This morning adding to the problem. David lee miller is live. What about the high tide . Reporter the high tide was bad but it could have been a great deal worse. The situation here with each passing minute, dramatically improving, one of the things of note, arthel, it is now above freezing. When the sun sets, the temperatures are going to plummet into the 20s. Theres not a great deal of floodwater. Take a look over my shoulder and you can see on the main streets here, just off the bay and there is not a great deal of flooding. Most of all of the water has receded. So that floodwater freezing is not an issue. The situation here 24 hours ago was very, very different. Take a look at this video recorded not far from where i am now standing and you can actually see water pouring out of the bay flooding the nearby streets. The mayor here says the problem is the lack of a sea wall for the bay. He says the oceanside of the island has a great deal more protection. And as bad as the flooding was here, it was worse in other cities, especially a number of locations further south. North wildwood new jersey got hit especially hard. The mayor there said the high tide was greater. Listen to this. Greater than superstorm sandy. He also said the floodwaters in North Wildwood reached as high as five feet. Other communities, again, in southern new jersey, also had significant damage the good news is that much of the water is starting to recede. However, there are still thousands of people still without electricity at the height of the storm. Arthel, nearly 100,000 people did not have power. Now that figure is less than 10,000. But one of the obstacles that the utility crews faced were the very high wind gusts. That made it very difficult for them to effect the necessary repairs. But that situation has also dramatically improved. So it looks like the worst is over for central and southern jersey but in the minds of many, this is one storm they will not soon forget. Thats the truth for sure, david lee. Lots of improvements and a little ways to go. David lee, thank you very much. The people that were evacuated were evacuated. We planned to do that. High tide is now over in margate and we have no concerns of flooding for the res today. What were hearing from the mayors is that theres no significant type of Property Damage there at all. And so weve really done very, very well in this storm and we have no concerns. That was governor Chris Christie of new jersey, of course, drawing a distinction between Hurricane Sandy and the storm that has now left the garden state. One of the hardest hit areas on the jersey shore happens to be the town of sea isle that took the brunt of the storm. Joining us on the phone is chris clancy. Its astounding that there was even more flooding in some areas than during superstorm sandy. How are you doing right now . We are fine now, eric, thank you. This mornings high tide was nowhere near as bad as yesterdays and now low tide as all of the streets are clear. The water has receded. So now were getting to the task of cleaning up all of the stores and businesses after yesterdays flooding. When do you think it will get back to normal . Well, as soon as possible. Everybody is going to diligently make sure we are ready in three weeks. Eve got a good cleanup job ahead of us and were going to make sure we get it done in time. This took a lot of people by surprise, not just the amount of time, recordbreaking in new york, but also this flooding. I mean Hurricane Sandy, the high tide in cape may was 8. 6 feet. Yesterday, this was even more. Almost a foot more. It was 9. 2 feet. I mean, what did you folks think when you saw this water going and going and coming and coming and not receding . Well, you know, it was just such a confluence of events to have a storm surge plus a full moon and high tide at the same time where in sandy we just had a storm surge. We didnt have a full moon. It was like watching, you know, the ship sink as we stood here at 7 00 yesterday morning there was no water and by 7 30, it just kept coming. Like it was just coming over the bay and filling the streets as fast as it could and looked like a river running down the street. It was something to see. What were you thinking . I was thinking, this is going to be bad. This is going to be very bad. Were going to have a lot of cleanup and hopefully this doesnt get too much worse and we dont lose power. We had some incidents here at sea isle and that was during the height of the storm. Thankfully the Fire Department sent seven cities fighting that structure fire. Those guys did a heck of a job and kept us safe it was really something to see here. Good bless the first responders. Talked about the loss of two businesses. What do they do next and what to you do next to get it all behind you . Well, the first thing weve got to do is start cleaning up and weve got to get into it. Those two guys, we have to find them New Buildings or build a new building to where they are to get into a location and then everybody else who had damage yesterday, weve got to get them cleaned up. Weve got to get them back open and we have to be ready to go for this summer, for the tourist season and this is peoples livelihoods. This is how they make their living and we have to do everything we can to make sure that we have cooperation between the government and the citizens