. >> my neighbor john has ms and is in a wheelchair. i just came back down the check and see if he needed power. >> reporter: with wires down all over, the ac may not be coming on any time soon. >> thousands are still waiting for crews to reach their streets. many worry they're going to be celebrating the 4th of july in the dark. >> reporter: the weight of downed trees and snapped power lines, residents are waiting for bge to take action. these neighbors have been in the dark since winds rolled through the area friday night. >> they're trying to get through the heat. >> well, we've been leaving the doors open, the windows open. >> reporter: they're shaded by a century old oak tree hoping for a breeze and waiting for electricity. >> we're still blessed because we still have our homes. some limbs came down out of one of these trees and went the opposite direction. >> reporter: for some neighbors this weekend storm put a damper on their holiday but others say they'll find a way to celebrate. i'm gee gee barnett, wjz eyewitness news. >> the

. >> my neighbor john has ms, he's in a wheelchair. i just came back down to check and see if he needed anything. >> with wires down all over, the ac may not be coming on any time soon. >> reporter: we're back live on south lynn wood avenue, patterson park. this tree becomes part of a tourist attraction here. everybody slowing down, taking pictures. i want to tell you and everybody a quick story. my power went out friday night. i stayed over at my dad's, he had power. in the middle of the night saturday at 3 o'clock in the morning i hear this big truck pull up. it's a bge truck. there's a huge power poll near my dad's house. they they put a guy up in a bucket 70 or 80 feet up to restore power to other parts of the neighborhood and the big shopping there. he was probably up there a good hour, hour and a half. the whole procedure maybe took two hours. that's one line, one neighborhood, multiply that out by the thousands of lines and outages that we have and that's an example of why it will take so long after this massive storm friday nig

to rejoice of what democracy has made in that country and what john adam mills did to produce that democracy and make it work, and i yield back. a senator: mr. president? ms. snowe: thank you, mr. president. i ask unanimous consent to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. snowe: thank you, mr. president. i rise today to pay tribute to the life and legacy of dr. sally ride, the first american woman to enter space and who passed away, sadly, this week. a truly extraordinary woman and an american icon and hero, sally was a trailblazer who with a steadfast fortitude and an insatiable spirit of exploration accomplished what no other female in american history had before. when she rocketed into the heavens aboard the shuttle challenger on june 18, 1983, she also soared into the hearts of millions of americans, including myself. indeed, we recognized in her landmark achievement the realization of the quintessential american dream, that anyone, regardless of their gender, can succeed to even the greatest of heights, even if it is the stars. i was fortunate enough to have been present at cape canaveral -- by the way, along