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What the hoover dam did for hydroelectric power, plugging in new energy source directly into the existing utility grid. >> this is the kind of project that i think we'll look back on years from now as a real signature project for our nation. >> this project is unequivocally without a doubt would not have been built without the federal government support in the form of the federal loan guarantee program. >> critics call this a white elephant that would not have been built if not for $1.6 billion in federal loans and a mandate that utilities buy renewables even though they'll pay double or tripl...

Making an emergency landing. at some point it lost cabin pressure flying over the atlantic ocean but managed to land in massachusetts. one women was taken to the hospital. but there were 25 people on board. it was traveling from germany to dover air force base in elwear. >> and details of a sniper attack in a substation in silicon valley. a massive blackout was averted but it was close. this happen just a few months ago. and now law maker ares are calling for a review of the utility grid. we have the chief security officer of the north american reloiblt he and a principle in the group. nnice t...

>> well, there's no doubt about that. the fact of the matter is is nuclear proliferation is the number one threat in the world. certainly, wmds or weapons of mass destruction, getting in the hands of terrorists or a nation state like iran, is not only dangerous to the region, but also dangerous to the american people's security. and then the often unspoke of danger that we're facing, because so much of our critical infrastructure in the united states is exposed, is cyber attack. the fact is, our financial system is exposed. our government, except for the military, is. our transportation system...

Hard line on this. they do not want foreign entities hacking our institutions or our political -- >> if they are we should know how they're doing it and beat it. >> we can't assume it's one country or one government or one set of hackers from a certain country. we have vulnerabilities that have yet to be addressed. and president elect trump rudimentary way, said that no computer is safe. and in a sense he's absolutely right, certainly the computers at the federal government. there was a "washington post" headline that screamed that russians had infiltrated vermont utility grid. but they hacked...

To begin or say good-bye to 2016 and a bay in which to say hello to 2017. this malware on this laptop in vermont. how worrisome, potentially dangerous is this to you? >> it's alarming the attackers are going after utility grid. one thing we should note is we're doing same things to other countries, it's used for military preparedness. so this is happening all over the place and it's very concerning because usually the energy grid is very vulnerable, it has a number of exposures and very easy to get into. >> so you are saying this is a just in case, that we would hack and other countries might ...