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If you look pwe mind me, you'll notice these cars are making their way over to interstate 630 but very, very gingerly, and with good reason. very tough to get proper traction. black ice. it's inevitable you will have issues on the roadways. something else we need to talk about, not just the roads but in terms of power. that's a daunting task for a lot of line workers to get out and restore service. the northwestern corner, fort smith, clogged with damaged trees. and at the same time some places really going to be impassable for possibly days. very difficult for the crews to get back out and re...

Pds today marks 150 years since henry ford was born. joining us now, former editor and chief of "american heritage" magazine, richard snow, out with a book "i invented the modern age, the rise of henry ford." it's great to have you back on the show again. >> thanks for having me. >> so tell us what you look at in terms of henry ford? i just recently saw a documentary on him. i found it fascinating. i want to get to the $5 day soon. >> the a $5 day was the biggest news to ever come out of detroit. >> doubled the minimum wage. >> he doubled it and in an instant brought all of his line workers in...

Immigration. meantime, the horror in bangladesh just keeps growing. at the factory where so many american clothes were made, the death toll has now passed 500. authorities say the building's engineer helped the owner illegally add three more floors to the five-story structure. both men are now facing charges. meantime, pope francis condemned the work conditions as slave labor this week. a majority of those who died were poor line workers earning as little as $37 a month. and follows a november fire that killed 112 garment workers. joining me now, columnist for the national catholic reporte...

His name is michael harvey, and talking about him on the show yesterday at a press conference on saturday. he conceded there is room for improvement. lipa is bringing in 1200 more of the tree trimmers and the line workers, they're bolstering the work force, making it 12,000 employees out here working for lipa. now, just a moment ago, this nice gentleman walked out of his house and down the street. i said sir, come over and talk to us, and tell me what you're going through. that's your name. >> robert list, lived in ocean side 45, 44 years of my life and never seen such devastation, and we've b...

We can only fly to because the roads are removed or covered with sand or gone so until that is secured we cannot do an evacuation and the rest of the day we evaluate our high vote average transmission system the backbone of the grid with major damage there we need to fix before we can move into the residential areas and we have about 1,600 line workers and forestry workers working the storm right now. >>neil: we have had a number utility firms in new jersey and a lot of the private upstarts, as well, are you all in sync together? do you help each other out? >>guest: utilities are members of mu...