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putin is facing another round of military setbacks. and at our nations border, the government says arrests have now exceededn just one year. well talk to the chair of a congressional hispanic conference, raul ruiz about that and much more. and we begin with our top story this morning, hurricane fiona strengthening to a category 3 storm after devastating parts of the caribbean leaving at least three dead in puerto rico and one dead in the dominican republic. now, the storm is now ba...

in its latest operating profits, with soaring parts inflation hitting the bottom line. lets focus on the main business stories. president biden who has accused oil and gas companies of war profiteering and threatened them with a windfall tax. in the uk the focus will be on the oil giant bp. last week shell reported is second highest quarterly profit on record but it was not required to pay the uk windfall tax on energy firms due to making large investments in the uk. oil and gas prices...

On after the wind event is over, sometime midday tomorrow, they dont just flip a switch and turn the power back on, they have to go out and physically inspect all of those lines to make sure if a limb has come down on one of those lines, they ve clear that, make sure everything is okay. They started turning off power in the Sierra Foothills around 2 00 this afternoon. Places like the peninsula, they could be impacted. Overnight stly. But as you said, it takes time to get it back up and running. ...

Security supply perspective but when prices are so high in the uk, from an economic perspective, it makes common sense for people to think about how they can reduce the energy consumption. t how they can reduce the energy consumption-— consumption. i think it is important _ consumption. i think it is important to _ consumption. i think it is important to be - consumption. i think it is important to be honest l consumption. i think it is i important to be honest with people about what to expect...

Only temporary power for critical facilities but commodities for folks who need them. >> so what kinds of things, for example, just hearing from gabes report, 800,000 people without access to drinking water. the power situation, of course, is a critical -- of critical importance. what is fema doing to help puerto ricans right now? >> absolutely. were working closely with the commonwealth. in fact, administrator chris well is touching down right now to meet with not only the governor but to overs...

Covid. it has relatively low vaccination rates and relatively high rates of hospitalization, and most hospitals, we hope, have enough backup generation capability, but remember one thing specifically about covid, joshua. if you are on a ventilator, ventilators require power, and so this becomes an issue as well in hospitals in the area, and as you said, entergy is trying to redirect the energy towards the sewers and the water department in the city, and they have made it clear that nobody else i...

5:00 p.m., or 1700, we successfully executed that plan and those sectios of the sierra foothills and the north bay are now deenergized and will remain that way until the all-clear, which we believe will be at noon tomorrow to bills point. in terms of the scope and how we reduced it, we were able to continue to further sectionalize our system and perform switching operations to limit customer impacts. we were also able to secure backup generation for a few communities, specifically anguin, placer...

The neonatal childrens healthcare in the hospital where young children are born. >> new york university hospital, yes. >> they have had to be evacuated. how do you get power back on-line in the hospital even when their generator has been affected? >> there is obviously the backup generation at the hospital that failed. that needs to be addressed its an emergency situation. all of the resources that can be dedicated to get that back on-line receives the kinds of attention it deserves. bob from ...

Right now and, you know, the power crews cant get out until we get below that 35 mile an hour sustained wind to start doing some of the restorations that we need to get done and were concerned about some of our critical infrastructure as well. some of the backup generation has come down. so were pretty concerned about some of those areas as well. so were hoping those winds die down and we can get the crews out there to start doing some restoration. >> i dont know if you had a chance to hear dawn...

That we are seeing is a the power is being restored in various portions of the country. still it is a big blow. the reason, a big one, a lot of demand and not enough supply during these hot summer months, various states in that country, overdrawing, overusing, government sources adding to that. a booming economy, a soaring population and aging infrastructure and you got real big trouble. no real consolation for the people in india but we are told that they have a lot of blackouts, smaller ones w...