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. >> host: here's the book, "lights out: a cyber attack, a nation unprepared, surviving the aftermath." the author, ted koppel. >> today republican presidential candidate governor john kasich of ohio holds a town hall meeting in rockville, maryland. that state is among those holding presidential primaries on tuesday. you can see the town hall live at 2 p.m. eastern on c-span. ♪ ♪ >> madam secretary, we proudly give 72 of our delegates to the next president of the united states -- [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause]

the book lights out a cyber attack a nation unprepared. surviving. examines the potential for cyber attack. he looks at what could happen, how vulnerable the u.s. grid is to attack and the degree to which government agencies and electric companies are prepared to respond. >> the motion notion that you are going to give over control of the defense of your industry requires that you give up an awful lot of information. a lot of these companies the not want to give up. there was a bill passed last fall in the senate after years of wrangling that has private industry willing to pass on information to the government. but only after they have sanitized it. >> watch the communicators tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span 2. >> coming up next, q&a with writer and historian ron chern ah followed by "washington journal." later a discussion on the criminal justice system and its impact on the economy. >> when did hamilton, alexander hamilton first get on your radar screen? >> i started writing it back in 1998. it seems rather comecal because the reason i chose to d

and security of the electric grid is the subject of a new book by ted for a, a cyber attack nation unprepared, surviving the aftermath. it examines the potential for a cyber attack on the electric grid. he looks at what happened, how vulnerable it is, and the degree to which the government and electric companies are equipped to respond. ted: the notion that you are going to give over control of the defense of your industry requires that you give up an awful lot of information. and a lot of these companies do not want to give that up. passed lastbill clas fall in the senate, after years of wrangling, that now has private industry willing to pass on information to the government. but only after they have sanitized it. announcer: watchmen they night at 8:00 eastern -- watch monday night at 8:00 eastern. tv,ext on american history university of pepperdine school of law professor talks about the origin of the office of vice president. we will hear about the role of the first man who held the office, and the nearly convoluted method of selecting. before the 12th amendment, the office of vice presid

cyberattacks, nation unprepared. out," k, "lights the author, ted koppel. the sunday night on q&a, he talks about the musical chemical and the consulting work he did on the musical. it, i said reading really? hamilton's life is a classic hip-hop narrative. i was thinking what on earth is this guy talking about? he said to me on the spot is my first question was 10 hip-hop be the vehicle for telling this kind of very large and complex story. i'm going to educate you and he did. you can pack more information into lyrics than in the other. it is very dense. hip-hop natalie has rhyme innings, it has worked play, internal rhymes. he started educating me. 8:00 easternht at and pacific on q&a. president obama is currently overseas on a multi-day trip. one of his tops was in london where youth town hall. and included members of the u.s. members young people initiative. pres. obama: hello, everybody. thank you so much. hello, london. it is good to be back in the u.k. thank you for the wonderful introduction. was saying backstage i would vote for her for something. [

the book "lights out, a cyber attack, a nation unprepared, surviving the aftermath" examines the potential for cyber attacks on the electric grid. he looks at what could happen, how vulnerable the electric grid is to attack and to the degree in which government agencies and agencies are able to respond to the attack. >> the notion that you are going to give over control of the defense of your industry requires that you give up an awful lot of information that a lot of these companies do not want to give up. there was a bill passed last fall in the senate after years of raininging that now has private industry willing to pass on information to the government, but only after they have sanitized it. >> watch the communicators tonight at 8:00 eastern on espn2. >> c-span's "wall street journal" live every -- "washington journal" live every day with policies that impact you. adam talks about the presidential primaries in pennsylvania, maryland, rhode island, connecticut, and delaware. and the director of the center of politics and public affairs at franklin and marshall college previews the penn

electric grid, "lights out, a cyber attack, a nation unprepared, surviving the aftermath" examines the potential for cyber attacks on the u.s. electric grid, how vulnerable the sus to attacks and the degrees to which government agencies and electric companies are are equipped to deal with an attack. >> there was a bill passed last fall in the senate after years of wrangling that now has private industry willing to pass on information to the government. but only after they have sanitized it. >> watch "the correctors" tonight on 8 p.m. eastern. >>> the senate environment and subcommittee held a meeting on nuclear energy regulation. this is two hours. >>> well, i'd like to welcome all of our witnesses today and particular welcome to alumnus of the economy, mr. merryfield, who told me he began here in 1986 i think. as each witness knows, you have five minutes for an oral statement and then we're going to take questions. we're here today to i think examine an exciting topic and that's advanced nuclear reactors. i'd like to thank senator carper because i know he has a great interest in this.

