the other, they were not transferred by the fdny.t's possible that if these injuries are not serious, they either got there themselves or someone helped them to a local hospital. they could have gotten in a cab. we don't know, but we're going to keep our eye on that. again, the fdny is not confirming any injuries, but again, that doesn't mean there aren't any and doesn't mean they are not making sure there are people trapped in the building that collapsed or in the adjacent buildings. this situation is going to continue to be fluid, but we saw ron allen, our nbc reporter, getting very close. he described within perhaps 25 yards of the scene. let's bring him back in now. ron, are you on the phone with us and tell us where you are and what you're learning. >> reporter: chris, we're still about a block away, there's a police set up and we can't get closer. talking to people in the neighborhood, they heard and felt this several blocks away. one young man said he was woken up by all this and many people are very concerned, because they be

the fdny saying again four-alarm fire. bomb squad on scene. at least 168 firefighters responding very, very quickly of the storefront, the church, also there was a nearby day-care center. fox news has spoken to care givers at center said the children did hear the explosion and those in charge immediately began to think about 9/11. but at this hour, we have no clarification of exactly what happened. and we'll bring you the latest details as we get, as close as we can to the scene, jon. we want to make sure all of our folks are safe. jon? jon: jamie, jamie colby reporting live there from the ground you see the metro-north commuter train tracks run from grand central. run essentially underground emerge at 110th street. so the metro north commuter trains are shutdown because there is debris on the track because of the force of the explosion. this is a brick building and pieces of brick, windows and timbers were scattered for hundreds of feet. i have seen a lot of debris on the building immediatelyly to the right. the building with the blond brick

fdny is now, again, in the proof putting out the fire. con ed is in the process of shutting down all gas mains going into this building. but that is a detailed and complicated process that requires digging up the ground and a lot of manual labor to turn off all the different supplies of gas to the building. this is a tragedy of the worst kind because there was no indication in time to save people. we know we've lost two people already. we know at this moment prelim gnarly that 18 are injured. there will be a search through the building as soon as the fire is put out, looking for those who are missing. there are a number of missing individuals. i emphasize that those who are missing could well be safe in another location and just not contacted yet. there's going to be a thorough search to try and find or locate each individual. this is going to be an extended operation. this will take quite a bit of time to fully address this issue. to achieve that, we have on the scene 250 firefighters and dozens of pieces of equipment, including heavy eq

fdny is now, again, in the process of put souting out the . con ed is in the process of shutting down all gas mains going into this building. but that is a detailed and complicated process that requires digging up the ground and a lot of manual labor to turn off the different supplies of gas to the building. this is a tragedy of the worst kind, because there was no indication in time to save people. we know we have lost two people already. we know at this moment, preliminarily, 18 are injured. different levels of injury. we also know that there will be a search through the rubble of the building as soon as the fire is put out. looking for those who are missing. there are a number of missing individuals. i emphasize that those who are missing could well be safe in another location and just not contacted yet or reachable yet. but there are a number of missing individuals, and there is going to be a thorough search to try and find or locate each individual. this is going to be an extended operation. this will take quite a bit of time to fully add

on the phone with us is former fdny captain al fuentes. captain fuentes, thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you. >> let me get your assessment. first of all, to catch the people up just tuning in, the fire department said this is a five-alarm fire, the building is an occupied building, some residents unaccounted for. right now we've been able to get the number of 16 people injured at this time, 12 minor, four listed as, quote, more serious. we don't know if the fire is out, but what is your initial assessment here? >> you know, it's an ongoing situation. it's still developing, and in my opinion, it's still a hazardous environment, because you can see the smoke still billowing from the adjacent structures, so to list this as stabilized, first responders, fire departments are going to be able to get in there and start making the searches, but i suspect they are in a process of starting to make that move. >> right, looking at about 200 firefighters at that scene and you have a dual track of issues here. one, getting that fire out. two

it takes the fdny another hour to control the fire.s, shay and barr talk to a local reporter. >> you're looking at two guys, high profile. it could have been anybody. a lot of heros up there. you only see us. it's a lot of guys, a whole team. >> he was first. i'm just fast. it's nothing that anybody wouldn't have done. >> is this the reason you became a fireman in the first place? >> no. it's the whole reason. the whole reason. >> an exhausted but elated patty brown weighs in. >> so proud of these two guys. 50 years on the job, the most courageous thing i ever saw. right, patty? >> in the decade that follows this amazing rescue, the men of rescue one and the fdny continue to serve the city of new york. but sadly three of the firefighters who came to the aid of jose and peter lewis in 1991 that day are killed at the world trade center on september 11, 2001. patty brown promoted to captain. kevin dowdell. and patrick o'keefe. the loss is felt by their families and colleagues and also by jose giagos who developed a lasting friendship with

the fdny. nobody fights fire with more enthusiasm than these guys do.inly, we are calling out all the units here. i think we do have to reserve judgment until the facts allow us to understand what happened. not just cause but the consequence. we will reserve judgment until we get more information. we know if you are joining us that there has been a major explosion of two buildings in manhattan. an area on park avenue. the buildings were joined by one wall. they had stores on the bottom and multiple players on the top. it does sound like it was fueled by natural gas, which is what the primary fuel source is in this area. officials tell c inn they do no believe there is any connection to terrorism. the urgency is on stopping the fire. there are buildings on either side that have certainly been damaged. one of them seems to have been breached by fire and is receiving a lot of water attention. you are looking in the right part of your screen at the elevated railway. that's metro north. you will see there is debris on it, even though it is some 50 feet in th

