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Bright news. one of our majorospitals g backn with electricity today, and that's what nd is the hospitals first, right? so we're doing that. and they're conctrating on the refineriesbut refiries just dot turna swch to, you know, start producing the fuel for . that'soing ttake a couple days for them to get up to capacity, and they're looking at finding inventory of g to bring here for us. so it's a critical te. i'm still telling our citizens who really want get home -- i mean they're separated from eir house. they wt to see the damage, but we just can't have youack yet some of our nursing mes, ...

They're separated from their house, they want to see the damage, that we just can't have you back yet because it's critical. some of our nursing homes, we've had to evacuate people. the nursing homes that have generator power are starting to lose it because it's been so many days, so we're bringing fuel to nursing homes and assisted living places. and it's getting hot. it was a very hot day today. so we had a shelter in alexandria that's filled. we're still in the middle of this. >> and president sheng, the president is coming tomorrow, what do you want to hear from president biden? >> i want ...

This week has gone on, looking at the conditions on the ground, it doesn't feel like enough. i am worried about how long hospitals in louisiana can stay on generator power particularly given the fact that there was no slack in the system due to the huge surge in very sick covid patients. how long can people live in the dark and the heat? i know there is no estimate in a lot of places as to when the power is coming back on in a lot of places. what else can be done? >> we are prepared and planning for the power to be out for several weeks. with the thousand employees fema has on the ground fema ...

>> so to be totally honest with you, we have -- we are beginning to think post-katrina now where it doesn't look like we're going to get a quick recovery in terms of infrastructure, in terms of water drainage. sewage is a big problem for us because without power, you can't keep your sewage lines cleaned out. so we are thinking in that direction, and i think the longer that this goes, the high temperatures that are predicted for the next week, it's going to make living conditions virtually unbearable. we have started taking special needs cases and bringing them to a shelter where they're triage...

Fa ticilities across the state. that's complete. it's done safely. we are now really in the mode of starting to reopen and restart. >> are you operating on generators and how long can that go on? >> we are running on general r -- generator power. we are running on back up water systems. we can run for ten days with fuel sources. we have fuel sources coming in to give us more fuel. we do anticipate being back on city power, hopefully, within the next day. >> that's great news because as you know, in new orleans, some people in new orleans are being told they will have to wait three to four week...