Page 70 - Collapsed News Today

As soon as he arrives. but first, there are also reports that there were heating problems from the building. wnbc reporting that there had been complaints of no heat in the building. that con ed utility was called to the scene. what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: well, there were reports, con ed confirmed that they were on their way to the scene of this explosion to investigate reports of a gas leak when the explosion happened just after 9:00 this morning eastern time. there are also c...

It matters. >> and jonah, great to talk to you about this. >> lets get into the nuts and bolts of the race. republicans are elated saying this could be a thing to come in november. for the 13th district jolly is the winner. our senior national correspondent john roberts is live in clear water with the resu resu results. >> reporter: this is the first test during the mid-term year and it appears it passed with flying colors. a lot of republicans complained jolly wasnt the strongest

It looked like i guess what a cake would look like if somebody popped up and out of it. the whole top was popped out and then it collapsed. so whether it was gas or something bigger, ive never in my life seen anything that big and that loud. and there was just rubble everywhere. and it looked like beirut. >> mr. grande, did you see any sign of people, residents, other survivors coming out before the building collapsed? >> i didnt. there was a lot of smoke, and everyone nearby that area were stan...

Situation in the surrounding buildings, checked the surrounding buildings. made sure that everyone in those buildings was safe. made sure that the fire was not spreading to other buildings. extraordinary, fast, precise response by our first-responders i want to thank the police, oem, everyone who has been a part of this operation already. we have a lot of people in this community right now deeply concerned. a lot of people who have been negatively affected in their buildings surrounding. a lot o...

>> it could be hundreds of miles, but in reality the ocean can play tricks with sounds especially with mountains and valleys mixed in. i dont have a lot of faith in the present day transponders. >> in the air france crash, they were 10,000 feet down and they never got a good location on where they were pinning from. >> that is exactly right. it seems the search ships earlier on were near the transponders but never heard them. >> in the malaysia situation it wouldnt pay to pick mick -- micrkcr

Are firefighters coming and going. also dozens of police on the scene because theyre trying to keep people away. we have seen and talked to people who were very, very upset about loved ones who may be somewhere in the neighborhood unaccounted for. some of those situations may still be unresolved. were trying to get to the bottom of all that. just a really incredible morning out here. and i cant emphasize enough, this is a very, very dense neighborhood. there are literally tens of thousands of pe...

Lets interrupt our narrative. the mayor is about to speak. well pick this up when he finishes. >> i want to speak about the tragedy that unfolded this morning. theres a lot to tell you about whats going on about the extraordinary response by our first responders. but first, let me tell you, im going to give you a quick overview. were then going to hear from our fire commissioner sal casano. well hear from the speaker that represents this district in the city council. with us are other key leader...

Market in the u.s. is seen as a little bit overinplated? >> it faltered a bit. it had incredible year last year and year before. now were not seeing such gigantic jumps in change. gold on the other side, gold lost 28% last year. so it was totally out of favor. in 2 1/2 months of 2014 gold jumping 13%. anytime, jon, what youre seeing today, which is a jump more than $20 per ounce, they call it the troy ounce, that really grabs a lot of peoples attention. seems big institutional investors, hedge f...

Any update on the recovery efforts here? >> reporter: this is going to be an extended and precarious operation. he said there are a number of people missing. he wouldnt give us a firm number, but a lot of concern that there were still people trapped inside these two apartment buildings that collapsed where there were perhaps dozens of apartments and the call came in at 9:30 this morning or so, so theres a high probability that there were people inside. and the death toll -- the injury toll also ...

Forwarding, though, is how much is he going to, i think, buck some of the institutional pressure to be cooperative with the senate intelligence committee, which really is digging into, again, something which is the rawest of nerves, i think, at the cia, even 13 years after 9/11. >> there does seem to be exactly what he was saying in his testimony and confirmation, he was going to try to fix, which was a breach of trust, and that does go back to the destruction of the videotapes and a lot of thin...