That beautiful bird. Go ahead. Let em judge. You have to do if your electricity went out for a month . Perhaps a terror attack brings down the entire u. S. Power grid. And thats not the stuff of science fiction. Reporter when the lights go out, we usually know why. Hurricane sandy coming ashore on the east coast. Reporter Mother Nature is at it again. Most of the time we manage to get through it. But what if the power went out in a number of states, effecting millions of people for weeks, even months. As you were researching this did you find yourself getting frightened . I think frightened was a little bit too strong but maybe i should have been. Its frightening enough that my to buy enough freeze dried food for all of our kids and their kids. Reporter in his book lights out. Veteran journalist, ted ko p pppel paints a grim image of an all out cyber attack on the nations electrical grid. Who do we have to fear the most russia, china, iran, terrorists . All of those. The ones who are most capable are the ones least likely to do it. There are some experts that they theyre already in. They are in. Theyre already in the grid. I was told that by the former chief scientists. He stated categorically, the russians are in and the chinese are in. The iranians may be on the verge are folks like isis, terrorists groups. Reporter the power grid is the system interconnecting north americas supply of electricity. Power from another region can sometimes serve as back up. The down side to all this, if a hacker manages to take down an entire grid, a huge porshztion of the country along with parts of canada could go down with it. Like so much else these days, it relies heavily on the internet. We have a joke in our Security Industry that theres no secure system. The only secured one is unplugged, turned off and buried under six feet of concrete. Reporter he should know. Hes a Cyber Security consultant who gets paid to find glitches. In other words, hes a hacker who works for the good guys. The last six years of me doing testing full time, there has never been a customer that we have not gotten in. 5 28 tuesday evening, an 30 Million People were in an eery darkness. Reporter in 1965, a huge blackout in the northeast left more than 30 million without power for almost 13 hours. New yorkers have taken it in stride as far as you can see . Reporter in 1977, new york city was plunged into darkness again, this time resulting in looting and other crimes. There have been mas chg power outages. Reporter in 2003, partly over grown trees were part of a blackout of some 60,000,000 people. That one lasted up to four days in some areas. But our next electric failure could just be a key stroke away. Its definitely not for lack of capability on various parts, whether it be us or an enemy. I think it comes down to timing and i tink we need to make the right people mad at the right time. Reporter you would think the one group was ready for this it would be the department of Homeland Security. Are they ready . No. They all acknowledge there is no plan. Reporter he says the current secretary, jay johnson, didnt offer much guidance either. You described the conversation as prickly at some point. Thats because i kept asking, what is the plan . Do you have a plan and he just pointed at a shelf filled with white binders and he says look, im sure theres something up there somewhere. Reporter we wanted to find out for ourselves but both the white house and the Department Energy declined our request. And the department of Homeland Security refused to speak on camera. Instead we were given a statement which reads in part. Reporter next, we reached out to some of the big electric companies. Ted koppel says the is he right . No, hes not right. Government is building plans very quickly to help manage the on the grid. Are the Power Companies prepared to respond to a largescale cyber attack on the grid. Theyre strengthening their abilitiability to respond to an attack. Their readiness is not where it needs be, given the ed a vrsed averse continues to strengthen the weapons to be used against the United States. Reporter ironically, its our less sophisticated electric providers who may have an edge here. This is the south canal system. Reporter take the deltas electric association in southwest colorado. One of 900 rule power cooperatives in the United States. It serves some 2800 customers scustomer. To what degree do you rely on the internet . Its for noncritical functions. Reporter if somebody hack under to your system, how vulnerable would you be . They are have a an extensive amount of back ups sfwlrks would you. Reporter would you consider changing to a system that relies heavily on the internet . We would not. Sfwlrks serving approximately 42,000,000 people in 47 states. None of these coops reply lies on the internet for the distribution of power. But as koppel sees it, its too late to pull the online plug. I dont think were ever going to give up the internet. There are too many advantages, even if it has the capacity to reek enormous damage. Im just saying wake up to what its capabilities are. Reporter and since theres no turning back, its important to think ahead. Do they need to be stouking up on water and freeds dried foods. Those are very poirmntant measures. Average citizens need oo to be able to take care of their own families, neighborhoods and communities and not assumet oncal sam is going to bring in the cavalry and rescue them. You said to our grandchildren and then you said heres hoping that opie, meaning you, got it wrong. Right. Reporter you thing you might have gotten it sfwlaungwrong . Of course. I spent a year 1 2 to get it right and im alex trebek. If youre age 50 to 85, this is an important message. 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The federal trade commission is even taking action against diet pill manufacture roca labs. This is essentially online bullying. Youre infringing on peoples rights, their freedom. Reporter one person said businesses would be more effective tackling negative feedback head on. If they afirmatively responds and said were sorry or thanks for the review, were going to try fix that problem, that actually gets them better results with consumers. Reporter now theyre legislation to make sure these are illegal. I think many of them would run in horror. Sfwlrks we were delayed on a car loan. Reporter they reported the fine as a debt, ruining the familys credit until 2014 when they were awarded a 300,000 settlement. I hope nobody has to feel scared, humiliated and bullied by a business. Reporter california is the only state that has its own laws prohibiting gag clauses but theyre considering bills to ban them nation wide and theyre monsterring cases, prepared to step in. Cbs overnight news will be right back. Gist, i have performed 9,421 and a half prostate exams. So why do i do it . I know prostate exams can save lives. So, if you are a man over 50, talk to you doctor to see if a prostate exam is right for you. If we can do it, so can you. It forbes says kalty perry was the highest. And taylor swift was second. And shes involved in an uglae legal battle. She