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HL1) SANDY DAMAGE-VOTOPS

FLOOD WATER LEAVES THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN NEW JERSEY STRANDED THIS AFTERNOON.

THIS AS THE PRESIDENT TAKES A TOUR OF THE STATE.

HL2) SANDY POLITICS-SOTVO

no bureaucracy, no red tape, get resources where they're needed as fast as possible.

let the politicians who are on the ballot worry about election day, it's not my problem

HL3) EARLY VOTING-VO

AND MORE LONG LINES AS PEOPLE CAST THEIR VOTES EARLY.

SANDY OPEN-CLIP

SANDY STORM DAMAGE-2 SHOT

LET'S GET RIGHT TO IT.

ENTIRE COMMUNITIES ALONG THE JERSEY SHORE WIPED CLEANED BY SANDY.

AND BOROUGHS IN NEW YORK ARE FLOODED.

AND TRANSPORTATION CRIPPLED FOR A THIRD DAY.

SANDY STORM DAMAGE-PKG

Natural Sound

FROM THE SKY- THE JERSEY SHORE SITS BARELY RECOGNIZABLE- BOATS TOSSED TO THEIR SIDES LIKE TOYS AND HOMES BURIED IN SAND.

Sound Guy Pollioni - Toms River, NJ :08-:12

" It was horrible, it's really sad. Everything I grew up around is gone."

AS PEOPLE UPROOTED BY THE STORM- ABSORBED THE DAMAGE

LONG LINES OF FIRST RESPONDERS HEADED OVER THE MATTHEWS BRIDGE IN TOMS RIVER NJ- A MASSIVE EFFORT NOW UNDER WAY TO RESCUE THOSE STILL STRANDED ON THE JERSEY SHORE

Sound Michael Mastronardy -Toms River Police Chief:24-:28

"We are going to be removing people from the island today because it is unsafe to be there."

JOHN HUGHES WAS ONE OF THE FIRST HELPED TO SAFETY TODAY- ALL HIS BELONGINGS NOW FITTING INTO A FEW BAGS

Sound John Hughes - Toms River, NJ :34-:38

"it was scary. It was the scariest thing I have every lived through, but at least I lived through it."

HUNDREDS OF OTHERS HAVE BEEN PULLED FROM THE FLOODWATERS LEFT BY SANDY.

THIS MORNING IN HOBOKEN-THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WERE STILL STRANDED BY WATER THAT HAD SURROUNDED THEIR HOMES.

IN QUEENS, THOSE WITH HOMES BATTERED BY FLAMES- HOPED TO RECOVER SOMETHING FROM THE WRECKAGE-

Sound Y.David Scharf - Queens. NY :53-:56

"I'd like to find some photographs. I'd like to find for my children's sake, my childhood photographs."

MUCH OF THE CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS STILL RESEMBLES A GHOST TOWN.

COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE NORTHEAST ARE NOW COMING TO TERMS WITH A NEW REALITY AND PROMISING TO REBUILD

Sound Anthony Bueti - Toms River, NJ 1:08-1:12

"We'll rebuild full it will take a long time but we'll be back by next summer."

DOWN FOR NOW BUT NOT FOREVER.

SANDY TRANSPORTATION AND FLIGHTS-VO MITTO BNR

THE NUMBER OF FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS FROM SANDY HAS TOPPED 19-THOUSAND.

THAT INCLUDES MORE THAN 28-HUNDRED CANCELLED TODAY.

AIRPORTS ARE STRUGGLING TO GET FLIGHT OPERATIONS BACK TO NORMAL,.

DISRUPTIONS COULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

WE CHECKED FLIGHTS OUT OF R-S-W.

AIRPORT MANAGERS TELL 21 FLIGHTS ARE CANCELLED TODAY

ALL BUT ONE OF THOSE FLIGHTS ARE TO THE NEW YORK AREA.

ONE TO BOSTON IS ALSO CANCELLED.

SANDY COMPUTER MODELS-OC

FORECASTERS IN EUROPE ARE BEING CREDITED FOR PREDICTING SANDY'S PATH - DAYS AHEAD OF IT MAKING LANDFALL.

SANDY COMPUTER MODELS-PKG

IT WAS A STORM WARNING THAT MUST HAVE SEEMED INCREDIBLE TO SOME.

AND BECAUSE IT WAS SO EARLY, HELPED MILLIONS OF AMERICANS PREPARE FOR THE WORST.

ONE WEEK AGO TODAY, LAST WEDNESDAY AL RELAYED A DIRE FORECAST ON TODAY - SCIENTISTS IN EUROPE PREDICTING SANDY WOULD HIT THE EAST COAST.

"The european model keeps it hugging the coast and by early Tuesday morning it's inland in the North East.'

THE EARLY CALL CAME FROM THE EUROPEAN WEATHER CENTRE IN ENGLAND.

250 STAFF PROCESS 150 MILLION WEATHER OBSERVATIONS EVERY DAY - BUT THEY'D RARELY SEEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

A FRONT FROM THE NORTH JOINING FORCES WITH A HURRICANE. CAUSING SANDY TO MAKE A LEFT HOOK INTO THE NORTH EAST.

"Even 8 days ahead we could see this tropical cyclone developing.

TO ASSESS THE ODDS OF SANDY HITTING THE EAST COAST, THEIR SUPER COMPUTER HAD CREATED 51 FORCASTS.

ALL HAD ONE OUTCOME.

BY THE WEEKEND, THE AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN MODELS HAD CONVERGED - WITHOUT THESE FORECASTS THE HUMAN OUTCOME MIGHT HAVE BEEN FAR WORSE.

"Essentially you and the other 250 scientists who work here probably saved lives.?"

"I think it certainly motivates all of the people who work here."

AND GLOBAL WARMING COULD MAKE THEIR WORK MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER.

