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Midnight although this is a little bit conflicting because initial reports of this power outage had 44,000 cup winners -- customers without power. that is not people come that its customers so it could be one theater with thousands of people watching a broadway play or at jacqui pointed out one restaurant where they evacuated everyone from the j-lo concert. start there at the station etc. and then we went to 61,000 customers without power. con-edison former fire department of new york fdny commissioner said he really did not like hearing that news that this number was going up but it is not ca...

New york and have been for eight years, i can count the number of times i leave the state basically on my fingers. you know, job one is when a situation like this happens, these situations happen more and more frequently. we have tornadoes, we have storms, we have superstorms. all sorts of natural disasters, emergency emergencies come up all the time. so i think it's important to be in a place where you can always respond, but look, everybody makes their own political judgment and i'm not going to second-guess anyone either. i do my job the way i think i should do my job and i leave it to othe...

Perfect system but they really do a good job. they really rely on the people in the building to look out for these folks that need medical help. leland: is you just pointed out we just got no information we don't know whether this is, the blackout is growing or it originally was that con-ed is now saying 61,000, that's an additional 17,000 from the 44 they told us. 61,000 customers without power. that translates into hundreds of thousands if not millions of people because so many of these buildings, one building represents a customer. evidently they are saying that this was triggered by a manh...

Part of manhattan that still has power, that still has traffic lights moving. but you take a drive or walk just a couple of blocks west of where i'm standing and many of those lights are out. that's where the nypd and traffic control has their officers out there in full force, basically making sure that nobody gets hurt. and i'll tell this to you again. it was really impress to see some local business owners and employees to take to the streets with fluorescent vests to direct traffic, taking things into their own hands to make sure that everybody stays safe. but ultimately, the nypd is steppi...

Stuck, pulled people out of continues across the city. mr. commissioner we appreciate you being with us and we will check back with you throughout the night in and as you pointed out the bad news perhaps his 10:00 a little past 10:00 eastern and we have now had reports that there are 61,000 customers up from 44,000 customers that were out of power. that is not moving in the correct direction something you talked a lot about sir. we appreciate you being with us and your service during some of new york's hardest times. thank you, sir. >> thank you. leland: with that we bring in an aquarium and w...