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Infrastructure bill, hard infrastructure, sanitation, water systems, streets, roads. and moving all of that to tomorrow's economy. the electric transportation economy of tomorrow. that's in that bill. the green energy systems. the grid system. all of that is in that bill. that's what we did. we got two republicans. two republicans joined us. but also keep in mind that their earmarks are in that bill. they voted against their own earmarks. no, i don't understand what they're doing but we can do this without them in the house. and if we have to use a reconciliation in the senate, we'll do that. ...

Our grid system is now being shut down in places because of the excessive heat. i just got a notice from one of the utilities in spokane that 8,000 people have been cut off from electricity. the air conditioners aren't doing them good now. the cooling centers, we have shared information with our citizens with heatstroke and how to recognize it and what to do about it. but we have to recognize we are not built for this heat. climate change has dropped a heat bomb on the pacific northwest. we are called the evergreen state for a reason. it's moderate. it's cool. it drizles quite often. we are no...

In any way, minimize the tremendous cost that we suffered back on 9/11 in 2001. but just like you mentioned, an attack on a healthcare system, a network of hospitals, for example. or, you know, other-such facilities. shutting down the energy supply, let's say, of the entire-east coast of the united states. you know, what could be the health impacts of something like that? they could be enormous. >> in 2010, on a different network, i was interviewing then-cia director leon panetta. and i asked him what keeps him up at night? here is part of his answer. take a listen. >> the whole area of cybers...

Threat to our electrical grid. which i believe -- i'm pretty sure the russians have probably penetrated, maybe even planted malware which they could activate at a time of their choosing. they would have a profound, damaging, and disruptive effects on this country and could cause loss of life. that's why this is a really serious threat. so, what we are seeing is kind of, in my view, previews of coming attractions, perhaps, if we don't get more aggressive about retaliating against these attacks. >> so, in 2010, at a different network, i asked cia director -- then-cia director, leon panetta, what...

Organizations as well as the city handing out bottled water to families who need it. and although the power is coming back, problems in texas still remain. and this is what we've seen across the state, water pipes bursting and firefighters responding to reports of possible fires. this catastrophe unfolding in so many ways for several days. the storms that plagued the south now moving east, blowing snow and ice, rain and wind. and tonight, looming questions about why ercot, the private company that runs about 90% of the texas power grid, was not prepared for a weather event like this, when cond...