. ♪ good morning, everyone. this morning, new details about the police reaction to last week's deadly school shooting in florida. we've learned an armed school resource deputy resigned after failing to confront the shooter. plus, president trump goes into his details about school safety including arming school teachers. and a new indictment hits paul manafort and rick gates with tax and bank fraud charges. it's just the latest in robert mueller's russia investigation. ♪ snoelths ♪ good morning, everyone. it's friday, february 23rd. i'm ayman mohyeldin.
police, a failure if in communication led police to believe they were tracking the shooter realtime when they were watching footage delayed by about 20 minutes. in the wake of the shooting, the fbi says it is trying to rebuild public trust after failing to pass on a tip about cruz to agents in florida. president trump is backing a series of new gun control measures during a white house meeting about school safety yesterday. the president gave new details the about a controversial proposal to train and arm some teachers to carry guns in the classroom. for president trump, more guns, not fewer, could be what stops students from getting shot if those weapons are in the hands of some teachers. >> we have to harden our schools, not soften them up. a gun free zone to a killer or somebody that want to be a killer, that's like a going in for the ice cream.
that's like here i am, take me. >> in his second school safety session this week, the president is pushing a concept that certainly properly trained educators should be allowed to carry concealed weapons. >> these are experts. these would be people that actually would want them. they're not going to walk into a school if 20% of the teachers have guns. it may be 10% or it may be 40%. what i'd recommend doing is the people that do carry, we give them a bonus. we give them a little bit of a bonus. >> if 20% of public school teachers were armed, that would work out to more than 600,000 teachers nationwide. >> how are are schools supposed to pay for bonuses for armed teachers? >> i think if we find the policy solutions that make the most sense, we can get by in four. we'll figure out these other pieces that you outline. >> right now, eight states as cross the country let teachers carry concealed weapons, including oklahoma where this sign warns people have staff members can be armed.
but the national education association opposes this. in parkland, florida, where 17 people were killed last week, stoneman douglas teacher greg pitman who owns a gun but keeps it at home he worries about arming teachers. >> the president wants to raise the age when people can buy semi automatic weapons. >> we're going to work on getting the age up to 21 instead of 18. >> but that pits the president against the national rival association who says this will deprive people of their constitutional right to self-protection. >> thank you very much. i don't think i'll be going up against them. i really think the nra wants to do what's right. >> some republicans are now signaling support for raising the age limit of certain gun pure casss, but the white house says a more sweeping proposal to ban semi automatic weapons altogether is not something president trump would back right
conference. >> legacy media. >> game comey and loretta lynch, the people at think progress, dianne feinstein. >> nancy pelosi, bernie.sanders, camala harris, bill de blasio, andrew como. >> these intellectual leads -- black lives matter -- cory booker, christopher murphy and keith ellison. george soros, michael bloomberg, tom steier. young democratic socialists, carl marx. the national media. save speech songs. berkeley. some hollywood gala, nbc, the "new york times," "the washington post." >> i think it might have been shorter just to say who was not on that list. in his remarks, lapiere declared the nra for law enforcement and spoke about government agencies
get so close to the president even though he had all these pre-existing issues through his work in the ukraine, but now i think the perception is sort of baked in that manafort did a lot of bad things before he joined the trump team and some slight tweaks to the indictments against him doesn't change that perception. >> let's switch gears and talk about this national debate taking place around gun control, gun policy, what have you. and obviously, a lot of vocal voices there, a lot of new proposals being bounced around, some even wanting to go back to the assault weapons ban. is legislative action possible, given the nra's strong stance on this issue? >> i think that you are seeing more opportunities for legislative action right now than you have a lot of times before. you've seen more republicans open to at least a debate about bipartisan legislation that addressed background checks and efficiencies that addresses age
limits, that looks at different kinds of proposals that have usually been confined to the left. that's why president trump's voice is so important on this because there's a lot of overlap between members of his base who are going to listen to the president and support whatever positions he takes and the kinds of people who would resist those bipartisan measures. so president trump coming out and saying, you know, on the issue of age limits, we may not support what the nra does here on some of these background check issues. we're going to press ahead whether or not the nra is with us. that's a key component of this discussion. >> we know that on the first day of cpac, guns dominated the agenda, many focussing in on that. but what are we expected to hear? what are some of the other big topics that we're expected to hear on the agenda for cpac this weekend? >> well, i think that cpac is something of a victory lap for the trump administration touting what it perceives as its biggest accomplishments over the past year, whether that's
deregulation, tax reform, revealing the obamacare mandate. this is a conference that this year is all about the trump agenda. there are 12 administration officials that will be speaking at the conference nearly all the major speaking slots have gone to people affiliated with president trump and it just shows the extent to which president trump now controls the conservative movement. >> yeah. a lot more news will be coming out of cpac over the next couple of days. we'll check back in with you a little bit later on in the program. stick around for us. still ahead, we're following new report background whether national security adviser h.r. mcmaster may be on his way out of the trump white house. plus, in the south and the midwest, flash flooding alerts as heavy rains cause rivers to rise. we'll have a full check on the weekend forecast when we come back. stay with us.
could soon be on his way out. a cnn report says the pentagon is considering options to move the three-star general out of his current role at the white house and back into the military possibly with a promotion to become a four-star general. nbc has not confirmed this reporting, but other outlets have reported that president trump has been irritated with mcmaster for months now culminating with mcmaster's statement regarding the 2016 election that happened last weekend. trump rebuke mcmaster on twitter. a pentagon spokesperson responds in the quote, quote, general mcmaster works for president trump. any decision with regards to staff, the white house will make those determinations. let's switch gears for a moment and talk about weather with meteorologist bill karins. we're back in a cold swing, right?
and and it's soggy. a lot of rain out there this morning and into the weekends. this morning, heaviest rains continue to be northeast texas. the state of arkansas is soaked. there is river flooding ongoing. we have a wintry mess up around minneapolis, wisconsin and a little bit on of ice in central wisconsin, too. now some of that rain is trying to push its way to the great lakes. eventually all of this rain is going to head into the northeast today. for today, 33 million people still under a flash flood watch. where you see the balloon along interstate 10, we have a flash flood warning. southwest of little rock and right along the ohio river, we are expecting some major flooding on the ohio river as it snakes its way through west virginia a as we go into sunday and monday. keep that in mind. so additional rainfall. keep in mind, it's rained 4 to 6 inches in these places. another 1 to 3 inches from dallas through louisville, columbus, back to pittsburgh, we'll get about an inch of rain around new york city as we go throughout friday and saturday. sunday looks better.
today's forecast, heavy rain, north texas to the ohio valley. temperatures cold and chilly in the 40s with that rain. upstate new york could get wintry weather with this. still the warmth going on in florida. very warm. saturday, watch out. we could get some severe thunderstorms. if the flooding is not bad enough, severe thunderstorms on top the of that in areas of arkansas to the ohio valley, maybe heavy snow for areas like omaha. watch out in des moines, minneapolis as we go through saturday night and then into sunday, that soggy mess on the eastern seaboard. so we still are continuing with our active weather pattern. but no signs of any, like, real brutal cold, but not exactly enjoyable. >> but a messi weekend nonetheless on the east coast. bill karins, thanks for that. evangelist and presidential pastor billy graham will lie in honor at the u.s. capital next week. house speaker paul ryan announced the decision yesterday saying he and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell will take part in a service honoring the
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starting with the latest from the olympics, team usa led by john schuster is now poised for a medal after upsetting canada yesterday. it looks like usa has a chance to claim the gold. they will square off this morning against sweden. despite the loss, our neighbors to the north had a good day. they claimed six medals overall, including figure skater kaitlin osland. meanwhile, the three u.s. skaters in the same competition, they did not reach the podium. we knew that was going to happen after a bad short program. they finished 9 through 11 overall with this struggles in the previous round carrying into yesterday. the stars of the ice, the russians. alina zagitova barely bested her
training partner edging out for the gold. imagine that, 15 years old. she was only in like fifth grade in the last olympics. norway leads in the overall medal count, canada second, germany and then usa with 21 medals total. for a drexel university story, it might be impressive. they were losing 53-19. before the end of the first half against delaware. with our math wizards out there, that's -- >> 34. >> 34-point deficit. the drexel players must have thought, that's a nice lead that you have there, delaware. it would be a shame if something really bad happened and we made a huge comeback. they began the second half with an 18-point run. they came back and they won. 85-83. now, the reason we're telling you all this, that sets the record for the largest comeback victory in men's division 1
history. caps off to drexel. and capping off our sports coverage, the reigning nba champions, the golden state warriors, are set to visit the nation's capital. president trump withdrew the now traditional invitation after several players, including steph curry were critical of his administration. instead, the warriors head coach steve kerr let the players determine how they wanted to spend their visit. the players decided they wanted to spend time with local kids, according to es the pn. making a powerful statement there. to be fair, steph curry came out and said he would not go to the white house before president trump withdrew that invitation. how about alina zigatova. she could be dominating that sport for years to come. >> she could easily go to two
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yesterday in the wake of last week's deadly high school shooting. the president listened to a series of proposals. i will tell you, background checks, i've called many senators last night, many congressmen, and jeff and pam and everybody in this room, i can tell you, curtis, they're into doing background checks that they wouldn't be the thinking about maybe two weeks ago. we're going to do strong background checks. we're going to work on getting the age up to 21 instead of 18. and we're getting rid of the bump stocks and we're going to be focussing very strongly on mental health. because here is a case of mental health. now, on the issue of raising the age limit on gun purchases, the president said that he and the nra are on the same page. >> so they buy a revolver, a handgun, they buy at the age of
21. yesterday these oth yet these other weapons we talk about, they're allowed to buy them at 18. how does that make sense? how does that make sense? i say it should all be at 21. but we're not really talking the about money. we're talking about common sense. and it's a great thing. and the nra will back it. i really feel very confident. the nra will back it and so will congress and so will the senate. >> but on wednesday, the nra released a statement reading in part, legislative proposal toes that prevent law-abiding adults age 18 to 20 years old from acquire rifles and shotguns effectively prohibits them for purchasing any firearm, thus depriving them of their constitutional right to self-protection. the notion of arming schools originated with the nra. now the president is giving that idea a new military and monetary twist. watch this. >> frankly, you have teachers that are marines for 20 years, they retire and they become a
teacher. they're army, navy, air force, they're coast guard, they're people that have -- the they want certain highly adept people, people that understand weaponry, guns, if they really have that aptitude. because not everybody has an aptitude for a gun, but if they have the aptitude, i think a concealed permit for having teachers and letting people know that there are people in the building with guns, in my opinion, you won't have these shootings because these people are cowards. and what i'd recommend doing is the people that do carry, we give them a bonus. we give them a little bit of a bonus. frankly, they would feel more comfortable having the gun, anyway. but you give them a little bit of a bonus. so practically for free, you have now made the school into a hardened target. >> all right. so wile the president wants to arm properly trained educators, he does not supportive shooter drills inside schools.
