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There's going to be some searching and digging they are going to have to do at some point in time, so it's hard with the violations, that certainly brings great cause for concern, and that would be in their minds. >> right now we have an update from con ed, the energy company, they are working closely with fdny and responding to a gas leak at 1652, that's the address, right before the explosion occurred. so the address, captain, is 1646 park avenue, and con ed is saying they are responding to a report of a gas leak at the address of 1652 right before the explosion occurred. >> yeah, i know. so...

Here's what he had to say about the deadly combination of gas and fire. >> con ed is in the process of shutting down all gas mains going in to the building. that is a detailed and complicated process that requires digging up the ground and manual labor to turn off the different supplies of gas to the building. >> reporter: moenl, bill, as firefighters pull in two buildings collapsed and two people are confirmed dead. 18 or more injured and some of them very seriously and they expect that number to rise. they can't search the rubble until they get the fire under control. residential apartments ...

Spaces of the buildings until it reaches an ignition point. certainly, i'm sure that all the utility companies are working to shut all the utilities so they can make the determination, but i'm sure fire arson investigators will start making the search when the time comes. >> this call, according to c con ed, the call came from a resident who reported smelling gas, but the odor may be coming from outside. a con ed crew got on the scene right after the explosion. please, let me get you to hang on for one quick second. we want to listen in to the chopper pilot over the scene itself. let's listen....

Harlem, legendary. congressman, thank you so much for your time. >> oh, boy, thank you for the coverage, because it's like being on the job finding out that your home is on fire and you don't know what caused it. >> i know i heard you say earlier you've gotten limited information because you're in washington, d.c. mayor de blasio is on the way to the scene itself, but have you been able to talk with anyone to give you information at least on the urgency of getting people out if they are in that building? >> well, i had an opportunity to hear from the con edison and they had indicated that they...

Integrity election organizations, just last year you had 46 states prosecuting voter fraud. you had 8 million dead people still on the rolls to vote. also, 24 million voter registrations in america are invalid, and yet they're still on the rolls. >> that is not voter fraud. >> but coombs, look -- >> all i want is logic. >> it is clinical error, not voter fraud. >> but it makes it easier for the system to operate if the person voting as monica did takes out some kind of id and the -- >> and i'm saying there is a better way to do it. because the net effect -- >> what is the better way. >> you co...