rain there. that s on top of the mess left by irene. new flash flood warnings are in several areas. meantime, patience is wearing thin up and down the east coast for nearly 900,000 people. still without power for nearly a week now. in connecticut, 220,000 customers remain in the dark. criticism of utility companies is growing ask there s even a call for investigation. i don t believe they were prepared for it, you know? it seems like they were delayed and they didn t take it seriously and think oh, it s going to happen here, certainly not to the degree it did. it s a similar situation in new jersey where 75,000 homes are without electricity. even as flood waters recede. president obama will visit paterson, new jersey, on sunday.
lot steeper and higher, which seens it s a lot deeper down here. but this is that amazing house shot that you see from up above, that lone house standing up against the flood. this is our water pump, to pump water. this is the low spot inside the levee and it comes down this drainage and through here. reporter: if you get a leak, water comes down to this low spot and you spit it back out. that s right. reporter: they don t have anything they can do until the flood waters recede, and that s not going to happen until the middle of june. in the meantime, the family said they always wanted lakefront property. in yaz u county, i m martin savidge. amazing. joe johns is following some
caps. this is their son todd s house. as you can see, his levee is a lot steeper and higher, which seens it s a lot deeper down here. but this is that amazing house shot that you see from up above, that lone house standing up against the flood. this is our water pump, to pump water. this is the low spot inside the levee and it comes down this drainage and through here. reporter: if you get a leak, water comes down to this low spot and you spit it back out. that s right. reporter: they don t have anything they can do until the flood waters recede, and that s not going to happen until the middle of june. in the meantime, the family said they always wanted lakefront property.
building. the media, in large part, were camped out at another location, believing that was going to be the place he would be staying. they camped out into the evening. he wanted to stay here, uptown, at his wife s apartment on the upper east side, but the apartment building said no, not wanting a 24-7 media circus, as you can imagine. dsk is facing sex crime charges, seven counts in connection with the alleged attempted raich of a hotel raid. he allegedly phoned the front desk and invited the receptionist up for a drink shortly after he checked into the hotel. she declined. in a moment, we ll talk with mark geragos and new york s top law enforcement officer eliot spitzer. but first, all we know so far from the beginning. here s suzanne candiotti. reporter: it was just last friday when dominique strauss-kahn checked into the hotel, a luxury hotel in midtown manhattan. according to a law enforcement source, the head of the international monetary fund was looking for company.
he forced her to perform oral sex on him. reporter: just 25 minutes later at 12:28 p.m., strauss-khan checked out of the sofitel hotel. prosecutors contend he was rushing to get to the airport. the defense says he was rushing to have lunch with his daughter before heading to the airport for a previously booked flight. he was scheduled to leave jfk at a flight for paris on that day, and i also have the documentation from air france which shows that the ticket was bought on may the 11th. reporter: soon after the alleged attack, the maid was reporting the incident to hotel staff. around 1:30 p.m., the police were called. no one knew of strauss-khan s whereabouts until he called from the airport, inquiring about his lost cell phone. a move the defense says proves he s innocent and was not fleeing the country. but according to a law enforcement source, when police boarded the air france flight to take him into custody, something stood out. the suspect never asked why he wa