CBS Evening News - 2001-01-11
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[0:00] Millions face blackouts after Mother
[0:02] Nature contributes a damaging storm to
[0:05] an already spreading energy crisis.
[0:08] Nationwide, plunging temperatures and
[0:11] soaring fuel costs are sending food
[0:13] costs through the roof. A new anatomy of
[0:17] the Texas prison breakout and the
[0:19] violent gang that pulled it off. And
[0:22] Timothy McVey prepares to learn the day
[0:25] he will die.
[0:27] [Music]
[0:32] This is the CBS Evening News with Dan
[0:35] Rather reporting from CBS News
[0:37] headquarters in New York. And this is a
[0:40] special Western edition. Good evening.
[0:43] Millions of Californians face rolling
[0:45] power blackouts tonight after a powerful
[0:48] storm piled natural disaster on top of
[0:51] the state's man-made deregulation
[0:53] disaster. With energy costs spiking ever
[0:56] higher, many Golden State residents may
[0:59] not be able to keep the lights on at any
[1:01] cost. Tonight, lights could go dim or go
[1:04] out completely as utility officials
[1:06] struggle to prevent an uncontrolled
[1:08] collapse of the power grid. CBS's Sandra
[1:11] Hughes is covering this still breaking
[1:13] story.
[1:15] Under the West's first punishing storm
[1:18] of the winter, California's fragile
[1:20] power grid finally snapped. As streets
[1:23] flooded and high tide washed out
[1:24] beaches, one of the biggest power
[1:26] suppliers to Northern California, the
[1:28] Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant, had
[1:31] to be shut down. Huge waves pushed
[1:33] seaweed and other debris into the
[1:35] cooling ducts. California power
[1:37] officials have put out the call pleading
[1:39] for more power from neighboring states.
[1:42] We are working with all of our
[1:43] neighboring control areas uh neighboring
[1:46] states