one of the brand new big balloons, sponge bob and gary. you can see how they re all the way on the left side of the street because they are concerned as they come through 72nd street here that that wind is going to blow it over to the right. and they ve been scraping along the right there. so, this is the little bit of drama that we get today. but otherwise a perfectly gorgeous day here in manhattan. keeping our fingers crossed that everybody stays safe that the balloons make it through the parade route without any problems. miguel, in the meantime, soak up some of that positive energy for all of us who can t be there today. thank you. reporter: you got it. still to come, we knew rudy giuliani was pushing ukraine for informations into the bidens. now the new york times reports he was also looking to make business deals for himself. plus, democrats walking a fine line before kicking off the next impeachment phase. they re facing their constituents back home this holiday. is th
security, for guidance, to help with traffic flow. and you see the traffic is moving despite many of the street lights and traffic lights being out at this hour. as we continue to look at the times square pictures, we ve seen times square go from being clogged to just really clogged. and it is at that point where trafficwise, a lot of people who were going to shows are on the streets. bill de blasio is campaigning in waterloo, iowa. he s been tweeting. he said the blackout is confirmed that there is no foul play. this was a mechanical issue. the mayor of new york said moments ago, that this blackout between west 42nd street and 72nd street, from the hudson river to fifth avenue. some page parts, has been
all day. this is a quick dinner break for you. did you have a hard time finding any restaurants that are actually open? well, from what i was told, from 72nd street coming up this way was a transformer, we didn t know where the transformer was blowing out. we kept getting calls from airlines and stuff. what we do, we do best. we make sure everything is taken care of. for people seeing around the world, just so they understand the significance of what we re looking at here, new yorkers, this is something that is extremely rare to see. we always do good under pressure, we re good with this, we ve been through enough, so we know how to deal with pressure, and this is what we trained for, when we work at hotels, every day of our life. thank you for taking the time, and shifting into rescue mode. i ll let you have your delicious dinner. thank you. thank you for your time. you do get those stories, spirits are certainly high, there is some laughter, smiles,
that is not to say the entire area the affected by the blackout. it goes to 72nd street. but it gives you an idea of the number of people impacted. my colleague confirmed what i had heard regarding the mta. there s no one reported stuck on any trains but the trains on many of the west side stations are not running at this hour. and you hear about the buses being packed. the port authority bus terminal, a major entry point for commuters coming from new jersey. that s operational. buses coming from building in are running normal as of now. but the elevators and escalators are not working. they do have back-up power for lighting but that s an example of what s going on in the major
going with the flow. paolo sandoval reporting for us. getting back to who is affected and the potential cause of all of this. he writes, the blackout is between west 42nd street to 72nd street. nypd has confirmed there is no foul play. fdny are responding to people with the most emergent needs. add they work to restore power. the busy tourist attracts around broadway, times square around carnegie hall. we ll follow more on this