a nation unprepared. surviving the aftermath.. >> and the senate just gambling back in a couple of seconds ago, ready to work on the date for federal energy and water project. that bill that sets ending on this project for 2017. a number of amendments pending. others will vote on one of those this afternoon at 5:30 eastern.

a nation unprepared. surviving the aftermath. the author, ted koppel. >> and the senate just gambling back in a couple of seconds ago, ready to work on the date for federal energy and water project. that bill that sets ending on this project for 2017. a number of amendments pending. others will vote on one of those this afternoon at 5:30 eastern. one deals with army answer our prayers, providing us with the privilege of entering your throne room whenever we desire. today, inspire our lawmakers with your wisdom, infusing them with a steadiness of purpose that glorifies you. give them power to follow after goodness, striving passionately to please you in their thoughts, words, and deeds. lord, bless all their undertakings and cause them to prosper. we pray in your merciful name. amen. the president pro tempore: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and j

declining budgets and enormous domestic needs, president roosevelt recognized that the nation was woefully unprepared to defend herself given the alarming developments in asia and europe the previous two years. congress acted and although assured we could stay out of the war, this body passed the unprecedented selective service act of 1940 to increase our defensive posture. while some would call it timely, we were still woefully unprepared for the horrific attacks on our naval, land and air forces in 1941. when the blow fell, we had for the first time a sizable forward deployed force based in the philippine islands, in december, 1941. that allied force of 150,000 soldiers fought bravely for five months until their medical supplies, food and, finally, ammunition were exhausted, prompting the largest vendor of u.s. forces in american history -- surrender of u.s. forces in american history. tens of thousands of these allied soldiers died in brutal captivity, all simply because our nation could not get to them. while we had future capacity, we had forfeited our defensive posture through cost cutting poli

the book, lights out, a cyber attack, a nation unprepared, examines the potential for cyber attack onhe grid. it looks how vulnerable is thetric is to an attack and degree to which electric companies of care to respond to a -- an attack. that you willn give over control of the industry requires that you give up an awful lot of information and a lot of these companies do not want to give up. there was a bill passed last years, the senate, after and that now has private industry willing to pass on information to the government. but only after they have sanitized it. >> watch tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. washington journal. is back at ourck desk now. director of a consumer abbasid group that has it -- and has been a long supporter of the affordable care act. i want to start with the news last week defamation path's largest insurer of private health is scaling back its participation in the aca. losing just too much money in the area. how big of a problem is this for the affordable care act? i think the story is much ado about relatively little. united health has not been the lar

the book "lights out, a cyber attack a nation unprepared surviving the aftermath," looks at what could happen how vulnerable the u.s. electric grid is to attack and the degree to which government agencies and electric companies are prepared to respond to an attack. >> the notion that you are going to give over control of the defense of your industry requires that you give up an awful lot of information that a lot of these companies do not want to give up. there was a bill passed last fall in the senate after years of rangeling that now has private industry willing to pass on information to the government. but only after they have sanitized it. >> watch "the communicators" tonight 8:00 eastern on c-span2. >> sociologist, lawyers, technologists and researchers talk about surveillance of the african-american community and its effect on freedoms of black americans. georgetown law school hosted the event earlier this month. >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to surveillance government monitoring of the african-american community, hosted by georgetown law on center of privacy and technolo

. >> i think this is another example of donald trump being completely unprepared to hold the highest office in the nation. >> reporter: at miss katie's diner in milwaukee, trump's gender gap was top of mind. >> i think our country needs someone that can turn things around. >> reporter: opinions on the new yorker dividing by generation. younger women appalled by trump's blaunt style. >> it's insulting towards women. >> reporter: older women more open to giving the candidate the benefit of the doubt. >> would you worry about what he would be like as a president? >> he's a businessman, and i think he would surround himself with people who are in the know. >> reporter: now a pro-trump super pac is on the air in wisconsin. >> sure, i get some grief when i say i'm voting for donald trump. but you know what? i want to protect my family. >> reporter: but with cruz up ten points in this state, is it too little too late? katy tur, nbc news, milwaukee. >> reporter: this is andrea mitchell in washington, where donald trump's first meeting with his foreign policy team took place in a construction site for a trump hot

