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The fire Tuesday morning was the second such tragedy in just over a week in the poorest borough of New York City.

Just down the block because i can see from there when the water starts to rise. so as i left, the rain started to pour and i started calling my husband and neighbors and tell them they have to leave. before he could have gotten out of the house the entire -- there was like 12 feet of water already. all the cars were submerged. in a matter of minutes. and this is when everything started to unfold. i was face-timing with everyone while i was up the block here. theyre showing me how the water is co...

MIDTOWN EAST, Manhattan (WABC) -- At least three people were injured after a manhole explosion in Midtown East on Sunday morning. The call came in around 4:30 a.m. for multiple manhole fires at East 57th Street and 1st Avenue. The FDNY arrived and said the situation seemed to be under control, but just after 7:30 a.m., one of the manholes had an explosion. Firefighters said there were several power outages on 56th Street between 1st and 2nd avenues with rising carbon monoxide levels in various ...

Topobathymetric elevation model of Lake Powell. USGS image created by Sandra Poppenga, Dean Tyler, and Jeff Danielson.(Public domain.)

Present -- >> but you are creating a barrier for these individuals to come into the country. >> shannon: but what if she says, im a music teacher or im a hairstylist or a doctor. if she can come with some set of skills, is it not fair to say that we can do that? >> i will give you another great example my mother came as a registered con ed -- nurse. she had to take more classes, the effort into doing that, and she would have a job to back that up and she would go to school. after theft, 20 years...

Unreal. >> reporter: con-ed handing out dry ice and water to residents today. this, as high winds are likely to blame for this crane collapse in new brunswick, new jersey. >> the entire wrecking ball went through the home and landed right back on the first floor. >> reporter: luckily, no one was hurt. in michigan, utility crews racing to restore power there, too. at one point, more than 800,000 homes and businesses were without power after severe storms moved through. and in florida, a lightning...

>> bret: mike emanuel live on the hill. thanks. mitch mcconnell will be shannon breams guest tonight, 11:00 p.m. eastern time, "fox news @ night." dont miss that. up next, by presidential candidate joe biden is trying to tear down one of senator joe bidens biggest legislative accomplishments. we will explain. first, heres what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. fox 5 train in new york, new york mayor and democratic presidential candidate bill de blasio says that ...

Thoughts. >> they believe the press twaets are outrageous. a brutal heat wave. overnight, 53,000 people were without. con ed said it took 33,000 customers off the grid deliberately. in detroit severe storms left damage and 290,000 customers without power. the high temps blamed for two deaths. heatstroke fell to mitch petras and an unidentified woman in maryland. lets bring in pedram javaheri. >> good morning, guys. finally getting a break in the forecast over the next couple of days. laguardia...

>> the bottom line here, every day there is less time. getting a deal locked in becomes more essential. if the debt ceiling is not raised, the government can default. a brutal heat wave straining power grids over the weekend. overnight up to 53,000 customers in new york city were without lights and air conditioning at one point. that number cut in half. con ed said it took 33,000 customers in brooklyn off the grid deliberately to protect vital equipment. in detroit, severe storms left 290,00...

300,000 people without power in the state of michigan. and late sunday, tens of thousands of customers in brooklyn, new york were without electricity, likely due to overheated equipment there. >> new york governor andrew cuomo addressed this second power outage in a week on twitter saying this. "weve been through this situation with con ed time and again and they should have been better prepared. period." our meteorologist pedram javaheri joins us with more. this is a real problem. >> it is. the...