were we can drill in a single utility for their electricity called the pearl recall electric power authority or. used to be entirely puerto rican own until governor rick her to resign began selling off preface debt little by little in the form of guaranteed bonds memory of melendez of ponce puerto rico is worried that privatizing the only source of energy will lead to a worse economy citibank is outward to stakeholders are the one who all of those loans from. the people of puerto rico have to know that so the house of representatives and the seine are the ones who are check that and we the mayors we are the one with has to be somewhat voice. the mayor said privatizing the island's energy sector could hinder other energy solutions people are constructing solar energy in their houses but haven't given the haven't gave them that that they've even half a permission from and they pay the same the same rates of for energy even though they have solar energy or those panels in their homes that. were rico's debt has been a noose around the neck of the island for years but in light of last year's hurr

where we can drill in a single utility for their electricity called the per recall electric power authority or. used to be entirely puerto rican own until governor rick harder resent began selling our preface debt little by little in the form of guaranteed bonds memory of melendez of ponce puerto rico is worried that privatizing the only source of energy will lead to a worse economy citibank is outward to stakeholders are the one who all of those loans from. the people of puerto rico have to know that so the house of representatives and the seine are the ones who are check that and we the mayors we are the one with has to raise up life. the mayor said privatizing the island's energy sector could hinder other energy solutions people are constructing solar energy in their houses but brett i haven't given haven't gave them that that they even have a permission from and they pay the same the same rates of energy even though they have solar energy in all those paneling their houses. were rico's debt has been a noose around the neck of the island for years but in light of last year's hurricane wh

power problems in puerto rico. electricity is gradually returning this morning after a massive blackout thursday. puerto rico electric power authority says a tree fell on the major power line knocking out service to 870,000 customers. that is half of the island. one per liower line worker wasu. he is in stable condition. >>> look at this. a stolen chagall painting missing for 30 years has been recovered by the fbi. the 1911 masterpiece was stolen from the new york city apartment of art collectors earnest and rose heller in 1988. it was an inside job. the couple is now deceased. the painting will be sold at auction on behalf of their estate. $1 million for a chagall? that is cheap. >>> fired fbi director james comey all but declares war on president trump in the new revenge tell all. cnn has a copy of the book and we are sharing the best parts next. "i have antivirus, but my computer's still slow..." "that's not right..." "maybe if i reboot..." "what's with all the popups?" "why does it keep on crashing?" "this is taking forever." "i think it's time for the fixmestick." fixmestick is a plug-in virus removal device. it's the smart, si

. >> reporter: when hurricane maria hit, puerto rico's electric power authority had been relyi on importedsil fuels for 98% of its energy. its major plants beam power from the south to the heavilyan populated nortwest. the storm flooded these power stations, ripped out 65% of above-ground cables, and crippled the power supply. many areow wondering if puerto rico would be better off with solar energyot but solar isn easy fix. here are four things that puerto rico wouldeed to make solar work. solar panels can withstand hurricanes. even maria's 155 mph winds failed to knock out solar power at the veterans medical center in san juan. but, cloudy weather and the darkness of night keep solar panels from constantly generating power. the energy collected during ear days must be stored. so, batteries have made an enormous leap foard in recent ars, with the addition of lithium ion batteries. adam gentner works foronnen, a world leader in solar battery storage. coafter maria, the german mpany provided free solar batteries and panels at 15 key sites in puerto rico. this includes schools, food shelters

the electric power authority a main linefell o n supporting power to san juan and surrounding areas.thout power since hurricane maria struck months ago. i'm mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. scarlet: let's get a recap of today's market action. green across the screen for u.s. stocks, with the dow leading the way up 293. points the president walking back his rhetoric when it comes to syria, russia missile strikes, and trade war with china. he is considering rejoining the transpacific partnership, according to a report. >> "what'd you miss?" investors remain undeterred in the face of trade wars and missile strikes in russia. the fundamentals are intact. i want to bring in geoff dennis, securities securities. as important as the fundamentals are, we cannot escape the politics. depicts thert that stock market shift we have seen of recent sanctions, and of course tensions with syria over the weekend. you say this could be an opportunity. we have liked russia all year. what we think we know is reasonably good. the market is cheap. the economy is improving. our economists for russia certain

