Slowly moved its way up north. But that is the problem for a lot of people. We are hitting the top of the hour. I should mention that the power outage in New York City has now reached well past three hours. Here at msnbc along with morgan radford, weve been watching a number of different Breaking News situations right now. The big news that were getting here as we talk to you here at 10 00 p. M. We are now told at least 90,000 customers have been affected by this massive blackout here in New York City. When we first came on air several hours ago and they said that it was only about 20,000 customers, i knew that number was wrong, just based on the sheer topography. You have more than two square miles in New York City where people are in the dark. Now were being told by con edison officials that 90,000 customers which could mean hundreds of thousands of people
are in the dark right now at 10 00 at night. Just to do a quick reset for anyone who is joining us now. What we are facing out is
lemonade out of lemons. i think that we were talking earlier about how every person who lives in this city, especially since 9/11 when something like this happens our stomach initially drops. it s just the reality of the changed dna of the city and of our nation and this heightened security. but we re lucky that this was a blackout, it was a mechanical issue. so we saw new yorkers coming froth all over the city just like this concert hall and just like people who were jumping in to direct traffic. and in contrast to that, the j.lo concert was canceled. and we have video of people out there getting together singing ain t your mama. a j.lo song. people were just frustrated at the j.lo concert. let s bring in kathy park. you as an nbc correspondent here on msnbc news. you have been outside of our studio where it has been pitch
lo song? it s so stupid? i love you, papi, and i m like, what? then i m like, what are you talking about? it s papi. take a listen. she wasn t singing about jasper. thought it was a pet song. kimberly said i m the whitest white girl she ever met. i m not sure it s a compliment. very precious. your turn. you want to know why we re kind of screwed in america? american university in washington, d.c., dana tells me, is a very good university well known for its political science group. look what happened when they were asked about their senators and keep watching. can you name one person currently serving in the united states senate? god, this is bad.
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