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the fdny says there were 24 people treated on scene. two people have lost their lives.e-threatening injuries. five serious non-life threatening injuries. and 16 minor injuries. now, the explosion could be felt for about 15 blocks. we spoke with somebody who lives on 130th street. that's about 15 blocks from where this happened. windows were blown out in businesses around the street and people said they just couldn't believe what was going on at the time. they initially thought terrorism. >> thank you, katy. we're seeing the footage right now and the air-condition looks pretty bad. stay out of those clouds. nbc's katy tur on the scene in harlem. >>> coming up next, we have international news. the three-year war in syria is now a devastating humanitarian crisis. and a big voice on this issue on the hill, senator bob casey reached out to us. he is going to join this week's call to action. you won't want to miss it, right after the break. like two deals . salesperson #2: actually, getting a great car with like two deals . 42 highway miles per gallon makes it like two deals

and these are some of the images that we saw a little bit earlier, fdny working over there and fire crews, et cetera. >> and tanya, you are still at the scene, what are people there telling you? people who are coming out or been evacuated. >> yes, i'm getting more clarification as people are passing by, i'm asking what is going on, and people are pretty much telling me the same thing they heard a boom. a lot of people were curious because it was really loud and rattled shelves in their home, bottles and things of this nature. i'm seeing additional fire personnel going near the scene -- i don't know if you can hear the sirens, but people in general are heading away from the scene. they are not being told much. people are telling me it was a residential building. not multi-story, but small in comparison of new york stature, and that there was construction in the area, but one woman told me she wasn't familiar with anything going on in that particular building. >> tanya stand by. 116th and park is where the explosion took place. the fire department of new york confirming that it is a four-al

reporter: it's still very active scene, with a five alarm blaze, it was all hands on deck with the fdny who responded in an amazing two minutes of getting a call of the explosion, con. ed. still has active gas lines going into the building, which has somewhat complicated the ability to search for more survivors. as you said, two people dead, 24 injured, including two seriously. the new york mayor, ddeblasio said -- >> con. ed. is in the process of shutting down all gas mains going into this building. but that is a detailed and complicated process that requ e requires digging up the ground and annumanual labor to dig up the gas mains going into the building. >> reporter: there's as many as a dozen missing according to one report. at the base of the building was a church and the other a piano repair. within that church last night at services, they smelled some gas, they weren't sure where it came from, but 15 minutes before that explosion and con. ed. arriving onscene said, there was a call co-con. ed. reporting the gas, unfortunately con. ed. got here and the explosion had all right take

i came up and made my office available to the nypd and fdny sxault first responders.ight as a command post. we've been helping and making sure everything's going smoothly with the affected families. we unfortunately lost seven lives. incredibly tragic situation. and making sure that everybody's getting the proper support to make sure that they get the services necessary. >> reporter: so gretchen, they continue the effort. they're frantically going through yet another toxic pile of rubble, worried they are about the asbestos from those 100-year-old buildings that collapsed, gretchen. >> so geraldo, it looks -- i know you're far away from the scene. i mean, you're right there, but the barricades are keeping you from getting that close, but it looks -- is it still burning or smoldering? >> reporter: it is. tommy, push in. you know, this is the least we have seen. just now. you know, there's less white and gray and black smoke coming out, but it is still smoldering. there's no doubt about it, gretchen. just showing how dangerous this is. because remember, although the gas

we're going to pan in so you can see what dozens and dozens of fdny new york city responders, digginghe rubble of what was two buildings of two residential apartments, 1644 and 1646 park avenue. as you said, 24 injured and being treated at this time. we know two are dead, two women. mayor de blasio calling this a tragedy of the worst kind because of the lack of advanced notice. again, the only notice they were given was that call of someone in the area smelling gas just about 15 minutes prior to this explosion. also, i want to tell you that an nypd detective told me, quote, 1644 park avenue appears not to be there anymore, a total collapse of these buildings. an extended operation under way. this is very much a search and recovery effort still at this time, wolf. they have literally just been putti putting out the final flames from this fire, now searching through all of the rubble. we got here just about half an hour after it happened, 45 minutes or so, and talked to people who lived in buildings right on the block that were impacted by this. listen to what one 21-year-old angelica t

