so far people taking in it stride here on the upper west side. >> not much of a choice here on a warm evening in new york city. >> this is a live picture on the left-hand side. this is the upper west side of manhattan. normally these streets would be parked with people and vehicles and the streets would be absolutely lit up. i believe i know that march area. lincoln center would be about a block south of where you're pointing your camera at and they would be having some performances as well. to the bottom right of the screen. it is barely recognizable. our building here, it is filled with meant of shops. the top of the rock is very popular and would be on a night like this with thousands of tourists going to the top to look at the landscape and the skyline. the marquis shut down. dark. this is being streamed on facebook right now. back to adam right there. i do know we have a lot of emergency officials who have been out there on the streets. a lot of people are still trapped. have you gotten a sense of whether the subways are still shut down? have they shut down the stops? >> i'm not

i don't know way, but they seem to have stopped us going into the upper west side, there is that blocking the upper west side, there is that blocking going on. otherwise it is just very eerie because half of the city is essentially black and the other half vacancy, south, is just fine. it is a strange place to be from a vantage point. it must be unusual to see the city come to a partial standstill. it is normally so partial standstill. it is normally so buzzing with terrorists and thousands of people. this will sound silly, but a ordered pizza for dinnera silly, but a ordered pizza for dinner a couple of hours ago and the quy dinner a couple of hours ago and the guy had told me, he is like, you know they are out of electricity up here. i was like what is going on and about 20 minutes later the entire 72 story building near me, right next to me went out. so that was kind of scary. it hasn't moved since though. i hope you get your pizza at some point. new york is a very well resourced city. how unusual is a disease something like this affect so many? it is interesting ——to see something lik

it's primarily on the west side of manhattan right now, near midtown, in the upper west side. i want to bring in chad myers who can talk us through a little bit about that's power outages and what we're seeing happening. >> ana, very much a touristy area, upper west side from the 60s sounds like down to the 40s, certainly times square, the time warner center, columbus circle there. and on the west side of the park itself. so right here i'm going to zoom in for you and show you truly where this is. i'll try to draw you a little map. upper west side, the hudson river, down to 40-something, then back up through here. that's the box we're talking about. 42,000 customers. i think, as brian stelter was talking about, there's a lot of people stacked on top of each other, to really figure out whether we have 42,000 homes, 42,000 buildings, or just addresses with some being 101, 102, 103 and the like. columbus circle, down through here would be broadway, into times square itself. it's an area with a lot of stop lights, cross streets, and pedestrians, and cars that aren't used to pedestr

but a lot of people on the upper west side definitely noticed it. subways noticed. the subways and tunnels are dark. lincoln center, of course, the famed performing arts center has been evacuated. many, many movie theaters on the upper west side of manhattan. 20,000 customers without power. think about that for a second. that is very dense city of manhattan. that might be 20,000 customers, there may be four people per every customer that con edison has. thousands of people at a minimum are impacted by this. there are no traffic lights for several blocks, possibly as much as two miles throughout manhattan right now. the nypd is right now trying to direct traffic throughout the city. not exactly sure why this might have taken place. the temperatures were in the 80s here in new york city. it has been hot for quite a bit of time. richard, i do want to bring you the unbelievable irony of this. 42 years ago, 1977, today, the great blackout took place here in new york. you see some of the images there from that where millions were put into darkness for more

lincoln performance center, it has impacted movie theaters all up and down from midtown to the upper west side. tom winter reporting that a senior official with direct knowledge of the matter says it appears to have been caused by a transformer. the west side of manhattan. 54th street and west end avenue for many of the folks who know manhattan to that end. you're getting this from the mta. they're getting power outages in station complexes throughout manhattan. more information to come. >> we're going well into two hours. >> yeah. it was about 6:40 eastern time. you're just seeing a lot of people confused and not knowing what to do. especially tourists. they're not from here. there's no air conditioning and it is getting hotter and hotter in the studio where we're sitting so it will be invent. earlier the power company said they would try to get it fixed. >> i have to say that con ed hand really said much about what is going on. the famous marquis there, radio city music hall is faurlly lit up on a night like this. it is not at the moment. i'm not sure who was even appearing at radio city mus

