we have news copter 7 above midtown manhattan, around radio city. john del giorno, what's going on there? >> reporter: that's where we and good morning, let's go right down into midtown manhattan here from news copter 7. you can see the fire department activity outside of radio city music hall, all in response to a transformer fire. fires here on 49th and 50th street. both of those roadways between 6th and 7th avenue. looks like this is on the other side of 6th avenue, you can see the cross streets here are closed down. what we can tell you is that the transformer fires are being worked on. 6th avenue is open. 7th avenue is open, but the cross streets, 49th and 50th are shut down while the fire department continues to operate on the scene here. we're live in midtown manhattan, radio city music hall, john del giorno, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> all right, john, thank you. >>> it is 6:09 and still ahead, a terrifying scare in the skies. new details from somalia. investigators are trying to piece together an apparent what aviation officials just reve

two window washers are stranded on the side of the building in midtown manhattan.ere we are here in the studio. rain is falling outside. some snow earlier. rescue efforts continue. the pair have been stuck there for about an hour now. the fdny has sent down ropes to secure the scaffolding and doing everything they can to pull him into safety. about a year ago or so they broke out a window to be able to pull those two guys into safety. that was a heroi rowing situati that went on. midtown manhattan, the weather conditions are not spectacular and we're going to keep an eye on this to make sure those two guys can get in safely. another alert. reports say there has been an explosion at the site and there were casualties. so far, one reported death. the dual fire station has been closed since 2013. why would there suddenly be an explosion there? a bit of a mystery. reaction already fierce over the president's plan to close gitmo. here's what pat roberts thinks of it. >> here's what i think of the plan to send terrorist to the united states. he's not the only one not hap

two window washers stuck on the 17th floor of a midtown manhattan high-rise when the scaffolding stopped working. they removed a pane of glass and pulled the worker back into the building. >> the forecast in central florida will be interesting during the day tomorrow. the best chance for severe weather is up in the panhandle. getting hit very hard right now in pence sacola and up to the destin area and port st. joe. the tornado warnings and purple earlier have greatly reduced. and the brand-new warnings across extreme southern georgia county lines and the state lines right there. and the scattered showers are moving away from us overnight tonight. and as we go through late tomorrow morning early into the afternoon, a short little window from around 0:00, 11:00 to 1:00 or 2:00 in the afternoon from clermont to daytona. but mainly north and ocala and gainesville and pa lat ka and that will be the chance for the isolated storm and a short lived tornado and with a lot of rotation. and this rotation is movering that way. it is moving away and is weakening. it is not coming anywhere near us. w

>>> two workers found themselves stuck on a scaffold more than 60 feet above the streets of midtown manhattan replacing glass panels when the weather got nasty so they decided to come in and they were stranded for an hour. firefighters cut a hole in a window to bring them to safety. the scaffold's operator said the rescue was not necessary. >> okay, so once again let's return to the safety of the studios and terra firma for sports highlights. >> we get those from our guys at espn. >> he's stan, i'm neil. he has an nba highlight. i have a college highlot. >> rockets and jazz battling for eighth spot. less than 20 seconds left in derek favors on the offensive glass puts jazz up by three. last chance for the rockets. trevor ariza gets a look. no, sir, rebound out to jason terry, can't hit it from the corner. james harden had 42 points. eighth 40-point game tied with steph curry but jazz got a little from everybody. five jazz players with at least 15 points and win it by three. >>> what if i told you i got a cat making a 70-foot shot is that something you'd be interested in. vanderbilt on the roa