'Storm systems, hurricanes but also storm systems at our latitudes ex tropical storms will the frequency of them increase as we put more carbon diaoxide into the atmosphere and global warming takes place? At the moment we don't know the answer."

DECISION 2012 OPEN-CLIP

EARLY VOTING CLIFTON LIVE-OC TRX DBX LIVE

LEE THAN A WEEK FROM ELECTION DAY,

WE'RE SEEING RECORD LINES AND LONG WAITS AT POLLING STATIONS FOR EARLY VOTING.

NBC-2'S CLIFTON FRENCH IS AT THE ELECTIONS OFFICE NEAR BELL TOWER SHOPS IN SOUTH FORT MYERS.

CLIFTON, A VOTER STANDING IN LINE SUFFERED A MEDICAL PROBLEM-

EARLY VOTING CLIFTON LIVE-REM LIVE

ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF AGO A MAN WITH A WALKER COLLAPSED, HE HIT THE GROUND VERY HARD.

FIRST RESPONDERS CAME OUT, TREATED HIM RIGHT HERE.

AND HE DIDN'T SEEM TO BE INJURED TOO BADLY.

EARLY VOTING CLIFTON LIVE-PKG

THEY WERE SCARY MOMENTS IN FRONT OF THE SOUTH FORT MYERS ELECTIONS OFFICE.

MEDICS RESPONDED AS A MAN WAITING IN LINE COLLAPSED.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN A CONCERN FOR ELECTION'S OFFICIALS AS THEY CONTINUE TO SEE LONG LINES.

SOT: Sharon Harrington "If somebody can't wait in line because of a disability or special need, they need to go immediatly when they get there to the deputy at the front door and let them know because we have special provisions for them."

THE LINES STARTED EARLY.

THE FIRST VOTERS HERE SHOWED UP AT 5:30 IN THE MORNING.

HALF AND HOUR LATER, THE LINE STRETCHED DOWN THIS WALL.

SOT: Lynn Casper, waiting to vote "So this morning im out here hoping to get in."

LYNN CASPER GOT HERE AT 6:55.

BUT SHE HAS BEEN COMING TO EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS FOR THE PAST FOUR DAYS.

THE LINES WERE JUST TOO LONG FOR HER TO WAIT.

SOT: "Yesterday I drove over to the voting on thomson and couldn't find a parking space."

DOWNTOWN THIS MORNING. THE LINES WEREN'T AS BAD.

BUT THROUGH TUESDAY. MORE THAN 24-THOUSAND PEOPLE HAD VOTED EARLY.

AVERAGING 6-THOUSAND EVERY DAY.

RECORD BREAKING NUMBERS IN LEE COUNTY

AND WHILE IT CAN TAKE HOURS TO GET THROUGH LINE. THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITEMENT TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE OUT TO VOTE.

EARLY VOTING CLIFTON LIVE-REM LIVE

THE ELECTIONS OFFICE HAS BEEN SEEING SOME PROBLEMS WITH PEOPLE TRYING TO GET THROUGH THE LINES FASTER BY USING THE WALK-UP WINDOWS TO GET ABSENTEE BALLOTS, THEN FILLING IT OUT IN THE PARKING LOT AND HANDING IT IN.

THE LINE HERE FOR THAT WALK-UP WINDOW YESTERDAY WAS JUST AS LONG AS THE EARLY VOTING LINE.

COLLIER EARLY VOTING-VOWIPE

THANKS CLIFTON.

EARLY VOTING ALSO UNDERWAY IN COLLIER.

BUT THE CROWDS AREN'T AS BIG AS IN LEE.

EARLIER THIS WEEK LINES WRAPPED AROUND THE BUILDING AT SEVERAL POLLING LOCATIONS.

COLLIER EARLY VOTING-SOTVO BNR

"Yesterday when I came you couldn't even park anywhere it was so crowded. The lines were around so I just came back today I came earlier in the morning and it was fine."

FOR POLLING INFORMATION CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE AT NBC DASH 2 DOT COM.

SANDY POLITICS-TRX SS TOPS OC

JUST SIX DAYS UNTIL THE ELECTION.

TODAY IS THE LAST DAY YOU CAN REQUEST AN ABSENTEE BALLOT BY MAIL.

THIS IS TO HAVE THE BALLOT MAILED TO YOU.

YOU CAN STILL PICK UP A BALLOT AT THE ELECTIONS OFFICE AFTER TODAY.

TODAY WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW SANDY IS AFFECTING THE CANDIDATES.

SANDY POLITICS-PKG

Mitt Romney resumes a full campaign schedule today in Florida. But President Obama will spend one more day focused on Sandy recovery efforts, getting a first hand look in New Jersey later today.

Election Day may be six days away, but the president appears to believe the best politics is to stay off the campaign trail. Today, it's storm-ravaged New Jersey. Tuesday, the Red Cross headquarters:

SOT:

14:57:57

MY MESSAGE TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT: NO BUREAUCRACY, NO RED TAPE, GET RESOURCES WHERE THEY'RE NEEDED AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.

Mitt Romney also suspended campaigning Tuesday, but still traveled to the battleground state of Ohio, to encourage donations to the Red Cross.

SOT:

I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT PEOPLE RIGHT HERE IN DAYTON GOT UP THIS MORNING, SOME WENT TO THE GROCERY STORE I SEE AND PURCHASED SOME THINGS THAT THESE FAMILIES WILL NEED.

Gov. Romney is back campaigning today, holding three rallies across Florida.

But the president remains in disaster-response mode; he'll survey storm damage with New Jersey's Republican governor, Chris Christie. Among the issues Christie plans to bring up: how to rebuild a more weather proof Jersey shore.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M GOING TO BE TALKING TO THE PRESIDENT ABOUT TOMORROW IS BRINGING THE ARMY CORPS IN IMMEDIATELY TO TALK TO US ABOUT HOW'S THE BEST WAY TO REBUILD THE JERSEY SHORE.