con edison is saying power is restored on man hattan's upper west side. they are estimating more customers will be restored at midnight. we are just getting that in. so it is getting better. >> that is right. and catherine, craig, my colleague just reports at 50th and 9th, power just came on there. so it will be rolling. it is a progression. but if you are without power in manhattan right now, midnight is the goal. >> so it looks as if we are on at least the positive end of all of this. we want to continue to mention to you some other stuff that curry johnson, again, who is a really key person there. he is a speaker for the new york city council. and he was mentioning that the power outage impacted some six grids in all. and two of those are back on. many people have been saying that he is a potential mayoral candidate. and as a result he has been very out there on twitter today in contrast on the current mayor of new york city who is in an aptly named waterloo. >> he is returning after finding out what happened. but speaking of the leadership here, new y

. >> reporter: here in the upper west side it was completely dark for most of the evening. shops were closed, streetlights were out. it was so dark, you could barely see a few feet ahead of you. >> the new york city skyline black. more than 72,000 customers in the dark. >> i don't think they can make it any darker in here. so hard to see. >> shortly before sunset the lights went out on the city's upper west side in midtown. two of the area's busiest neighborhoods. >> no power at 66th street. >> some of the subway stations normally bright eerily silent and pitch dark. the trains fortunately still running. >> luckily, we had -- we were there for a good half and hour. >> times square going sigh lept. madison square garden going dark in the middle of a j-lo concert. >> obviously, we're going to reschedule the show. i'm sorry ts happened in the middle of our moment. >> performers taking to the street after shows were canceled. >> con edison blaming a substation fire explosion and when the power came back -- [ cheering ] >>> governor cuomo acknowledging it could have been worse.

on the upper west side, i am dana r chin, fox 5 news. >> that is something.ert on my phone. >> i am well past that point. >> we are almost there, fingers crossed. all right, ktvu, at 5:00 is next. we will be live in oakland where a major homeless encampment has been cleared out today. we will have that story and more, up next at 5:00 . ♪ for the hawaiian airlines world elite mastercard. plus, you earn miles on everyday purchases. get closer to the travels and moments you'll remember forever with this special offer. need another reason? enjoy an introductory no annual fee. to apply, visit hawaiianairlines.com extracts he says he's lucky he wasn't in the car and lucky his friends were not wanted more seriously. the owner of this is to be shot that in oakland explains the simple act he believes led up to the shooting. it was a case of road rage. >> the shooting happened on northbound 880 near the coliseum yesterday. it shut down all lanes of traffic as they investigated. here is a p of exactly where it happened. 880 and 90th avenue. it's one of the exits to go t

some of the big apartment buildings on the upper west side did suddenly light up.because this is the glow sticks that some of the residents here are carrying around. this is what they've been handed when they're trying to go up and down 20 or 30 flights of stairs in some cases. this is the one part of the city still without power, but i would say people are taking it in stride for the most part. the initial stress of this has calmed down a bit. i think what we are left with is a reminder of just how fragile these grids really are. it's remarkable how much all of us, whether you're a resident or a tourist or an emergency management official, how we take for granted the power grid and the ability to get online and have air-conditioning, et cetera. a good reminder for new york city tonight about how all of that is sometimes very fragile. >> no doubt about it. brian stelter reporting for us. keep us posted on when the lights go on near you. because, again, that's apparently the one area that has not been restored just yet. thank you very much, brian stelter. again, the

. >> reporter: the outage stretched from midtown manhattan to the upper west side from above, you couldee the shadow of the skyline. in times square the usually vibrant billboards went black. underground, some subway trains were disabled, leaving many passengers stranded. thousands rushed outside with broadway shows canceled. impromptu performances spilled onto the streets j.lo's concert at madiso square garden, cut short 30 rock also went dark. >> oh, what just happened? >> reporter: a generator kept us on the air during our broadcast last night officials still don't know the exact cause of the issue >> the one thing we are as certain as we can be at this moment about is that this was not a cyber attack and this was not an act of physical terrorism. >> reporter: what does this event tell us about the overall vulnerability of the grid in the city >> we think the grid is sound. we certainty will learn everything we can about. >> reporter: it brought light in the midst of darkness >> i applaud all new yorkers they were at their best tonight. >> reporter: a city brought back to life five h

