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Dark. >> yeah and it's not just that one manhole. it's just the start of it and it goes in sequence and that's the problem they are having right now trying to get it back on. as one goes off line comes back on and another one pops so the issue is very complicated right now and is the number grows that's what makes me more concerned that they don't have a handle on it. hopefully they will give us some better information. they don't want people to panic but its 40,000 so quite an increase. you would hope that the numbers would be going in the other direction. leland: we are hearing from con-ed a...

Of mta system in new york says it's currently operating on or close to schedule in or out of penn station. they say they will provide updates should there be any impact to service resulting from the new york city power outage. corey johnson, the speaker of the new york city council is also with us on the phone. speaker johnson what can you tell us about the situation from your point of view? >> i am told this started on west 49th street between 11th and 12th avenue. it's on the far side of manhattan close to the hudson river. con-ed is describing it as a quote major disturbance. they mobilized...

Generators, including st. luke's hospital does have a generator. but that hotel we were talking about does not. as we come up here, 9:30 eastern time in new york. as well as out west at 6:30 in the evening. here's what we're following. there has been a major blackout. no other way to put it. major blackout here in manhattan, midtown and upper west side of new york city. con edison, the utility company, says they are working feverishly to restore power by 10:30 eastern time. the impact, tens of thousands of customers are impacted. but that could mean hundreds of thousands of people in new york ...

As far as the bus service for the port authority. you will see the mca bus service trying to account for some of the loss of subways. a lot of this will be determined how long con-ed, the power company, says it will take to turn the power back on. if it's the matter of an hour, or if it's a bigger problem they will go into a more robust response. jon: where the numbers continue to increase, con-ed the power company that supplies power to manhattan and much of the rest of new york city is saying we are working to restore power to 42,000 customers.

♪ just a small town girl living in a lonely world ♪ >> what did you learn about this outage? >> con-ed is apologizing for the major disruption. it will be months before new yorkers have answers as to what exactly went wrong. we know there was a failure of a transmission substation in western midtown, affecting five other substations putting a total of six networks the a loss of power but con-ed says the specific failure will have to be investigated. that means looking at all the pieces of equipment in all the substations. here is what con-ed has ruled out, though, athis the point. >> we ha...