many cases would describe how afraid they were, some cases having to actually be escorted out because they were really worried about their security. and you establish a culture in which people think that journalists not only are not there to serve them but that actually journalists are the enemy. none of this really surprises me. i think the fcc case as well, where the apology said something like, i was freezing and starving and that s why that happened. it was very bizarre. so none of these things make a lot of sense, i think, but also they are part of this longer continuum of a president who clearly hates the press and knows how to leverage that, again, to reach his voters. let s be clear. i ll get to john in a minute. lee, one more question on this, to soledad s point. the constitution protects your right to hate the press. bring it on. this is an open society. the question is what does the constitution say about a president asking the fbi director to, quote, put journalists in ja
16 people have already died since thursday when triple digit temperatures unleashed the deadly storms leaving millions without power. you see all of these states in yellow? these are the states suffering in ohio, 425,000 customers without power as of 10:00 last night. same story in virginia, same story in maryland, where hundreds of thousands of people are waiting, waiting for that electricity to flip back on. there is still really no let up in sight this morning. 20 states under heat advisories and there s a state of emergency in maryland, ohio, west virginia and virginia. athena jones is live this mother. what s the situation, it sounds dire. reporter: it is, we re standing at an intersection where a traffic signal just got the power back not too long ago. there are several i can see down the road that don t have power. that s a big issue as people head back to work on this monday morning. we did get an update. the utility companies say the workers are out in full force w
depth on the public education crisis. it s called don t fail me, education in america. it airs sunday at 8 p.m. eastern right here on cnn. and this s pretty cool a nice thing those kids are doing, huh? don t got the money, got to do something, pretty creative, i m looking forward to soledad s special, she does excellent work as you and all of our viewers know. thanks, lisa. stand by for an exclusive look at the libyans who left the good life and other countries to go home and fight against gadhafi. i will ask a top rebel leader if the opposition wants gadhafi taken dead or alive. and high-profile targets and failed plots to attract united states. we are learning more about the secrets revealed by terror suspects.
coming up. when we return, we ll go back to sendai, south of where soledad is. paula hancocks is standing by there. we ll see what she s been witnessing this day, three days since the earthquake and tsunami roared through parts of sendai. we ll be right back. we ll be right back. we re with you when you re saving for your dreams. [ woman ] when you want a bank that travels with you. with you when you re ready for the next move. [ male announcer ] now that wells fargo and wachovia have come together, what s in it for you? unprecedented strength, the stability of the leading community bank in the nation and with 12,000 atms and thousands of branches, we re with you in more ways and places than ever before. with you when you want the most from your bank. [ male announcer ] wells fargo. together we ll go far.
of that area outside the evacuation zone. but it is a great concern. i can tell are for anyone traveling in this area, you want to know where that zeone is. the government is saying anything close to 0 kilometers, 12 miles from the plant is a no-go area. they ve evacuated people. but many people are worried maybe the government is downplaying it so obviously you want to be as far as way from those nuclear plants as possible. dr. sanjay gupta is in an area just south of where soledad was in an area around the city of d sendai. what have you seen this morning? the first thing you really notice when you re walking through is the remarkable smells. when you re just this amalgamation of smell and sort of this smells that you don t think should belong from the sea because you are this far inland.