he's joining us now. he's just west of new orleans. ed, still hundreds of thousands of people are without power, electricity, without gas. what's it like there on the ground? >> reporter: well, i think it's becoming rather miserable for tens of thousands of people across the region. and it's been like that, and the worst part is that there doesn't seem to be a lot of light at the end of this tunnel quite yet. so, a great deal of concern about how long it's going to take to get the power turned on. that is a huge step in just getting people the relief from the heat index that is well over a hundred degrees in many parts of southeast louisiana. then there's gas lines and people needing those gas lines to either power up refrigerators or ac systems or fans. all of that kind of stress is really building. wolf, this is the neighborhood that president biden just visited a short while ago. in fact, his motorcade just went