happening in the city, and what you can do to >>> a scary scene today aboard a double decker bus in midtown manhattan when a passenger went into cardiac arrest. this happened near 51st street and 6th avenue. the victim was on the upper level of the bus when he began to experience pain. the fdny was on the scene a short time later, used a latter to remove him from the bus. he was taken to st. luke's roosevelt hospital. >>> dana malloy has introduced a plan to cut down the wait times of the dmv. the first part of the plan is to allow the state to register vehicles. and he wants to let people with delinquent property taxes register their vehicles, something now banned. the bill has been referred to transportation. >> in midtown, the city's most famous delis is once again open. the carnegie deli was shut down last april because of an illegal gas hookup. marian harper says she wasn't aware of that. after paying a heavy fine and making repairs, the deli finally opened back up today. >>> new york's rats. in the subway, on the streets, and now in your car? >> utterly disgusting. >> which neighborhood is over

midtown manhattan. it's chilly. gusty winds around 30 miles an hour. 38 right now, west wind gusting to near 30, will be doing that through tomorrow. was just after midnight, much of the day was around the 40s. afternoon high is 44. tomorrow is the only below normal day in the seven-day forecast. there's still a flood warning in certain areas, for rivers and streams. all right temperatures still holding around 40, although it's 20s at monticello right now. gusty wind out of the west. the storm from yesterday is still the thorn in our side. couple of patchy mostly clear. gusty breeze, at least it's a bright sunny day tomorrow, but we stopped in the upper 30s, and it will feel like 20s, wind chills out the door in the morning in the teens to around 20. notice a couple of flurry, the last february flakes, the next couple of days are quiet. there's the low from last night. winds pouring out of the west, tomorrow we have to deal with that through saturday morning, and then we start seeing the recovery, and all this mild

two people taken to the hospital after glass fell on 7th avenue in midtown manhattan. it's really windy out there. the city of course warning people now to be aware of falling debris. we're on the scene. any indication at this point that wind may be to blame? >> reporter: it's something that they're looking into, they're investigating. at this point, they don't really know what is to blame. we're at 39th street and 7th avenue. yes, reports that glass came flying down from one of the buildings in the area. i'll show you some of the glass right here on the curb in the street. yes, again, emergency responders were called to the scene after hearing that two people were hit by that glass. they were taken to bell view medical center with nonlife threatening injuries. they are looking into the possibility that it is related to the high winds. and in fact, the city has put out a high wind alert advising pedestrians of wind gusts of 45 miles per hour and in those circumstances, they warn people about the dangers of flying debris. in this case, it's unclear whether or not this w

year-old victim told police spitzer is her boyfriend and he choked her inside his hotel room in midtown manhattan. spitzer resigned as new york's governor in 2008 during a prostitution scandal. a spokeswoman for spitzer says there is no truth to the assault allegations. >>> this morning michigan's governor wants more federal aid to help thousands more people impacted by the flint water crisis. governor rick snyder wants to expand medicaid coverage for pregnant women and those under 21 years old who have been exposed to the flint lead- contaminated water. the u.s. surgeon general is planning to visit flint tomorrow. answer any questions they may investigators are trying to determine who placed a bomb in a rental car in new mexico. a mechanic found the explosive after the car was returned to the albuquerque airport yesterday morning. the bomb squad was called out, disarmed the bomb. both fbi and atf are conducting >>> this morning australian police announced one of the largest drug busts in the country's history. officers seed $700 million worth of methamphetamine or ice and 4 1/2 pounds of crystal

. >>> two women were injured when a glass table fell more than 20 stories in midtown manhattan this morning. authorities suspected they lifted the table off the balcony at 39th street and 7th avenue. that table shattered on the sidewalk, below, sending glass everywhere. fortunately, those injured women are okay. but this could have been much worse. >> a nearly 70-year-old bridge came falling down in oklahoma. the bridge was demolished this morning. that bridge built in 1949 and was in pretty bad shape. a replacement bridge opened to traffic last month. >> reporter: the national weather service has yet to confirm whether a tornado touched down this morning in the miami area. powerful storms with wind up to 65 miles per hour, uprooted trees and downed power lines in roofs were ripped off buildings. and the good year blimp hangar in pompano beach was damaged. high winds also flipped a tractor-trailer, backing up traffic for miles. >> well, our up-and-down temperatures mean -- and you knew this was coming. this is pothole season. the stretch of the inner loop of the beltway between connecticut

