>>> THE FBI IS JOINING THE INVESTIGATION
INTO POWER OUTAGES IN NORTH CAROLINA THAT OFFICIALS SAY WERE
CAUSED BY INTENTIONAL AND TARGETED ATTACKS.
MORE THAN 35,000 CUSTOMERS ARE WAKING UP WITHOUT POWER AFTER
GUN FIRE LEFT DAMAGE. >> THE PERPETRATOR, IT WILL BE
BROUGHT TO JUSTICE AND PROSECUTED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
OF THE LAW. >> A MANDATORY OVERNIGHT WAS
LIFTED IN THE LAST HOUR. WHITNEY WILD IS IN NORTH
CAROLINA. AND SHE FILED THIS REPORT.
>> THERE IS A LOT MORE WE DON'T KNOW THAN WE DO KNOW.
LAW ENFORCEMENT HERE SAYING THE FBI IS INVOLVED AS WELL AS THE
STATE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION. RIGHT NOW ALL THEY CAN SAY IS
THESE TWO SUBSTATIONS SUSTAINED GUN FIRE AND ONE OF THE GATES
LEADING INTO THE SUBSTATIONS APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN TAKEN OFF
THE HINGES. AS FAR AS THE MOTIVE, LAW
ENFORCEMENT CAN'T SAY WHAT THE REASON IS.
THERE HAD BEEN SOME TALK ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT THIS MAY HAVE
BEEN CONNECTED TO A DRAG SHOW SOMEWHERE IN MOORE COUNTY.
HOWEVER, LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN'T SAY THAT'S THE MOTIVE RIGHT NOW
UNTIL THEY'RE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHO DID THIS AND THEY SAY THEY
HAVE NO IDEA WHO DID THIS, THE MOTIVE IS GOING TO BE EXTREMELY
DIFFICULT TO FIGURE OUT. MEANWHILE, HERE IN MOORE COUNTY,
SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED UNTIL AT LEAST TOMORROW.
AGAIN, MORE THAN 40,000 PEOPLE ARE WITHOUT POWER.
THE LIKELIHOOD HERE IS THAT POWER WON'T BE RESTORED UNTIL
THURSDAY. I FOUND THIS BIZARRE AND
TROUBLING. WE CAN GET INTO THE QUESTIONS
ABOUT POTENTIAL DOMESTIC TERRORISM.
WHAT IS YOUR ASSESSMENT THIS MORNING?
>> FIRST OF ALL, WE'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE.
THE FIRST TIME THIS CAME UP WAS 2013 IN THE MED CALF CAMP IN
CALIFORNIA. HUNDREDS OF ROUNDS OF SNIPER
POSITIONS TOOK OUT 17 TRANSFORMERS DID $15 MILLION
WORTH OF DAMAGE. BUT IN THAT ONE THEY WERE ABLE
TO REROUTE POWER TO OTHER STATIONS, NOT GO THROUGH A BIG
BLACKOUT. BUT IT TOOK WEEKS TO REPAIR.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT INCIDENT, WE IN THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE
DEPARTMENT, OUR PARTNERS AT CON ED, CONGRESS, THE DEPARTMENT OF
ENERGY, STARTED LOOKING AT WHAT IS THE SECURITY ON THE
ELECTRICAL GRID? MADE A LOT OF CHANGES AND
RECOMMENDATIONS, THIS IS THE SECOND ONE OF THESE WE'VE SEEN.
THE REAL QUESTION IS MOTIVE, WAS IT TO TAKE OUT THE POWER
STATION, WAS IT TO DENY POWER TO A THEATRE THAT WAS HOLDING A
CONTROVERSIAL LGBTQ EVENT THAT NIGHT IN MOORE COUNTY WHERE THE
THEATRE WAS BLACKED OUT AND THEY HAD TO CALL OFF THE SHOW.
WE DON'T HAVE THAT RIGHT NOW. >> THAT WAS MY QUESTION IS WHY.
BECAUSE THE LOCAL SHERIFF DEFERRED THOSE QUESTIONS THAT
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, WHETHER IT WAS A DOMESTIC TERRORISM ATTACK
SAYING WE HAVE TO FIGURE THIS OUT.
SO WHERE IS THIS INVESTIGATION RIGHT NOW AND HOW DO YOU FIGURE
THAT OUT? >> THE FIRST THING YOU'RE
LOOKING FOR IS A COMMUNICATION, IF IT HAS A POLITICAL PURPOSE,
USUALLY THE PERSON BEHIND IT WANTS TO ANNOUNCE THAT AND SAY
IT WAS US AND IT WAS FOR X. WE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT YET.
>> FOR THE PURPOSE OF WHAT? WHY WOULD SOMEONE DO THIS JUST
FOR CHAOS? YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
>> WELL, IT'S REALLY INTERESTING ABOUT THE TIMING.
ON NOVEMBER 30th, DHS SENT OUT A CONFIDENTIAL ADVISORY TO LAW
ENFORCEMENT SO THAT'S JUST A FEW DAYS AGO, SAYING WE ARE IN A
HEIGHTENED THREAT PERIOD FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENT EXTREMISTS, A.
B, TARGETS WILL LIKELY INCLUDE LGBTQ EVENTS AND TARGETS
CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, GOVERNMENT TARGETS.
SO THIS IS ALREADY OUT THERE IN THE ETHER.