fire department is having to do rescues in a number of buildings on upper west side looking at twitter now saying that they are -- trying to ask people to get to safety and remain calm as they look into this. so a lot of folks waiting for answers here and you can see in that live shot of downtown, no lights upon rock center, radio city music hall it is dark. and that is on 6th of a right across the street from our studios and traffic light there on your screen you can see is also dark. so authorities have a little bit of scrambling to do, and a lot of information to find out. we're waiting to find answers right along with you, jon. >> 27,000 customers without power about as that means more n person per customer account that's a lot with no power in new york city on a hot day that's one of the iconic image of the radio city music hall marquee all lit up in neon normally this time of the evening. but it has gone dark radio city itself apparently without power. as you look up 6th avenue that's central park. the treeline in the distance, if you look pup 6th avenue, most of those traffic li

get us out and we're soor relieved >> repr: the outage stretched from mid town manhattan to the upper west side, from above you could see the shadows of thene sky in times square, the usually vibrant llboards went black. underground, some subway trains were disabled, leaving manssy pagers stranded. thousands rushed outside with broadway shows canceled. impromptu performances spilled onto the streets j-lo's ccert at madison square garden cut short 30-rock also went dark >> oh, what just happened? >> reporter: aen gator kept us on the air during our broadcast. officials still don't know the exact cause of the issue >> the one thing that we are as certain as we can be at this moment about is this was not a cyberattack and this was not an act of physical terrorism. >> reporter: what does this event tell us about the vulnerability of the overall grid of the city >> we think the grid is sound. we are certainly going to learn everything we can about this event. >> reporter: the unexpected brought mght in thest of darkness >> ila appud all new yorkers when things are at their worst, new yorkers are att

the upper west side of manhattan, members of the public having to direct cars because the traffic lightsthe only illumination. these photographs were taken by one manhattan resident who told the bbc what it was like when the lights went out. it is a very eerie because half of the city is essentially black and the other half to the south was essentially fine. it was a strange place to be from my vantage point. one part of town that was affected was broadway with many shows having to be cancelled. jennifer lopez tweeted: "devastated and heartbroken that i can't perform for all of you tonight. we will make this up to you, i promise". irony of ironies, all this happened 42 years to the day after the famous new york blackout of 1977. that was on a much larger scale and lasted nearly two days. but a reminder of how things can go — very wrong indeed. this could have been much worse. when you're talking about a city like new york with a significant piece of the city suffering a blackout, that could be a very chaotic situation. we saw the exact opposite. some traffic problems continued into the n

the upper west side of manhattan, members of the public having to direct cars because the traffic lightsll. and this was the new york subway, much of it cast into darkness. the trains providing the only illumination. new york is a city of a million lights, just not today. at 6:47pm there was an electrical disturbance in the system affecting approximately 62,000 customers in the manhattan area. this was caused bya the manhattan area. this was caused by a power outage on the west side of manhattan. one part of town affected was broadway, with many shows having to be cancelled. envelope is "devastated and heartbroken that ikard perform for all of you tonight. we will make this up to you, a promise". —— jennifer lopez tweeted. irony of ironies, this all happened 42 years to the day after the fire —— famous neil black out of 1977. that was on a much larger scale and lasted nearly two days by this time of night the news had started to come back on. that will follow later today and tomorrow... the lights just went on behind you. how do you feel about that? i feeljust as well as everyone in the

. >> reporter: midtown and the upper west side of the city plunging into darkness around 7:00 p.m. on a steamy saturday night. >> we experienced a significant disturbance at one of our electric transmission stations that eventually interrupted power to approximately 73,000 customers. >> reporter: emergency crews racing to about 400 reports of people trapped in elevators. >> there's people trapped in elevators in both towers. >> reporter: this dog leading the way up a staircase by glow stick. early on terrorism ruled out. >> i was in contact with the new york office of the fbi. they said it was not a cyber event. there was no criminality involved. >> reporter: some subway stops partially paralyzed. many passengers stuck under ground. in iconic times square normally vibrant billboards pitch black and on broadway lights out. >> a citywide power outage. we have to interrupt this event. >> reporter: and a jennifer lopez concert at madison square garden stopped midstream. the massive venue evacuated. con edison says it has identified the location of that malfunction but hasn't determined

