tucker and julie coming up next. stay with us. we'll be right back. it's 7:27. >>> here's an example of someone trying give back to the people who are in a bind. jeffreys the american city diner on connecticut avenue in northwest. know it, love it. have eaten there over the years. he noticed his customers seemed exhausted and realized it's because of the heat and power outages. so he has changed the mission of his restaurant after closing time. >> it dawned on me, i have a complete restaurant here, fully air conditioning that seats 90 people. we close at 11:00 at night. why not turn this into a center for people to come here and relax, a cooling center. >> the diner will be open from 11:00 in the evening, 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 in the morning. they're not serving food. you should know that. but they are giving out free lemonade, orange juice and water. you can sleep, hang out, read, he says as long as the community needs the diner, he'll stay open. he's a home grown d.c. guy. awesome. >> that's great. we salute you. >> we do. >>> for an update on the around the clock efforts to restore power, pepco's president will join us live in our studio here at the 9