int: it seems that there has concern among those who have been part of ferc, specifically the former commissioner, that there is not enough focus on this, and pointing back to the california incident where the major substation was -- guest: right, right. former chairman and willing half has focused on is like a laser, and i think that is helped -- that has helped get the attention of a lot of people in the security community, but i believe based on what i have known and my conversations with on that there is a lot going in terms of trying to ensure that these things don't happen. but frankly, there's an awful lot of -- many aspects of the electric grid that you point out are out in the open. there are places where there is not a lot of protection or surveillance. that makes them seem vulnerable. host: on twitter, the electromagnetic pulse and what i could do -- he says "induce by detonation of nuclear weapons," but could that shutdown? guest: that her son storms -- that or son storms, all kinds of things that cannot. -- that could happen. the industry is focused on it. is ai said, a

ferc does a pretty good job. >> i'm getting waved off, but i've got to do this shortly.still keeping your hand in the movie and history business? >> history is important for all of us, jim. >> so when do i -- when is your about the great battle of the confederatesy and young people. >> you can buy it online. it's called "field of lost shoes." >> thank you very much, sir. tom farrell is a history buff, that happens to be chairman and president of the best utility company in the country. ceo of dominion resources. thank you so much and stick with cramer. (vo) rush hour around here starts at 6:30 a.m. - on the nose. but for me, it starts with the opening bell. and the rush i get, lasts way more than an hour. (announcer) at scottrade, we share your passion for trading. that's why we've built powerful technology to alert you to your next opportunity. because at scottrade, our passion is to power yours. as nations develop over the next here's a 25 years,for you: the world will have almost twice as many cars. how much fuel will be needed to power them? about the same as today?

ferc. a number of environmental agencies, the grid is partly owned by the federal government ,n parts of the country reliability is controlled or overseen by the national liability corporation. this is the north american reliability corporation. we are highly connected with canada and mexico. they only look after a standard-setting on the power level. that is also high-voltage transmission. the question i'm sure that comes to people's minds is everyone is in charge. consequently, no one is in charge. it's a difficult challenge. there are a lot of people working on it. we are spending an enormous amount of money. at the distribution level alone, utilities spend $20 billion a year on distribution. we have a challenge to invest as much as 300 million -- $300 billion in the system over the next 20 or 25 years. frankly, we are attracting private capital to that effort. has beenenge so far bigger than our resources. host: the american society of civil engineers give grades to the infrastructure.

it happened at a gas station in the town of berkeley a few miles from ferc son -- from ferguson, a crowd of 60 people returned to the scene where continues have been running high. an officer went to a gas station to investigate a theft and encountered two men. the officer said one pulled a happened bun and pointed it at him and the officer opened fire and a woman who is the man's mother said he was 18-year-old san antonio martin. >> his girlfriend saw him dead. the police were messing with hill. he was going to run but he was trying to run and though started shooting. >> we said drop the gun. it didn't have to end with him approaching the officer with an arm extended and a pistol if his hand. >> investigators recovered a gun. the other man involved ran away. you will recall that ferguson was the site of a police shooting death of unarmed teen michael brownback if august. police released surveillance video leading up to the station much the officer pulled up in the car and he talks to several men and in upper level corner under "camera 29," a man walks away and turns back around and races

of colette dodson honorable of arkansas to be a member of the federal energy regulatory commission ferc shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators wishing to vote or wishing to change their vote? if not the ayes are 65. the nays are 28. the motion is agreed to. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: federal energy regulatory commission, colette dodson honorable of arkansas to be a member. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i'm going to submit to the body a unanimous consent request in just a minute. however, i want everyone to understand we're trying 0 our utmost to have a pathway that we can move along here. we don't have that done yet. we're working on that. we have a lot of work still to do. i would note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i ask