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Thanks. and puerto rico has declared a state of emergency as waves of blackouts roll across the island. aging power plants and infrastructure have crippled puerto rico. and gabe guttierez has more. >> reporter: good afternoon. this island with more than 3 million american citizens has faced power problems before. but there is new frustration here. and in congress, a house committee is now looking into the outages. across puerto rico, an urgent power struggle. frequent blackouts as times impact...

Plants throughout the island. people are taking to the streets to demonstrate against the blackouts with another round of protests planned for this friday. the islands power grid has been in a fragile state since it took a direct hit from hurricane maria four years ago. nbc news correspondent gabe gutierrez is in san juan with the latest. gabe, good morning. >> reporter: jose, good morning. this island with its more than 3 million american citizens has facd power problems before, but there is ne...

The land routes are more difficult. but we have very little credibility in this region since the 80s when we fuelled the war against the soviets. we have not -- were seeing american lives at stage and we engage and we invade afghanistan. when we grow tired we walk away. it helps with refugees, and again, it is not going to go away. its a huge challenge, again, i would say the biggest so far for the policy in terms of foreign policy. >> david, thank you for your time. in the meantime it could be ...

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The entire city of new orleans without electricity. some outages could last for weeks this is a massive electrical power that collapsed during hurricane ida with several feeder bands, all throughout new orleans. a lot of people think this may be one of the epicenters of the citys power problems. so many tonight anxious about how long this could last. >> reporter: you look at this, and youre thinking were not going have power for weeks, if not months >> exactly exactly right. it will be a long ti...

Begging for help while trapped in her attic in the dark. >> the water came in, it came in quick so the only thing we could do was climb in the attic. >> reporter: so far 5,000 national guard troops have been acty indicated. 25,000 clean up troops on the way. and the death toll here is likely to rise. >> what i can tell you is that the last couple of days have not been good for our state and for the next several days and weeks, they will not be easy either. >> reporter: the damage to the power gr...

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Blanketed with snow. >> reporter: the roads treacherous across the region over the last 24 hours. in texas, a man by an suv barely escaping being hit by a second car flying down an embankment. this pickup truck backing out of a driveway in nashville skating sideways on a sheet of ice. and this nashville couples surveillance camera capturing the moment they tumble down icy stairs. and back in texas, an unbelievable sight. the beach in galveston blanketed in white. snow melting into the gulf of me...

City of chicago because local officials are inapt in handling the violence. rob: there have been 1700 shootings in chicago this year. jillian: half 1 million people in northern california are in the dark for the second time in two weeks. overnight, embattled utility company pgn the cutting power to prevent winds from toppling powerlines and sparking wildfires. outages could last up to two days. rob: two weeks ago the company was criticized for blocking out 2 million customers. it is dry and wind...

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