the american red cross. and thanks for making this happen. i want to invite everyone to go to 20th in church or -- and church. and we will meet up. we may skirt the law and serve something before 6:00 a.m. the bookmobile, where are they? >> i have my cheat sheet here which i cannot find. the library has been here after great disasters. there has -- is a special book that won an award this year. here is the book. i downloaded it on my kindle. it can check out copies of the book mobile. nex>> thanks for being here. start walking slowly. welcome to san francisco, everyone. ♪

the american red cross. and thanks for making this happen. i want to invite everyone to go to 20th in church or -- and church. and we will meet up. we may skirt the law and serve something before 6:00 a.m. the bookmobile, where are they? >> i have my cheat sheet here which i cannot find. the library has been here after great disasters. there has -- is a special book that won an award this year. here is the book. i downloaded it on my kindle. it can check out copies of the book mobile. nex>> thanks for being here. start walking slowly. welcome to san francisco, everyone. ♪ >> good morning, good morning, i am charlette shults and behalf of mayor lee, we welcome you to this occasion that we have been waiting for for six years because the mayor of paris, this occasion, we're excited that mayor delaware is here from paris, he was here six years ago and we have been meeting every air france flight since then waiting for you. so, the occasion has now come and we are looking forward to the mayor looking around san francisco and seeing the changes t

>>thank you for all the american red cross does? >> with $14 billion weather disasters in the country never has there been a year with greater pride that we are able to help our friends at the red cross. >>back to you. i guess we come back with more news. hi to all our friends at the red cross. >>time for today's trivia. which of the following countries has not been an italian colony? a. ethiopia b. somalia uuele i love how clean and healthy my mouth is right now. i wish i could keep it this way. [ male announcer ] now you can. with the crest pro-health clinical line. used together, they help keep your teeth 97% as clean as a dental cleaning. the toothpaste actually reduces plaque. and the rinse reaches all areas and is clinically proven to help prevent plaque regrowth. crest pro-health clinical line. together, they help keep your teeth 97% as clean as a dental cleaning. crest. life opens up when you do. the company that owns redbox video kiosks wants to get into the coffee business. rubi box are automated coffee kiosks that will br

the american red cross. and thanks for making this happen. i want to invite everyone to go to 20th in church or -- and church. and we will meet up. we may skirt the law and serve something before 6:00 a.m. the bookmobile, where are they? >> i have my cheat sheet here which i cannot find. the library has been here after great disasters. there has -- is a special book that won an award this year. here is the book. i downloaded it on my kindle. it can check out copies of the book mobile. nex>> thanks for being here. start walking slowly. welcome to san francisco, everyone. ♪ >> a great man, is that what you called me? she has to be reminded. -- would you tell that to anita? i congratulate you and thank you for coming to san francisco. hopefully you also become a disaster --- we would be glad te to open up our minds and communities to receive ideas from across the country, if not the world as to how we can improve it. it never is about what just san francisco is doing. a lot of our ideas are homegrown. the ideas are transplanted and that is the

let me bring in anna kate twitty at the american red cross. i understand you are on long island now. what can you tell us? >> yes, i'm currently on long island right now. the american red cross has launched a multistate large response effort for this storm which is now no longer a hurricane, it's a superstorm. but we have deployed in 1300 volunteers but our number one priority now is the safety and shelter of those folks that are evacuated. we have over 100 red cross operated or supported shelters across the east coast, in fact, i actually just spent the entire day at one of our shelters in nassau county community college and a wonderful thing to see how happy people are in the shelters that they did leave their homes. there was a little fear they're not sure what they'll return to but just the safety, the fact they have their lives and their loved ones and in knowing that they have the red cross to be there for emotional support for a hug, for a warm meal, for a warm blanket. so right now our number one priority is sheltering those clients. o

. >> the red cross, the american red cross has 00 dress in position as this storm gets closer to landfall. he's the vice president of disaster operations for the american red cross, he's now on the phone from washington. so what is the plan that you have in place, where do you have the majority of your volunteers spread out? >> good evening, and as you know, sandy is a rather large storm and the impacts are going to be felt hundreds of miles away from the center of the storm, and we have launched a multistate response that comes in this full area. there's hundreds of workers, we're running shelters, we're go order -- specifically in pennsylvania, new jersey, new york, maryland, delaware, connecticut and virginia. right now we have folks finalizing preparations, we're opening shelters starting this evening. and shelf meals and snacks are in place for when the storm comes. and in virginia, we're also taking a look at the way any storm comes. >> and so trevor, is that one of the big obstacles how you coordinate one of these cities and metropolitan areas as it pertains to shelters and needs?