transformer fire knocking power out to a significant part of manhattan, including our facility on the upper west sided businesses without lights and air conditioning. traffic lights out. subway stations in the dark. reports of people stuck in a elevators. conedison expects the situation to be resolved soon. >>> and when we come back, america strong. a 6-year-old already on the radar of the united nations. what she learned in preschool that is helping her change lives all over the world. stay with us. did you know that every single flush [toilet flush] flings odors onto your soft surfaces? then they get released back into the air so you smell them later. ew. right? that's why febreze created new small spaces. [clicking sound] press firmly and watch it get to work... [popping sounds] unlike the leading cone, small spaces continuously eliminates odors in the air and on surfaces [popping sounds] so they don't come back for 45 days. now that's one flushin' fresh bathroom. ♪breathe happy febreze... ♪la la la la la. going back to the doctor just for a shot. with neulasta onpro... ...patients get their day b

. >> reporter: midtown and the upper west side of the city plunging into darkness around 7:00 p.m. on a steamy saturday night. >> we experienced a significant disturbance at one of our electric transmission stations. that eventually interrupted power to approximately 73,000 customers. >> reporter: the governor deploying state police and the national guard. emergency crews racing to about 400 reports of people trapped in elevators. >> there's people trapped in elevators in both towers. >> reporter: this dog leading the way up a staircase by glow stick. early on, terrorism ruled out. >> i was in contact with the new york office and the fbi. they said it was not a cyber event. there was no criminality involved. >> reporter: the blackout shutting off stoplights at busy intersections. some subway stops partially paralyzed. many passengers stuck underground. in iconic times square, normally vibrant billboards, pitch black. and on broadway, lights out. >> due to a citywide power outage, we're going to interrupt this event. >> reporter: and a jennifer lopez concert at madison square garden

a power outage is affecting the upper west side area of manhattan in new york city. stuck outside cinemas, police directing traffic and evacuations of the new york city subway, which was frozen as power and lights cut off. over 40,000 people have been affected by the outages. the city's mayor bill de blasio issued a tweet saying: "new york city emergency management is working with the police, fire department and city agencies to respond to power outages in manhattan — due to a manhole fire earlier this evening." disruption is significant. it has frozen as power lights were cut off. we were bringing more from the scene about the blackout as get it. 26 people are now known to have been killed, and more than 50 others injured, in an attack on a hotel in southern somalia on friday. militants from the al—shabaab group are thought to have targeted a meeting between local politicians and elders, a month before important elections. among those who died in the city of kismayo were an election candidate, journalists and an aid worker. bill hayton reports. the aftermath of a 14

it's mainly been affecting the upper west side of manhattan, with at least 40,000 people left with power has confirmed on twitter in the last hour that the cause of the outage was a manhole fire. disruption has been significant — the blackout left movie—goers stuck outside cinemas. police directing traffic and evacuations of the new york city subway, which was frozen as power and lights cut off. we'll bring you more as we get it. a briton is now known to be among the 26 people killed in an attack on a hotel in southern somalia on friday. more than 50 other people were injured. militants from the al—shabaab group are thought to have targeted a meeting between local politicians and elders — a month before important elections. among those who died in the city of kismayo were an election candidate, journalists and an aid worker. bill hayton reports. the aftermath of a 14—hour gun battle. a building devastated and lives destroyed. it's been four years since the city of kismayo had suffered scenes like this. but on friday evening its relative peace was destroyed by the militants of the al—shab

several parts of the city filled dark including rockefeller center and the upper west side. there was extensive disruption to subway service. people were stuck on trains and trapped in elevators. the mayor is on his way back to the city from presidential campaign stop in iowa. >>> new york city is ready always to deal with a host of challenges. this one again seems to be limited to a pretty small geographical area. >>> the outage crippling the tourist heart of manhattan right here. just a saturday night broadway shows were set to go on. this comes on the anniversary to plunge most of the city into darkness. dana has reaction from visitors.>> reporter: the big apple like most people haven't seen it before.>>> we saw them flickering. it was pretty crazy. it is kind of scary.>> reporter: the massive billboards throughout time square dark. fire trucks speed down seventh avenue is crews responders to rush would to deal with the extensive power the subway with his wife on the m t is stopped right before lexington avenue station. luckilyhad air conditioning on the skirt on the trai

