently was electrocuted, and possibly the hardest hit location, breezy point, queens. weve heard about the 100 homes destroyed by fire, lets not forget the fact that more than 100 more have suffered extensive flood damage. people were told to evacuate from there, but more than half of them simply refused to do so. and last...

To get things back to order again. in the near future, in the immediate time, what is it that you need or folks living there, what do they need? >> well i think the most important thing is to avoid these power lines and these gas lines that are broken. as people went back to their homes, you know, i saw all kinds of power lines and gas lines. people have to avoid that for safety reasons. we obviously have to get the power back on because all the towns that i am mentioning in monmouth and middles...

Now and this today is what the town of bay head, new jersey, looks like, martha. martha: bay head is south of spring lake south of point pleasant where weve seen rick leventhal throughout. it is a community on the beach. you have the beautiful bay area that comes in. there is 35 sign which runs right through the middle of bayhead. its a small community. it is beautiful, one of the more affluentings lovely areas of the jersey shore. among that shoreline. and, yeah, where people have been going fo...

Will be. the message will be about real recovery on day one with, his closing argument. very much focused on the positive. he will not be hitting the president to the same degree as he has in the past because the president still involved in the storm recovery. romney campaign turned what should have been a political event to relief event. governor outside of dayton, thanking them for thinking about fellow americans out there dealing with this terrible storm. >> we wont be able to solve all the p...