libby said to reporters. in the account that he gave to the fbi, was that he told other reporters, at the end of the week on july 12. he said he gave them the information that he got from other reporters. the other reporters were saying this and mr. libby did not know it was true. mr. libby testified that he did not even know if mr. wilson had a wife. we now know that mr. libby discussed this information about valerie wilson at least four times prior to july 14, 20 03. on three occasions with judith miller and one occasion with matthew cooper. brian: is that true? judith: no. i testified that i had learned that valerie plame was an agent from, i believed, scooter libby though i said at the time that my memory was very foggy and that my memory was note driven. i thought that it was scooter libby that had told me about it because we had been talking about wmd and what had gone wrong with the information. i was not focused on the wife. i had an ambiguous notation in my notebook. i thought it came from scooter li

libby, i can't wait to see your reporting later today. for us, and thank you for joining us, news continues next live from london. as president and commander in chief, i take full responsibility. >> president obama reveals to hostages have been killed in a u.s. operation a state of emergency is declared as a volcano sends ash 20-kilometers into th

i'm antonio mora. >> and i'm libby casey. coming up in this half hour of international news the man who launched the $8 million effort to honor american's vietnam war veterans. >> and a spaceship is spinning out of control. >> but tonight in baltimore thousands of people took to the streets calling for justice for freddy gray. in about 30 minutes the city will be under another night of curfew. paul beban joins us from baltimore. are police worried about any more violence tonight? >> good evening lobby and of course they are concerned that things could heat back up. but right now sort of an uneasy peace in baltimore. the governor today calling this a turning point that maybe the city has turned back to more than normal. we saw an outdoor concert kids going back to school, businesses reopening, people continuing the cleanup. the city sort of holding its breath. the police commissioners saying the city is stable and they want to keep it that way. >> right now anticipate no major issues. we have a number of resources i've placed

this is showing all the important sites of the libby prison escape. it is the largest prison break ever. 109 men escaped through a tunnel that was under this building. every one of them escaped out that door. there's no other reason for that door to be in the shot. at the same time, he's giving us the important details of the escape. he also struck gold. if this negative has survived this would be reproduced all over the place and we'd know it better. sadly only geeks like me and now geeks like you get to see it. there's what i'm talking about. here's the prison. there's the tunnel, and there's the door all in the same image. all right. my favorite view by far i'm going to confess it is of the notorious corner but here we have -- well, if anybody wants to tell you how sweet smelling and lovely it must have been in the past, remember these? try to keep that perspective in mind. look at this crowd of people, including a squad -- a large group of union soldiers outside of libby prison. you can see in and there's a guy resting in the window there and thes

. >> libby, it was 2 1/2 hours of argument, so they could air everything they were concerned about. they were worried about whether it was proper for the supreme court to decide this. whether there should be same-sex marriage, but who decides it. they are asking us to decide, justice brier who is expected to support it, even he said, suddenly nine people outside the ballot box to require that don't want to do this to do it. now argued we can't have a wait and see attitude. we can't wait to see what the states are going to do, because she said that's not a justification under the 14th amendment, we should allow equal protection under the law. and in fact, justice kennedy did say, sue can marry joe but tom can't how is that not straight forward sexual discrimination. and that's part of the harvey case is this just sexual discrimination is it discrimination that is not allowed under equal protection clause. those arguing in favor of wanting to ban same-sex marriage, said look we are not trying to make gay couples second class, there are societal reasons to define marriage as a man and

by then they'll have set the tone and gain momentum. >> libby casey live for us from washington d c. let's bring in michael sure joining us from los angeles. good evening. welcome to you. what does the way clinton chose to announce say about her campaign? >> well it shows that there's a different kind of outreach that hilary's campaign will do. i spoke to someone saying that it wept as well as it -- went as well as they could hope. it gets younger people talking. it will be difficult than in 2000. >> does her bean on opponent help or hurt her now? there are two schools of thought of the there's enough that she has to look at what she did wrong last time and what she has been doing wrong in terms of communicating with middle class americans, that she can correct that now, and i said it before by voting running against old hillary, the hillary of 2008. she has to beat that hillary, and with the launch they seem to say that they are pleased with the way it's gone. >> as we head into 2016 does it matter that she is a woman and would be the first woman president of the united states. >> s

