it contradicts obviously the european goals not only of the energy union but in the future we will see less gas demand because of climate policy and this is the reason why this pipeline is completely on a canonical front surprised its allies on thursday saying it plan to back e.u. proposals to extend the block's energy rules to cover gazprom but now a draft document suggests paris and berlin will together insist the e.u. member state where the line first connects should enforce the rules it's a win for the project but with other objections on the table is far from full steam ahead. all right just bring us up to speed i'm joined now by the boss in your research fellow at the oxford institute for energy studies paris good to have you with us please enlighten us why is the project so controversial. i think when a guy has used to say to them it's very controversial because we have a division between the e.u. member states we have the division of the commission and that you parliament where again state and interesting enough the direction and gas from want to be there as fast as possible be

contradicts obviously the european goals not on the of the energy union but in the future we will see less gas demand because of climate policy and this is the reason why this pipeline is completely on the economic hole on friday european lawmakers will decide whether to extend the blocks energy rules to gas problem if they do so the company would no longer be allowed to both operate the pipeline to handle sales meaning the project in its current form at least could go up in smoke. well now in just a week from now the world's most important conference on international security starts in the german city of munich and i am pleased to be able to welcome now the head of the munich security conference and former german ambassador to the united states wolfgang ischinger mr singer thank you so much for joining us this morning it's a pleasure good morning and now now i'd like to begin with one of the big stories today as we've heard france set to oppose germany on north stream across and also canceling his joint appearance at this year's munich security conference how worried are you that cra

contradicts obviously the european goals not on the of the energy union but in the future we will see less gas demand because of climate policy and there's a some reason why this pipeline is completely on a canonical on friday european lawmakers will decide whether to extend the blocks energy rules to gazprom if they do so the company would no longer be allowed to both operate the pipeline to handle sales meaning the project in its current form at least could go up in smoke. and have more of the story from brussels. this is not my software. and we're just trying to get there there is max good to see you your leaders are meeting later today what are they going to decide. well the e.u. embassadors are getting together for a vote and they're most likely going to vote in favor of a directive that would change the way that north stream to is regulated the french foreign ministry did confirm that they will vote for this directive but they also said that they're still working with their partners on modifying the text possibly now we don't know what those modifications might be we do know tha

contradicts obviously the european goals not only off the energy union but in the future we will see less gas demand because of climate policy and there's a reason why this pipeline is completely on the economic hole and friday european lawmakers will decide whether to extend the block's energy rules to gas prom if they do so the company would no longer be allowed to both operate the pipeline to handle sales meaning the project in its current form at least could go up in smoke . and for more on the story i am joined now by max hoffman our brussels bureau chief joining us from there as hans brunt is with us here in berlin in our studio max i'd like to begin with you because this announcement by france it's essentially a move against germany do we know why paris is taking this step now. is there and some are even say this might be a little revenge for what the chancellor has been doing with the matter with mark hall the french president in the last years because she basically didn't really support all these projects for the european union whether this is the case or not is pure specula

reason why they construct that and it contradicts obviously the european goals not only of the energy union but in the future we will see less gas demand because of climate policy and this is the reason why this pipeline is completely on the economic hole front surprizes allies on thursday saying it plan to back e.u. proposals to extend the block's energy rules to cover gazprom but now a draft document suggests paris and berlin will together insist the e.u. member state where the line first connects should enforce the rules get us some more background now with brussels bureau chief max hofmann e.u. member states a reach that a compromise on north stream to germany must be breathing a sigh of relief. probably yes because they managed to put this whole agreement on a solid footing because even if the controversy wasn't there in the last year north stream two was never really on solid footing and there was always the danger that it might be scrapped or encounter obstacles that are unsurmountable and now the un bastard has agreed to this new proposal actually almost unanimity is the with the ex