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the heart of new york city after a major outage put midtown, including times square, and the upper west side in the dark, forcing broadway shows to close their doors but not stopping their songs. kathy park was out on the streets throughout the blackout. she is back out there this morning. kathy, good morning. >> reporter: willie, good morning to you this is something you don't see every day. thousands of lives were interrupted. iconic buildings like "30 rock" behind me went dark. traffic lights went out. the governor of new york calling the situation unacceptable this morning much of manhattan back to normal after a widespread power outage shut down the city for blocks and hours. the usually lit skyline went dark >> initially i thought it was an apocalypse situation >> reporter: thousands rushed outside, sharing it on social media. #blackout trending on twitter. at one point, 72,000 customers were without electricity >> you may find damage that we are not currently aware of but we are sitting on a path of restoring all customers by midnight >> reporter: the bright lights of times square dim

. >> reporter: mid town manhattan and the upper west side, two of new york city's busiest neighborhoodst power. more than 40,000 customers in the dark. some stuck in elevators in high-rise buildings. times square, going silent. those giant monitors usually splashed with advertisements and glittering bright lights, black. traffic lights suddenly not working. motorists using caution before proceeding through them. >> no power at 6th and 16th. >> reporter: some of the city's subway stations eerily pitch dark. trains still running. even at abc news where the news never stops, work ground to a halt. computers taken off line. mayor bill de blasio on the campaign trail in iowa assuring residents. >> all of our emergency personnel are being deployed to address the situation. it appears to be a limited power outage, but still affecting a meaningful number of people for sure. >> reporter: con edison saying a transmission line was to blame. ironically on this date in 1977, new york city also had a massive black out. megan, abc news, new york. >> in the east bay, one person has been sent to the hos

to just before midnight spanning 30 blocks from midtown manhattan all the way to upper west side, 73,000 accounts in the dark, police and fire respond today 400 stuck elevators and two tubway train carrying 2800 passenger that is couldn't get into the station, luckily nobody was hurt, recues did prove difficult. police directing traffic by hand. hotels and theaters with massive evacuations. jennifer lopez show coming to a halt there, it did put spotlight on new york new york new york mn iowa. >> i want people to understand and this job and any public ceo today, you have to take charge wherever you are and i did that. but in terms of the decision, as soon as it became clear, we did not have a immediately resolvable crisis, i started moving. >> the blackout happened 42 years to the blackout which caused widespread riots, new yorkers pitching in to help police direct traffic at some intersections. senator schumer calling probe and we are lucky right now and happy that it is all over, arthel. arthel: absolutely, jackie hien -- heinrich, thank you. >> we had coverage in fox news channel and w

happened in midtown manhattan and on the upper west side causing long delays for riders on many lines of the subway more than 70,000 people are being impacted by this. >>the facts but what i'm try make clear is it's something within the normal electrical grid, something obviously didn't work. but no other kind of external influence. >>stepped up to direct traffic is all the stop lights went out. >>and here's a look at times square were all all the billboards have gone completely dark officials are working to restore power. but they have no estimated time as to when it will be back and i was speaking wnight they say th going to stay out all night and just kind of wait until it happens because there apartments, either don't have air conditioning or. >>i know some people were at the j lo concert at madison square garden and they had to leave as well kind of scrambling. >>so situation we have that many people and then sou lose electricity, especially if you're down in the subway or something like that exactly exactly i would like to hear from from some folks who are second because that wo

. >> shortly before sunset lights went out on upper west side in midtown, two of the area's busiest neighborhoods. >> no power at 66th street. >> some of the city's subway stations normally bright eerily silent and pitch dark. trains still running. >> luckily we had air conditioning on the train. we were there a good half hour. >> times square silent, dark in the middle of a j.lo concert. >> obviously we're going to reschedule the show. i'm so sorry this happened in our moment. >> carnegie canceled, people taking to the streets. con ed said an explosion. governor cuomo acknowledging the worst. >> still workers at their best. stories of new yorkers getting out and managing traffic at sperkss. >> ir-- intersections. >> reporter: iron really it was two years to the day when new york had a power outage. we just learned j.lo rescheduled for monday. >>> a man pleaded to charges he murdered a couple on a sonoma beach. he confessed to killing jason allen and lindsey as they slept on the beach in 2004. he also admitted to shooting and killing his brother in 2017. prosecutors are not seeking the death pena