let me bring in libby casey. libby, 17 years band-aid fixes. why did it take so long to tackle this? >> a lot of it was the nuts and bolts how to find a lasting solution. but also these patches have worked. congress always functions on a deadline approach, wait no. the last minute and then fix this. the thing about this ultimate change though that is not a patch, would be a fix really the biggest change to medicare in 20 years is this has been increasingly anxiety producing from medicare patients. i may not be able to serve you they have been hearing from physicians if this payment changes. and so that has been an ongoing lunching situation a lot of frustration for the doctors. remember you talk to the congress who are themselves doctors, it comes down to figuring out the right formula for compromise. >> dr. al said, if you are a doctor treating medicare patients how do they get paid? >> a doctor will see a patient log what they do for that patient and bill for those services and then medicare will then pay the doctor for those services after t

but libby shaft still has the excitement as when she first got nominated. >> of people discovering oursauce, just how cool we are. >> reporter: keeping that momentum is going be the challenge for the mayor. the mayor says she fully backs chief wenze and growing a department that's under staffed and overworked. her defense of the police did not sit well. including protesters who went to her house. >> i have been very clear with our police department that i have high expectations. i will hold them accountable for the most professional behavior and performance. >> reporter: she says changes are ahead including adding more officers. >> this year we're going to add some time with helicopters which really help enhance officer safety. we're going to deliver the radios so that not just our police officers but our fire fighters have reliable communications. >> reporter: another one of mayor shaft's priorities is keeping both the a's and raiders in town and keeping public money out of building a facility at the coliseum site. but how close are we? >> we really are at the starting line. but what'

. >> at 10:45, oakland mayor libby shaft on giving everyone a voice. see how she's trying to reach constituents. >> ktvu investigates growing concerns about mri. the evidence that's showing problems are on the rise. ♪ ♪ the beautiful sound of customers making the most of their united flight. power, wi-fi and streaming entertainment. that's... seize the journey friendly. >>> tonight two investigating uncovers a trail of preventable injuries and error involving a medical test considered to be the safest you can have. accidents involving mri tests are rare but we found evidence they are on the rise. >>eric rasmussen is live with a concerning case that happened to a young woman. >> reporter: that young woman was then a teenager. safety experts tell us her case shines a light on a problem that doesn't get enough attention. loud noises and tight quarters it's all part of getting an mri. but that's not what turned betty comings experience into a nightmare. >> when i was in the machine, something went wrong. >> reporter: last november, comings who has what her

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libby casey is live in washington. libby what is going on in the senate right now?> reporter: randall, senators are making their final arguments for and against loretta lynch's confirmation. democrats have been pushing for this day for a long time. this has been held up for more than five months. she has waited longer than the last seven attorney general nominates put together. we're hearing from democrats eager to be part of this moment in history, to see the fist african american woman attorney general confirm this afternoon. we're also hearing from republicans who are pushing back saying less about loretta lynch herself, and more about their disapproval of the justice dp, and the obama administration, and we are likely to see a close vote randall. >> do you think there's concern that there may not be enough votes to confirm the nomination? >> reporter: that's a great question. but not at this point, because five republicans have signaled that they do plan to join with the democrats and independents to support her. that's the magic number needed. look for it to ha

i'm libby casey. iran's president is joining the chorus of praise over a deal restricting his country's nuclear program. hasan rouhani spoke a few hours ago saying tehran will honor the framework negotiated in switzerland provided that powers in the west hold up their end of the deal. >> i would like to make it clear that the enrichment of any program is only for the development of iran. this enrichment program will not be used against any country. today the world has realized that iran is a peaceful country. >> but israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said that's not the case. netanyahu warned that iran will still be able to build a nuclear bomb and threaten israel's very survival? we're in jerusalem with more. >> you'll remember he spoke to a joint session of the congress just last month. warning of a deal with iran. he, of course, will no doubt try to use his leverage, whatever leverages highway with u.s. lawmakers to try to scuttle any chance of this passing through congress. but it's very un

i'm libby casey. praise stretched from washington to tehran today. iran's president has promised that his government will honor the deal but only if world powers will hold up their end of the bargain, too. >> i would like to make cheer that the enrichment program will be be for energy. >> it is warned that they will still be able to build a nuclear balm. >> prime minister netanyahu spoke to a joint session of the u.s. congress just last month warning of a deal with iran. he'll no doubt try to use his leverage whatever leverage he has with u.s. lawmakers to try to scuttle any chance of this passing through congress. but it's very unlikely that he will be able to derail this bill. this is in agreement reached not only with the u.s. but also with other world powers as well. mr. netanyahu, who will no doubt continue his criticism of this agreement will struggle very much to prevent any kind of final deal being reached. >> here in the u.s. the obama administration has to convince some skeptics in congress not to take action until the deal is done. white h

