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we learned today that the navy is sending three amphibious landing ships to the coast of new york and new jersey in case they re needed. president obama stopped by fema headquarters in washington before heading to new jersey to join governor chris christie to tour the damage caused by sandy. we re going to get to that in a moment. buses and ferries are running and bridges into manhattan are now open. the nation s largest subway system is still water logged. limited subway and rail service begins tomorrow. one sign of normalcy today, the new york stock exchange is open. the opening bell rung by mayor bloomberg. president obama arrived as i said in new jersey in last hour to get a personal look at the devastation that sandy left behind. he s touring the damage zone with one of republican mitt romney s most vocal supporters, new jersey governor chris christie who says this is no time for politics. this is so much bigger than an election. this is the livelihood of the peo ....
to tour the damage. the president s request to visit new york city denied. fox and friends starts right now. gretchen: good morning, we start with an extreme weather alert. devastation sandy has left behind unimaginable and cities must begin the grueling recovery . the super storm killed 55 men, women and children and first responders. estimates of the physical damage are at 20 billion dollars and the recover will have to wait. eight million people are in the dark and aren t expected to get power back for weeks. hardest hit is new jersey, new york and pennsylvania. meanwhile, the president of the united states asked mayor bloomburg, i would like to take a look at all of the damage and mayor bloomburg had a press conference and said we are flattered by the fact that the president of the united states would like to come and visit us, but not right now and we are really busy and the first responders need to pay to exeem put things back in order. it would be great if ....
0 i want to emphasize there s still risks of flooding and downed power lines, risks of high winds, so it s very important for the public to continue to monitor the situation in your local community, listen to your state and local officials, follow instructions. the president told officials to do whatever it takes to keep people safe and restore services. my instructions to the federal agency has been do not figure out why we can t do something. i want you to figure out how to do something. i want you to cut through red tape. nowhere is the power of sandy more apparent than in the coast of new jersey. atlantic city is under water. the boardwalk at seaside heights was obliterated. aerial footage shows miles and miles of destruction with no hope of salvaging lost property. the new jersey coastline has been completely changed. president obama arrives tomorrow. chris christie surveyed the damage from the air and then consoled storm victims on the ground. it s a very difficult day. v ....
0 blockk and a municipal parking lot. it looks like a beach and lagoon. there is water in there still and unlike sea side heights, we have our ferris wheel up here and things are drying out. yesterday it was looking bad. going to the aerial shots. the bay met the ocean over ocean city. it was entirely flooded with the islands looking like nothing but water with tiny little boat houses. those were people s homes that people worked their whole lives to buy a home in ocean city on the beach. they are covered with water and the governor is very clearr about why he doesn t want people here today. although it was not as bad as yesterday. there is a lot of debris in the road and pieces of boardwalk and nails and things from people s front porches that have blown off. the mayor of ocean city said there were gas leaks after homes were pushed off of the foundation. sandy earned her name here in ocean city . back to you guys. steve: thank you for the live report. one of the icons was casino pie ....
p.m. here on the east coast. this is live continuing coverage of hurricane sandy now post tropical storm sandy. good evening, i m chris jansing. we ll be here with you all throughout the night along with meteorologist bill karins. at this hour, we have a lot to tell you. let s get you caught up. serious flooding across the mid-atlantic coast including new york city where water is entering the subway system and the bridge connecting manhattan and brooklyn. con edison reports that almost all of manhattan all the way down to the battery, that s the lower tip of the city, all of it without power. more than 300,000 homes without power in new york city. 3.6 million along the east coast. already it s been a deadly storm. at least ten deaths reported. new york, new jersey, connecticut, pennsylvania, west virginia, we have video from manhattan s east side. let s get you caught up on what is going on here in new york. michelle franzen is on the phone with us from battery park cit ....