there was a lightning strike which caused the protection systems of the national grid not to operater consequences, but associated with that we had a disconnection suddenly ofa that we had a disconnection suddenly of a gas fire power station and around about the same time disconnection of a large wind sure firm. some smaller generators also disconnected at the same time, the so disconnected at the same time, the so that his three sets of generation that a lot and is about 1300 megawatts. national grid were holding reserve at about 1000 megawatts, so that was more lost than they routinely cover for. the frequency of the network fell. it is normally 50 hertz, it felt that 39.1 hertz. and another part of the gas—fired power station disconnected and that because the frequency drop further. we saw our second night of defence, which is what caused the difficulties, that is where the power cuts begin to try to save the rest of the system. and we saw the results of that. what we're hearing in this report today, not that much different to the interim report is that there needs to be more resi

and more saved putting power in the hands of people and we'll bring rail, mail, water, and the national grid into public ownership. cheers and applause] so the essential services that are for the public, not for private profit. it's very simple. that's what we are going to do. yesterday, here in brighton, i met lewis walker, wonderful 9-year-old boy. bright, bubbly, lovely boy. lewis is living with cystic fibrosis. every day he needs four hours of treatment. and is often in hospital, which obviously keeps him from school and from his friends. the normal lives of 9-year-olds. lewis' life could be very different with the aid of a medicine called orcamby, but lewis, he's denied the medicine he needs because its manufacturer refuses to sell the drug to n.h.s. at an affordable price. lewis and tens of thousands of others suffering from illnesses such as cystic fibrosis or breast cancer are being denied lifesaving medicines by a system that puts profits for shareholders before people's lives. labour will tackle this. we will redesign the system to serve public health, not private wealth. using com

put this into context for us, because national grid are saying the power cut didn't last for an extendedbe ringing, why? it didn't last very long, the power cut, in the summer, in high summer, and the system reacted in the way is it supposed to. but that tells you that we really don't have a system fit for the purposes for which we now want a 21st—century energy system to deliver against and those are quite straightforward. first of all, our entire economy is digitising, which means everything is going to depend upon being linked to the communications networks. the crucial thing about digitalisation is its basically electric. so the whole security of all our infrastructures is interdependent with the digital communication systems and electricity. secondly, we are decarbonising and the renewa bles we are decarbonising and the renewables tend to be small—scale, at the bottom of the electricity system and so to put together and electric system which meets the security of supply are the digitalised world which is also renewa bles digitalised world which is also renewables and decarbonise, re

we have rural areas that are far from the main national grid and haven't built a system that's built into a full container with all the equipment you need to set up. going into deeper parts of africa where you don't have access to tools and engineering services. the market for solar systems is growing in south africa where prices for conventional energy have risen sharply in the last 5 years. in the freak growing area and yes there is free to stored in large cold stores sometimes for months this involves high energy costs which is why this company has equipped its raif with solar cells some 7000 tons of c o 2 have been saved over the last 4 years. with our sun i think the cost of solar panels now. is a way off topic i thing it not too much knowledge you need you can focus on the best as you don't have to focus on. getting some power i think solar panels definitely be easiest way and a base way to go. but there is only limited freedom to decide the energy mix in south africa grego coirpre advisors companies on the installation of solar systems until now the market has been dominated b

to kenya now where wind turbines are providing plenty of powerful the national grid to lake turkana but the electricity doesn't reach everyone distribution is a matter of the state and local fishing villages are easily overlooked. lake turkana has plenty of fish but with this primitive raft tarla polity just catches a single fish that will earn a $0.90 at most his wife and 6 children are waiting at home the money will not be enough for a good meal in the evening. the fisherman can only dream of a boat like this the fishing village is far away from the hustle and bustle of the city and also lacks the blessings of the modern world there is no electricity for miles around. fresh fish sell well in the nearby town but only catch needs to be chilled to keep it fresh this is difficult without electricity and dried fish however bring less money . we don't go i says only delivered here once a week to cool the fish but the so if we had electricity we could sell more fish and we would have more money to educate the children or look after them when they're sick or. the solution is not far away wind