the president met with local and state officials at the white house yesterday to discuss school safety and had this exchange of the commissioner of the florida department of education. >> we are required to have a fire drill in schools once a month. we are not required to have active shooter drills. and so a practice like that where you put something like that into place -- >> but active shooter drills is a very negative thing, i'll be honest with you. if i'm a child and i'm 10 years old and they say we're going to have an active shooter drill, i say what's that? people may come in and shoot you. i think that's a very negative thing to be talking about, to be honest with you. i don't like it. i'd much rather have a hardened school. i don't like it. i wouldn't want to tell my son that you're going to participate in an active shooter drill. >> well, president trump defended the national rifle
association yesterday writing what many people don't understand or don't want to understand is that wayne, chris cox and the folks who work so hard at the nra are great people and great american patriots. they love our country and will do the right thing. now, in their remarks, the president and the nra ceo appeared to be on on the same page. watch this. >> we must immediately harden our schools. >> we have to harden our schools. >> so-called gun-free zones that are wide open targets. >> it is such a target for the killer. they look for gun-free zones. >> it should not be easier for a madman to shoot up a school than a bank -- >> i want my schools protected just like my banks are protected, just like everything else. >> the national rifle association originated the national instant check system. >> they actually came up with certain of the rules and regulations that we have now. >> similar talking points there. so the governors of four
northeast states say they are banning together to stop gun violence. new jersey, new york, rhode island and connecticut banned together allow states to share data on gun suspects and gun registries and to create new research to fill what they call a vacuum of federal action. new york governor andrew cuomo had this to say about why the states created the coalition. >> the recognition is we're not going to wait for the federal government. i don't believe they're going to do anything meaningful. i think at best they take some ip k incremental measures which are just political crumbs to throw out to the crowd. meanwhile, yesterday a bill was passed in oregon banning anyone from stalking convictions to own a firearm. the loophole allowed abusers who
weren't married or living with their abuser to own a gun. the bill will head to the desk of kate brown who tweeted yesterday she will sign it into law. coming up, we're going to be joined by governor kate law and governor john hick.enlooper to discuss this year. robert mueller files news charge against robert manafort and rick gates. julie ansley has more now. how big of of a deal are these new charges against these two men? >> so yes, this was a big development. rm, there were already charges against robert mueller and his deputy, rick gates. so this came as a surprise that mueller would be going back and adding even more charges against them. this stems from money laundering where $75 million were funneled through off-shore accounts and brought into the united states through real estate dealings. robert gates helped his boss,
paul manafort, hide a lot of that money and now it's clear that robert mueller is trying to come back and get more because of those charges. this puts us in an interesting place in the timeline of the investigation. we sort of thought robert mueller was working from the outside in from people inside the trump campaign and he would flip them and once he had already gotten them on an indictment or gotten them to cooperate, he would be moving forward to the next fish. well, now he's circling back. so what this says to us is a few things. one is that it doesn't seem that rick gates is about to plead guilty or cooperate like we thought he was last week and it also shows that robert mueller might not just be after this to get inside to the inner circle of the white house. he's also really in the interest of trying to find justice here. he wants to make sure that everyone who he has investigated faces their day in court and is
investigated for all of the crimes that they may have committed. >> all right. julia, thank you very much for that. and back with us now from washington is white house reporter for the washington examiner, sarah westwood. good to have you back with us. let's talk about these indictments with, talk about what president trump might do, somehow floated the idea that the president could pardon manafort, gates, even michael flynn, as well. is this something the white house is seriously considering? how much support do you think there is out there for a presidential pardon? and if so, what would it mean, really, for -- what kind of message would it send to the mueller investigation? >> i don't think there's a serious discussion in the white house right now going on about a pardoning any of the people so far who have been charged in the mueller probe. that's because we don't know if mueller is finished with these people. you look at what's happening just this week.the the we're having new charges filed against paul manafort and rick gates, even though they were charged initially weeks ago. and i think there's a recognition in the white house
that if president trump were to use his pardon authority to spare people who clearly did something wrong from the legal troubles that most people out there think they deserve, that could be disastrous politically and it is not easy to see what the gain would be for president trump, particularly because someone like paul manafort is not someone swo a long time loyalist or a personal friends, but someone briefly affiliated with the trump campaign. let's switch gears for a moment and ask you about cpac. you've noted something that's pretty interesting, one of the most notable absences this year from the cpac meeting is steve bannon. it seems like he's fallen out of grace among the conservative movement, certainly the white house. walk us through that. what's behind that? >> well, steve bannon is an interesting case when it comes to cpac. he's not someone who was a regular cpac presence before last year. when, as you probably remember, he was a headliner sitting on the stage with reince priebus
and matt schlapp. this year, he will not be at cpac at all. he won't even set foot in the building. and it just shows the shifts that the president's team has gone through in the past year, that many of the people who represented the president's agenda in an official capacity last year at cpac are to longer affiliated with the administration. >> that's pretty interesting to see his fall from grace there, especially ahead of the midterm elections and what that means for the political party. let's talk about security clearances at the white house. jared kushner is still reportedly being held up the by the white house. the white house is saying that will not impact his role, the fact that he does not have that security clearance. what is the outlook for kushner's role as a top adviser? he deals with the middle east. there's a lot of sensitive intelligence reports that come out of the middle east. he's not going to have access to those according to john kelly. it's going to have an impact on his ability to do the role at least in the middle east peace negotiations department. >> absolutely. we could see a reduction in his
portfolio, scaling it back to perhaps some of his items day-to-day that don't involve classified information, how government operates is something that kushner initially took on presumably that wouldn't involve so much classified information. and this may just be a temporary setback for kushner. obviously, his influence comes from his proximity to the trump family in a lot of ways. he's also considered to be a very competent aide, as well. i think this could be a temporary setback until his security clearance is adjudicated, but it's not clear that's even possible given how long it's taken so far. >> that's a good point. even more than a year and still no security clearance on that particular front. thanks. and turning overseas, the bloodshed in the syrian city of eastern ghouta continues among the bombing. moscow has halted a temporary stop to the violence. the u.n. security council unable yet to pass a resolution that would have imposed a 30-day
cease-fire in syria thanks to steadfast opposition by russia. now, if it had passed, the resolution would have allowed humanitarian aid to reach viflans trapped in that city. war planes continued to besiege the city. it claimed the lives of 42 people there with the death toll now closing in on 400 people in less than a week. this is new video from volunteer rescue workers known as the white helmets. it shows members of the group work to go save those injured in the attacks in the remnants of an absolutely ravaged city. there were so many images that were heartbreaking and coming out on social media yesterday. we're going to switch gears for a moment and talk about the business world. here is an interesting story for you. kylie jenner proving just how powerful she is on social media, erasing $1 billion from snapchat's stock value with a single tweet. plus, widespread flooding
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we're going to extend the heavy rain along the ohio river valley back towards pittsburgh as we go through the weekend. the ohio river is going to start going into major flood stage as it borders west virginia and ohio as we head into sunday and monday. that will be a developing story to see how high it gets and how much damage is done to the properties along it. this is the rainfall forecast through sunday morning. there's one bull's eye. that will extend today up through areas around the mississippi river where it meets the ohio river, louisville, lexington, columbus. even new york city gets about an inch of rain out of this. friday into the feast, another one saturday afternoon and saturday evening. a lot of people will have a wet weekend. this heavier rain down here through the georgia mountains, at all be as we head towards saturday night into sunday. so the different seasons, it's still winter in the west. they've been very cold. it continues that way. feels like early spring still in the east. temperatures very warm today. chicago, 47. pittsburgh, 62.
atlanta, 77 today. while we're only 16 in rapid city, even phoenix is only going to be 60 degrees. by their standards, that's chilly. saturday, the same thing. nashville, 74. mississippi, 79. new york city up to 56. again, the eastern half of the country is still much warmer than the west. and into next week, it still stays mild. 60s into philadelphia. jacksonville, florida, mid 80s on sunday. so ayman, you know, it's not as crazy warm in the east as it was, but considering how it's still mid to end of february, still well above normal. >> hopefully we'll get some clear skies in the days ahead. >> that's the problem. rainy. taking a look at some of the morning's business headlines for you, toys r us is reportedly planning to close another 200 stores. the anticipated positive by the retailer would follow the announcement last month that it was closing 180 locations. the journal says a disthe aa pointing holiday sales season was part of the reasoning for the additional store closings. the paper adds layoffs could be
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prosecutor who uses her office to score points. as he continues to defy calls for his resignation a number of lawmakers are renewing the potential for impeachment that would force the governor out of office. the house will begin investigation against him. and oprah winfrey is responding to the president's recent tweet calling her insecure and biased. >> i woke up and just like -- >> yeah. >> and i don't -- i don't like giving negativity power so i just thought, what? what i actually really did was i went back and looked at the tape to see if there was any place that that could be true, did i feel like --
>> like i was slanted or biased. >> i went back and looked at every tape. i called the producer. >> the late tweet following 60 minutes report in which oprah moderated a panel of voters. she fielded the discussion including the me too movement, immigration and trump's stability and fitness for office. speculation that winfrey might run for office reached a fevered pitch earlier this year and the mogul insists she is not running. in defending her segment winfrey also said she doesn't like giving negativity power as you heard in that segment. >> coming up, president trump seeks to find solution in the latest school shooting in this country as he defends the idea of arming teachers with guns. and zem cattdemocratic sena weigh in on what they say needs to happen. and kate brown of oregon discuss
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welcome back. let's get a check on the stories i'm going to be watching throughout the day. president trump is set to address a crowd this morning. the president's speech follows one by vice president mike pence at the annual gathering yesterday and after he speaks the president will hold a joint news conference at the white house this afternoon. in florida, first responders on the scene of last week's school shooting will speak to the community of parkland, florida. police officers and medical technicians will be amongst those to share their stories. meanwhile teachers and staff members have the option of returning to the school today for the first time since the shooting. students are scheduled to be back on wednesday. that does it for us on this friday morning. "morning joe" starts right now.