live from new york city, i'm libby casey. the governor of arkansas is saying no for now to a controversial bill supporters say is designed to protect religious freedom. the republican governor asa hutchen aside originally said he would sign t but then he said that changes needed to be made first. >> it's been my intention all along that house bill 1228, the religious freedom restoration act be crafted in a way that mirrors the federal religious freedom and restoration act. that was passed in 1993, and it was signed by president clinton. i came to congress after that, but i sat on the judiciary committee, the house of representatives that considered these amendments, had hearings on this federal religious freedom restoration act. and so i'm somewhat familiar with it. and how it's played out across the country. it's my intention because the federal law does not cover state causative action that we have a similar law in arkansas. and we wanted to have it crafted similar to what we have at the federal level. and to do that, thoug

libby casey joins us from washington d.c. there has been so much build up to the announcement. did it live up to expectations? >> today's launch was not about showing a candidate power or supporters chanting her name. the clinton campaign went with an understated approach and they hope the campaign will be about the hopes and needs of american people not the hopes and needs of hillary clinton >>> a presidential campaign roll out online. hillary clinton jumped into the race for a second time after a bruising defeat in the 2008 democratic primary to president obama. the video's tone one of optimism and focus on americans, rather than the candidate herself. >> every day we are trying to get more and more ready and prepared. >> reporter: tapping into the popularism that won her husband bill clinton the presidency two times. >> i'm hitting the road to earn your vote because it's your time. and i hope you'll join me on this journey. >> reporter: the announcement was months in the making. as hillary clinton kept mum about her plans, a fundraising machine grew up around her, the back r

about his reaction to what was happening and libby let's just pause and think about the tranquility of the rose garden just 30 or 40 miles from the chaos and unrest on the streets of baltimore that we saw so graphically last night and which authorities are still today struggling to contend with. the president did start out by taking a protestors to task he did the same thing in the wake of the ferguson riots. he referred to them as criminals and thugs let's listen to more what the president had to say on that score there's no excuse for the violence we saw yesterday. it is counter productive. when syringes get crowbars and start prying open doors loot. they are not protesting. they are not making a state. they are stealing. i think there's some frustration, we can clearly see it. he turns from those comments about the protestors to some pointed criticism of law enforcement. if you recall back in december, in the wake of the grand jury decision where michael brown the officer held on criminal charges he said that this time was going to be different that president obama meeting with comm

tuesday marked 100 days since libby schaaf took office. there's a lot on her plate already including reducing oakland's crime rate, keeping two sports teams in town and oh by the way she's a mother and a wife. brian flores sat down with her and tells us what she has planned. >>reporter: we get a dame on where things stand on a whole host of issues. we talked about 30 minutes yesterday. he priorities is public safety. she says she continues to back the police chief exam the policing model but she also said she's hold officers to the highest standard. you recall on day one of her term she spent the day with the oakland police department. that didn't sit well the protesters against police brutality who as you recall came to her home to voice their concerns. she says changes will continue. >> it shouldn't surprise people because i've been very clear about this commitment that i will be growin police department. we had continuing to see modest improvements in safety and a significant improvement in clearance. we're actually solving more crimes.

thank you for joining us, libby casey.ore news in just a moment. >>> more than 70 dead and hundreds still unaccounted for after al shabaab gunmen attack a college in northeast kenya. >> you're watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up iran nuclear talks reach a climax. a joint statement is expected soon, but is it a deal? we'll bring you that

. >> this is aljazeera america live from new york city, i'm libby casey. we're following breaking news out of kenya. gunmen entered fire at a college dorm, 15 reported dead, dozens injured. some are still trapped on campus. a journalists based where the attack took place joins us by phone now. give us the latest on the ground. are security forces any closer to getting the situation under control? >> i couldn't say that. the interior cabinet said the place has been officially declared military zone and they are trying to rescue the hostages. if they can get the gunmen and whoever was behind these attacks. right now the facility has been cordoned off no one is allowed in except ambulances. >> what happened this morning? give us a sense of what you saw and heard. >> a fight in the morning there are reports of shooting, and within the facility, but we found out that there were five gunmen who entered the university facility, and started shooting people in discriminately and then started taking children as hostages. right now they're in one of the blocks with h

