i'm at the scene of an extraordinary building explosion in east harlem in new york city. tell from the scene around me, there is not only a little bit of ash in the air, but a tremendous amount of smoke. this has been the scene of at least two fatalities, we are told so far. and at least a dozen-plus injuries. it at this point, the count, 17. that count likely to change, though, because there have been unaccounted for people in this catastrophe. all indications at this point leading to a gas explosion that in the words of at least one official, effectively left a building that was standing in that location no longer standing in that location. the mayor, the newly elected mayor of new york city is going to be giving a news conference and updating the situation and the facts that we know on hand. any moment now, mayor de blasio is actually on this location, as we speak. the pictures

a gas explosion in east harlem. we'll take a quick break here on cnn. >>> this is ashleigh banfield, reporting live in east harlem, new york city. welcome to our viewers in america and right around the world as we continue to update this breaking news in manhattan. we are awaiting a live news conference from the new mayor of new york city, mayor bill de blasio, who himself has come to this location. it it is thick with smoke, it is still blowing ash in the neighborhood, and we are told he is getting ready to update the most current information. at this point, we know two people dead, both women. we also know there are 17 injured, which was our last count to our poppy harlow, as the nypd had told her, 17 injured. and still, the serve goes on for those who may be unaccountsed for. andy peralta lives within a half block and watched the explosion happen. your windows were blown out and you could see bricks blowing? >> yes. it looked like when they came over -- first you feel the heat. like something hit me when the expl

first, hundreds of new york city first responders are at the scene of a massive explosion in east harlem where two buildings have partially collapsed. two people are confirmed dead, more than a dozen others injured. alexis christoforous is there. >> reporter: a thick cloud of smoke and dust hovered over upper manhattan this morning following a massive explosion. >> all of a sudden the building shook. >> what was that? i hope everybody is okay. >> reporter: officials say two five-story buildings housing a spanish church, a piano repair shop and residential apartments partially collapsed. here's how the area looked before the explosion. there were reports that several victims were trapped under debris. >> came out, looked up. the building was just gone. it was just smoke. i seen a lady with a baby running. she had no shoes on. it was just crazy, people crying. it was like a war zone out here. >> reporter: it happened around 9:00 this morning on park avenue in east harlem. witnesses started posting pictures on twitter showing plumes of smoke. first responders wore masks to protect themselve

. >>> now to developing news out of new york where a massive building explosion in manhattan's east harlem has left at least two people dead and more than a dozen missing. we're live from the scene. >> reporter: brian, this morning, at around 9:30, new york time, a massive explosion rocked east harlem, blowing out windows all around here. one minute there were two five- story at bigs standing side by side on park avenue and in the blink of an eye they were gone, replaced by a huge cloud of smoke and a big pile of rubble. >> it was so loud, it woke me out of my sleep. >> reporter: a powerful explosion rocked east harlem blowing out windows. it happened at 116th street and park avenue. neighbors called con edison saying they smelled gas shortly before the blast. >> coned dispatched a team immediately. the explosion occurred before they could arrive. >> reporter: moments later, the buildings were gone, replaced by thick smoke and debris. david ortiz lives two blocks away and he felt the blast. >> from 117 to 112 it was a vibration in the building. >> there was a piano store there. up above th

east harlem, the upper east side of manhattan, 116th street and park avenue. this was the escape.sion and fire, two five-store buildings just brought to the ground. the two of them crashed at almost immediately, and the blast sparked a large fire, as you can see here. a lot of rescue efforts afterwardswards and shock wavesf explosions blew out windows in several buildings. hundreds of firefighters riched are rushed -- rushed to the escape. it was five airplane blaze, some people in critical condition, including this 15-year-old boy. self people a few block away from the site tell us they had trouble sleeping the night before because the -- last night because the smoky smell of the smoldering debris was so powerful, and many actually smelled gals the night before -- smelled gas the night before. laura ingalls is in east harlem. what's the latest on the investigation? >> those big questions still remain. when did the gas start laking, from where, and how much lead time was there before all of this went down? we'll push in and show you a live look. this cities ill very much an active

