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>> let's get right to our top stories hurricane sandy. elizabeth pran is live for us. we have an update on how the storm is looking there. good morning elizabeth. >> good morning, ainsley. hurricane sandy really beating down on the carolinas for the past 36 hours. we get little break from the wind but we are getting the sideways very cold rain. it is dil fficult to see i am gettiget standing on a sand dune that is getting a beating. last year a $37 million restoration project a few miles south of us. they built an artificial sandbar where the tide breaks they added 100 feet of break. the waves...

That puts it on the northern side of a storm system you will be seeing the on score flow 11 feet off of long island and new york harbor. the flooding is forecast not just for new york city but since sandy is a large storm areas across new england will be seeing beach erosion and coastal flooding. heavy rain associated rain bands bringing down heavy amounts of rainfall across virginia. maryland and parts of southern new jersey 10 inches or locally hire amounts will be possible. also expecting widespread impact as far as the wind. take a look at this map ainsley and heather new england down to t...

Low lying areas that aren't protected by the beach. a lot of people have no protection from the storm. as the wind rushed past the water picked up in the sound and inundated some of the homes there. that being said people cannot be out and about today. nc 12 which is a highway the main thoroughfare of the outer banks parts of it is closed. maybe perhaps the worst is over. people cannot be out and about today. iffer you sant key where you are driving don't go out on the roads today. coast guard will be out and about. >> ainsley? >> another good point is if you see a big puddle don't thrive thro...

October 1st the official month in the 2013 model year. if some of the car dearlies shut down they may not be unloading the vehicles. >> keep our fishings crossed on gas prices and insurance issues as well. >> lauren thank you so much. >> good to see you. quick look at headlines. he was the prime suspect. ainsley take it away from here. >> he was the prime suspect in the 79 disappearance of 6-year-old new york boy acetan paintballing ae -- patz. he was declared responsible for the child's death in a civil court. manhattan district attorney's office never found enough evidence to charge him crim...