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>> reporter: at this point, fred, you've pretty much made up your mind who you're with. you're either with the opposition or the government. so when the government says we're going to blame it on the u.s., that is the line that is parroted by the supporters. but when you talk to people one-on-one they laugh about that because they know this is not the first power outage this country has experienced. the power failures here are every day. they have not had one of this ma magnitude. the surrealness of it that we are in a country that produces more oil than any other country. they have until rece...

Up to the military, trying to shore up their support. without the funds to pay for that support, it's not clear how solid a foundation it is, dana. >> dana: steve harrigan, thank you. extremely dangerous life threatening cold, subzero cold gripping the midwest, as the polar vortex forces states of emergency. millions of americans cope with record breaking temperatures. hundreds of schools calling off classes. even mail delivery has been affected. ray bogan is live in minneapolis, where power failures have thousands without heat. ray? >> reporter: hey, dana, good afternoon to you. it's absolute...

He has been with a crew in panama city beach. brian todd, it's feeling a little better where i am, but you tell me how is it in pcb? >> reporter: well, in panama city beach, brooke, the word is don't let down your guard. a lot of the more dangerous wind gusts have passed, but they're still getting some very strong wind gusts here and still a lot of damage. this railing just snapped off the deck there. power failures, could present a problem as we move into the evening. storm surge is still going to be a factor. i'm going to swing around here. you can still see that these trees here are being r...

>> they bounce back quite a bit. a lot of businesses are closed. there are still a few people without power despite the government saying that 100% of power had been restored to customers. we spoke with one person. he still doesn't have power. the ability to run his businesses, his restaurant, because of a recently installed fema generator. some people say it could take a long, long time, years really to fully recover from this. >> you spoke to one official many blamed for the power failures on the island. >> his bore the brunt of the criticism. his name is ricardo ramos. he was the head of th...

Accusing russia targeting our power grid. and that is leading to massive power failures in the country. fox news joins us with the latest from the white house. >> my friend, this is just part of the ongoing process. and frankly to punish russia for destabilizing activities. you will see more sanctions coming down the pike. it is first of several taken by the administration. we'll let everybody know what we had in terms of sanctions. >> and first of all targeted sanctions hit the russian national entities. and these folks were accused of tampering in the u.s. election last fall. and right befor...