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Power company about how long those people may be without juice? >> well, the initial concern had been that the high winds would persist over a long period of time and that that would interfere with the ability to get repairs done. so far we've been able to get power back done. not for everyone, obviously, but for more people than we had initially anticipated. we want to get everybody's power back on but that process, although it's obviously not where we would want it to be, it's going much better than we had expected and that's in large part due to the fact that the power company saw this comi...

People will have power because of the winds that continue here. power workers cannot get out there till these winds reduce to at least 30 miles per hour so they can safely get the power on. in the meantime, i'm joined by state senator john paul more rel from st. bernard parish. thank you so much for your time. .what is your biggest concern right now? >> the biggest concern, obviously, is the rain event itself. wind is obviously an issue, like said. we can't get power restored till that wind dies down. when you look at st. bernard, most of st. bernard is within the federal levee system. as far ...

The southeast and central parts of america went through because of the heat wash and all sorts of awful things are going on. >> lot of work to be done. >> a lot of work to be done and a lot of people without power right now. if we had done the work of ad t adapadapt ing change in climate, dug down and buried utility lines, people would have been working. i don't care if it's god or man or whatever, but you're employing people. >> why don't we put our power lines underground. or even watching the -- i mean, again, this is not like a sophisticated economic argument. it's a common sense one, but ...

Programs. it does not settle other investigations including criminal investigations in to mortgage fraud. at the white house, peter barnes, fox news. >> bret: applications for unemployment benefits dropped 15,000 to 358,000 last week, the second lowest level since april of 2008. the dow added 6-1/2 today. the s&p 500 was up two. the nasdaq finished ahead 11. greece's bail-out is running in to more problems. greece gave in to more painful austerity cuts today. but a euro zone finance officer official says greece needs, still needs to identify almost a half billion dollars in additional cuts. an...

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