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We're told it's all because of a manhole fire. the most important concerns right now are rescuing people who are trapped and working on getting the power back up and running. right now we'll go to mayor bill de blasio in waterloo, iowa on the campaign trail tonight. mayor, give us an update. what happened? >> ana, we're getting the preliminary reports, what it appears to be is a transmission problem. con ed in new york city is working to address it now. we hope to have news on when the power will be restored. the information we have is about 40,000 customers affected. all of our first responde...

Waiting on fundraising numbers from kamala harris's campaign. let's go straight to arlette saenz in waterloo, iowa where biden is campaigning today. and you know, i mean obviously these are huge numbers but to folks who say he didn't raise as much as pete buttigieg, how does the campaign respond to that? >> reporter: certainly still an impressive figure second largest reported so far. but it is worth noting that joe biden entered the 2020 race three weeks into that second fundraising quarter. so he wasn't working with as much time as the other candidates did. but biden also entered this race a...

Morg's in waterloo, by the way, a great stop for breakfast. >> i live down the road, married for a long time. i have three kids. i've been a democrat my entire life but maybe haven't been as involved as i should have been. >> i've lived in waterloo since 2016. i grew up in the northern side of the state. i was one of the supporters for senator obama in 2017. i helped out in '16 with the clinton campaign. >> i worked at hawkeye community college and a taught esl to most of the immigrants and refugees that came. i try to see every candidate that i can, list ton ten to the questions, see how they...

We have another one later on today. he's been continuing to push his message that he's like ronald reagan and has been very critical of president obama more so than his gop competitors. so it will be interesting to see what pitch he'll make when he's caucusing in waterloo and gingrich has been more enthusiastic the past couple of days he was sick earlier in the week. he's back to his normal self. they were watching a movie on the bus. i hope tonight gingrich will have a strong showing and eventually will be the republican nominee, despite the negative ads that romney and other competitors have...

We have another one later on today. he's been continuing to push his message that he's like ronald reagan and has been very critical of president obama more so than his gop competitors. so it will be interesting to see what pitch he'll make when he's caucusing in waterloo and gingrich has been more enthusiastic the past couple of days he was sick earlier in the week. he's back to his normal self. they were watching a movie on the bus. i hope tonight gingrich will have a strong showing and eventually will be the republican nominee, despite the negative ads that romney and other competitors have...