this planned power outage. additionally pg&e will be doing the call system to alert the customers in this area. [ inaudible ] that s a very good question. how are they using the large crane? they re bringing the crane in to help assist with some of the structure. i m not going to get into the intricate details of that. i ll leave that to the building engineer and fire department. does anyone have anything specific to exactly what we re talking about this morning? [ inaudible ] the need to cut off the power is because the crane has to come in and the location thank you, all. that s an excellent question. if you look behind me there s a row of telephone poles with wires. the crane has to come in on that side or even if it accesses the other side and anything should swing or move, we don t want anything to touch those power lines so this is a safety issue. the movement and placement of that crane we ll take a look. they re still logistically
additionally pg&e will be doing the call system to alert the customers in this area. that s a very good question. how are they using the cratrain. they are bringing the train into help us assist with the structure. i am not getting into specific details. anyone have specific to exactly what we are talking about? the need to cut-off the power because the train has to come in. behind me there are telephone poll of wires. the crane has to come in on that side and anything should swing or move, we don t want anything to touch the power lines. this is a safety issue. the movement of that we ll take a look and there is still lod
conditions and the record of those two buildings before the explosion. the national transportation safety board, which is in charge of pipeline incidents, says it will investigate once emergency crews finish searching for any more victims. federal investigators will focus on the gas pipeline itself and the utility company, con edison, and their operations. we ll be looking at con edison s integrity management system. we ll be looking at their call system to see how, to see how they handle complaints, phone calls reporting the to do have of gas to door of gas. reporter: con ed says it responded within minutes reporting a strong smell of gas. martha: so what more do we know about the victims and those who are still missing? reporter: yeah. as you mentioned, a seventh body was pulled from the rubble this morning, and there are still
loses his battle with cancer. and millions watch. a rare sight in the sky. solar eclipse. good morning to you. welcome to early start. welcome back, ashleigh. we got you a new look. how do you like it? the music. it s such a special day. i m going to assume it s for me. it is for you. 5:00 eastern, very early in the morning. let s get started. we re going to start with breaking news. new trouble for the former imf chief, dominick strauss-kahn. he could face new charges in the alleged gang-rape of a belgian prostitute, during a party at her hotel in washington, d.c. this was almost two years ago. french prosecutors saying they re launching a new investigation, based on statements two escorts made to police. dominick strauss-kahn was imf chief. he was also arrested after a new york hotel maid accused him of sexual assault. but he was cleared after her story fell apart. also, world leaders gathering in chicago to decide the exit strategy for the war in afghanistan.
wolf blitzer is off tonight. i m joe johns. you re in the situation room. i cannot stress this highly enough. if you are in the projected president of this hurricane, you have to take precautions now. don t wait, don t delay. we all hope for the best, but we have to be prepared for the worst. we how is it going in new york right now, mary? you just heard the president speak about this hurricane. new york had asked the president to declare emergency assistance. and the president did have an emergency declaration for new york, meaning the city and state will get federal help. but this is an unprecedented move in new york today, joe. the mayor michael bloomberg has ordered iffer the first time mandatory evac yags in low-lying areas of new york. and this encome passes areas that affect between 200 and 300,000 people. this out of caution and concern about high water and heavy winds. earlier throughout the day, there have been some evacuations taking place in hospitals and n