finally, a sign of progress in power starved ridgefield, connecticut. this is one of 30 crews working to get the lights back on. these men came all the way from denver, colorado. >> three days just to get a crew here. those crews should have been here in 24 hours. >> reporter: rooney marconi is ridgefield's first electman, much like a mayor, is angry, just as angry as residents burning up his phone lines furious about excruciatingly slow response from the power company. five days later, the story is the same in much of irene's path. 156,000 new york customers are without power, 81,000 in flood swamped new jersey. and nearly 5,000 in vermont. why is it so hard to get the power back? energy experts blame delivery systems straight from the last century. >> the problem is of course the old infrastructure mentality of putting wires on poles. why do you do that? >> reporter: anderson says power lines should go under ground. marconey says that idea is cost prohibiti prohibitive. >> are you ready to double your rates? are you ready for that? >> reporter: this f

we continue to move additional resources into the ridgefield area.art of the state and along the shoreline. the three hardest hit areas of the state. there's still plenty of work to be done and we know customers are frustrated. but we're committed to getting everything completed as quickly and safely as possible. that's from connecticut power and light. we want to thank joyce jaffe and rudy marconi for their time as well. thank you both. good luck. >>> dr. maya angelou isn't happy with the new mlk monument. she'll join us live, next to explain exactly why. martin luther king, jr. memorial in washington, d.c. all started with a dream and a mission to honor the civil rights leader and to inspire a nation to continue his mission. now 27 years after the idea formed, a massive 30-foot granite statue stands tall over the national mall. it took more than 15 years and $10 million to create the -- dr. maya angelou, a friend of the king's, was consulted during the construction. as much as she's happy the statue is in place, she's disappointed about one specifi

they're focusing specifically on the town of ridgefield, that's in western new york.y've set up what they're calling a scanning area to check cars passing through for the missing soldier. markham, as you mentioned, said he will not be taken alive. authorities say he's suicidal. on top of that, he says he will force police to shoot him to end his life, suicide by cop. according to a spokesperson, markham had been under what they refer to as unit custody in the bare racks after making bag on a civilian -- bail on a civilian charge. he was being watched by a member of his unit. at some point he stole a vehicle. we have found out that that vehicle was his parents' vehicle. he led police on a chase across three counties. authorities eventually stopped the vehicle, they used stop sticks, they punctured the tires, but markham, he jumped out, and he ran. he's 20 years old, described at 6-3, 180 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes of. he was last seen in camouflage, and he may be wearing a bulletproof vest. if you see him, call 911. jon? jon: so what do we know about the burg