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Happening right over here. >> reporter: john oversees the entire operation. >> i look at this for us as round two. i think that this might be the last round of this fight. >> reporter: you are using these fight references. >> it is a fight. >> reporter: are you on defense at this point? are you on offense? where are you? >> that's a really good question. i think that right now we are on offense. >> reporter: some 5,700 customers are without power in new york city. the majority of the system is holding. thanks in part to the city's large office buildings and businesses heeding calls to help by ...

>> 12,491 mega watts. >> reporter: translate that. what does that mean? >> that's 12,500 million watts. one mega watt is enough to light 1,000 homes. >> reporter: does that make you nervous? >> it does make me nervous, yeah. >> reporter: the operations here will run 24 hours a day until temperatures and demand begin to drop. and again, kate, the cooler temperatures should help ease demand a little bit. help some of the workers there working in 12-hour shifts until further notice. kate? >> and they're going to keep working on it. stay cool out there. >> wow, 12,500 mega watts. that's a lot of e...

Demand is still high. >> 12,491 megawatts of demand. >> reporter: what's that mean? >> 12,500 million watts. one megawatt is enough to light a thousand homes. >> reporter: does that make you nervous? >> it does, yes. >> reporter: the operation here will run 24 hours a day until temperatures and demand begin to drop. in terms of demand, these cooler temperatures experiencing out here, at least here in new york for right now, will definitely help ease some of that demand. even so the folks there that you saw working at the command center will be working 12-hour shifts until further notice. >> ye...

Defamation of character, and she's seeking to reclaim money spent on gifts and travel. and now here's your first look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 12,491 after gaining 44 points yesterday. the s&p was up 4 points. the nasdaq rose 15. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo the nikkei fell 27 points, but in hong kong the hang seng added 13. well, a hint of another boost from the fed helped stocks halt a three-day slide wednesday, but those gains were challenged after the bell by a threat to the u.s. credit rating. moody's announced it might cut...

Round two. i think this might be the last round of these fight. >> reporter: you're using the fight references. >> it is a fight- >> reporter: so are you on defense or offense? where are you? >> that's a really good question, i think right now we're on offense. >> reporter: some 5,700 customers are without power in new york city. the majority of the system is holding, thanks in part to the city's large office buildings and businesses heeding calls to help by reducing energy consumption. yet the center's numbers show demand is still high. >> 12,491 mega watts. >> reporter: translate that. >> th...