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slowly moved its way up north. but that is the problem for a lot of people. we are hitting the top of the hour. i should mention that the power outage in new york city has now reached well past three hours. here at msnbc along with morgan radford, we ve been watching a number of different breaking news situations right now. the big news that we re getting here as we talk to you here at 10:00 p.m. we are now told at least 90,000 customers have been affected by this massive blackout here in new york city. when we first came on air several hours ago and they said that it was only about 20,000 customers, i knew that number was wrong, just based on the sheer topography. you have more than two square miles in new york city where people are in the dark. now we re being told by con edison officials that 90,000 customers which could mean hundreds of thousands of people
are in the dark right now at 10:00 at night. just to do a quick reset for anyone who is joining us now. what we are facing
NumberCustomers20000New-york-cityPeopleCon-edisonDarkOfficialsThousandsHundredsTopographyTwoas we reach the top of the hour, the mayor of new york, bill de blas blasio, is tweeting about all of this and mentioning the fire department and the city agencies are responding and trying to get this power outage fixed here in new york city. it was all due to a manhole fire that took place earlier this evening. the disruption is significant. and we do say good afternoon and good evening, everybody, if you re tuning in at 9:00 p.m. eastern. 6:00 p.m. on the west coast. a massive power outage that has taken place about 6:45 p.m. thousands of people are without power. we ve been watching new york s times square where you can see to the left of the scene. many buildings are without power. they have not been restored of yet. con ed is telling us that full power will be restored by 10:30
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 tim
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killed in a massacre at 2 mosques. all report live from the city of new orleans in louisiana where residents all bracing for the landfall of hurricane barry. i m irish waiter thank you for joining us more than 25 people have died and dozens more have been injured in a suicide attack on a hotel in somalia suspected islamist gunmen stormed the building in the city of kismayo and help people hostage overnight here s more of. the aftermath of the deadly car bombing a night long siege is plain to see the facade of the hotel left child and in titus
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