the fdny says two people are dead, 24 injuries, two serious life-threatening injuries, five serious non-life-threateningnjuries, 15 minor injuries and there's no word exactly where the people were in relation to the explosion when it happened, whether or not they were on the street or in the building. they are still actively looking for potential survivors or more victims still underneath there. the explosion itself was really strong, really powerful, and an gel characters you live in this building right here? >> yes. >> you were inside your apartment when it happened? >> i was actually sleepingterm woke me out of my sleep, sounded like a huge bomb, and looked out my window and seen a whole bunch of smoke, and my neighbors came banging on my door and that's when i real i'd i was jammed in. since the impact of the explosion jammed my door and i couldn't get out. >> you were stuck inside your apartment? >> i was stuck inside my apartment for maybe like half an hour before i actually got out and my neighbors are the one who actually banged the door open. >> you must have been panicking. >> i was having an

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female firefighter is blowing the whistle blower after the fdny searched her phone and they have denyhe talked to the new york post anonymously about a female recruit last year. so is this fair? let's get to the bottom of this. joining us is elizabeth ozgood and the president of the firefighters association. it's a two-part story. one we have this nsa style part of the story. the other side is whether or not they have a right to actually jump into your phone and see whether or not this woman was able to get this promotion ahead of you. to be clear, new york post, you didn't reach out to them. they called you to get information about this story, right? >> right. they called me. >> so what happened? >> they called and asked for my opinion about what was going on and i gave them my opinion. i talked about standards on this job and the fact that the standards are there for a very specific reason, which have to do with safety, life and death. >> so you should have been given this promotion, but another female recruit managed to get this promotion ahead of you? >> no. the female recruit had

and a three-alarm fire. 33 fdny units have been sent.ore details we'll bring them to you. >>> in the meantime, simon is down on the floor. >> move over hilton, marriott and starwood the trump hotel brand is growing, since launching in 2007 donald trump's three children have expanded the trump lodging brand. they now have nine hotels around the world with another three projects in the pipeline which includes a luxury hotel in rio. we're delighted to welcome to the program donald trump jr. executive vice president of development and acquisitions for the trump organization. good morning. >> good morning, simon, how are you? >> i'm good. from a standing start that's actually very impressive. how are you finding taking on the big guys in lodging? >> i think it's great. one of the advantages is we are also owners. as we manage for others we understand where they are coming from. we're not purely a brand that says we'll slap our name and tell you what to do as onowner/developer, because we do it for ourselves i think we can offer a lot to other

as soon as the explosion was called in, fdny responded literally within two minutes of the call for help. >> reporter: residents said they smelled gas in the days leading up to the blast. investigators tell us they'll examine how the utility provider handled any reports that might have been made. >> we'll be looking at con ed's call logs to see when the first calls started coming in to report such. that will definitely be part of our investigation. >> reporter: dozens of people remain hospitalized, including children, one in critical condition. the salvation army and the red cross are both helping those who are displaced yesterday by the blast to find housing. charlie, norah? >> michelle miller, thank you. >>> and the public battle between the senate intelligence committee and the cia is growing this morning over a confidential report on the spy agency. the committee's top republican says a special investigator may now have to get involved. nancy cordes went directly to the head of the cia in search of answers. she's on capitol hill. good morning, nancy. >> reporter: good morning, norah

. >> so you know fdny just tweeted this. they're calling it a four-alarm fire. 1646 park avenue.tiple dwelling explosion and collapse. this is from the fire department. >> the, might have been -- >> that is occupied building. there would be a lot of injuries. we know that. so the, right now they're just trying to divert a lost traffic and get the first-responders to the area. they have all arrived here and, you know, the cloud is lingering. it is not being blown away. the smoke is sort of hanging over here at 116th. i can see it on park and 115th. the cloud basically only shifted one block north from 114th to 115th and filling entire area. >> smoke is being generated. this fire is raging at this point unchecked. a little less smoke seemed like a little while ago. this fire seems to still be at its peak not yet under control as these firefighters do a herro rick job trying to bring it under control. >> this is not only a ringsdentialal building but house as piano store. lots of equipment in there as well. i don't know whether they have flammable stuff in the basement to fix pianos

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steve, then we learn that the fdny managed to confirm or find out that it was elizabeth, perhaps by goinger phone records? >> they did go through her phone records. they admitted it. what simply happened is the fly commission was so outraged that the post story was negative of him and out how he was running his administration that they wanted to find out who that female firefighter was. we know they subpoenaed liz's phone records. we believe they subpoenaed the phone records of several other female firefighters and maybe every firefighter working at the training academy. it's outrageous. it's a breach of first amendment wants right. attack on media' right to find stories and tell the truth. they knew liz spoke to the post when they got her phone records and looked for the phone record of the reporter from the "new york post." >> is it illegal? did they violate the law? >> we know they abused their power. they have the power for subpoenas but that's on a criminal investigation arson. not to investigate whether or not a firefighter said something critical of the administration. >> what did