Despite election day on the horizon, Christie didn't seem very concerned about how his state would HOLD an election.

SOT:

00:01:51

I DON'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT ELECTION DAY, IT DOESN'T MATTER A WHIT TO ME / AT THE MOMENT I'VE GOT MUCH BIGGER FISH TO FRY THAN THAT AND SO DO THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY / SO LET THE POLITICIANS WHO ARE ON THE BALLOT WORRY ABOUT ELECTION DAY, IT'S NOT MY PROBLEM, I'M NOT DEALING WITH IT AT THE MOMENT.

But local election officials in New Jersey and other states ARE worried about next Tuesday.

-- In New York's Nassau County loss of power may force votes to be counted by hand, delaying the results.

-- In Connecticut, officials will consider whether to relocate polling places.

-- And West Virginia may deploy generators to keep lights on and voting machines humming.

NATSOT

-dueling ads-

Meanwhile, the two campaigns continue to battle over the perception of which campaign has the momentum. Both are now advertising in 3 new normally reliable Democratic states, Michigan, Minnesota and Pennsylvania.

TEASE ONE-TRX TOPS

nats of opening bell

UP AND RUNNING AGAIN,

TRADING RESUMES AFTER THE 2-DAY SHUTDOWN BECAUSE OF SANDY.

MAYOR BLOOMBERG RINGING THE BELL THIS MORNING.

YOUR MARKET WATCH UPDATE IS IN THREE MINUTES.

PLUS THIS,

Children don't need to be sexy. They need to be cute and fun."

"I think Halloween has become, very much, a "gender display ritual.

A TREND IN KIDS' COSTUMES OVER THE YEARS.

THEY'RE GOING FROM CUTE AND CUDDLY TO -- WELL - SOMETHING ELSE.

WE'LL LOOK AT WHAT KIDS ARE WEARING THESE DAYS.

SOME CALL IT A DISTURBING TREND.

YOU MAY NEED TO ACTUALLY WEAR A JACKET TONIGHT - A COOL EVENING ON TAP FOR TRICK-OR- TREATERS.

TZ1 A) MARKET WATCH UPDATE-NATS VOTOPS BIGBOARD

TZ1 B) SEXY COSTUMES-SOTVO

WEATHER-STC

MARKET WATCH-PKG

SANDY GAS PRICES-VOWIPE

NBC2 ON PUMP PATROL.

PRICES ARE DOWN BECAUSE OF SANDY.

THE STORM FORCED REFINERIES IN THE EAST TI SHUT DOWN.

BUT WITH MANY ROADS IMPASSABLE,

AT THE PUMP-CG TOPS BNR

BREAKING DOWN TODAY'S NUMBERS.

DOWN A PENNY FROM OVERNIGHT.

EXPECT TO PAY 3-55 FOR A GALLON OF REGULAR HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

THE STATE AVERAGE IS 3-49 THIS AFTERNOON.

THE NATIONAL IS 3-52.

FOR THE BEST PRICES IN YOUR AREA CHECK OUT OUR PUMP PATROL PAGE AT NBC DASH 2 DOT COM.

FIRST ALERT FORECAST-CLIP

FIRST ALERT FORECAST-WXWALL

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

IT IS NOT A VERBATIM OF WHAT IS BEING SAID, BUT IS THE FORECAST FOR OUR AREA.

"A SPOOK-tacular forecast"

After a cool start this morning, temperatures will be a bit warmer today compared to yesterdays high of 71°. Despite some cloud cover rolling in this morning, plan on another pleasant day across Southwest Florida with temperatures remaining below normal.

Through the late morning and early afternoon hours, a bit more sunshine will break through those clouds with partly sunny conditions for the rest of your Wednesday. Highs today will climb into the middle and upper 70s with a nice breeze out of the northwest. Winds won't be quiet as gusty today, however an occasional wind gust at 15 to 20mph isn't out of the question.

As we head into the evening hours, our skies will stay partly cloudy to mostly clear with mainly dry conditions. Temperatures will begin to drop into the upper 60s around sunset, so as your ghosts and goblins are getting ready to head out for some treats there will be a very slight chill in the air. Overnight, temperatures won't be quite as cool as most locations along the coast and urban corridor will drop into the lower 60s with spots deeper inland falling into the middle and upper 50s.

A weak cold front will sag down the peninsula on Thursday keeping our skies partly sunny with a slight chance for a few spotty showers during the afternoon and early evening. Temperatures will continue to run in the upper 70s to near 80°. While this front, won't bring another dose of colder air, it will reinforce the pleasant weather we've already been seeing.

SEXY COSTUMES-VO IN PLASMA

THANKS JIM.

IT'S TIME FOR HALLOWEEN FUN!

YOU MIGHT BE HITTING THE STREETS WITH YOUR KIDS TONIGHT.

AN INTERESTING REPORT LOOKS AT HOW COSTUMES FOR CHILDREN HAVE CHANGED OVER THE YEARS.

SEXY COSTUMES-PKG

HALLOWEEN WHEN KAREN GILBERT WAS A LITTLE GIRL.

"And one of us was dressed like a pumpkin."

.MIGHT HAVE LOOKED SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

AN ON-LINE PHOTO.SHOWING A LITTLE GIRL IN A FELT COSTUME.LOOKING LIKE."A PUMPKIN."

BUT HERE'S WHAT SOME PUMPKIN OUTFITS -- MARKETED TOWARD VERY YOUNG GIRLS -- LOOK LIKE TODAY.

"Children don't need to be sexy. They need to be cute and fun."

"I think Halloween has become, very much, a "gender display ritual.""

SOCIOLOGIST LISA WADE AT OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE CALLS IT A "DISTURBING" TREND.

