and abc's chris cuomo tracks down the people he says did not help. >> chris cuomo from abc news. we've been trying to get in touch with you. >>> razor thin. inside the new presidential polls. >>> hidden america. the first look at an unprecedented event. rival gang members from chicago's dangerous streets. in one room, the anger -- >> you're going to be the prey or the predator. >> the surprises. and the night after, one of them is shot six times. >>> and really, amy? >> really? >> really. >> tonight, the secret message that makes a funny girl our "person of the week." >>> good evening. tonight, we begin with the stunning story of bravery, by a young boy who stood up after he says so many adults looked the other way. it is an abc news exclusive. for the very first time, the young man who brought down a football legend in pennsylvania, coach jerry sandusky, speaks out. his name is aaron fisher, and until now, he has been called victim number one. "20/20" coof anchor chris cuomo is here now with what it took for a child to come forward and chris searches for answers from adults this

diane sawyer, chris cuomo will take you inside the special storm. that's tonight on abc. well, inside the brewer, there's a giant staircase. and the room is filled with all these different kinds of coffee. actually, i just press this button. brew what you love, simply. keurig. >>> move your cars in fells point. there's still a lot of runoff. most of the bay between 7 and 9, except port deposit, which will come later. a few flakes as a party gift from sandy. otherwise, weather gets better over the next several days. >> kids can go trick or treating, hope fli. we'll see if that's still on. >> keep with us all night long for the latest on school clays and close -- delays and closings. >> see you tonight at 11.

chris cuomo has a preview. it must have been so difficult for the victim's. >> a fascinating case, very difficult for the victim's. were being confronted by a man who terrorized them for a year. imagine being asked questions by someone who knows the answer is, who was speaking about himself in the third person. what made the case interesting was stalking is something that we all fear and we wonder what we would do if it happened to us. this is a cautionary tale tonight about what direction stalkers can go and how we can help ourselves. >> when you mentioned that case it's fascinating for folks in court, the legal community, and those of us who cover it. but it affects every day americans >> . yes. and it is a difficult area of the law. by its nature, it is an incomplete crime. am i doing when i'm following you around? i am not actually hurting them or doing anything. baker went to jail for 10 years for stockin -- stalking. however, it was not enough and when he got out, much worse things happened. justice was f

erin fisher told chris cuomo how sandusky singled him out when he was 11 years old and molested him in his basement. he said police and other officials did not take his allegations seriously. get the full story tonight on "20/20," 10:00 p.m. eastern. >>> the process of granting visas to foreign students and keeping track of them is coming under fire this morning. that's because the bangladeshi man accused of plotting to blow up the federal reserve bank in new york, may have been in violation of his student visa. reporter jim hoffer of wabc new york has the details. >> reporter: by all accounts, quazi nafis entered the country legitimately with a visa to study computers at southeast missouri state university. he even gave a fellow classmate a copy of the koran. >> i hate what he has done, i -- i don't understand it. >> reporter: after the spring semester, the missouri college notified the department of homeland security which oversees foreign students that nafis would be transferring to a small training school in manhattan. we learned that school was asa college. but he apparently only

and chris cuomo is down in lower manhattan. sam? >> i know one thing we want to point out, george, by the way, the storm is still on track to move inland. and, chris, you and i are just astounded by the water that we've seen out here. and a couple things come to mind about cautioning people. >> absolutely. look, this is just moon tide that we're seeing right now. moon tide, high tide. it's certainly up over the wall's break. what do we know? what we don't know yet, but we know it's going to be bad. people are staying home saying i don't have to evacuate. i was fine last night. you're makes a mistake. coming in to look at this, you're makes a mistake. >> one of the things that's going to happen with a storm like that, it is going to change exponentially. the next wave of water that moves by, the next one may be four times higher than that. sometimes, you can time it. oh, i can get to the grocery store. you're able to time it. but this storm, you're not able to time it. >> cars have less than ten inches of clearance. the water gets un

