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>> reporter: thank you commander. the well has been capped. the relief well will finish the job but obviously cleanup continues. megyn: indeed rick live and the seen down there. developers of the controversial mosque planned for new york city steps from ground zero are now accused of perpetrating a fraud. it turns out they do not own both of the buildings on the site where the mosque is planned as they had earlier represented. in fact the power come coned owns one of those buildings and that could pose a significant problem for those who are backing this mosque. here is gop congressman pete ki...

Right now, even without owning the building. that's what a spokesman for con-edison tells me. he says under the lease they have with the developmenter they can use it however they want. they don't need government approval or any other process to use the building con-edison owns as an islamic center. it's been a controversial issue to try to turn two building into that islamic center. one is owned by that group. the other owned by con-ed. they say they are in the process of selling the property if they can get an agreed-upon price with the appraiser. they said we are following our legal obligat...

Are prepared for this heat wave, that they will be able to keep electricity going? >> i know con-ed has done as much as they could to prepare the system. this is going to be a stressful day. it was -- one of the main problems we will be looking for, the system failure. in other words, equipment failure, that can create major problems in different network. we look at every time a feed goers out in the city, we start monitoring it. con-ed is the expert in providing electric to our people. we will be on top of that. i believe they are a good company trying to ensure we have adequate power for peo...

Downtown toronto under extreme heat alert late last night. that was just start. a transformer fire left more than 250,000 people in the dark for four hours. hundreds of people were stuck on trains. the outage even stalled preparations for a state dinner held for queen elizabeth. the power company says electricity has been fully restored. the queen was so upset, she said, i'm ditching toronto and coming to new york where she said, they always keep the power on. just kidding. we are 78 days into the gulf coast disaster. a navy blimp is on route to alabama. it can stay in the air for up to 12 h...

The information i gave you today. >> one of the other questions about this, tourists. also, people that work outside. your city workers will be out there throughout the day. what are you doing to make sure that people who are going to be out in the elements because they have no choice, because it is their job, or because they are visiting the city don't succumb to the heat? >> as you mentioned, water on the go is a nice idea. highlights new york city water and we are telling people to hydrate. that's probably the safest thing you can do to protect yourself. look, heat illness is a serious matt...