ONE WHERE HALLOWEEN HAS BECOME LIKE THE JUNIOR PROM.OR OTHER RITES OF PASSAGE IN A YOUNG WOMAN'S LIFE.

EXCEPT THE PACKAGES -- AND THE WEBSITES AND STORES -- OFTEN AIM THEM TOWARD PRE-ADOLESCENTS.

"The message young women and girls are getting is: 'You can be anything you want, as long as you're hot.'"

AND SHE'S NOT ALONE.

BLOGS AND TWEETS HAVE BEEN HEATING UP IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS.WITH PARENTS LAMENTING THE TREND.

ONE TODDLER'S MOTHER EVEN ASSEMBLED A SLIDE SHOW:

- COWGIRL COSTUME A FEW YEARS AGO.COWGIRL NOW.

- CAVE GIRL A DECADE AGO.CAVE GIRL NOW.

- EVEN A SILLY CLOWN OUTFIT.NOW HAS A SEXY SISTER.

WADE SAYS THE REASON ADULT HALLOWEEN COSTUMES STARTED GOING "SEXY" TO BEGIN WITH, IS BECAUSE THE LINES BETWEEN FEMININITY AND YOUTH.HAVE BECOME BLURRED.

"We expect adult women to be childish, in a sense, and young girls to be "adult-like.""

"I think it's bad."

PARENT CRUZ ROQUE TOLD US.IF HIS DAUGHTER, RISA, WANTED TO WEAR ONE OF THOSE COSTUMES, HE'D PUT HIS FOOT DOWN.

"I tell her 'no.' I prefer costumes for children."

WADE SAYS ONE SOLUTION IS: PARENTS COULD BUY THEIR GIRLS OUTFITS MARKETED TOWARD BOYS INSTEAD.

SEXY COSTUMES-OC

GORDON TOKUMATSU REPORTING.

OF COURSE, YOU COULD ALSO NOT THOSE SEXY COSTUMES.

WHITE HOUSE HALLOWEEN CANCELLED-VO

NO TRICK OR TREATING AT THE WHITE HOUSE TONIGHT.

THE YEARLY EVENT IS cancelled BECAUSE OF SANDY.

THE OBAMAS HAVE HOSTED A HALLOWEEN CELEBRATION SINCE MOVING INTO THE WHITE HOUSE IN 2009.

NOT THE CASE THIS YEAR.

HALLOWEEN EVENTS IN SWFL-3 CG BNR

ARE YOU READY TO GO TRICK OR TREATING HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA?

WE'VE GOT SOME EVENTS TO SHARE WITH YOU.

FIFTH AVENUE SOUTH, IN NAPLES, IS HOSTING ITS SECOND ANNUAL "HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR ON FIFTH."

THE HOURS ARE ON YOUR SCREEN.

EDISON MALL, COCONUT POINT, AND

PORT CHARLOTTE TOWN CENTER, ARE EACH HOSTING FUN AND SAFE NIGHTS OF TRICK-OR-TREATING.

YOU CAN FIND MORE EVENTS ON OUR WEB SITE, NBC DASH TWO DOT COM.

TETRIS PUMPKIN-VO

WE TEND TO SEE SOME CREATIVE PUMPKINS THIS TIME OF YEAR.

BUT WE MIGHT HAVE AN ALL-TIME WINNER TODAY.

CHECK OUT THIS JACK O LANTERN.

IT'S THE "TETRIS" VIDEO GAME!

THE GRID IS FULL OF L-E-D LIGHTS - AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY PLAY IT USING THE STEM AS THE CONTROL!

TEASE TWO-2 SHOT

IT'S HARD ENOUGH TO TRANSPORT ANY PATIENT FROM ONE HOSPITAL TO ANOTHER.

SO YOU CAN IMAGINE THE EFFORT IT TAKES WHEN THAT PATIENT IS A 2-POUND BABY - DURING A MONSTER STORM!

it was a very long night. A very very long night I haven't had not even one hour of sleep.

IN THREE MINUTES,

SANDY SHUTS DOWN POWER AT A NEW YORK HOSPITAL.

AND THE RACE TO SAVE THIS BABY GETS UNDERWAY.

TZ2 A) 2 LB BABY TRANSPORTED-SOTVO TO BREAK

2 LB BABY TRANSPORTED-2 SHOT

WE'RE HEARING AMAZING STORIES FROM SANDY THIS AFTERNOON.

IN NEW YORK,

REMEMBER THE PATIENTS WHO HAD TO BE MOVED AFTER A HOSPITAL POWER FAILURE?

ONE OF THEM IS A PREMATURE NEWBORN BABY GIRL WEIGHING IN AT JUST TWO POUNDS!

2 LB BABY TRANSPORTED-PKG

--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS --

MONDAY NIGHT THIS BABY -- 13 DAY OLD BABY MARTINEZ , A PREEMIE WEIGHING JUST 2 POUNDS SUDDENLY NEEDED TO BE URGENTLY TRANSPORTED. FROM NYU LANGONE HOSPITAL TO MOUNT SINAI. CHALLENGING UNDER ANY CONDITIONS, THESE WERE EXTRAORDINARY ONES --- AT ABOUT 1030 PM, CEO OF SINAI DR KENNETH DAVIS GOT THE CALL.

It's frightening. It's about as challenging as you can get, and when you're dealing with tiny little babies like this who are so fragile, it really can be an extraordinary circumstance.

WE'RE IN FRONT OF NYU MEDICAL CENTER. MT. SINAI IS SEVERAL BLOCKS TO THE NORTH OVER THERE, AND ABOUT FOUR BLOCKS TO THE WEST. THAT'S SORT OF THE IMPORTANT POINT. BECAUSE JUST OVER THERE IS THE EAST RIVER -- WHAT WE NOW KNOW IS AT 7PM THERE WAS NO WATER INSIDE THAT HOSPITAL, AT 7-45, THERE WAS 10 FEET. THE POWER STARTED TO GO OUT AND THEN THE GENERATORS FAILED. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THOSE PATIENTS AND THE DOCTORS FOUND THEMSELVES IN A WORST CASE SCENARIO.