. >>> the death toll from the building collapse in east harlem continues to grow. those stories and >>> turning to the latest on the crisis in crimea and iew criminal. secretary of state john kerry is in london for talks with his russian counterpart, all part of a last-ditch effort to diffuse tensions with moscow and head off a referendum in crimea where residents will vote on whether to join russia. alfonso van marsh has the latest from moscow. >> reporter: secretary of state john kerry and his russian counterpart are looking for a diplomatic solution before ukrainians in crimea vote to secede on sunday. >> obviously we have a lot to talk about. >> reporter: kerry it telling foreign minister lovrov that his state faces economic sanctions if the russians do not back off. >> reporter: troops and local pa alicias have occupied crimea for weeks. moscow says they're protecting the ethnic russian majority there. many say the occupation and the referendum vote are illegal. >> it's not a referendum that any of us can recognize as any normal part of democracy. >> reporter:

you see the picture from east harlem where there was a building explosion. two buildings destroyed, a fire still burning and many units fire and police responding to the area, that is still dealing with the fire and debris in the streets. we will stay on this story. we are getting reports of injuries and potentially more. but we will work to confirm that before we can share that. >> good questions on the viewers on the west coast wondering how close it is to yankee state stadium. i would guess a mile or two miles away. as the mystery deepens in the hunt for the missing malaysia plane entering its fifth day of the search. dozens of planes are scouring the water on both sides of malaysia looking any trace of the missing bowing 777. the search area is covering 37,000 square miles. that is roughly the size of the state of indiana. malaysia is asking india for help now. we are getting new information about the possible path of the plane. malaysia is saying it may have turned back from its last known position and that could put it as far as 250 miles from where it

things have changed their rapidly and in many ways. >> east harlem is a community that has certainly been resurging as many of the communities across new york city in the five boor rose have been. having ban native born and raised in east harlem all my life and going back to few generations, having seen that change happen is certainly, you know, been a great evolution. we've seen our streets become safer and our communities transform. >> a lot of no development there but concern because much of what's been built is on very old infrastructure. >> i think, you know, that's one of our concerns, certainly not just here in east harlem but across new york city and new york state making sure that we are not neglecting our infrastructure, bridges, sewer lines and gas lines. we know the infra structure that the city is built on is hundreds of years old. there was a report recently released yesterday that has brought into question that need to continue to review and invest in infrastructure. that's an important initiative from our local perspective, you know, what has resulted here is what we

this is east harlem, new york. and there were literally thousands of people nearby when this happened. we've talked to so many people who have told these horror stories being jolted away as far as a mile away when this explosion hit and they had no idea what happened. people racing to the scene trying to account for loved ones, for friends, neighbors, people who live in the area because there had been a number of homes and businesses that had been evacuated. the building that exploded was an apartment building several stories tall, and at 9:00 in the morning, there may have been people outside. it's likely that there were. we're hearing reports of about 15 people taken to local hospitals. two fatalities confirmed. there's reports that some people may be missing. we have not heard specific reports of people missing, although there are loved ones. at this point, a very tense situation, a very chaotic scene as investigators try to make sure that there are no other gas leaks anywhere in the area, before they let people

we are in east harlem. 116th street and east harlem.e told that this explosion happened somewhere around 9:30 eastern time. coming up here, listening to local news reports, witness accounts on the radio here, one woman called from frederick douglass boulevard, which is about 2 to 3 avenues, which are long, long blocks from where i am. she said she heard the explosion this morning. so that gives you a sense of the magnitude, how big this was. also, one of the main train lines out of new york city, called the metro north, that runs right in this area. we would track it above ground. another person also called in for the local news saying there was debris on the tracks. just to give you the sense of the magnitude. i tried to walk up to the building and got about half a block away and watts turns turn by the police. as adam said, everyone is wearing masks right now. extremely heavy smoke. so much so that when i got even a block away, i was coughing. that's the scene. are people seeing aerial pictures of this yet? >> we are. we have an aeria

harlem anymore. if you're on the east end of harlem where this is, this is the new upper east side, upper upper eastthe west side where i am, it's the new upper west side. so it's mixed use. there are a number of tenant buildings built probably prewar. there are -- i'm looking at the building on the corner next to this building. and this is a brand-new building, has to have been built within the last three or four years. and the community center that i'm standing in is probably a building that was built back in '20s, maybe the '30s. they believe this was in -- there was a residential area on top of this building, a piano store, and then also -- man, that smell of gas is really -- >> all right. >> reporter: really strong. >> let me recommend. you may want to get away from that area. >> reporter: they're not moving anyone out, wolf. >> maybe they should. >> reporter: yeah, maybe they should. but if they start to move, i'll let you know. but there is also a church and then a piano store. and then now all of a sudden -- i'm not sure which -- i can't see it. but now the smoke is really, really heavy over