the men were trapped on scaffolding for about an hour. 62 floors up at eight midtown manhattan high-rise building for their replacing glass panels and i got stuck. firefighters were able to bring them in safely three window. >>> tonight. norm. but can a review go too far? >> as mean as people can be you have a right to be in this country. this is not china, north korea, or cuba. i hate you, you set, this pizza stinks, you're ugly. that's the stupidest dog have ever seen in my life. those are opinions. the man understand the first amendment is you are entitled set the south florida man is a web designer and at the center of a defamation lawsuit involving a local veterinarian. david said that talks to the expert about what you need to know before you press submits you are not accused of crossing the line. watching ruined by a review tonight at 11 pm. see may very interesting. to make a naked woman causes a problem for police on a south florida expressway.>>> the new concerns about >>reporter: spreading through sex. stick a 13-year-old youngster tries to steal a car at gunpoint . his shot b

but there's this core passenger base in midtown, manhattan midday. the easiest way to get a car is to put your hand in the air. there will be highs and lows as competition renders. ernie: you have a lot of issues. talk about driver economics and the concerns owners have about the value of their medallions. >> absolutely. there will be a little more evening out. there will be highs and lows. the highs will be less high and the lows will be less low. the driver economics is something we need to keep an eye on as there's a race to lower fares. it does have an effect on a driver's earning. that's an important concern. ernie: let's talk about the taxi of tomorrow. you've got a thousand of them on the road. >> more than a thousand. ernie: they're interesting. a lot of good features. >> they're custom built for the new york city passenger and for the new york city taxi driver. they come in a wheelchair accessible version. the nice part is you can't tell the difference between the wheelchair and the non-wheelchair. when you're in there, the leg room is amazi

two workers stranded 62 floors above midtown manhattan. they were reacing glass panels on the building when the weather turned rough. and they decided to call it quits but the scaffold was stuck in place. the guy operating it says that he had it working again before firefighters cut out a window to rescue the workers. >> there was no need for the fire department at all. this was overdone. >> they were fine. they're fine. no panic. they're trained, well trained. they have their all their certifications. it's part of the nature of the beast. >> j jt an average day at work. fifings say t t two men were stuck outsideden the cold, wind and rainn for about an hour befo they were pulled to they also say the workers were lucky the scaffold didn't tilt while it was stuck in place. >>> i don't know what would make me cry harder being up that high or the cold wind and rain. >> i think if it came down, you would be crying harder. >>> well, we're going to turn mou to the drama unfolding in a croom in nashville involving "dancing with the stars" favorit

pat's in midtown manhattan. >> so much for the separation of church and state. we have an unlikely pair in the throwing the first jab at donald trump. >> he also talked about having a wall as not christian. he's got an awfully big wall at the vatican i'll tell you. >> reporter: as republican candidate donald trump fielded questions at a town hall meeting in south carolina tonight, clearly the headline grabber was the rift between the pope and the billionaire. pope francis was asked about trump's proposal to build a wall along the u.s.-mexico border and to deport illegal immigrants. the pope did not hesitate. >> a person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be located, and not christian. nice thing to say. >> reporter: pope francis never said trump's name but his comments went straight from his lips to trump's ears. >> for a religious leader, to disgraceful. i'm proud to be a christian. >> this man is not a christian if he has said things like that. director pointed out in this tweet that the surrounded by a wall. will this make a difference wi

