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Local authorities to make sure that our city is prepared. you do not want it to happen. we'll be prepared the same way we prepared hurricane matthew of the initial approach. >> what about power, what's the situation of miami beach, do you have aboveground? >> we have a combination, we have not had any significant power outages on miami beach. that could change. the the worst of the winds is going to happen throughout the evening. we are all on standby. of course, if people have any issues, they can call 311 to let them know immediately if there are any power outages. our big concern is floodin...

Are on the line here. first a spill in aquifer could contaminate community's drinking water and do irreversible -- that would be irreversible damage. when i was nebraska, landowners told me this is the reason. it's a major threat. >> we're in a very fragile cell. and we have sand right over the aquifer. you don't have to go down very far before you start hitting that water. there's a vast amount of water right there. and in this sand and gravel mixture, if there's a crack, a leak, anything like that, it's going to get into -- into that porous material and it's going to be in that water very ra...

Will this new bill help to change all their minds? i'm joined by jeremy richardson, he's from west virginia and joining us from washington. welcome to you. a big story here. how strong is this brand-new bill, this water storage bill that passed, and why should people care about it. >> good morning, ari. thanks for having me. my really appreciate it. it is definitely a great step in the right direction, for west virginia. what the bill does, two important things. it establishes regulations that make it so we have to inspect the tanks, the aboveground storage tanks, like the one that leaked on j...

With me now a man fighting to convince the nation and our leaders of this danger, former deputy assistant secretary of defense for nuclear forces in the reagan administration and now the president for the center of security policy, frank afton. frank, i want you to explain to me how the power gets to homes. there you go. >> there you see a generating site, probably gas powered, i would guess, stepping down to get the bulk power distributed as efficiently as possible through to the places that need it, namely the industrial sites and then stepping down, stepping down to getting it to people's h...

With me now a man fighting to convince the nation and our leaders of this danger, former deputy assistant secretary of defense for nuclear forces in the reagan administration and now the president for the center of security policy, frank afton. frank, i want you to explain to me how the power gets to homes. there you go. >> there you see a generating site, probably gas powered, i would guess, stepping down to get the bulk power distributed as efficiently as possible through to the places that need it, namely the industrial sites and then stepping down, stepping down to getting it to people's h...