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here's the location in east harlem. this is central park, obviously. per west side, upper east side. they call this the upper, upper east side now. here's the rest of central park. here's times square. we're like right here. so that's the area in the city if you're interested. officials say the two buildings that collapsed were both five stories tall. one person says she saw people flying out the windows and that's a quote. locals near the scene describe the moment it all went down. >> it was an extremely loud explosion like a bomb. >> we're sitting there waiting for the store to open when all of a sudden, boom, the explosion. the train had just passed, the metro north. we thought it came from the train. but then we saw these boards like flying. so the lady just hugged me to try to protect herself because the glass from the store that just popped open. >> happened at 9:30. still burning at noon. rescuers are waiting for the all clear to start searching through the rubble for the missing. jamie colby is in east harlem for us this arch. what's the latest

it leveled two apartment buildings in east harlem this morning.blem, a suspected gas leak, at least three people have been killed, others still unaccounted for tonight. dozens injured. the search for victims has been continuing and reporter steve castenbaum is live on the scene. >> reporter: still very much an active scene as you can see behind me, smoke rising here, firefighters and other rescue crews are still combing through a massive pile of debris and still encountering some hot spots, even though they were able to knock down the majority of the fire earlier in the day, the explosion happened at around 9:30, brought down two five story apartment buildings here on the -- in east harlem and ever since they have been out here, three people killed, dozens injured and now they are searching for nine people who are unaccounted for. in new york city wednesday morning, a deadly scene, fire crews and the nypd's bomb squad were called out after an explosion caused two buildings to collapse in east harlem. >> we just heard this impact and it sounded lik

another 17 injured when a building collapsed in east harlem.he building is located at 116th and park. more than 150 emergency responders now on the scene. >>> the search for that missing malaysia flight has now entered its fifth day and still no clues as to where it might be. dozens of ships and planes are searching east of where the plane lost contact. when the plane went missing it was en route to beijing on saturday. >>> the interim prime minister of ukraine set to meet with president obama today. ♪ >>> i'm dave warren. big changes here in the eastern united states as a storm takes shape. big area of low pressure intensifies and developing across the mideast. cold air, a lot of snow, to the south it is rain and even severe weather. this line developing as this front moves through. temperatures in the 60s and 70s and then quickly drop. here is the heavy snow. inches of snow with winter storm warnings and blizzard warnings in effect. now this is where it is now this afternoon. severe storms are possible in this area. the storm will lift out an

a deadly gas leak made that clear in east harlem when an explosion leveled two apartment buildings and killed eight people. the hidden danger just below the surface old gas pipelines that are prone to leaks. fixing the problem will cost tens of billions of dollars and could take decades. fred donnelly, a real estate executive in manhattan, the choice of whether to convert this upper east side apartment building from using oil to natural gas seemed an obvious one. lower fuel prices and operating costs along with the promise of cleaning energy sealed the deal. he made the switch at a cost of $3 million. >> so far this building has achieved approximately 47% savings by converting to natural gas. >> with the recent energy boon, many city businesses and governments are looking to make the switch. >> from what we've seen and the requests we've gotten, this seems to be the wave of the future. >> they're bringing more gas online, reducing cost and feeding consumer demand across the northeast. >> were it not for the pipeline in a few years we would not be able to meet that demand. >> the decisi

in east harlem with late information on what happened and what is going on there right now. steve? >> reporter: yeah. it is nearly 10 hours after the explosion and the two buildings collapsed and search still goes on here. happened at 9:30 a.m. in the morning. the ground shook for blocks. it may have been fueled by gas leak, a natural gas line leak here. in addition to the three deaths confirmed we have crews behind us searching through a pile of rubble. 9 people are still inaccounted for. -- unaccounted for. >> reporter: wednesday morning a deadly scene. fire crews and the bomb squad water called out after an explosion caused two buildings to collapse in east harlem. >> st. sounded like -- it sounded like a bomb or something went off. and it kind of shook, shook us. you felt the ground shake. >> reporter: these pictures show where the buildings used to stand and the debris field on a rail track. >> this is a tragedy of the worse kind because there was no indication in time to save people. >> reporter: officials aren't sure what caused the explosion but they say 15 minutes before t

fire department a major emergency response in east harlem.s would be on the outer edge of central park toward the northern part of the island of manhattan. fire department of new york says it received report of a possible explosion and building collapse around the area of park avenue, 114th street. no immediate reports of injuries. wabc, the screen left picture you're watching there, say that residents heard a large explosion inside of an apartment building around 9:00 this morning which would have been an hour and four minutes ago. the fire reported in this building and residents were seeing smoke in that area. one of the more alarming notes that came out by way of twitter, explosion and collapse, in quotes. residential structure with fire and people trapped. that's what we know as of now. martha: i mean when you look at the street scene in that closer picture this looks like a very large explosion that happened in this building. and as, eyewitness was saying, it looked like half the building came down but when you look at effort going on ri

