CNN CNN Newsroom With Poppy Harlow and Jim Sciutto September 1, 2021 14:14:00
Started to restoring. a sliver of new orleans east got the first power today. so the estimated timeline by about 24 hours. of course, the big question then becomes, let's great, how are we going to prioritize there for first responders, hospitals, nursing homes, sewage and water board. typically what happens, jim, is every place that has the largest grid amount by number of people and the population is generally what gets powered next. of course, the distribution lines, the transformers being down will be a variable there. i'm encouraged by the fact that it's 24 hours in advance. everybody wan...