compliance officer at the company. bernie is served a sentence for masterminding that fraud. parts of the country are baking this weekend. we ve seen record high temperatures from coast-to-coast. that means triple digit temperatures. people are scrambling to find ways to stay cool. trying to stay cool is a little harder when you don t have electricity. that is the case for more than 3 million people in these nine states. take a look, strong thunderstorms and high winds caused the widespread outages. cnn s athena jones in rockville, maryland this morning. athena, any hope that the power will be on there soon? well, you know, utility companies here say they are still out assessing the damage and they won t be able to get really good estimates when all the power will be back on for sometime. you can see behind me evidence the strong winds came through knocking out the power here. in montgomery county more than 200,000 customers are without power. in some cases it s a block t
focus. and later you can t throw a generation of kids away. an icon speaking out on some alarming statistics. we ll tell you what has the grammy winner so fired up. good morning, everyone. i m randi kaye. it s 8:00 on the east coast. 5:00 a.m. out west. thanks for waking up with us. we start in colorado where firefighters are hoping for a little help from mother nature. the waldo canyon fire has destroyed nearly 350 homes so far and thousands more are threatened. firefighters have been working around the clock to protect those homes. we ll have a live report later this hour. moving to egypt now, an historic day for people there. last hour mohamed morsi was sworn in as the new president. during the inauguration he offered a salute to the people of egypt and promised to promote unity. back in the u.s., newly released e-mails showed penn state knew they had a problem with jerry sandusky long before he was ever charged with a crime. concerns date back to an incident in
intercom, and it is all caught on video. three major stories we are watching right now. record heat, millions without power, and a massive wildfire in colorado. we ve got it all covered. rob marciano is in colorado springs, meteorologist karen maginnes is watching the heat, and athena jones is keeping an eye on the outages on the east coast, which could be a very dangerous combination with the heat for people hours from now. this all after a violent line of thunderstorms swept across the east coast. you re looking at the fierce winds and heavy rains that pounded indiana. and in virginia, falling trees killed two people and over a million people are without power. there are widespread outages from indiana to new jersey. athena jones is in rockville, maryland, this morning, where the power is out and triple-digit temperatures are expected. athena, what kind of progress are crews making to try and get this power back on? reporter: well, good morning. it s happening slowly bu