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TONIGHT AT 11, A-B-C SEVEN IS TRACKING SANDY --

INCREDIBLE NEW VIDEO IS COMING IN AS THE SUPERSTORM MAKES LANDFALL IN NEW JERSEY.

60 MILLION PEOPLE ARE IN IT SIGHTS.

SANDY LATEST VIDEO 2-SOTVO

Evacuations are no longer possible, and we're no longer able to come and rescue people.

A POPULAR VACATION SPOT HAS MORPHED INTO A GHOST TOWN --

SANDY LATEST VIDEO 3-LIVE OR VOTOPS CAM P PUSH

THIS IS A LIVE LOOK AT TIMES SQUARE IN NEW YORK CITY --

SANDY NATIONAL TOSS-2SHOT PUSH

WE KNOW MANY OF YOU HAVE LOVED ONES OR HOUSES IN THE STORM'S PATH.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT THIS STORM IS DOING UP NORTH RIGHT NOW.

OUR TEAM COVERAGE BEGINS LIVE TONIGHT IN CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY

SANDY NATIONAL-LIVE

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gov cuomo sot: this is nothing to be trifled with. it's really not

ROADS WASHED AWAY AS COMMUNITIES GOT HIT HARD BY FLOODING

WATER WAS POURING INTO GROUND ZERO IN NEW YORK

MORE THAN THREE MILLION PEOPLE ARE WITHOUT POWER IN 11 STATES.

PART OF "THE CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS" IS IN THE DARK

THE WALL OF A FOUR STORY BUILDING COLLAPSED IN LOWER MANHATTAN EXPOSING

APARTMENTS INSIDE. NO ONE WAS INJURED

BUT AT LEAST SEVEN STORM-RELATED DEATHS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN CONNECTICUT,

MARYLAND AND FIVE IN NEW YORK INCLUDING THREE CHILDREN

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION FOR MORE THAN 12 MILLION PEOPLE CAME TO A HALT IN NEW

YORK, PHILADELPHIA AND WASHINGTON DC

AND IT ISN'T JUST PEOPLE ON THE EAST COAST IMPACTED BY SANDY. AIR TRAVE

ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAS BEEN IMPACTED BY DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS

GENEVIEVE SHAW BROWN ABC NEWS TRAVEL & LIFESTYLE EDITOR SOT -

"IT'LL LIKELY TAKE 3 TO 4 DAYS AFTER THE STORM PASSES FOR THINGS TO GET BACK

TO NORMAL BY NEXT WEEKEND MOST TRAVELERS SHOULD BE WHERE THEY NEEDED TO GO.

"

AND WHEN THE EYE OF THE STORM PASSED OVER ATLANTIC CITY, THE WINDS ABATED,

FIRST WEATHER TOSS-CAM 9 PUSH

THE SCENES COMING OUT OF THE NORTHEAST ARE HARD TO FATHOM --

SOME ARE CALLING IT A ONCE IN A LIFE TIME EVENT.

A-B-C SEVEN CHIEF METEOROLOGIST JOHN PATRICK IS TRACKING THE SUPERSTORM IN THE STORMWARN SEVEN HURRICANE CENTER.

FIRST WEATHER-WX CTR WX WALL

SANDY IRENE-VOTOPS

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WE ARE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON CANCELLATIONS AT R-S-W.

AIRLINES CANCELLED ROUGHLY A THIRD OF THE SCHEDULED FLIGHTS OUT OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL.LEAVING TRAVELERS SCRAMBLING TO FIND ALTERNATE PLANS.

FROM WASHINGTON DC TO BOSTON, SANDY'S STRONGHOLD ON THE EASTCOAST GROUNDED MORE THAN 12-THOUSAND FLIGHTS.

SANDY LOCAL-VOTOPS

TONIGHT -- MORE THAN THREE MILLION PEOPLE ARE IN THE DARK.

THEY HAVE LOST POWER.

JUST HOURS AGO -- THE UTILITY COMPANY 'CONSOLIDATED EDISON' CUT POWER TO LOWER MANHATTAN.

