There is something way more sinister lurking behind electrical grids. A new report is warning that the very source of our globes power could create a National Disaster on a massive scale. The report says our entire air, rail system, it could all go down. Satellite communications, maybe even death and destruction could follow all from a massive solar flare on the sun. A u. K. Cabinet agency says in its space weather preparedness strategy report that humanity would have just 12 hours warning before a socalled coe row that mass ejection disrupts electrical power generation, telecommunication, avionics and, as we said, satellite systems. The Natural Disaster would not mirror those of hurricanes or tornadoes in terms of destruction, but an extreme solar storm could leave 130 Million People without power not for months, but for years and could also produce a catastrophic loss of life depending on how long the nations electrical system is down. So what do we do when weve got big utilities here in the United States . Are they ready, are they prepared . Were less that an hour to the closing bell. Lets start the countdown. Liz i know it sounds like were overstating this, but there is a very legitimate report out that involves the potential for earth to be for the first time in a long time in a very unique position to get smacked by a solar flare. If you dont know, a solar flare is when the sun shoots out blasts of radiation xrays across the solar system. The report says these explosions could cause power loss, aviation disruption, communication loss and disturbance to or loss of satellite systems. Our reasonable worst Case Scenario this is a quote would only allow us 12 hours from observation of this flare to impact. Are we ready for this, folks . How are Utility Companies on a very hot day in america right now reacting to the warning . American electric power, aep, has the biggest Electricity Network in the nation with more than 40,000 miles of transmission lines. Weve got the chairman and ceo, nick akin, whos joining me now in a fox business exclusive interview. Nick, good to see you, thank you so much for joining us. We were going to have you anyway great to ceo, liz. Liz the electrical grid is a big story, but then this report came out today. How familiar are your people with the potential for what solar flares could do, and are you guys ready . Liz, were very familiar with that. Weve been working on that for years. Certainly, the resiliency of the grid when you think about prevention, detection and resiliency, weve obviously made changes to our grid. As a result, we have additional monitoring equipment, we also have our equipment when its specced out to be placed into service. Its enhanced from various operating practices so it can withstand those kinds of solar flare activities. Any kind of geomagnetic disturbance, were able to resolve that. Also when you think about the resiliency of the grid, theres a lot of activities associated with what happens afterwards as well liz yeah. And thats a function of partnerships with the government as well. Liz you think the government should be way more on top of this than it is . I mean, this report came out from the u. K. Government. We have very smart people at noaa and nasa who have been watching this too, but this particular report out today really caught our eye, nick, because i looked at it and thought, whats different . It appears the way the sun and the earth are positioned and the 11 to 12year cycle of these solar flares puts us in a perfect storm, so to speak, that would really cause potential havoc here. Theres no doubt if you have a cataclysmic event, we have to be able to look at the resill genesee activities resiliency activities associated with that. The u. S. Government and electric Utility Industry has been working together for a couple of years now on massive types of activities with our grid x2, grid x3, there have been drills associated with that to really focus on the overall effort of the government and the Utility Industry in response to those types of events. But i can tell you that a lots being done already in terms of resiliency and prevention of that kind of activity, because we understand how important the electric quid is to grid is to everything we do in our daily lives. Liz would it be the kind of thing, nick, if this happened in the u. S. And a lot of the grid were knocked down, you would turn to your competitors, say lets all band together and fix this situation . You get a billionton plasma cloud in what is known as this coronal mass ejection, and its almost like armageddon, the movie, you know . We have to work on it together. Oh, youre right, liz. We would reach out, obviously, theres already a process in place. The utilities have been working together for decades in terms of mutual response to any kind of, any kind of catastrophic event. So that process is already in place, and its been enhanced with the government in terms of the activities that they can do in support of rehabilitation of the grid. So those are extremely important areas whether its cybersecurity, geomagnetic disturbance, whether its physical security, those are the kinds of things we Work Together all the time on. Liz nick, i want you to stay with me because i have somebody youd be very interested in hearing from. We just landed tom berger, the director of noaas space weather prediction center. You see this report, is it an overstatement . Is it overdramatizing . Thank you for having me, liz. First of all, i havent seen the report in detail. It was just released yesterday. Do have it, i am reviewing it. I dont believe its overdramatizing the potential effected of a large event. However, we should emphasize that we are aware of this. Our government is also studying this problem in detail, and we do think were prepared to both forecast and alert any such event should it occur. Liz okay. But right off the bat i need to ask because as were looking at all of this, what should companies, the government and individuals do to prepare . That thing on your screen looks scary but, again, its the unique positioning of the earth this time around that could make things worse. Its really, the sun goes through these 11year cycles, and its in near the pk of one of its 11year cycles, so youre seeing a view of the xray sun, if you will, and its active, but its not much more active than any other past cycle, in fact, its a lit 8 less little less active than in past cycles. Were not really too concerned about an event like this. Again, we are vigilant at noaa and nasa, 247 vigilance on the sun liz of course. And here at the space weather prediction center, its our job to make sure were not taken by surprise should the sun create one of these large events. Liz nick, as