ferc, ferc, the federal body that theoretically -- it doesn't just theoretically, it proposes the legislation to the industry. mark my words there: proposes. the industry then has to vote on that proposal. and unless 60% of the industry approves of the proposal that the federal government wants to impose upon them, it doesn't get passed. now, if you have an industry that decides what regulations it is going to tolerate, you're not going to get the toughest regulations. >> in the book you describe not just an existential threat, a real threat. who's behind it? who's posing the threatsome. >> well -- the threat? >> well, first of all, let me just make the point that this is not ted saying this is going to happen. the reason i began to write the book in the first place, the reason i started looking into it is the president -- i wonder how many people took note of it at the time? -- the president in two successive state of the union addresses warned about the danger of cyber attackers going after our infrastructure. and he specifically singled out the electric power industry. the secretary of def

it is called the north american and regulatory commission and but ferc is the federal body but it opposes the legislation and to a the industry. proposes. the industry then hast to vote. unless some plumes of the proposal that the federal government wants to impose upon them does not get past. if you decide what regulations that will tolerate he will not get the toughest. >> you describe the real threat and who is behind that and he opposes that threat? >> guest: first of all, this is not ted did say this will happen is the reason i began to write the book in the first places the president, how many took notes at the time. into a successive stated the the addresses warned about the danger of cyberattackers going after said it would dash it infrastructure and siegel about the electric power industry. this secretary of defense leon panetta at the time talked about a cyberpearl harbor that was the dimension of the disaster he saw coming. janet napolitano just before she left office after five years, she spoke about the danger of a sniper attack is now the president of the university you cali

which we discussed with ferc, federal energy regulatory commission ferc, just today. and i'd add that the streamlining provisions were done so in a manner that keeps the environmental and safety protections intact. perhaps the biggest change brought on by our energy abundance are geopolitical. where we once feared rising dependence on the likes of opec, now we can in fact control our energy destiny and use our new standing as an energy superpower to help our allies and friends around the world and engage in energy diplomacy. however, this is a new role for the u.s., and we don't have in place the means to act globally on energy policy yet. this bill changes that. using the department of energy's quadrennial energy review as a guide, this bill begins the process of incorporating energy security and diplomacy considerations into the decisionmaking process. it also creates forums through which we can coordinate nate with our north -- coordinate with our northern american allies and our allies around the world on energy policy. unfortunately, the energy news over the last

looked at the approval process for pipelines by ferc and found 95% are approved within two years. when it takes longer, it is because the project is large or controversial due to taking a private -- of private property, traversing state or federal land, or requiring placement of compression stations and other operation equipment in an area close to existing infrastructure or communities. even the industry agrees that pipeline approvals are happening. in october, pipelines digest, an industry publication, wrote, through april 30 of this year ferc certified and placed in serve almost twice as many natural gas projects and more than doubled the miles of pipeline that were put in service and certified through the same date in 2014. we're building new pipelines, there's no problem that needs fixing, so what evidence is there that the certification process needs to be further titled in favor -- tilted in favor of pipeline companies at the expense of environmental review and public comment? i would say there isn't any. and yet this section would require ferc to decide on a pipeline appli

that has allowed me to raise all of those questions with ferc, and i will also be raising them with the sec. the company has to address these concerns if the project is to go forward. heather: cantor morgan says it will generate millions in tax revenue and create -- hinder morgan --kinder morgan says it will generate millions in tax revenue and create jobs. heather hamel, wmur news 9. shelley: a u.s. army ranger from georgia. corporal andrew aimesbury was hurt this week during a training exercise and later died after he was medevaced to a treatment wmur' s mike cronin joins us live from somersworth with the details. y' s family lives here in somersworth. he was described as an exceptional leader an extraordinary man. andrew was 21 years old. he died wednesday. he was seriously injured during a live fire exercise and died from his injuries. he was like to throughout his battalion and his death has affected all of his fellow he was born in manchester, graduated from dover senior high school, and lived in stratford. he enlisted in the army in 2013 and served in one tour and afghanistan. th

if i said, you got to do it by constitutional amendment you might as well ferc about -- forget about it. >> jump to 1952 youngstown company versus sawyer. you referenced that with regards to president obama and executive action. we found this on your website. you were talking about the guantanamo detainees. the supreme court set a clear precedence establishing nose. to avoid a strike with the korean war. the court emphasize the exec isn't above >> the most important thing that a president is strongest to exercise his power when he has congress with him. in this instance, the supreme court made a decision that the executive power exerciseed by truman in seizing the tort chore. it's been used to justice cases sense 10. going to guantanamo. it is frequently cited because it's a landmark case from the standpoint of the supreme court being a true referee between the branches of government and making sure that the president of the united states or in some cases, it could be the congress or leaving within the constitution. in this that particular case the most important thing is not opinion

senator ayotte released a statement today, saying that ferc and the department of energy have not properly addressed neighbors' concerns about a natural gas pipeline's impact on safety and their communities, saying, "these are important questions and new hampshire residents deserve substantive answers." we just spoke to kinder underring began vice president ford who says his company has addressed these concerns by having meetings like this and says the pipeline will be good for new hampshire. he says it will create more than 1,000 jobs and generate an estimated 19.5 million in tax revenue. we also heard from governor hassan and representative kuster, they both released statements saying they oppose the pipeline as it stands now. jennifer: the state fire marshal's office is investigating a fire in exeter. the other than of a century old home on oak street called for help just after 5:30 last night. the fire chief says most of the home where they believe this fire started. but they do not consider it suspicious. everyone got out safely, though one firefighter was treated for minor injuries.

today, we have got people at ferc, at the federal energy regulatory commission, right now, protestingfasting, and i ensure you have read all about it, in even the daily "new picture gazette." we do not have a press that covers anything of substance. i will tell you a little story, something that happened last week. down in washington, and on last tuesday, the day after labor day, there was a man who was speaking at the american , oneprise institute, aei of our friends dubbed it the american empire incorporated, which sounds like a good aei name. anyway, dick cheney, whom some of you may remember, was giving the talk, and god knows what they were paying him, but he was giving a talk. and one of the young people, a number of friends tried to get in, but only one person got in, , young intern with code pink who got on to the front row, and during mr. cheney's speech he stood up whith a banner that said arresting dick cheney, he is a war criminal. amazing.t is pretty there was a man who was upset about this and went over to her and started pulling the banner away from her. and she did not

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