we'll keep you posted here from east harlem, live onscene. >>> developing now on capitol hill, health and human services secretary -- as you know, the goal is 7 millions by the end of march. but so far, they're only at 2.4 million. and perhaps most troubling, only a third of those are under the age of 34. to fund itself, obama needs younger, healthier people enrolled to help offset the cost of older and chronically ill people. >> mike, what were some of the concerns expressed by republicans today? >> reporter: gretchen, good afternoon, kathleen sebelius was asked if the obama administration plans to delay the next mandate or plans to extend the enrollment deadline beyond march 31st. she said no. >> can we make a promise to the american people today, another promise, madam secretary, that there will be no more delays to the so-called affordable health care act? >> we will continue to put out regulation -- >> will there be further delays, madam secretary? >> there are no planned delays. >> it's not a promise, lawmakers also asked how many of those who signed up actually paid for somethi

that's the very latest from east harlem. catherine craig. back to you. >> thank you, catherine, appreciate it. >>> now to colorado, a man kidnapped a 4-year-old boy, carjacked three different cars and seriously injured a police officer. it is really, you know, you have to watch unbelievable chase, it lasted an hour before finally coming to an end on foot. nbc's miguel almaguer reports. >> reporter: high speed chase apparently somebody took a car in long monte. he's gone both right should and left shoulder. police gave the suspect room. >> this guy is going like a rocket ship. >> reporter: fearing for the safety of a 4-year-old boy indecide the stolen car. >> he's getting into another car. >> reporter: the chase lasted over an hour. >> another vehicle. he's carjacked a silver van. >> reporter: the suspect stole three vehicles. >> it is very dangerous. we're lucky there was a news helicopter overhead following this guy. he was not going to stop for anybody. >> tremendously high rate of speed. >> reporter: john morrissey has never seen anything

investigators say natural gas leak sparked the explosion in east harlem. two apartment buildings for flattened. the blast shattered windows blocks away and sent people running into the streets. >> the section from my window -- uction from my window. anneighbors complained about unbearable gas smell. >> the mystery surrounding the missing malaysia airlines plane. murky images from a satellite may show debris. the images were taken just south of vietnam. off thee plane went grid, crews have been searching within 35,000 square miles. >> new information today about the deadly colombian mall -- columbia mall shooting. darion aguilar opened fire inside that mall, killing two people. he was obsessed with the 1999 columbine high school shooting. he told his doctor that he heard voices. in the weeks before his attack, he took photos of himself posed with his shotgun. >> he is looking at some very disturbing and violent images. visiting sites devoted to mass shootings, including those that schools and malls. >> he carried out his rampage at the same time of day as t

residents here in east harlem describe the blast as earth-shaking and terrifying. and behind me, the aftermath looks like a mini war zone as search crews and investigators continue their work amid the darkness and rubble. with bright lights to show the way, rescue workers worked through the night searching for missing people in the rubble of two buildings that collapsed after an explosion in east harlem. overnight crews pulled more bodies out of the rubble. the victims are being identified. one is 44-year-old grizeld grizelde camacho, a single mom to a teenage boy and a security officer at hunter college. another, 67-year-old carmen tanco, a dental hygienist who had wednesdays off. relatives were hopeful until the last minute. >> my family has been trying to call her all day long just hoping that, you know, maybe she's in the neighborhood doing something. >> reporter: people in this neighborhood say they had complained of an unbearable gas smell for weeks. utility crews were on their way to investigate when the explosion occurred. >> come on. let's go out, man. >>

al jazeera's erica pitzi is in east harlem where the explosion happened. they have been working throughout the night. what is the latest from the scope? >> good morning. with an explosion of this magnitude imagine the situation is constantly changing. in fact, it is a busy scene. dozens of firefighters are on the scene wanting to make sure no embers flare-up. there's smoke. six confirmed dead. three pulled from the rubble. this as they are looking for nine people reported missing. >> i saw the smoke and ran over. >> new yorkers ran to hope after an explosion took down two new york apartment buildings. the wind worked against them as firefighters tried to keep the flames from spreading. smoke and ash hung in the air paying it difficult to find people. some relatives say they smells gas, no one reported it until the next morning. the energy company responded within minutes, but it was too late. >> this is a tragedy of the worst kind. >> the explosion comes a day after the center tore the urban future released a report showing ageing pipelines are a problem i

he meant it would keep the shiites to brush to the scene in east harlem where a task i tossed listed on the mast to block the sauna pool and covered pot cause said preliminary information site the explosion was caused by gas leak. blood was based on a gas leak. the impacts affected buildings. all rounds. the two that were destroyed. very heavy impact on the surrounding buildings a heavy fire has ensued as well the only indication was the call at nine thirty nine one three. but gas leak. and then the explosion occurred roughly fifteen minutes later the energy company called anderson said it immediately sent you tell it to a fist to tell the records but i didn't roll it until it was too likes the new york pa department to spot some one hundred and fifty members to the same the eye . sibling identity but no one cares because after you only visit the holy lance bass and festival that till the fashion week is taking off with a t local designers selling off their latest collections under the watchful eye health guest of honor. but since gas is yummy to the editor in chief of vogue italia.

