you're dealing with a chris christie, a michael bloomberg and andy cuomo. three guys that are not shy. and if they think the federal government was not helping them, was not being aggressive, they thought the president wasn't -- wasn't on top of this or wasn't doing everything they thought the federal government could do, don't you think they'd not run, not walk to a tv camera and let people know? so, you're in a unique situation here with hard-hit areas are three very savvy, politically savvy, media savvy governors, in the most important media market in the world, you don't want to mess this up. so, this is a case where it's good politics not to play politics and just throw yourself into disaster relief because you're dealing with a high population area that, frankly, you mess up this, the whole world's going to know about it. >> yeah. howard, what's impressive to me, he's going to new jersey today. not to one of those states we got tired covering, basically, the so-called swing states. he went to the states in need today. >> he canceled a trip to ohio, wh

overnight he called new york governor andrew cuomo, new jersey governor chris christie and new york mayor michael bloomberg. he also signed disaster declarations for new york and new jersey. as for the campaign, well it's still on hold. the president, however, remains visible. still with the race as close as it is, there's going to be a lot of catching up to do in the last few days before the election and nobody really knows how that's going to work. charlie, norah, gayle? >> one week from today we'll know. thank you bill plante. >>> governor mitt romney is shifting his schedule because of the storm. jan crawford is in cleveland covering the romney campaign and joins us with the latest. jan, hello. >> reporter: good morning. governor romney canceled all his campaign rallies today, several scheduled here in ohio and in iowa. instead he's going to be doing within the hour a disaster relief event. he's encouraging people to bring supplies and donations. that will be here in ohio. his running mate paul ryan will be doing a similar event in wisconsin. romney was briefed by fema homeland securi

and the new jersey governor chris christie, what are they saying in terms of the possible worst case scenario. what should you guys be bracing for. >>? the worst case scenario here to be intense flooding and that would be farther inland in the norfolk area and they're just worried about roads washing out and what it might do to people's homes. and the power outage issue and up in the east coast, might not have power-- [inaudible] >> okay, that was jennifer davis. here is a shocking number. 61,194, what the senate budget committee says federal and local governments spend on welfare for every household in poverty on average. $61,000. company, and it's one of the major issues in the election, in a country where 9 million people dropped out of the work force, almost 50 million people are on food stamps, the idea that welfare costs $61,000, that's amazing number. >> it's one household and you look at that and say can you imagine? look, you listed off the different statistics out there. this is the biggest reason why, i think, the president had a hard time convincing voters he's turned thi

overnight he called new york governor andrew cuomo and new jersey governor chris christie and new york mayor michael bloomberg. he also signed disaster declarations for new york and new jersey. as for the campaign well it is still on hold. the president, however, remains visible. still with the race as close as it is, there is going to be a lot of catching up to do in the last few days before the election. and nobody really knows how that's going to work. >> one week from today we will know. >>> governor mitt romney shifting his schedule because of the storm. jan, hello. >> reporter: hello, gayle. governor romney canceled all of his campaign events today. he had several scheduled in ohio and iowa and instead he's going to be attending a disaster relief event. he's asking people to bring supplies, contributions, donations, that will be here in ohio. yesterday he also got briefed by federal officials, fema department of homeland securityservice, about the storm. the government's response to the storm and rallies, iowa yesterday, he urged people to come together to say this is the kind --

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i heard you talk about cuomo and the superb job and same thing with chris christy. no one in washington d.c. knows new jersey like chris christ yeno one in washington d.c. knows new york state like governor cuomo. the way it is set up now. these states are to ask for money and puhow did the monep getet money in the first place. new jersey sent 10,000 to washington percapita. you build giant centers in washington d.c. and get the money and horde it. and think of how great these leaders responded imagine if they had the money rather than waiting for the government. >> eric: listen to president obama at the red cross. >> my message to the federal government. no bureaucracy can red tape and get resources as fast and hard as possible and for the duration. >> eric: your thoughts. >> he made my point. there should not be bureaucracy can red tape. fema should be maybe for the poorer states. but keep the money local and not the man and have a check list. let the governors take control. >> eric: governors know what is best for their state. thank you,charles. you will be on va

to sign it. >> yes. >> bill: in new york where we are right now, you call governor cuomo today, right? >> at this. i called his spokesperson. no response. >> bill: no response? who is the spokesperson? >> richard bamburger. >> bill: and he wouldn't -- >> wouldn't respond. when i first called, i was told he was in a meeting for half an hour and then i said i was from fox news. and then when i called dash dash. >> bill: the half hour we want for four days. arrogant? right? andrew cuomo, arrogant with a capital a. big a. arrogant, governor. arrogant. you want to run for president four years, i know you do. we're going to remember. this is ridiculous. >> it's shameful that -- >> bill: they won't even address it. like new jersey, they addressed it over there. okay? hey, protect the kids, governor! , you know. you have some. protect them. no excuse for this. i'm really hot about this. you keep calling, every day. >> every day. >> bill: every day you call. bamburger. you call him, every day and report back next week. >> okay. >> bill: you call him, too. there he is. you see him? need a hair