new york city's main supplier con ed on high alert after an outage knocked out power to the upper west sideand in madison, wisconsin, two electric substations catching fire, not the day for it. animals feeling the effect too, from pets too overheated to take another step on new york's 5th avenue, to keeping cool at zoo new england. at illinois' brookfield zoo, bears and tigers staying close to their icy streettreats. >> yeah, it is brutal here. canceling the triathlon, people across the entire city being told just to try to keep cool like these kids are doing right now. this brutal heat, it is not the last that we will see of it. we are likely to see much more in the years ahead. >>> and ivan cabrera is here to tell us more about it. and it is not just new york, it is across the central united states. >> it spans over a thousand miles. there is relief on the way, but let's check in, live pictures out of the nation's capital here. 83 degrees is the current reading. but it feels like, mind you it is 4:00 in the morning, feels like 90 degrees. so we have not cooled down at night. take a look a

thousands of people who were impacted, the blackout span 30 blocks from midtown manhattan to upper west side, 7:00 p.m. to nearly midnight, traffic lights went dark, billboards in time square shut off, direct traffic by hand, stores, restaurants unable to ring transactions and few broadway musicals brought the show with no lights in theater, hotels and large buildings issued mass evacuations so people wouldn't get tracked in 80-degree heat. madison square garden sold-out jennifer lopez show, although several people were rescued from elevators and subway cars, did put spotlight on mayor de blasio, campaigning for 2020 presidential run in iowa. >> when you're mayor or governor you're going to travel for a variety of reasons, the important is to have the hand on the wheel, make sure things are moving effectively and communicate to people even from where i was i was able to do that with the people of new york city. >> senator chuck schumer have called on agencies what caused the mechanical issue that triggered the blackout and make sure it doesn't happen again. eric: we covered the news conferen

elevators and subway cars, the power failure occurring primarily in midtown manhattan in the upper west side fdny confirming several transformer fires in the area, it's something within the normal electrical grid, something obviously didn't work but no other kind of external influence here. >>the outage also impacting multiple subway lines, according to the metropolitan transportation authority. >>a significant disturbance. that eventually to that. >>thousands of new yorkers taking to the street when the lights went out. several broadway shows also in the dark restaurants, movie theaters and other shows impacted as well post apocalyptic it's no lights now back this new york are directing traffic at a busy intersection one of several in the city without working traffic lights city officials working to figure out what went wrong will get to the after action. >>to the action the call of duty is public safety. traffic control. additional law enforcement because it is harder to police blacked out cities. >>i'm steve mannus reporting. >>well coming up the 9.11 victims compensation fund bill has no

on the upper west side it was completely dark for a good portion of the evening they are inundated withalls. they got twice as many as on a typical day. new york city skyline black, more than 2,000 customers in the dark. >> i don't think they can make it any darker. >> lights went out in midtown, two of the areas busiest neighborhoods. some of the city's subway stations normally bright eerily quiet and dark. trains still running. >> luckily we had air conditioning. we were there good half an hour. times square going silent, madison square garden going dark. >> we're going t i'm so sorryhis htheiddle o our >> carnegie hall impacted, showgoers taking to the streets after the shows were canceled. con edison blaming an explosion. when it came back, governor cuomo acknowledging the best. >> still workers at their best. stories of new yorkers getting out and managing traffic at intersections. >>> ironically it was 42 years to the day when new york experienced another massive power outage. those at the j.lo concert, there is good news. she is reselling the concert from monday. reporting from n

. >> reporter: saturday's outage stretched 30 blocks om midto manhattan to the upper west side, leaving several hours. >> we just can't have a power outage of this magnitude in thit ci it is too;or dangerous. the potential for publicjf saty >> reporter: in a statement, the utility company, conedison, apologizing for the outage, saying it will ngÑ.' conducti a diligent and vigorous investigation to determine the root cause of thincident. power grid. >> need to invest money to things, and to modernize thisg3 rid is going to require a lot of funding. >> reporter: the scene reminding many of the massive power outage of 20030 vc 5llion people across the united states and canada were hit with cascading blackouts after a tree branch fell in ohio, tripping breakers. that blackout, a wake-up call to the power industry, with huneds of new sensors installed across the u.s. grid and congressbeefing up regulation#.>eo cf1 o it also took place 42 years to the day of the 1977xd new york city blackout when the city lost power for 25 hours. that incident caused by a lightning strike, and known a a defin