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 out is a blackout in new york city. 90,000 customers conservatively have been affected. and this blackout initially spanned east to west. for those of you in new york that's between 5th avenue and the 40s to the 70s. so that's about 30 blocks of the northern part of manhattan. the fire department has asked that people only call 9-1-1 in there's an emergency. officials are asking people to avoid going underground on the subway as transportation has been heavily impacted. there are certain subway lines that are completely down. we have heard from mayor bill de blasio. he has just announced within the last hour that he will be returning to new york. he was currently at a campaign stop in iowa and through his press secretary he said that he will come back to his city. he also said there was no indication of foul play that this was a mechanical issue that was limited to a physical area.
and he said there was no injuries, that anyone who needs more informations can call 311 or go to notify nyc. and in terms of the cost we are waiting to hear from con edison. hopefully they are going to do a press conference this evening. they have said that they expect that power will be back at around 10:30 eastern. but if you look at that live picture of times square that's on your screen, you can see that a majority of that screen is still black. heavy presence from law enforcement and from the fire department. they said there is a coordinated response between emergency responders. and their biggest concern tonight is keeping people save. this all happened as a result of two incidences of transformer fire and a manhole explosion. this was in a heavily commercial area in the southern part of that blackout region. and then a deeply residential area in the northern part of that blackout region. i know we've been talking all evening about some of the ways that new yorkers are coming together in this moment. and one of the best stories that
i've seen on social media was this moment from carnegie hall. there was a concert happening, and like many of the broadway shows we mentioned, just like the j.lo show and madison square garden, this concert had to let out. when they did, people took to the streets. let's pull up the video and show how new york responds. [ singing ] so for those of you who have not been to a live concert at carnegie hall, you just got a free one out there on the sidewalk in new york city. that is how new yorkers make
lemonade out of lemons. i think that we were talking earlier about how every person who lives in this city, especially since 9/11 when something like this happens our stomach initially drops. it's just the reality of the changed dna of the city and of our nation and this heightened security. but we're lucky that this was a blackout, it was a mechanical issue. so we saw new yorkers coming froth all over the city just like this concert hall and just like people who were jumping in to direct traffic. >> and in contrast to that, the j.lo concert was canceled. and we have video of people out there getting together singing "ain't your mama." a j.lo song. >> people were just frustrated at the j.lo concert. let's bring in kathy park. you as an nbc correspondent here on msnbc news. you have been outside of our studio where it has been pitch
black. are any of the lights coming back on? >> reporter: no. the lights are still out. but morgan and kendis, i had the opportunity to really speak with people from all over the world. a family from england. here i have a family from nashville. and you guys just arrived to new york city. you had plans to see "wicked," which is a very popular broadway show. you are staying at the hotel. fortunately you got out after the blackout and you're walking toward gersch win theater and tell me what happened. >> thankfully we weren't on the elevator. we had gotten to our room ready to go. took the stairs down since the elevator was out of commission. we thought we saw lights ahead but it was just kind of spotty on the blackouts. and unfortunately got there about 7:30, and then about 8:15 they called the show tonight. >> reporter: the show is at 8:00, we're approaching another hour into the blackout?
so what have you been doing in the city? >> well, we basically have just kind of been looking around, walking into shops and see if there's something to do with everything closed. >> reporter: what do you think of the city right now? this is probably not what you were looking forward to when you were planning a trip to the big apple. >> no, not really. [ laughter ] >> reporter: are you keeping up to date? i know. she's being very honest. but it seems like everyone is still in relatively good spirits, right, mom? >> yeah. it's not raining. we weren't stuck on an elevator. we weren't in the subway. so i'm just thankful that it is the way it is right now and there was ice cream to be found somewhere to break the heat. >> reporter: exactly. a lot of these vendors just along the streets, i mine hot dogs, nuts, ice cream. those are still available. i know a lot of the restaurants are closed so that's not bad. right? >> no. >> reporter: but that's the situation though, guys. i know. i'm trying to convince her.
but when the lights go back on, i think her mood is going to change. like i said, this is a situation that people are kind of taking in stride. it's not tense. it's not chaotic. it's a saturday night here, so it's bustling a lot of movement here. i want to show you just kind of what we are seeing right now. obviously, that is 30 rock still dark. we have some of our generators kicking in. so that's why you have some of the floors lit up. but over to the left is radio city. and you can see that the sign is completely dark. a lot of people have been coming by taking videos, some snapshots of this. and then just kind of in the background you'll hear the fire trucks that are kind of coming through the area. and this is kind of drowning some of the noise in our shot right now. but this is something that we've been seeing for the past several hours as they respond to various types of emergencies throughout mid-town manhattan.
but it's 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. it's a city that never sleeps and i don't 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 weren't working. so a lot of folks are worn out from all the walking. i guess you kind of have to get used to it here in the city. >> we appreciate you standing on your feet. i know you've been out there for hours covering this story for us. so thank you for doing that. and thank you for bringing the stories to us. we look forward to coming back to you a little bit later. thank you so much, kathy. >> a couple of things that we're keeping an eye on right now and an ear, too. we're waiting for a press conference from con edison. i do believe as i've looked at these images that some of the lights have -- an increasing number of lights have come back on or maybe it's one of those
tests where if you stare at it long enough, you start seeing different sort of figures. but i do believe that some of the lights are slowly making their way back on. we have a couple people on the phone. jonathan, we've been talking all night long about this effort to try to get all of the lights back on. we're told that they may be able to restore power come mid-might. they had said 10/30 eastern time. this was a difficult thing to get the whole grid back on, isn't it? >> the con ed spokesman is saying their goal is midnight to get the power back on, on the west side of manhattan. that is just a goal. crews are working they say as safely and as quickly as possible to try to restore power to the west side of manhattan. and the goal is for a midnight switch to get it back on, to get it back and running. but it is only a goal at this time. there is a plan right now to do
a 10:30 press conference at west 64th and west end avenue to update on the cause of this incident which appears to be a mechanical fire transformer-type fire that spread and led to the outage on the west side. police, fire, office of emergency management personnel will be joining con ed at that press conference planned now for 10:30 at west 64th street and west end avenue. a leading nypd official says extra police have been deployed all across the west side as a precaution to help with traffic, to help with security outside many of the retailers that are now closed without power just to ensure everything remains safe. extra ambulances, extra fire trucks are also in the vicinitiy to provide assistance as a
precaution. the fire department was also responding to calls of people trapped in elevators. most of them are out. i do not have a final tally on the number of people who were called in for that type of assistance and whether any remain but that there were multiple calls about that throughout the evening. but the headline now is con ed has a goal of midnight to get the power back on, and a press conference is scheduled for about 10:30 on west 64th street with police fire con ed officials to provide an update. governor cuomo saying that he is calling for an investigation into exactly what happened so lessons can be learned and upgrades can be made so that this does not happen again. he is also deploying extra state police and mta personnel as a precaution to try to help with the mobs of people who are now impacted by the lack of subway service on the west side of
manhattan. again, west side has a population of about 200,000 people. of course, that grows with people coming in from new jersey and tourists and all sorts of other visitors and guests to manhattan. so, it is hundreds of thousands of people potentially affected by this. but, again, con ed giving the number of 90,000 customers. and the question was asked earlier, well, what does that mean? a customer is not a person. a customer could be an apartment that has four people living in it. so, just because you have 90,000 customers, there are likely many more people affected by this power outage as a result. so i hope that provides some clarity. midnight the goal to get the power back on. but nothing is set in stone. and as we've seen throughout the evening, information changes, developments happen, midnight the goal to get the power back on. >> and, jonathan, certainly a
fluid situation. i know you mentioned that governor cuomo was calling for an investigation. for those viewers who are just joining us, can you take us back to the beginning and describe what we do know thus far about that transformer and about that manhole explosion? >> okay. there are two incidents that took place this evening according to police and fire officials. and both appear to be accidental, electrical in nature. nothing at all deliberate. and the first one is that at 49th street on the far west side, there was some sort of fire, man hole explosion that impacted service to the west side of manhattan. a short time later on west 64th street, a transformer caught fire, exploded, on the west side there, also impacting. are the two incidents related? unclear. the investigation's going to have to determine whether one caused the other or whether they were two isolated incidents that
both happened to happen tonight, regardless they believe those two incidents caused the power outage on the west side that has affected hotels, subways, apartment buildings, restaurants, and businesses, all across the west side of manhattan. this goes from the 40s up to about 72nd street. and for those familiar with manhattan, 5th avenue is the dwigd line from east to west. so it goes from fifth avenue in the middle of manhattan all the way to the hudson river. that is the area that has been impacted by this blackout. >> and, jonathan, i do want to note a couple of things. first off, if we can take the big shot there of times square where the lights have started to come back on, on the left-hand side of the screen. you will remember that building on the left was dark for the most part. you couldn't make out the lion king images on the left. it would appear that power is
