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Little trouble. >> the state's biggest power company is frantically working on restoring service. for some, until be hours. for hours, weeks. >> it's going to take weeks because not only do we have to repair parts of our system, in some cases we're going to find to do a complete rebuild. >> the white house says it's mobilizing the largest ever number of power workers to help. >> we will have line restoration workers. >> these are the tactical first in teams, the first groups of authorities out here on sarasota's barrier islands so residents can get back as soon as possible. >> most like the br...

Possible. >> reporter: the white house is also saying they have deployed the biggest army of power workers from all over the country, even from canada. the lucky ones will get power back in hours or days, and others will take weeks. john? >> we have the camera still looking at this front end loader, moving the trees off the streets, alex, which, again, is the sight people want to see. we have folks on the streets watching this because this is what they want and need to get their power back up online. poppy. >> thank you. alex made an important different

Electricity for his oxygen fly. >> i have enough bottled oxygen to last for several days. and we have enough gasoline that i could get out of the car to run the generator probably for several days. but without power, we'd be in real trouble then. >> the state's biggest power company, florida power and light, is frantically work ing on restoring service. for some it could be kohours, f others, weeks. >> it's going to take weeks because not only do we have to repair parts of our system, in some cases we're going to find to do a complete rebuild. >> the white house says it's mobilizing the larges...

1800 people can sleep when they are not working around 16 hours shift. the white house says they are deploying the biggest ever army of power workers across the country as well as canada to help out with the situation, we cannot forget the situation is not limited to florida. as the storm moves upward and north, it is starting to hit alabama and georgia. around 1.4 million customers are still without power. joining us now on the phone, bill nelson of florida, senator, you have seen the damage firsthand, how bad was it? what did you personally saw? the keys were the worst. i was in last night. ...

Country without electric power on day two, across florida more than six million people without power but there is help on the way. more than 50,000 power workers from across the u.s. and canada are on their way to florida to try and help get power up. of course, it's going to be tough in the heat with no air conditioning running. as far as the damage goes, you could get a good look at it throughout the day in the naples area. a lot of downed trees. huge trees pulled up from the roots, wind gusts over 140 miles an hour. downed power lines as well. tough to get around on the roads especially wit...