or it was. it happened right before 7 a.m. right out there on the west coast. and there s been some conversation about what caused this explosion. the associated press talking about a natural gas explosion. we re hearing there was something of a building collapse caused by a fire, so we re going to look for more information on that. 100 firefighters are currently on scene right now. they also have urban search and rescue on scene looking for potential victims. right now l.a. city fire is just telling us about two injured people so far, but as you can see, it s a mess down there. they re going to have to figure out if there s anyone underneath some of that rubble, and as you can imagine, quite a chaotic situation in south los angeles. we ll keep you posted but wanted to show you some of that new video and information that we had. in the meantime, coming up just ahead, arnold schwarzenegger sitting down with tom sullivan for an exclusive chat. the governator letting fox in on his plans a
was going for secretary of health and human services. now we have charlie rangel. he had a big problem with failure to pay his taxes in the dominican republic. what you see is a pattern here, and when people see a pattern, they see fire. jon: all right, ron and debbie, have to say good-bye. thank you both. thank you. jon: and this weekend be sure to watch a fox news special report on the battle for control of washington. fox goes inside some key races to determine what s going to happen to the obama agenda. watch the fight to control congress. it s hosted by bret baier this sunday 3 and 9 p.m. eastern time. jenna: all right, jon, we have some brand new information on that explosion we ve been telling you about in south los angeles. you re seeing brand new video of this scene. let s just fill you in on what you re looking at here. eric scott, a spokesman for l.a. city fire, is telling fox news this, he s talking about an explosion. he said there was an explosion that caused people in
building, that helping helps us get inside and do search and rescue initially, even though dang language dangling over the head of fire tpaoeurts is an extremely dangerous thing to do, and that s what we do throughout the country, this is what we do we go in, endanger our life to possibly save the lives of others who are trapped inside who cannot help themselves. jon: our hats are off to them for the work they are doing. this looks like a very dangerous scene. have you spoken to any eyewitnesses? was there anyone in neighboring buildings that can tell you more about what happened, what it sounded like or looked like? just a large explosion just before 7:00. i m standing literally a hundred feet from in a debris field as windows andwhat not across the street here on east 59th street. it s basically filled with debris and wood and glass that literally pushed out as the
p.m. eastern time. jon, let s get over to that breaking news. jon: we have new information, jenna, on that los angeles building explosion and partial collapse. trace gallagher from our west point west coast bureau is there. trace, what do you know? reporter: look at the pictures, john, this is amazing. we ve been watching this for the better part of the last 30 or 35 minutes. you can see the wreckage is falling down. we know this explosion happened in a welding operation about an hour and 35 minutes ago. 100 firefighters are now on the scene. the people on scene said the explosion was so powerful that it hurled people out of the building, and when firefighters arrived, there was one man who was actually wedged beneath the axle of a car. the big concern now as you look at the wreck an kind of wreckage kind of falling down, people may still be trapped inned there. but because of that wreckage and how unsecure it is, firefighters
jon: a fox news alert for you now, we are learning that explosion at a commercial building in south los angeles has turned deadly. new video is just coming in. the force of that ebgts khraougs explosion sending people flying into the street, wedging epl under parked cars. the captain of the l.a. fire department joins us now on the phone. we understand this was a natural gas explosion, captain? we are not absolutely sure. this particular structure is on a commercial street where welding operations took place. it was a building 100x100. i m one hundred feet from it gathered with search and rescue dreams watching them make searching. they are doing quick shoring so the structure will not collapse on them as they are looking for a third sreup. there could be inside this