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This is the same sort of thing. you mean -- you need as many cops in the same very wary of tens tens of thousands of people moving at one time. leland: commissioner we appreciate your time. standby stand by for the next hour or so and they will come back for your expertise. according to con-ed they say they want the lights on in all of manhattan in the next hour and 15 minutes. they have begun to turn on more and more. we went from 62,000 now down to 49,000 customers. thats hundreds of thousands...

Rely for their lifeblood, on electricity provided by con-ed let me show you straight down west end avenue this is the scene it wasnt like this earlier because all the lights including the streetlights are out if we pan up scott pans up at buildings now you can see a sight to behold in new york city almost at eloquent evoking as the staunch of liberty torch lights on, i talked with gayle brewer with sponsor of the -- there is a plan in place for authorities to deal with those who rely for who are...

Callout to try to put an officer at each and every one of these corners, we are told by con-ed that power is being restored in parts of the city, but not in all. eric shaun my colleague on weekends fox news channel was out on street at the news concerns not only listening to them give the report when have the power would come back on but witnessed some power coming back on elicited quite cheer why new yorkers here, it was shocking to me that they talked a lot about the power would come back on h...

Commissioner oneil and to commissioner criswell, and they quickly confirmed not just on behalf of the nypd, but on behalf of our federal security partners, that there was no evidence whatsoever of any nefarious activity in this situation. youre going to hear from president cauley in a moment about some of the things con ed are likely to say are unlikely causes, but to get to the defense causes is going to take a lot more work. when that analysis is complete, well do it in stages -- any changes t...

Believe this transformer that blew was. thats the largest police presence you see on our screen. a live shot of a huge group of nypd, fdny what looks to be con-ed, the power company convening to figure out what comes next. the structure response group is what one of those shirts says. you can manage the elevator rescues going on. there is no police officers in your area. there is nobody sort of directing light, if you will, and its pitch black. have people started to get agitated or is there a f...

Seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth avenue the west side of the highway from 42nd street up to about 60 the street or 70th street are pitch black. con-ed saying this is because of the manhole fire. at least thats how it started which then went into a transformer that blew and put much of manhattan into darkness. the lower right-hand corner of your screen you can see the new york emergency management command center being moved in. we are expecting a news conference from them. that was supposed to ha...

Ed for their quick efforts here. they are going to be part of systematically trying to understand exactly what happened so, again, we can avoid it in the future. and we will assist in every way. i am mindful that this happened at a point where there was relatively low energy usage in the city, and thats one of the other things youll hear from president cauley, but thats one of the things that does not look like the cause. there was not a massive energy need, electricity need driving this. it was...

Avenue. normally you would be looking at saks fifth avenue. many are shut down much less the restaurants, hotels impacted by this. >> it depends how long this goes on. if con ed can get a lot back up by 10:30, the economic impact will be -- it will take its toll on some business buzz it will be a one day, one evening event. the bigger question is that everyone is calm and safe. it is making sure the intersections remain open and safe and anyone trapped in an elevator is rescued quickly and as th...

Expecting the river to crest again on monday, when some rainfall makes its way back down this way, but how high that crest is they wouldnt say. >> -- >> rick we have to let you go now. fox news alert, at the hurricane we come back to new york city the blackout of 2019 power is being restored to much of new york city although there are still thousands if not tense of thousand dollars without power without air-conditioning on a hot summer saturday night, you can see governor cuomo, of new york, wa...

Blackout, or potential blackout, or a significant area of the city, having a blackout, you are -- you are really dealing with potential chaos and public safety threats, and the system has to be better than that period. period. and we are going to work with con-ed, but that is what new yorkers deserve that is what new yorkers will get. >> there has been a lot of discussion in the country about our aging infrastructure do you believe that could have played a role in this how can you draw he was th...