there may have been some minor injuries according would wnbc's reporter. and now the examination begins as to what happened and whether fuel that may have leaked has been contained and the safety. they don't seem to have fire trucks up -- >> i think that's -- >> we see the fire trucks there but they are not up next to the plane. >> unfortunately we're also watching a repeated loop of the same video so we'll be anxious to see what the new video looks like. you're right just based on the activity on the scene, the fire ap rat tuesday from the fire rescue unit is clearly able to contain whatever fuel spill there might have been. the body language would suggest it held up remarkably well in this incident. it's not fractured it would not appear. you have no sign of fire people coming off in a very orderly fashion, escorted by as you can see firefighters. to your point about the investigation now, this will clearly be an investigation led by the ntsb and faa to determine what happened. this may be a really easy one to figure out. if the pilot says listen we sudd

wnbc reporting mayor de blasio is in route to the damaging disaster scene really.e. what can you see right now? >> ari, i'm right at the scene, which is on 2nd avenue on new york's lower east side. we saw a search dog as well as a respiratory unit. three ladders are up fighting the fire. one group of firefighters on the ground fighting the fire. there's essentially one big gaping hole where it used to be and then the facade of the building next it had been torn away. >> so adam i want to be clear, especially for folks just joining us. you are downtown and you are looking at basically the remains, and there's no more seven-story building there. >> reporter: that's correct. and not only is there not a building there, but basically, the backside of the building next door to it has been torn away. as i mentioned earlier, at least 50 units here. 200 firefighters. mf o many of the firefighters are standing next to me with the oxygen units waiting to go in. we heard five minutes ago a sort of boom. not sure what it was related to. i'm sure they're being wary of going near

expect than if it were on a monday through friday at 10:00 in the morning. >> our colleague over at wnbc says a port authority official confirming passengers have de-planed. no major injuries reported as of now. they were able to get off via the chute, tom, so we now know and confirm information that -- >> i'm seeing actually twitter photographs showing people who are walking away from the plane having come off of it looks like, come off of the wing with fire fighters there on the scene. neve evacuated, and i wish i could show you those photographs, but i don't have access to them. i'm looking at twitter photographs showing people coming off the plane over an exit from the wing with fire fighters escorting them and at moment in these photographs i don't see anybody who is in obvious need of medical care. >> all right, tom. we'll continue to follow this developing news from laguardia airport, the flight delta flight, 1086 for those who may just be joining in the flight skid off the runway at new york's laguardia airport just a short time ago. the faa has confirmed no injuries at this time

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law enforcement officials told wnbc. three buildings have collapsed as a result of the explosion and fire. for the latest i'm joined live by adam reese. adam, what's the latest down there? >> reporter: lawrence good evening. firefighters still here on the scene. the good news is it's been raining, so that should assist them. inspectors are here as well. but they believe this was a gas-related explosion associated with work being done in the building. 19 people injured, four seriously. some 200 firefighters battling the blaze here all afternoon. fire raging through these buildings. smoke billowing across the neighborhood here on the lower east side of manhattan. eyewitnesss said it was the scene of chaos. they heard and felt the explosion. people ran out of the buildings with whatever they had on. some people coming down the stairs. a couple people jumping out of low-floor windows. one eyewitness described people walking around dazed and confused and bloody. this amp, gas inspectors came to the japanese restaurant to insp

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we have passenger reaction from wnbc. >> what's going on? everybody had our seat belts on. really that bad, but it was pretty scary. i'm just thankful that we didn't go into the water. >> so just thankful that they didn't go into the water, hearing there the reaction from certain passengers that were on board. anthony, let me bring you back in. but confirmation from that passenger that everybody had their seat belts on. obviously very scary moments for those coming in on this flight. >> we landed. it started skidding and hit the side of the rail. then it went 400 yards. next thing we knew it came to a halt. we all kind of went forward. after that they evacuated us from the back. we got out in the back and it was -- >> what was it like? was there panic? >> actually it was more of a calm feeling. i mean i had faith. it wasn't really that bad. it was definitely an experience that we will be able to talk about. >> was there any screaming? >> no, wasn't really nobody screaming, no crying. it was an experience that -- >> welcome to new york. >> welcome to new york. >> what's your

because we've had brian thompson from wnbc on saying indictment's imminent. around this say i'm getting the same indication of people saying to me, we think this was written a month ago, two months ago. we don't know why it's out there yet. what are you hearing on this? >> well the u.s. attorney's office in new jersey has been airtight. so we just don't know. however, one thing that we do know, because paul fishman, the u.s. attorney has said is i understand that they want this wrapped up as soon as possible, and we are trying. every prosecutor that i've spoken to has said look nobody wants this to be smack in the middle of an election because it just taints everything they're doing. it allows the governor and the people around him who may or may not be indicted to say oh, this is just politics. and in fact, scott walker and rick perry have had their own issues, and that's what they've said. oh, this is just democrats going after us. and there's nothing to it. so the longer they wait and the more the political campaign has time to engage the worse it is for t

i was working at wnbc. he showed up and he said what are you doing here?started a mentoring program in a local school. you can do it. you don't have to have a ton of money. >> what an inspirational story. >> by the way speaking of inspiration, we talk about it on this program from studies. especially from the uk. if it has a british ak cent. there is a new study that found out there too many studies. take a look. >> there is always a foreign study, right? >> a recent study. >> a study out of pennsylvania. >> i think that's true, but the study about the name. >> this new study found that the growth of the number of scientific papers make it difficult for the researchers to keep track. when researchers and the study is from researchers in california. >> this is the only study that matters. >> this is the study we are pauk talking about. the study about too many studies. >> the news media is blamed for a lot. we should take the blame. people never see these studies if we didn't. >> you can't track every study. the next study to gauge that study six months lat