two buildings in the city's east harlem neighborhood completely collapsed wednesday morning local time fixable and debris covered the neighborhoods in your brain structures were badly damaged panel of witnesses say he was a massive explosion. residents close to the incidents have been evacuated. while some of the window tonight and that more than double what i had class. and i've mopped harmison. newark city mayor bill did not see old rushed to the scene to take stock of the situation and spoke at an emergency press conference there was a major explosion that destroyed two buildings bush was based on a gas leak the impacts. affected buildings. around the two that were destroyed. very heavy impact on the surrounding buildings. a heavy fire has ensued as well a resident in an adjacent building reported smelling gas just fifteen minutes prior to the blast. other people in the neighborhood have also told reporters they had smelled the gas michael gerson the day before the new year fire department has classified the incident as the highest threat level possible. i've read two hundred fifty

. >> new information in the deadly explosion in east harlem. >> the death toll rises. the authorities take a close look at the gas line. it was more than a century old. >> another day of mys >> the mystery surrounding the missing malaysian flight deepens. investigators now believe the airplane was sending signals to a satellite for four hours after it disappeared. that is an indication it was still flying. is on itshe uss kidd way to the indian ocean, an area where the airplane may have crashed. >> the additional search area may be opened in the indian ocean

. >>> new this morning, 7 people are dead in new york's east harlem after a gas explosion yesterday. rescue workers worked through the night with the help of bright lights following the blast. it leveled two five-story buildings and injured more than 60 people. those who died are unidentified. one was a 67-year-old dental hygienist who wednesday off. relatives were hopeful until the very last minute. >> my family has been trying to call her. all day just hoping she is in the neighborhood doing something. >> cell phone video shows the chaotic moments after the explosion. large flames leapt into the sky. people in the neighborhood say they complained of a gas smell for weeks now in the area. utility crews were on the way to investigate when that explosion happened. >>> also new this morning, a drunk driver plowing his car through a crowd at the south by southwest festival in austin at midnight. two people were killed. take a look at dozens more left hurt lying on the street in the aftermath. police say the driver was trying to get away from officers when he drove through temporary barr

a seventh victim was killed by the explosion that flattened two apartment buildings in east harlem. the latest victim was found in the rubble around 7:15 this morning. gas leak triggered yesterday's explosion. the blast injured more than 60 people, including at least three children. >>> an elderly temple hills man shoots his wife and then turns the gun on himself. right now, police in prince george's county are trying to figure out what led to this murder/suicide. police went to do a welfare check on a home on winston street yesterday. when they arrived, they found the couple dead. detectives are working to establish a motive. >>> a dreaded proposal could become reality for those of you who use metro. today, the transit agency will vote on a plan to raise fares. it's part of its overall budget plan. metro unveiled that last fall. under the proposal, most train trips would go up about 3%. if you take the bus, it could cost you an extra $1.75. if you pay with a smart trip card. and $2 more if you pay with cash. parking would go up to 25 cent -- or up by 25 cents at all metro lots. if

a suspected gas explosion ripped through east harlem. neighbors say it could be felt for several blocks. i thought it was an ernl quake. >> it was like a big boom. >> here is a look at buildings before, that is a sad scene right now. officials say it erupted this morning. >> a man involved in a wild incident went before a judge today the 0-year-old is charged with assault. for trying to ram a police officer with his car. investigators have not figured out who shot the officer and never found a gun on ruano. there is a possibility he was shot by a fellow cop. they're putting witnesses, 6, 7 rounds are fired he doesn't have a gun. >> he was arrested after a wild chase. >> sunnyvale with move forward now with an ordinance. supreme court justice anthony kennedy denied a request by national rifle association to block enforcement. two lower courts ruled against it last week. >> sanford university confirms it's tripped 2003 graduate of his mba degree because he was admitted under false pretenses saying he did not disclose he was kicked out of h

are saying that it really is too early to tell what caused this building collapse an explosion in east harlem, but there are early signs that it could be accidental. the result of the blast was a five alarm fire that injured at least 17. >> i heard a big explosion. i did not know what was going on , so i decided to look out my window. it is a building complex. i looked out my window. my neighbors came to the door and only to get out. >> the explosion had just level the five-story park avenue apartment building. a second building is heavily damaged. blocks areor littered with broken glass as people several blocks away from the scene felt the blast. shook at theng time. you know? that explosion was pretty loud. >> it sounded like heavy thunder. >> at least 39 units are battling huge blames of black smoke, finding mostly rubble where a building stood just hours ago. the building received a call reporting a gas leak at 9:13 a.m.. a truck was dispatched to minutes later but arrived after the explosion. >> it was extremely loud. i could not even explain it to you. it woke me from my sleep. i was cr

