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Fix that situation. back here in lower manhattan, battery park city, of course, this is part of the area, the evacuation area that was on the list. many people here either if they did stay in this area, they probably had to leave at some point because the power was turned off in this area. and thats a whole, you know, other issue that theyll have to face. you know, con edison, the utility, systemically shutting down certain parts of the city. before this storm, all the way, you know, moves throu...

What do we know about that and what impact does that have on the situation? >> were trying to learn more about that. i dont believe that had a significant impact on the power outage. they began powering down various parts of manhattan and expanded it as they realized the surge was going to be bigger. for example, the hudson river has come over 23rd street and it has made its way to 10th avenue. i dont think any of us have ever seen that before. that gave con-ed concern that the system in the che...

Parts of very lower manhattan that still have power. con-ed expects many outages to last at least throughout the morning and possibly longer. they have to pump out some stations and fix their equipment. the one thing that we had not counted on, new york universitys hospital backup power, in spite of them being ensuring us its been tested, stopped working and were working with them to help move people out. we are seeing a large number of fires caused by downed wires on electrical problems relatin...

Rain, with fire, with power lines down. its a very tough situation in greenwich. on top of that, further north in easton, connecticut, you had a firefighter responding to an emergency and a tree literally came down on his vehicle and apparently he suffered some sort of head injury and also suffered a cardiac arrest and he died in the line of duty trying to respond to a fire there. you have towns like westport, connecticut, where 80% of the residents are without power. in new york city, 670,000 c...

Unfortunately, just as forecast, if anything, they got a little less rain out here in western pennsylvania than we thought they would. but in general, unfortunately this was right on target and the hurricane center really did a terrific job as well. so, you know, the folks that didnt prepare, didnt prepare because they didnt pay attention basically. andrea? >> and what we saw that flooding, now weve got, of course, and were going to get to our reporters on location, we have the flooding in lower...

Extensive and it will not be repaired overnight. the two biggest challenges facing our city going forward are getting our mass transit system up and running and restoring power. and this morning we have begun the work of clearing and re-opening bridges and roadways both of which will take some time and the best ways new yorkers can help us get this done quickly is to stay off the roads. the work is well under way. east river bridges have already been reopened. the work of getting our mass transi...

Of manhattan but a lot of bridges are closing because they are expecting high wind gusts. i know this afternoon at kennedy airport there were wind gusts up to 62 miles per hour. reverend sharpton? >> now, is power outages is threat here? are we seeing the possibility of power outages? >> well, thats always every new yorkers worst fear, is the fear that power will go out, especially for anybody who happens to live in a high-rise because hiking that is a threat. con ed is aware of the power outage...

Are getting recorded messages regarding preemptive power outages that could happen at any time. tom yamos, our colleague at wnbc is reporting that due to flooding that con edison may need to turn off electricity in parts of manhattan by shutting service down to prevent severe damage to the electric system and get service restored sooner. so there could be, you know, deliberately power turned off by the energy company in an attempt to prevent severe damage to the electric system and get service r...

Good morning. im melissa harris-perry. 4zmuáájjz americans are still without power, workers in new york city have been locked out at con ed, as contract talks have broken down. thousands have been replaced by company managers. con ed says theyll be able to respond to emergencies and power outages, but not necessarily to every day maintenance work. all of this, of course, in the midst of a national heat wave. but on to our top political story. oh, yeah, and by the way, its july 1. my student lo...

Carlson. so, whats going on with this mosque deal? >> so right now park 51, the group that wants to build this mosque community center slash whatever it is is in a court battle with con ed, the utility company. why? because they need to buy two buildings in order to put up this mosque. the one they already purchased the second one they have been leasing from con ed. now they owe $1.7 million in bank rent and they are in a court dispute about that figure. >> bill: whats to dispute they owe the re...