AS FOR THE PARENTS OF LITTLE BABY MARTINEZ THEY FOUND OUT THE HOSPITAL -- AND THEIR DAUGHTER -- WOULD BE EVACUATED WHEN THEY WATCHED MAYOR MICHAEL BLOOMBERG ON TV. SHORTLY AFTER THEY LOST POWER, AND THEY HAD NO IDEA WHERE THEIR BABY WOULD BE TAKEN.

It was confirmed by my family members because they were calling me at home. Suddenly I lost outage in my apartment. We had no access to the TV, no access to internet, no phone services at home it was just our cell.

JUST IMAGINE THE DESPERATION, THE NIGHTMARE. THEIR 13 DAY OLD BABY RUSHED THROUGH THE STREETS OF NEW YORK CITY IN THE MIDDLE OF SANDY. WHILE THEY WERE STUCK AT HOME IN NEW JERSEY; ALL THEY COULD DO WAS HOPE, PRAY AND WAIT FOR WORD OF WHERE THEY COULD FIND THEIR NEWBORN.

All the bridges were closed, and we had no choice but to go back home and just sit, and wait for today to get here and it was a very long night. A very very long night I haven't had not even one hour of sleep.

DR KENNETH DAVIS, WHO WE MET EARLIER, IS ALSO THE MAN WHO OK'D THE TRANSFER AND, NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME, HE WILL MEET THE BABY HE HELPED SAVE.

You need a hug.oh my goodness.It's so hard. And you're dad?

Yes I am.

Wow. It's gonna be ok.

Her name is Emma Sophia.

TEASE THREE-2 SHOT

LOTS OF CLEANUP ON THE EAST COAST NOW THAT SANDY'S GONE.

IN TWO MINUTES WE CONTINUE OUR TOUR OF THE DAMAGE AS NEW VIDEO COMES IN.

WITH A SPECIAL LOOK AT WHAT HALLOWEEN WILL BE LIKE FOR KIDS AND FAMILIES UP NORTH.

MANY TOWNS LEFT IN THE DARK THIS AFTERNOON.

TZ3 A) SANDY CLEANUP-VO

TZ3 B) SANDY HALLOWEEN-VO

DR. OZ LOOKLIVE TEASE-SOTTOPS TO BREAK

OPEN-CLIP

SEASIDE HEIGHTS NJ-VOTOPS

WE'RE SEEING MORE OF HURRICANE SANDY'S DEVASTATION TODAY.

HERE'S A LOOK AT THE NEW JERSEY SHORE.

THIS IS THE COASTAL COMMUNITY OF SEASIDE HEIGHTS.

HUNDREDS OF HOMES HAVE BEEN KNOCKED OFF THEIR FOUNDATIONS.

SANDY CLEANUP-2 SHOT

HELLO EVERYONE.

I'M STACEY DEFFENBAUGH.

I'M HEATHER TURCO.

AT LEAST 59 CONFIRMED DEATHS THIS AFTERNOON.

AND 6 AND A HALF MILLION PEOPLE ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER.

CLEANUP BEGINS AFTER SANDY RIPS UP THE EAST COAST.

SANDY CLEANUP-PKG

--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS --

RESIDENTS ACROSS THE EASTERN SEABOARD ARE BEGINNING TO PICK UP THE PIECES IN THE WAKE OF SUPERSTORM SANDY.

I've lived here for 39 years, I've been through several hurricanes, going back to Gloria. And I've never seen anything like this at all.

SANDY MADE LANDFALL NEAR ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY MONDAY NIGHT, BRINGING A STORM SURGE THAT FLOODED THE JERSEY SHORE.NEW YORK SUBWAY TUNNELS.AND LAGUARDIA AIRPORT. THE STORM SPARKED ELECTRICAL FIRES AND KNOCKED OUT POWER TO MILLIONS.

RESCUE EFFORTS ARE STILL UNDERWAY TO SAVE THOSE LEFT STRANDED. THIS WOMAN AND HER MOTHER RODE OUT THE STORM TRAPPED IN A CAR.

You don't know where to go, you're trying to get out a window, you're up to your neck in water, it's freezing the wind is blowing.

NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR CHRIS CHRISTIE SAID RESIDENTS OF HIS STATE ARE DEVASTATED.

This is a monumental, monumental task that we have in front of us. I would ask them this week for their patience and then the week after that, we're going to need their resilience as we begin to go back to work and rebuild our state.

PRESIDENT OBAMA SIGNED DISASTER DECLARATIONS FOR NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK, CLEARING THE WAY FOR FEDERAL AID.

I want every agency to lean forward and make sure we are getting the resources where they need, where they're needed as quickly as possible.

NY ROOFTOP RESCUES-TRX VOTOPS WIPE

RENE MARSH REPORTING.

TAKING A TOUR OF HARD HIT AREAS.

NEW VIDEO CONTINUES TO POUR IN FROM THE EAST COAST.

LIKE THIS DRAMATIC ROOFTOP RESCUE IN STATEN ISLAND.

CREWS PULL FIVE ADULTS AND ONE CHILD FROM FLOODED HOMES.

NY AERIALS-VOTOPS WIPE

WE HAVE A NEW LOOK AT THE DAMAGE AND FLOODING ON PARTS OF NEW YORK.

TAKE A LOOK AT LAGUARDIA AIRPORT.

FLOODING ON THE TARMAC CAUSED THE AIRPORT TO CLOSE.

NY FLOODED SUBWAY-VOTOPS WIPE

NO DISASTER HAS EVER HIT NEW YORK'S SUBWAY SYSTEM THIS HARD.

