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People who worked in the subway system, the construction industry in this state have said they've never seen damage like this, period. so it's a new reality for us and i think it's one that we're going to have to deal with. we're not going to give up. we're going to come back and we will and this city will rebuild and the state will rebuild and i believe we will be the better for it. >> you can hear in that discussion that there are really three different time frames here, right, there's the storm hitting, which is now done on the coast at least which created an immediate crisis, the drama of ...

Generator going. this was the scene last night and early this morning in a section of queens in new york, flames as high as the eye can see, engulfing blocks. blocks worth of homes. that's one timeframe. the storm and its immediate impact. then there's the third timeframe. the long-term timeframe, which governor cuomo is now talking about it in which some are not willing to talk about. there's a different future for a lot of america because of severe weather caused by climate change. severe weather that cities have never had to deal with before or only had to deal with it infrequently and who ...

Have the storm hitting at high tide. what the major concern is is about the storm surge. it could be 11 feet, then a potential of 20-foot waves slamming into homes and businesses. this is the hotel we are staying in. we saw two wild surfers out. obviously there are mandatory evacuations. the city manager is saying now is the time to move. >> reporter: folks felt hurricane irene was not all it was cracked up to be. we are look at a thunderstorm that will exceed those expectations and it will be great than we thought it would be. we are asking folks to take seriously the evacuation order. >> rep...

Water sort of changing in the lake. it's getting a little bit more dark brown. a more muddy color storm, as you know, shepard, as it makes its way north and pushes water into from the gulf of mexico into lake bourn which connects to lake pontchartrain on the other side of i-10 there. pushing a lot of settlement into the water. standing here. right back there i-10. it is open. it is running. we have seen some 18 wheelers if can you believe it. driving over that bridge. oh in the last few hours or so. awfully scary to be driving a high profile vehicle up high like that with these kind of winds a...

room". all eyes on the supreme court expected to issue its ruling on thursday on president obama's signature first-term achievement, health care reform. it's a hot topic on the2007 supporting president bush's use of the same authority. >> that's right. and with the supreme court case on health care reform expected to come down on thursday, joe, i think it's going to get a lot hotter. >> jim acosta, thanks so much for that. appreciate it. now we're just going to get a little more on this with cnn chief political analyst gloria borger. the candidates argue over the economy and wh...