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Welcome back to both of you. >> thank you so much for having us. >> brian: who is rusty and ho is lucky? >> this is rusty. >> brian: rusty, tell me about rusty. >> okay. rusty is a little chihuahua that was rescued from animal care and control here in the city. we rescued him the day before sandy hit. he actually was starting to get sick in the she willer -- shelter and we were afraid he would end up on the euthanasia list. she picked hip up and brought him to us. niece a foster home in ocean side and he is doing spectacular. >> brian: does he get along? does he hop on the furniture? is he fri...

>> that was the makeup game. that was supposed to be played two days after sandy hit. >> i knew that. >> they had to cancel it. i know you know that. much anticipated and it delivered. great game last night. here's what we're dealing weatherwise. get ready for a little rain, a little snow mix. the big cities of new england down through the mid-atlantic, d.c. just rain for you. philly should start off as a little rain changing over to snow. new york city most likely will see primarily snow from this. and it should begin in the new york city area close to 10:00 or 11:00 this morning. philadelphi...

New jersey also recovering one month after the storm. this is what it looked like in point pleasant beach right after sandy hit. homes buried in four feet of sand. siding ripped off, roads flooded. rick leventhal is back in point pleasant beach. >> reporter: and, megyn, there is still so much work left to be done. there was a huge pile of debris in front of this ocean home that was picked up by a crane and a dump truck. the dunes have also been partially rebuilt. those were completely washed away during the storm. we want to walk down to ocean avenue here. you can see a lot of debris on the si...

Haven't been inspected and still thousands ever homes without power four weeks after sandy hit, martha. martha: those folks are still staying with friends and in all kinds of difficult situations. rick, thank you very much for the update on the good ol' jersey shore. bill: 16 states challenging a key component of obamacare. why this could mean the taxpayers will be on the hook to foot the bill. we'll examine that for you. martha: a top republican senator says that ambassador susan rice is not the problem as the battle over her potential cabinet nomination intensifies. who senator mccain says i...

>> rick: now hundreds of war veterans pitching in here at home in order to help folks recover from devastation of super storm sandy and anna kooiman is in the rockaways in queens, new york, where a lot of veterans have been on the ground since sandy hit. good to see you. >> great to see you as well. we're hearing the city of new york condemned some 200 homes because of safety hazards and this group is trying to save as many houses as they can, working 18 hours a day and work through the nor east that are hit a week and a half ago, through the snow. some 500 volunteers, most of them veterans fr...