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Devastated. here we go. >> citywide power outage. were going to interrupt this event. >> im very sad. >> and it actually has rescheduled that show for monday. lets get right out to alexandra field. you just heard from officials. what are they saying? >> reporter: hey there, ana. con-ed regrets the disruption. five hours in the dark. the power outage affecting some 40 blocks in manhattan on the west side. but they are saying it will take months to figure out exactly what went wrong as they take a...

The reports from the mta, the transportation department and theyre saying several new york city subway stations are shut down right now. you might think thats the weekend, thats normal. mta has issues. no, theyre shut down because of the electrical problems theyre having. new york fire department, police department, con edson, the local utility company, right now theyre not saying what has caused this blackout. as weve been speaking, that number of people who are impacted has gone up. and i do e...

Efforts to contain the fire and then in the coming hours to finally put the fire out. there was no warning. now, i would like to emphasize, everything im telling you is based on preliminary information. this is the best information we have at this moment and is by definition preliminary. but from what we know now, the only indication of danger came about 15 minutes earlier when a gas leak was reported to con edson. con ed dispatched a team immediately to respond. the explosion occurred before th...

♪ ...northrop grummans security solutions are invisibly at work, protecting peoples lives... [ soldier ] move out! [ male announcer ] ...without their even knowing it. thats the value of performance. northrop grumman. con-edson has announced plans to restore power to most of manhattan. joining me now is katie kerr in manhattans lower eastside. thanks very much. youre on the lower eastside. what are they told about when powers coming back? >> reporter: some are told good news.

good morning. it is friday, august 26th. welcome to "american morning." its all about the hurricane today. >> i wish i could say happy friday, happy friday for those not living along the northeast coast. >> and whom it hasnt reached yet. >> exactly. lets talk about hurricane irene. now said to be a massive and powerful category 2 storm sitting just off the east coast. 50 million people could feel its force by this weekend. new hurricane warnings are now up, they stretch from north caro...