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Icy roads. in oklahoma crews are trying to restore power to thousands of homes there. heavy ice brought down scores of power lines. several states have declared emergencies. lets get the latest as youre waking up on this saturday. you may want to venture outside. some folks being urged, no, no, stay indoors. but, powers out to several thousand, too. thats a problem as well, karen. problem on top of problem. >> yeah. and that south central united states, the pan hand of texas and into oklahoma,...

With little more than the ghoe of a cell phone to light their way. the moment the earthquake hit safeguards shut down the power grid. teams from the state electric company are trying to repair the damage. the earthquake destroyed 20% of the infrastructure at this distribution center all of port-au-prince gets electric from here. the team is trying to salvage some equipment. he hopes within a week the station may start working again. but no one seems to know when the diesel generations will go ba...

>> reporter: an explosive response to an offer of reconciliation. a fierce battle raging in the heart of kabul. taliban spokesman says the attack was meant to show the world that the group cannot be bought or divided. he told cnn those who joined the ranks of the government do not represent new talibs to begin with. when they talk about moderate taliban, these types are not a part of our group, he says. its something that the americans have made up. when they speak of dialogue, they are not talk...

Efforts to get electricity turned back in the capital. >> reporter: it has been two weeks stins lights went out in port-au-prince. the pastor is looking for a candle. night after night, this is what families face. in a city that has no power. >> this is the way we live now in haiti. >> reporter: after sunset it is pitch black. darkness, residents get ready to sleep out in the street. with little more than a globe of a cell phone to light their way. the moment the earthquake hit, safeguards shut ...

Track the thousands of people killed in the quake. and anderson cooper is joining us with that part of the story in port-au-prince. anderson, there is more than 4,000 missing americans, and i know you spent part of the day at the hotel montana. tell us what you found there. >> the estimate is 4500 to 5 thoer -- 5,000 americans are missing in haiti right now. i believe 50 to 60 people who are still, they believe, in the rubble. they believe there may be as many as 17 americans still in the rubble...

1000 relief flights waiting to land at port-au-prince airport, which can only handle about 130 flights per day and the u.n. is asking for small trucks because the big trucks are having a hard time navigating the streets of port-au-prince which are already very crowded and in some places blocked by obstacles, including bowlders and rubble. weve gone into the streets quite a bit, it can take an hour to move 1 mile, jon. jon: wow. how many people havent gotten any food, still? >> well, there are es...

Haiti came first through art, walking by a gallery in the mid1980s. >> i was overwhelmed with the creativity of the paintings, the excitement, and i thought, haiti. this is interesting. i bought a painting. >> reporter: that led him on a trip to haiti to find more paintings. what he discovered was a country full of people as vibrant as their art. it was 1986. ♪ >> it was an extraordinary moment in haitian history, because the dictator for life, had been overthrown by a popular revolt. and i wa...

First time. these guys will never be hungry again. you can eat everything -- >> wow. the occasion was also bittersweet. betsy who adopted the brother and sister lost her husband in 2007 in the interstate bridge collapse in minneapolis. if youre looking for a way to help the victims of the haiti earthquake, tune in 8:00 p.m. eastern for a special two hour "larry king live," haiti, howon can help. the panel includes celebrity activists including ryan seacrest, and ashley judd. 8:00 p.m. eastern ...

Our storm system pulls out of the southeast for tomorrow. little bit of good news here for you. getting sunshine later in the day. going to stick around around the northeast. more travel delays expected. on the back side, cold and windy conditions. blizzard conditions in the dakotas, today. thats going to wane by tomorrow. wind and snow across much of the upper midwest. >> jacqui jeras in the cnn severe weather center. two weeks ago most of haiti was leveled, reduced to brick and rock. how doe...

That go in your home. and then in augusta, maine. this is where everybody is hanging out. everybody is working. he did not know we were coming over. excuse me for a second, i need to talk to this lady way over here, and she talked for this desk to go through the mounds. the one in baltimore, we are highlighting the graeds. sounds like we will create jobs. >> its newspaper maine. its $95 million, or $96 million for smart meters that will help out homes and businesses. the company is saying this w...