THEY DID THAT TO AVOID STORM DAMAGE.

WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR EVEN MORE PEOPLE TO LOSE POWER OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS --

WORKERS WITH FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT ARE HEADING TO NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK, AS WELL AS D-C.

20 EMPLOYEES AND A DOZEN TRUCKS HEADED TO THE DISASTER AREA THIS MORNING.

OPERATION SPIDERWEB-VO SS

THE TOP STORY TONIGHT IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

COPS SAY THEY CAUGHT DOZENS OF MEN -- INCLUDING TWO WHO WORK IN OUR SCHOOLS --

IN A SEX PREDATOR STING.

CHECK OUT VIDEO OF 'OPERATION SPIDER WEB.'

LEE COUNTY DETECTIVES SAY THESE MEN THOUGHT THEY WERE MEETING CHILDREN FOR SEX.

THEY TALKED TO THEM ONLINE.

INSTEAD, DEPUTIES TOOK THEM DOWN.

IN ALL, THEY BUSTED 40 MEN -- INCLUDING 43-YEAR-OLD CHRISTOPHER CHEPELEVICH.

HE TAUGHT SOCIAL STUDIES AT NORTH NICHOLAS HIGH SCHOOL IN CAPE CORAL.

THE SCHOOL HAS SINCE FIRED HIM.

OPERATION SPIDERWEB-SOT SS

CAROLYN TAYLOR, PRINCIPAL: its awful I mean none of my kids were involved none of them were impacted and that's the most important thing

ALSO BUSTED IN THE STING -- 23 YEAR OLD ISAIAH JONES.

SCHOOL OFFICIALS SAY HE WORKED FOR LEHIGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

HE ALSO SERVED AS A VOLUNTEER COACH.

COLD CASE UPDATE-SS

MORE THAN A DECADE AFTER HER MURDER.

TONIGHT CHARLOTTE COUNTY DETECTIVES SAY THEY'VE SOLVED THE COLD CASE.

TARA SIDAROVICH DISAPPEARED IN 2001 --

TEN MONTHS LATER AUTHORITIES FOUND HER BODY.

TONIGHT THEY SAY THESE TWO MEN MURDERED HER.

OFFICERS ARRESTED DAVID MCMANNIS IN MARYLAND FRIDAY.

PHIL BARR IS STILL ON THE LOOSE -- BUT A WARRENT IS OUT FOR HIS ARREST.

CAPE CRA VOTE-VO

THE FUTURE OF THE CAPE CORAL COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY HAS BEEN DECIDED --

THE CITY IS TAKING OVER.

DESPITE PLEAS FROM RESIDENTS AND LOCAL BUSINESS PEOPLE --

IN A 5 TO 3 VOTE COUNCILMEMBERS VOTED TO LET THE CITY TAKE OVER.

WHAT IT CAME DOWN TO WAS. FINANCES.

STAFF SAYS THE AGENCY IS MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS OVER BUDGET.

AND BY AT LEAST 2013 THEY WILL BE OUT OF MONEY.

BUT THE C-R-A ARGUES THEIR BUDGET WAS FINANCIALLY SOUND.

CAPE CRA VOTE-SOT

SCRUB JAY VOTE-VOTOPS

CAPE LEADERS ALSO DISCUSSED A NEARLY 800-THOUSAND DOLLAR PLAN TO MOVE AN ENDANGERED BIRD POPULATION.

THE PLAN IS TO MOVE SCRUB JAYS OUT OF THE NORTH CAPE -- PAVING THE WAY FOR A NEW PARK

CAPE HOUSE FIRE-NATVO

"My dog saved the day, he is our hero, all of ours, absolutely

TONIGHT, A CAPE CORAL FAMILY CREDITS THEIR DOG WITH SAVING THEIR LIFE.

MADDOX'S BARK WOKE THEM UP OVERNIGHT --

WHEN THEIR GARAGE CAUGHT FIRE.

THEY ESCAPED FROM THE BURNING HOUSE -- WELL KNOWN IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE THEY DECORATE IT SO MUCH FOR HALLOWEEN.

