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12 hour shifts and he had this advice for new yorkers. >> staying off the streets, staying out of our cars. tonight in rush hour, if you have the option tose mass transit, please use mass transit. if you do not need to go out tonight, dont go out. if you have to go out and you have a mass transit option, please choose that over your cars. >> and speaking of transit, as you mentioned, thousands of flights cancelled today. 2800 in total. there have been 4200 delays and were talking primarily about...

More snow and hundreds of thousands of people still without power in canada. look at this snowy video from toronto, where crews are working around the clock, trying to repair utility lines. some people may not get power back for a whole week. lets bring in jennifer grey from the cnn weather center in atlanta. so, jennifer, what areas are expecting more snow today? >> well, luckily, torontos only expected to see a couple of flurries, most snow lake-effect snow. they had this ice storm during the ...

Foundation. attempted it exit the area in his pickup truck and unfortunately the road was already damaged significantly and he was unable to do so. so he turned around and went to the south. went to a neighbors house and, they called 911 and reported the landslide. we arrived and determined that the slide had taken out driftwood way to the south of -- court and along with utility lines, electric, water and so forth. alisyn: chief, very quickly, does homeowners insurance cover landslides? >> in g...

So ironic how different 24 hours, what a difference that makes because today its just different from yesterday and last night, last night the ocean was literally just racing right up this street, the depth up to about our waist and just bringing sand and debris all over this town. its going to take a long time to dig out. andrea? >> and ron, what about fresh water, sewage, what about -- theres no power, no communications. what about the sort of basics as far as people there are concerned? >> wel...

The southeast and central parts of america went through because of the heat wash and all sorts of awful things are going on. >> lot of work to be done. >> a lot of work to be done and a lot of people without power right now. if we had done the work of ad t adapadapt ing change in climate, dug down and buried utility lines, people would have been working. i dont care if its god or man or whatever, but youre employing people. >> why dont we put our power lines underground. or even watching the -- ...

electrified fences until they die. extreme words from a pastor -- yes, a pastor in north carolina. were going to play the tape for you on cnn this hour. good morning, everyone. welcome to "early start." im ashleigh banfield. look whos here. >> im christine romans. zoraida sambolin is on assignment today. its 5:00 a.m. in the east. lets get you started. it could be a day that brings a brand new era in the middle east, but were not sure what kind of era its going to be because this is ...

plumbers. all kidding aside, its not the same job requirement. so, its totally legitimate for the president to point this out. >> this comes as a new ad from president obama highlights the, quote, real people who were affected by bain capital, that private equity company that mitt romney ran for 15 years. take a look at that ad. >> makes me angry. those guys were all rich. they all had more money that theyll ever spend, yet they didnt have the money to take care of the very people that...

A bag or two of personal belongings and a little girls teddy bear. the national weather service has confirmed two touchdowns here. however, once all is said and done, they say that number will likely be in the double digits. governor perry has also activated the emergency operations center here in the state. rob and paula? >> okay, kristine. police arent taking any chances. we dont know if the worst is over. are there curfews being enforced right now? >> absolutely. we just came from one of the ...

Jon: right now the hardship continues for hundreds of thousands of people who have no electricity. this six days after a freak october snowstorm knocked out power across wide sections of the northeast. wet, heavy snow combined with the weight of leaves sent trees crashing down on utility lines. the weekend storm affected millions from west virgina all the way to maine but the misery could last the longest in connecticut. eric shawn has the latest developments. eric? >> reporter: jon, the sun may...

Be able to get in with ease but, actually times square, folks are out and it is business as usual, but, new jersey, definitely, was hit, especially hard, from storm that walloped the northeast and streets have downed utility lines and trees and 650,000 people are without power and more of those affected by the storm... >> there is no power right now, and were using candles and flashlights and off to work we go. cold, thats it. >> it is getting cold. you know? but, only the beginning, a good test...