had a radio personality fired claiming he groped her. Radio personality was known to his listeners, simply as jackson. He admits taylor swift probably was groped that day, only he wasnt the one responsible. The bad blood between taylor swift and David Mueller just got worse. In her countersuit filed this week, she says while posing for a photo during a meet and greet, mueller lifted her skirt and groped her bottom. Offended and alarmed. Swift is known for using her muse took settle scores. And her security later kicked mueller out of the concert. Her management also complained and provided the photo. Two days later, mueller was out of a job. Entertainment lawyer doubts swift will settle the case. Shes already stood up to Music Industry titans like apple, spotify and kanye west. They file these suits. Mr. Mueller must have been living under a rock for several years if he actually thought he could bully taylor swift. Reporter he said the false accusations hindered his ability that Eddie Haskell was the real groper. He claimed that haskell had shown him how he put his arms round him and smith found that preposterous. Ms. Swift knows exactly who committed the assault, it was mueller, and shes not confused in the slightest. Theyre demanding the case go before a jury. They very astutely asked for a jury trial. People are going to be far more inclined to believe her than an absecure radio dj. For others, your news continues. From the Broadcast Center in new york silty. Day that a new steady blames Climate Change for a new surge in storms and wildfires. It is certainly possible there was a bomb on board. And well have an investigators view of the clue. A gang targeted and executed a 9yearold. And the High School Kid who invented a better way to test for ebola. Doesnt matter if youre a girl, if youre young or where youre from. This is the cbs overnight news. Were beginning with severe storms with at least one tornado that whipped through texas. This was fort worth late on thursday. Heavy winds blew the roof off this office building. Jeff ray is a meteorologist at our cbs station ktvt and hes in fort worth tonight. Reporter im on the north side of fort worth and this tornado moved right over the interstate and hit this commercial building right over here. And you can see what happened next in this dramatic video. You can see the damage to the cars here. A lot of the employees really shooken up after the event. They had to find a ride home. Nobody was hurt but the National Weather service was tracking this tornado and that office is literally six blocks away. Fortunately, they did not get hit by this tornado. Well, this was also the day nat government scientists said 14 of the last extreme weather events were made worse by Climate Change, caused by pollution. Examples sited included the 2014 by land and by sea, we have two reports. First, john blackstone. Reporter most years the dungeness crab harvest is bountiful. But high levels of toxic algae make it unable to eat. Sarah cohen is a marine biologist at San Francisco state university. Weve never had a warming event like this. The contributing factors and how its going to play out lead scientists to have huge concerns. Reporter the study found that in 2014 extreme heat waves, like the one that gripped south korea, were made worse by human caused climeate change. Burning coal and meth in a gas. The report studied extreme weather events around the world last year. And devastating floods in new zeal squpd australia were found to be worse because of Climate Change. In the United States, record snowfall in the northeast and midwest was not the result of climate chanchsh rather just sitrical weather patterns. However, the study says severe wild fires in california are becoming more likely because of global warming. Its causing a lot of unfortunate disastrous attacks around the world. Reporter this is the first time theyve studied whether human activity was directly involved. And over the years, more than half of the weather conditions have been linked to human caused Climate Change. The extreme warming of the pacific that john mentioned is quickly changing the ecology all along the west coast and heres ben tracy. Reporter off the coast of Southern California, fisherman are having a field day, hooking all sorts of tropical fish, whales are putting oen a show in monterey bay. And farther south, kayakers are finding themselves surrounded by hammer head sharks. Rarely seen off california. Chris lowe is an nurene biologist and home to the tech lab. He says al el nino is shifting the oceans ecosystem north. When you study marine life, el ninos are really cool because they bring a whole new cast of characters we dont typically see. Such as red crabs and a highly venomous sea snake. Many of these individuals may typically reside a thousand miles south of here but now are following that warm water, looking for food. Including the very top of the food train. Tourists watched as a great white shark attacked a sea lien. Sea lions are also starving to death because the small fish waters. Another impact of el nino. Its also expected to changing the weather here in california and bring much neated rain after four years of drought pch they typically begin in january. Ben, thanks very much. In chicago today there was a tragic revelation in the murder of a 9yearold boy. 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I think there is a possibility that there was a bomb. On board. And were taking that very seriously. Reporter the president stressed there is no evidence and nothing from the flight data recorders and nothing from the wreckage to confirm the bomb theory. Its based on heat fleshes detected by a u. S. Sat slight at the moment it plane went down. Images, which are consistent wan explosion or do not identify the cause. Isis has publicly claimed responsibility for bringing the plane down without offering any proof to back up the claim. U. S. Intelligence has intercepted communications in which members of isis are talking about the crash as if they had something to do with it but that could just be bogus bragging. And the other possibility, a mechanical failure has not been ruled out. And scott. David, thank you. So, what are the likely clues . From the air its clear much of the doomed yes caught on fire. That he will rir get a fw reading by swabbing hit the. He says it appeared the tail broke off before being engulfed in flames. You look at the edges to see how they came apart from the main part of the fusal lodge. Did it look like there was a trackture. It did look like there was a structural it formty. And in the days after it was shot down in ukrain, our Marc Phillips was able to see clear signs it was hit by a missile. He says determining a bomb blast is not as straight forward. It tarks time and you do this in the laboratory. A cockpit voice repoureder will have a special wcla. Four years to discoverer the this plane came down not due to terrorism. That made it a very difficult and challenging investigation. Investigators will look at the bodies of those on board. They will also study the luggage. Mostf oit appears to be in fact