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The power needs to be restored. we have seen many utility workers in town. it is very busy here in paradise, with law enforcement and those pge workers. but they have a long road ahead. back to you. >> reporter: all right. claudia cowan, thank you. switching gears. congress returning to a changed political landscape as lawmakers arrive for a lame duck session. they have about 60 days before democrats take over. both parties are facing a leadership battle, if you will. thank you both for coming o...

Fire stands at 42, is likely to arise. coroner search teams, many accompanied by a chaplain have fanned out across paradise and visited dozens of addresses that belong to people reported missing since the fire. the sheriff is also bringing in cadaver dogs, portable morgues and even anthropologists because in some cases, the only remains our bones or bone fragments. they are also using a rapid dna analysis system so that relatives can provide samples and identify bodies burned beyond recognition....

Utility workers jumping from the flaming wreckage, falling the length of a power pole, 40 feet. another northline utilities worker surviving, as well. some witnesses say all four onboard jumped. >> you could see people down in the field trying to do cpr on the victims and everything. >> reporter: the pilot and another utility worker, they did not survive this crash in beekmantown, new york, near the canadian border. tonight, federal investigators are on the scene, trying to determine how the cho...

Suffered. my family suffered for 36 years. >> i wanted to get a bottle of champagne and pop that cork. you die the way you live. he killed people. he was killed. jillian: 89-year-old was responsible for at least 11 murders. bulger had just been transferred to a new high security prison in west virginia. other inmates reportedly wheeled him in his wheelchairs out of view of the surveillance cameras and beat him with a padlock inside a sock. two utility workers are dead after helicopter crashes in...

We have little cities. eight cities spread out across where they can launch out from and start restoring power. >> jeff says these utility workers are driven. they arent just restoring power but restoring hope. this is their hero moment. 95% of the people who can get power restored will get the power by the end of next week but a tremendous amount of work to be done. >> bill: amazing just to see the images. thank you to you and all the fox crews down there. president trumps hard line stance, is ...

Theyll be big so we can deal with the volumes of voters. thats the only option. if youve driven around anywhere here, the devastation, i have people in here working today. they dont have a house. >> and they need the volunteers too, dana. thats the other issue. they need the bodies to staff the 44 polling places and they dont have enough people to do it. >> they only have 19 days until the election. rick, you tagged along with a power crew. where do things stand restoring power? >> its a complet...

>> when somebody says theres going to be nine-foot, 10-foot, 14 foot storm surge from its deadly. dont look just at the win. maybe its only category to, but if theres a big storm surge are not going to survive it. >> some 5800 utility workers are on the ground here in the florida panhandle. 17,000 disaster wide. in terms of the time to reestablish power, it depends on how bad the area was hit, how easy it is for these crews to get in and reestablish power. for a place like a county, where mexico...

See, take a look at video that we shot during daylight yesterday showing metal structure with recreational boats crushed like soda cans, governor rick scott has opened governors mansion to assist and coordinating federal crews to clear debris for utility workers to get in and restore power to more than 373. >> you know, its woody out there, a lot of trees down, you still see a lot of trees down. what you say morning until i got there, theres been a lot of stuff cleaned up. >> even if the storm m...

Unbelievable. they did rescues during the night for us. we have a massive flow of search and rescue highway patrol, national guard, utility workers pushing their way down to these impacted areas, and theyre doing -- were doing everything we can to get all the resources we need. my biggest concern, of course, would be loss of life. and i want everybody, everybody to think about this. you survive this unbelievable storm, stay safe. dont venture out unless you have to. listen to the locals. weve go...

Darkness and the unknown last night to begin rescues. there are a lot of other people that went with them. highway patrol, d.o.t. youth, utilities, health care workers. i mean, the bravery of people doing this is unimaginable. pray for each of these individuals. law enforcement and first responders are heroes. leaving their families to help others. we cannot thank them enough. this morning, i will be joining the florida national guard to survey damage in panama city and mexico beach. the florida...