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We are told, jonathan, there was trouble shortly before the blast. >> yeah, john. about 4:20 eastern, this afternoon, there was, in the words of one local reporter. a real stench of gas in the several blocks surrounding what turned out to be the site of the bombs blast in downtown springfield, massachusetts. utility workers were apparently on scene working on this. and according to that same reporter, the smell of gas had dissipated a great deal just before strangely the explosion actually happe...

Rationing. drivers with license plates ending in an odd number or letter will be able to fill up. chris christie had this idea last week. where were you, andrew who? now you have to wait for this week? next week, those with even numbers can get gas. in new jersey, those forced from their homes have been relocate to do a tent city in monmouth racetrack. whats it called, micro city? >> thats what theyre calling it. we have here 20 sents being used to house about 200 a significantly higher number o...

Brooklyn. plan to bus to polling places on election day. >> shepard: rick, still no power? >> well, you know, some residents here are slowly getting their power back. of course, the situation is slowly improving across the region. thanks in large part to thousands and thousands of utility workers who come here. many of them from out of state. the latest numbers about 1.35 million without power, including 750,000 in new jersey, and about half a million in new york. the cost of this storm he thoug...

Most of the people that arent are people cant receive power because their homes are so destroyed. they are moving and crews up to north jersey and central jersey to help them. they have 78% of their customers with power, restored service to all major gas refineries and 80% of the schools. they have 75% of its customers with power and up in northern counties have 61% of its customers with power. i got a special call from them. 61% is not acceptable. were going to be on them. just so you understan...

Thank you. >> today, were going to have the power back on and we got 1600 people, utility workers going to new jersey and new york to help out. >> neil: you have been relentless helping out and juggling campaign duties. i dont know if you heard rick leventhal talk to chris christie whether the governor was too friendly, too cozy, im paraparaphrasing, but on the bottom line he is still a romney guy and still support romney. believes the president was very helpful in dealing with this mess in new ...

Continue to drop and tempers flaring in connecticut where utility workers were pelted with eggs and long lines for gas are not going away. across new york, reports of more long waits and triple-a says nearly half of all gas stations in new york and new jersey remain closed due to sandy and some people have been waiting in lines up to six hours, just to fill up. i might take a look at whats going on in washington right now. this is the million puppets march. started as a million muppets, but prot...

Storng tanks, pipelines, and tankers that simply cant unload their cargoes. one expert says its like a stopped up drain. aside from all those problems triggered by sandy, people in new yorks blackout zone are now worrying about their safety. some of the buildings in lower manhattan have beefed up security since plunging into darkness. residents -- after residents were terrified that would-be robbers got into homes by posing as utility workers, promising to restore power. extra doormen have now...

Tension is growing days after hurricane sandy swept through. many people say they still havent received any food or aid, and people trying to work here in new york city, theyve been stuck in gridlock. the death toll continues to rise in the aftermath of hurricane sandy. officials promised fema is doing everything it can to help. >> we want to help get things back to normal as quickly as possible. schools open, stores open. >> reporter: in new jersey, emergency crews and the national guard are st...

Three large navy warships are on their way to help as the pentagon airlifts hundreds of utility workers and their equipment there the west coast to help get a power grid back up and running. david lee miller live from staten island, the area thats been so hard hit. david? >> reporter: jon, many of the people who live here say this is ground zero for the storm damage. take a look here at this marina on the southern shore of staten island, and you can see boat after boat after boat all the way dow...

>> reporter: its a massive effort for a massive problem. 64,000 utility workers in a dozen states working around the clock to turn the power on. in remote areas of appalachia and from ohio well into new england, its a race against time as temperatures drop into the 30s in some places. >> its cold. its dark. >> we know this is a big deal. we know its cold out. we know its going to rain in a few days. we know we need to get the lights on as quickly as we possibly can. >> reporter: getting the ligh...