pandering nonsense they can cater to the eight voters that even show up so they can save money from the 96 people that show up from the elections and they retain all the power so it doesn't really matter. >> that's a terribly depressing thought. >> it's not depressing. it means you identified all the power. you've got 10% of the people picking all the candidates, and y,lau lyav fe mth bfoth pridti ectn d, soo it >> d'tavanythin this ia lltive cllenge that we face that will be transce transcendent to this little episode. >> dylan, we've already taken a minute of your broadcast.

we have six seconds. rht > cetoe eiyo ank yofojoings. od monday afternoon to you. i'm dylan ratigan. beautiful spring day. it's beautiful. you got deepak chopur today. we start with a look at our own security first, summer, of course, right around the corner which puts a rather dangerous strain as it always does on an outdated power grid that hasn't been updated since the eierhh toc in d. e natial solar storm which is a risk to knock out the

national solar grid. we got a brief taste of the blackout. there wasn't a lot of crime, people enjoyed themselves, although nobody, i don't think, would prefer it. a couple days of blackout in 2003 lasted a couple days and sendtono tenre gd2 f ne sie cadsystemsor mre efcitly th ours,hey were back up within a few hours. ours would not have that same level of redundancy, which we'll talk about. they also warned terrorists could disrupt the power grid. the russians, in fact, developed similar -- theusor rerd a

ne. cricsathne- suri, rprise- ignoring or coverg u our grid's vulnerabilities to protect the power companies that would be burdened with expenses of upgrading the power grid. the whole money in politics thing, you know how it is. look no further than 300 g's that they point to with evidence for the conflict that, they say, does not deal with thesesss. tentntny scef, ni niol vir tt skrce. chs,hashe rsk i shoun't say tht. i outline the risk. what is the probability and what is the ability to assess the probability that this risk would occur? >> thank you, dylan.

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hi, keli. nice to see you. >> nice to see you, dylan. this year the president was overshadowed by more dazzling stars in his orbit. i'm not referring to george clooney, i'm referring to his wife. michelle obama did what she has done since the beginning of the obama administration, upstaged fit dytoe t mst ou t polapotil guf a ndannyar i eca 69% of americans have a favorable opinion of her, meaning if her husband faced her in a presidential election, he would lose. think the hillary clinton's campaign in 2008, the possibility of another woman in the oval office someday does not seem too far fetched. and i actually think mrs. obama would make a stronger candidate gnictre fe wkand for a variety h

exricesothg r sbd ricid for cking. she was a college professor before beginning in politics and she worked in city hall in the non-profit sector and later served as vice president in a hospital. when it comes to the real world, who would be stronger isn't even a contest. while his singing skills may have won him a few admirers, he's got nothing on her hula hooping and dance skills. not only was she the bread winner for at least part of their marriage, meanine s r ckto ssizehe bis derhuba's poti ambitis, b she was involved in budgetary issues in ways that she was not. an article about the 2008

presidential race had al sharpton saying he wished then-candidate obama was more like his wife. there was something about the way she angled for the endorsement of her husband's candidacy that combined charm with toughness. the president has spent a lot of his first term being charming, but ly abluly n. tif seheashe eayndsent odemocrat, who has already dubbed herbert than obama. the name of the admirer, president barack obama. dylan? >> how universal do you think that is? meaning, you know, it goes back to roosevelt. there's a cliche behind every wrhee.man is ao

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