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Theres going to be some searching and digging they are going to have to do at some point in time, so its hard with the violations, that certainly brings great cause for concern, and that would be in their minds. >> right now we have an update from con ed, the energy company, they are working closely with fdny and responding to a gas leak at 1652, thats the address, right before the explosion occurred. so the address, captain, is 1646 park avenue, and con ed is saying they are responding to a rep...

Heres what he had to say about the deadly combination of gas and fire. >> con ed is in the process of shutting down all gas mains going in to the building. that is a detailed and complicated process that requires digging up the ground and manual labor to turn off the different supplies of gas to the building. >> reporter: moenl, bill, as firefighters pull in two buildings collapsed and two people are confirmed dead. 18 or more injured and some of them very seriously and they expect that number t...

Spaces of the buildings until it reaches an ignition point. certainly, im sure that all the utility companies are working to shut all the utilities so they can make the determination, but im sure fire arson investigators will start making the search when the time comes. >> this call, according to c con ed, the call came from a resident who reported smelling gas, but the odor may be coming from outside. a con ed crew got on the scene right after the explosion. please, let me get you to hang on fo...

Harlem, legendary. congressman, thank you so much for your time. >> oh, boy, thank you for the coverage, because its like being on the job finding out that your home is on fire and you dont know what caused it. >> i know i heard you say earlier youve gotten limited information because youre in washington, d.c. mayor de blasio is on the way to the scene itself, but have you been able to talk with anyone to give you information at least on the urgency of getting people out if they are in that buil...

Integrity election organizations, just last year you had 46 states prosecuting voter fraud. you had 8 million dead people still on the rolls to vote. also, 24 million voter registrations in america are invalid, and yet theyre still on the rolls. >> that is not voter fraud. >> but coombs, look -- >> all i want is logic. >> it is clinical error, not voter fraud. >> but it makes it easier for the system to operate if the person voting as monica did takes out some kind of id and the -- >> and im say...

Takes out some kind of id and the -- >> and im saying there is a better way to do it. because the net effect -- >> what is the better way. >> you could match a con-ed bill -- >> you can get a bill from anywhere. >> it has to match the address on file. the reason they do this, the head of the party in pennsylvania -- >> it is not going to match the address at the polling place -- >> this is done to keep the democrats from the polls. they admitted that is what -- >> i dont care why, the republican...

Integrity election organizations, just last year you had 46 states prosecuting voter fraud. you had 8 million dead people still on the rolls to vote. also, 24 million voter registrations in america are invalid, and yet theyre still on the rolls. >> that is not voter fraud. >> but coombs, look -- >> all i want is logic. >> it is clinical error, not voter fraud. >> but it makes it easier for the system to operate if the person voting as monica did takes out some kind of id and the -- >> and im say...

Con-ed and cisco, they saw what ibm is doing, and they said this is a good idea, we can do this too. so theyre working with educators and states to replicate what youre doing here and you guys should feel good about that. youre starting something. all across the country. so as a country, we should all want what all of you are receiving right now. the same chance. for a great education. heres what i think we should do as a country. to make sure theyve got the same opportunity as you do. first of ...

Anybody could want to repeal this. i cant believe anybody would think that they are safe, that they are some how immune from catastrophic illness, accident, you name it? we really saw the people in a variety of conditions while mason was in the hospital. we are all vulnerable people. so i just, it makes me crazy which is why i wrote "the washington post" on ed. i have this experience. i want to play you something that ted cruz said about the affordable care act. lets listen to this >> what the a...

Surgeries and the fear through all of that of possibly losing health insurance coverage. during our first three weeks of hospitalization, mason wracked up 1.1 million dollars in medical bills. i worried about butting up against the 5 million lifetime limit on masons health insurance approximately see. we had a good policy with the good company. we paid our premiums on time and in full. but may json wasnt getting out the hospital any time soon and there were months of rehab ahead. my then 13-year...