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Once every five to ten years. now to our other out-of-this-world story. an asteroid the size of a city block is hurling towards the earth now. that has many people wondering what kind of experience will we have? will it be like this? that was the scene when a meteor slammed into southern russia last month. it exploded and shattered windows for miles. about 1500 people were hurt. as for today's asteroid, though, we're told not to worry. though it is 262 feet wide, it will only get within about 605,000 miles to earth. that's less than half the distance from the moon. joining us right now from ...

Again. >> that's right. a big space rock the size of a city block is expected to buzz by us at this hour. >> don't worry, there's no danger of it hitting us. the closest it will come to earth, about 605,000 miles. we're good. about 2 1/2 times the distance from the earth to the moon. joining us for more, alexandria steele and lawrence krause, the author of the book "a universe from nothing." alexandra, let's start with you. how big is this compared to some other recent space rocks in the news like the one that hit russia last month. will we be able to see this with the naked eye? >> oh, absolu...

Sky watchers can enjoy a rare treat today. a comet is now visible on the western horizon in the northern hemisphere. folks in the u.s. may even be able to see wit the naked eye, which is pretty rare. naked-eye come elt ts happen on once in five to ten years. the asteroid the size of a city block is passing by us, but there is no danger of it hitting earth. the closest it will come to earth is about 605,000 miles. it's about 2 1/2 times the distance from the earth -- between the earth and the moon. coming up, a digging down on the latest jobs numbers. what industries are hiring and what doe...

Lower manhattan, at least, 250,000 people. we've gotten some of those folks back. they're at about 225,000 out right now in manhattan. elsewhere around the system, there's substantial outages in west chester. we've got almost 150,000 people out in westchester and a total of 605,000 people out in the five burroughs of new york city and westchester. >> to go back to the lower manhattan situation, is there a predicted way this power will return? will it start to return north to south? from 39th street down or -- because you have what now looks like a very substantial chunk of the island, basicall...