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Information and we need to get more before we can get people a fuller picture. >> how long would it typically take. >> if people are stuck in an elevator, usually the fire department and police department can get them quickly out. were waiting for information on how many elevators and how many people. were talking about a very limited area geographically. i think we can act on it very quickly but the most important thing is to see where it is going overall. >> so youre not in new york city. >> i...

To figure out who may be trapped inside of the subway tunnels at this hour. we are told by the fire department here in new york that there are definitely several people who are stuck in elevators all throughout the city. it is very, very troubling at this hour. >> kendis, we have a picture from times square, which is often a good icon of light, of electricity. and we just wanted to take a look at this picture to show you first of all what kendis is reporting. first of all, traffic at this hour, ...

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...

Want to be when theres no power our jackie is also keeping tabs on the situation jackie what can you tell us? >> jon im just west 49th street subway station is for the electricity company here in new york city had a major disturbance. this is from cory johnson city councilman in new york hes tweeting that subway lines acfd and m are down on the west side that some subway are without power trains are being held in the stations and that metro transit authority workers are trying to get folks out o...

Theyre saying that outages are being reported at subway stations throughout manhattan that several stations are being bypassed by trains about 27,000 people without power right now nypd is having to direct traffic manually at intersections with dark traffic lights all throughout manhattan. im told that none of the traffic lights at this moment are working. and that theres still research den as to exact cause how to get things back online doing research here just as im talking with you conedison ...

Keeping the traffic from flowing up sixth avenue towards central park. also known as avenue of the americas. but were it not for that you would probably be seeing mayhem at the intersections there because the traffic lights are all out pl. so those are -- crossing streets 48th street, 49th street and in the distance, those are the cross town streets, and because barricades are already up, the drivers going across 6th avenue donts worry about t-boned by somebody not paying attention to fact that ...

Transformer because normally when something like that happens we wonder if this -- has been generated by some group of some source but not if they do know store. primary thing theyve got to worry about right now is how you ought -- you option react to this. because as you said in 1977 there was a great deal of looting and concerned about that but they have plans in place. one of the other things that people are concerned about are individuals who are trapped in buildings and specifically elevato...

Fake news. and i hope to speak to the president pretty soon about this because its really unfair whats happened to the british ambassador. he has been a strong advocate for building better relations between the trump -- and has actually advocated for the president pretty strongly. >> so you heard it here first. you said alexander acosta, his time is short. >> yes. i think its not going to be long. although i think hes done a good job as secretary of labor. ? so you can hold those two thoughts at...

Capable of running a country. a campaign. those are two different skills. you can hold -- >> the british ambassador has been like the presidents largest -- he got the british government to support nato spending. saying the president is right on north korea and syria. hes gotten -- this is fake news. and i hope to speak to the president soon about this. because its really unfair whats happening to the british also. he has been a strong advocate for building better relations between the trump and ...

Story, were following the first flas flood emergency ever issued for washington, d.c. earlier today. torrential rain hit with force rarely seen in the nations capital overwhelming roads and forcing rescues. >> reporter: during d.c.s morning rush hour, commuters competing with rushing d became a river. >> reporter: torrential rain bringing flash floods, washing out roads and stranding cars, kids carried to safety by adults.gtoneceiving a months worth of rain in a single morning, 3.3 inches in one...