agas leak may be to blame for deadly explosion in east harlem. this killed two people, flat and two apartment buildings in more than 20 other people were hurt. dozens missing. the national transportation safety board is among those agencies investigating. >> the man responsible for the deadly shooting inside this -- in the mall and columbia, maryland, was obsessed with the columbine shooting. marilyn bureau chief red belt live outside the mall. what role did mental illness lay and what happened? >> police say a played a big role. they said he started a deep dissent into mental illness just about one year ago when he began excessively researching other mass shootings. as it turns out, planning his own. >> weeks before he killed two innocent victims in the columbia mall, he photographed himself with his gun. it is an image he took moments before he emerged firing from the store dressing room, which police said may reveal his motive. >> in this picture he is dressed in cargo pants and boots. he has the shotgun in the sling around him. >> the photogr

returned to east harlem to get an update on the situation and meet first responders. and assemblyman says that officials are working to get 80 displaced families from adjacent buildings back into their homes. >> we are shaken, but we are sticking together. >> he toured the area this morning. we are just moments away from a press conference. will be the hope there some kind of answer in terms of where the investigation stands in terms of what officially caused this incident. ae presumption is there was ghastly, but there's no hard evidence. smelling gas.ed any indications this building was not up to code? reports that been are starting to come to light. some folks say they may have been smelling gas over the last few days. the only official call that was placed came minutes before this explosion. there have been no other reports. no one called anything in. there has been no official complaint. as to the building's inspection, it was checked out at the end of february, maybe two weeks ago. everything checked out fine. there were no indications or red flags raised at tha

carrying away the debris from the gas explosion yesterday that brought down two apartment buildings in east harlem. seven people were killed and 40 others were injured and right now, five people are still missing. today's high winds kept reigniting the fires at the site, and right now, investigators believe a leak from a gas line caused that blast. >> and tonight, a setback in the search for the missing malaysian airliner, this as the course of the search changes again. scott macfarlane tracking it from the live desk. >> yes, wendy. they say that it did not transmit any data after it lost contact last friday and that is leaving investigators with what happened next. search crews believe that the plane could have been flying for as long as four hours after losing contact, based on the fuel p on board. and last night, we showed you satellite that could be debris, but so far, the crews have not been to that location. and now the pentagon is sending the "uss kidd" into the indian ocean to expand the search area. look for a report on "nbc nightly news." scott macfarlane, live desk. >>> and the high win

. >>> tonight in new york tess east harlem no let-up in search for people who could be trapped under what used to be two apartment and retail buildings. neighbors reported smelling gas just moments before an explosion collapsed those five- story buildings and a crush steel and bricks. at least two people were confirmed dead, more than 60 hurt and about a dozen still missing. darnella mason lives 2 blocks away and said blast actually threw it out of bed. >> reporter: what did it feel like for you? >> i thought i was going to die. i thought it was a bomb or something. >> con edison said no gas complaints came in about the building before today, but some residents say they had repeatedly complained about the smell of gas to the landlord. >>> bank robber arrests, now a hole in the highway bridge, not the week to drive on i-270, more on the latest roadblock coming up. >> winds picking up and severe thunderstorm groping to the rest of us. we'll show you the radar. watch out laytonsville, olney and manassas, wind gusts 50 to 60 miles an hour. we'll talk about that >>> it's been a nightmare

. >> crews in east harlem are working around the clock clearing defree that leveled two buildings andilled eight people. we get a look at the moment the blast handled. you can see the explosion in this surveillance video and the power of it and what it does to the surrounding area. the workers have been clearing the rubble. arson detectives will determine gas meters buried in the basement to figure out exactly what caused wednesday's explosion. someone out there is feeling lucky this st. patrick's day weekend. why one has a few million reasons to celebrate tonight. >>> sorry to be the bearer after six hours of debate, alexandria city council decided to add bike lanes on a major road. bike lanes will be coming in each direction between russell road. they argue it will take away parking spots, which are hard to come from. bike lanes will form a buffer and make it safer for people to walk along king straight. >>> a major recall tonight. honda is recalling 900,000 odyssey miny advance because of fire risk. a fuel pump cover is prone to cracking and leaking fuel. honda says it has no repor

it could be the result of a gas leak in the east harlem neighbourhood.e americans may be able to qualify for overtime pay. president obama is expected to issue an executive order forcing companies to pay overtime to millions of salaried employees, the latest effort to close the income and equality gap. those are the headlines. "america tonight" is up next. you can get the latest news online at our website aljazeera.com. do keep it here. >> on "america tonight", the blast that rocked pan am flight 103. >> my daughter -- rocked manhattan. disaster in new york city. and the questions about why this happened. also tonight - the cold pain of heroin addiction. >> it's too much. it's too much. i know how i raised him. i know how i raised him to live. we lived a whole some

