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Employees in a briefing. they are still demanding answers on how a plane simply vanished with their loved ones on board. also some breaking news overnight in new york city. officials just confirmed at least six people dead after a fiery gas explosion flattened two apartment buildings. nbc's chris malone has the latest developments. >> reporter: as night fell on new york, firefighters' efforts intensified to find at least nine people missing since a deadly blast occurred. they're picking through what's left of five stories of wood, metal, and glass as loved ones hold out hope that a miracle m...

They found the last one about a couple of hours ago. they pulled -- we don't know if it's a woman or man, so seven total. right now, they do believe it was a gas leak that caused this. the explosion was so strong, it shook the earth for blocks away. it shattered windows. and as you said, seven dead, more than 70 injured, and many more that are still unaccounted for. now, fire teams and investigators are in that rubble trying to pinpoint exactly what went wrong. 15 minutes before the explosion, which happened at 9:30 this morning -- yesterday morning, 15 minutes before that, con ed got a call s...

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Security and the rest and after it is all over, and one of the principals in our administration said, do you want us working with con ed? we usually don't do this? he says to leon, the secretary of defense, can you get generators in to con ed? we'll worry about how you pay for it later. let's get this up and running. he just cuts through. he makes a decision and he stands by what he does. in contrast to governor romney, you never know where he is. everything with him depends. depends on the moment, the time. this guy makes a decision, chris. as i said it before, he has a backbone like a ramrod...

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