insulin in major distress because of this lack of power. they say 89% of the island is still without electricity. the president tweeted, nobody could have done what i ve done for puerto rico with so little appreciation, so much work. so with me now, christopher krebs at the homeland department of homeland security, dhs. christopher krebs, a pleasure to have you on. welcome. good afternoon, brooke, thanks. you know the numbers, but three weeks later 89% in puerto rico without power. 40% no phone service. 43% of the island bank branches still closed. how is this a success story as the president is painting it? so, brook, the way it actually characterize the situation in puerto rico has been said time and time again challenging logistical situation. but there is a plan in place both for temporary restoration
every day, not just from cyber, none of that is going away. you can manage jir our adversaries are trying to fill the hole. so one of the men worried about the potential national security threats because of the shutdown is america s top intelligence officer james clapper. i ve been in the intelligence business for about 50 years. i ve never seen anything like this. from my view, i think this on top of the sequestration cuts that we re already take that this seriously damages our ability to protect the safety and security of this nation and citizens. joining us live from washington, clark kent irvin, former general at the homeland department of security,s a spend institute homeland security program. good to see you. the defense secretary just announcing that he is recalling about 400,000 defense employees, civilians, to return to work
terrorists are at it 24/7 and they are bringing their full team to the field. we need to get this budget crisis resolved just as quickly as possible. particularly concerned that the department of homeland security. cpp inspectors are working, border patrol agents are working, secret service is working. they re working without pay now. they will get paid after the shutdown. for now they re not being paid. that s got to be a cause for concern for them. morale is already low. about 15 or so including cyber positions, most importantly, the position of secretary and deputy secretary. this is no time to have a b-team on the national security field. you mentioned terrorists, potential terrorists are watching, paying attention. they re watching this network and any other news outlets to learn of the state of affairs as it pertains to our government. how concerned are you or what do