 The utility expects to have an additional 400,000 customers restored by the end of day Friday and another 350,000 restored by the end of day Sunday. But notes roughly 500,000 could be without electricity into next week. Fox's Kristen Goodwin reporting. The Senate Homeland Security Committee holding a hearing today about American taxpayer money going towards so-called gain-of-function research, which aims to modify the characteristics of viruses. Former CDC Director Robert Redfield testifying that he believes all gain-of-function should be temporarily halted.