SEVEN TUNNELS UNDER THE EAST RIVER REMAIN FLOODED TODAY.

IT COULD TAKE UP TO FOUR DAYS TO GET ALL THE WATER OUT OF THOSE TUNNELS.

AND IT'S NOT GOING TO RECEDE ON ITS OWN.

HYANNIS PORT YACHT CLUB-VOTOPS WIPE

TAKING A QUICK LOOK AT MASSACHUSETTS.

CHECK OUT THE HYANNIS PORT YACHT CLUB - OR AT LEAST WHAT IT USED TO BE.

SANDY KNOCKED THE BUILDING RIGHT INTO THE OCEAN.

OFFICIALS ARE CONSIDERING REBUILDING.

RI RESTAURANT DESTROYED-VOTOPS WIPE

A BELOVED RESTAURANT IN RHODE ISLAND IS TORN TO PIECES.

THIS WAS THE COAST GUARD HOUSE IN naira-GANN-sett.

THE RESTAURANT'S OWNERS REBUILT THE COAST GUARD HOUSE AFTER HURRICANE BOB CAUSED SIMILAR DEVASTATION IN 1991.

RI RESTAURANT DESTROYED-SOTVO WIPE

We are making dramatic progress. We will be open, right, in -- I guess -- within two and a half months. Maybe sooner. We will be bigger -- not bigger -- but we will be better than we ever were.

NH WORKER DIES-VOTOPS WIPE

IN NEW HAMPSHIRE,

A MAN IS DEAD AFTER A MUDSLIDE CAUSED BY SANDY.

POLICE SAY THE CONSTRUCTION WORKER WAS INSPECTING THE DAMAGE FROM THE STORM.

THE GROUND BENEATH HIM GAVE WAY, SENDING THE MAN TUMBLING INTO A MUDSLIDE TWO STORIES HIGH.

HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD ON THE WAY TO A HOSPITAL.

STATEN ISLAND BOATS-VOTOPS WIPE

AND CHECK OUT THIS SCENE ON STATEN ISLAND NEW YORK.

BOATS AND CARS SHARE THE STREETS.

YOU CAN ALSO SEE TREES IN THE ROAD AS PEOPLE PICK UP DEBRIS.

NY TREE UPROOTED-VOTOPS

HAVE YOU SEEN THIS VIDEO YET?

A TREE IN HUNTINGTON NEW YORK CAUGHT ON TAPE CRASHING TO THE GROUND.

THANKFULLY NO INJURIES DURING THE TOPPLE.

SANDY HALLOWEEN-2 SHOT

WITH TODAY BEING HALLOWEEN,

WHAT WILL IT MEAN FOR ALL THE KIDS UP NORTH?

MILLIONS REMAIN IN THE DARK.

AND SOME STREETS ARE TOO DANGEROUS FOR TRICK OR TREATING.

SANDY HALLOWEEN-PKG

SCRIPT:

AS THE NORTHEAST BEGINGS DIGGING OUT OF THE MESS SANDY LEFT BEHIND

THE QUESTION FOR SO MANY FAMILIES THIS MORNING.

HOW TO MAKE SURE THIS HALLOWEEN. WON'T TURN INTO A HALLO-WASN'T?

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"HALLOWEEN IS LIKE CHRISTMAS IT GOES ON NO MATTER WHAT."

WITHOUT QUESTION, TODAY WILL BE NO ORDINARY HALLOWEEN FOR THE CHILDREN OF

HURRICANE SANDY.

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KID IN FIREMAN OUTFIT

04;10 "I'M GONNA HAVE HALLOWEEN" /2;58"WE'RE GONNA TRICK OR TREAT AT MY

CONFIRMED METRO INTERSECTION-SOTVO

PAULA FARIS REPORTING.

LOTS MORE COVERAGE OF SANDY ON OUR WEBSITE - nbc DASH 2 DOT COM.

IN LEE COUNTY TODAY - COMMISSIONERS WANT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AT A DANGEROUS NEW ROAD.

RAY JUDAH LEE CO. COMMISSIONER 12:15:06 we're going to see more deaths. it is a speedway and it is a death trap for residents.

COMMISSIONER RAY JUDAH IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE NEW METRO EXTENSION.

SO THE COUNTY SENT A LETTER TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

CAPE CORAL SAFE CITY-CG WIPE

TURNS OUT CAPE CORAL IS ONE OF THE SAFEST CITIES IN THE COUNTRY.

THAT'S ACCORDING TO A NEW REPORT FROM THE FBI.

CAPE CORAL RANKS NUMBER SIX WHEN IT COMES TO VIOLENT CRIME.

THE CITY DROPPED TO NUMBER THIRTY-TWO WHEN IT COMES TO PROPERTY CRIMES.

CAPE CORAL SAFE CITY-SOTVO

-Schiavarelli-"Crime rate in NY where I came from is quite high compared to here, this is fabulous."

-"I feel very safe and I wouldn't live another place in Lee County.

TEASE FOUR-2 SHOT

LADIES HOW OFTEN DOES YOUR MAN GO TO THE DOCTOR - ESPECIALLY AFTER AGE 30?

ON TODAY'S MEDICAL FRONT,

VITAL MEDICAL TESTS DOCTORS SAY EVERY MAN SHOULD HAVE - A TUNE-UP, IF YOU WILL.

PLUS THIS,

so i threw him into my living room and from there i just kicked him literally all the way out of my house

DON'T BREAK INTO THIS WOMAN'S HOME!

SHE'S A KARATE CHAMPION.

A INTRUDER FOUND OUT THE HARD WAY.

TZ4 A) MENS HEALTH TEST-VO

TZ4 B) KARATE WOMAN-SOTVO

KARATE WOMAN-2 SHOT

WELCOME BACK!

AN INTRUDER IN CALIFORNIA GETS MORE THAN HE BARGAINED FOR.