the blackout happened in midtown manhattan and on the upper west side causing long delays for riders on many lines of the subway during its peak more than 70,000 people were being impacted by the us. >>the facts but what i'm try make clear is it's something within the normal electrical grid something obviously it didn't work. but no other kind of external influence. >>because all the stop lights went out. and here's a look at times square. all the billboards went completely dark officials are working to restore power and say everything should be back to normal in fact we got updated. earlier on that things are back on the electricity is now back on well moving along in the east bay, an elderly driver was up currently trying to park in moraga when his foot slipped off the brake and on to the accelerator sending his van into a cvs pharmacy. the vehicle crashed into the front of the cvs store 5.80 marotta road shortly before 01:00pm officials said the number of people inside the soul, the store suffered minor injuries and one person needed to be hospitalized. the driver and a passenger

it lasted five hours and hit the upper west side and midtown at the peak of a busy saturday night.brought broadway and times square to a screeching halt. and even jennifer lopez's big show at madison square garden was called off when the lights went out. people probably thought it was part of the show. it wasn't. but new yorkers in general, they all took it in stride. people stepped in to direct traffic at busy intersections as you see right there. and after some broadway shows were canceled, performers actually took to the streets and they showed everybody what they had. ♪ that was fun. so alexandra field is in new york. a lot of folks making the most of it. but people still want answers like, why did this happen anyway? >> absolutely, fredricka. this is a night that new yorkers won't soon forget. imagine seeing the iconic lights of times square going out in an instant. people left confused, startled by what was happening. it lasted for some five hours. the outages affecting some 40 blocks of manhattan's west side. what we know from officials right now, what we know from con-ed wa

the outage hit the upper west side and midtown at the peak of a busy saturday night and brought broadway and times square to a halt, even darkening the times square billboards as you see right there. but in typical new york style, life went on. people directed traffic at busy intersections. after the shows were cancelled, some broadway performers actually gave a performance in the street. ♪ >> alexander field is in new york, so how about the mayor, how is he explaining this one? >> reporter: well, it's up to the mayor and con edison to answer. what they're saying is they know this was not a physical attack on the system, they know this was not a cyber attack and there was not a function of overusage or overloading the system. they are saying that it started with a transmission substation on the west side of manhattan. there was a cascading effect. ultimately you had six networks, which are essentially neighborhoods, that were knocked out without power. it was a 40-something long stretch of manhattan that was plunged into darkness on saturday night. extra police officers were immediately

the outage hit the upper west side and midtown at the peak of a busy saturday night and brought broadway times square to a screeching halt, even darkening the iconic times square billboards. when have you seen that before? but in typical new york style, life went on. people directed traffic at busy intersections. performers in broadway shows, they cancelled for the night and they took to the streets and then gave their performances in true new york fashion. >> it's okay. go ahead, yeah. >> so you can hear a lot, can't see it. that's what it was like to be in new york. moments ago, new york mayor bill de blasio praised the city's reaction. >> new yorkers are absolutely the strongest, the toughest, the most resilient of any people anywhere. and when adversity shows up, new yorkers deal with it in amazing ways. >> all right, so let's bring in a new yorker who experienced all of this. kelly copp, a new york city photographer. making your way through the blackout last night. you were initially stuck, right, on the 35th floor of a hotel in manhattan. what happened when you came to the realizat

west side that power. times square has power and their buildings that have emergency power but so many of the neighborhoods here, we are talking about hells kitchen and the upperwest side at lincoln center. these residential areas from seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth avenue the west side of the highway from 42nd street up to about 60 the street or 70th street are pitch black. con-ed saying this is because of the manhole fire. at least that's how it started which then went into a transformer that blew and put much of manhattan into darkness. the lower right-hand corner of your screen you can see the new york emergency management command center being moved in. we are expecting a news conference from them. that was supposed to happen 45 minutes ago. we have not heard anything. mayor de blasio says he is on his way back to new york. if we look at sixth avenue heading uptown toward central park, it is void of any traffic. the new york police have shut it down to provide a thoroughfare for firetrucks and other first responders to move up and down the city. we are told that rescue crews from the bronx from brooklyn and queens have been moved in to this area for elev