we have areas that are far from the main national grid and haven't built a system that's built into a full container with all the equipment you need to set up. going into deeper parts of africa where you don't have access to tools and engineering services. with more hours of bright sunshine than any other continent on earth solar power has great potential in africa and as the population continues to grow the need for energy will to. a recently published report said july was the hottest month ever recorded on earth and we all know what heat can do. that's why it's n.t. melts ice for one thing not a problem in a cool drink or by huge problem when it comes to oxic laces the levels are rising in many parts of the world so much so that the land is being lost to the sea a next report from europe gives us an idea of what the consequences of that can be . mike russell has the sea right at his doorstep he's a dedicated angler who's lived on the coast of wales for over 40 years right now the ira seeds bright and sunny but the people here have seen their share of storm surges. mike's house stand

our business correspondent tadhg enright said the report by national grid looked at if lessons couldt is the scheme by which excess capacity is brought online in the event of a blackout and you start to prioritise different customers in terms of making sure who gets priority access to power when there is not enough out there — places like schools, hospitals and essential infrastructure. so they want to review that and also they say that the settings on electric trains should be reviewed to ensure that they can continue to operate during normal disturbances in the system like this. so what will happen with this report? will it happen? will the recommendations come into effect? listen, we have not got to the end of itjust yet. according to national grid, this represents an event beyond the standards which the existing full back systems —— which the existing full back systems a re —— which the existing full back systems are designed to satisfy. so it was a bigger event than the current emergency systems were able for. they are going to review whether, indeed, these systems should be bee

and i spoke to the national grid to federation in the states a few hours ago, and they said there don't it's very good resources, and its logistics, and its size, it's a perfect place to do business. the question now is, when will all this come to an end? and really, although the two sides are getting together in september again, it seems unlikely they will be anytime soon. and in the meantime, if the american consumer and the chinese consumer and business really suffering for all this. katie, thank you for this. katie prescott. air passengers in the uk are experiencing disruption to flights because of a system failure at french air traffic control. all flights travelling through the country's airspace are affected. british airways and easyjet have both confirmed widespread disruption to inbound and outbound services. at least seven people have been killed — and more than 20 injured — by a gunman in the us state of texas. police have said he was a white man in his 30s and was later shot dead in the town of odessa. john mcmanus has this report. oh, my god, he's fixing to shoot! the terri

grid. the cooperation among federal, state and local governments is essential to protecting americans and our nation's infrastructure. given today's cyber environment it's more important than ever that congress pursue policies that continue to foster these exciting developments and support our grid infrastructure. this is an issue that i am very passionate about and vulnerable components -- any vulnerable component is a threat to our physical and national security, making it imperative that we invest in grid modernization and security. that's why i'm proud to co-chair the bipartisan grid innovation caucus with my good friend from across the aisle, representative bob latta from ohio. together we're focused on providing a forum for discussing solutions for the many challenges facing the grid and to educate members of congress and staff about the importance of the electric grid with relation to the economy, energy security, advanced technologies being utilized to enhance grid capabilities. this work has informed our introduction of two bills on the topic, both of which have already been marked up and adv

it could be cat graphic if the nation's grid. the president issued an executive order in march that directed the federal government to take the threat seriously. it's only as good as the execution of that order jnl and judge jeanine: and i remember for years afollowed this. there was hearings and nothing happened. we have a grid in this country where it's a series of local power grids that are connected. is the military still on a civilian grid? >> yes, ma'am. the military is just as dependent on the civilian grid as the rest of the civilians. president's executive order inspired people, including people in the military to take this and run with it. there's an electromagnetic task force that was established by a general that looked at the threat and brought in military experts, government experts, civilian experts together to try to really actualize those things that the president directed in the executive order. but just like you've -- judge jeanine: what does it mean. go ahead. >> judge, you've chronicled in your book -- and i

