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Casualty figures at the most recent word have now risen to nine people confirmed dead and thirty three people missing and most of that death and missing it has to do with the landslides particularly in one town called off. where the hillsides collapsed on the houses while people were sleeping so it's a very grave situation absolutely very grave and also you know a logistical nightmare probably for the emergency authority as we hear electricity knocked out also we heard about that power plant which was switched to emergency generators for a short period what more can you tell us about you know ...

You about the issue of cyber attacks? >> he can't look at the world around us and not be concerned about cyber. a lot of people think if we have a cyber attack, that means i don't get to go shopping at amazon for a few hours. oh, my gosh. it would be so much worse than that. the potential for it to be disruptive -- i mean, imagine losing our entire electrical grid for weeks. your refrigerator doesn't work. you can't pump gas in your car. you're probably not going to work. hospitals, emergency generators have run out of field. it would be an enormously impactful thing for our country. it's abso...

>> how concerned are you about cyberattacks to bad actors and others? >> you can't look at the world around us and not be concerned about cyber and a lot of people inc. that means i don't get to shop for a valentine for a few hours. there is a potential to be disruptive. imagine losing our electrical grid for weeks. a refrigerator doesn't work, you can't pump gas, you're not going to work, hospital's emergency generators have run out of fuel. it would be an enormous the impactful thing for the country and it is possible from some of the nations you mentioned in iran and north korea to name a f...

People would be eating each other, dana. no, this is why i always do carry-on and i always have booze and a book and an ipod. if stuff goes bad, i leave. >> dana: i think i would have left too. i know a lot of people couldn't necessarily get out of the airport, they didn't have anywhere to go. but if you had an option, would you have left? everybody looked very calm. >> juan: it wasn't page black. they just didn't have power. they had emergency generators but the problem was, i relate to this with some intensity. if you flew in during this. matt, they were told you can't get to the gate. can o...

Been some improvements but through emergency generators, not from energy from the power authority. >> the deal, whitefish deal that so many are talking about, governor, the company hired to rebuild that power grid has come under a fair amount of scrutiny because much its size, because of this apparent connection to the interior secretary and the nature of the contract, which we're going to get to here in a moment. this is a spokesman in an interview here this morning defending the company. take a listen. >> this is really a very simple effort by an entrepreneur to get on the plane, fly to puer...