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power line with a bulldozer yesterday. the electricity is back on for some people this morning. the power authorityut 1.1 million homes and businesses have been restored. power is expected to be fully restored by tomorrow. >>> and puerto rico, of course, has been struggling with power since hurricane maria knocked the island into darkness now seven months ago. just last week, there was a massive blackout affecting about 840,000 customers when a single tree fell on a power line in the center of the island. a backup line that was supposed to prevent such an outage also failed. the subcontractor responsible for this blackout also caused yesterday's. and power officials say the company has been fired. that, of course, is going to set them back in terms of schedule. in february, most of northern puerto rico's power went out after an explosion and fire at an electrical substation. blackouts aside, some 40,000 customers don't even have power on a day-to-day basis as a result of the hurricane. maria destroyed up to 75% of all power distribution lines. and according to the u.s. census bureau, please listen

the power authority says the same company was responsible for the outage last week. the power company expects service restoration to customers who had electricityefore the latest outage within 24 hours. just can't get any good news. >> it is 2018. it has been since september. it is so frustrating they cannot figure this out. >>> 52 minutes past the hour. fewer than netflix, but larger than any other service. amazon has 100 million prime members. it is finally revealing a stat long kept under wraps. more in "cnn money" next. we do whatever it takes to fight cancer. these are the specialists we're proud to call our own. experts from all over the world, working closely together to deliver truly personalized cancer care. expert medicine works here. learn more at cancercenter.com if you'd have told me three years ago... that we'd be downloading in seconds, what used to take... minutes. that guests would compliment our wifi. that we could video conference... and do it like that. (snaps) if you'd have told me that i could afford... a gig-speed. a gig-speed network. it's like 20 times faster than what most people have. i'd of said... i'd of said you're

worse it's barely been a week since a tree fell on a power line cutting electricity to eight hundred forty thousand people the island's lectures to authority three said it would take up to thirty six hours for power to be restored the outage interrupted crosses and forced dozens of businesses to temporary closed now quite unfortunate because that morning puerto rico's authorities have been boasting that less than three percent of the island's residents were without power and this video was posted on twitter because of the power outage a train in san juan came to a stop between stations and you can see there some passengers had no choice but to get off and walk along the tracks to safety now some people to have been using generates is to work around the blackouts and it certainly didn't stop a baseball game in san juan between the minnesota twins and cleveland indians but puerto rican say they have run out of patience and reporter and t.v. hosts are also rivera called preppers the audience and edgy authority he called them incompetent in net and corrupt and the puerto rican gov tweeted as well his he said he's committed to push what he call

power which is the single most important thing we can do to combat climate change. in 2014, i and supervisor senator wiener introduced an ordinance which gave the puc the authority to provide electricity to new public projects. the passage of this ordinance changed the prior practice of pge being the default power provider for new public probabiliti probability -- projects. it required that revenues generated by the sale of this power be reinvested in our city's power infrastructure. it was a critical step forward in advancing san francisco's commitment to push power and fighting climb change. -- public power and compliment change. resent reports that -- recent reports that many public facilities including affordable housing projects and muny facilities are facing increased costs due to a high charge in excessive requirements pg&e is placing on them. this is unacceptable. with every dollar, extra charge by pg&e, it is the public and the tax payers who suffer. these projects are providing new facilities in our parks and address housing and homelessness crisis by building navigation centers. even more concerning is the possibility that somehow these increased rates and charges could be

electricity in new zealand's biggest city after a storm cause extensive damage and. authorities say the vast majority of these outages have been caused by trees falling onto power lines. i mean market which has refused to drop a case against two reuters journalists arrested in december the pair had been investigating a massacre of ten men last year they've been charged with violating the state secrets act seventy and lost soldiers have been sentenced to jail for death part in those killings. the world health organization says is evidence of a chemical weapons attack in a damascus suburb over the weekend the un body says the symptoms of five hundred syrian patients point to the use of poison gas and demand immediate access to the victims efforts to launch an investigation have floundered in the un security council as accusations fly between the u.s. and russia were what actually happened in syria. these images have shocked the world beyond survivors of an alleged chemical weapons attack in eastern time. what happened here sent tension between russia and the west soaring to new heights. as so often during the syrian war the united nations security council is where divi

