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Were told its all because of a manhole fire. the most important concerns right now are rescuing people who are trapped and working on getting the power back up and running. right now well go to mayor bill de blasio in waterloo, iowa on the campaign trail tonight. mayor, give us an update. what happened? >> ana, were getting the preliminary reports, what it appears to be is a transmission problem. con ed in new york city is working to address it now. we hope to have news on when the power will be...

Convoys of firetrucks and police officers into the area from 72nd at 70 1st down to 42nd street, fifth avenue to the west side. in some areas the powers just starting to go on but in parts of manhattan its totally dark in some of the residential areas we are told the new york fire department was making a number of emergency rescues out of elevators and their people stuck in subways for at least an hour. when this happened it was about 6:45. the broadway shows went dark or the j-lo concert in mad...

Pretty -- >> new yorkers kind of jaded man impressed by the way city handled this the fact they have plans know who was on life support, who is in critical need and the fact that new yorks bravest fdny able to get in elevators to extriindicate people stack ups well as new yorks finest great police department 33,000 strong. lights went on here 64th, well take a listen to reaction it was suddenly unexpected it happened right in the middle of that news conference here it is. >> customers restored t...

Okay. so, were back now with a round up of other news headlines across the country. 75-year-old louisiana woman who founded an african-american history museum was discovered dead in the trunk of a car. the cause of death is still not known. roberts-joseph founded the baton rouge african-american museum in 20 2001. an investigation is under way there. power has been restored here in new york city after last nights massive power outage. hundreds of thousands were left without electricity for sev...

It sounds like he was in midtown where he lost some power. tell us what youre seeing. it caused so many people to get on their mobile devices so the service in midtown, manhattan. you wont be getting a lot of service. through south of midtown, you have people helping each other out. it has been a relatively light atmosphere. certainly concerns about security at a hotel that im staying at. three individuals have been stuck in elevators. the new york fire department immediately on the scene. two p...

Meanwhile the worst appears to be over after power is fully restored after massive outages left 70,000 in the dark stranding people in subways and elevators. this is the city expecting federal rates targeting undocumented immigrants. 2,000 people in nine cities across the country. the president is starting this morning going after a different group, quote, progressive congresswoman. quote, so interesting to see progressive democrat congresswoman who originally came from countries whose governmen...

We are slowly but surely lights on most places i think still dark from 2-6 to 4-2 from nineth avenue to river con-ed will take care of that, too. >> commissioner? >> i am very happy, we had 250 cops immediately deployed to up area to take care of traffic issues, did a great job captain tom trainer with all his people department firefighters did a great job taking people out of elevators looking after people on life support. >> how do you assign so quickly on spot converging on 46th. >> every pre...

But its interesting to see just how many buildings are completely in the dark. but as i mentioned some of these are lit up because of generators that have kicked in. but a lot of folks are still kind of walking around taking it all in, taking new york city in. its a city that never sleeps and i dont know if anyone will be getting any sleep tonight. but i did talk to one family who had to walk dozens of flights of stairs because the elevators werent working. so a lot of folks are worn out from al...

Former fbi supervisory special agent. josh, what are you experiencing, what are your thoughts on whats happening right now? >> ana, we often take city services for granted until they suddenly stop working. thats obviously being felt in a very large way right now in manhattan. one thing thats important to note is the new york police department, the fdny, they prepare constantly for a number of public safety issues, both man-made and accidental. as we look at these pictures and get these continuin...

Outside. clearly this is times square right now. were at 49th and 5th. my window kind of faces the 50th side of the street. he just noticed the traffic signals were out. people are out and about. no chaos whatsoever. i know, avoid taking the elevators. a lot of people are stuck. i was trying to figure out how to get here because im on the seventh floor. >> what are you hearing from, i imagine a lot of your constituents, folks are calling in, contacting your office. probably you at this point. do...