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Infrastructure bill, hard infrastructure, sanitation, water systems, streets, roads. and moving all of that to tomorrows economy. the electric transportation economy of tomorrow. thats in that bill. the green energy systems. the grid system. all of that is in that bill. thats what we did. we got two republicans. two republicans joined us. but also keep in mind that their earmarks are in that bill. they voted against their own earmarks. no, i dont understand what theyre doing but we can do this w...

Our grid system is now being shut down in places because of the excessive heat. i just got a notice from one of the utilities in spokane that 8,000 people have been cut off from electricity. the air conditioners arent doing them good now. the cooling centers, we have shared information with our citizens with heatstroke and how to recognize it and what to do about it. but we have to recognize we are not built for this heat. climate change has dropped a heat bomb on the pacific northwest. we are c...

In any way, minimize the tremendous cost that we suffered back on 9/11 in 2001. but just like you mentioned, an attack on a healthcare system, a network of hospitals, for example. or, you know, other-such facilities. shutting down the energy supply, lets say, of the entire-east coast of the united states. you know, what could be the health impacts of something like that? they could be enormous. >> in 2010, on a different network, i was interviewing then-cia director leon panetta. and i asked him...

Threat to our electrical grid. which i believe -- im pretty sure the russians have probably penetrated, maybe even planted malware which they could activate at a time of their choosing. they would have a profound, damaging, and disruptive effects on this country and could cause loss of life. thats why this is a really serious threat. so, what we are seeing is kind of, in my view, previews of coming attractions, perhaps, if we dont get more aggressive about retaliating against these attacks. >> s...

Organizations as well as the city handing out bottled water to families who need it. and although the power is coming back, problems in texas still remain. and this is what weve seen across the state, water pipes bursting and firefighters responding to reports of possible fires. this catastrophe unfolding in so many ways for several days. the storms that plagued the south now moving east, blowing snow and ice, rain and wind. and tonight, looming questions about why ercot, the private company tha...

100,000 customers that are out. our total customer base is about 120,000, and so weve been significantly impacted by this storm event. we did pre-stage over 100 linemen in our community prior to this storms impact. those folks will be getting to work as early as 6:00 a.m. in the morning. theyve already been out g surveying, getting an assessment of what theyre working into tomorrow morning, making sure they have supplies. we did have a portion of our sewer system fail but we were able to get it ...

>> well, in our current city, we, as i mentioned, have about 100,000 customers that are out. our total customer base is about 120,000, and so weve been significantly impacted by this storm event. we did pre-stage over 100 linemen in our community prior to this storms impact. those folks will be getting to work as early as 6:00 a.m. in the morning. theyve already been out surveying, getting an assessment of what theyre working into tomorrow morning, making sure they have supplies. we did have a p...

Today, folks woke up to crews really saturating my city. we had prestaged over 100 utility line men, 6:00 this morning, they were out working on these polls. i went around and visited a couple today and throughout the day. the truth is, though, that because the impact to our grid system over 60% of the transmission lines were impacted. because of the damage south of us, our energy line to southern energy was cut off. it is important that we get that re-established because as you know, you cant h...

What do you think in terms of the time before people can get power back, and how much are pressure is on you, because you are a candidate for the statewide office and the mayor of a major city, a thnd this is test for you, and the e emergency responders under your command. >> yeah, i will say that first of all, we have some of the best and the hardest working and most dedicated staff that you could ask for. the building behind me has been littered with staff and over 30 age agencies working toge...

To address this was already several months ago, that it is on-going. there was a report in "new york times" that russian hacker and election issues have been probing around with u.s. power grids. it shows that despite what we heard from the president about how he doesnt necessarily believe russia was behind election hacking is that they still, russian hackers are still targeting the u.s. and will continue to do so. >> sam, i wanted to ask you about a story on the front page of "new york times," ...