NEXT AT 11 OPEN-CLIP

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MORE INCREDIBLE VIDEO ROLLING IN FROM NEW YORK CITY TONIGHT --

CARS UNDERWATER IN SOME STREETS --

AND ENTIRE SECTIONS OF THE CITY ARE WITHOUT POWER.

AND 14 PEOPLE PULLED FROM MOUNTAINOUS WAVES AFTER THEIR SHIP SINKS --

HOW THEY WERE RESCUED -- AND THE SEARCH FOR THEIR CAPTAIN.

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TZ1 B COAST GUARD RESCUE-VOTOPS

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WEATHER-PWC

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RESCUED!

THE COAST GUARD SAVED 14 FROM THIS SINKING SHIP OFF NORTH CAROLINA.

WHAT WE KNOW TONIGHT ABOUT THE TWO PEOPLE THEY COULDN'T SAVE FROM THE H-M-S BOUNTY.

PLUS --

THIS SHOT OF FLOODING AT GROUND ZERO IS JUST ONE OF MANY STUNNING PHOTOS TODAY.

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SANDY LATEST VIDEO OR LIVE-VO LIVE

BRAND NEW VIDEO TONIGHT OUT OF NEW YORK CITY.

WATCH AS A LARGE POWER STATION EXPLODES ON THE EAST SIDE OF MANHATTAN.

WE'RE HEARING REPORTS THAT RISING FLOODWATERS TRAPPED 19 WORKERS INSIDE THE PLANT.

AN EXPLOSION LIKE THIS IS WHY THE CITY'S UTILITY COMPANY SHUT DOWN THE GRID FOR PARTS OF THE CITY.

NEARLY 70-THOUSAND ARE WITHOUT POWER IN N-Y-C ALONE.

ONE 57 ON WEST 57TH STREET.

PART OF THAT CRANE COLLAPSED EARLIER TODAY.

COAST GUARD RESCUE-NATVOTOPS

there are survivors coming out of the rafts

LOOK AT THIS INCREDIBLE VIDEO OF A COAST GUARD RESCUE IN THE WATER OFF NORTH CAROLINA!

HURRICANE SANDY SANK THE H-M-S BOUNTY -- AS 16 CREW MEMBERS ABANDONED SHIP.

TWO HELICOPTERS HELPED RESCUE 14 OF THE CREW MEMBERS FROM LIFE RAFTS IN CHURNING SEAS.

ONE CREW MEMBER DID NOT MAKE IT.

HER BODY WAS FOUND.

AND THE SHIP'S CAPTAIN -- ROBIN WALBRIDGE -- IS STILL MISSING TONIGHT.

COAST GUARD RESCUE-SOTVO

bing down there in the waves is like being in a washing machine the waves are kind of hitting att you in every direction.

THE BOUNTY WAS HEADING TO SAINT PETE AT THE TIME.

VOTE 2012-CLIP

VOTE 1 CANCELLATIONS-BNC VOTE VO

IT IS YOUR VOICE YOUR VOTE. AND THERE ARE JUST EIGHT DAYS UNTIL ELECTION DAY!

WE NOW LOOK AT SANDY'S IMPACT ON THE ELECTION.

PRESIDENT OBAMA AND REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER MITT ROMNEY CANCELLED DOZENS OF CAMPAIGN EVENTS.

NOT ONLY THAT -- BUT THERE'S ALSO CONCERN FOR THE UNKNOWN THAT SANDY COULD PUT ON THE ELECTION.

TODAY - VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA CLOSED DOZENS OF POLLING PLACES BECAUSE OF THE SUPERSTORM.

LOOKING AHEAD.TOMORROW ELECTION OFFICES IN WASHINGTON D-C AND MARYLAND WILL BE CLOSED.

MARYLAND EXTENDED EARLY VOTING THROUGH SATURDAY TO MAKEUP FOR TODAY'S LOSS.

OTHER STATES IN SANDY'S PATH DON'T ALLOW FOR EARLY IN-PERSON VOTING.