without electricity in new zealand's biggest city after a storm cause extensive damage in oakland authorities say the vast majority of these outages have been caused by trees for laying on to power lines. you're watching the news coming up ahead we'll have the latest on the shock and the champions league as roma started barcelona or what. and how proof press conference landed a dissident of the by john in jail with the former soviet republic set to reelect its strongman president we meet with activists in berlin. but for us helen are joins me in video is looking to begin this corporate history here and i think the courts are going to looking to drive off into the sunset without incurring. according to reports you have to step aside for how but this today. brand manager insiders say it's all possible larger management restructuring in the wake of scandal. it's the most important job in the german car industry as miller took over the helm of fox back in twenty fifteen his mission dragging the company actually to the diesel got a crisis and by some measures at least he succeeded last year v.w. sold more cars than ever before is this kind first in blue coat considering the journey s

authorization. and rolling out 10,000 electric three wheeled rickshaws within a year and a million battery-powered vehicles21. it is in discussions along with potential partners. last month the prime minister called for the most indian vehicles to be electric powered by 2030. nova group has won the backing of the top shareholder and founder richard ellman for its roof eyes restructuring deal. businesses will get 15% of equity up from 10 and ellman committed his a 18% holding to the deal. the plan will not reflect the true value attributable to shareholders. we are counting down to the opening of markets in hong kong and mainland china and counting down to china gdp numbers. how are we looking? rishaad: we are getting a bit more after yesterday. falls on wall street. earnings for a much in focus. not so much here, perhaps in a bit of stasis as we wait for the numbers. looking to see a fairly solid set of these figures with growth at 6.8%. thoseg also at some of financials which are adding a bit of drag. consumer discretionary also helping things along nicely along with telecom stocks. let's have a look at t

in fact, a lot of my environmentalists forget that bill also authorized the wind power, the solar power. and what we've done on our electricity generation. the rfs i considered was a failure, because here we are, 13 years later. the market -- and i have one relatively small biofuel refinery in my district. we used to have three, but they couldn't go with the market over the last number of years. so when we talk about biofuels, what percentage is corn-based? corn-based as compared to what some of us thought back in 2005 we would be recycling things instead of making the price of our corn whiskey go up? >> right now the vast majority is blended with corn ethanol, so conventional ethanol. we do have advanced cellulosic ethanol on the market. and i would say, you know, if you look at the progress that has been made in the ten years, one of the things that slowed our ability to innovate and get more cellulosic in the market is the implementation of the rfs and the uncertainty of what was taking place at epa. that uncertainty sends the wrong market signal to innovators and investors. >> i only have a few more seconds. i agree becau

authorities. >>> firefighters had pg&e shut down the power grid because of a serious crash. a driver went off the road at camino el lago in atherton earlier this morning. live electrical wires fell on to the vehicle. it's very unusual to shut off the grid, but pg&e crews couldn't get there in time to safely remove the people. a driver and passenger were taken to the hospital and their conditions are not known at this time. pg&e has not commented. >> supporters of a filipino peace advocate are holding ang g rally. abc 7's lillian kim has the story. >> the story of an advocate denied entry has mobilized the local community and beyond. he recounted his sfo experience. >> it was worse than i imagined and thinking about a 25-year-old man coming here and by churches and congressional leaders to share stories of human rights violations and becoming the victim of human rights violations here in the united states. >> she arrived here tuesday evening. sent back home to the philippines wednesday morning. he said he was repeatedly accused of being a terrorist and ordered to strip naked and after 24 hours was finally offered food because pork because of his muslim beliefs. >> he i

in fact we forget that bill also authorized the wind power and the solar power. what we have done on our electricityeneration but i considered it a failure because here we are 13 years later. the market and i have one relatively small fuel refinery in my district. we used to have three but they couldn't do with the market over the last number of years. but when we talk about biofuels would percentage is corn-based? corn-based as compared to what some of us saw in 2005. we would be recycling things instead of making the price of our corn. >> right now the vast majority is blended with corn ethanol so conventional ethanol. we do have advanced cellulosic on the market and i would say if you look at the progress that has been made in the 10 years one of the things that allowed our ability to get more celesta, market was the uncertainty in terms of what was taking place by epa. that uncertainty sends the wrong market signal to innovators. >> i only have a few more seconds. i agree. in my area in texas we were reformulating our gas in the early 90s and it was an environmental benefit but we used a product