being restored there on the left-hand side which would basically be the west of manhattan. curry johnson who is a speaker of new york city council reporting that sections of helds kitchen and in the west 40s and 50s are coming back online. including the famed and brand-new, as you know, complex there, hudson yards, where the power has quickly been returned. con edison is saying power is restored on man hattan's upper west side. they are estimating more customers will be restored at midnight. we are just getting that in. so it is getting better. >> that is right. and catherine, craig, my colleague just reports at 50th and 9th, power just came on there. so it will be rolling. it is a progression. but if you are without power in manhattan right now, midnight is the goal. >> so it looks as if we are on at least the positive end of all
of this. we want to continue to mention to you some other stuff that curry johnson, again, who is a really key person there. he is a speaker for the new york city council. and he was mentioning that the power outage impacted some six grids in all. and two of those are back on. many people have been saying that he is a potential mayoral candidate. and as a result he has been very out there on twitter today in contrast on the current mayor of new york city who is in an aptly named waterloo. >> he is returning after finding out what happened. but speaking of the leadership here, new york governor cuomo did speak to a local news station, and he said that there was a substation fire that then caused four other substations to lose power and that there was damage to those substations as a result. so we are learning a little bit
more about what did cause this blackout as we get closer to the time when con edison says that power will be restored. they are estimating midnight. we are also hoping to hear with them in a press conference within the hour. >> and they did initially say that the power would be back on by 10:30. and we are seeing that coming into play. the subway stations that have been impacted will remain closed for a little while. there were many, many subway stations that were closed as a result of this subway trains just kept going past those stops that were affected. curry johnson continuing to say that he spoke to the ceo of con ed. he says that there are four other sections that should be back up within the next two hours. as we continue to look at these pictures there from outside the 6th avenue there, the avenue of the americas, on the other side of the hudson, we've been seeing some beautiful images that kind of capture how dark new york has been over the last hour or last
three hours. my colleague richard louis has made his way to the other side of the hudson in new jersey. and, richard, i can imagine you got a good sense of how dark the upper west side was and how it looks from your vantage point. >> reporter: hey, kendis. it's one of those things you and i were on air. you reporting just when the story broke. what happened is when i got off air, went downstairs, got in a car. as you look at that shot of times square, that dark space facing north is where we drove towards and through. past that actually because the other shot that we had which is in front of 30 rock where kathy park is where we drove away from. and then as we went up the west side highway for those who are locals, but it's basically the highway that runs all the way up and down the west side of the isle of manhattan. you can see that which you have been describing and reporting is
all those customers 90,000 plus customers that did not have power. we just stuck the camera out the window, and you can see in that space that there was absolutely no power on. you look out the other side, and what we saw, kendis, were the emergency vehicles that you've been describing that you've been trying to assist. in all of those intersections and places where power's been down for quite some time, they were driving south. and then as we crossed over the hudson and were looking back, you would see that part of manhattan dark. a strange, strange sight. so here i am, and as you can tell at msnbc headquarters, these are one of those contingency plans we had planned. and so it was very strange to see all of those places dark. and of course you being an upper
west-cider, me as well, a lot of folks there probably concerned about the things that need power like their refrigerators and their frozen goods. folks i know that you're saying that you don't have a family and you and morgan were talking about that for a moment. but there are families going what are we going to do with all that ice cream that is no longer ice cream, right? >> i wish ice cream were my biggest concern. >> but there are many people that are impacted by this, the elderly and a lot of folks who might have their pets as well. >> that they can't let out. >> can you imagine having a pet in an elevator trying to walk your dog and then the elevator gets trapped? >> right. >> and there are senior homes there in the upper west side that -- you bring up a really good point there, kendis, in what they have in terms of contingency plans, especially when we are looking at a warm, humid day in man hattin. and we can't forget that there
are still some people at risk until this power does come back online in the upper west side. >> and it helps us also keep things in perspective. we hope that this creates more empathy. we imagine our colleagues in puerto rico who were out of power for almost a year. so this hasn't happened in like 20 years for this city. we were just talking earlier about how this is the 42nd anniversary of the 1977 blackout. that lasted 48 hours. there was significant looting, there were significant arrests. and we also saw a lot of new yorkers come together. and that's a lot of what we're also seeing now. lichd lui. >> in 2007 almost exactly to the date. while we're talking about these power outages there, i'm noting the latest numbers from louisiana where 118,000 customers are without power. and you can see the reason why. i'm going to walk over and show you what is going on because we
are keeping an eye on this situation as well. so this is the center right here. of what was one time hurricane barry. it was a hurricane for roughly about two hours, and it is now a tropical storm. it is moving very slowly, eight miles an hour. we have been watching it just march up there. our biggest concern right now is baton rouge which is expected to get some 18 inches of rain. new orleans for the most part has donnelled a bullet with all ofdged a bullet with all of this. i am going to leave the forecasting and such to bill, but you can see we'll be paying attention to this line because the storm is not going to be moving much over the next few days. it'll still be a tropical depression with about 35-mile-an-hour winds once it gets to arkansas and then into tennessee. and it is impacting all of that,
the mississippi river, which comes right there into new orleans is at 17 feet right now, which is above flood stage, well above flood stage. normally it's at 6 feet. so this is of concern for many people while we continue to watch the situation there in new york, morgan. >> and, kendis, we also have breaking news. we just heard from a con ed spokesperson. they said that two west side networks are back in power. that's on hudson and columbus. we also know that there are four more networks to go. the number without power is starting to go down, but there are no specifics yet on that number. midnight, however, is still currently the goal. and just to be clear, we are still talking about a large swath of midtown manhattan that is still without power. there's hell's kitchen which is still in the dark. times square slowly coming back to life. the northern part of that blackout region which is the 60s and the 70s, that's slowly
seeing power coming back. and we've got about an hour and a half until con edison says that they expect to see power completely restored. we've heard from mayor bill de blasio. he is now on his way back to new york city. he was campaigning in iowa. he is running for -- he's one of the 2020 presidential contenders. he says he is now coming back. he waited for a while to find out exactly what the situation was and to assess the severity of the situation. meantime, we understand that emergency responders as well as new york's fire department as well as new york's police department all coming together to make sure that this city is safe. they have all said that safety is the number one priority. of course, beyond safety we have heard that no one has been injured. but beyond that we understand there's been a significant inconvenience to the city, right? a lot of dollars, a big economic impact, the restaurants have had to close down. they're losing food. a lot of people who are visiting the city have had to cancel their plans to see their favorite broadway plays. a lot of those plays have been shut down.
jennifer lopez's concert, for example, has been shut down. that's right outside of where we're sitting right now. but outside you can see radio city music hall, those lights to the right of your screen, they're usually very brirkts they're a big welcomed sign to tourists, but right now they are almost completely dark. that reflects a lot of what we saw inside. we are lucky that we have lights in the studio as we speak. but the lights that we're working with right now just came on within the past hour because when we were here and we started work and we were here about 6:00 p.m., suddenly around 6:30, the lights went out and no one knew. >> it was fascinating because it happened during the east coast version and central coast version of the nbc nightly news. we heard this big boom in the newsroom here at msnbc at our offices. and all of a sudden the lights flickered and then the generators came back on. but i looked at the studio which
is right behind us, and it all disappeared as if kate was doing nightly news by candlelight. [ laughter ] it was very, very weird to take a look at. >> and remember when i saw you, we were trapped between those two doors trying to get out because the electronic card readers weren't working. >> to let you know the security works fine. like, it'll trap you. [ laughter ] we were trying to figure out what do we do now. and then of course we found out jonathan said it wasn't just third rock, it wasn't just rockefeller plaza but that it's also way beyond that. but even before we go to jonathan, there was a really, really important new yorker who was impacted and has gone to social media. >> i knew you were going to go here first. go ahead them where you were going, kendis. i knew where you were headed. he's a new yorker so we knew he was going to go to the queen first. because he has a special video from the new yorker herself. >> the queen of the 6th train. >> hi, guys. i am devastated and heartbroken
right now. i cannot tell you on the second night of performing at madison square garden after such an amazing night last night, i just don't even know what to say. i just want you guys to know that you're going to get your monies's worth and we are going to come back and we are going to do an amazing show for you. i am so sorry that this happened. obviously it was beyond all of our control. the building handled it really well. they did the smartest thing for everybody's safety. so, i love you. i'm sorry. and i will see you all very soon. >> jennifer lopez. >> aww. it's because her concert at madison square garden. >> the grid was supposed to extend from the 70 to the north, the blackout to the 40s in the south, and madison square garden is at 34th street. and they had to evacuate. >> they started singing and then it was sort of like lights out. >> about three songs in, right?
