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What if a hostile attack took down the nation’s power grid?

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Electrical engineer Dr. Emmanuel Taylor joins Kerry to discuss national power systems that are integral to the function of our everyday lives, and just what may happen in a best (and worst) case scenario involving power grids going powerless. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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