political reporter dave evans with the latest in midtown manhattan. >> police sources tell us there was a nasty argument here at the plaza hotel close to central park between the former governor and this alleged victim. police sources also tell us she has not helped at all with this investigation and in fact we believe she went ahead and went back to russia from jfk from a flight there on sunday night at about 7:00. so i think this one is going to be a tough investigation for police. >> reporter: the evening started with drinks. by 8:00 the 25-year-old woman called 911. she spoke of a two-year relationship with the 56-year-old former governor elliot spitzer. sources say she was distraught, having a breakdown, and claimed police went to the plaza. here a detective going in to investigate. a crime scene van nearby. police saw a cut on the woman's arm and that's why she was taken to the hospital. spitzer accompanied her and there she made the allegation that spitzer choked her earlier in the evening when she threatened to return to russia. >> the police i think based upon my experience hav

one of the cases happened here in midtown manhattan. your time piece can be a sign of affluence or success but it can also make you a target. take a good look at these surveillance image. she is accused of snatching two offshore watches. together, they are worth over $100,000. on two different occasions, she's met men in the meat packing district and gone back to hotels with them. investigators say she steals their watches after they fall asleep. the victims in these cases are 28 and 35 years old. this happened back in august but investigators have now released the images as part of what they are calling an ongoing investigation. live in midtown manhattan, mallory hoff, channel 7 "eyewitness news." >>> a mother and child remain in critical condition this morning after police say a man stabbed then slashed four of his own family members in connecticut. police shot and killed the woman's husband, 51-year-old christopher andrews, when he refused to drop his weapon yesterday morning outside of his home. inside of the home, andrews police sa

fire and smoke sent shooting up from a midtown manhattan street after a transformer exploded. rain washing the remaining rock salt from the snowstorm underground, wreaking havoc on electrical wires. but people say they take a warm wet weather day over snow any day. >> the rain is rain. you can't stop it from coming, right? it's better than the snow. >> reporter: and the rain is still causing problems at this hour. con edison says the rain and wind knocked out power to nearly a thousand people in benson hurst. they don't have time for restoration at this point. but one customer e-mailed us that they're telling him they may not have power until tomorrow morning. live in fort lee, new jersey to night, checkey beckford, news 4, new york. >> thank you. you can track the rain on the download it for the latest forecast, interactive radar and all the weather alertious may need to know about. >>> stung allegations about the behavior of a north metro worker. they stemmed from this commuter mess on monday caused by the suicide of a high school student who jumped in front of a train in th

abigail doolittle as the latest from the nasdaq in midtown manhattan. abigail?the worst performers -- shares plunging even after the chinese internet estimates in revenue. apparently this was caused by a near tripling of costs associated with the company's online gaming segment. rated. under on thethe biggest movers index is apple. the company remains in the spotlight as apple continues to fight the government around digital privacy. interestingly "the washington that apple may be trying to make an iphone that is even harder to hack. it will all probably come down to earnings and revenues and whether the negative revenue growth extends into the june quarter. athnically, apple is holding $92. above $92 is probably bullish for apple. below, you could see apple drop down. vonnie? vonnie: thank you so much. tim cook joined " abc world news on locking theid iphone would be "bad for america to he went on to say that he thinks that apple is making the right choice. tim cook: we know doing this could expose people to incredible vulnerabilities. this is not something we

latest doolittle has the live in midtown manhattan. abigail: we are certainly looking at a selloff. primary reasons -- weakness and a real selloff in big tech at the nasdaq. this is a reoccurring theme. today's big losers are amazon, alphabets, and facebook. theming in sympathy with quarter, these companies are very different. investors appear to be selling last year's big winners. speaking of amazon, it was a second-biggest stock of the nasdaq last year. it is down one and 26% of its peak last year. it could be a telling of what is to come of the other big tech names. taking a look at one of the big the company will be receiving $500 million from a private equity firm. returning $5.5e billion to investors after the recent sell of its storage units. and reiterating guidance for the current quarter. the company has been struggling over the last couple of years with declining sales. this shows with a stock trading and a volatile trading range. the question could be is all of this will help push semantic higher? vonnie: thank you so much. david: citadel securities is buying kc g at the