contradicts obviously the european goals not on the of the energy union but in the future we will see less gas demand because of climate policy and this is the reason why this pipeline is completely on economical on friday european lawmakers will decide whether to extend the blocks energy rules to gas prom if they do so the company would no longer be allowed to both operate the pipeline to handle sales meaning the project in its current form at least could go up in smoke. let's get more on this story we are joined by brussels bureau chief max hoffman and hans brandt our political correspondent here in berlin welcome to both of you and max i'd like to begin with you because this announcement by france is essentially a move against germany do we know why paris is taking the step. we haven't heard an official explanation yet from the french but it appears that the arguments are mainly political and they've been heard before they're not new frets wasn't really in favor of this project in the past either but they stuck with germany the problem though is that it's really splitting the europ

reason why they construct that and it contradicts obviously the european goals not only of the energy union but in the future we will see less gas demand because of climate policy and this is the reason why this pipeline is completely on a canonical fronts prize its allies on thursday saying it plan to back e.u. proposals to extend the block's energy rules to cover gazprom but now a draft document suggests paris and berlin will together insist the e.u. member state where the line first connects should enforce the rules. and for the very latest barbara reason joins me now from brussels barbara we were reporting that france was going to vote against germany on the pipeline but not seems they've reached a last ditch compromise what can you tell us. the compromise and tails partly that the power struggle big between the european commission and the member states in this case germany to. germany so the german government will sort of stay in the driving seat was for the negotiations about the future of the project this will not go to brussels so that is one aspect and the other aspect is that ukra

reason why they construct that and contradicts obviously the european goals not on the of the energy union but in the future we will see less gas demand because of climate policy and this is the reason why this pipeline is completely on the economic hole economists claudia comfort and correspond above are these all thank you thank you. all right now to some of the other stories making news around the world. british prime minister theresa may and european commission prisoners include younger have pledged to continue talks about the u.k.'s withdrawal from the european union but younger once again refused to renegotiate the terms of the drawl. france is recalling its ambassador to inly amid mounting tension after italy's deputy prime minister met french vest protesters who are pairs as also angry about a string of critical comments directed towards president in my year on my columns government by at least two deputy prime ministers. swedish police say a norwegian air plane bound for france with one hundred sixty nine passengers on board has returned to stalk homes arlanda airport after receiv

contradicts obviously the european goals not on the of the energy union but in the future we will see less gas demand because of climate policy and this is the reason why this pipeline is completely an economical on friday european lawmakers will decide whether to extend the block's energy rules to gas prom if they do so the company would no longer be allowed to both operate the pipeline and handle sales meaning the project in its current form at least could go up in smoke. and for the very latest on this story let me join our correspondents hans brant here in berlin and bob a visit in brussels bobbie just hearing that france and germany may have reached a compromise on this issue what can you tell us. we don't know the details yet yes because the vote hasn't passed yet so we will left to guessing a bit bopped it was clear since yesterday when the news emerged that there was a compromise in the works because something like this usually doesn't end up as black or white they will have found a wording now that will tighten the regulation as the european commission and many other member s

it contradicts obviously the european goals not only of the energy union but in the future we will see less gas demand because of climate policy and this is the reason why this pipeline is completely on a canonical front surprise its allies on thursday saying it plan to back e.u. proposals to extend the block's energy rules to cover gazprom but now a draft document suggests paris and berlin will together insist the e.u. member state where the line first connects should enforce the rules. joining me now is bureau chief in brussels a matter of law next eleven states have reached a compromise or not stream to what we're going to tell us about this. well the e.u. investors in the meantime read i have approved this proposal of the story proposal by germany and france and the key to the success was that they took the e.u. proposal to change the gas directive as a basis meaning that north stream two will still have to be unbundled meaning that in one hand you have the infrastructure so the actual pipeline and in the other hand you have the delivery of the gas so providing the substance the ga

