st. louis and june, 2012. i was covering mitt romney when he is running for president. there was a fundraiser the ritz-carlton in downtown st. louis. this was about the same time that his message was that the president was ruining the country and economy. all of the standard lines you hear from a challenger. he was quoting from a call and written by david nation us that road about how domestic energy reduction in u.s. was exploding. fast-forward a couple of years and we've seen that happen. domestic energy production has i think doubled. we are on track to become, some say the saudi arabia of the world in terms of our energy production. due in large part to fracking. energy has played a huge role helping our economy gains steam. i was wondering when i started working on this, how much of factor that was. it turns out it is hard to quantify what role it has played in the recovery. i talked to a guy who has studied this and his estimate was about .5 points of gdp growth. it is significant, but not definitive. host: from stillwater minnesota, the independent line. up next is derek did go ahead. caller: good morning. i guess

st. louis and june, 2012. i was covering mitt romney when he is running for president. there was a fundraiser the ritz-carlton in downtown louis. this was about the same time that his message was that the president was ruining the country and economy. all of the standard lines you hear from a challenger. he was quoting from a call and written by david nation us that road about how domestic energy reduction in u.s. was exploding. fast-forward a couple of years and we've seen that happen. domestic energy production has i think doubled. we are on track to become, some say the saudi arabia of the world in terms of our energy production. due in large part to fracking. energy has played a huge role helping our economy gains steam. i was wondering when i started working on this, how much of factor that was. it turns out it is hard to quantify what role it has played in the recovery. i talked to a guy who has studied this and his estimate was about .5 points of gdp growth. it is significant, but not definitive. host: from stillwater minnesota, the independent line. up next is derek did go ahead. caller: good morning. i guess i'm

st. louis. >> chicago. >> that is correct. took place at the cbs broadcast facility in downtown chicago. as commander in chief in 1991, president george h.w. bush oversaw the u.s.-led coalition attack of the gulf war called what, a, operation desert shield, b, operation able sentry, operation sharp edge, operation desert storm? >> desert storm. >> that is correct. president george w. bush caused a bit of a flap in march 1990 when he banned what from air force one? broccoli, women -- >> broccoli. >> that is correct. nice. >> i knew the food answer. >> which u.s. president signed a treaty to purchase alaska from russia in 1867? >> andrew johnson. >> that is correct. nice job. you guys are on fire. >> which one of these presidents did not win a nobel peace prize? >> harry truman, c. >> that is correct. and that is it for that round. >> good job! [ cheers and applause ] >> erin and john in the lead. 100 points. chris and done a close third with 20 points. >> it's early. >> in this game anything can happen, particularly in the next round. the point value doubles in the next round. the speed r