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Extensive and it will not be repaired overnight. the two biggest challenges facing our city going forward are getting our mass transit system up and running and restoring power. and this morning we have begun the work of clearing and re-opening bridges and roadways both of which will take some time and the best ways new yorkers can help us get this done quickly is to stay off the roads. the work is well under way. east river bridges have already been reopened. the work of getting our mass transit grid and the power grid restored, however, is going to take more time and a lot of patience. mta c...

Of manhattan but a lot of bridges are closing because they are expecting high wind gusts. i know this afternoon at kennedy airport there were wind gusts up to 62 miles per hour. reverend sharpton? >> now, is power outages is threat here? are we seeing the possibility of power outages? >> well, that's always every new yorker's worst fear, is the fear that power will go out, especially for anybody who happens to live in a high-rise because hiking that is a threat. con ed is aware of the power outages. mayor bloomberg has said if power went out, they thought we could get it back fairly quickly. t...

Are getting recorded messages regarding preemptive power outages that could happen at any time. tom yamos, our colleague at wnbc is reporting that due to flooding that con edison may need to turn off electricity in parts of manhattan by shutting service down to prevent severe damage to the electric system and get service restored sooner. so there could be, you know, deliberately power turned off by the energy company in an attempt to prevent severe damage to the electric system and get service restored sooner if there are power outages as a result of downed trees. we keep you up to date on wha...

Good morning. i'm melissa harris-perry. 4zmuáájjz americans are still without power, workers in new york city have been locked out at con ed, as contract talks have broken down. thousands have been replaced by company managers. con ed says they'll be able to respond to emergencies and power outages, but not necessarily to every day maintenance work. all of this, of course, in the midst of a national heat wave. but on to our top political story. oh, yeah, and by the way, it's july 1. my student loan rates did not double. party. okay. our top story. it's so ordered. with those words, which con...

Carlson. so, what's going on with this mosque deal? >> so right now park 51, the group that wants to build this mosque community center slash whatever it is is in a court battle with con ed, the utility company. why? because they need to buy two buildings in order to put up this mosque. the one they already purchased the second one they have been leasing from con ed. now they owe $1.7 million in bank rent and they are in a court dispute about that figure. >> bill: what's to dispute they owe the rent. >> well, know. >> bill: they have to pay it? >> retroactive they were supposed to go back and ...