we'll discuss the national power grid vulnerability. but first my open. you know what? the president was right to fire you. everything you did while you were at the fbi was for your political and ee. thinking no one would prosecute you for removing information from the fbi and giving it to your pal to get it to the "new york times." by doing this, you, one person, james comey, you created havoc and chaos in this great country. but for your doing that, robert mueller would never have been appointed and america would never have had to endure the lies of russian collusion that you and your pals at the fbi created. your arrogance led you to believe that you were above the law. you took various documents that contain classified information and official use only and you removed them from the fbi. by doing so, you violated both the fbi's rules and policies as well as the terms of your fbi employment agreement. after being fired rightfully fired as director by president trump you took 7 memos you had no right to remove from the fbi, that you never told anyone about, and you pla

we'll discuss the national power grid vulnerability. but first my open. you know what? e

we'll discuss the national power grid vulnerability. but first my open. you know what? the president was right to fire you. everything you did while you were at the fbi was for your political and ee. thinking no one would prosecute you for removing information from the fbi and giving it to your pal to get it to the "new york times." by doing this, you, one person, james comey, you created havoc and chaos in this great country. but for your doing that, robert mueller would never have been appointed and america would never have had to endure the lies of russian collusion that you and your pals at the fbi created. your arrogance led you to believe that you were above the law. you took various documents that contain classified information and official use only and you removed them from the fbi. by doing so, you violated both the fbi's rules and policies as well as the terms of your fbi employment agreement. after being fired rightfully fired as director by president trump you took 7 memos you had no right to remove from the fbi, that you never told anyone about, and you pla

in terms of any national grid, what everyone is remember is the wire that you have got into your house in which you can end up buying renewable energy. the first way is where the energy supplier has themselves got some windmills awesome solar panels in the fields. and they themselves generated and sell it you as a customer. nice and straightforward. an alternative is that the energy supplier has got relationships with those who do own the windmills or the solar panels in the windmills or the solar panels in the fields and seller directly to you. what happens there is the electricity comes with a certificate, which is a guarantee has been generated by renewable electricity. that is passed on to you as a customer. everyone is happy you as a customer. everyone is happy you have some renewable generation. those two ways is how people will think of a renewable energy deal. there is also a third way. the third way is where the renewable generation happens, but that actually guarantee of green energy has been split from the electricity and is separately sold on a secondary market in order to

he's going to treat this like 100 world war iis, nationalize the grid.more vague on how to pay for it. in between, you got sprinkled in there joe biden at the more modest end, 1.6 trillion or so, kamala harris this morning, a $10 trillion plan with a pollution tax, but she doesn't specify the mechanisms. so i've been reading through the questions. they're astounding. especially anybody under the age of 25. you know, this is the story of their lifetime. >> and it's one of those things. town halls offer a unique opportunity where you can give your plan, you can answer -- you can't answer every question the same way. you really will show, hopefully -- i'm wondering if there's a way to gauge who is most serious about tackling this issue. jay insley is out. he's not running anymore. in the way of how serious they are and how achievable these goals are. it's one thing to campaign. it's another thing to govern. it's another thing to have to pay for it. >> exactly. >> that's a real thing i'm interested in. what you're laying out, is this so pie in the sky, or is

wants to de facto nationalize the power grid the way fdr did car makers in order to fight world war ii sort of positioning themselves on that spectrum, right? kamala harris, $10 trillion. yesterday elizabeth warren said, hey, i'm going to take jay inslee's plan who was the most comprehensive. the washington governor dropped out and said anybody can crowd source my material and it's interesting that elizabeth warren was the first to take some of his ideas and add another trillion dollars to her plan. then you got guys like mayor pete buttigieg who his town of south bend is just now working on a climate akction plan. he seems to be sort of thin on specifics so far. we'll find out more tonight. beto o'rourke was the first in with a climate plan. you know, as somebody watching him, it looks like he's putting all those chips on those voters who care about guns and the climate. >> and is it fair to say the most radical plan is andrew yang's? >> it is in keeping with the rest of his ideas. his platform, he wants to ensure everybody $1,000 a month, universal income. there are some estimates by