oakland mayor libby schaaf has now spent 100 days in office.a lot on her plate already including reducing oakland's crime rate. keeping two sports teams in town and being a mother and a wife. brian flores has more. >> good morning. yeah, tuesday marked 100 days since libby schaaf took office and she said she didn't know until 100 days passed until we called her. she's busy working on her budget. she says she's in this for the long haul. hell at time for oakland? >> hell at time for oakland. >> still has the enthusiasm. she and insat down for 30 minute -- and i sat down for 30 minutes and talked about lowering oakland's crime but also the perm forms action of the police -- performens a of the oakland police -- performance of the oakland police department. she plans to increase the amount of officers. she's been out in the community talking to people, cleaning up the streets. this was a cleanup in march. she said she's not only trying to get businesses to invest but keeping oakland residents here and that includes building more housing. >> we're

look at what happened to scooter libby whom i think was railroaded in his conviction.e distance passage of time and distance, try and tell people what we now think happened. >> right. and that's what i have tried to do. >> i must say, reading the book, the "new york times" does not come across very well from sulsberger the publisher on down, keller the editor was there not only stabbed you in the back the front and the head and every place else. they worked you over hard. >> fortunate thridz there were other people that believed in my reporting that knew i hadn't done anything wrong. i had done the best job i could and i was as sceptic call as i glkd it would be insane to think that you cooked those articles to try to get us into war. >> no, i would never do that. >> the book is the story a reporter's journey. thank you for coming in. >> thank you bill. >> watters on deck. he goes some place i would be too frightened to go. an apple store. don't miss this one moments away. ♪ ♪ the beautiful sound of customers making the most of their united flight. power, wi-fi and str

john. >> libby, thank you.o in washington today president obama took a big step toward improving relations with cuba. the president told congress that he plans to remove the country from the u.s. terrorism list. cuba was designated a state sponsor of terror in 1982. daniel has more from havana. >> reporter: julio ramirez was a cuban soldier fighting in ethiopia in the late 1970s, he was one of 17,000 cuban troop that his president fidel castro sent to help the ethiopian government in its war with neighboring so somalia. >> translator: it was a just fight. those who wanted to go could go. no one was obliged to go. many of us went to defend the ethopians. they are very similar to us cubans and we got on very well. made some good friends. >> reporter: president castro called it an act of solidarity with comrades in need. but while the cold war was still hot, washington saw cuban involvement in ethiopia, angola and nicaragua among others as unacceptable intervention accused havana of aiding armed rebels it called t

trz libby and i have two sons and both after college went into the service. one was a marine lieutenant in anbar for a year. the other got back with a tenth mountain division that afghanistan in september. we're proud of them. of everything who has put the uniform on. i'm going to take 30 seconds. any people who have served in the military here, please raise your hands and let us give you a round of applause for what you have done to protect our freedom. god bless you. our government is so big, we talk about companies being too big to fail, ours is too big to succeed. it can't do its two most important things, provide for our security and a safety net to those who have risked their lives. if we have the opportunity, we are going to make sure veterans get the health care and support they zefr in this country. >> continuing our multimedia presentation, we have an audio question now from ann marie banfield banfield. >> governor, parents around the country are mobilizing against common core in their school districts. however, the obama agenda to redesign public e

none of his officials have gone to prison, even libby, whom he essentially pardoned. so as he, himself, is pardoned. so he wasn't unusually reckless in doing this. he had bad luck. he was vulnerable. there was a possibility. and he took that risk to preserve a vietnam policy that he thought would work foolishly but, not impossibly. he was wrong. to renew the bombing of north veet nap as soon as american troops were out in march, april 1973. but dean told the prosecutors, there's a letle confusion about that. dean told the prosecutors who promptly, illegally, told nixon. nixon keeps it quiet from going again, for another ten days or more. but it does come out and, now, he's in deep trouble. burn has to put it out because he knows that now that dean is talking, it's going to come out. so he can't sit on it any longer. he has to put it out. and nixon lost all of that. >> so you believe this is the most important information that dean told the prosecutors? >> oh it was crucial that dean told the prosecutor. it was curable. it didn't involve the president. he deliberately