. ♪ betty: live from bloomberg's world headquarters in midtown, manhattan, you're watching the european. i'm betty liu. kind of a warmer day today this winter. let's head to julie hyman. julie: i want to focus on the dow. we are seeing major averages bounce a little bit off the lows. the dow is little changed down not even .2%. you see the movers. really three stocks in particular accounting for the bulk of the declines. we have more movers in the green. on the downside, united health, goldman sachs, and home depot. those three accounting index point wise for all of the losses we are seeing in the dow. for theseng catalysts to be going down necessarily. we did see some deals and home depot's industry. otherwise not a lot of news. 3m moving higher after that company came out with its numbers late yesterday. exxon mobil rebounding from yesterday's losses the dupont continuing its gains from yesterday. comcast coming out with a burst of cable subscribers. those shares of 3.4%. gm shares still declining. and merck's diabetes drugs missing their sales estimates. betty: thank you so much. it

. ♪ ♪ live from bloomberg world headquarters in midtown manhattan, you are watching over markets. bloomberg first word news this afternoon. thank you. pope francis has landed in cuba for the first ever people meeting with the head of the russian orthodox church. the pontiff was greeted at the airport in havana by russian leader raul castro. the meeting will happen before the pope heads to a five-day meeting with mexico. they hope this meeting will help relations with other orthodox churches. has signed an agreement with cuba to restore air travel between the two countries. foragreement set to allow .0 flights the house panel wants to hear from michigan's governor about the water crisis in flint. he has been invited to appear before the house oversight committee. he has come under heavy criticism for the crisis since was switched to the flint river to say money. surfers are writing huge waves in california at a huge wave competition. the start was delayed briefly due to fog. global news 24 hours a day, powered by our 2400 journalists 150 news girls around the world. 30 minutes away

live from bloomberg world headquarters in midtown manhattan, you are watching bloomberg television. am betty liu. vonnie quinn has more from attorneys death. -- our news desk. vonnie: donald trump and bernie sanders have commanding needs in new hampshire. trump leads the gop field with 36%. he is followed by florida senator marco rubio, with 15%, and texas senator ted cruz with 14%. as for the democrats, sanders leads clinton 58-36%. residentialblican candidate has joined donald trump in accusing ted cruz of cheating to win the iowa caucuses. the tedon claims that cruz campaign spread speculation carson would drop out. they are competing for evangelical voters. hillary clinton has tried to distance herself from austria but is still getting plenty of cash from the financial sector. is stillall street but getting plenty of cash from the financial sector. donationsf of the have come from 2 financiers, really not investor george soros -- millionaire investor george soros. a judge in suburban philadelphia says the sexual assault case against entertainer bill cosby can go forward. the jud

legal has more from midtown, manhattan. abigail: we're looking at a rally here as well.a look at the worst percentage holder, whole foods market's. this after two food retail analysts wrote in a note that a potential height to the minimum wage could be a real negative for a nonunion store like whole foods. investors have been looking for a turnaround in this company for some time now. this could be a real difficulty if the company, whole foods, is forced to burst prices for a wage hike. let's get a check in our first world news right now. u.s. and russia have agreed to a cease-fire is the syrian civil war. the truce begins on saturday. it does not include attacks on the islamic front and terror groups linked to al qaeda. announcement is expected after vladimir and president obama speak on the phone. greece is expecting a growing number of refugees after restricted border access over the weekend, sparking border -- protests by afghan nationals. cap on transit and asylum applications. global weapons increasing 14% over the last five years, the u.s. is still in the top posi

