have the ptsd he described of 9/11. certainly you went on and so many other people around the country can relate to on a day like today. certainly come at any time there s a big event, there is a level of fear we didn t know bee that. indeed. it was hard to hear the last end of that, but i think all of us, when the news crossed 30 minutes ago, that is where your mind goes in your thoughts go. thankfully the events of 18 years ago and have not played out here today. our regards to the pilot of the helicopter and we will see what exactly they were responding to give a time when the investigation. to give our viewers a sense of where we are, i m standing at 50th street. you look north at 51st, the beginning of the north end of times square which stretches for six blocks south of here and on
smell the scent of smoke. these are the evacuees that are in and around that building. that was new video into us as they have sort of huddled under overhangs around the place. there s a subway station a block west no a block south of there like 50th street around seventh avenue. that s one way out. you heard and earlier person in the building able to do that. an avenue away, four city blocks away, the bdmf, a huge subway station that would take you anywhere in the city. so for the most part, people in that building, you heard our one guest telling us that he was told evacuate for the day, work from home if you can. 3:00 p.m., frankly the afternoon rush will begin in less than an hour as it usually does around 4:00 p.m. moving is going to be extremely difficult. our bryan llenas is on scene
entirely possible it was a malfunction. because it would be unreasonable to assume that unless this is an emergency services vehicle or police helicopter, which we have been told it is not, for a helicopter to be flying somewhere between 500 and 800 feet in manhattan. typically, when there are maneuvers that have undertaken by fdny or nypd, notices of that go out so people know why there are low-flying planes in and around manhattan or central park or the east river or the hudson river. there s been no notice of that. so we don t know what this helicopter is or what it was doing there. but 752 feet is a good size for a building. that s 51 stories in the middle of midtown manhattan. so it would not be a logical place. you re looking here at 7th avenue. that s central park in front of you. we re looking north from 50th street, where we are, to central park which is 59th street, basically. when you say we, you re talking about nbc is located, of course we re one city block east of
if you re still up on the west coast, good for you. you re having a big night. stay with us for a couple more hours. the great, the legend mike barnicle, he was wandering down 50th street, we waved him upstairs and he sat down in a chair, completely uninvited. wasn t it a silver alert when you lose the elderly at disneyland? . what am i doing here? it s a roast. we invited you here for a roast. mr. barnacle, is that daffy duck. so mike, you just sat down. you ve been watching the results come in. i m sure you ve been up all night watching the result. yes. democrats win the house. republicans pick up a couple seats in the senate. donald trump has to deal with nancy pelosi. he has to deal with adam schiff, jerry nadler. all the democrats who control the committees. what do the next two years look like in this country? chaos. chaos, because i don t think donald trump thinks about anything that you just mentioned. i think he thinks i had a
taken shelter and there is still room for more. if you have a building and emergency officials ask you to open a shelter, please comply. this is so important to families seeking safety. everyone in florida needs to find a safe place to go. traffic. evacuation routes are moving, and we have implemented emergency shelter use on i. 4 from 50th street in tampa to orlando. our 1,700 state troopers remain on the road to assist in evacuations of traffic. they will remain on our roads until it is unsafe. check real time traffic information and evacuation routes at fl 511.com. we are still aggressively working to keep gas stations open and filled along active evacuation routes. i waived florida s motor fuel import tax for five days to help bring more fuel to our state for