also, giving a pitch for the american red cross if anybody can spare a little donation cash. mitt romney appearing in dayton, ohio. so big question today is, what impact will sandy have on the u.s. economy. lots to talk about here because not only is there the damage to consider but the business disruption that it has created throughout the northeast. joining me is jared bernstein former chief economist for vice president joe biden, also an msnbc contributor. jared, as we look over these estimates and they're really rough now in the very beginning. >> very rough. >> sandy could cost when it's all said and done, the total $20 billion or more. exceeding the damage certainly from irene last year which was about 12 to $16 billion. meantime moody's an lytics estimate economic losses will total $10 billion a day, lost wages, production, sales for businesses. do you think that estimate is on target? >> yeah, i think that estimate is on target but i believe moody's said they're not going to alter their estimate for gdp in the fourth quarter because some of this will be made up and al

>> the easiest way to help american red cross is a gift through american red cross website, go to redcross.org or text the word red cross to 9999. your money will be immediately put to work to help the people of hurricane sandy because we're expecting this to be a long and costly situation. everything the red cross provides is a gift from the american people. know your gift to the red cross is going to be a gift to the people affected. >> in terms of what the red cross is dealing with here, have you dealt with anything like this before in new york? >> we deal with a magnitude -- a number of disasters on a yearly basis. the american red cross responds to 70,000 disasters just here in the united states, large and small. one of the ways we prepare is we are training our volunteers on a year-round basis so they know how to handle different situations. one thing we pride ourselves on is our flexibility in different situations as well. we really try our best to work with local authorities, work with local and national governments to make sure we're providing services based on what is needed in the m

for every person, we'll donate $1 to the american red cross sandy relief fund. 9news now will continue in just a minute. >>> the carnival pride cruise ship is anchored in the chesapeake bay. sky 9 flew over the vessel yesterday. right now only the crew is aboard the ship. it left baltimore on sunday. it was headed to the bahamas but the captain was concerned about the weather and decided to drop anchor. the ship will move on once conditions improve. >>> the historic hyannisport yacht club dock house in massachusetts is unfortunately gone. sandy knocked the structure right into the ocean. it was built in the 1940's. the building is famously known as the backdrop to many kennedy family sailing trips on nantucket sound. officials are evaluating the damage and are considering rebuilding. >>> coming up next, erica with our forecast. >>> i want to remind you again that if you like us on wusa9 on facebook, then we will donate a dollar to the american red cross sandy relief fund. so please like us on wusa9. >>> let's take a look at our weather now. >> it's definitely improving out there, jc. w

your best estimate. >> we know that 9,000 people spent last night in american red cross shelters, 13,000 in shelters all over states red cross and independent shelters, but how many people are out displaced, that number is in tens of probably hundreds of thousands, many stay with families or are staying in hotels, probably a quarter million, really big numbers in terms of displaced. you already mentioned in terms offed size of this event. lou: hardest hit region has to be south shore of new jersey where the storm hurricane force made landfall, correct? >> certainly new jersey, new york, hardest hit in terms of number of people. but as you mentioned we're working across 16 states because we're not just dealing with storm surge but damage from wind, from rain, and flooding, and as you know snow and big fires in new york city. this is different types of disasters across many states. hard to say just one area badly hit. lou: what should people, as they are fortunate enough to have power restored, to return to their homes and begin process of rebuilding. what should they be on the look out fo

the american red cross is working on providing basic needs to disaster victims in maryland and delaware region. that includes basic shelter, food, and clothing. 200 workers are now in the area to provide assistance. we have more from the chesapeake region headquarters. >> i am here with the american red cross were all of the efforts to help maryland and delaware are being coordinated year. 200 volunteers are here to help. joining me is salute when tests. you flew in from illinois, right? -- louis fluentes. >> today we will determine isolated areas that have been hurt by the storm and other emergencies that have developed by the storm. >> deploying volunteers to help the residents by the shelter. to go absolutely. my job is to determine where the most damages occurred and where people have been impacted and how many homes have been impacted. this will let people know what they have to deal with. right now we're hearing volunteers will be sent to garrett county, as well as the eastern shore, and possibly maryland. douglas will talk less about what is going on in the warehouse. >> this is