HE BROKE INTO THE HOME OF A YOUNG WOMAN - WHO HAPPENS TO BE A KARATE CHAMPION!

KARATE WOMAN-PKG

SHOWING OFF HER MARTIAL ARTS SKILLS.JANNINE RAMIREZ CAN BE PRETTY INTIMIDATING.

SHE STARTED OUT HER SATURDAY COMPETING IN HER FIRST TOURNAMENT.AND TOOK HOME FIRST PLACE.

IT WAS THOSE SAME MOVES RAMIREZ USED LATER THAT NIGHT WHEN SHE FOUND A STRANGE MAN IN HER BATHROOM.

S/ Jannine Ramirez / Karate Champion:18-:39

"i just stepped back , kicked the door right open, he came at me, i kicked him, he flew through my shower doors, he broke that, he got back up, he came towards me again, i kicked him, he tried to get out of the bathroom, so i threw him into my living room and from there i just kicked him literally all the way out of my house"

ONCE OUTSIDE. RAMIREZ'S MOTHER AND NEIGHBORS GATHERED AROUND AND HELPED KEEP THE MAN FROM LEAVING UNTIL FRESNO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES SHOWED UP.

AFTER SOME QUESTIONING.IT TURNS OUT THE MAN, IDENTIFIED AS 18 YEAR OLD WILBERTO ZAPATA, WAS FOUND TO BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL AND HAD BROKEN IN.MISTAKENLY THINKING IT WAS HIS APARTMENT.

RAMIREZ SAYS SHE JUST REACTED TO WHAT SHE THOUGHT WAS SOMEONE THREATENING HER FAMILY.

S/ Jannine Ramirez / Karate Champion 1:04-1:07

"i was just in my zone, went for it got it done"

HER INSTRUCTOR.MICHAEL FINN.SAYS HE'S PROUD OF WHAT SHE DID.

S/ Michael Finn / Karate Instructor 1:12-1:17

"in the heat of the moment everything comes out like we teach them, what to do if you have to"

S/ Jannine Ramirez / Karate Champion 1:18-1:24

EARLY SNOW FOR WV DOG-2 SHOT VO

LINDSEY PENA REPORTING.

ALL THAT SNOW HITTING WEST VIRGINIA CAN BE A HEADACHE FOR SOME.

BUT NOT FOR THIS DOG!

CHECK HIM OUT.

HIS NAME IS MARLEY.

HE WOKE UP TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW EARLY YESTERDAY.

AND IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG FOR MARLEY TO JUMP RIGHT IN!

FIRST ALERT FORECAST-CLIP

FIRST ALERT FORECAST-WXWALL

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

IT IS NOT A VERBATIM OF WHAT IS BEING SAID, BUT IS THE FORECAST FOR OUR AREA.

"A SPOOK-tacular forecast"

After a cool start this morning, temperatures will be a bit warmer today compared to yesterdays high of 71°. Despite some cloud cover rolling in this morning, plan on another pleasant day across Southwest Florida with temperatures remaining below normal.

Through the late morning and early afternoon hours, a bit more sunshine will break through those clouds with partly sunny conditions for the rest of your Wednesday. Highs today will climb into the middle and upper 70s with a nice breeze out of the northwest. Winds won't be quiet as gusty today, however an occasional wind gust at 15 to 20mph isn't out of the question.

As we head into the evening hours, our skies will stay partly cloudy to mostly clear with mainly dry conditions. Temperatures will begin to drop into the upper 60s around sunset, so as your ghosts and goblins are getting ready to head out for some treats there will be a very slight chill in the air. Overnight, temperatures won't be quite as cool as most locations along the coast and urban corridor will drop into the lower 60s with spots deeper inland falling into the middle and upper 50s.

A weak cold front will sag down the peninsula on Thursday keeping our skies partly sunny with a slight chance for a few spotty showers during the afternoon and early evening. Temperatures will continue to run in the upper 70s to near 80°. While this front, won't bring another dose of colder air, it will reinforce the pleasant weather we've already been seeing.

MENS HEALTH TEST-CLIP VO IN PLASMA

LADIES, THINK FOR A MOMENT, ABOUT THE MEN IN YOUR LIFE.

ARE THEY RELUCTANT TO GO TO THE DOCTOR FOR ROUTINE TESTS?

OR GUYS - ARE YOU LISTENING?

THAT HESITATION CAN HAVE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES.

MENS HEALTH TEST-PKG

"I have never taken a sick day from work."

JEFF IS THE PICTURE OF HEALTH AND HE HAS THE ANNUAL PHYSICALS TO PROVE IT.

BUT WHEN A NEW TEST TOOK A MICROSCOPIC LOOK AT JEFF'S "NORMAL" CHOLESTEROL LEVELS. THAT PICTURE TURNED UGLY.

"It is a dangerous thing not to want to look a little deeper into some of these things."

"It is all about how you look at it - think of medical tests like getting a tune up for your car."

A BASIC CHECK FINDS BASIC PROBLEMS. FOR BETTER PERFORMANCE YOU NEED A BETTER LOOK.

"The worst part is conventional tests could still let the 85% walk out of here thinking they are okay."

A STANDARD CHECKLIST AT AGE 30 INCLUDES A CHOLESTEROL TEST AND A LOOK AT THE THYROID. A SCREENING FOR SKIN CANCER SINCE IT OCCURS IN MEN MORE THAN WOMEN.

AND A TESTICULAR EXAM BECAUSE THIS CANCER USUALLY OCCURS BEFORE THE AGE OF 40.

DR OTT SAYS IN THE 30'S THE NAME OF THE GAME IS PREVENTION -

MAKING SURE THE BODY IS WORKING EFFICIENTLY.

SO YOU SHOULD ADD A MICRO-NUTRIENT TEST TO SEE WHAT VITAMINS AND MINERALS YOUR BODY IS ABSORBING.