and we will bring rail, mail, water and the national grid into public ownership.t lucy denied the medicine. but lucy denied the medicine he needs because it's manufacturer refuses to sell the drug to the nhs at an affordable price. lewis and tens of thousands of others suffering from illnesses such as cystic fibrosis, hepatitis c or breast cancer are being denied life—saving medicines by a system that puts profits for shareholders before people's lives. labour will tackle this. we will redesign the system to serve public health, not private wealth, using compulsory licensing to secure generic versions of patented medicines. we will have the drug companies that if they want public research funding, then they will have to make their drugs affordable for all. and we will create a new, publicly owned generic drugs manufacturer to supply cheaper medicines to our nhs. saving our health service money and saving lives at the same time. i would like to say is thank you to lewis and his family and so many otherfamilies going lewis and his family and so many other families g

grid. lead national correspondent david begnaud spoke to victims of maria in puerto rico back in 2017. >> reporteryou have water here? >> we don't have water. >> reporter: power? >> we don't have power. >> reporter: you feel like you're on your own? >> yes, the community's on their own. i'm on my own. we are on our own. >> they went to puerto rico as part of the government's recovery efforts to restore the territory's electric power grid. >>> ahead, a family sends a message in a bottle to escape danger in california. hear the first responders describe how the dramatic rescue unfolded. >>> if you're on the go, subscribe to our podcast. you'll hear the day's top stories and what's happening in your world all in less than 20 minutes. you're watching "cbs this morning." ♪ if you live with diabetes, why fingerstick when you can scan? with the freestyle libre 14 day system just scan the sensor with your reader, iphone or android and wimanage your diabetes. libre 14 day system with the freestyle libre 14 day system, a continuous glucose monitor, you can check your glucose levels any time, without fingers

this might be a way to combat climate change, a shift to renewable sources, build a national energy efficient smart gridupgrade buildings to become energy-efficient, decarbonized industries and the nation's infrastructure in transportation as well as address income inequality. we ask all of you this morning, best ways to combat climate change after lawmakers heard from capitol hill yesterday -- young people testifying from capitol hill yesterday about what the united states should do. lorraine in oregon, good morning to you. caller: good morning. my husband and i do a lot of things around our own house. we have solar panels, we buy energy-efficient appliances. we are getting an electric car and we save water. one discussion we have all the in thend i believe democrats and liberals, one discussion we have all the time is one of the best ways to to stop thes overpopulation of the earth. if we didn't have so many people fighting for resources and ending up in migrant camps, if we could stop the overpopulation of the earth, that would go such a long way to help. thank you for your time and i look forward to

our nation's critical infrastructure, its utility grids, election systems, and our public and private networks are all vulnerable. our adversaries and international criminal organizations have become more determined and brazen in their attempts to attack us and steal from us. we need a whole government and public and private sector response to this threat, and it needs to happen now. we cannot out-think, out-innovate, and out-research those who seek to do us harm by, among other things, investing in our nation's research enterprise and leveraging such things as the gym's capabilities and intellectual resources at the department of energy national laboratories. the less technical threat of mass casualty shootings is no less consequential to those posed in the cyber arena. many in our country have sadly grown all too accustomed to stories of yet another mass shooting. dhs' office of intelligence and analysis was created to evaluate the nexus between threat and vulnerability. it needs to be aggressive in doing so with respect to gun violence and mass casualty shootings. i believe in the

national risks to our societies. we thought it was about power grids and bank systems, it is but it's also about soft power , our valuesur freedom of speech , our electrical security. cyber security is about defending our way of life. the internet did not invite entrepreneurship, freedom, it's a brilliant expression it's about defending those shared values that we cherish, defending our open society, in 2016 it seemed slightly over- the-top , but not anymore. because those shared freedoms are under attack? we know so much more than what we did in 2016. here's how it looks from the perspective of the united kingdom. we benefit hugely from being part of the nsa's equivalent. here's what we find. we face a determined aggressive russia seeking political advantage by high-tech means. we live in a business and corporate environment were chinese cyber attacks on our commercial interest is now something that our companies treat as business as usual. while we can welcome some mutually beneficial investment from china's burgeoning tech sector, we have become increasingly aware of areas where we and our allies need to have our ow