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anna thank you so much from the american red cross. thank you for giving so many americans shelter at this time. >> ainsley has more to look at that. >> great with the next segment. with so much power outages evacuations heavy flooding due to sandy what can you do to stay safe? we have the fox news medical team. >> let's go through some of these aund i talked about during the commercial break. you said first of all do not refreeze food, certain foods. >> actually the freezer is the more safe of the two. fridge 1-3 hours everything has to be thrown out except margarine, butter. the freezer you get 1-3 days. don't let your kids open and close the doors. >> once the meat is thawed you have to cook it or throw it out. >> water i am concerned about. have at least one gallon of water per person a day purified water. but if you didn't do that don't go run to go the tap now there's only a little bit of water left and it may not be pure. you can boil it if you are in doubt. the flood waters can get contaminated with bacteria you can get injured

but also if you can write a check to american red cross, that's welcome as well. >> romney then loaded some of the goods on a truck along with rob portman of ohio. questions about fema dogged the candidate. >> governor, are you going to eliminate fema? >> let's turn to sam stein and also joan walsh. joan, let's go to you first. this is where the bs meets the reality when it comes to mitt romney and what he really wants to do with fema. this puts the candidate in a tight spot, doesn't it? >> well, yes, of course, it does, ed. this moment really reminds me of that moment in 2008 when john mccain had his crazy reaction to the economic crash and wanted to suspend his campaign and go back to washington and looked like he doesn't understand what was at stake. mitt romney looked ridiculous at that rally today. he was talking about cleaning up a football field of rubbish. and i think it's civilly when you can't play politics. right now, we're having a debate over the future of our society. and things like this disaster relief are really quite pertinent. so it's not that he can't campaign, but

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we understand the american red cross has stepped in to help survivors with food, shelter and therapy. fire investigators, while it's early, say they believe the fire may have started in the basement. reporting live in northeast baltimore, jeff hager. >> in another fire in southeast baltimore two firefighters were seriously burned. that started around 1:00 this morning on bonsal street. one firefighter has burns on his arm, and the other has burns on his face. >>> in the middle of fire prevention week. would you be able to get out of your home if it caught on fire. >> it's making people really reconsider their safety. roosevelt leftwich works for you. >> reporter: the last time a fire like this killed this many people was back in deals of 2010. since then efforts to help educate people about fire prevention and safety have increased it. takes something like this to happen to make people think. just can't imagine what they're going through. the family and friends hovered around as they tried to figure out what happened here. the cause of the fire not known. where it started, not known.

if you want to help keep up the supplies contact the american red cross and give glad. also help make a donation to the red cross without spending a dime. just log on to facebook and like our wusa9 page. >>> still ahead searching for a man suspected of planting several pipe bombs in northern virginia. >>> the search is on tonight for the man police believe set off three pipe bombs in northern virginia and maybe driving around with more. >> two of those attacks happened here in stafford county. the other one in nearby city of fredericksburg, take a look at the man authorities are on the hunt for. this is the guy they say is son- in-law for all of this. this is -- responsible for all of this. this is 25-year-old lawrence alan stewart iii. >> this man is a serious danger and threat to society. and has already attempted to murder two law enforcement officers their families and citizens. >> reporter: the first pipe bomb attack happened about 4:00 a.m. on the 3100 block of normandy avenue in fredericksburg. that used to be the home of a stafford sheriff's deputy. he hadn't li

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if you're looking for a way to help, consider donating to the red cross. you can visit their website at www.redcross.org. >>> coming up, sandy's impact on the election. we're just one week away before the country goes to the polls. can the president go back to the campaign trail? should he? should he stay on this assignment? richard wolffe weighs in next. era laundry detergent once stomped a stain with such power, [ rumbling, crowd screaming ] the results could be felt around the world. twice the stain fighting power as the leading liquid value brand. era detergent. a lot of fight for a little dough. >>> in the big finish tonight, how do you campaign during a disaster? what do you do? mitt romney had an answer. don't call it campaigning. romney called a rally in ohio today a storm relief event. yet press badges still referring to it as a romney victory rally. there were plenty of photo-ops for the republican nominee, as well. romney has just a few days to get his message out. he hasn't been consistent in the past, so now what does he do? as for president o

