looking at kind of late morning there, there were probably a number of people inside of that l.a. fitness. we have no numbers at this point. so we re going to keep a close eye on this. it looks devastating there. if that is the top of the roof of the l.a. fitness, one can only imagine what was going on inside there. again, reports of multiple injuries and this is a result of a gas explosion there in plantation, florida. the l.a. fitness hit pretty hard at the fountains but police and rescue on the scene. we will get you more information as we get it. let s get to some other news now. the president on why his administration s citizenship question is needed on the 2020 census. here he is. what s the reason, mr. president, for trying to get a citizenship question on the census? well, you need it for many reasons. number one you need it for congress. you ned it for congress zrikting. you immediate it for appropriations. where are the funds going? how many people are there? are they c
been looking at the video, and at first not being able to get the full scope and thinking what we are seeing has tremendous damage, the top of the building, which looks completely blown to smith smithereens that could be the l.a. fitness, people could be in there working out on a saturday morning. we are just hearing word that thus far no fatalities. that is very good news. they caution it is early and they do not know the extent of the injuries for the many who have been injured. you can see the parking lot a couple of cars still there that probably either can t be moved or people have been told just leave them there, it s not safe to head over that way. but again, when this is happening in the morning there on a saturday morning on a holiday weekend there in plantation, florida, specifically, it s called the fountains shopping center. morgan, thank you for giving us what you know, as you get more information come back to us and
fair, we have to count whole persons so what is the purpose? lots to follow, lots of bouncing balls. we ll be speaking with you again. thank you so much. thank you. back to this breaking news. we have had an explosion there. you re looking at the results of the aftermath at plantation, florida. specifically the fountains. we believe that to be an area in the around the l.a. fitness center there. there you look at a bomb sniffing dog. we think it s as a result of a gas explosion, probably looking to see if there s anything else that needs to be uncovered by rescuers there on the scene. we ll take you back there as soon as we get more information. stay with us here on msnbc. mor. stay with us here on msnbc comp. olay regenerist hydrates skin better than creams costing over $100, $200, and even $400. fact check this ad in good housekeeping. olay. if his denture can cope with. a steak. luckily for him, he uses super poligrip. it helps give him 65% more chewing power.
you can see what looks to be a firefighter walking through a building as we look down from the roof into the blown out part of that building. the fire department says a gas explosion called heavy damage to a shopping plaza, sending debris flying across the street. there are multiple injuries. think of when this happened a couple hours ago on a busy saturday morning. the parking lot was full. this looks to be a fairly large shopping center. there is an la fitness center, you can see damage to the cars in the parking lot. we confirm multiple people inch by inch look at this scene. we see folks on the ground, seem to be looking into everything here.
caused this explosion. here s more from the deputy fire chief. we did have an active gas leak when we arrived. they were able to secure it. the hazmat team went in and secured the gas initially and itco was able to secure it from there. whether that was the cause or not, we have not confirmed. right now no confirmed fatality, but two people have serious injuries. police are warning everyone in that area to just stay away. cnn s rosa flores is live near the scene in plantation, florida. i know you re with someone, rosa, who was inside that l.a. fitness center when this explosion happened. tell us about it. reporter: yes, ana. this is dan feller. dan, thank you so much for sticking it out. it actually started raining and he s sticking it out with us. you were saying you were at a yoga class that started at about 11:00 a.m. this morning. tell us what happened after that? well, we re in the class about 20 minutes or so.