abigail doolittle has more from the nasdaq in midtown manhattan. have a risk on contact. they are of one percent, largely techn i the big cap names like apple. on news the company is planning its fifth multibillion-dollar bond deal since 2013. it will be returned capital -- to return capital to shareholders. the offering looks attractive. it is unclear if this can turn the momentum out of stocks down more than 25 are sent from last july on all the concerns over the possibility of slowing iphone growth. the second-biggest point booth the nasdaq,boost to amazon is requiring advantage to enhance the payment solutions in india. we have a rally in amazon, up for four days in a row, but it is on lear if that is enough to turn the 30% drop from last year's highs at the end of 2015 bottom and 2014 it was a . the selling in amazon has been strong. up, a battle of the charts. mark, it will not the mark versus brendan, it will be mark versus joe weisenthal. mark: lifting prices to the highest level since november. will it last? i have just the chart next. bot

for a look at tech moves, abigail doolittle has more from the nasdaq in midtown manhattan.less than 1% away from entering an official bear market as measured by a 20% move down from its july 2015 peak. degree because of the biotech sector. it has been big tech that has been the big drag on the index all year long. ironically today, the index maybe helped out by apple. shares have been going up and down. there were reports that apple is on course to open stores in india and expanded global footprint. weight inhe biggest the nasdaq, so they will be key as to whether the market holds its lows. facebook, the third biggest drag be to -- behind microsoft and amazon, says it will not be able to offer its site under a free basic plan in india. just last week, facebook was one of the only to be of year to date on its strong first quarter. now down on the year. it appears to be heading toward its 200 day moving average. the question is whether buying support will hold. brendan: thank you, abigail. let's go down to mark barton in london. mark: check out the final close. we are seeing

. ♪ betty: live from bloomberg world headquarters in midtown manhattan and london, it is the first dayfebruary. you are watching the european close. i am betty liu. mark: i am mark barton. favorite cameron has stepped up his campaign to win concessions from the video. he met yesterday with the eu president and tusk says there is have agreed they to postpone by 24 hours the template for a compromise land. hans nichols has been following this story and joins us from berlin. where does this thing stand? hans: the british are saying one thing. they are saying they made a today,reakthrough and there is no confirmation from brussels. there is the official press briefing from brussels and no one seemed to be bolstering britain's claim that they made progress. talks continue in brussels, not london. it continued at a lower level in brussels. what mr. cameron one is a 24 hour reprieve. yesterday evening we kind of got the sense not everything might be going in the same direction, in part because mr. task took to twitter and poured cold water on the fact that a deal was imminent. he said "no dea

. ♪ betty: we are live from bloomberg's world headquarters in midtown manhattan and in london.'re watching the european close. mark: and i'm mark martin. we are about nine minutes ahead of the thursday close. it has been a mixed session. london, declines in frankfurt and paris. the euro is at its highest level in three months against the dollar. it seems whatever draghi says is not taken on board by the markets. downing, a little bit against the quarterly report. bund yields higher and just finishing off with that euro intraday chart, it has been quite a move. againstn for the euro the dollar which would be the 2011, insteadince ecb did not do as much as expected in december. draghi finding it difficult to do base his currency, buddy. betty: he is indeed. stocks are paring back with more momentum. the gains we saw about half an the s&p and nasdaq now in the red. the dow is holding on but losing steam. only up 47 points. it had been up triple digits earlier this morning. julie hyman has a check on not just the markets, but on retail. looks like oil took a tumble the same time st

we are talking deals with -- betty: live from bloomberg world headquarters in midtown manhattan, you are watching bloomberg television. i am betty liu. let's check in with vonnie quinn. vonnie: michigan officials proposing a five-part strategy to determine whether flint's water is safe to drink. in 2014, flint switched the flint river from detroit's water system to save money. lead from pipes leaked into homes. more than 2000 pages of information about the deadly amtrak crash next -- last may were released but it would not explain why the train was going more than double the speed limit when it crashed. the engineer says he does not recall what happened. the justice department will investigate the san francisco police after the shooting death of a young lack man. they will announce details of the probe today. the shooting led to protests and san francisco and protesters want the police chief to be fired. a judge sentenced a british woman for six years in prison for going to live in syria under the role of the islamic state. she and her one-year-old boarded a plane to turkey and moved