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Things that we can do, and we'll take learnings from this. >> reporter: as temperatures dip into the low 40s, for many, this grocery, one of the few with power is the only refuge. >> it's cold, and i come over here a couple of times a day to get some hot good. >> reporter: just to get warm. >> yeah. >> reporter: we have no heat, we have no cooking facilities. >> reporter: how are you getting by? >> barely. >> reporter: and willie, of course we're seeing different spots around the area, just like that grocery store that are running on generator power, people are flocking to those areas that are...

>> reporter: schools closed, hospitals running on generator power. authorities searching for a motive say a suspicious facebook post fueled speculation that the attack could have been linked to an effort to stop this drag queen performance being held at a nearby theater saturday. but the post turned out to be false. still, sheriff fields telling me they're not ruling anything out. >> is it possible? yes, anything is possible. >> reporter: extremists have been calling for attacks on the power grid for decades. in february, three alleged white supremacists pleaded guilty to plotting to attack el...

Leading us off tonight, she's in pinehurst, north carolina. >> reporter: with an army of bucket trucks racing to restore power, tonight, federal, state, and local authorities in moore county, north carolina, are hunting for suspects, after what they're calling an "intentional, willful, and malicious" attack on the power supply. >> early evidence suggests that it was deliberate and the investigation is underway. >> reporter: authorities say the suspect or suspects drove up to two power substations saturday night and opened fire, knocking out power to 45,000 customers. >> it's been a nightmare. ...

Good evening and it's great to start another week with all of you at moment. we begin tonight with federal investigators now on the scene tonight after an extraordinary act of sabotage in north carolina. authorities calling it a malicious attack, plunging tens of thousands into the dark and cold, no power, no water. sptr suspects, quote, knewyri te exactly what they were doing. tonight, crews at those substations racing to repair the damage. much of the equipment needs to be replaced and we're told it could take days. some of that equipment already arriving. workers inspecting bullet holes in ...