"i'm just, i'm just jenny from the." >> similar to what beyonce did after her super bowl performance. the lights went out at the super dome. jennifer was like i can do this too. i promise not to ask you a question on the wide-reaching impact of the j.lo cancelation. but in the meantime as we wait for con ed to talk right now, any expectation on what we can hear from these officials? >> well, they're going to be doing this press conference in about three minutes or so. that is the goal for their press conference. we just got an update. before it was 90,000 customers without power just about 15 minutes ago. the number now stands at 32,000 customers without power. so the number is going down. two big networks were restored a short time ago. there are four more to go. lesser networks and they are working on that. the goal is midnight of service
restoration. we'll hear more about that at the press conference. we'll hear from police and fire about the emergency calls they received. we have no reports so far of any injuries. and we should get an update on the number of people they had to rescue from elevators. again -- jonathan i'm going to interrupt you because we got this presser from con ed. we'll go there live. >> responded quickly to the scene and we are working closely with con ed to restore power as quickly as possible. we have no reports of injuries or fatalities at this time. we also have a list of those individuals that are on life-saving equipment and we are working with them to make sure they have what they need. we have put together a joint task force with pd and the fire department to make sure that nobody is stuck in an elevator still. right now i'd like to turn it over to the ceo of con ed, john
mcavoy to get an update from con ed. >> hi. good evening. thanks very much. my name's john mcavoy. i represent con edison. we experienced a significant disturbance on the west side of manhattan at one of our electric transmissions stations at roughly 6:47 p.m. but eventually it interrupted power to approximately 73,000 customers. we provide the electric system into what we call networks which is roughly equivalent to neighborhoods. it interrupted power to six networks. we have expedited the recovery, performed an initial assessment of what was the most likely cause, isolated that equipment, inspected the other equipment to identify any obvious abnormalities. and now we have started the restoration process. of the six networks that we
lost, we have restored two of those networks starting from just before 10:00 p.m. and we are working to restore the remaining four networks by midnight tonight. now, there are some unknowns in this as we restore equipment we may find damage that we're not currently aware of. but we are proceeding on a path to restore all customers, hopefully by midnight tonight. we'll then look at the root causes of the event and restore the system to a fully normal condition once we understand exactly what occurred and what caused the outages that we're experiencing today. >> mcavoy, do you know exactly why this happened? it's not an especially hot day, and thankfully it's a saturday in which businesses and people aren't in their offices. >> right. it does not appear related to excessive load as sometimes has occurred in the past. when we have an incident like this, we focus first on isolation of the failed equipment or the most likely
failed equipment, and then restoration of the customers. and then when customers are restored, we really do the full investigation to identify what may have caused it. that will follow later today and tomorrow. >> the lights just went on behind you. how do you feel about that? >> that was a live press conference from con edison, the electricity supplier here in new york city. now i'd like to turn to governor andrew cuomo. thank you for making time to speak with us this i think. you said the fact that it happened at all is unacceptable. what did you mean by that? >> um, well, thank you for having me. it is not infrequent for a substation to malfunction. a substation fire or a substation breakdown of one cause or another. the system is designed, however, to make sure that when one substation malfunctions, it does not proceed down the line
through the transmission line with a surge of power and disrupt other substations. that's what happened here. one substation went down. it then triggered a surge of power, which took down two, three or four or five additional substations. and the system is designed to avoid that. so, that's the question. i'm going to view the transformers myself tonight because i want to know exactly what happened. we've been through this before. the first order of business, though, is this is a big piece of manhattan. it's roughly 40th street to about 60th street, plus or minus broadway, which is basically the middle of manhattan to the hudson river. and people are more than inconvenienced. it's a public safety issue. traffic lights are out. trains are not running. you don't want to have a city in
blackout conditions. new york has been very well behaved. but chaos could ensue. so i have additional state police going down. we have the national guard on call. con ed says power should be back by 12:00. but my add jaj prepare for the worst and hope for the best. we're going to have personnel on hand just in case we don't make 12:00. >> you mentioned the state police is now getting involved as well as the national guard. what is your biggest concern for new yorkers tonight, governor? >> the number one concern is public safety. you have a number of very busy traffic intersections that have no power. you have trains that are not running. hopefully we believe we've gotten everyone off the trains, which is subway stations -- subway trains in that part of
manhattan. we don't have any reports of people stuck in elevators, et cetera. but you have senior citizens, you have people with medical equipment at home. >> right. >> that they need functioning. you have hospitals in that area that are operating on backup generators, which are only designed for short-term use. so it's the cluster of public safety issues. >> and, governor, i want to go back to something you said a bit earlier. you said that you were going to view the transforms tonight and that this was a function of the system not operating in a way that it effectively should have tonight. so, how do we prevent this from happening in the future? >> well, that's for the after report, but i want to see it for myself. call me a somewhat cynical new yorker. this is not the first time we've had a power outage, but the system is designed, and this con edison is a utility that is regulated. people pay their bills. they are supposed to have a
system that is designed that if a substation malfunctions there are other substations that pick up that power shortfall. and certainly that one substation disturbance doesn't ripple through the system. we've been through that before. >> right. >> and that is not -- the system is designed to prevent that. so, i want to know first hand what happened. these are dangerous situations. you know, you have that density of population, that many moving pieces, that many vehicles. having a six-hour blackout, and let's hope it's only six hours, it's a dangerous situation. make no mistake. and we are doing everything we can to handle it. but it shouldn't occur. >> and governor cuomo, when you say that this should not have occurred, earlier this evening we heard from mayor bill de blasio. he's been campaigning in iowa, and he waited for a little bit to determine and assess the
severity of the situation before he decided that he would in fact return to new york city. are you confident that in the meantime the city is in good hands while we wait? >> i know we have the full state team on duty. we have a state power team that is one of the best in the country, if i may say. we help other states with emergency management all the time. we just spent a lot of time in puerto rico after hurricane maria. so they are as good an emergency management team as any in the country, and they have been there from minute one, they're embedded with con ed, nypd is dispatched. we have additional state police. we have the national guard on call. so i feel confident that short-term we have handled it well. second step is will it actually be over at midnight or not? and if it goes longer, then it's
a different issue, and then we get to what they call the after-action report. i want to know why and how and this can't happen again. >> governor, i know you have to go see those transformers tonight. so i want to give you the last word. do you have any message for new yorkers tonight? >> be the best new yorker today. new yorkers are accustomed to hardship. we deal with all sorts of things. this is an inconvenience. stay home. don't drive. and let's be the best new yorkers we can be. power is out, but we are going to behave with the courtcy and manners that we always do in new york. >> what a message. all right, governor cuomo, thank you so much for taking time it speak to the members of your state tonight and to the members of this country. we appreciate your service and thank you for going to look at
those transformers. have a good rest of your evening. >> thank you, thank you. >> we just heard from con edison. they just wrapped up their press conference this evening. they have confirmed that there were no injuries, and they said that they do have a list of individuals with life-saving equipment so they're giving priority to the people who may need their assistance. they said that this outage began at 6:47 p.m. eastern here in new york city. it affected 73,000 customers. again, customers are not necessarily individuals, but a customer could be a hotel, a customer could be an apartment building. so a customer could be one person or 400 people inside of a building. 73,000 customers is the updated number tonight from con edison, which is the electricity supplier here in new york city. they said that six networks were interrupted this evening. since they have gotten two back on. they think that they will have power back on throughout the rest of the city by midnight tonight. currently it is 10:39 p.m. let's go now to kendis gibson who is outside of nbc studios.
he's there on 6th avenue. kendis, it looks very dark out there. >> reporter: indeed. i'm going to take that as another slight as how i look, morgan, but it is very fairly out here in new york city. i walked outside the building, and i will have to admit, it was absolutely surreal. you have walked outside this building many, many times. you've walked 6th avenue, walked many of these streets. this is an iconic area, radio city, music hall. these sidewalks usually very much lit up. of course, rockefeller center normally would be lit up. this traffic light would normally be directing traffic. but instead it is completely dark, and people are just kind of milling around kind of seeming very, very lost. the street itself as you come out here, once again, the street is kind of like very, very, very -- kind of reminds you of
"i am legend." because it's so -- there is nobody really out here except for a few vehicles that are passing by and a few people around. now, there was a streak there that was taking place a little earlier today. so part of 6th avenue which is a major, major tloro fair. they have been able to restore power to so many of the grids especially on the west side of manhattan, this area is not restored as yet. it is a very, very important area for new york city because it does include the 5th avenue area with all those really high-end retail stores as well as high-end restaurants that are all shut as a result of this. many restaurants and i'm looking at in the meantime, they are normally packed on a saturday night with tourists or even locals. they are losing out on business on an evening like this. i will tell you, though, the
halal guys and all of the hot dog vendors and the regular street vendors, they are doing gangbuster business as well. but it's great to be able to know at least for the most part that it has been a fairly safe night. we have endured at least four hours of this blackout. it has brought many, many people together here in new york city. and we hope that everybody else remains safe while they finally get to restore the power in these parts. >> kendis, we just got breaking news that five of those six power networks have since been restored. but take me for a minute where you are outside. you said there are very few people outside now. but who is out there? is it law enforcement vehicles or are they pedestrians? who exactly is out there with you? >> reporter: i'll tell you for the most part these are just tourists, people who are just bewildered at what they are experiencing at this hour that, it is mostly tourists, and usually, you know, this is a big business area, as you know, morgan, on monday through friday.
so you wouldn't necessarily have a lot of true new yorkers who are out here in the middle of the night. but there are probably also some leftover folks from -- who were here at the street festival. you know a little bit earlier on that new york city was putting out police officers at many, many businesses and at intersections across the street, not sure if you'll be able to tell, you can see a group of police officers who are right there in the middle. they are blocking that subway station. it is a popular subway station. the rockefeller center subway, and there are an increased number of police officers who are out on the street trying to make sure that the businesses and many people do remain safe. and while you had that breaking news as five of the six grids are back up and running, i can tell you where the sixth grid is. probably right here. probably right here right now. i know i tried this a little bit earlier with kathy. can we try to see, just show the
darkness, how dark it is? not sure how that plays on camera, especially because -- >> we see this family coming behind you, right. >> reporter: yeah. you can see right now how dark it is in new york city. it's very, very surreal. >> we can only see the outline, right. wow. >> reporter: i'll smile. >> and what a smile it is. kendis, thank you so much. let's go now to jonathan. you listened to that press conference with us. you heard them say that there were still thousands of people without power. what did you make of the updates that they gave you? did they give us any clearer sense of what specifically happened? >> well, first they said in they need to determine the cause, and that will take some time, transformer a likely possible cause. they said a manhole explosion would not be the cause that would be two incidents to cause
such a major power outage. during that conference, literally the lights behind them came back on. that was an indication that five of the six networks are back up and running. orangeony it was two out of six. then during the press conference they got back up to five out of six. so they are working on the remaining network, which stretches as far south to the penn station area, including other parts of the west side and midtown which they're working on getting restoration. we were remarking throughout the coverage why traffic was moving somewhat well in the blackout-affected areas, and that's because north of the area and south of the area, the nypd shut down all traffic coming into the area. so they prohibited any cars, any trucks from entering the blackout zone. only mta buses were allowed to take people up and down through that blacked out quarter of the
west side. all other vehicles were being prevented from entering to try to keep things under control. police said they did a level iii mobilization which means hundreds of extra officers were deployed. during the news conference the oem commissioner said there were no reported casualties, no injuries. they did and they still do have teams responding to buildings to do elevator checks. they say they have no more reports of anyone stuck in an elevator. but as a precaution with buildings still without power, the office of emergency management with its teams along with the nypd are going door to door to elevator buildings that do not have power just to make sure there's no one still trapped inside. that just gives you an example of the personnel and efforts being made still at this hour until full power is restored. >> and that's a coordinated effort between emergency
responders, the new york fire department, the new york police. we heard from governor cuomo earlier tonight he spoke with us here on msnbc and he said that he was also sending in state police and the national guard. but, jonathan, if you can, the governor said in an earlier press statement the fact that it happened at all is unacceptable. when i asked him about that this evening on the phone, he said that he was going to view those transformers tonight, but that effectively, the system did not work this evening as it was designed to. can you explain to us how was it designed to work? what didn't happen that should have? >> i am not a con ed expert, and that question was asked at the press conference and the ceo of con ed was not able to provide an answer, only to say that an investigation is underway in an attempt to find out the cause and has happened. the governor seemed to suggest it was some sort of cascading effect that this went from one area to the next to the next. i don't know if it happened all
at once or if it is as the governor explained. i think we need to wait and see what the investigation brings in terms of cause and why this happened. of course, it's not supposed to happen, the power is supposed to stay on. it's a saturday. it was not overwhelmingly hot. a lot of businesses were closed on a saturday, so you don't have an overtaxing of the system. so they do not believe that is a cause. but whether it is the fire on 49th street, the explosion or fire of a transformer on 64th street, a combination of those two events happening at the same time. i think we need to wait and see what the investigation finds. but the governor did say he is ordering a separate investigation into what happened to try to get some answers so that it does not happen again. >> so two ongoing investigations. and just a recap here for anyone who's joining us. the headlines from the con ed
ceo at this recent press conference said that the power went out at 6:47. they have identitisolated the et that was linked to this outage. they have started the restoration process. no injuries reported. they are still hoping to restore that power by midnight, and the outage was not related to excessive use of electricity. i know that was a question for a lot of people, especially with these hot summer months and those acs turned on. jonathan, investigative reporter here at msnbc. now i want to show you this interesting moment that happened when the lights came back on in one portion of new york city. take a look at this. [ people cheering ].
