and quebec, canada...o lend hand with all these lines. and aim to have everyone hooked p pgain by friday.why does it take so long... it's simppe... this s mannal labor, around potentiilly deadly power lines. lines. live powerrliies... wee ffund thhs llne on fire &pyesterday... another example of how coordination is the most important thing in briiging the power back. power muss be shut off to specific lines before crews can safely work around them. bbt even to get to some llnes, the trees remain a huge oostacle. chaii saws are still churning throughout thee area, to get to trouble spots, as custooers watth, and wonder when it will be their turn for power. 09:11-09:23 "not a single,. solitary truck has been here... all they do is hang up on you. we;re too bbsy. call they're them. they're getting done." creww will continue to worr around the indiviiual workers pulling 12-16 hour shifts to get all the repairss if you see a downed wire, do not touch it and call b-g-e immediately. that brings us to our question

very grateful that they have entered that call of duty. 1300 utility workers as far north as quebec, canada, are here to help b.g.e. restore power throughout maryland. joining us now is one of those workers. straight from southern california. thank you so much for being here and for joining us this morning. how long have you been in town? >> i love saturday at 7:00 and i flew on the right out here and arrived sunday morning at 7:00 and i went straight to work. >> what are you seeing as you try to help out with this effort. >> a lot of people on the property and on the facility trying to do a lot of practices. quite a bit of work left to do. >> many viewers without power want things done quickly but safety has to be the first priority. >> there are a lot of procedures you have to follow. safety first and a lot of steps in order to energize the circuit. >> we appreciate your help and also for trying to get power back to maryland. we'll be on there all morning. we're told b.g.e. is paying for these workers -- food, lodging, and transportation. a tremendous effort to get power restored back and

they are working around the clock. 200 paul workers mostly from quebec, canada, arrived in fort myers today to assist in efforts.on it will be working with dominion today. >> many customers without power again. the possibility of restoration stretching into the weekend. they have endured another hot night. tschida.tephen >> the actual moment friday night when the lights went out. the battle to restore power continues. for many, still no sign. >> each day makes you a little weaker. >> 92 year-old morris struggles to brief. >> the service each year is getting worse. >> across the metro area, thousands remain without electricity. malcolm jackson says a slight window isough an open from the heat. >> if you go upstairs, that is hell. >> pepco says it could be a few before the power is neighborhood.at >> knowing pepco, it will probably be another week. robert jackson describes hellish. >> the devil is pepco. >> the irony is pepco has a for a rate increase commission. >> this lady says pepco front of the tree in protect power but she is sweating out outage any way. >> we benefit nothing from

see here, we've got a truck in from quebec, canada. that's one of the many workers who come in to help bge. and today, for the first time, we heard from the public service commission chief about what he intends to do to monitor the utility. >> reporter: day 6 and tens of thousands of people are still without power. as crews work around the clock to restore it. >> mother nature is obviously angry. >> reporter: the chair of the public service commission, which regulates bge says utilities could face fines if the response is not satisfactory. and an extensive evaluation will begin once everyone's power is back on, with bge required to detail restoration efforts within three weeks. >> we will have the opportunity in a deliberate and appropriate way to look at whether their systems should have weathered the systems better. and what, if anything, should be done about that. >> reporter: britney ball, who just gave birth, is still waiting for power, after a massive tree toppled the lines that serve her area. >> everybody is frustrated, hot. >>

>> all over the country and quebec canada, florida, michigan, tennessee, texas, all over. >> in the coming days, martin o'malley said get this down and get it done quickly. in those days where someone may not have power, what do k they do? >> if you haven't reported your outage, call us at 877-778- 2222, exercise caution around public safety concerns, such as downed power lines, give us a call. because there is extreme heat, make sure you and your family are staying hydrated and close your blinds and curtains. we have a list of the cooling stations throughout maryland for customers to access. >> thank you for joining us. we will have links at our website as well, abc2news.com. a few minutes before 7:00, we continue with your news to go in a bit. continuing our storm coverage of what going on, meagan is live. linda so is keeping you up to date. sherrie johnson is taking care of the code red facilities. that's coming up when we continue on good morning maryland. dark roast forest fresh full tank brain freeze cake donettes rolling hot dogs bag of ice anti-freeze wash and dry diesel self-serve