aaron fisher who is known as victim one, spoke exclusively to abc's chris cuomo, who said police and other officials did not take his allegations seriously. sandusky singled him out when he was just 11 years old, molested him, stalked him, pulled him out of class and chased him down in his car. we'll have a preview coming up on "good morning america," before tonight's full story, an exclusive on "20/20." >>> a victory for gay rights activists. a federal appeals court in new york has struck down the law defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman. the court is the first to declare that gays and lesbians are entitled to be free from discrimination. a widow had to pay taxes after the death of her same-sex spouse. and makes it more likely the supreme court will hear the issue. >>> the student visa system after a bangladeshi man used one of the visas to enter the u.s. quasi nafis transferred to school in new york. charles schumer says that should have raised red flags. >> we do know that the student visa program, in the hands of a few wrong doers, sham universities around the c

cuomo is covering this city in this storm. chris. >> reporter: hello, diane. you know, we wish we didn't have to be standing in the water but it's moving too quickly to change positions. already we've had more water from sandy than we did last year from irene. we're being told that protectively they'll shut off power down here soon so we hope everybody has gotten somewhere safe. sandy is coming. the question is, how will new york city handle it? the big apple has been shut down to its core. lower manhattan looks like a ghost town. wall street will be closed for consecutive days because of weather for the first time since the 1800s in a place where you have to look up to see where many live, skyscrapers are a concern. wind speeds on the ground are half those on the top floors. sometimes forcing buildings to sway. >> the further up you live the more reason you should close your drapes and just stay away from windows. >> reporter: watch this bath water slosh in a brookline high-rise in gusts of barely 40 miles an hour. half what'

. >>> and "20/20" anchor chris cuomo has been tracking the storm. he has been out all night in the city of 8 million people. subways paralyzed. tunnels and roads under water and shows what it is like to live in new york in the wake of this fierce storm. chris. >> reporter: diane, last night new york city was down but today proof it is not out. sandy broke a lot of storm records, to be sure we've never seen wind and water punish this place this way. but the men and women who live and work here are now out to set their own record, quickest comeback. sandy's tidal surge, the scourge of downtown manhattan, a record 14-foot plume pulverized seawalls, made tunnels and construction sites into lagoon, near hurricane force winds turbocharged it making streets nearly impassing plunging 700,000 in darkness but today new yorkers are trying to make light of living in the dark. even up high. john and his roomies showed us their 12-story trek home. >> reporter: this 12, right? >> 12, here we go. >> reporter: much greater challenges lay below ground in the subways.

chris cuomo on the lifeline that devastated by the flooding. >> we went into the lib rinth of debris and water and damage that are the city's subways with mta officials. >> what percentage of the railways that we need are under water. >> we have 46 miles of track currently underwater. >> the biggest problem lies beyond the turnstiles. >> these are stairs. we are two levels up. >> we are talking about 50-60 feet. >> they have to pump out the water and repair signals on 50 miles o track. in joe's eyes, not concern but confidence. >> how many men? >> 1600 men. >> like a small army. >> we will roll with it. it's part of our job. >> dan: as we head earlier, 8 million people are without power in 17 states. utility crews are being dispatched from around the country to help turn the lights back on. pg&e sent 150 people from california and they are bringing trucks with them. some are flying on 747 so they can get there quickly. their assignment could be three days, maybe three weeks. it doesn't matter to them. they are eager to help out. vince brown. >> as far as the crews go, they are really

a bombshell interview with chris cuomo. he sits down with victim number one in the jerry sandusky case. and he holds nothing back. he has a lot of anger about the case. >> and he says a lot of people didn't listen to him. >>> and breaking overnight, an update on the 15-year-old schoolgirl, malala, who has inspired so many around the world. she was hunted down and shot in the head by the taliban in afghanistan. she is standing for the first time. and she's writing notes, what country am i in? that shows her brain is working really well. really great news. >> a lot of progress. >> that's great to hear. >>> and we have the flaw with the claw. we have all tried to go one-on-one with the claw. now, for the first time, it has been revealed why we almost always lose. we have the secret documents that reveal why the claw gets us every time. >> would you please send this to my son? >> yes. >> we can stop the madness. >> not sure it's going to work. >>> first, let's get to the extreme weather. high winds and huge dust storms are caus