>> yay! >> woo! >> might be on 8th avenue, new yorkers cheering, some excited to have the power come back on. unfortunately, i think where we have my colleague, kendis gibson, they're not seeing that overjoyed reaction because the power is not back on yet. let's go to kendis who is out there. i see it is still dark behind you. have any of the lights come back on since we last spoke to you, kendis? >> reporter: yes, morgan, we have been keeping a close eye on the lights and the power grid, at least in this area. so far we haven't noticed much of a difference whatsoever. of course, you had that latest report from con edison mentioning that five out of the six power grids were knocked out as a result of this power outage that took place more than four
hours ago now. five of the six have now been restored. i believe that we're now in the sixth, and this is still fairly in the dark. you can see the situation here. this, of course, is 30 rockefeller plaza. it would normally be lit up. you would be seeing the nbc marquee, the "tonight show" with jimmy fallon would be there. radio city music hall, the marquee would normally be lit up as well. luckily there were no shows there to night. lionel richie will be appearing there on the 17th. they do have a generator though that you can kind of hear buzzing in the distance. the police officers who have been placed on the street as a result of the orders from the governor and the new york city mayor, they are out here in force. they are watching many of the businesses, watching the subway entrances and exits, making sure that people don't try to go down into many of these stops because, simply said, the subways are shut down. the good news about all of this
so far, at least from what we're being told, that it is clearly just an inconvenience at this point for many new yorkers. it wasn't necessarily something that injured anybody as far as we know right now, and there were no casualties that came about as a result of this four-hour power outage that we've had today. that said, it has still been quite a harrowing ordeal for many new yorkers to deal with. it also has been an interesting one because it has brought neighbors together, brought many people who can no longer talk on their phones because their batteries have died, to simply get to know one another. it has been quite sometime since new yorkers have experienced something like this. 2003 was a major blackout, and on this date back in 1977 was that city wide blackout that ended up causing some $300 million in lost revenues. no doubt a lot of people lost
some money tonight as a result of this, but the good news, nobody lost their lives. what an interesting day, morgan, i got to say. it started out where we were paying attention at the very start of the day to that real life threatening situation there in the gulf where you had what became hurricane barry that was moving ashore. it grew in strength overnight and then started just dumping inch after inch of rain on louisiana and has just slowly meandered north at just eight miles per hour and will completely devastate some parts with up to double digit rain. the area of baton rouge, which has been getting rain for several days now, will get about 17 1/2 inches of rain by monday morning. you see the forecast track for the storm. it is going to be sitting with us and dumping some 50-plus mile winds and 35-mile-plus winds straight into monday morning, but of course many of the
forecasters are saying it is not as much a wind event as it is a rain event, and it is a flooding disaster in the making that will be with us for several days. so quite an interesting day this has been where we started out paying attention to that situation there in the gulf, and we continue to do so, and now we're ending up with this situation where a lot of people have lost power. and of note, while power is being restored to most people here in manhattan, slowly but surely, there are hundreds of thousands of customers, which means a lot of people, possibly multiply that by four, more than 100,000 customers in louisiana alone who are right now spending this night without electricity, in the heat and the rain still coming down. definitely our thoughts are with those people as well as it is with the people of manhattan who had to endure a long four hours. >> and speaking of those people here in manhattan, kendis, i know you were there when there was still natural light outside -- >> whoa! >> did it just happen?
the lights came on behind you. look at that. that looks like it was the final grid they were working to restore. kendis, is the marquee lit up? kendis, do you see -- >> reporter: it is back on. the marquee -- the marquee is back on. ""the tonight show"" with jimmy fallon is back on. >> look at that! >> reporter: people are cheering it on. >> the cheers. >> reporter: look at that. the gap, the stores, the lights are back on in those stores. look what a difference this avenue, a major avenue has when it is back on. people are excited about it. are you excited the lights are back on? [ cheering ]. >> reporter: oh, man. that was really kind of cool. i mean i know our producers are really good at stuff, but that was, like, right on cue. >> you couldn't even make that on tv. it is incredible. >> reporter: we're kind of -- not at all. we make a little bit light of it -- no pun intended, or perhaps maybe -- but it could
have been a really, really serious situation for many people. a million-plus people who live here in manhattan, the hundreds of thousands of customers and people who were impacted by this blackout or inconvenienced. so it really was a good situation so you can understand why once the lights came back on, just within the last few minutes -- are you excited the lights are back on? >> yeah! >> reporter: they're excited. i appreciate it. i appreciate you. they can see where i am now. so, you know, it is one of those things that you can understand why there was that -- morgan, that celebration once the lights did go back on and we can carry on with the city. but this had a really big impact, let's not lie about it. many of those shows, "hamilton", "the lion king", so many of the shows were closed as a result of that. we saw the jennifer lopez concert that was -- that was
closed. the show ""to kill a mockingbird" as well was closed as a result of this. so they're going to have to make up for all of those shows for a lot of people, so it is a lost of lost business, a lot of money. but we're happy to know that there were no lost lives as a result of all of this, morgan. >> kendis, speaking of those lost businesses, for those people not in new york, a lot of people are watching this at home from other parts of the country. explain why this was so impactful here. we heard from governor cuomo about the threat to public safety. i know you've mentioned that this was something that we could have narrowly avoided a much more disturbing scene. but in terms of location, talking to people who were outside of new york, explain where you are and why where you're standing right now is so important to the heart of this city and why that area is important even beyond to the rest of the country. >> reporter: i got to tell you, obviously this has nothing to do
with 9/11, but having a situation like this brought up memories of that. i remember walking down 6th avenue where i could see the trade towers go down. i was working at nbc at the time and we were walking back to -- to 30 rock. the streets were shut down. it was eery, it was weird. i remember that situation. obviously this has nothing to do with that. but whenever you have something that just makes -- that triggers you here in new york and just kind of jolts you, it immediately -- if you went through that experience or other tough experiences here in new york, it immediately makes you stop and say, "wait, what is going on, what's going on, this is not normal." new york city is supposed to be a loud city where you have a lot of police cars that are going through, where the streets like 6th avenue are not supposed to be shut down like this and the lights are all supposed to be on and people are supposed to be out and enjoying the city. so whenever you have something
like this that happened tonight, you can understand at least from a new yorker or even as somebody who has lived in other places thought, all right, let's pay attention to what is going on in new york and be curious once again for fellow residents and fellow americans who are there. the good news, morgan, as we've been saying, four-and-a-half hours after the lights went out here in new york city while we were there during "nightly news" and such, the lights are back on. >> right. >> reporter: a lot of people are safe and sound. we will have the very latest on this situation and exactly what took place here with that transformer, the transformer that blew up tomorrow morning at 6:00 a.m. eastern time, and we continue to keep the thoughts and prayers with the people in the gulf states and louisiana who are dreeling withealing wit we dealt with tonight. >> kendis, we know there are currently two investigations ongoing -- >> reporter: tune in tomorrow
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immigrants leaving europe for the new world the passage across the atlantic was the 1st of many adventures. at their destination they were greeted by a spectacular backdrop. of manhattan. in the harbor they were welcomed by a goddess of the modern age holding high a promise anyone seeking to better their fortunes here would find freedom and security. this principle shapes the united states to this day freedom is paramount it stands above everything even justice. this idea continues to distinguish the united states from the democracies of the so-called old world.
the statue of liberty is a symbol of this principle a gift from france that was shipped across the atlantic in 885. she was intended as a beacon to the world a bearer of hope for all who had left europe behind. the 1st visual depictions of america by europeans showed adventurers searching for a route to india which is why they called the people they encountered indians the europeans were interested in money and power and a crucial factor in that power was religion.
when christopher columbus set sail from europe in 1492 he flew the flags of catholic spain. he was sent to find a new western sea passage to asia and lay the foundations for the spread of christianity there. the caribbean was a launching pad for later spanish expeditions with the help of new maps the sailors searched for more territory to explore. they landed on a coastline they called flo rida derived from the spanish name for a flower festival on easter sunday pasqua florida. columbus went to his grave believing he had reached india. steadily on who had accompanied columbus on a previous voyage knew otherwise but ponce de leon thought florida was an island he
claimed it for spain naming it. his ships were likely the 1st to sail the gulfstream at the place in the gulf of mexico where its current is strongest. delhi owns crews were amazed at how the powerful current left their ships rigging raggett and doors. the gulf stream transports more water than all the world's rivers combined. its discovery was a boon to the spanish treasure ships over the next 100 years the current help speed their journeys back across the atlantic. a famous european engraver collected reports from 16th century expeditions and captured them in illustrations. more than any other teodor debris shape tawi picture the 1st encounters of the spanish invaders with the indigenous peoples
. his depictions were not always true to life but the embellishments are not always as apparent as in this illustration of native americans at work killing the field as. the spanish had no real idea of how many native americans lived in the new world historians today estimate that more than 1000000 people lived in florida alone before the invaders arrived. the indigenous americans help the spanish navigate their way through the unfamiliar terrain why the foreigners were always intent on moving on and what they were looking for was a mystery at 1st the spanish explorers asked them for water and food but that was
not all they were after. the spanish were searching for precious metals and spices they hoped to reap new riches they wanted to wage a campaign of plunder as they had already done with the incas for their south. st augustine in northeastern florida calls itself the oldest continuously occupied settlement established by the europeans in the united states. fund staley own came ashore here on his florida expedition and then moved on. 50 years later the spanish erected a small wooden fort. in the 17th century after raids by english ships the imposing custom you descend marcos was built in its place.
