as looking weak on border security. i heard a giant bang and thought it was fireworks going off. >> a blue light in the night sky after a transformer explosion. >> it seemed like there was a ufo or something. >> lights went out, and it was like, everybody run. >> announcer: this is "new day" with alisyn camerota and john berman. >> good morning. welcome to your "new day." alisyn is off and erica hill joins me. i am happy to inform you, there's no alien invasion. everybody always complains we no report good news. that's good news. last night, it looked bonkers. there was a transformer explosion in queens, and you can see what it looked like. this is no filter. this is actually video shot from manhattan. look at that. that's crazy. >> that's wild. >> a transformer explosion on a