EARLY VOTING-HS CG VOTOPS

AND HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA -- THE LINES FOR EARLY VOTING WERE OUT THE DOOR TODAY.

AT THE ELECTION CENTER ACROSS FROM BELL TOWER SHOPS THE WAIT EARLIER TODAY WAS ABOUT TWO HOURS LONG.

THE DOORS OPEN AGAIN TOMORROW MORNING AT SEVEN.

THEY WILL STAY OPEN FROM SEVEN-TO-SEVEN EVERY DAY UNTIL THIS SATURDAY.

AND, IF YOU WANT TO AVOID THE LINES -- YOU CAN TURN IN AN ABSENTEE BALLOT.

KIMMEL CANCELLED-VOTOPS

LATE NIGHT TELEVISION IS SANDY'S LATEST CASUALTY.

JIMMY KIMMEL AND DAVID LETTERMAN BOTH CANCELLED THE TAPINGS OF THEIR LATE NIGHT TALK SHOWS TODAY.

KIMMEL HAD PLANNED ON TAPING HIS SHOW IN BROOKLYN THIS WEEK.

COMEDY CENTRAL ALSO PULLED THE PLUG ON THE DAILY SHOW AND THE COLBERT REPORT.

STARS ON SANDY-CGTOPS (3)

CELEBRITIES USED TWITTER TO TALK ABOUT SANDY.

THAT'S HOW HOW JIMMY KIMMEL BROKE THE NEWS TO HIS FANS.

THE STAR OF A-B-C'S HIT "NASHVILLE" -- HAYDEN PANETTIERE HAD THIS TO SAY.

SHE SENT BEST WISHES TO THE PEOPLE ON THE EAST COAST.

AND AS THE STORM BEARS DOWN ON THE JERSEY SHORE --

THIS IS WHAT JERSEY SHORE'S SNOOKI POSTED.

HOGAN LAWSUIT-VO

HERE'S THE LATEST ON HULK HOGAN AND HIS SEX TAPE.

TODAY -- THE WRESTLER SETTLED HIS LAWSUIT AGAINST POPULAR RADIO D-J "BUBBA THE LOVE SPONGE" AND HIS EX-WIFE HEATHER.

HOGAN SAID HE DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS BEING TAPED WHILE HAVING SEX WITH HER.

THE DETAILS OF THAT SETTLEMENT ARE CONFIDENTIAL.

SPACE X MISSION OVER-VO

A HISTORIC SPACE FLIGHT IS OVER.

TAKE A LOOK AT NEW VIDEO OF THE SPACE-X DRAGON CAPSULE SPLASHING DOWN IN THE PACIFIC YESTERDAY -- JUST A FEW HUNDRED MILES OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST.

THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME NASA USED A PRIVATE COMPANY'S SPACE CAPSULE TO MAKE A SUPPLY RUN TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.

SPORTS TOSS-2SHOTVO

STILL AHEAD TONIGHT AT 11 -- BRAD WILL BE IN WITH SPORTS --

BUT FIRST, WE WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THE MOST STUNNING PICTURES OF SANDY.

THE LIGHTS WENT DOWN ON BROADWAY TONIGHT.

SANDY HAS KNOCKED POWER OUT THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE BIG APPLE.

A BIG CHUNK OF THE BIG APPLE IS ALSO UNDERWATER TONIGHT.

SANDY IS SWALLOWING UP CARS.

SHE'S ALSO PUMPING WATER INTO THE SUBWAY SYSTEMS IN THE NORTHEAST.

SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS CAPTURED THIS STUNNING SHOT.

THIS WAS STUNNING TOO.

AN NEW YORK CITY APARTMENT BUILDING LOST ITS FACADE.

IT LOOKED LIKE A DOLLHOUSE -- MISSING ITS FOURTH WALL.

AND THIS TAXI CAB DID NOT SURVIVE SANDY -- CRUNCHED BY A DOWNED TREE.

