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Some of it is regulatory. some of it is market. i don't think the government should be in the business of picking winners and losers. having cleaner energy, more efficient. look at our grid system. we need to work on the infrastructure. i'm a huge infrastructure guy. at the end of the day, investing in infrastructure now will be good for this country. investing in technology, investing in research so we can make our energy portfolio cleaner over time is the right and prudent path. >> all right. >> secretary of the interior, ryan zinke, thank you very much. >> thank you, mr. secretary. still ...

Electric grid system that could affect all of the north east. >> and vice-versa. >> absolutely. it's essentially a constant reconnaissance as a military guy, that is the way i would put it. we probe, evaluate, and peer over the shoulder 24/7 online all the time. russia does that to us and china does that to us. we need to have the discussions that lead to protocol so we can know exactly what is on the table and we know what we're talking about so we don't have some bad event occur because somebody has a hair to tell them to pull the trigger, push this bu button to make it happy. >> thank you. ...

Operations directed at the u.s. government and the systems. what happened then is a lot of utilities contacted by the government ran through some of these things and were looking for the particular malware. it was the vermont utility that found something. it was isolated, it was on a laptop, it wasn't on their main system. here's what the utility said in a statement, this came out last night, they said, we detected the malware on a single burlington electric laptop not connected to our organization's grid system. we took immediate action to isolate the laptop and alerted federal officials of t...

Companies for the past three years. other critical infrastructure like the nation's power grid also constantly under siege. >> it makes me wonder about what would be potentially next, and that makes me concerned. >> reporter: a more modernized grid system using digital technology means more access points for intruders. rene marsh, cnn, washington. in lebanon, hezbollah's leader is threatening retaliation. kuntar was laid to rest on monday. he was killed in an apparent air strike in syria. the leader says it was an as is nation by israel. the israeli military would not confirm or deny accusat...

Companies for the past three years. other critical infrastructure, like the nation's power grid, also constantly under siege. >> it makes me wonder about what would be potentially next. and that makes me concerned. >> reporter: a more modernized grid system using digital technology means more access points for intruders. the department of homeland security said in a statement it continues to work with federal agencies and the private sector to strengthen the nation's cyber security. we know the government has a 24/7 hub for sharing cyber security information. but as you know, jake, as it relat...