i saw if katie couric and chris matthews can be there tonight, i think all of us here tonight can dream of sitting behind andrew cuomo and bobby jindal eight years from now. >> they put a lot of the celebrities up on the platform there behind the speakers. that's the tradition of these dinners in new york, not only this dinner but other dinners as well. >>> tonya, what did you think of that one line that romney said? it was cute. it was funny. he said that the president was there at the waldorf astoria hotel looking around. he may only have a month or so left in office. the president saying to himself, so little time, so time time to redistribute if you will i thought that was a cute little zinger at the president. >> look, wolf, i appreciate the president to be able to laugh at mitt romney when he is actually trying to do it on purpose. it worked out. he had a few one-liners that actually worked. they do speak to a political philosophy and economic philosophy that is very different from that of the president's. that's fair game at a dinner like this. i thought it was funny. i thought i

but chris christie -- >> good way of putting it. >> cuomo and malloy is going to be very aggressive and work very close with the president and the white house because they are concerned about the people, not just the politics of it, they're concerned about the people. but those are highly competent, very aggressive governors. >> chuck, explain about this campaign shifting to the midwest in the final stretch because obviously north carolina's now out of play. virginia's out of play. new hampshire's out of play. unless, of course, the president goes to visit damaged areas in virginia. >> he could do disaster -- yes, there is some of that. >> expect that, by the way. >> right. but i mean, already look at how romney's reacted just with his scheduling, right? they canceled virginia and went to ohio. you know, there's really no other places to go. he did a florida event. i would expect that he pops back down to florida one more time. but i think the president has something to do right now. the president has a government to run, a fema to direct, all of these things. i think the trickier polit

governor cuomo said this is the worst storm he's ever seen in new york city. public transportation remains shut down as many subway stations are flooded. mta officials say the damage is the worst they've ever seen in the subway's 108 year history. airports are beginning to open up. jfk will open tomorrow. washington and philadelphia have been partially restored as far as service is concerned today. bill, back to you. >> courtney, thank you very much. so it's all systems go at the new york stock exchange tomorrow. the nyse and nasdaq confirming they will be opened and fully operational come tomorrow. >> on the phone now, sam from s&p capital iq. thanks for joining us. s&p capital iq down the block from the new york stock exchange. what have you been hearing about your offices reopening tomorrow? >> hey, maria. we know the electricity is turned off. just like here in jersey city where there's no electricity, no water, we do as best we can. but we're in communication with our headquarters. so we'll be instructed as soon as they find out whether we can come back i

new jersey, governor chris christie last year, ahead of irene, famously telling his residents to get the hell off the beach, is asking residents to heed the warnings and take sandy seriously. >> jamie: thanks. >> eric: the next advisory from the national hurricane center is expected to be issued in a few hours. we will keep you posted with the very latest, throughout the day here. . that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios oh, hey alex. just picking up some, brochures, posters copies of my acceptance speech. great! it's always good to have a backup plan, in case i get hit by a meteor. wow, your hair looks great. didn't realize they did photoshop here. hey, good call on those mugs. can't let 'em see what you're drinking. you know, i'm glad we're both running a nice, clean race. no need to get nasty. here's your "honk if you had an affair with taylor" yard sign. looks good. [ male announcer ] fedex office. now save 50% on banners. >> eric: if you are in the path of hurricane sandy, get enough food, water, batteries, and please, stay safe. >> j

>> chris, you briefed me. i stepped away for a little bit and i can't believe we're up to 50 homes now that burned in that big blaze in breezy point, queens, i mean, that was just incredible pictures that are coming out of that area and that devastation and we just -- really hope these people got out of the way. they got the evacuation order, what some people are calling a little late. so i know there were some people that did not leave this area even though they were in evacuation zone a along the beach. this is a narrow strip of beach stated by the bay and the ocean. and the firefighters whether they got there had very little water pressure to fight this blaze. you could see the wins going at probably 40 to 60-mile-per-hour gusts so in other words the firefighters had little hope. they were probably just trying to save anyone's lives they possibly could in the area if they needed to be saved. the only thing stopping that blaze was the ocean. once it got there and had nothing else to burn because it looked li

just yesterday governor chris christie declared a state of emergency for new jersey. and he issued a mandatory evacuation for the state's barrier islands and atlantic city casinos. >> this morning i formally declared a state of emergency in anticipation of hurricane sandy which is expected to be a severe and a potentially devastating storm that will hit new jersey beginning sunday night and be in full force by monday. >> in washington, d.c., store shelves are quickly clearing as folks there are preparing for the worst. dc mayor vincent gray declared a state of emergency saturday. city workers have already been prepping for clean-up. city leaders in dc say they will maintain contact with people who live in the area throughout the storm both on twitter and other social media outlets. keep an eye out for that. there has also been a state of energy declared in maryland. in annapolis they are moving sand and sandbags into places just to protect people and businesses. city officials hope these initial precautions will help block any floodwaters from the expected storm surge

chris christie would like to keep everybody in new jersey. we are just there in case he can't do that. melissa: you at 1.2 million people without power in your state. andrew cuomo was critical of the power companies here and their response time. what would you say about folks in your state? >> power companies have been very responsive. we learn from the last year, a bad snowstorm last halloween, companies learn from that, they need to communicate more so with their clients and customers that have been doing that using the social network twitter and robotcalls. they continue to do that and let people know when they may get connected again. we urge people to understand with 1.2 million people out of service it will take awhile to get everybody completed and hopefully they understand that. ashley: transit systems have been brought to a standstill in new york and elsewhere. what about your state? philadelphia in particular? >> philadelphia is closed for today. amtrak is not moving any thing. the airport is starting to open to some airlines and in