mark mckay from cnn sports joins us live. mark, what can you tell us? >> i can tell you the good news is most of the lights are back on now, don, after about a 25-minute delay. this occurred at the start of the second half, actually, the explosive baltimore raven offense came out in the second half with a 109-yard kickoff return for a touchdown, the longest in super bowl history. san francisco had gotten the ball back 13:22 of the third quarter on third and 14, bam. not the entire stadium, the entire dome did not go out, but a really good portion of the dome, including the middle section and all of the scoreboard went completely dark. >> this is really unprecedented and it was interesting to sit here in the newsroom and watch and get people's reaction on social media, because the ravens were really charging ahead of the 49ers, which was unexpected, because most people's money, mark, as you know, was on the san francisco 49ers. >> the niners need to make the biggest comeback in super bowl history to get back into this came. colin kaepernick and company w

mark mckay is there watching all this go down live in realtime. mark, as you're watching this, it's on the loud speaker. instead of hearing they're on the 49 and it's a flag on the play and people are starting to do the wave and then people start to get a little bit happy and then they get a bit restless and i'm sure you guys started to wonder is this going to turn ugly? >> reporter: we wondered how long it would go on. it lasted for 34 minutes. there were announcements made to us to remain in our seats and power will be restored shortly. that delay stretched 34 minutes before football came back. yes the momentum shifted. the san francisco 49ers trailed by 22 points. they were down by 22 points to the baltimore ravens. it seemed as if they were running away with this game just after halftime. jacoby jones ran back. the power went out. it didn't completely go out. the dome wasn't completely tossed into darkness but it was enough to halt the game. players on both sides were on the sidelines trying their best to stay limbered up and trying their best

and mark mckay is there, and he is watching up aof this go down, live in realtime. and mark as you're watching this, you know, it's on the loud speaker, instead of hearing they're on the 49 and it's a drive or a flag on the play and people are starting to do the wave, entertaining themselves. people get a little bit happy, and they get a little restless. and then i'm sure you guys wondered is this going to turn ugly? >> we wondered how long it would go on, it lasted for 34 minutes. there were announcements made to us over 75,000 in the dome to remain in our seats. that delay stretched 34 minutes before football came back. the 49ers trailed by 22 points. they were down by 20 points. it seemed as if the ravens were running away with this game just after half time, jacoby jones ran back the opening kickoff to the second half, 109 yardses for a score, and then the power went out. it didn't completely go out, the dome wasn't completely tossed into darkness, but it was enough to halt the game. players on both sides were on the sidelines trying their best to stay limbered u

mark mckay from cnn sports joins us live. mark, what can you tell us?st of the lights are back on now, don, after about a 25-minute delay. this occurred at the start of the second half, actually, the explosive baltimore raven offense came out in the second half with a 109-yard kickoff return for a touchdown, the longest in super bowl history. san francisco had gotten the ball back 13:22 of the third quarter on third and 14, bam. not the entire stadium, the entire dome did not go out, but a really good portion of the dome, including the middle section and all of the scoreboard went completely dark. >> this is really unprecedented and it was interesting to sit here in the newsroom and watch and get people's reaction on social media, because the ravens were really charging ahead of the 49ers, which was unexpected, because most people's money, mark, as you know, was on the san francisco 49ers. >> the niners need to make the biggest comeback in super bowl history to get back into this came. colin kaepernick and company were trying, now they slowed their mome

mark mckay is there, and he's watching all of this go down live in realtime, and mark, as you're watching this, you know, it's on the loud speaker, instead of hearing, there's a drive, there's a flag on the play. people are starting to do the wave, entertaining themselves, people start to get a little bit -- they're happy and then they start to get a little bit restless, and i'm sure you guys started to wonder, is this going to turn ugly? >> we wondered how long it would go on. it lasted for 34 minutes. and, yes, there were announcements that were made to us, over 75,000 to remain in our seats, the power will be restored shortly. that delay lasted 35 minutes before football came back. the momentum shifted. the 49ers trailed by 22 points to the baltimore ravens, it seemed as if the ravens were running away with this game, just after half time, jacoby jones ran back the opening kickoff to the second half, 109 yards for a score, and then the power went out. didn't completely go out. the dome wasn't completely tossed into darkness, it was enough to halt the game. players on both sides were tr

and mark mckay is there, and he is watching up aof this go down, live in realtime. u're watching this, you know, it's on the loud speaker, instead of hearing they're on the 49 and it's a drive or a flag on the play and people are starting to do the wave, entertaining themselves. people get a little bit happy, and they get a little restless. and then i'm sure you guys wondered is this going to turn ugly? >> we wondered how long it would go on, it lasted for 34 minutes. there were announcements made to us over 75,000 in the dome to remain in our seats. that delay stretched 34 minutes before football came back. the 49ers trailed by 22 points. they were down by 20 points. it seemed as if the ravens were running away with this game just after half time, jacoby jones ran back the opening kickoff to the second half, 109 yardses for a score, and then the power went out. it didn't completely go out, the dome wasn't completely tossed into darkness, but it was enough to halt the game. players on both sides were on the sidelines trying their best to stay limbered up, trying thei

mark mckay is there, and he's watching all of this go down live in realtime, and mark, as you're watching this, you know, it's on the loud speaker, instead of hearing, there's a drive, there's a flag on the play. people are starting to do the wave, entertaining themselves, people start to get a little bit -- they're happy and then they start to get a little bit restless, and i'm sure you guys started to wonder, is this going to turn ugly? >> we wondered how long it would go on. it lasted for 34 minutes. and, yes, there were announcements that were made to us, over 75,000 to remain in our seats, the power will be restored shortly. that delay lasted 35 minutes before football came back. the momentum shifted. the 49ers trailed by 22 points to the baltimore ravens, it seemed as if the ravens were running away with this game, just after half time, jacoby jones ran back the opening kickoff to the second half, 109 yards for a score, and then the power went out. didn't completely go out. the dome wasn't completely tossed into darkness, it was enough to halt the game. players on both sides were tr

mark mckay is outside the super dome.till a bit awkward, carol, with both brothers john and jim facing the media. for the first time i can remember, it always happens, both head coaches meet the media the friday before the super bowl, but here in new orleans it was jim and john harbaugh sitting in two chairs with the lombardi trophy right between them. one of the two brothers will be holding that trophy come sunday. so it is certainly a super bowl of mixed feelings for the harbaugh family. as for one of the questions that was fired at the brothers, could one brother work for the other? >> i would love to work for jim, i'd love it. it'd be the greatest thing in the world and we almost made it happen at stanford at one time. and it'd be an honor to have him on the staff, great coach. you always try to get great coaches and there's none better than jim harbaugh. i mean it. no better coaches than this guy sitting right here. >> reporter: and this could very well be, carol, all in the family next chapter. why? because john's s