chris cuomo joins us now. >> i'm looking down at the blackberry. we're getting reports from guys out in the field right now. the wind that's whipping us is whipping the fire in breezy point. they have thousands of first responders on the ground right now. the wind, because of where breezy point is located, is having a turbo effect. and they're having a really hard time there. they're also in three to five feet of water. that's what they're dealing with in breezy point. across from where we are, that's staten island. the bridge that connects it to manhattan, are no longer serviceable. they're getting calls for water rescue there. we've been looking at the dramatic picture of that boat. what we care about are people. and people sitting on their roofs. and people calling for help. they're doing the best they can. this is the biggest movement of manpower since 9/11, here in the city. >>> we're going to go to lisa stark for a totally different perspective on sandy. lisa? >> reporter: we're, we're in frostburg, maryland, western maryland. we remain under

now he's speaking out and breaking his silence to our chris cuomo. powerful stuff, next right here on "good morning america." >> that comes up in about 16 minutes. right now breaking news in lebanon. there are casualties from a massive car bomb explosion that blast ripped through beirut killing six and wounding 78. according to associated press reporter at the scene saw bloody people helped into ambulances as well as heavy damage to buildings motive not clear lebanon has seen rising tensions from the civil war in neighboring syria. >>> new report says venture capital funding is not flowing freely in sill can valley. report shows funding for start-ups dropped 11% in the last quarter. six and a half billion dollars went to fund new companies overall investments smaller this year. biggest investments of the year worth 200 million dollars to mobile payment company. >>> san mateo county could be the latest region to consider a ban on plastic bags. board is expected to introduce bag ban tuesday night it would only apply to unincorporated areas of san mateo

our chris cuomo is standing outside of one of them this morning. courtroom, chris. >> it's difficult to imagine what lies beneath in stations all over like this one in manhattan. what you're about to see is a collection of everything that sandy brought to bare. and water is the least of it. deep underground, of manhattan' system, now, an eerie labyrinth. all of this came with the water down the stairs? >> absolutely. this wall here is from down here. >> reporter: man. it's got to weigh 200 pounds. sandy's 14-foot surf washed into the south ferry station like a tidal wave, carrying thousands of pounds of debris. are we talking about 50, 60 feet? >> yeah. talking about 2,000, 3,000 feet of track that's completely submerged. >> reporter: this is just 1 stop, along 660 miles of subway track that carries more than 5.3 million commuters every day. at least three other stations have water up to their platforms. many others have several feet of flooding. >> we have 46 miles of track currently underwater right now. >> reporter: underwater? unusable? >> yeah

we heard chris cuomo talking about the new york city marathon this weekend. people coming from all over the country, all over the world for it. will the planes have a place to land? >> jfk and newark open. la guardia, not yet. >> we see the harrowing pictures. >>> to our kids, halloween is a big deal. and it's on hiatus for so many small children today. too many streets too dangerous for trick or treating. how families are dealing with it all. >> a lot of improvisation going on there. >>> we're going to begin with breezy point. that neighborhood wiped out by a fire that raged through the night. abc's elizabeth vargas is on the scene this morning. boy, elizabeth, it's so hard to see the ruins of that community. >> it sure is, george. and mayor bloomberg and senator charles schumer who were out here yesterday afternoon, told me behind me, they haven't seen anything like this since the bombing of london in world war ii. 111 homes were scorched, burned to a rubble behind me. all packed into these tight-knit square neighborhoods here. people here in this neighborh

cuomo goes inside the new york city subway system, 46 miles of track still under wart. >>> better news for air travelers, we getting word that jfk and newark have reopened this morning. service is limited. >> laguardia, teterboro still closed. you saw laguardia there it is under water, you need a surf board. >> yeah, something it is not good, very unfortunate at least things are getting back to normal. let's talk about what is going on 6:20 you can see the roads still wet, the golden gate bridge headlights are -- cars from marin county, a little drizzle for the morning commute. mainly cloud cover over land and a little fog over the water some of that fog is starting to move over land visibilities as low as a mile and quarter around novato and half moon bay which is an improvement at half moon bay mild outside mid 50s to around 60, mid to upper 50s around the monterey bay bay so far mother nature following the forecast we talked about yesterday drizzle for the morning rain for the afternoon and evening steady overnight through tomorrow morning, tomorrow's commute is going to be worse as