national security. >> he is really unprepared to be commander in chief and leader of the free world. >> hillary clinton losing her cool when confronted by an activist. >> i am so sick of the sanders campaign lying about this. >> president obama hosted a nuclear summit meeting. >> a shooting at a bus station in virginia. a state trooper shot dead. two other people wounded. >> quite a tragedy for all ever us. >> players in the u.s. women's ersocc team filed a federal complaint about equal pay. their pay is four times less than their male counterparts. >> thing york auto show. this porscheng goi up in flames. >> a crew ship rams into a san diego pier. >> in case you forgot, it's l aprifool's day. >> if anyone wants to admit to an elaborate frank, please go ahead! >> and all that matters. if, on monday, donald trump says i want to come on your show, would you say you're welcome? >> absolutely. >> on "cbs this morning." >> i would like to spin that damn wheel! hey, there is a human being down here! >> give it a yank. >> aarrgghh! announcer: this portion of "cbs this morning" sponsored by toyota. let's go pl

happens when we don't do that, when kids into the first grade unprepared intellectually or emotionally. this is called changing our national priorities. this is called investing in our people, rather than in corporate america or wall street. [applause] sen. sanders: so not only do we need a strong childcare system and a first-class public education system, we also have to deal with this crisis of a student debt. that is why i believe that people holding student debt now should be able to refinance that debt at the lowest interest rates they can find. [applause] sen. sanders: now, there is nothing radical about what i am saying. the vast majority of the american people agree with what we are talking about right now, but our critics come back. this gets back to joe biden. critics come back. they say, bernie, you are a nice guy, you want free education, lower student debt, create a first-class childcare system in america, great ideas, bernie! how are you going to pay for them? i will tell you how we are going to pay for them. over the last 30 years, there has been a massive transfer of wealth in this country from the middle c

the surface the transition is rushed, chaotic and can result in a new administration unprepared to respond to a nationale my next guest comes in. he co-sponsored a bill to make sure the next president is able to hit the ground running on his or her first day in office. joining us senator, thank you for being with us. >> good to see you. maria: how does the transition take place. take us behind the curtain, if you will, and tell us how it's seamless for the new person coming in. >> right, well, i got on this in 2008 on the obama-biden transition team, from the period starting about august, there was an underground transition movement put together because all the campaigns had to go underground because they didn't want to look like they were measuring the drapes for the white house and overconfident. the whole, up through 2008 for-- until election day, there was no transition that was-- that you could see on the surface. and then you've got basically 70 days in which to make a transition from one administration to another administration and in this area, as you said so well, national security and other co

unprepared for the presidency. kasich said he intends to compete aggressively in pennsylvania before next month's primary. speaking of trump, the front runner met privately with the republican national committee this afternoon. trump waved and gave a thumbs up as he left the nearly hour-long visit at the committee's headquarters today. the meeting comes a day after trump faced criticism for saying if abortion were to become illegal, he would advocate some form of punishment for people that receive abortions. >>> republican senator ted cruz will appear on pennsylvania's primary ballot. cruz won a case in supreme court that challenged his citizen ship. cruz isn't eligible to run because he was born in canada. >>> a very fired up hillary clinton campaigned in new york today and once again criticized trump for his k07comments on abortion. clinton went after bernie sanders for calling the comments a distraction from quote serious issues. >>> sanders rallied this morning in pittsburgh. the vermont senator discussed trade policies and how they affected workers in pennsylvania and around the country. sanders trails clinton in polls of likely pennsylvania voters. and those voters in pennsylv

unprepared. there is a different level of attention you get when you are a candidate for national office. charles black: if you get people on a shortlist, you spend time with them, not just the candidate, but the staff. you can drill them and debate them, making sure they are willing to take advice. in governor palin's defense, she was picked, and probably had two hours of the kind of briefing before she rolled out. later in the election, she had a very good debate against joe biden, which is not easy to do. debater. is sgreat the staff spent a week with her, practicing and drilling and training. she had a great debate, but it was too late to recover from the tina fey stuff. on sunday night, september 14, the mccain campaign tracking had us 3 points ahead. in other words, in the margin of error with senator obama. the next day, lehman brothers went other, the great financial crisis started. we were 12 points down, which had nothing to do with mccain. luck of the draw. fortier: i know there are more questions, but we are going to wrap up this panel. we won't break the room. we will have a