of the blackouts and 30 blocks from in town manhattan to the upper west side and lasted from before 7:00 p.m. to nearly midnight your traffic lights went dark , billboards in times square shut off and police had to direct traffic by hand stores, restaurants cashed out customers unable to ring out transactions and hotels in theaters issued evacuation. governor andrew cuomo urging people not to go outside because of the potential for chaos. madison square garden 19000 people evacuated three service elevators were escalators rather. of the sold-out jennifer lopez show came to a halt last night. of those as several people were rescued from elevators and dark subway cars and city officials said there were no injuries with the blackout but it put a spotlight on new york city's mayor bill deblasio. he caught heat for being absent, campaigning for his 2020 presidential run in waterloo, iowa, and today he's back touring the substation but the governor did not hold that criticism saying he should have been on site last night. >> when you are a mayor or governor, you are going to travel for reas

investigators now say it started with a faulty cable on the upper west side. the new york utility consolidated edison company releasing a statement blaming the relay protection system for the 5 hour outage saturday that left 72,000 people in the dark in new york sitity no one was injured. con ed could face sanctions or fines for the blackout. . >>> 5:10. >>> rebuild bill from the ashes. first significant sign of progress in the town ofparadise. >> the marine layer has returned with the stronger sea breeze in place. i will talk butb what to he can spec as we head through the day with temps cooler. details coming up. >> a new crash to report westbound 80 coming into san francisco. right at harrison . so far it is moth cause delays. you don't see a lot of red on the map. i will tell you where you are seeing it and how much it is delaying you ahead. . >>> new details this morning. we are learning pg&e found nearly 10,000 problems with the power equipment during inspecs around high fire threat areas. the chronicle reports some immediate action to be considered safe

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the power provider con edison said most of the outages were in midtown manhattan and the upper west sideg many tourist attractions including the lights of radio city music hall going dark and interrupting events at madison square gardens. >> this could have been much worse. when you are talking about a city like new york with a significant piece of the city basically in a blackout, that could be a very chaotic situation. >> reporter: the nypd had to direct traffic at many intersections while city officials reported five subway lines were shut down. >> this was caused by a power outage on the west side of manhattan. >> reporter: the massive outage occurred just before 7:00 p.m. eastern time. the prescription painkiller temperature was warm above degrees even as sun set, but not as steamy as manhattan can get in july. incredibly the outage comes on the anniversary of the 1977 new york city blackout that left most of the city without power. >> new york city is ready always to deal with a host of challenges. >> reporter: new york city mayor bill de blasio was in waterloo, iowa, campaigning f

makes me think of this fellow who was spent his life in this empty places and then lyndon, on the upper west side which to me was just incredible. so more than anything i think probably i was less impacted by the cultural changes than by those ideas of density and spaces that were unspoiled, untrammeled, places where people don't really go and don't come most people don't want to go. and that can change your whole view of both the earth i think in nature, and it certainly changed her mind. -- changed mine. >> lets let's wait for the microphone. >> i'm sorry. >> thank you. >> thank you for the wonderful presentation. i've been to greenland and seeing the spaces and walked around there. my question is, does greenland and greenland history call for new definition of understanding of what we think of in terms of global warming? i've been to greenland and they seem houses underneath the tundra and the ice, significant populations that were built there before 1400 and we know for reasons that we are not clear about that those, greenland got much colder after 1400 and, of course, the population reduced.

electricity, con-ed, on high alert after an outage knocked out power to a huge swath of manhattan's upper west sides week. and in madison, wisconsin two electric substations catching fire. not the day for it. animals feeling the effect too. from pets too overheated to take another step on new york's fifth avenue to this emu keeping cool at zoo new england. at illinois's brookfield zoo the bears and tigers staying close to their icy treats. now, the temperature is meant to get up here in new york this weekend, so temperature and humidity very, very high. the heat index for new york city this weekend could be as high as 110 degrees. that is being played out in many places across the country. the only thing we can do is try to stay cool and wait till the heat breaks. brianna? >> all right. miguel marquez, thank you so much. let's get the latest forecast now from cnn meteorologist allison chinchar. it looks like this dangerous heat is going to last through the weekend. >> it is. and what separates this heat wave from perhaps the majority of them we usually see, usually when you get these domes of high