maybe so. >> and that's in the interview there with chris cuomo, why didn't you come forward? two things, he said he was embarrassed and the second thing was, he didn't think anybody would believe him. so sad, but at one point he did have the courage to step forward. >> and what the people are now seeing with aaron fisher is what we in the courtroom saw. we saw eight of the ten victims, two were unidentified, say some of the same things that now the general public is getting a chance to hear. >> and beth, correct me if i'm wrong when we talk about victim one here, didn't he have trouble? wasn't he bullied basically out of his own school when people figured out in the community it was him? >> yeah, i believe that was aaron, yes. yeah, i think you're right. >> you know -- >> yeah. awful. awful situation. >> and just not done yet on so many fronts here. thanks for the clarification on that as we continue to follow this. >>> changing the mood here, as we follow something completely different. it's breaking news, the world's largest cowboy basically burned down. we're talking about

they sat down with "20/20" anchor, chris cuomo. chris has that. >> reporter: thank you, george. this trial came down to the ability of two people to face down the man who ruined their liv lives. a courtroom became a crucible of fears of the fast and to be rid of a monster. after 17 years, waseem daker's victims say justice prevailed after four hours to send him to prison for a life sentence and 47 years for the murder of flight attendant karmen smith and the stabbing of her son, nicholas. who survived to take the stand. >> do you remember telling them in 1995 that the eyes were blue. >> i had gotten stabbed by you. so, i don't really think that that was a very good time to be asking a 5-year-old questions like that. >> reporter: in a bizarre twist, nick smith was face-to-face with his attacker, as daker represented himself in court. staring at the man who stabbed him 18 times, smith decided to stand his ground. what did you want him to know? >> that he didn't break me. that he might have tried to ruin my life. but he didn't. >> reporter: daker is believed to have attacked smith

president obama in new jersey along with chris christie. top of the hour governor andrew cuomo, you will see it on fox business.

in an exclusive interview with abc's chris cuomo, fisher said he contemplated suicide. >>> gas prices are coming down. the holiday flights are filling up fast. fares on many routes already higher than last year and are well above the prices two years ago. orbitz recommends booking your flights before the end of this month. >>> finally, shocking video. we talked about it at the beginning of the show. an unsuspected pedestrian who wanders into the path of a police car. take a look. >> wow, wow. >> here's the thing, he jumped up off the windshield and walked away. >> that's unbelievable. >> walked away. >> wow. >> wow. >> incredible stuff. >> oh, boy, he's okay, josh? >> i will say, when i cross the street here, i will think about that all the time. >> that's quite a vertical leap. >> it's like in the video game frogger on any given day. >> yes. >> wow. >> it's like going from the news to "pop news." >> good morning, everybody. happy monday to you. and we are six months away from the release of iron man 3, hang on, tony stark fans we've got a sneak peek for you. this is a "gma" exclusive

margaret cuomo, sister of our correspondent, chris cuomo, talks about it with amy robach. >> reporter: a world without cancer. it's a world we'd like to live in. but radiologist dr. margaret cuomo says we can get there. >> the focus needs to be on prevention. we want to prevent it all the way. and we have the power to do that. >> reporter: a recent study says we could prevent more than half of all cancers that occur in the u.s., with what we know right now. and cuomo says there are some simple steps you can take to cut your risk. first, she says, what you eat can play a role in cancer risk. two-thirds of your plate should consist of whole grains, vegetables and fruits. and one-third, should be a lean protein like fish. >> there are specific foods out there that are cancer-preventing. what are they? >> that's right. you have broccoli and spinach and kale. you have tomatoes. it's the processed or cooked tomato that has more of a lycopene, which is supposed to be cancer-preventing. that means tomato sauce, tomato juice. >> reporter: and don't forget the spiced turmeric. it contains anti-

chris christie and president obama today touring flood ravaged new jersey. last week chris christie was on the trail attacking president obama. i think that people after this e election, whoever wins, and i believe barack obama will and i actually think this money into the states is a very expensive too much money in the system version of somebody putting an ad up trying to drive press coverage. >> interesting. >> what they're trying to do is drive you guys to a momentum story. >> perry, i want to go back actually to the storm, because i want to play something bill clinton said yesterday and it's something we haven't heard on the campaign trail from either candidate on a specific topic. let me show you and let you hear what president clinton said. >> in the first debate, the try up much of the moderate mitt romney, you know what he did? he ridiculed the president, ridiculed the president, for his efforts to fight global warming in economically beneficial ways. he said, oh, you're going to turn back the seas. and in my part of america we would like it if some