and the Business Community to make sure everybody is back and everybody is ready for a pleasant summer. And finally, is this something youve got to get used to . Were seeing this across the atlantic region. Certainly you have to take other measures after sandy. Certainly. We have a sea wall in sea isle and where i live, im looking at the sea wall. I saw the waves break on the sea wall during sandy and yesterday. They work. We have to be diligent. We have to keep improving the infrastructure. Because thats whats going to save us and protect everybody on the island. Thats the challenge now that we see throughout the east coast. Chris glancy, we thank you for joining us this afternoon. Thank you. Get everything in shipshape. Thank you. You have a good day. You, too. Arthel . Good luck, chris. Traffic is rolling again in new york city and the surrounding regions after the travel ban imposed during the blizzard. Plow crews worked overnight and this morning to clear the roads. Above ground rail line is slowly coming back on line. In washington, the mayor says things will take time. Schools are still closed tomorrow and they are trying to decide whether government offices will reopen. Most major roads are okay but side roads are impassable. The house postponing votes that were supposed to be held this coming week. Majority leader Kevin Mccarthy said they will not be holding votes on tuesday or wednesday because of the snowstorm and how its affected travel for other members of congress to get back there. That delays a vote looking to override president obamas veto of legislation to repeal his health care overhaul. That vote is now expected during the first week of february. President ial hopefuls are pounding the pavement and hitting the sunday Public Affairs show today as our latest fox news poll reveals a shift in iowa. Ted cruz had previously topped trump in the iowa polls. Marco rubio is third at 12 with the remaining candidates in single digits. Now, many are on the ground in iowa this weekend looking to nail down their supporters and chief Political Correspondent carl cameron is live in des moines. Hey, carl. Hi, arthel. At one time or another, virtually every republican candidate has slammed donald trump as a new york billionaire, a reality tv host and celebrity socialite who has flipflopped and qualitied them. Every single time they have rizriz ris risen in the polls and the lead is bigger in both iowa and New Hampshire. Trump has been going after cruz principally as a guy totally unlikable and disliked in the senate and particularly when it comes to being born in canada. Listen. He was born on canadian soil. Its true. People like to laugh but its true. He forgot to say that Goldman Sachs gave him money. He forgot to say that citibank gave him money. Hes robin hood, right . Hes this great man. Even though no senators endorsed him and hes a nasty guy. Very tough stuff and now almost whats become expected of the front runner when any of his rivals get a boost in the polls. In the polls in iowa and New Hampshire and nationwide, theres a clear thirdplace candidate marco rubio and depending on what happens in the next eight days here in iowa and then New Hampshire beyond that, if the battle with cruz and trump continues, one of the two could get so damaged that its possible that marco rubio, no matter how you slice it, arthel, a very close race between trump and cruz in iowa and in New Hampshire, trump is far enough ahead so the battle may be who is coming in second or third. Thank you so much, carl. Turning to the other side of the aisle in iowa, the democratic nomination is really heated. Senator Bernie Sanders was once considered a longshot candidate. Well, now hes leading Hillary Clinton in iowa and the latest polling. With the caucuses coming up fast next monday, chief White House Correspondent ed henry is also in des moines, iowa, live for us on the democratic race. Hi, ed. Good to see you, eric. Youre absolutely right that the momentum has been on Bernie Sanders side. He now seems to have a legitimate shot at winning the democratic nomination. He has a lot of work to get there, obviously. But one of the things that Hillary Clinton has been hammering at to try to prevent him from getting that nomination is the whole electability question, that Bernie Sanders as a socialist would be easy pickings for the republicans in a general election a point she made at a rally here in iowa a few moments ago. Listen. Karl rove has taken money from financial interests to run an ad against me here in iowa. Now, youve got to stop and ask yourselves, why are the republicans and big money interests so anxious to bring me down . One of her supporters yelled, give them held. Hillary has been on defense in recent days. Her point being that the republicans want to soften her up or beat her in these primaries so they have an easier person come the general election. Sanders pushing back on that and talking a little tough about how he wants to go manomano against donald trump. There is nothing i would like to do more than take on donald trump. We would beat him and beat him badly. Reporter let me give you an example of momentum. Were in des moines. Bernie sanders wrapped up a rally 200 miles to the northeast of des moines. A very small town, population of about 8,000. We checked. There were over 2,000 people at this sanders