several stories on invasion of iraq and weapons of mass destruction in an effort to reveal scooter libby. she was found in contempt of court imprisoned in a federal jail for 85 days. tonight she talks about her time in jail and the story, a reporter sure nate. >> guest: >> i was in jail because i refuse to reveal the identity who did not want as identity revealed. protect sources is the independent journalism. i really thought unless the people that i routinely spoke to let access my sources would dry up and eventually this is a question of principle that i didn't have much choice. >> host: now on booktv we want to introduce to do history professor transfixed. he teaches at princeton where both tv and established a new book "one nation under god" it is called. have we always been a nation under god? >> guest: that's a great question. it depends on who you ask. a lot of people believe we been a nation under god. recent polls show 55% of americans have believed that from the get-go. for the way to think about whether we're a christian nation, the center point to come in the ceremonies we i

and i am also joined by my beloved wife and mother of our four children libby.nk you for being here with me this morning. [ applause ] and thank you all for being here. you are the activists from across this state and across the country who are going to make sure that we reclaim the white house in 2016 for the people in america. so, thank you all for being here. as hillary runs across the country in her converted van, hiding from people, running from the press, only answering staged questions from people across america, we are going to take questions from normal citizens from across new hampshire. so we opened it up on twitter and facebook and youtube and said send us a question and we'll try to get to it this morning. i guess you have a lot of those questions. let's go. questions from new hampshire, >> to show you they're laet legit, there are they are. first question, ted dawson of new hampshire said what are you thoughts on turn limits at all levels of government starting at the top and working down? >> i guess there's some support for term limits out here. l

of advisors board are important nor many, many reasons many of you know you'll be co-sponsors with libbyft on women's economic empowerment this october we'll bring together all of you and anyone that is have read or interested in making sure that women have no gooblz to economic opportunity and less barriers and those two commissioners will do that i'm excited about the individuals appointed there it is a lot of great talent and high commitment brought to the bodies with respect to equal pay that's a fairly new board they're going to be 4r50k9sd the actual data so we understand what the economic gaps are between men and women in our city and what we need to do that about it and, of course the status of women take that data address revolve it through policy oriented discussions and ultimately legislation we need to consider our historic preservation commission and hiv council wow. what they've done to make improvements with the ac a, with 5 hospitals being built with health care being the number one impact driver in this city their incredibly important and wanted to say to you a big that'

and it wasn't scooter libby and it wasn't the white house.ck and reexaming our actions. >> and you think scooter libby was innocent. >> i do think i was a part of something -- unfair treatment to mr. libby. >> you just scratched the surface. hopefully we have you back soon. congratulations. i'm so glad you're here. >> i'm so glad to be here. >> thank you so much. >>> 11 minutes before the top of the hour. their kids told these kids to tear down that fort. up next we're letting them build a bigger better castle on our plaza. some say it's dumb. let's check in and find out what martha maccallum has prepared. >> interesting talk with judy miller. we've got scott walker fires back at president obama's swipe about lack of experience. rand paul tries to explain why he gets a little bit testy sometimes in interviews. 2016 latest with bret baier. the woman who battles the death penalty and winds. inside the mind of dzhokhar tsarnaev's attorney. will the jury put him to death. expect to find some alien life, probably in our lifetime. we will tell you

libby -- mr. ridge: dr. libby? dr. libby: i think you said terrorists have open space to pursue this area. what did you mean by that? roscoe if you look at isis, they occupy land about the size of indiana. when you have that much space and they did take government facilities -- an opportunity for them to be more engaged in research that i feel comfortable with. by owning that much space, it is not going well. they continue to hold ground. they continue to push back here it they continue to frustrate opportunities to disrupt their ability to have research and development centers. right now they have centers. i argue that is a dangerous combination for us and our european allies. dr. libby: they have that ability today? mr. rogers: i would say this is worse than 2001. in afghanistan, they had freedom of operation there. now they have capabilities to -- for research and development parts. the capability to do that in tribal areas of both pakistan and afghanistan did not lend itself -- you could do rudimentary stuff. they

libby casey joins us. what does the compromise bill do? >> the white house is already under the pressure of a june 30th deadline to finalise a deal obvious the nuclear weapons. the bill says the white house would have to turn over all the details to congress by july 9th including classified information. if the white house blows the deadline congress gives the white house more time to look over the bill. this bill gives congress 30 days to review it. and 12 more if congress moved forward and passed legislation disapproving. it removes language in the earlier version that democrats didn't like it would have required president obama to certify periodically that iran has not engaged in terrorism. democrats said it was a distrabz from the content of -- distraction from the content of a nuclear deal. ultimately disagree of a deal it would take 60 votes, not the higher threshold of 67 that negotiations of a treaty would take. that's something republicans wanted. a little bit of something for everything in this bill. >> what has been the white hou