"You can assume at 30 you are looking at preventing aging at 40 you start repairing what aging has occurred."

A DECADE LATER AND IT IS TIME TO KICK IT UP A NOTCH.

"It takes a lot more to make the 40's work."

DO THE SAME CHECKS AS 30 - BUT ADD BLOOD PRESSURE AND A DIABETES SCREENING TO THE MIX.

ALSO - LOOK AT VITAMIN D. THE BODY DOESN'T COLLECT IT AS WELL AFTER 40.

OTT SAYS 40 IS THE AGE TO ADD THAT ADVANCED CHOLESTEROL SCREENING JEFF HAD.

"At 40 we want to find out if your building the initial blocks of heart disease, most people at 40 will still look good on conventional tests."

10 MORE YEARS AND THE SAME TESTS APPLY BUT NOW ADD HEARING AND COLON CHECKS ALONG WITH SCREENINGS FOR BLADDER AND PROSTATE CANCER. AND IT IS TIME TO CHECK THE METABOLISM.

"at 50 you want the WHOLE package."

OTT SAYS AGE 50 IS A GOOD TIME TO DO A TELEMERES TEST.

MENS HEALTH TEST-OC

OWEN CONFLENTI REPORTING.

AND IF YOU'RE IN YOUR SIXTIES,

OUCHLESS BANDAGE-VO

EVER NOTICE THAT LITTLE 'OUCH' YOU GET WHEN REMOVING A BANDAGE?

THAT COULD SOON CHANGE FOR THE BETTER.

THE SMART FOLKS AT M-I-T CREATED A NEW MEDICAL TAPE THAT PEELS OFF EASILY.

IT'S GOOD NEWS FOR PARENTS BECAUSE A BABY'S SKIN RIPS MUCH EASIER THAN AN ADULT'S.

NY DANGLING CRANE-2 SHOT

IT IS AN UNSETTLING REMNANT OF HURRICANE SANDY DANGLING HIGH OVER MIDTOWN MANHATTAN.

NY DANGLING CRANE-PKG

--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS --

THERE'S A NEW ADDITION TO NEW YORK'S SKYLINE MAKING IT HARD TO RESIST LOOKING UP.

"That's insane."

"It's amazing it hasn't fallen down yet."

"It seems to be just dangling in the wind."

THE CRANE THAT HAS PEDESTRIANS CRANING THEIR NECKS WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA DURING ITS PARTIAL COLLAPSE.

LIKE A MODERN DAY VERSION OF THE GREEK MYTH ABOUT THE SWORD OF DAMACLES HANGING OVER MANHATTAN'S 57TH STREET, IT HAD NEWSCASTERS RIVETED.

"It's so eerie that this is happening."

"They are afraid when that crane goes it could be bouncing off other buildings around here."

DESTINED TO BE THE TALLEST RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT BUILDING IN NEW YORK CITY WITH 90-MILLION DOLLAR PENTHOUSES, IT NOW HAS THE AIR OF INFAMY.

POLICE HAVE CLOSED OFF THE STREETS BELOW AS ENGINEERS FIGURE OUT WHEN THE WEATHER MAKES IT SAFE TO STRAP THE DROOPING BOOM TO THE BUILDING.

CATHY STEP AND HER HUSBAND WERE IN A HOTEL ROOM ACROSS FROM THE CRANE AS SHE TALKED ON THE PHONE.

"I was telling my mom I was safe and at that minuteI heard crane go over. Crunch! I said honey you better look out the window."

THE STEPS WERE EVACUATED TO ANOTHER HOTEL.

DONALD TRUMP HAS A VIEW OF THE CRANE OUT HIS WINDOW, HE'S EVEN WITH IT AND HE TOLD CNBC IT WAS LEFT AT TOO UPRIGHT AN ANGLE.

"And they didn't tie it down. That crane was not tied down."

"They are not supposed to be tethered, that is quite the contrary. they are supposed to be free and weathervane."

"Somebody made a big mistake."

"It is conceivable nobody did anything wrong whatsoever and it wasn't a malfunction and it was just a strange gust of wind."

THAT TURNED INTO A GALE OF NOTORIETY FOR A SWAYING MASS OF METAL THAT EVEN HAS A TABLOID NICKNAME.HURRY UP AND GET THAT HURRI-CRANE OUT OF THERE.

COMING UP @ 4-CLIP

CONCUSSIONS ARE A RISING CONCERN IN SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

WE DISCOVER A NEW TOOL THAT TAKES THE GUESSING GAME OUT OF DANGEROUS FOOTBALL HITS.

AND - BACK ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.

BOTH PARTIES TRAVEL THROUGH OUR BATTLEGROUND STATE AS THE CLOCK WINDS DOWN TO NEXT WEEKS ELECTION.

A) sexy costumes-VOTOPS-WIPE

B) concussion app-VOTOPS-WIPE

C) politics today-VOTOPS TO BREAK

SANDY STORM DAMAGE-TRXVO TOPS

HERE'S A LOOK AT THE TOP STORIES WE'RE FOLLOWING AT THIS HOUR.

THE CLEAN-UP IS UNDERWAY IN THE WAKE OF HURRICANE SANDY.

MILLIONS ARE WITHOUT POWER.

FLIGHTS ARE STILL BEING CANCELLED TODAY.

AND FLOODING, STILL A MAJOR ISSUE.

EARLY VOTING CLIFTON LIVE-VOTOPS

JUST ONE WEEK LEFT UNTIL THE ELECTION.

THE LINES FOR EARLY VOTING AROUND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ARE LONGER THAN THEY'VE EVER BEEN.

SOME ARE STILL WAITING OVER TWO HOURS TO CAST THEIR BALLOT TODAY.

TOP STORY 3-VOTOPS

MARKET WATCH-SATLIVE

CLOSE-3-SHOT

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