anthony: thank you very much, steve abbott from the north carolina department of transportation. appreciate your time this morning. caitlin: and we appreciate all your work andersen drivers who have been working round-the-clock. they've been doing a great job. >> will do, thank you. caitlin: another cold, dark morning meanwhile for tens of thousands of people across the area. anthony: many of them don't have electricity and have been without power for 24 hours now. slowly but surely, the power crews are making progress. right now, nearly 20,000 people without power in wake county. that's down from about 62,000 at this time yesterday morning. johnson county also hit hard with about 14,000 people in the dark. caitlin: ed crump getting an update on duke energy this morning. what did you hear this morning so far, ed. ed: well, we're hearing that there's, you know, the number you gave about the number of people, that the crews are excited about getting back out on the road. in fact, we're going to show you right now, we're on i-40 and getting off in the garner area. if you take a look