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The u.s. at altitude ideal for an emp attack. for years congress has struggled with many bills designed to harden the nations electric grid against an emp attack but none of them made it out of committee. special interests often intervene fearful of the cost of upgrades when the effects of an emp attack are still being disputed. bret? >> bret: doug, thank you. the man in charge of homeland security says the terror threat is much worse than most people realize. secretary john kelly told steve doo...

What is striking is the degree to which the russians were willing to undertake an audacious and risky action against the most powerful nation on earth. that ought to be a warning to us, that if we thought the russians would not dare to so blatantly interfere in our affairs, we were wrong. and if we dont do or best to understand how the russians accomplished this unpress did p attack on our democracy, we will only have ourselves to blame. we know a lot about the russian operation, about the way t...

Committee. oh, wait here he was here at the iernl deal quizzing nuclear physicist the energy secretary on some lets just say charitably pretty fringe theories of the electromagnetic pulse weapons or emps. >> emp attack like somebody like north korea or iran it can be conducted from a ship off our coast using a scud missile. >> im highly concerned. as you secretary of energy not even aware of these recommendations made public in 2008. >> joining me now wisconsin native and editor-in-chief of "pro...

Telecommunications. that means no transportation. that means no medical supplies. >> start pushing and the cops came. >> this clip from a recent national geographic special gives us a sense of what life might be like after an emp attack. if it sounds far-fetched, consider last july, a steamer owned by irans ally was found in panama hiding nuclear capable missiles under sugar. experts believe russia has given emp technology to north korea. our sun also produced emps. a big one called the carringt...

Sweltering temperatures across the country, with triple digits expected in the midwest and mid 90s in washington, d.c. nearly two million people are still without power in our nations capital and several midatlantic states after storms ripped through the area over the weekend, killing nearly two dozen and leaving a path of destruction. meanwhile, crews in colorado are finally gaining control of the most destructive wildfires the state has ever seen. the a.p. reports that climate change appears t...

Well, you may have your car, lawnmowerrer -- mother, the family junk stuck in your garage but for one arizona man it is the staging area for dooms day and hes not the only one, the supplies and tools he needs to survive the apocalypse, whichever way it may come. >> its a passion. >> put it together. come on. good job. >> we probably spent anywhere from 20-30,000 on all the trappings in this lodge that we have. >> weve got to get this stuff loaded up. >> anyone that doesnt take their own self-pre...

About it the problem would be far worse than that. you are talking about hospitals with no power. people on ventilators, suddenly dying simply because there is no energy. so much of our infrastructure relies on computer controls. all of that would be out. gingrich and others are talking about the possibility of tens of millions of deaths from a nuclear strike that doesnt even land, you know, doesnt go off right above-ground. >> thats right. and hes correct in that. thats another finding from the...

Emp commission. newt gingrich warned on this on the campaign trail. he is not alone. other folks from both parties said this is a real possibility. how realistic, peter? >> it is a have a very realistic threat. the congressional emp commission said why iran is developing nuclear weapons. they wrote about attack united states with a nuclear emp attack in their writings. weve seen them engaged in missile training that has all the signatures of preparing for an emp attack including launching missil...

clouds of tear gas in the streets of cairo again as police battle protesters, well take you right into the middle of the clashes, im wolf blitzer, youre in the "situation room." a day after the republican candidates sparred and cnns national security debate. mitt romney is back out there on the campaign trail. he picked up a new endorsement today in iowa. key conservatives have already held secret talks there. end of fining alternative candidate for the support. cnn joe johns is tracki...

Randomly target an average citizen such as yourself given you spend your time on the cell phone or down at dave and buster playing whack a mole with your friend, skeezer. ian checkses in, baker rocks, bill sucks. does the cia take the threat of an -- of a weapon seriously? an emp attack could kill 50% of the population by killing our infro struck you are too. shouldnt we prepare more on missal defense instead of cutting it? >> they talk about various cia policies which dont sound real to me. i h...