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Local authorities to make sure that our city is prepared. you do not want it to happen. well be prepared the same way we prepared hurricane matthew of the initial approach. >> what about power, whats the situation of miami beach, do you have aboveground? >> we have a combination, we have not had any significant power outages on miami beach. that could change. the the worst of the winds is going to happen throughout the evening. we are all on standby. of course, if people have any issues, they ca...

Are on the line here. first a spill in aquifer could contaminate communitys drinking water and do irreversible -- that would be irreversible damage. when i was nebraska, landowners told me this is the reason. its a major threat. >> were in a very fragile cell. and we have sand right over the aquifer. you dont have to go down very far before you start hitting that water. theres a vast amount of water right there. and in this sand and gravel mixture, if theres a crack, a leak, anything like that, ...

Will this new bill help to change all their minds? im joined by jeremy richardson, hes from west virginia and joining us from washington. welcome to you. a big story here. how strong is this brand-new bill, this water storage bill that passed, and why should people care about it. >> good morning, ari. thanks for having me. my really appreciate it. it is definitely a great step in the right direction, for west virginia. what the bill does, two important things. it establishes regulations that mak...

With me now a man fighting to convince the nation and our leaders of this danger, former deputy assistant secretary of defense for nuclear forces in the reagan administration and now the president for the center of security policy, frank afton. frank, i want you to explain to me how the power gets to homes. there you go. >> there you see a generating site, probably gas powered, i would guess, stepping down to get the bulk power distributed as efficiently as possible through to the places that ne...

With me now a man fighting to convince the nation and our leaders of this danger, former deputy assistant secretary of defense for nuclear forces in the reagan administration and now the president for the center of security policy, frank afton. frank, i want you to explain to me how the power gets to homes. there you go. >> there you see a generating site, probably gas powered, i would guess, stepping down to get the bulk power distributed as efficiently as possible through to the places that ne...

I still wonder how any governor, particularly one who is so concerned about government spent i -- spending, feels this is a legitimate use of taxpayer dollars. its effective to the following extent. part of whats going on here, in her view, is theyre trying to send signals to people dont pop your head aboveground because if you do, well bash you down. >> the whack-a-mole style of defense. >> the other thing theyre doing is trying to gather facts. whether this is going to be fought out in the cou...

Do if youre aboveground. and, you know, its just tragic. >> all right. congressman, thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you. >> and obviously our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. certainly your wife who is here. and well see you later on today. >> were watching all sorts -- >> means a great deal. thank you. >> thank you, tom. >> thank you, tom. were now -- were now taking a look, mika, over at the medical center. >> yeah. and lots of different pieces of equipment are ...

Is something that was obviously beyond human control. not human caused. it is way too early to think to have even think about that. some of the thing that went through my mind, again, possibly an underground power source or aboveground power source. weve had issues with manhole explosions. we hope that it is something like that and not something else. we cannot even speculate. we cannot even go there right now but were human. and this day and age, an event like, this it is one of the first thing...

Decade led hamas attacks against israel. the assassination the beginning of a barrage of air strikes on gaza that also targeted hamas rockets. at least ten people were killed and dozens more wounded. were at the beginning of the event said the israeli defense minister not at the end. israels military warned hamas operatives not to show their faces aboveground. hamas which controls the gaza strip and committed to israels destruction fired rockets into southern israel, they vowed revenge. saying t...

Efforts. >> jared, you know that the president in the form of american jobs act has been pleading with congress to allow him to employee people, both in sectors like education and construction, to improve the infrastructure, aging infrastructure of this country. do you think that what has happened here is, in a way, going to produce an accidental stimulus, simply by the effect of this natural disaster, which will force the state of new jersey, new york, and other places around the country, to sp...