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i'm a little north of the shoreline, so we got power still on, but there are drifts here three and four feet, it will be a long day for the state. the power outages are obvious the biggest worry, temperatures will drop to 6 degrees tonight, some of the towns, 80% out. that's -- you know, that's a race against time really to make sure we can get people to shelters or get the power back on, but the weather is going to make that challenging, through the middle of the day for the power company. >> you can about imagine, i'm looking officially, connecticut light and power claim about 36,000, almost 37,000 without power right now. how about transportations for the storm? it's hard to prepare for something like this, but certainly word got out. do you get a since that your constituents heeded the warnings? >> i do. the governor didn't fool around as far as emergency decree to tell people to stay off the
putting those resources in place before the storm hits. >> brian: they are out of poles! they don't have enough poles to replace the broken poles. we don't have water or gas. they don't have a plan, they don't have a communications apparatus. i don't understand why your governor is basically hostage to these people! he's acting like an outraged resident where he should be taking action demanding something to change! there are faceless bureaucracy, monopoly that operates without incentives. no kidding. they are before and now after and during. >> some of those precoordination meetings with the national government would be with the emergency operations centers. getting an idea from the state what resources do you have? >> brian: did that take place? >> i have no idea. >> brian: it didn't take place at your level? >> it certainly did not. >> alisyn: one of the most maddening things for people about this, and i can speak to this because i'm in connecticut, we were without power for seven days. the one comfort was you could call connecticut light and power, which people were also
a resolution to reprimand iran and learn about the nuclear intentions. "the birmingham news" has an update on the story we talked about yesterday with steve krovt. he says hade will hold a hearin next month. bachus sent a letter to the publisher of "throw them all out." connecticut's waterbury republican says the embattled president of connecticut light and power has resigned. following the utility company's failures after an october 29th snowstorm. jeffrey butler became the face of public scrutiny when the company struggled for more than ten days to restore power to hundreds of thousands of customers. and failed to meet two self-imposed deadlines. >> in the "parade" sunday magazine, the hollywood movie preview and gift guide.
call this toll-free number on your screen now... for this free information kit, including this... medicare guide and customized rate quote. heather: some fallout to tell you about. massive power outages caused by last month's monster snowstorm forcing a ceo out of a job. the head of connecticut light and power is stepping down after coming under fire for how the company handled this widespread power failures. jeffrey butler said remaining on the job would be a distraction. about 77% of the company's customers were without power, some left in the dark for as long as 11 days. bill: not cool, huh? heather: no. bill: president obama should fire his right-hand man on energy. that from a leading
because they have to return your call. fallout from the october snowstorm in the northeast. that's a look around the nation. the president of connecticut light and power resigned. jeffrey butler after widespread criticism of the handling of the huge power outage. 800,000 customers lost power and some for as long as ten days. the man charged with firing two shots at the white house last week is in a pittsburgh federal court. during his hearing he will have an attorney assigned and find out the changes he faces. he was arrested yesterday in a pennsylvania hotel. up next, reaction pouring in after ricky ger va is will host the show for a third time. a lot going on to say the least. the speaker of the house, did you know, turned 62 years old
understanding with the debt ceiling. now is the truth of the matter, they don't like each other too much and at least they don't agree on anything. >> he did in the interview say we get along fine and then he went into detail. now for your headlines, while you were sleeping, electric companies worked hard throughout the night in connecticut, you should feel good about this, attempting to restore power to 50,000 people. the outage is called by the monster of all fall snow storms more than a week ago and connecticut light and power, the state's largest utility says electricity in the region might not return until wednesday. >> yeah. i was one of the luckier ones, got it back last week. anyway -- >> i was out five days. >> an accused american jihadist goes on trial today. the man from houston is charged with trying to sneak aboard a ship headed to the middle east so he could give money to al-qaida along with gps parts and u.s. military manuals. f.b.i. says he was an e-mail buddy of the american born al-qaida cleric who was killed in a drone strike a few weeks ago in yemen. he was about to plead guilty in the case last year but changed
iran has the ability to create atomic weapons. now that they mastered the critical steps involved in that process. iran reportedly received help from soviet scientists as well as experts in pakistan and north korea. and can you believe this? thousands of homes still without power across the northeast. more than a week after that freak snowstorm hit the area just before halloween. in connecticut more than 100,000 home are still in the dark sparking numerous complaints and an investigation of connecticut light and power, that's the state's power company. the snowstorm cut out power to more than 3 million homes in the state. the power company working to have all power restored by wednesday but already messed several deadlines. today could be decision day in the trial of michael jackson's former doctor. day two of jury deliberations of conrad murray facing a single charge of involuntary manslaughter. as we await this verdict we're learning new details about the jury. it's made up of seven men and five women. one is african-american, four are white, seven are hispanic.