. >> libby casey is live in washington with more on this. libby? >> tony, the political fight has nothing to do with loretta lynch. as the president pointed out there are little doubts about her qualifications to be attorney general. instead this is a fight unrelated. an abortion measure tucked into a human trafficking bill, and it's a classic case of washington politics and good ol' fashioned deadlock. democrats are blasting republicans for holding up u.s. attorney loretta lynch's confirmation. >> loretta lynch, the first african-american woman nominated to be attorney general is asked to sit in the back of the bus when it comes to the senate. >> a civil rights group is staging hunger strikes until she's confirmed and on thursday even republican presidential hopeful jeb bush called on the senate to get moving. president obama appeared to reach his limit friday. >> what are we doing here? and i have to say that there are times where the dysfunction in the senate just goes too far. >> this is an example of it. it's gone too far. enough. enough. >> t

and others deal with their challenges throughout the world this year we have signaled that i'll join libbyhaft and women in a summit summit that seeks so improve economics for the women in our city thank you. (clapping.) >> and you know, i think we are very in a very strong position already i know that we've gone through the many names of women lead department that is worth repeating i'm not sure any other city asking can brag buyouts leadership to our city mist our 2350e6 and public health and port and environment and, of course, the department of transportation on the status of women are all led and it is reflected in our leaderships like london breed and supervisor tang and supervisor christensen and supervisor cohen and supervisor jane kim and carmen chu (clapping) and, of course, we have had a history of very strong women in elected roles in san francisco senator feinstein and nancy pelosi and kcmo jackie and betty lee and board of equalization those women have to do a lot of important thing for the entire convoy i shouldn't is without inhibition i look forward to working with you to

john. >> libby casey in washington. income tax is due. tax fraud is on the rise especially with returns done on tax prep software. a form he employee for turbotax claims, the company knew what was happening but for years did nothing to stop it. lisa stark has more. >> reporter: john, lafs year the irs paid out -- last year the irs paid out $5.8 billion in fraudulent tax refund. now online tax preparation software such as turbotax are trying to figure out how crooks take refunds that don't belong to them. all of this comes as turbotax stands accused of making it too easy for these criminals to do business. >> the sheer amount of fraud that we were knowingly letting into the network really bothered me. >> the fraud that he's talking about is online tax scammers, claiming refunds. mcdugal was a security engineer for one of the largest tax filing company intuit, which owns turbotax. this year turbotax has seen a huge increase in fraudulent concerns. >> we were seeing millions of families being affected by this but we couldn't get management t

libby casey is in washington for us tonight. libby. >> tony, this means that doctors will not see a dramatic cut in the money they get paid through the government, reimbursement for treating medicare patients. congress waited until the last minute to pass this last night. and that's nothing new. over the years, they have waited until the last minute for temporary fixings and what's new this time, the effort to truly fix the problem once and for all. it was down to the wire, but the senate overwhelmingly passed the doc fix overnight. it's the biggest change in medicare in 20 years. >> it happened after the press went to bed i think but a very important thing a thing called the doc fix passed. we passed it any very bipartisan way. >> it calculates how doctors who treat medicare patients are paid. if congress didn't act the doctors would have seen a 20% dron if this were reimbursements from meld care. >> we have been driving them out of the profession. >> congress has come up with 17 temporary catches over the years, but this bill

libby casey joins us live from washington. libby. >> reporter: david today's episode wasn't that bad but it certainly did highlight the vulnerabilities that the city faces are dependent on the four grid. from the political center, from the state department where a spokeswoman conducted a briefing by the light of her phone, to the white house which was briefly hit. >> to the cause of this, i don't know if an upgraded infrastructure would have prevented it from happening but certainly, it's hard to imagine that a more modern power grid would have hurt. >> the local power company said a piece of metal fell on the power line, causing the outage, and the power officials say there's no reason to suspect terrorism or other activities, but it points out the aging power grid. >> we have a lot of vulnerability out there. needed to operate, the faa. >> a system that's interconnected, which means that problems can quickly cascade. >> if the power grid up in ottawa fails then we have to take the northeast quadrant of the united states out.