NIGHTLINE TEASE-BLK-SOT

SPORTS OPEN-CLIP

SAN FRAN CELEBRATION-VOTOPS

IT IS PARTY TIME IN SAN FRANCISCO.

GIANTS RETURN TO THE BAY AREA FRESH OFF THEIR SWEEP OF DETROIT. TO WIN THEIR 2ND WORLD SERIES TITLE IN 3 YEARS.

MIAMI HEAT-POPMON

MIAMI HEAT-VOTOPS

HARD TO BELIEVE. BUT THE NBA SEASON IS UPON US.

HEAT OPEN THE SEASON TUESDAY NIGHT AGAINST THE CELTICS.

MIAMI HEAT-SOTTOPS

MIAMI DOLPHINS-VOTOPS

LET'S KEEP IT IN MIAMI. DON'T LOOK NOW BUT THE DOLPHINS HAVE WON 3 STRAIGHT AND ARE JUST A HALF GAME BEHIND THE PATRIOTS IN THE AFC EAST.

THE DEFENSE CONTINUES TO BE THE STRENGHT OF THE DOPHINS. GIVING UP JUST 18 POINTS PER GAME AND ALLOWING JUST 82 YARDS RUSHING.

MIAMI DOLPHINS-SOTVO

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MEANWHILE RYAN TANNEHILL'S STATUS FOR THIS SUNDAY IS UNKNOWN.

TANNEHILL HAD AN MRI ON HIS LEFT KNEE. WHICH REVEALED NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. HOWEVER HE IS EXPERIENCING SERIOUS DISCOMFORT.

FLORIDA GATORS-POPMON

FLORIDA GATORS-VOTOPS

WITH THEIR LOSS TO THE DAWGS ON SATURDAY. THE GATORS MOST LIKELY SAW THEIR SEC TITLE HOPES AND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS HOPE DISAPPEAR.

6 TURNOVERS. CERTIANLY KILLED THE GATORS.

FLORIDA GATORS-SOTTOPS

FGCU VOLLEYBALL-VOTOPS

LET'S STAY IN COLLEGE. BUT TALK SOME VOLLEYBALL

THE FGCU EAGLES. ARE PIPING HOT. WINNERS OF 14 STRAIGHT MATCHES. THE SCHOOL RECORD IS 27 STRAIGHT WINS.

FGCU VOLLEYBALL-SOTTOPS

TIGER RORY-POPMON

TIGER RORY-VOTOPS

IT WAS AN 18 HOLE EXHIBITION MATCH. CALLED THE DUEL AT JINSHA LAKE

RORY GOT THE WIN SHOOTING A 5 UNDER. TIGER ONE SHOT BACK AT 4 UNDER.

TIGER RORY-SOTTOPS

TOSS TO BREAK-POP

REPORTERS IN THE STORM-NATVO

REPORTING THE NEWS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA --

WE OFTEN TELL PEOPLE TO STAY INSIDE DURING EXTREME WEATHER.

BUT THEN -- SOME SAY FOOLISHLY -- WE THEN STAY OUT IN THE STORM TO SHOW YOU THE CONDITIONS.

THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK OUT.

WATCH THIS!

there's the ocean behind me actually, you can see right behind me some guys playing around.

THAT IS C-N-N'S ALI VELSHI IN ATLANTIC CITY --

SEEMS HE WASN'T THE ONLY PERSON OUT ON THE SUPPOSEDLY-ABANDONDED STREETS.

AND TAKE A LOOK AT THIS-- IT'S A-B-C'S OWN MATT GUTMAN AND HIS PRODUCER.

THIS WAS IN NAGS HEAD, NORTH CAROLINA LAST NIGHT.

REPORTERS IN THE STORM 2-VOTOPS

TOMB OF THE UNKNOWNS-VOTOPS

AND THIS IS A PICTURE OF SOMEONE ELSE WHOSE JOB IT IS TO WEATHER THE STORM.

DESPITE SANDY -- ARMY GUARDS STOOD WATCH AT THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDER IN WASHINGTON.

THE TOMB WAS BUILT AFTER WORLD WAR ONE --

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