Just putting out a new update this hour. Bill karins will break it down in a few minutes. Meantime, a live look at Rhode Island. Where henri made landfall around 12 00 p. M. Its near westerly. The storms maximum sustained winds reached 60 miles an hour at landfall. Lets now get to a live look at our roving camera. That one has been driving through connecticut. Were going to move there now. It is near the Rhode Island border. While connecticut was spared from a direct hit, the governor in the last hour stressing we need to take the impact of this storm seriously. Dont get complacent. As i said before, sandy, those were not hurricanes either. Because the terrain is so wet, you do have, just a 40, 50 gusts. Knocks over trees and thats why were watching the Power Outage Situation so carefully. And to give you a live look from the earth cam, were looking at montauk, New York. The storm is causing threatening conditions. It has brought with it dangerous Storm Surge, strong winds, also some f
Capitol hill, meeting in solidarity with democratic senators as their majority leader, chuck schumer, reportedly expects his caucus to push to take up voting Rights Legislation ahead of the senates rapidly approaching Summer Recess with an eye on next years mid terms. What appears to be a Budding Victory Lap for the biden administration, the containment of covid19, thanks to a vigorous Vaccination Campaign is now in peril at a crucial time. With the Delta Variant of the Covid19 Virus ravaging the nation, specifically those states where republican governors have demonized if not thenned to punish the mandated Mask Use of masks. All of that tonight on Politics Nation. So lets get started. Joining me now is Senator Debby Stabenow of michigan, a democrat. Senator, thank you for joining us first tonight. Let me go to this, senator stabenow, because it appears that this Infrastructure Plan is advancing legislatively. Is it fair to say that former President Trumps effort to bring down the bip
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Employees hard to find. We begin with a dire warning from the u. S. Government. Ransomware attacks are getting so frequent that they could cripple vital infrastructure if drastic Action Isnt taken soon. Experts say cyberattacks are up more than 100 compared to this time last year, and last year was busy. Hospitals, schools, police, transportation, gasoline, food, government no one has been spared. And a single successful attack can throw daily life into turmoil. Remember Colonial Pipeline that was hacked with an errant password. Suddenly millions of americans couldnt get gas, a jarring Wakeup Call for the biden administration. Jessica schneider explains. Reporter the biden administration sounding the alarm about the growing threat of cyberattacks. Fbi director Christopher Wray comparing the effort needed to combat this, to have the Fbi Approach the response to terrorism after 9 11. There are a lot of parallels. Theres a lot of importance and a lot of focus by us on disruption and preve
Im Wolf Blitzer. Youre in the situation room. We begin with a growing alarm over a spate of cyber attacks suspected to be originating from russia, threatening to technologically cripple u. S. Companies unless they pay up. Our senior national Security Correspondent Alex marquardt is here with the latest. The Fbi Director kpcompares thi Terror Threat to 9 11. The Comparison Director Wray is trying to make is how important it is to root out these attackers to disrupt these attacks. Hes driving home how destructive they can be. Wray is adding his voice to a growing chorus of administration officials highlighting the fact this is an urgent national security threat. But there are significant questions that remain over whether the administration is doing enough. The cyber threats against the United States have grown so much its like dealing with terrorism after 9 11. That urgent message from the head of the fbi, Chris Wray, today adding his voice to the alarm being sounded by the biden admini