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Well do an assessment and kind of figure out where the hardest-hit area was. we also have agreements with utilities from other parts of the country to have restoration workers come in and assist us, so we have the manpower. its a matter of waiting for the storm to move through. so can you give us any idea of when power may be restored to the more than 300,000 people in the dark right now? are you just still waiting for the storm to pass? >> were basically still just waiting for the to you rememb...

Get 46 and newt could get 32. stand by. >> if close at the end, it might matter. lets do headlines for your thursday. major developments in the fast & furious scandal. attorney general eric holder back in the hot seat this morning. hell get grilled by the house committee about the governments botched gun tracking program and the family of u.s. border patrol agent brian terry who was killed by a fast & furious gun filing a $25 million wrongful death claim against the government now. terrys family...

In mexico and family members think they were the victims of drug violence. john and wanda ran a church together. he was a baptist minister. they were found dead inside their home in santiago. electronics and a safe were stolen from their home. this is the second murder involving american missionaries in the region in less than a year. a nuclear power plant shut down at this hour because of a leak. crews working there right now trying to fix that leaking steam tube and a steam generator at the nu...

in connecticut some 215,000 people remain without power, more than a week after that freak october snowstorm. connecticut light and power is promising 99% of their customers will have electricity by tomorrow night. this morning the governor said that a 99% threshold must be reached. >> anything less than 99% restored number is unacceptable. >> well get a live update on the swan the situation in connecticut later. five of the republican candidates spoke at the annual ronald reagan din...

Crews working to cool a storage pool holding spent nuclear fuel, because they say its reached a boiling point. and there is word that traces of radioactivity has been detected as far away as iceland. japanese authorities say, its no cause for alarm. and the nuclear disaster there raising fears in buchanan, new york, where governor cuomo is ordering a top-to-bottom inspection of the indian point nuclear plant. this plant is located on an earthquake fault line 35 miles north of new york city. laur...

Irrelevant in two different way ways. nicely done. all right, next, finally a bit of good news from the gulf coast. crews working to plug the leak hit a big milestone today. is the nightmare almost over? the presidents top adviser joins us live. g ♪ ♪ yeah, we really do - ♪ and theres nothing wrong - [ bird squawks ] ♪ with what i feel for you ♪ i could hang around till the leaves are brown and the summers gone ♪ [ announcer ] when youre not worried about potential dangers, the world...

Bottom have both been put on hold. theres actually been a cork put in that well they are drilling to reach the ruptured well. that cork will be pulled out only after the storm goes through. so this could cause a delay of up to two weeks if the storm does indeed come through but no word on evacuation. when you go out on the water and see the crews working, what you dont see is them picking up oil. what you see them doing now is preparing for the storm. >> mainly, shrimpers out here today, the men...

Your heartburn symptoms. if you cant afford your medication, astrazeneca may be able to help. from americas news headquarters, im marianne rafferty. alabama taking its hardest hit yet from the gulf of mexico oil spill. pancake sized globs of crude and tar washing up on the states beaches. leaving lines across white sands just as the summer beach season picks up. crews working to sop up a giant oil shen to keep it from reaching land. florida panhandle beaches so far mostly spared. the baltimo...

Sort of major withdrawal for a long time. >> jonathan hunt, thank you very much. a live look at some of them protests in phoenix, arizona as the governor is nearing a deadline to act on the toughest legislation against illegal immigration. were going to debate that later on in "studio b." a distant shot. you cant see a lot about the protests but it brings us to our question of the day. do you think immigration reform will pass this year? look over my shoulder, foxnews.com/shep. >> they probabl...

>> crews working to retrieve all the bodies from the west virginia coal mines final four were found today that brings the total number of dead to 29 making it the worst mining disaster in this country in four decades. violent protests breaking out in thailand. the army and redshirt protesters fighting it out on the streets. protesters calling for new elections. 15 people are dead. more than 650 injured. david piper streaming live from bangkok and has the latest. >> reporter: good evening. the ...