Its devastating. My heart goes out to the family. Reporter the driver who remained on the scene was in a Jeep Grand Cherokee going in the same direction as the mother and baby. Getting ready to make a left hand turn while there was a mother walking her baby in a stroller in the crosswalk also going in the same direction. Reporter the Sheriffs Department seized the grand cherokee to investigate and serve the driver with the search warrant late in the afternoon he turned over two cell phones. I dont see how someone can do that. It is well marked. Was at this morning . Reporter at 8 15. Its at school time at a major school intersection. I dont know where that driver was. Reporter the driver of the Jeep Grand Cherokee has not been charged that the and remains in the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. I can tell you that we have seen people coming and bringing flowers. A warning to please be very careful. We just saw a little girl run across the street by herself to put flowers dow
Hundreds of viewer comments calling for myers to be firedor removed by the governor. Neither of those are options. Myers is an elected official and cannot be fired by for instance, the county administrator or a city manager. The governor cannot remove him because the charge hes facing is a misdemeanor, not a felony that would involve a grand jury indictment. And South Carolina is a state where there is no recall procedure for an elected official of any kindfederal, state or local. So it would be up to myers himself to resign. Here is crime Victim Advocate and madd member laura hudson. I think the citizens have spoken to that today. That thats the reasoning of the community. Everybody that ive heard from would like to see that take place. Q thats not to say that he hasnt done great things and has been an effective prosecutor. For 30 years i have loved and respected him for being the best prosecutor in the state. So its with a very heavy heart that i say these things, because time. Hudso
On cspan 3 committee will come to order. Today were discussing a topic. Theres Cyber Security and how to stop the bad guys. Whats not been discussed in great detail is what the consequence will be from a massive cyber attack that brings down for example a large portion of the electric for an amount of time. With the electrical power system is, what consequences should the federal government tell the state and local government to prepare for . In other words, for how many people and for how long should states plan on being without power . The federal government does not now for every significant hazard that we face. Whether its a category five hurricane hitting miami or an 8. 0 hurricane. The federal government does not have the basic planning scenario for a cyber threat in the you power system, and theres a huge disparity in different groups think and what is a potentialle scenario in what state and local government should prepare. Its significant for the local government. If the power
Committee will come to order. Today were holding a hearing to discuss a timely topic. Theres been numerous hearings on Cyber Security and how to stop the bad guys. Whats not been discussed in great detail is what the consequence will be from a massive cyber attack that brings down for example a large portion of the electrical grid for an amount of time. The purpose is to answer an important question. With respect to suber threats to the electrical power system, what consequences should the federal government tell states and local governments to prepare for . In other words, for how many people and for how long should states plan on being without power . The federal government does this now for every significant hazard that we face. Whether its a category five hurricane hitting miami or an 8. 0 earthquake in los angeles. The federal government has realist scenarios for states and cities to plan. The federal government does not have this basic planning scenario for a cyber threat to the
The electrical grid is under attack and then the power sector is all too familiar with the devastation storms like Hurricane Sandy can leave behind and the physical attacks like the 2013 incident and the sub cap station in california. 2013 incident in the substation in california. Thankfully in the cases of storms and physical attacks, the sector has strong plans in place and the systems to restore the power quickly and to avoid the loss of life and property. I am concerned about a cyber attack. Are there similar plans in place for the industry and for the state and local government . Will those provide the same types of protection . Most recently i have been discussing this topic with those in my district asking what they will do in their communities if the power is out for a long period of time. Honestly, most of them do not know because we dont know what to plan for. We have brought together the right people here to tell us today. We are also going to discuss what preparedness looks