to get everyone back online by this weekend. 780 out of state workers are here including from quebec canada. we will keep you posted. linda so, abc2 news. >>> he says power should-- bge says power should be restored for 500 customers in towson. a tree fell on power lines out there knocking out power to the area. one family we talked to said they were trying to make the most of it. >> one nice thing is we talked to our neighbors and we have been doing a lot of economies rating. >> they are giving out ice to help people salvage a few perishables and plan to do the same this evening. >>> many people continue to wake up to downed trees and power lines across the state. damage is widespread. and charley crowson is out live in northeast baltimore with a look at the progress. how is it going? >> reporter: it's going very slowly. what you seabee neath the crushed -- see beneath the crushed tree is a crushed maroon subaru will go sigh. we are showing you what's going on --. a lot of people are trying to get creative as best they can trying to beat the heat and stay cool. we have been reporting throu

of new outages, 2,000 linemen working yesterday for dominion, 3,000 today, some as far away as quebec canada they hope to have more linemen on duty tomorrow. >> john, thanks very much. if you have been out to survey the damage yourself you know there are treebranches down all over the area, that includes here on 47th and warren, and west dc. you can see here this mammoth tree came down, toppling power lines crushing a car, folks rewalked to say it shouldn't have taken the storm, to bring down this tree. >> well, i am thinking why has the tree not been taken down, long before this. i mean it is a monster. total monster no long era tree it is a monster. >> you haven't have to live in fear a tree like this is going to come down. so again, i blame it on ddot and the district for not making better decisions about these trees. >> power poles came down in this neighbourhood as well. >>> as you mentioned before, pepco says it could be another five days before 90% of its customers are back online. crews are out working but they also need reinforcements from other citystates. those crews are on their

they are getting that extra support from extra crews traveling from as far away as quebec canada and oklahoma. 15 states as a matter of fact. they will be able to help deal with the massive damage from toppled trees and tangled power lines which could be tedious removing the power lines. wanting to do their level best to get people back to normal as quickly as possible. >> that is very kind of them. at this point it is a matter of life and death. let's hope we can get relief from the heat with millions without power across the country. marie y maria molina is here to tell us if we get relief. >> i don't have much good news for most of the country. we are expecting theegz hot temperatures to continue in place across areas like the plains the southern plains the southeast and even parts of the mid atlantic through at least friday. we are going to continue to see these hot temperatures into the 90s and even triple digits for some. stay safe out there stay hydrated. if you don't have any power like kelly mentioned for some communities try to head out to a cooling center. 77 right now in

last night we welcomed a contingent of 200 that came from quebec, canada. we processed them and they have begun work this morning. there is a lot of work to do out there, and we are deeper into the neighborhoods. we are working on removing trees from lines and beginning the rebuilding inside the neighborhoods today and into the next several days. >> is there anything you can suggest customers do if they are still without power and there are limbs down on the street or the front of their property? can they prepare anything before the crews get there? >> they need to stay clear of the trees and any lines that are down. the likelihood is they are not energized, but we don't want to take a chance and get anybody hurt. so there is nothing really that anybody can do to prepare or move limbs to help. we understand that customers want to help. in fact i was in a neighborhood yesterday where neighbors wanted to pull as many of the limbs as they could to help the crews, and we appreciate that so much, because this is about all of us working together as a community to

we just got a crew in from quebec, canada, and we're working from i would say they can't see in the morningl they can't see at night around the clock doing what we need to do to get all of our customers back on and we want to thank them for their patience. we know what it's like to be without power in 100-degree heat indexes and it's on it's devastating to have your life turned upside down like that. we understand that. just like myself. i work in clarkbsurg, west virginia, but i'm here and everyone is used to being working around the clock whenever our customers are without power. that's the priority is to get everybody back on. >> thanks for joining us tonight. >> thank you. >>> a warning for people trying to pick up the pieces after the storm, watch out for scams. maryland's attorney general doug gansler is reminding people to protect themselves saying this is the time con artists swoop in. he said be wary of door to doorsman using high pressure tactics to get your hard earned money. you may never see that money again while the job goes undone. >>> we are keeping our eye on other stories

about 200 hydro one workers from quebec, canada arrived in fort myer last night. currently more than 137,000 dominion virginia power customers are still in the dark. a majority of those outages are in northern virginia. crews from 15 other u.s. states are also helping with power restoration efforts. now, make sure you stay tuned to fox 5 morning news. head today, we're going out in the field with a crew from dominion virginia. holly morris will head out with them as they attempt to turn on the lights for people in springfield to give us a firsthand look at exactly what it is like to take on such a massive job. >>> new video into our newsroom this morning. water spilling from a large sinkhole in college park. it is happening along hollywood road near route one in college park. wssc says it is the result of an eight-inch water main break. so water has been shut down in the area impacting about 15 customers. we are told at one point a pepco truck got stuck in the hole but it was able to get out. crews are headed to the scene to repair the road. >>> also new this morn

