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down. all the people that would typically travel underground were trying to get to work aboveground. and boy, some places, there was chaos. i mean, people pushing and shoving, just to try to get on a bus. many buses that were traveling past 10th and 14th street weren t even stopping, because they were already full. so hopefully they get more buses up and rung today. cabs will have to double up. the tunnels into the city are still shut down, except for one. they ve got to pump the water out. subways north of 34th street will be up and running today. hopefully that will alleviate some of the problems. of course, the power downtown, where we are for the most part is still out. we re day three. coned says it will probably be day four before we start to get power up and running here, outside the cities, the outer boroughs, could be ten plus days. but in the inner city, when you re talking about people that live in mid- to high-rise buildings, in some cases are not healthy or ....
we begin with the latest on the aftermath of the superstorm hurricane ire hurricane sandy. most buses are up and running again and they are free of charge. but most of lower manhattan still has no power and temperatures are dipping into the 30s and 40s. and there are no heartbreaking picture as long the jersey shore barrier islands. houses picked up, some just buried in the sand and governor chris christie who toured the destruction with president obama said some parts of the shore may never look the same again. the death toll reached 124 people with 56 in the united states. at least 28 in new york. and close to 5 million customers are still waiting for the power to come back on. cnn has the entire disaster zone covered this morning. our correspondents spanned out across lower manhattan and all up and down the jersey shore. first, the economic capital of our country is slowly getting back to normal this morning even while facing extreme damage. power outages and ....