something of significance that might lend the investigation. now back to the reunification point in mansfield, texas, where senior correspondent casey stegall has an update. casey. casey: trace and sandra, let me set the scene for you now that you can see me and we can bring live pictures. you see in the distance, that is the center, that is the performing arts center. debbie road is in front of us, where you see the activity and you can see as my photographer scott pans down the line, the line stretches for miles and miles and miles. these are all parents waiting to get directed into the parking lot and driven up to the performing arts center and reunited with their child after really terrifying situations unfolded this morning just after 9:00 or so.
they ve been here for hours. the first person in line showed up just before our first new day live shot which was around 5:30 local time. and people we ve heard from say they want president biden to know they are hurting. you can see this line stretches along the street and it wraps around the block, and in just a moment, i m going to walk you up to the gas station so you can see what s happening there. the hurting part can t be expressed enough. people don t have power. those who are fortunate are getting gas for not only their vehicles, but their generators at home. and there are some signs of hope in some parts of the city here in new orleans, houpower has be restored. across the state there are still more than 800,000 outages. that s across the state. and that s not the only thing people are waiting for. they re waiting for the power to come on, but they re waiting for some form of relief because the death toll here in louisiana is
covid rules are back to star tim carney moments away on the hypocrisy behind the masks. first, the new epicenter for covid in the u.s., the state recording nearly 22,000 cases o saturday. that s the biggest one-day tota since the pandemic began. just yesterday, or people in florida were in hospitals because of the virus and. the numbers that we are seeing. live at the covid testing center in orlando. hi, charles. covid 19 has a strong grip o florida all over again. e long line of cars with people inside just waiting to get a covid test. this line stretches for at leas a mile, this is the way it s been all day long. it s situation.
story with a lot of these businesses. the business next door i want to show you, we were speaking with the owner, kenny, and he told me that there were some are kcars damaged inside, it is a high end automotive shop. but kenny has been sleeping inside of his business with his shotgun because he has had a real problem with looters. he said last night he had four people come through with flashlights trying to loot the business. huge, huge problem. they have actually put a sign out front saying that they will shoot looters. this is not the only business that has had a problem with looters. they brought in national guard to deal with some problems with looters. the sheriff has said. and if we can flip around and show, look at this line of cars, this is the line to get out of town. this line stretches for miles and miles and miles. and one other thing that i want to point out, the power lines
but you can t teach them experience. it s not like they re going 100 yards and it s so deep and so far in. the longer that line stretches, the higher the risks go. something can go wrong with one of the kids trying to get them out. can you describe what it is like to dive through a cave system? i saw it described they re in the middle of monsoon season. this is fast moving and really muddy water that they re dealing with. it s cold, dark, scary. especially with kids that don t understand. when you are a trained diver, you have an awareness of what s around you. you know what you are doing, because you are trained. you don t have that fear. you are trained that if something goes wrong, how to think your way out of it and use your skills and experience to deal with that, whether it s not seeing or losing a mask or finding your way. there s hand signals. you can t talk. you grab each other s hands and give code.