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Six of the networks on about electric system i am happy to report as of a few minutes ago, all six networks and all 73 thousand customers have been restored. we will be continuing to work through the evening, to reestablish full reliability of our system, and then most importantly to identify exactly what caused this disturbance our reference to date focused more on restoration isolation of potentially faulty iment than understanding exactly what occurred that is going to start right now. >> -- ...

All out. they are are significant subway lines. had this been a thursday night, this might have bench worse a situation. but the good news is we have a robust office of emergency management and they will start making the call as far as con-ed thinks they can get pour ow going soon or not. and you will see members of the fdny and other first responders starting to evacuate the train cars. jon: we are just getting this from the city fire department saying this. resources are being reallocated to t...

Previously the number was in the 20s. that does not mean individual. one building might be a customer. so this is a significant power outage plaguing new york city at this moment. con-ed goes on to say this is taking place primarily on the west side of manhattan and they will continue to provide updates. this on the 42nd anniversary of the great power blackout of 1977 that hit july 13 of that year. greg eaton is a fox news employee who happened not movie theaters when the power outage struck. >>...

Better off they will be to make sure nothing is going to spread. leland: well ask you to and by for us at 9:30 eastern. as we look at the new york city skyline, of it is dark. as we look down at ground level where a transformer blew. its entirely pitch black. at bernard kerik told us, this is one of the main thoroughfares the police have shut down to move in a mass number of crews to flood this area of foo 50th street to 70th street because of a massive power outage. con-ed saying they bleach a ...

Are on social media sharing photos and images of a lot of people congregated on streets -- weve had announcement of people on upper floor here were at 6th eave and 48th street in midtown, manhattan one of the areas that impacted by this outage weve got a lot of floors in our building so weve made announcement over our intercom and a some stuck on upper floor to remain calm call a number and let folks know where they might see a fire engine on your screen right now. fire department in new york ci...

Anyone that they mate not want to have any platform or influence. many of my colleagues understand that one of my first acts after winning my general election was to write an on ed in my local newspaper about the rise of anti-semitism when the fbi report came out, and the work that we had to do. because its really important that youre not only talking about the threats that you face, youre talking about the threats that others face. im someone that always sees that there is a connection to your ...

Like when that happens. ed: pete is pretty happy. about a deal that broke overnight. remember democrats maxine waters out there a couple days ago predicting doom, of course, we have heard that before. she actually called the president a dictator and said dictator trump is going to cave in to mexico as if she was rooting for mexico in these talks and not america. which is shocking. here you have the u.s. and mexico trying to work out a deal with the threat of tariffs on the table. the. pete: deal...

Jedediah: this is important. two chief issues looking at immigration and the economy. two things deeply concerned about. if he can head into 2020 and say he has fulfilled those campaign plo promises on issue. huge, huge bonus. and difficult. ed: he has not gotten the the big chunks of the wall. jedediah: made more employee gress than any president on immigration. everyone else has sat back and waited for the chaos to deepen and enrich itself. only one i have seen in recent times. pete: not for a...

Wawnsd wand. just let the market be the market andlet people compete? jedediah: i have recently been watching this show. i hadnt gotten into it. this guy for peoples frame of reference. is he like the simon cowell of shark tank. he calls it like he sees it. these business people i would love to see how they would weigh in on these economic times. because those people who operate these businesses know how those policies impact them day-to-day. its valuable to hear from them times like this. ed: w...

Are you worried about him? or do you still have confidence in him as a candidate? >> so is, i am worried about him in a sense because, you know, majority of democrats came out and supported him right away because of his moderation on a lot of issues. his moderate views. all the candidates fighting on the left. democrats are giving trump almost a free pass for the next elections. biden looks like he is the only one who can reach across to moderate and independent voters and win in 2020. so, from ...