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slowly moved its way up north. but that is the problem for a lot of people. we are hitting the top of the hour. i should mention that the power outage in new york city has now reached well past three hours. here at msnbc along with morgan radford, we ve been watching a number of different breaking news situations right now. the big news that we re getting here as we talk to you here at 10:00 p.m. we are now told at least 90,000 customers have been affected by this massive blackout here in new york city. when we first came on air several hours ago and they said that it was only about 20,000 customers, i knew that number was wrong, just based on the sheer topography. you have more than two square miles in new york city where people are in the dark. now we re being told by con edison officials that 90,000 customers which could mean hundreds of thousands of people are in the dark right now at 10:00 at night. just to do a quick reset for anyone who is joining us now. what we are ....
i kneeneed a trophy. thank you, i appreciate it and happy friday. we start with the final fare wells to a giant of the house of representatives, elijah cummings. funeral services are starting as we speak in his beloved baltimore. the church is so packed they re having to turn some people away. you will see speeches live from hillary clinton and nancy pelosi this hour and later today from former presidents barack obama and bill clinton. they have halted congressional action on the impeachment inquiry today, but there are still two big developments this morning. a top source is telling nbc news that investigation into the russia investigation is now a criminal one. we re going to explain what that means legally, the extra power the doj now has, and why democrats are livid. and just in the last couple of minutes, nbc news learning lawyers for ousted national security adviser john bolton are in talks for a possible private deposition in the impeachment investigation. why that s ....
[ laughter ] i m so sorry. it s just a lizard. heather: it was a pet lizard that jumped out of his pocket. this happened in california. well, that wraps up this hour of fox & friends first of. thanks for joining us. fox & friends first continues right now. bye-bye. it is tuesday, november 12th. air raid sirens and air strikes rocking israel overnight as gaza militants lawn of a daybreak attack following the assassination of their terror leader. rob: the situation is intensifying by the minute. fox news has the only live crew on the ground. plus, we know the democrats path toward impeachment. for the first time we re looking at the republican playbook. the he key evidence revealed in closed door hearings that s coming to light as the fight goes public. there won t be a christmas tree there s a company that s talked than me: jd power.people to rock around in one state 448,134 to be exact. capital. rob: the pc item that will they answered 410 questions in 8 categor ....
called wafer thin evidence. this is where impeachment becomes the norm rather than the exception. that s not how our founding fathers intended. they wanted impeachment to be rare. they set a high bar for impeachment. alleged abuse of power, the first article is not a high crime or misdemeanor. in fact it s not even a crime. since there is no concise legal definition of abuse of power the majority party in the house can designate nearly any disagreement with the president are now in an impeachable offense. the second article produced a similarly dangerous precedent. it s a practice that began with george washington and it s not obstruction of congress. rather it s a function of the essential checks and balances contemplated under the constitution. it is what every grade school student in america knows but apparently house democrats do not. let the third branch of government decide to come up they are the referees. the house has never, i repeat never, approved an abuse of power ....
in the massacre on the las vegas strip. the gunman opened fire from the 32nd floor of the mandalay bay hotel on a crowd of some 22,000 people attending a concert. a short time ago the president responded to the worst mass shooting in modern history. it was an act of pure evil. the fbi and the department of homeland security are working closely with local authorities to assist with the investigation and they will provide updates as to the investigation and how it develops. the president ordered flags lowered to half-staff in honor of the victims. he and the first lady plans to travel to las vegas on wednesday. now to the latest on the shooting. police have identified the shooter as 64-year-old stephen paddock. he killed himself before police burst into the hotel room. they fountain arsenal of weapons including 10 rifles. they appear to have acted alone. the borage sent people running for their lives. the singer jason aldean had taken to the stage when the first shots ....