you look at all of the things you worry about as the head of aep, which is a bigger threat, the Environmental Protection agencys regulations or a solar flare . Because more regulations are supposed to come down in a week or two. [laughter] i dont mean to choke, but were wondering and figures out what happens with the co2 emissions and how much longer you guys will be given to fix that situation. Of course, the Supreme Court had weighed this on this very, very dramatically. Yeah, liz, in some way youre asking a great question, because everything that we do whether its epa relateed, whether its market related or any other issues, weve retired 25 of the coal fleet in this country. And when you do things like that, you really have to think about the resiliency of the grid in response. And you have to take your time doing it, because margin is being taken out of the system whenever youre taking out components or changing out components. And so we want to be very careful, and i think thats what were looking at, the clean power plan, when the president comes out with that. Can we really deal with the timing, the timetables, the effectiveness of all the reductions that would occur in terms of retirements and make sure thats manageable so that we can maintain that margin to answer any kinds of these types of events whether cyber, physical or geomagnetic. Liz you have a lot to think about. We appreciate you taking time out in your day. Nick ache kins, aep has a near 4 dividend payout, so if youre looking at a tenyear in aep, you get a lot more. Tom berger, director of noaas space weather prediction center. Good to see you, sir, thank you for being with us. Thank you, liz. Liz were at session highs right now. Thats interesting. 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Com liz closing bell, 45 minutes away. Weve got a stock thats getting hammered today, and its whole foods, hitting a record 52week low at one point today. The company, heres what happened, reported disappointing earnings per share, disappointing revenue and outlook yesterday. So all three down after the bell. As a result, several firms including Morgan Stanley and webbush all made target cuts on whole foods, down 12 . Now, on an analyst call yesterday, whats the problem . Ceo walter rob partially blamed the companys weak sales on the pr disaster that followed the nyc, new York City Department of Consumer Affairs audit. What did that find . It found that new yorkers were getting charged a lot more, that the stores in new york were mislabeling the weights of freshly packaged foods. I shop at that whole foods, by the way. Liz well, we all do. Ive been ripped off. Im a victim. [laughter] liz you look like one. Im a victim. How did you just say stern agee . Are you threatened the the by te french . I hate the french, but, you know liz down 12 , you can see, with whole foods. Now lets switch over, soul cycle Just Announced soul cycle. [laughter] liz will file to go public. Yes, an ipo for the boutique fitness studio. It also announced its naming a new ceo, the current chief operating officer, julie whalen. The outgoing ceo will remain involved in the company, but she doesnt get to run it. Im a fly wheel girl. Youre a fly girl . Liz that too. Take a look at twitter. As we mentioned during this weeks earnings call, the stock was doing nothing but going down. Its up just a third of a percent right now after hitting a 52week low in the wake of its Earnings Report where it basically just showed they have very slow future growth. How long does twitter have to go before someone snaps it up . Charlie gasparino. I just want to make this one observation that jack dorsey, we should show a picture of him, i think hes the best looking c suite executive. Liz the bearded wonder. Hes a good looking dude. Liz that is an old picture. He is a good looking dude. The only person, i think, from the c suite thats better looking than him is the president at ci, this nabon. Shes beautiful. Will. Liz shes beautiful. A lot of fine looking people. Hes cofounder, very smart. Look how good looking he is, right . Liz thats the beard, and now its a lot longer. But this guy is one of original founders of twitter. Hes extremely smart. He also came up with square. The guys great. Listen, heres the bottom line, twitter is not going to be an independent company forever. Everybody on the street knows it. They basically conceded internally and during analyst calls, they dont come out right and say it, but they wink and nod. This things going to be sold, the question is when. Liz to whom . The question is when. Liz why not to whom . The stock has to go down. And i think what you have, see from the street right now is that and theyre fessing up to it, that this is a company with very, very slow low growth metrics, and they dont have the c suite management to handle it liz its 31. 33. Jeff green, the billion power in investor who came on right. Look at that chart. Liz twitter at 72, he said its got to go to 30, and then its the price to buy. Yes, then it is. Its a take at. I dont think theres going to be much of a premium unless youre someone like Mark Zuckerberg who really loves this product. Liz you say when, i say who. A perfect fit for google. I know. And cara swisher came out, the great tech reporter came out and said, you know, google is a more likely candidate than facebook, she believes. Liz would you agree they had nine years after twitter to figure out how to monetize, and they just couldnt do it. I just dont think they have the management. Jack dorsey, i mean, listen, if he were a woman, they would say and this is where sexism comes in in Corporate America they would say, well, you know, this is just a face, you know what im saying . I mean, he doesnt, he doesnt know how to manage. Of. Liz you had evan and wiz, but they brought in cost low. Costolo, who hated charlie and me. Was he good looking . Liz all i know is he wouldnt talk to us, and look where his career ended. Thats what happened to him. [laughter] door can citys a better i think dorseys a better looking guy. What do they call guy became goes . Bimbos . Gimbos. Hes a good looking guy liz charlie, we have some break news, but you get to stick around for it because its a big media and entertainment story. It is this coming up with the closing bell just about 20 41 minutes away, we have the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines flight mh370. It did mystify the world, but now new clues from the remoment island in the middle of the indian ocean. 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Could he save the company he founded . But even before filing for bankruptcy, potential buyers were circling around like vultures including or member seagulls maybe sea seagulls investor carl