we get more information. we know if you are joining us that there has been a major explosion of two buildings in manhattan. an area on park avenue. the buildings were joined by one wall. they had stores on the bottom and multiple players on the top. it does sound like it was fueled by natural gas, which is what the primary fuel source is in this area. officials tell c inn they do no believe there is any connection to terrorism. the urgency is on stopping the fire. there are buildings on either side that have certainly been damaged. one of them seems to have been breached by fire and is receiving a lot of water attention. you are looking in the right part of your screen at the elevated railway. that s metro north. you will see there is debris on it, even though it is some 50
captions by vitac www.vitac.com an historic and stunning showdown is under way right now between the obama administration and federal judges. a three-member appeals panel all republican appointees has taken issue with the president s jawboning of the u.s. supreme court over the health care reform law. now an unusual demand from those judges is putting a lot of heat from the justice department in washington. brian todd is following this battle for us. brian, what s going on? reporter: one seasoned court analyst says federal judges almost never do this kind of thing. whether he intended to or not an appeals court judge has publicly taken on president obama and walked into the political fire. reporter: a barometer of how high the political stakes are for the president and his opponents on the health care law. a public sparring match between president obama and the courts. on monday, mr. obama says this about the supreme court s review of health care. ultimately, i m