east harlem is a community that has been resurging has many of the communities across new york city in the five burrows have been. having been a native born and raised all of my life and going back a few generations, having seen the change your happen is certainly, you know - it's been a great evolution, we have seen the streets become safer and our communities transformed. >> a lot of community, a lot of new develop. some concern because so much of what is built is on very old infrastructure. >> that's a concern. certainly not just in east harlem, but new york city and new york state is making sure we are not neglecting infrastructure, whether we talk about brinch, sewer lines or gas lines. the infrastructure is hundreds of years old. there was a report recently released yesterday that has brought into question that it needs to review and invest in infrastructure. it's an initiative from the local perspective. what has resulted here is a result of a gas leak that is causing an explosion and fire affecting two buildings directly, and then the surrounding area affecting a number of buil

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what prompted >> tonight new revelations surrounding the east harlem explosion caused i and ghastly. it ceo of thomas edison say might have been prevented if more people had called in sooner. more than 60 injured in the explosion that flattened two apartment buildings. this occurred 15 minutes after someone first reported smelling gas. >> the massive effort to find a missing malaysian jet is focused hundreds of miles from where the first search began. >> the u.s. navy ship has been brought in to aid in the search. is live with more on the search. >> what continues to be a mind-boggling mystery. how could this lane just vanished. the new evidence the plane may have in fact turned sharply westward toward india and remained airborne for four or five hours after the last contact. finding flight 370 is already like looking for a needle in a haystack, and today the haystack out a lot bigger. >> new information is not necessarily conclusive, but it may be in the indian ocean. >> a u.s. naval destroyer is heading far west of the current search area. u.s. investigators reportedly relayed a sa

leak triggered the blast -- a gas leak triggered the blast that flatten to apartment buildings in east harlem. several people still unaccounted for. freezing weather in new york has hampered the search efforts. residents of the building say they complained or several weeks about the smell of gas. toll in the violence in venezuela has risen to 25 after three more fatal shootings. those tests came in the central state where a student, a middle-aged man and army captain lost their lives. in the capital of caracas, 3000 students and opponents took to the streets for rival rallies marking a month since the first bloodshed in the arrest. in south africa at the murder trial of the athlete oscar pistorius speaking yesterday in court, one expert said the double amputee was not wearing his prosthetic legs when he smashed a lock door to reach the girlfriend. the forensic evidence was wearingclaim he them at the time. the damaged bathroom door is in the courtroom to be examined during the trial. he has admitted to killing the girlfriendling his but he maintained it was a mistake. trigonometry and the tes

rescue crews worked through the night and into today following yesterday's blast in east harlem. it leveled two, five-story buildings more than 60 people were hurt. one woman says she barely escaped. >> i said to myself, don't you die in this apartment. your three kids need you. you got to be a mother to them. i said, let me think, 9/11. bang on the door. let people hear you. >> rescuers are using thermal minuteing cameras to identify heat spot, bodies or smoldering debris. people complained of a gas smell for weeks. utility crews were on their way to investigate when the explosion happened. >>> new video out of oakland's brooklyn basin area. this ground breaking ceremony promises to launch the city's waterfront into a new era. it happened this morning. we have more on the $1.5 billion facelift. >> today it's a neglected strip of land along the oakland estuary south of the jack london square. this is what brooklyn basin will look like in a few years, including five high rice buildings, 3100 housing unit, a shopping center and parks. the development broke ground today. . >> now th

los 2 edificios que se desplomaron el miÉrcoles pasado tras la explosiÓn que sacudio al sector de east harlem # ya fueron identificadas. 3 de las vÍctimas son de origen mexicano, otros 3 son puertorriqueÑos, y uno es de grecia. lÍderes de la iglesia evangÉlica, ubicada en uno de los inmuebles derrumbados, se reunieron para ofrecer detalles de la bÚsqueda. >>> ya todos nuestros miembros estÁn reconocidos, y encontrados. es lo Único que puedo decirles. >>> el alcalde bilodeu blasio por su parte. elogio la labor de los socorristas y pidiÓ que buscaran ayuda de las autoridades sin importar su estatus migratorio. >>> derrumbÓ 2 edificios, y varios autos en la zona y esta camioneta pasaban por el lugar al momento del estallido. miguel viscaino que resultÓ levemente herido. >>> salÍ, estaba atrÁs, sobrevivÍ. >>> muchos residentes dicen que pudieron salvar sus vidas, gracias a la labor realizada por un grupo de hÉroes latinos, que corriÓ hacia el lugar de los hechos >>> fue fuerte ahÍ, muchos muchachos sentados llorando y los padres no sabÍan que estaba pasando. >>> el dÍa de la tragedia lograron eva

