as if bankrupt detroit doesn't have enough problems, a power outage plunged detroit into the dark today. rick is monitoring the situation from our new york headquarters. >> reporter: as of late this afternoon, about 75% of the city's vast -- this was a serious shut down in the heart of one of america's biggest cities, a major cable failure caused an entire grid to ruse power, cutting power to fire stations, and numerous schools. in fact the entire public school system closed down before noon. parents whose kids don't ride busses had to bupick them up. eight to ten people were stranded on elevators, prompting