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Folks may want to get outside if theyre more comfortable outside, that makes sense. the rest of the city, the rest of manhattan is operating normally. what we want to do is get to the bottom of how long its going to take to fibs x it and give peop bigger instruction on how to handle the coming hours. >> okay. we want to get that word out as soon as you have any information, please, please let us know. we know you have a lot of to tend to right now. mayor bill de blasio, we appreciate you taking ...

Street. you wouldnt know theres a blackout if you were looking down from high above, but youll know it later on when the sun is completely down and you wont see a single light on. >> right, were seeing the images, the sun shining down on the street, you can tell its in the process of setting, its 8:10 local time in new york city. hang on, richard, weve established a better connection with brian stelter. >> reporter: ive switched to another cellphone. we live near columbus circle, this extends fr...

Tourists and locals decide to just open the windows and wait it out or try to leave the neighborhood for the night. >> and again, nobody knows how long this is going to last because first and foremost, they need to determine the root cause of this. transformer fires have popped up. stand by for me, brian, i want to head out to the streets, polo sandoval is in midtown manhattan. polo, were seeing in some of these images a lot of flashing lights, a lot of authorities out there now trying to do tra...

Stelter joining us on the phone. brian, youve been personally impacted by this since you werent here at work when all of this began. were seeing these incredible images, dark radio city music hall, dark subways. what are you seeing? >> reporter: around me, ana, a lot of high-rises in midtown manhattan. there are [ inaudible ]. >> obviously were having trouble with brians audio. brian, lets try to establish a better connection so we can hear what youre saying. >> reporter: sure. >> i know youve b...