upgrades soon, analysts say the emphasis an gas may bring more incidents like what happened in east harlem. investigators say the ruptured main was 125 years old. >> most americans have no idea what it's like to work in a sweat shop. there's a reason for that. the triangle shirt waste fire, why it matters to you, the american worker. they are amateur athletes. one day we could call them something else - union men. more on what could be a landmark labour ruling coming up. >> last week we marked an anniversary that changed the history of workers safetiy lawyers. 150 years ago a fire broke out in a new york city sweat shot that took 126 lives, the triangle shirt waste factory in greenwich village on march 25th, 1927. fire fighters rushed to the scene and were unable to rescue scores of mostly immigrant women and girls. the reason, doors locked to prevent girls taking breaks or stealing. they were burnt alive, suffocated or died trying to escape out the windows. the tragic waste of life caused outrage. it was preventible. safety precautions existed but were not the law. many businesses opposed

. >>> la tragedia ocurriÓ en pleno east harlem un lugar con mÁs hispanos de la ciudad. >>> este videotelemundo, grabado con un celular, muestra la magnitud y el impacto de la explosiÓn de gas que destruyÓ de cuajo, a 2 edificios del sector hispano de harlem. t >>> da en la cocina y cuando oÍ eso. boom. yo dije, dios mÍo ¿que es eso? >>> la tragedia, que ocurriÓ esta maÑana, mÁs de 250 bomberos y decenas de rescatistas respondieron y asistÍan a los heridos de la catastrÓfica explosiÓn que hizo temblar a harlem. >>> salÍ fuera para ver lo $pasaba y cuando vi, se habÍa caÍdo. >>> 15 minutos antes de la explosiÓn, dejo aÑicos a una iglesia cristiana y un edificio residencial de 5 pisos, alguien habÍa reportado un olor fuerte a gas trabajadores de la compaÑÍa de gas, estaban llegando al lugar, y encontraron el edificio en llamas. >>> hemos confirmado que la causa fue una fuga de gas. tuÉtano fuerte que afectÓ varios edificios aledaÑos y cuadras de distancia dijo el alcalde. algunos lo describieron como el fin del mundo. >>> parecÍa hora oye... todo el mundo saliÓ, porque se sintio en todo

but it is working in east harlem where we toured with finkelstein. >> if i look at this whole corner, i've got a shelter, i've got a bench, so a senior can sit, i've got glass, so they feel safe, i've got shade so they don't feel too hot, they've got cutouts so they can use their ramps or walkers. >> sreenivasan: for seniors like the aarons, being able to get out and about to do their errands is essential to staying out of assisted living. age-friendly also partners with the private sector to help businesses better serve older customers. the changes are simple: better lighting, a place to sit, and larger fonts so seniors can see what's available. local stores like fairway markets offer shuttle buses and in-store assistance. >> if you are in the retail business and you want to serve a meal and you want to cut hair and you want to you know offer supplies you know you've got to think about who is in the city buying. >> sreenivasan: more than a thousand businesses have now signed up for the program. >> at home, you're going to be paying for an internet service provider. >> sreenivasan: in

seven were killed, and two apartment buildings were flattened in east harlem.he incident attracted criticisms. >> i can't imagine how we can have pipes under ground here in new york that were put in in the 18-00s. you know, and we talk about infrastructure, but the whole dam city is falling apart. >> italian police confiscated assets worth 585 million during a crackdown on local mafia. the anticorruption operation targeted the calabria based mafia. houses and luxury houses were seized, and businesses shut down. 20 people were arrested earlier this month. >> it's been a year since the vatican ushered in a knew year. they spent their one-year anniversary and reflection on a spiritual retreat. ross shimabuku travelled to the home country argentina to see how people there are celebrating. >> i'm in the parish of st. mary mother of the people in the flores neighbourhood of venezuela. close to where the young pope was born and brought up, and opposite the football club. the presence of the catholic church is apparent. they run a music school, a nursery, a home for ol

it took place in east harlem near 116th street.partment says it is a multiple dwelling explosion and collapse. according to the associated press, at least 11 people have been injured. we certainly hope those are minor injuries and at no more serious casualties are reported. meantime, you might say it is a good time to be an m&a banker. a merger is good news. mostly unscathed by new banking regulations and dealmaking activity is picking up as the stock market hits new highs and confidence slowly returns to board rooms and ec suite -- these are perhaps even better time to be the senior managing director at the blackstone group, head of the firm of the investment bank -- >> he might have the best job on wall street. >> it is great to see you. thank you for coming. >> good to be here. >> i'm thinking about what is going on in ukraine, and the reason i'm thinking about that is because i wonder how much of a chilling effect does geopolitical instability have on investment activity? not just mergers and acquisitions but other things that