unprepared for the white house. kasich also said he intends to compete aggressively in pennsylvania before the april 26th primary. speaking of donald trump, he met privately with the republican nationalittee in washington yesterday. the gop front-runner waved and gave a thumbs up after he spoke with officials for nearly an hour. the meeting was scheduled prior to trump's comments supporting some form of punishment for women who get abortions if the procedure were to become illegal. trump later reversed himself and taken out of context. meantime, republican ted cruz's name will appear on pennsylvania's primary ballot. a pittsburgh man argued that cruz was not eligible because he was born in canada. >>> the democrats, hillary clinton campaigned in the new york suburbs yesterday. and for what could be the first appeared to lose her cool. watch and listen to this exchange between clinton an an environmental activist supporting bernie sanders. >> i am so ticked of campaigns lying about me. i'm sick of it. >> clinton spent time criticizing donald trump for his comments on abortion. >>> senator bernie sanders rallied in pittsburgh yesterday. he discussed trade policies and how they've affec

national committee but he's in trouble over female voters over a misstatement he says about women being punished for abortion. >> three's not the way to think about women. >> he's showing he's unprepared to be president of the united states. >> reporter: still other wisconsin voters won't abandon the republican front-runner. >> i think our country needs someone to turn things around. >> reporter: trump's meeting at the rnc focused on unity in the party and he met with his foreign policy advisers in washington yesterday. sticking to his stance on nuclear weapons. he says his advisers agree with him. you don't take nukes off the table. meanwhile, hillary clinton remains focused on her electability. >> i have one million more votes than donald trump. and i have 2 1/2 million more votes than bernie sanders. >> reporter: but bernie sanders keeps hitting his message on corporate contributions. >> $25 million from special interests including $15 million from wall street. >> reporter: both front-runners would like the primaries to be wrapped up, but their competition won't give up. donald trump says he will release today which foreign policy advisers he met with. betty? >> looking forward to

unprepared. for the different level of attention that you get when you're suddenly a candidate for national office. >> and part of this lead time that we're suggesting is so you can -- if you get people on a short list you spend time with them, not just the candidate but the staff, to you know, drill them and debate them and make sure that they're willing to take advice. in governor palin's defense, she was picked and probably had two hours of that kind of briefing before she rolled out. later in the election she had a very good debate against joe biden. which is not easy to do. joe biden's a great debater. but that's because the staff spent a week with her practicing and drilling and training and she'd had a great debate. by then it was too late to recover from the tina fey stuff. but anita's right. on sunday night september 14th, the mccain campaign's tracking poll had us three points ahead. in other words, in the margin of error. with senator obama. the next day lehman brothers went under. the great financial stacrisis started. and two weeks later we were 12 points down which had nothing to do

and have been around for a while but was totally unprepared for the different level of attention that you get when you're suddenly a candidate for national >> part of this leadtime were suggesting is, if you get people on the shortlist you spend time with and not just the candidate but the staff to drill them and debate him and make sure they're willing to take advice. and the governor hails defense, she was picked and probably had two hours of the kind of briefing before she pulled out -- governor palin. later in the election should a very good debate against joe biden, which is not easy to do. that's because the staff spent a week with her actress in a drilling and training and she had a great debate. it then it was too late to recover from the tina fey stuff. on sunday night september 14, the mccain campaign tracking poll had us three points ahead. in other words, in the margin of error with senator obama. the next day lehman brothers went under to the great financial crisis torn and two weeks later we would help points down which had nothing to do with mccain -- we were 12 points down. luck of the draw. >> i the draw. >> inode are mo

unprepared for this inner bout going after delegates? >> the campaign for many months has been about raucous rallies, events and national publicity.didn't really expect to be in a long, protracted fight for the nomination, where you have to go to state conventions. when you talk about the cruz organization and their strengths versus trump's, the real strength for cruz comes at the convention where you pick delegates after the primaries and caucuses. that's where he has the highly engaged conservatives on his side plugged in. trump's trying to catch up on that front. because he doesn't really have an apparatus at the convention. >> the apparatus at the convention and the organization that is the one area where there's a big difference between at least ted cruz and donald trump. correct? >> yes, it is correct. the other dynamic in all of this is that the republican national committee members, in this sort of discord and uncertainty, see this as a golden moment for the rnc and its people, its committeemen, to take over the running of the convention. that's running head long into what the campaigns are talking about. >> all right, "th

he had been around for a while but was totally unprepared for the different level of attention that you get get when you are suddenly a candidate for national office. the. >> this leadtime where suggesting if you give people on the shortlist to spend time not just for the candidate that the staff to drill them and debate them and make sure they are willing to take advice. in governor palin's defense she was picked and probably had two hours of that kind of breathing before she rolled out. later in the election she had a very good debate with joe biden which is not easy to do. joe biden is a great debater but that is because the staff spent a week with her practicing drilling in training. but it was too late to recover from the tina fey stuff but any that is right on sunday night september 14 to mccain's campaigns tractor -- tracking poll had us three points ahead the lehman brothers went under and the great financial crisis started in two weeks later we were 12 points down. it was the luck of the job. >> we are going to wrap up this panel and we will make a quick change of the people on stage and moved to the next i want to thank all of you