pirates found refuge in the islands of the region's. many it started as ordinary smugglers when they saw galleons loaded with gold and silver setting sail for europe the lure of a quick profit was too much to resist. the caribbean gradually became a haven for murderers and thieves. eventually spain's dominance in the new world began to wane. in 1607 english settlers landed further up the east coast in what is now the state of virginia. after entering chesapeake bay 3 ships sailed up the james river. the passengers were supposed to build a fort for
a new settlement jamestown. for people seeking a better life across. the atlantic the virginia company of london offered free passage in return for work in the new colonies. after up to 7 years of indentured servitude they were given the right to settle on the land assigned to them by the company. the english founded a succession of colonies along the east coast all the way up to modern day boston. jamestown eventually florist for the virginia company it soon became a worthwhile investment. the settlers also planted tobacco which grew so well that virginia tobacco was still the most popular in the world. the europeans or the discovery of tobacco to the native americans who used its leaves for medicinal purposes. they
treated snakebites with them and all manner of disease. in 1620 the mayflower set sail from england with a crew of 31 and 102 passengers on board. they were motivated less by material wealth than by freedom. most of them were fleeing religious persecution they were heading for virginia 1st but poor weather diverted their ship further north to keep god near boston. and. they landed in what they called plymouth rock after the english port city they had set sail from. the pilgrim fathers are still part of the founding myth of the united states . within just
a few years they were joined by 20000 more colonists who settled in the new. england area near what is now boston they laid the foundations for a deeply religious society where their free churches florist the pilgrim fathers as they were later known called themselves the saints after st paul back home in england they had been marginalized for their strict adherence to the word of the new testament which is why they were called spirit. they believe their congregation answered directly to god and needed no bishops. they were even opposed to celebrating christmas because the holiday was never mentioned in the new testament. compared to jamestown colonists the pilgrim fathers of the plymouth plantation
adapted more easily to their new surroundings. they had good relations with the native peoples in the area who helped them survive their 1st winter. they gave the settlers food and showed them how to cultivate crops in the sandy soil. in facts for the bountiful harvest the settlers invited their native neighbors to a 3 day feast an event that inspired the modern thanksgiving holiday. over the 17th century and the netherlands became another rising commercial and naval power. cape may in new jersey was founded almost 500 years ago by a dutch explorer as
a trading post with native americans it is known the oldest seaside resort in the country each. summer 4000 residents welcome more than 100000 visitors. the fur trader cornelius jacobsen may also brought dutch settlers to an island near by they formed a nucleus of a new colony new amsterdam today's manhattan. by the mid 17th century the dutch settlement had 2000 residents. the british fought 3 naval wars against their dutch rivals and dispatched a fleet to take control of the dutch settlements in the new world. the dutch lost their colonies to the british the governor was forced to relinquish new amsterdam
which the british renamed new york. but the dutch were permitted to keep their land their faith and their pubs this tolerance displayed by the british commander laid the foundation for a gateway to the new world. the british had founded colonies in the south and north of the east coast they consolidated that foothold with new york and new jersey and later added colonies in pennsylvania and delaware. their most successful colony was virginia its prosperity spurred on other settlements in the south as the farms increased their profits they evolved into
plantations. this success was founded on a workforce brought in from africa. the captured slaves did the work that brought the landowners their wealth. the crops they grew including cotton tobacco and. english rule spread from virginia to maryland north carolina south carolina and finally georgia. and southern most of the original 13 colonies established under british rule. the middleton family were one of the most prosperous landowners in south carolina. manor house still stands as
a former plantation the family owned 20000 hectares of land some 50000 acres work by 800 slaves not far from the 5 ing city of charleston. 17th century charleston was the cultural and economic center of the southern states with a population of 1200 it was at the time the 5th largest city in north america. became a hub of the slave trade in the british colonies half of the slaves captured in. north america landed in charleston. it was a cruel and barbaric business that paid no heed to any contemporary notion of human rights slave owners were allowed to do whatever they wanted with the people who
were their property. and prospered. under the slave trade and the british crown filled its coffers with taxes. in the colonies this bred resentment and they began to turn against british control the colonies were flourishing and did not want to follow orders whether in their business dealings or their religious beliefs from the north to the south this was something they agreed on. eventually in boston tensions boiled over. when london issued new duties on basic commodities such as paper leather and the colonies demanded no taxation without representation their protests were met with force. the conflict turned deadly when british
soldiers shot and killed 5 people during protests in boston the king in london now offered to abolish all taxes except for the tax on t.v. but it was too little too late. the revolutionaries in boston now openly challenge the government in london under cover of darkness and disguised as native americans a group of them crept aboard british trading ships and threw 40 tons of tea into the harbor. the raid went down in history as the boston tea party. london responded to the provocation by sending reinforcements and 775 british troops clashed with colonial militias for the 1st time. the 13 colonies issued a declaration of independence
a declaration of war. thomas jefferson who was born in england penned a key sections of the declaration of independence he became one of the founding fathers of the united states along with benjamin franklin samuel adams and a tobacco farmer from virginia called george washington. they were united in their determination to be free of what they called british tyranny. their declaration also proclaimed that all men had a god given right to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. it was
a call to rebellion but were the colonies willing to die for their cause. they had $15000.00 poorly equipped militia troops under the command of a military novice plantation owner george washington. they faced the well equipped and battle hardened british redcoats backed up by 30000 mercenaries from germany. but george washington had patriotic fervor and tactical skill on his side he managed to avoid open battle against the enemy's superior forces his militia was more accustomed to retreating than going on the offensive but the british were unable to press their advantage. then george washington received military assistance from france the time had turned. but he signs of battle
took place not far from jamestown. the british surrendered. london sued for peace united states had now come of age. kid and huge sieg burbage deal. leave. the birth of the nation inspired francis scott key to write a poem about the stars spangled banner but it just later became the lyrics to the national anthem which celebrated the united states as the land of the free and the home of the brave to walk but who was truly free and this new world a loose women had less freedom native americans and slaves of african descent had none at all really the freedoms that were enshrined in the constitution were only valid for a select group of streaming. it soon became
clear that rice grew well in the southern states. new slaves were imported who understood how to cultivate rice. this also proved a very profitable business. thanks to enslaved rice farmers from west africa south carolina and georgia soon became known as the rice scopes. but diseases like malaria and yellow fever also flourished in the subtropical climate. when temperatures rose in the spring white farmer owners often left for the north over the summer the slaves were left in comparative peace they developed their own african-american culture and their own language. which is still spoken today on the c.r. lands of south carolina. in
790 the islands were home to around 200 white colonists and 7800 black slaves. yes 80 years later some 300 colonists ruled over more than 5000 slaves. as each decade past the flaws of the american constitution became more apparent for those who are willing to see. in the north the thorny questions of freedom and equality were at least a topic of debate tonight south it was business as usual. the south had its own concept of freedom to the plantation owners it meant the right to free trade and freedom from interference from both the british and the northern states. the virginia company of london was the 1st joint stock corporation to import slaves
from africa to jamestown. the slaves replaced white indentured labor who gained their freedom after completing their years of service that covered the cost of their journey from england. for their owners the people brought from africa would never be free in the new world they lived to serve. slaves who attempted to escape faced brutal punishment the united states of america which thought of itself is the land of the free was built on slavery. by 860 there were some 4000000 slaves in the united states men and women and
children exploited by slave owners and often abused. a few years earlier and $852.00 harriet beecher stowe a teacher published a novel that gripped the country uncle tom's cabin tells the story of a slave who was sent to be freed but is then sold to another master who has him whipped to death. for abraham lincoln born in kentucky and his new republican party the book helped win support for the anti slavery cause. abraham lincoln became president with votes from the northern states. in the white house he faced a challenge of historic proportions. after his election in south carolina moved 1st soon 11 slaveholding states seceded from the
united states the president decided to use the military to force the south back into the union. the civil war waged over differing definitions of freedom cost the lives of 600000 soldiers and 500000 civilians 2 percent of the population. it remains the country's bloodiest conflict. half of those killed could not be identified.
in may $861.00 the white slave owners on the sea islands had like every year left for the summer. their slaves remained behind. the north took the opportunity to seize control of the islands and arm several 100 gullah slaves. many of the men took pride in wearing the blue uniform and in joining the fight for their freedom. the. union forces soon occupied the nearby city of beaufort thanks to the 1st south carolina volunteer infantry regiment. it was one of the 1st black regiments in the union army. the north now began to deploy more
and more units o'clock soldiers 180000 african american men and gave lincoln the new troops he so desperately needed on the battlefields. another factor healthy and up. sterilise north it's railway network allowed troops and weapons to be transported quickly across the country. many of the battlefields were located close to railway tracks and the towns that had sprung up near to them. the union of the northern states was gaining the upper hand. the confederate south staked everything on one final push to encircle the northern armies.
they were outmatched both in terms of resources and strategy the confederate army lost their final great battle their only choice was to surrender. abraham lincoln had been reelected the year before the end of the war after the south capitulated he urged reconciliation calling on both sides to refrain from taking revenge or. to do all which may achieve and cherish i just and other lasting peace among ourselves. and with the base. but the civil war claimed one more life. one week after the end of the conflict president lincoln and his wife attended a performance at the ford theater in washington. i decided against. kind of.
