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Taking out evacuees by the truck load. nypd in scuba gear who had to suit up go house to house because of all of the water down there. we talked to two gentleman who live in this community. they had evacuate they heard what was going on. and they check it out. it is pure and utter devastation and again, the wind not making it any easier. the other concern is high tide expected to pick up in the next couple of hours. we don't know what that will do to the situation. we know that the fear fights are trying to get's handle on this and the conditions not conducive for that. steve. >> thank you ver...

Assume that everyone is down and we will get to you when we can. >> customers should report an out age and if it goes off report it afterwards. >> gretchen: a lot of people can do that on line as well. if they have computer service. >> brian: i another question for you . in terms of water receding, the worst is over and water is getting out of there, is that what you are seeing? >> brian: that's what we are see we are looking at substations that took on water and assess the damage down there especially in nassau county. it is a welcome development to have the water receding and now we along wi...

>> well, i can tell you a little what went wrong. i am standing on the atlantic boardwalk inside of somebody's house. the it came and broke in the house. big pile of boards here. we are not talking just planks but the heavy stuff. look at these two cars. it looks like a car accident. but still windy and a lot of damage and a lot of sand in the street. up to three or four feet of sand. it will be a while before the crews clear that and get to the damage to assess that . all of the heavy -- steve, you will recognize this section and somehow find the boot strength to lift it up. this is the part ...

With 30 to 50 mile-an-hour winds that will not allow me to go up in the helicopters, at least this morning. >> gretchen: what can you tell us about atlantic city, because i know that was, along with cape may, sort of the heart of where the storm cape in and you had said, look, i'm warning everybody there, get out. the mayor there had sort of a different message. >> yeah. listen, my job as governor, first and foremost is to protect the health and safety of the people of this state. and that's why i ordered an evacuation of the barrier islands, including atlantic city, well ahead of the arrival ...

>> steve: the poverty rate in 2008 was 12.5%. it is now 15%. the number of bank failures in 2008, we had 25. >> that is not his fault. >> steve: and now we have 92. >> that is not his fault. >> steve: why? >> because he inherited the bank -- all that stuff, you can really say -- >> steve: but if the economy was roaring, you wouldn't have that, would you? >> i don't know. i think a is a more difficult case to make because he inherited the bank crisis. the rest of the stuff, fair game. he fails. >> steve: when you look at food stamps, we had been spending 71 billion. now currently we're opinioni...