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Power company about how long those people may be without juice? >> well, the initial concern had been that the high winds would persist over a long period of time and that that would interfere with the ability to get repairs done. so far weve been able to get power back done. not for everyone, obviously, but for more people than we had initially anticipated. we want to get everybodys power back on but that process, although its obviously not where we would want it to be, its going much better th...

People will have power because of the winds that continue here. power workers cannot get out there till these winds reduce to at least 30 miles per hour so they can safely get the power on. in the meantime, im joined by state senator john paul more rel from st. bernard parish. thank you so much for your time. .what is your biggest concern right now? >> the biggest concern, obviously, is the rain event itself. wind is obviously an issue, like said. we cant get power restored till that wind dies d...

The southeast and central parts of america went through because of the heat wash and all sorts of awful things are going on. >> lot of work to be done. >> a lot of work to be done and a lot of people without power right now. if we had done the work of ad t adapadapt ing change in climate, dug down and buried utility lines, people would have been working. i dont care if its god or man or whatever, but youre employing people. >> why dont we put our power lines underground. or even watching the -- ...

Programs. it does not settle other investigations including criminal investigations in to mortgage fraud. at the white house, peter barnes, fox news. >> bret: applications for unemployment benefits dropped 15,000 to 358,000 last week, the second lowest level since april of 2008. the dow added 6-1/2 today. the s&p 500 was up two. the nasdaq finished ahead 11. greeces bail-out is running in to more problems. greece gave in to more painful austerity cuts today. but a euro zone finance officer offic...

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minutes. a high-speed chase. but this leadfoot suspect is a fellow police officer. and triumphant return of a paralyzed football player. number 52 is inspiring his teammates. we promise hell do the same for you. its all right here, right now on cnn. good evening. im don lemon. thanks for joining us. those stories and more, but first were starting with some breaking political news. herman cains campaign for president under scrutiny tonight over a report that could tarnish his imag...

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Programs. it does not settle other investigations including criminal investigations in to mortgage fraud. at the white house, peter barnes, fox news. >> bret: applications for unemployment benefits dropped 15,000 to 358,000 last week, the second lowest level since april of 2008. the dow added 6-1/2 today. the s&p 500 was up two. the nasdaq finished ahead 11. greeces bail-out is running in to more problems. greece gave in to more painful austerity cuts today. but a euro zone finance officer offic...

For some regional not evacuations but the need to move some people if they are locked in an area because of floodwaters or left without power for too long and they do have shelters on standby so if there are people who have needs because of the weather conditions and because of the potential fallout from this storm that they will -- they will open some of those shelters. dozens of them standing by but they probably wont need them. there still is a chance, as i mentioned, peter, because of the ro...