national risks to our societies. we thought it was about power grids and bank systems, it is but it's also about soft power , our valuesur freedom of speech , our electrical security. cyber security is about defending our way of life. the internet did not invite entrepreneurship, freedom, it's a brilliant expression it's about defending those shared values that we cherish, defending our open society, in 2016 it seemed slightly over- the-top , but not anymore. because those shared freedoms are under attack? we know so much more than what we did in 2016. here's how it looks from the perspective of the united kingdom. we benefit hugely from being part of the nsa's equivalent. here's what we find. we face a determined aggressive russia seeking political advantage by high-tech means. we live in a business and corporate environment were chinese cyber attacks on our commercial interest is now something that our companies treat as business as usual. while we can welcome some mutually beneficial investment from china's burgeoning tech sector, we have become increasingly aware of areas where we and our allies need to have our ow

national lab. some of the work they're doing on battery storage. there's new grid storage, launch pad that's occurring at d.o.e. that's going to accelerate material development, testing, having some independent evaluation of battery materials, battery systems. i think i asked paul to talk a little bit about some of the elements in these batteries that are not rare earth minerals that will be very effective for us, that we don't have quite -- we don't have the concern about where those materials are going to be coming from developed in the united states. validating this material capability, accelerating new technologies and obviously collaborating -- collaboration with the d.o.e. and the labs out there. >> and the states have a role to play. >> of course. i remind people when they think about texas they think about you are big oil and gas producing states, which we are. we wanted to have a diverse portfolio. what occurred in texas, i remind my friends in europe on a regular basis, mr. fletcher, when i go over there that texas produces more percentage wise than what

obviously, we are getting maps and grid details on the investigation into the aramco attacks. let's bring in the bloomberg head of nationalill faries out of washington, d.c. this feels like there is a bigger play here. do we have any idea what it might be yet? bill: it is very interesting that so far, our read art -- our read out from this press conference has the saudis saying this was a choreographed or sponsored by iran, but i haven't heard them yet, and perhaps i missed it, but they haven't said yet that the attack came from iran. there are a number of places it could have come from. there are pro-iranian militias in iraq. it could have come from a couple of other places. there is a difference between saying it was sponsored by iran and saying the attacks were launched from iran. that is something we will all be looking out for. secretary of state mike pompeo is expected to land in saudi arabia within the next couple of hours. obviously he will be following up on this presentation by the saudi defense ministry. i guess the big question is the more you point the finger at iran, whether they just sponsored it or launche

folks from the fbi, director of national intelligence office, homeland security, talking apparently about details about how to keep russia, other countries out of the grid, off of social media during the presidential election. so no details about what was discussed but certainly interesting that they are. back to you. connell: fly on the wall there. thank you, gerri. melissa: best day of the year for hong kong investors. hong kong stocks rallying nearly 4%. fox news's jonathan hunt is in hong kong with the latest. jonathan? reporter: hong kong's chief executive carrie lam has been under intense pressure on wednesday she finally buckled, agreeing undoubtedly with the backing of the chinese government to withdraw the controversial extradition bill that sparked the protests 13 long weeks ago. in doing so she called for an end to the violence that has racked hong kong. >> our foremost priority now is to end violence. to safeguard the rule of law and to restore order and safety in society. reporter: but what on the face of it seemed like a significant concession was quickly dismissed by protest organizers. >> too little too late. second of all, hong kong peo

