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Years eve and what you see is members of the nypd manning stations from divisioning and housing and transit and every department and then representatives from the fbi and homeland security and also in this room representatives from con ed and the gas company and so if there is a gas leak or power outage, they respond right away and they monitor all of the screen and images from more than 10000. and watching every plane in the new york air space and the monitors is the pins that are filled in the...

Enough subsidies to give to every. >> over time the message matters. if you are going to replicate this the method matters. bernie sanders like donald trump stood up for the american worker. bernie sanders wrote an on ed about the carrier deal. he said it is horrible. he said in part trump was planning to force united technologies, to pay a dam tax. in essence they will be awarded with a damn tax cut. united technologies took trump to the market and won. >> donald trump is going to remedy the st...

The iowa democratic wing ding takes place tonight in clear lake, iowa. for the first time in event history its sold out. all of the democratic candidates except jim web are attending. they each have 20 minutes to speak. hillary clinton heads into iowa with a substantial lead. a recent poll has clinton had of bernie sanders by 19 points. clinton was welcomed with a big endorsement. harken wroet in an on ed for the des moines register we need a fighter who has a record of getting things done and a...

A bill like the ones that got indiana and arkansas in hot water recently because of claims they would have opened the door to discrimination against gay people. even as huge business interests in the state of louisiana, were talking about companies like ibm, companies like electronic parts. these are companies that have come to open businesses in his state, even as though businesses have objected to what jindal is talking about, has said louisiana shouldnt go down this road and shouldnt pass one...

Governor bobby jindal has been pressing ahead with a religious freedom bill for his state ash bill like the ones that got indiana and arkansas in hot water recently because of claims they would have opened the door to discrimination against gay people. even as huge business interests in the state of louisiana, were talking about companies like ibm, companies like electronic parts. these are companies that have come to open businesses in his state, even as though businesses have objected to what ...

In an on-ed this morning, hes, large corporations recently joined left-wing activists to bully elected officials. officials cowered among the shrieks of big business and the radical left. governor jindal acknowledges that american opinion is changing on the issue of gay marriage but says i will not change my faith-driven view even if it becomes. >> its time for corporate america to ache a decision. this allows with popular conservatives to alie this is what makes freedoms defense possible.

Its growing increasingly likely the blast caught on camera, was the result of criminal activity. investigators now pursuing reports from tenants who say in the hours before the explosion they were told if they smelled gas not to call 911 or con-ed but to let the landlord know. prosecutors say that could be an indication the buildings owner knew the gas piping wasnt up to code. >> theres certainly a possibility of impropriety. until we get to the site we cant determine the next steps. >> reporter...

Inspection. >> as i understand it, very preliminarily gas was introduced to the head of service just inside the wall of the building and it was locked with our lock. >> that means the new line was not yet active but the old line was still feeding gas. con-ed and fire marshals are trying to piece together what the plumbers were doing seconds before second avenue shook. hours after firefighters managed to knock down the flames they finally knocked down what is left of the buildings too. a two to t...

Investigation of a powerful blast at an apartment building in lower manhattan. this surveillance video across the street shows the moment of yesterday afternoons explosion. 19 people were injured, seven critically. this morning a young man is still missing. we have more on the scene. >> just boom. the first few minutes the only sound was the fire alarms. and the screams of victims and those trying to help. people were panicking like nobody knew what was going on. >> reporter: the search for vict...

Unaccounted people. a 23-year-old man nicholas figueroa, his parents looking for him. he may have been having lunch in the japanese restaurant on the ground floor of the building that collapsed. one collapse two partial collapses here. 25 people injured. 4 critically. eyewitnesses say when the explosion happened they could feel it. they could hear it. people running on to the streets with whatever clothes they had, some people jumping from lower floors. other people coming down the fire escape. ...