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Looking how critical infrastructure attack effects us. here is my worry as we go forward. if we are paying ransom, somebody asked me. you were in this business to long. are they talking to russia? if its russian criminal gangs or cybercrime elements or talking to threat states against us? i can guess that they are. what i told them it does not matter. if we are shot on purpose or shot on accident we are still actually telling everybody what our weaknesses are which thens means they can assess an...

Here, they have a mission. their mission is to fight against isis. this area has the highest concentration of isis fighters anywhere in the world, still. >> richard engel, thank you so much, be safe out there. joining me now is republican congressman mike gallagher who serves on the armed services committee and is a military veteran himself. congressman, what is your reaction to all these twists and turns and the presidents rationalization for it? >> well, my primary concern in syria is that w...

Remarkable to me is how quickly critics of the administration are starting to float conspiracy theories that it wasnt iran. you can see how this could have cascading effects politically here as well. i think that iran is basically trying to send the message that if you mess with them too much, they can ruin the worlds oil supply through the straits of hormuz. thats a delicate thing to figure out how to respond to that. >> one of those people you are talking about, bernie sanders, put out a state...

Considered. would that be a strategic effort to block a vote if their nominees is one of their own? >> i dont think it would really succeed in that at all. i think the politics here are baked in on both sides. i was a great fan of justice kennedy and will continue to be so. he has a strong libertarian aspect that i enjoyed. the fact is, that the one thing you cant say about president trump is that he failed to deliver on his promises more than any president in my lifetime, he has made good on hi...

>> i dont think it would really succeed in that at all. i think the politics here are baked in on both sides. i was a great fan of justice kennedy and will continue to be so. he has a strong libertarian aspect that i enjoyed. the fact is, that the one thing you cant say about president trump is that he failed to deliver on his promises more than any president in my lifetime, he has made good on his promises. and the biggest promise he made over and over again like a mantra was that he was going ...

Caps last week and nondefense matters? absolutely. heres where we proposed a budget last year and we fought over with it with the democrats. the budg the democrats wanted a budget up here. i have reservations about the threat that poses. i have reservations on the impact thats going to have on the stock market. i have reservations about escalating interest rates. there are a lot of cascading effects to what was done last week in my judgment. it was the worse piece of legislation i have voted on ...

>> we are going to see cascading effects. folks are going to work less hours. thats going to cause a cascading effect where, on the long term, well have health issues, family issues that can arise. so, yeah, its pretty severe. >> you attribute this, you know, its a climate related story, its not just a city that didnt have, you know, capable system or water system for its people. >> correct. yes. definitely. yep. >> we thank you so much for joining us. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> lets ta...

Stranded on airplanes because of these cascading effects, residual effects from the delays going to the last update from officials, frozen equipment break downs and staff shortages and also heavier than normal passenger loads. this is grading what they describe as cascading series of issues for airlines that are still trying to recover amid this cold as well. this is the latest situation not helping the process here after thursdays storm. the water leak and we will keep doing the situation after...

Power was ever loss in this incident so that does show you the industry is losing leanings resiliency. jenna: even with the mass blackouts we have seen in the past like in 2003 2003 west of blackouts on the east coast caused in part by a tree branch, was not even anything that was a serious attack. were talking the way some of these companies can prepare if they are attacked, so what about prevention, where are we on that? >> we have all experienced different parts of the country whether it is h...

Fun on your own. >> i think the effect is there but the republicans have got on the the presidents left on medicare for people who are 55 and over. even the medicare advantage cuts. let me just say the amount of beneficiaries is an open empirical question. theyre targeted at providers. there will be cascading effects. >> the medicare advantage cuts, what it means is very often theyre more generous than traditional medicare. i think its bad way of spending the governments money but its true there...