it's guys like chris christie and andrew cuomo and mcdonnel down in virginia. those are the guys who are getting the attention. this is primarily a state and local event. speaking of virginia, if you want to look at a place that could be affected just by the physicalness of this hurricane or super storm, northern virginia which is going to be hit hard, already been hit hard, that is an obama stronghold for early voting, number one, which is going to be taken out of play, and number two, it's possible if there's a power shortage up there that that could affect the voting, paper ballots, no w.h.o. knows. >> over on msnbc, our liberal sister network, says this storm proves how important it is to have the federal government. could that be used as a way to help the federal government? >> that's old hat liberal thinking. it just doesn't fly, and in fact one of the themes of this whole race is that the federal government no in emergencies, lord knows this is an emergency and this is a public safety issue, it's not really a political issue, but i think that too much sp

also praising the efforts of governor chris christie, governor mario cuomo here in new york and also mayor michael bloomberg in new york city. he also talked about federal bureaucracy making sure that they basically just cut through red tape and get aid to people who need it most. i want to check in with our wolf blitzer. we're learning now president obama will be visiting new jersey tomorrow with governor christie. >> yeah. i think it is very significant, he's decided he wants to see the damage, the white house announcing just a little while ago. it comes on the heels of very effusive praise of governor christie has been giving the president of the united states in a wide range of television interviews earlier today. he says that the president, the federal response from fema, other federal agencies, they have been going out of their way to help the people of new jersey, grateful for that. and that relationship between the president and governor christie, even though governor christie strongly supports mitt romney, seems to be okay as far as disaster relief is concerned. both of thes

you you've heard it from chris christie, andrew cuomo, all the governors who, people, take care of yourselves, take care of your neighbors, and, essentially don't be stupid, right? on monday that was the message. don't be stupid. then you heard from president obama that the government is going to help, but don't expect from the government immediately. we are a resilient nation, and we will get back to where we were if not better, but it's not going to happen overnight. it was one of the most realistic conversations about government and the role of government that we've heard in the last year of campaigning. >> do you think this could work for republicans as well as democrats, that if you heard this message from mitt romney and he said the same thing and said, look, you know what, we're in a tough time here, but the government does have a role, but you still have to take some personal responsibility that if he said that, people would listen and -- >> that's exactly right. i mean, this is not necessarily a democratic message, right? it is certainly appealing to the self-sufficiency and the self

christie, mike bloomberg, cory booker, governor cuomo making sure he knows everything going on the ground, making sure federal assistance gets where it's needed. it's much harder for mitt romney in that he can't really campaign and yet, he doesn't want to totally disappear and crede the last five days of television coverage. it's still the president of the united states acting like the president of the united states. it's when -- it's how you get into situations like we saw in ohio today. i don't -- i don't question the motives. i think in a short period of time what mitt romney was trying to do is how can we thread this very fine line. so i sort of understand in that way. it's just difficult because when you get this close to an election, andrea, six days, everything is with politics. everything. that's what the hard thing that mitt romney is trying to do, how do you take advantage or at least stay in the conversation, with six days left without appearing to be just overtly political and campaigning. >> mark halperin, how are they managing it? >> i don't really have any criticism of how

chris christie of new jersey and new york's cuomo. >> greg: we can't forget that bill clinton today said, what did he say? speaking of storms, if you don't vote for if you vote for romney that's a bigger storm. bigger disaster than sandy. i would say that bill clinton is a threat to anyone named sandy. >> kimberly: okay, than say tute political note we move on. new reports that contradict the administration story about the libya terror attack. we have details about what the lawmakers were told in a briefing, just two days after the attack. we are closely watching hurricane sandy. we have the latest as thecoast e megastorm. stay with us. ♪ ♪ starting to turn around because of business people like you. and regions is here to help. with the experience and service to keep things rolling. from business loans to cash management, we want to be your partner moving forward. so switch to regions. and let's get going. together. ♪ ♪ >> dana: welcome back to "the five." fox's catherine herridge reporting today on september 13, two days after the libya attack, lawmakers on capitol hill were to