. >> ama: the american red cross bay area chapter already has volunteers on the ground, on the east coast. the volunteers are helping to coordinate shelter for those in need and assisting in seth up food kitchens and medical tents. we spoke by phone with a richmond resident and red cross volunteer who is feeling the effects of san any delware. >> a half an hour ago the waves are very high and the surf is crashing. it's been raining really hard. and we're still several hours to a day away from when it should be at its worst. >> ama: virginia told us the red cross needs blood as well as donations of money to buy supplies. she added the biggest problem will be flooding which may prevent supplies from getting the affected areas. >>> we'll stay on top of the storm developments. our coverage continues tonight at 9:00 p.m. on tv v20, and at 11:00 p.m. here on channel 7. of course, you can get updates anytime on abc7news.com. >>> now we shift gears to the world series, where the giants try to wrap up the championship in game four in detroit. while some fans look ahead to the evening, wayne freedm

this is ken with the american red cross, give me an idea -- i'm sorry, maryland emergency management. give me an idea of what people can expect. because we got a lot of things coming out hire. the key is being prepared. >> being prepared. this is a storm that maryland has not seen, we went back in history since 1893, they didn't keep good records back then. this is a serious storm, we have been preparing at the maryland emergency management agency with our partners at the local level since sunday. what we really want the tell people is, do what you can until sunday night, get the things you need done, some of the things you don't have to spend money on. make sure you have important documents, insurance documents for your home and vehicle so you have that information. make sure that you are taking care of your family, when you take care of your family, take care of a neighbor. >> when the power goes out, at's when neighbors can really work together here. >> the big thing with the utilities, we will have power outages, there is no doubt this is going to be a large storm, going as far no

we are donating $1 to the american red cross sandy relief fund for every new like we get. >>> still ahead tonight, gotten use today seeing flooding in areas like d.c.'s bloomingdale neighborhood when it rains, we have an update on how the area fared with sandy. that's next. >>> we want to take a moment away from the sandy coverage for breaking news ride now. three fire bombs went off today in northern virginia. the first one went off in stafford county and that is where we find our ken molestina 689 he is live from the scene with the very latest. three fire bombs? kenny what's going on? >> reporter: yes, three. let me just correct you for a second. we're in fredericksburg, this is the first of three that went off today. this happened at about 4:00 a.m. the second happened in nearby stafford county shortly after this took place. we are along the 3100 block of normandy avenue in fredericksburg. what it looks like over here through the details of what we believe took place here. this is the home that was fire bombed the living room area had an incendiary device or a pipe bomb as police are s

send money to the american red cross. call 1-800-redcross or go to their website redcross.org to donate online or text the words red cross to 90999 and make a $10 donation. 90999. they will thank you for it an$2. 90999. you will have done a useful thing. now it's time for "last word with lawrence o'donnell." have a great night. >>> new jersey's republican governor chris christie has a new best friend, president obama. >> hurricane sandy bearing down on the entire eastern seaboard. >> bearing down on 60 million people across at least a dozen states. >> from delaware to north carolina. new york and new jersey. >> this was a devastating storm. >> in atlantic city part of the famous boardwalk has washed away. >> ground zero, floodwaters rushing into the construction site. >> many homes completely covered. >> massive six-alarm fire in new york's borough of queens. >> 3 feet of snow in parts of west virginia. >> 7.8 million people without power. >> flights are canceled. subways are shut down. >> the federal government is closed

>> joe: the makers of bayer aspirin are proud to donate $200,000 to the american red cross on behalf of the fast relief challenge. presented here tonight in st. louis, game four, as hector sanchez, the catcher leads it off. 0-2 with two strike-outs against wainwright. go back out there for the seventh. 6-1 st. louis. breaking ball. went around on a pitch outside. strike two. >> tim: how many times have you said that tonight? "breaking ball and he went around." >> joe: tried to hold up and he could not. >> joe: that is foul, right in the direction of ken rosenthal. how about wainwright tonight here in game four? >> ken: well, he has been great, joe. it goes back to game five of the division series. if you remember, he fell behind 6-nothing. he was very upset with his performance last night. that night. thrilled that the teammates got him obviously off the hook. and he was one of the guys that pops up as they came back against the nationals. for him, after missing all of last season it has to be gratifying just to be back in this position. >> joe: yes. ken, and that start, and that win

