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It's gotten so desperate in fact one county official is now calling for the military to take over the job of restoring electricity. we just got an e-mail about this report in "newsday," a newspaper in our area. this kind of may say it all. long island power authority an agonizingly slow response came after warnings as far back as 2006, utility was unable to handle a major storm, neglected vital maintenance, and regularly underbudgeted for storm response. abc has not confirmed that report, but a major newspaper report out in this area today. deep-rooted problems with the utility, and now the re...

That's what a lot of pundits predicted, that the enthusiasm really wasn't there this time around. >> brian: on the campuses. >> that's right. >> steve: plus when they're looking for a job and there aren't any, that's tough. >> a lot of young people. 37% of the youth vote went for mitt romney right now. >> gretchen: this is the most stunning result to me, the evidence of hurricane sandy, which happened just last week, break it down for us. >> this is fascinating. 42% of the people we talked with said that the storm response was important to them. 15% said it was the most important issue. imagin...

He said he is promising change but he has a record of accomplishing it. he said, if, and then he said when, he becomes president, that's always the top line for his supporters in the crowd, he's not going to let america settle. he says he will not attack his predecessor, a reference to the obama campaign that he claims continues to blame president george w. bush for any of america's challenges at this time. right now the campaign remains confident. they think this think will be down to the wire. they say it shows a different story than some of the public polls, and they feel very strongly they...

Stronger than before. so i just want to thank him for his extraordinary leadership and partnership. >> president obama spent part of the day today in coastal new jersey, along with new jersey's republican governor, chris christie. >> he has worked incredibly closely with me, since before the storm hit. i think this is our sixth conversation, since the weekend, and it's been a great working relationship, to make sure that we're doing the jobs that people elected us to do. and i cannot thank the president enough for his personal concern and compassion for our state and for the people of our stat...

I think this is our sixth conversation, since the weekend, and it's been a great working relationship, to make sure that we're doing the jobs that people elected us to do. and i cannot thank the president enough for his personal concern and compassion for our state and for the people of our state. >> you know, you would expect in a disaster this big that a president would be standing alongside and directing storm response with the governor from the state most affected by the disaster. i mean, generically speaking, this sort of appearance is not a remarkable concept. this thing becomes remarkab...