my friend. robert. at the pinnacle of his success abraham lincoln paid the ultimate price for his vision of freedom. he was shot dead by confederate sympathizer john wilkes booth. more than a century and a half later wounds may have healed but they have not been forgotten and old resentments lurk under the surface. during the war both sides prayed for god to grant them victory in a conflict fought over land resources and their different definitions of the right
to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness the rights and try and in the preamble to the declaration of independence proved easier said than done. the navesink twin lights light house overlooking the entrance to the bay of new york is a good vantage point to gaze on what may be the quintessential american dream the journey from rags to riches for more than a handful this dream became reality. on the way toward manhattan a statue of liberty symbolizes what the nation's founding fathers had put to paper in the declaration of independence from british rule and to tyranny and liberty for
all. only a short distance away is ellis island for new immigrants from europe it became known as both an island of hope and an island of tears. europe was suffering from hunger and political and economic on rest during the 19th century 52000000 people left the continent in many cases their home countries helped support the emigration of entire families to help alleviate poverty back home. the mass immigration required organized collection points on the european side of the atlantic. many people departed from hamburg. after
a devastating fire in $842.00 the port city was rebuilt. the harbor was massively expanded as were the shipyards hamburg became a gateway to the world. while sailing ships used to need 2 months to cross the atlantic by the late 19th century modern steamships made the journey in just 2 weeks. a growing number of migrants were now arriving from eastern europe and the balkans the hamburg america shipping line built a camp for them on the outskirts of the city. passengers had to endure a 14 day quarantine this prevented the outbreak of diseases on board the ships which could cause people to be turned back in new york. passengers traveling 1st
class had their belongings packed securely in trunks their tickets cost $4.00 times the price of the lowest class ticket but this is where the ship operators made their profit passengers were crammed into bunks in rooms with no windows. emigration became a huge moneymaker ships took passengers west and loaded up with cargo for the return journey east. for many migrants it meant saying farewell for ever and to be parcher to the unknown. thanks to growing competition among shipping lines even 3rd class passengers soon
had more amenities on their journey at the same time ticket prices dropped an $850.00 the journey cost an average annual wage by 1900 it was one month's income. families who couldn't afford to send everyone off and sent the men ahead 1st. but for those who hope to achieve the american dream there was still a hurdle to overcome ellis island island of hope and tears. passengers of well for social standing were allowed to step off the boat and go straight to management passengers in 3rd class were made to submit to a rigorous screening process. the initial interview took only a few minutes the medical exam was an ordeal this was what decided who would have
a chance at the american dream. first only passengers suffering from disease were rejected. later the authorities also blacklisted prostitutes the poor anarchists illiterate and chinese people. those denied entry were returned to where they came from that the cost of the shipping company. on some days up to 12000 people were processed to dallas on. in the late 19th century germans for the largest group of immigrants followed by people from ireland and britain but many russians hungary and italians and others sought their fortunes in the new world. for passengers traveling in 1st or. 2nd class who went straight to manhattan the american dream was not such
a reach. the others who disembarked at ellis island had a more difficult path. but still some rose to a life of prosperity in their new home. davies toffs born in bavaria emigrated with his mother in 847 and went on to make levi jeans a mass consumer product. line of fish vague arrived in new york from hamburg and 850 he went on to become world famous for his steinway piano. henry john heinz who invented tomato ketchup was born in the u.s.
but his father came from germany. as did another immigrant treated as trump grandfather of donald trump. before and after becoming president donald trump campaigned for more restrictive immigration policies and for a wall along the border to mexico. the vast majority of european immigrants arrive through new york even those who plan to continue to the midwest immigrants who stayed in new york generally settled in specific neighborhoods which became little italy little germany or little russia. their children were automatically granted american citizenship through birthright. new york could become a modern day be able and not just because of the many languages spoken there as the
decades passed the city's new buildings towered higher and higher trying to outdo each other and down to other cities the 1st highrise was built in 1905 it had 10 stories in 889 the 1st skyscraper with a steel skeleton structure was built a decade later the tallest building soared 100 meters 10 years after that double that i. in 1931 the gnowledge and dairy empire state building topped out at 381 meters it held the world record for more than 40 years until the limitations of steel framed buildings were overcome.
in 1603 some while the champlain founded the 1st of a string of settlements for france and north america. the 1st was on an uninhabited island. later ones followed along the st lawrence river. some while the champlain came into contact with native americans who thrived in the forests that were rich in game the french ended up having to seed most of their new world territory to britain although the québec region in what is today canada remains french speaking. but those who lost the most were the native americans their traditional hunting grounds had been deforested their lakes and rivers depleted of fish they were even prohibited from hunting and gathering much of the forest was not privately owned. richard henry pratt to an army major assigned the task of assimilating native americans is still
known for his motto kill the indian and save the man. who. would he send and serve europeans never lost their suspicion of native americans and resorted to military force to displace them to spain out of accord with the word and spirit of the us constitution but in the new world might was still right. by the turn of the 20th century the indigenous people had been decimated only 237000 made of americans remain. they lost 98 percent of their land to the invaders and they had to wait until $948.00 to be granted full civil rights in all states nearly 80 years after the 1st african-americans won the right to vote.
500 years of colonization and displacement for some for others 500 years of the american dream. soon after the dawn of the 21st century that dream came under brutal attack on september the 11th 2001 the world trade center was targeted as a symbol of the ideals of the western world. almost 3000 people were killed in the attack people who had roots in all corners of the earth. but the open society whose foundations had been laid by the courage of the pioneers refused to be intimidated. the new freedom tower adjacent to the former side of the world trade center is a testament to that did. terminations today it fills the gap in the new york
skyline. the spanish were the 1st european conquerors of the new world their legacy today includes over 50000000 spanish speaking people in the united states more than in spain itself. but the pillar of the american dream was and remains liberty the belief that people could come from around the world and achieve their dream. or as one son of italian immigrants sang if i can make it there i'll make it anywhere.
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showers. in fact, our weather has been coming in from the north over the last few days, and you can tell by the motion of the cloud. in fact, all the way from iceland and the norwegian sea — this pattern is not likely to change an awful lot in the coming days. so through this afternoon, we'll have had showers scattered across the northern two thirds of the uk, quite frequent across parts of scotland, in the south less frequent and predominantly dry. temperatures really struggling — ten for ourfriends in lerwick, 16—18 across the south of the country. we should be closer to 20 at least in some spots in the south. by the end of the night, the showers will become more frequent in western scotland, but the rest of the uk should have generally clear weather, and really quite chilly. in towns and cities, 7—8 degrees, outside of town, 2—3 degrees lower than that. friday, the weather front across the uk again, originating from the north, that's where the air comes from as well. so i think of a spell of rain for parts of scotland and then the north of england at later in the morning. showers will be quite frequent in the north of scotland, in the south, showers will be less
in the south, showers will be less frequent and predominantly sunny spells. again, temperatures struggling, 11 in stornoway, 15 in newcastle, 18 in birmingham, about that in norwich and in plymouth was up that in norwich and in plymouth was up there saturday, low pressure is close by, it's in the north of the north sea and the winds are blowing in out of the northwest, so temperatures will change an awful lot. in fact, the winds will be quite strong across scotland, quite gusty and chilly, cold enough for a little bit of wintering us across the top of the mountains. and the temperatures, high teens in the south of the uk, low teens the further north you are. will it warm up further north you are. will it warm up in the next few days? in short, no it isn't. that cooler air from the north will continue and we will have that mixture of sunny spells and showers. you can see the weather here as far as wednesday. that's it,
auto workers at a volkswagen assembly plant in chattanooga, tennessee are revved up after a historic win. >> i'm about to cry. 14 years, this is my third union drive here. and we finally got it. >> reporter: last night they voted to join the united auto workers after two previous organizing attempts fell short. 73% of workers voting yes. that's a first in the south. >> the pundits have said to me repeatedly, before we announced this campaign, "you can't win in the south." but you all said, "what's next?" you all moved a mountain. >> reporter: this victory comes after large gains won by workers of the big three automakers. what does this say about the perception of organized labor in america? >> i think this is going to be a major boost for unions in america, more generally.
more to —— more about congress in a second. some breaking news first. police in the city of memphis in tennessee say that at least two people have been killed and 14 others injured in a shooting. they say it happened at a block party in the city. three of the injured are believed to be in a critical condition. we'll bring you more on that breaking story when we get it. at the same time as the ukraine vote, the us house of representatives overwhelmingly approved a military assistance package for israel. it comes as there have been more israeli air strikes in rafah, in the south of the territory. this is the moment an israeli air strike hit rafah on saturday. there were more air strikes overnight, when nine people — including at least four children — were killed after their homes were hit. the israeli war cabinet has been planning a large offensive against hamas in rafah, which is where
the house of representatives also overwhelmingly approved a military assistance package for israel, which has been carrying out a military offensive in gaza since hamas attacked israel on october 7th. hamas is designated a terrorist organisation by western governments — israel says around 1200 people were killed in that attack and around 130 israelis and foreigners are still being held hostage. gaza's health ministry says more than 311,000 palestinians have been killed inside gaza so far, most of them women and children. israel's military action continues — overnight israel carried out more airstrikes in rafah, in the south of the territory. this is the aftermath. 18 palestinians have reportedly been killed — mostly children. 18 palestinians have reportedly been killed — mostly children. the israeli war cabinet has been planning an offensive against hamas in rafah, where an estimated 1.5 million displaced palestinians are sheltering. the us and other allies have warned israel against a full—scale assault on the city. i asked our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, injerusalem about the significance
so while this might be a political setback for vladimir putin, and we often hear the word "game—changer" thrown around a lot in this war, i think it's far too early to say what long term impact this aid will have, other than on paper, it gives ukraine the means to continue fighting this war. whether it's enough to fully liberate its territory, i think that's an enormous if at this moment in time, but we shouldn't underplay the diplomatic breakthrough this has been for kyiv. that was james waterhouse in kyiv. the us house of representatives also overwhelmingly approved a military assistance package for israel. that's amidst the country's military offensive in gaza — military offensive in gaza. gaza's health ministry says more than 3a,000 palestinians have been killed inside gaza so far, most of them women and children. overnight israel carried out more airstrikes in rafah, in the south of the territory. this is the aftermath.
suffering from russian attacks, so the long—term effect of this aid is questionable. is it a bit too late or is it still going to help ukrainian forces at least hold the line before the russians start their actual offensive? because what we have right now is not the actual offensive. the house of representatives also overwhelmingly approved a military assistance package for israel, which has been carrying out a military offensive in gaza since hamas attacked israel on october 7th. hamas is designated a terrorist organisation by western governments — around 1,200 people were killed in that attack and around 130 israelis and foreigners are still being held hostage. gaza's health ministry says more than 3a,000 palestinians have been killed inside gaza so far by israel's military offensive, most of them women and children. 0vernight israel has carried out more airstrikes in rafah, in the south of the territory.