. >>> the american red cross is helping a number of families 23 to be he can being a, being displaced after a fire ripped through the apartment this morning. this happened in 2000 block of military place in odenton in the seven oaks area. dozens of firefighters were dispatched to fight the two alarm fire there. were no injuries. however, as you can see from the flames and the photograph, the damage is quite extensive. no word on what happened to cause the fire. but those displaced we don't know when they will be allowed back home. >>> in the 85 days left to shop for christmas, i am not kidding, 85 days add it up. you consider yourself warned. up next a peek at some of the hot new toys out there you're likely to see with kids letters to santa. also the goff nateor opening up -- governator opening up about the public and private life. what he said about the affair with the worker that destroyed his marriage. good morning -- marriage. good morning maryland continues in a moment. news time 5:37. you disgust me. prove it. enough is enough. d-con no view, no touch trap snaps to kill instant

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according to the american red cross, almost 11,000 people are waking up in red cross shelters across 16 states all because of sandy. now, sandy is also making life difficult for travelers, even those who are not trying to get to the northeast. stephanie is live at sfo with more on why the storm is affecting flights all over the country. stephanie, good morning. >> reporter: marla, good morning to you. you know some good news, i did speak with an employee here at sfo this morning who said really the number of people sleeping here last night is on par with the usual number. if you're in terminal 2, it was a very popular spot for some folks. some dozens of flights cancelled, most of them to and from the east coast. now, this morning off camera we caught up with some tired travellers. two of them headed back home to calgary in canada, had their 9:00 p.m. flight cancelled. another headed to albany, new york, had their flight cancelled and delayed again this morning. for two businessmen headed home to new york from san francisco, it's been a long day on the phone with a travel agent becaus

american red cross o says about ten seconds and if they are not breathing we readjust the air way and check for ten seconds again and not breathing for the secretarsecond time we said say and you check the air ways twic and when you know someone is dead you move on. let's go through the categories. walking wounded and anybody tha follows directions and get up and walk and it's green. d is delayed and anybody that i injured but we don't think it's life-threatening. i is the people that need treatment right now and d is th dead and black and during triag you open an air way and how lon does that take? two seconds and it takes ten seconds to check and bleeding - the only bleeding i want you to treat during triage are arteria bleeding and spurting out and you could bleed to death in about three minutes and shock and if the person is unconsciou on the chair and how do i treat for shock? lay down and lift the feet and cover you and takes ten -15 seconds and i move on. the categories, black for peopl that are dead and green people that are walking and the only two categories left are red and

red cross and adobe - to create options for you. not only that, we're using what we learn from these partners to shape our curriculum. so that when you find the job you want you'll be a perfect fit. let's get to work. >>> welcome back. >>> if you wonder what you are looking at, it is tough to see this is miami, florida there is a big story and no doubt about it, you heard about sandy. she is making her way to florida bringing the winds and rains and expected to be headed our way. >> the storm has caused problems across the caribbean. it hit haiti, cuba and right now it claimed 21 lives in the path. it has been down graded to a category 1. we'll find out why this is going on. >> to let you know how serious it is, one death happened now we're up to 21. this is something not to take lightly. we hear about the storms and it will blow over it's not the case. and the question is how hard. you are buying batteries, toilet paper and looking for a generator. and getting ready for the wrath. >> they are making the sandbags. the trucks are rea

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red cross and adobe - to create options for you. not only that, we're using what we learn from these partners to shape our curriculum. so that when you find the job you want you'll be a perfect fit. let's get to work. >>> thanks for joining thus morning. you wonder i'm going lose power and what happens in the event of a big storm like sandy and rachel from bge came in this morning to let us know how you guys have been preparing because i know a the love people worry about losing their power. you brought in aton of crews. tell us about sort of the evolution you have gone through from getting all the people here. it started out with a thousand workers you needed. >> it did. we started monitoring the weather early on last week. by wednesday, we started premobilizing our crews and requesting out of state assistance. the storm's path was uncertain for several days and we watched it. as we see the intensity is building we had the opportunity to increase the number of crews we requested so we started at a thousand and by today we are reque