grid in puerto rico federal prosecutors say ahsha tribble had a close personal relationship with the president of the company who was also indicted along with a second fema employee. >>> as the nation prepares to mark the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks here in new york tomorrow, a very special group of fire department recruits more than a dozen are in training they're children of firefighters who lost their lives on that day, and today i spoke with one mother who in particular has extra reason to be proud >> carl asaro's life was dedicated to family and community. i'm curious. what was it like for the kids to grow up having a dad who was a firefighter? >> whatever my husband was, they were together. they wanted to do everything under the car, fixing the car. >> reporter: they were very proud of their dad >> very proud. >> reporter: a veteran new york city firefighter, asaro died on that crisp september day, answering the call of duty his wife heloisa says that day changed their family forever we're sitting about 50 or 60 feet from what was the north tower. what have you learned about where you husband was at that moment it came down? >> what i learn, that he was near the towe

national effort in most countries. that is the great that enables -- grid that enables energy sources to move.s its own idiosyncratic way of distributing electricity at a local level. we have our own peculiarities in our own regard. >> are you behind that? >> absolutely. absolutely. that's why we are working harder. francine: manus cranny joins us from the world economic forum in cape town. what else do you learn from him? man has a major portfolio. supplies 95% of power in south africa. what we confirmed in the interview was that he intends to -- of transmission business. that is his priority. goingsence of what he is to do in that business is sort out the debt. i asked about the bondholders. that, 70%n worth of guaranteed by the government. that leaves $10 billion left by investors. he says the investors are not worried about a cut. the bottom line is that there are massive over staffing. he would not give me a number in terms of how many jobs he would have to cut. it is about moving this economy forward at a fairly tough time. they just escaped from recession in terms of the numbers. escog

nation, the declaration of independence and the united states constitution. the addiction of the constitution the central group of figures represents those who play key roles in the creation of that document grid along with george washington james madison and henchmen frank and his george mason one of the 5 most frequent speakers at the constitutional convention. at the conclusion of the constitutional convention mason did not sign the document. his primary objection to lack of a declaration of individual rights such as the creation of the third charter in the rotunda , the bill of rights. they look forward to hearing more about george mason's critical role in the formation of our nations -- by our author's william hyland. in defense of thomas jefferson nominated for the virginia letter rate award and also a biography of jeffersonian historian and mark the jefferson and intimate life of thomas jefferson. mr. highland is a litigation attorney with the national firm of vernon and boeing. he's spent 30 years with high-profile experience and also an adjunct or fester of law at princeton college of law and teaches an undergraduate course in political science. his professional lectures included spee

national risks to our societies and critical national infrastructures broader than we thought a few years ago. maybe back then we thought it was about power gridsagrids, and it is but about soft power and value of speech and electrical security. putting it all together, cybersecurity is about defending our value of life. the internet didn't invent our vacuums of free -- values of freedom and entrepreneurship, cybersecurity is about defending the values we cherish and about defending our free open societies. maybe back in 2016, that assertion would have seemed slightly over the top but not anymore. look how their shared precious digital freedoms are under attack. we know so much more about the threat than in 2016 and prepared to share more about it. here's how it looks from the perspective op the sk's ncsc. we benefit from the nsa's equivalent. we find aggressive russia seeking political advantage by new high-tech means. we live in a business and corporate environment where chinese cyber attacks on our commercial interest is now something our companies treat business as usual. while we can welcome some mutually beneficial investment of china's b

computers controlling russian power grid without notifying the president for fear he may countermand the operation or disclose it to russian officials given his distrust of national security agencies particularly on issues pertaining to russia and cyber security but these are only the tip of the iceberg. the deep state is how trump and those around him describe a broader system of invisible and often unaccountable power they see is concentrated in washington but extending to new york paris and berlin with offices in london and-- park. and includes elements of military and financial might but also includes leading media and intelligence that allegedly dominate the global economy and politics. us presidents come and go, compared political parties lose an election and when the next but the deep state goes on. it is a state within a state, what trump calls the swamp or at other times, the elites. in march 2018 pole showed 27% of americans had heard of the deep state or will were familiar with that creature. show that three quarters of americans believed their way a quote of unelected officials who secretly manipulate or direct national policy". brought distrust of su