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A slew of upbeat data drove thursday's momentum, including positive reports on consumers, retail, auto sales, and manufacturing. well, it has been a rough week for martha stewart's company. offices were flooded by hurricane sandy, forcing earnings to be delayed twice. now the company says it's laying off 12% of its staff. shutdowns and free fares are costing new yorkers and new york's mass transit authority about $18 million a day. new york senator chuck schumer says fema will reimburse the city in full. sandy's total price tag is estimated at $50 billion. that makes it the nation's fourth...

Ticket but they aren't going to let you through. there is a frozen zone as well along where the partially collapsed train is. we are told it will be the weekend at the earl list that the frozen zone is going to come down. it has been a headache for a lot of folks living in the area who are evacuated from their buildings. also a gas shortage causing headaches if you can even find gas. the lines are incredible. many don't have cars and rely on car services. they can't pull fill the reservation they already had. ladies, back to you. you be safe down there. president obama traveling to the garde...

Country. sandy's massive tidal surge flooding that town and trapping folks again with no way out. molly line made her way in. how are things there this morning? molly, hello. >> reporter: bill, like you said there is an incredible amount of devastation here in hoboken. a community that has been put under a tremendous amount of pressure because of all the water. people stuck in apartments and no power. that expectation of no power is likely to go outside seven to 10 days. there is a big sign outside city hall explaining how dire the situation here. the national guard is here with any emergencie...

Out in the floodwaters, huge waves tossed them into the marsh sweeping the boys away. martha: how sad. the search and the repairs continue, we are getting some disturbing numbers on the unbelievable scope of sandy's impact financially. at least first of all of course is the lost of life which bill was talking about and the number there looks about 74 people, although that number is expected to grow and the damage estimates are soaring to $20 billion. experts say that sandy could subtract as much as one-half of a percentage point from the u.s. gross domestic product and the numbers will continu...

Going to be sitting there for months to come, and what happens is mold begins to grow in these houses. so you've got to get the water out, you've got to dry it, and then where there's mold, you've got to be able to take the sheet rock out so the walls can dry out, and then you'll have teams to come back in and help them repair it. >> greta: when i said it was a finely-oiled machine, i've been down there, it's almost like firemen. you've got all those trucks ready, they're all stocked and ready to go. the tragedy or calamity happens, your volunteers show up, trucks go out the door and you're wa...