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Why? >> escort you off the property. >> and i'm staying here? >> not anymore. >> allegations of racial bias at an oregon hotel. his lawyer says the only thing he's guilty of is calling his brother while black. welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm joe johns. it is friday, december 28th. 4:00 a.m. in the east. i looked in the sky. it looked like "independence day" or "ghostbusters." was it an alien invasion? it wasn't. the skies over new york city lit up with an eerie blue glow. a transformer explosion blew. a power plant in queens. a substation experienced a brief electrical f...

Now, we do not have the suspect's name. police have not released that. but we do have a picture of him from surveillance video that police have released. they are looking for this particular person. they say he did tom into the country illegal. that is a picture that the sheriffs' office did put out for us to see. but this has already played in this political battle over the border wall. guys, back to you. >> thanks so much, sara. so check this out. this was caused by a transformer explosion. the spectacular bright blue glow over new york city. a nonsuspicious equipment malfunction at a powe...

The democrats are dug in. it looks like we could be in for a long term shutdown. >> donald trump fed misinformation to his base and now he's trying to save face. >> this is going to go past the state of the union. >> oh, my god! look at the sky. >> a transformer explosion in new york lighting up the sky and forcing a ground stop at la gua guardia airport. this is "new day". >> it is friday, december 28th, 8:00 in the east. erica hill joins me. you did bring the good news that there wasn't an alien invasion. the message was that there is no

Temporary ground halt at laguardia airport, and certainly that blue light catching a lot of attention. >> oh, that can't be good. >> reporter: a transformer explosion at a new york power plant illuminating the 60city's skyline. the blue glow confusing and frightening onlookers. >> oh, my god! look at the sky! >> reporter: sending social media interest a frenzy. >> why is the sky blinking? does anybody see this? >> reporter: the flickering lights from the blast visible from across the city and parts of new jersey and long island, leaving manhattan's bridges silhouetted in blue. >> i heard a gia...

Transformer explosion that create add spectacular sight. it turned the night sky blue and lit up social media into a frenzy of speculations. christina is live in queens with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. yeah, that blue light certainly sparking a lot of speculation and worry, and possibly of an alien invasion, and that was the rumor circulating on social media and the nypd had to put that rumor out with a tweet last night. that blue light could be seen as far as long island and residents here were shaken by the explosion that happened in the power planned just behind me, that'...