with china. experts point out the president shows pompeo to lead this effort because he believes the north will listen to him. he is traveling without intelligence intermatic coast. it is widely known that pompeo is one of trump s most trusted advisors and fully authorized to speak on behalf of the commander in chief. reporter: officials in puerto rico say could be another 24 to 46 hours before power is restored 1.4 million customers. and excavator who accidentally downed a transmission line is being blamed for the island wide blackout. violent protests in france over new changes president macroin wants to make to realize, threatening months of new transportation disruptions over the plan to overhaul the nation s state run rail company.
will listen to him. he is straddling intelligence and diplomatic posts. it s widely known that pompeo is one of trump s most trusted advisors and that he is fully authorized to speak on behalf of the commander in chief. shannon. shannon: gillian, thanks very much. time for where in the world. officials in puerto rico say it could still be another 36 hours before power is restored to nearly 1.4 million customers. excavator who accidentally downed a transmission line is being blamed for the islandwide blackout. violent protests in france over changes president emmanuel macron wants to make to the labor laws. rail workers resuming their strike, threatening months of new transportation disruptions. over the plans to overhaul the nation s state run rail company. chilean students taking to the streets of santiago to demand government funded education. the first major protests against
beach erosion. heavy rain flooding and storm surge will be an issue. this is a huge storm. so 300 miles away from the center of the storm, gale-force winds, piling water up against the shore. if this is long island, that will cause some big problems. high winds, tree, power lines down. we could have millions without power for days if not weeks if this proves to verify what we are dealing with right now in terms of the computer models did. property damage likely. transportation disruptions. remember irene. they shut down the subway system in new york. i predict they will do the same. this could be a long duration event which could cause, massive, massive problems for such a heavily populated area. bill. bill: i m in a good mood now. anything else? i wish i had better news. the best thing is, i just want people to prepare for the worst. bill: fair point. hope that i am wrong. bill: thank you, janice. okay. bill: happy halloween. boo. so how much disruption could
high winds, trees, property damage, transportation disruptions and this could last could last for days. millions of people will be affected. something we can t take lightly. she talked about the long duration across the country a number of states have early voting. if you had been impacted by the storm a day or two it could impact the early voting totals. it could impact the real voting if this thing goes on for weeks with power outages that could be weeks to repair. next week is the real election. expected storm will push through the midwest and portions of the mid atlantic on election day. if you have an early morning option do it. there s always a possibility it
rest, but now we have to head home. only a few considered tempting mother nature. we re from jersey. we paid from saturday to saturday. so i m getting my full seven days. the same preparations took place in coastal regions stretching up the entire east coast, but officials stress that oirene is not a coastal event. one of the things that i ve seen over the years is people well inland are surprised by the amount of wind they get, the trees that come down and that and the like. for the major metropolitan areas of washington, baltimore, philadelphia, new york and boston, irene threatens to cause major transportation disruptions. hundreds of flights and trains have already been canceled. subway systems may be shut down. despite the inconvenience authorities say all the preparation will help to limit loss of life and injury. it does not mean that power won t go out over large areas and that it will take some time to get things back to normal. government agencies will depend he