happens when we don't do that, when kids into the first grade unprepared intellectually or emotionally. this is called changing our nationalriorities. this is called investing in our people, rather than in corporate america or wall street. [applause] sen. sanders: so not only do we need a strong childcare system and a first-class public education system, we also have to deal with this crisis of a student debt. that is why i believe that people holding student debt now should be able to refinance that debt at the lowest interest rates they can find. [applause] sen. sanders: now, there is nothing radical about what i am saying. the vast majority of the american people agree with what we are talking about right now, but our critics come back. this gets back to joe biden. critics come back. they say, bernie, you are a nice guy, you want free education, lower student debt, create a first-class childcare system in america, great ideas, bernie! how are you going to pay for them? i will tell you how we are going to pay for them. over the last 30 years, there has been a massive transfer of wealth in this country from the middle cla

unprepared. there is a different level of attention you get when you are a candidate for national office. >> if you get people on a shortlist, you spend time with them, not just the candidate, but the staff. you can drill them and debate them, making sure they are willing to take advice. in governor palin's defense, she was picked, and probably had two hours of the kind of briefing before she rolled out. later in the election, she had a very good debate against joe biden, which is not easy to do. her,taff spent a week with practicing and drilling and training. she had a great debate, but it was too late to recover from the tina fey stuff. 14,unday night, september the mccain campaign tracking had us 3 points ahead. day, lehman brothers went other, the great financial crisis started. we were 12 points down, which had nothing to do with mccain. luck of the draw. >> i know there are more questions, but we are going to wrap up this panel. we won't break the room. we will have a quick change of people on stage. i want to thank all of you here for all the task force people for a great report. thank you.

happens whenwhat we don't do that, when kids into the first grade, unprepared intellectually or emotionally. this is called changing our nationalorities. this is called investing in our people, rather than corporate america or wall street. [applause] so not only do we need a strong childcare system and a first-class public education system. we also have to deal with this crisis of a student debt. that is why i believe that people holding student debt now should be able to refinance that debt at the lowest interest rates they can find. [applause] now, there is nothing radical about what i am saying. the vast majority of the american people agree with what we are talking about right now, but our critics come back. we go back to joe biden, critics come back. they say bernie, you are a nice guy, you want free education, lower student debt, create a first-class childcare system in america, great ideas, bernie. how are you going to pay for them? i will tell you how we are going to pay for them. over the last 30 years, there has been a massive wealth growth from the middle class to the top 1%. we are going to transfer that money back

he's unprepared to be commander in chief, citing his controversial remarks on abortion, his provocative foreign policy views, his verbal attacks and more. a day after trump met with republican national committee leaders, there are serious doubts about his promise to try to unify the party, as the likelihood of a contested convention looms. i'll ask the rnc chief strategist and communications director sean spicer, he's standing by live. we'll discuss with him. and our correspondents, analysts, they're also standing by as we cover the day's top stories. up first, cnn's sunlen rfaty is joining us now from wisconsin. sunlen, voters there will have a say on whether trump bounces back. what's the latest? >> reporter: that's right, wolf. donald trump is planning to head to wisconsin tomorrow ahead of that very key primary for him on tuesday night here in wisconsin where he now faces this big question, what will the effects of this very rough week on him be and will it lead to any lasting damage. >> do we love wisconsin, right? do we love it. >> reporter: donald trump is facing a pivotal moment. >> wisconsin is very important. who's going to vote for trump on april 5th? >> reporter: tuesday

the book lights out a cyber attack a nation unprepared. surviving. examines the potential for cyber attack. he looks at what could happen, how vulnerable the u.s. grid is to attack and the degree to which government agencies and electric companies are prepared to respond. >> the motion notion that you are going to give over control of the defense of your industry requires that you give up an awful lot of information. a lot of these companies the not want to give up. there was a bill passed last fall in the senate after years of wrangling that has private industry willing to pass on information to the government. but only after they have sanitized it. >> watch the communicators tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span 2. >> coming up next, q&a with writer and historian ron chern ah followed by "washington journal." later a discussion on the criminal justice system and its impact on the economy.