pumps went down then the back-up set of pumps went down. can they gin up some sort of electricity to get the pumps going again. if they get the purposes going again, are they going to run into other issues. now, they've evacuated people once, twice. so there is some concern about that. we'll know in the next 24 hours. this is the critical period right now. >> thank you very much. let me get back to frank for one last question. what are the chances of sub siding in the northern california area along the fault? of the land mass slipping into the sea? >> essentially none. we will have tech tonic motion, which moves in slow turns, but nothing would happen in scale of our lifetimes. >> so i can rest assure there will not be some sliding of northern california. >> yep, you can buy your property there. >> thank you so much. nbc news chief white house correspondent chuck todd with president obama's response. this could be one of those