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Handled it pretty well. >> where is bill de blasio her ex. >> bill de blasio the mayor of new york is running for president hes in iowa tonight. he is involved in communications with top officials here. >> we are going to continue to work closely with pd fire and con-edison. we will get that up as it is possible. the cooperation has been excellent and thats why we have been able to get it restored as quickly as we have and thank you again for coming out tonight. [inaudible] again we have a task ...

Madison square garden. this is early in jennifer lopezs tour. she had only been on stage for a short time when those lights went out. there was a lot of confusion at first and then people were evacuated. this is what we saw all around town. i was coming in on a train from amtrak. at one point they wouldnt let us pull into the station. this is about a half an hour or so after the power started going out. they wouldnt let us start pulling in because there were signal issues, they said. ultimately ...

P.m. eastern. the other big story is tropical storm barry. it is moving at eight miles an hour, slowly making its way me andiering through new orleans. it is dumping rain on ruining rouge biffle the time all of this is over, and that wont be very long. >> thank god they have ligts. were getting people out of those elevators. so it is an emerging situation, i am told by the plarlt. checking in with our federal partners, we see no indication of foul play. very, very important. this appears to be a...

Emergencies in need. the fire department telling us regarding people stuck in elevators, that they are responding to many calls like that on the west side of manhattan. but if its accurate, 10:30 would be the time that con ed estimates they can get the power back on. if market is being felt at this hour. >> especially now the sun has gone down. >> do you not suspect any sort of foul play related to this, but you cant help but get around the irony of this. being on the 42nd anniversary to the exa...

Also, the 7 between manhattan and queens, however, they say our entire system is affected by this con edison outage. in manhattan, the bus is your best bet. stay tuned that is the latest, we spoke with mayor de blasio, who said they didnt believe anyone was still trapped on the subway, that was good news, as shimon just mentioned, police and fire are mobilizing to do some crowd control, they believe they have everything under control at the moment. let me bring in cnns law enfitnessment analyst ...

Going back on for thousands of people. about 3,000 have had their power restored in their homes. about 12,000 or so still without power. but we are continuing to sit here at the banks of the mississippi, and well continue to watch this for you as the evening continues, ana. >> its important for people not to get lulled into a false sense of security because there could still be danger lurking. randi kaye, thank you for that update. lights are back on in new york city. good news for new yorkers...

To the top floor where the controls are. they try to manually move that elevator with manual controls to get it down. that forces open an elevator door. you have to do a lot of damage often and they will grab the people and try to pull them out to make sure that the power is off. you dont want the power to come back on so its complicated and its not easy. the buildings are easy to get the elevator so the floors and get the people out and you shut the elevator power down. you dont want anybody us...

North to 70th street before the a mile and a half. it is impacted by this blackout. con ed is saying 42,000 customers are without power. that could mean tens of thousands of additional people who are actually being impacted by this power outage. when you look at that, realize that it is probably a lot more people impacted. then you have many of the tourists. people in hotels and elevators. people in the subways. so many people are being impacted by this. we were speaking with the speaker of the ...

Elevators. but its not like the entire city of new york is blacked out and you have to have people walking across bridges for miles to get out of the city. >> right. i am sure the city will open cooling centers. and in behind sigh -- in hindsit know how long this will continue. we are not out of the wood yet. i dont want to say just because people are outside singing and dancing. if you look at twitter you will see a lot of people having fun with this blackout. but that might not be the case if ...

Of their show in the streets. the waitress putting on a show for folks in the street always well as a carnegie hall concert that was moved right to the street. hashtag blackout trending and twitter. i think people are just trying to get a grip of on how quickly the power might be restored. waiting on con-ed to give us an update on when they think that might happen. but no reports of injuries. the fire department is working to locate people who might be trapped in upper floors and elevators. majo...