rally. Some people telling us they drove three miles away. Some crossing the border just to hear Bernie Sanders speak. It gives you an idea of the crowd that hes getting. Hillary clinton doesnt get anywhere close to that. She got stung in iowa in 2008. Well see what happens this time. Great to see you. Reporter great to see you, buddy. Arthel . Speaking of Hillary Clinton, shes shrinking off the possibility of Michael Bloomberg running for president. The former new york city mayor is considering making a White House Run as an independent candidate. Clinton says she thinks he will decide to run only if she loses the democratic nomination. But clinton says she wont lose so bloomberg has nothing to worry about. How about that . Were all going to win because we have the Fox Newschannel thursday night. Its the latest of the gop president ial debates, live from des moines iowa, just four days before the caucuses. The early one begins at 7 00 p. M. Moderated by special report anchor bret baier and chris wallace. They did such a fantastic job in the past. Well be watching. Hope you do, too. Mans best friend breaks through the ice of a lake. Watch this rescue play out when we come back. And the Washington Redskins have been deflated. Not over another controversy of their name but the weight of mother nature. Look at the before picture. See what that looks like . Wait until you see what it looks like now. 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All three of the major airports have reopened after the storm but a thousand flights have been delayed or completely canceled in the aftermath of this blizzard. Check with your airline to confirm if your flight is still on. Go to flightaware. Com. Heavy storms and high winds causing the Washington Redskins bubble to deflate. In virginia, rescue crews saved this st. Bernard who fell through the lake right through the ice. This was during milo is okay. Thankfully medics were able to warm him up, pulled him out of the lake. After about 30 minutes. Hes back home safe and sound. Good for him. Well, despite upheavals. Secretary of state john kerry is confident that peace talks will move forward. This is after his meeting with ministers at gulf arab nations. Initial talks between the Syrian Government and opposition troopt week in geneva. Lets talk about this with former special Ops Commander and director of Heritage National director of foreign policy. Good to see you, steve. Great to be back on the show. Thank you very much. Is secretary kerry hoping for the impossible or is mr. Kerrys insight on track . I dont know if its insight. Secretary kerry is the secretary of state and by his own p predeliction, whether he accomplishes anything, thats pretty dubious. So what is the formula for success in syria . Do you think that assad has a place in the effort to try to calm the conflict and correct the corruption in syria . No. I really dont think he does. Assad is a reprehensible guy. Most of the refugees going to europe from syria are coming from the areas he controls, not the area isis controls. They are not letting people out. Assad should not be part of this solution but, frankly, we dont have a heck of a lot of leverage. We owe the russians and iranians now they want to keep assad. I dont think we have any leverage to get him out. Iran and russia, huge assad supporters. They want him there at those talks. So who is if assad is supposed to be there, im not sure he will be, who do you think needs to be present and how key is the involvement of the gulf arab nation, steve . For us, it should be very important. However, the gulf states right now are not exactly feeling confident in the United States and our friendship with the iranian deal going through, they are very nervous that were shifting from being on their side to being on the side of their arch rival and is that a valid concern . Yeah, i think it is. They are reading the tea leaves and going, gosh, the americans are going with iran and leaving us standing there with nothing. I would be very nervous if i were the saudis, the other gulf states or jordan. Really . Even though that saudi arabia and the United States, they have a longstanding relationship, however it sometimes dubious . Yeah. The actions of this administration of late have tilted towards iran towards the shy shia government in iraq. Those guys have a right to be very concerned. Steve, finally, how does a secured and structured syria benefit the region as well as the western world . Well, if its secure by lockdown by assad, it doesnt really help us much at all. If its secure by a legitimate government that is not killing its own people, has some sort of democratic process, maybe not ours but something that is akin to democracy, it benefits everybody because it will bring some stability. I dont think thats going to happen based on these negotiations or in the immediate future but thats what we should be shooting for. Okay. Steve, thank you very much. Well talk to you again. Thank you. Arthel, a massive manhunt is under way for three inmates who broke out of a maximum security prison. The stunning details on how they fled. Plus, the gop race is heating up with about a week to go before the iowa caucuses. Where do the candidates stand . It takes a lot of work. To run this business. But i really love it. 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