brought in more than 1200 out of state utility workers and they come from different states and in quebec, canadand appreciate you joining us, rachel. >> thank you. >>> and one of the big questions, how long will the food last in your frigerator? if you lost pire, this is the rule to keep in mind. if the temperature goes above 40 degrees, throw it all out and that is usually two days. as for the fridge, you have about four to six hours. >> if you have spoiled food because of the power outages, get rid of it before that regular trash collection. the collection will run from 3- 7 today and tomorrow. >>> power is not the only thing out in our region. verizon service has an issue for hundreds of thousands of people. >>> and scam artists out in full force in the aftermath. what to look out for so you're not taken for a ride. n for a r . >>> power companies are not the only ones workinga after the storm. very i john crews have been out working all weekend. this is the latest statement from verizon. due to extensive commercial power outages across the entire region, our crews have had to deal with a nu

mid atlantic states and millions are without electricity and repairs crews from oklahoma, even quebec, canadatwave continuing, some hit the state of west virginia are now under new thunderstorm watches at this hour. and seven states in our nation's capital suffered massive power outages, after the storms came through. and the storm now blamed for the at least 14 deaths and progress reported tonight in the battle against the most destructive wildfire in colorado's history. and colorado springs said to be 45% contained nearly 350 homes destroyed and two bodies in the ruins, many of the evacuees have finally been allowed to go back home. i'm harris falkner and let's get you right aback to huckabee. >> if you'd like to comment on tonight's show, e-mail us at huck mail@foxnews.com. >> (applause). doctors are going to be one of the biggest groups impacted by the affordable health care act and it's funny how it's going to hit them. the fox news medical a-team, inner pulse and also, dr. martha boone, a urologist from atlanta, georgia and we welcome you and delighted to have you. dr. boone, get starte

poverty and disease but the canadian government including the government of quebec, invest $58 million in -- not for use in canada but to export to developing countries including india which will have put thousands of poor people at risk. will the prime minister and international development secretary encourage international community's including the world health organization to oppose this egregious decision? >> the head of the who later today, i can raise this issue. it is ban in the uk and e.u. and other countries. we are opposed to its use anywhere and deplore its supply to developing countries. it does not provide funding to project that encourage developing countries to import asbestos from any country or anything. not aware of these funds have been used in that way at all. i would take action if that is the case but he makes a strong point about the indian situation. >> the european code of human rights is hearing the case of the lady who lost her job at british airways for wearing a crucifix as a mark of her christianity. this was that disgraceful piece of political correctness. i was surprised to see the

poverty and disease but the canadian government including the government of quebec, invest $58 million in -- not for use in canada but to export to developing countries including india which will have put thousands of poor people at risk. will the prime minister and international delopment secretary encourage international community's including the world health organization to oppose this egregious decision? >> the head of the who later today, i can raise this issue. it is ban in the u and e.u. and other countries. we are opposed to its use anywhere and deplore its supply to developing countries. it does not provide funding to project that encourage developing countries to import asbestos from any country or anything. not aware of these funds have been used in that way at all. i would take action if that is the case but he makes a strong point about the indian situation. >> the european code of human rights is hearing the case of the lady who lost her job at british airways for wearing a crucifix as a mark of her christianity. this was that disgraceful piece of political correctne. i was surprised to see the gove

he spent time in canada, specifically in montreal and lennoxville, quebec, spent some time in europe, england, france, wound up in memphis, tennessee for a few years as president of an insurance company. he removed himself from that company and moved down to the gulf coast of mississippi to a plantation called bovire. he wrote a very long book called the" the rise and fall of the confederate government" and more or less settled into retirement. he spend the last 12 years of his life at boviore died in december 1889 at age of 81. davis was back in richmond, actually, his habeas corpus hearing was in richmond, not only in his former capital but in the building that housed his former executive office. before the war, it had been a court's building, a post office and customs house. after the war it was, once again, i federal courthouse and that's where the hearing was. he was back here at that time and at least one other time after the war, too, although he never returned to this house. we're a museum. we are a research library so we do have that function and that's very important for man

where now in canada and quebec and france. we are announcing in spain, india, japan, etc. we would like to be in china, but this is definitely a big issue, censorship. >> you might be interested to know that the state department has sponsored technology to help people break their way through or tunnel around the censorship. there is a system called tora that allows you to do that. >> in egypt, people are using old-fashioned dial up modem to the internet. -- to dial internationally to get on the internet. people find a way around it. >> how can the consumer evaluate the "information" that is on the internet? >> that is a tough one. the people have to have critical thinking skills. we should be teaching them from elementary school on up. you should look at it with a certain degree of skepticism simply because you should look at everything that way. we should look for multiple sources hand look for the credibility. is it an organization that is normally trusted? and even if this is, "the new york times" is very irreparable, but the people who do trust -- is very reputable, bu