contradicts obviously the european goals not on the of the energy union but in the future we will see less gas demand because of climate policy and there's a reason why this pipeline is completely on the economic hole and friday european lawmakers will decide whether to extend the block's energy rules to gazprom if they do so the company would no longer be allowed to both operate the pipeline and handle sales meaning the project in its current form at least could go up in smoke . and floor let me join our correspondents huns brand here in berlin and max one in brussels starting with you france is essentially going to be voting against germany which is quite unprecedented why is it taking this step. i think it's safe to say that france has never been exposed to the comfort level with the north stream to project but they always stuck with germany in the past this is about to change apparently there are a number of reasons that are imaginable although the french have not explained officially yet one of the reasons of course is that this was a bilateral project between germany and russia

we're going to take a look at energy the state of the union for energy is strong 2019 could be a verynteresting year, spaeshlg for oil america is now the leading oil producer in the world. about 12 million barrels a day now coming out of the ground that makes the white house likely very happy. the president is pro-fossil fuels and there is no sign he is going to take his foot off the oil and gas pedal. reports have suggested that trump could sign additional executive orders to give states more power over their energy futures and make it easier to do things like to build pipelines the number of new drilling rigs has started to slow down growth lately, and if oil stays in the 40s or $50 a barrel range, we could see the shale boom slow down slightly. oil gets the attention, but you cannot cute out or forget about renewables the eia also very bullish on the growth of alternatives particularly solar they are, of course, a big part of many much the democratic agendas, and they are also an important part of america's energy future. you're going to hear for more calls this year for greater sp

prior to his energy work, he spent years working as a union organizer. rep. levin: i started organizing nursing home workers in michigan and later rhode island for the service employees international union. i helped hundreds of nursing women -- nursing home women -- nursing home workers, mostly women and people of color. they won contracts, better pay, vacation. and a lot of times, they won improvements in quality of care for their patients in nursing homes. >> how did you get involved in that work? representative levin: i actually started organizing in college on a number of justice campaigns. we had a hunger strike at my college to demand that the college divest of the stock of companies that did business in south africa. i worked on peace campaigns, but i also did a campaign to force the college to honor a boycott of the cap and gown manufacturer they used. it had been founded by an alumnus 100 years before. they had always used it, the workers were on strike with the international ladies garment workers union just over the mountains in troy, new york. thi

gas to energy to europe since they are this since. the soviet union existed before russia actually read you reinvent your benefit were they to themselves i mean so the soviet union and now russia have been a reliable energy supplier absolutely do they do they want to have business positive business relationships absolutely are they going to undermine that by trying to cut political deal i don't think so the only time we've had a disruption is one we had issues with ukraine siphoning off gas. at the only time so i don't think. you know one of the things they're concerned about a reduction in in transit across ukraine because ukraine want to transit fees i don't think you're going to see that i think what this is about european energy security and i and i think. russia is a very trusted partner in supplying energy and i do not i think the excuse is the use of us are making are just one of their arm twisting and strong arm tactics well rasmussen executive vice president of the eurasia center thanks for joining us good to get your take today thank you. on

utteresident who did not the words climate change or clean energy doing his state of the union two nights ago. on the most important issue facing this country, his state of the union, donald trump's stated the union was silent. every reason -- state of the union was silent. every reason trump, and the deniers offer is proof positive that we should push forward even harder. whetheruestion isn't all democrats can support this resolution. it is if any republican will support this resolution. the question should not be if we can do it, the answer should be when we will do it. five decades ago, president kennedy announced the ambitious goal of sending an american safely to the moon. he didn't say how it would be done, but that we would do it. we would need a giant rocket made of new metal alloys that had not been invented yet. and it would have to be returned safely to earth within 10 years. he urged us to be bold. i say today that it is time for us to be bold once again. we have the technology to do it. we have the moral obligation. we have the economic imperative. we just need the political

prior to his energy work, he spent years working as a union organizer. rep. levin: i started organizing union workers in michigan and later rhode island for the service employees international union. i helped hundreds of nursing -- of nursing home workers. contracts, that her pay, vacation. and a lot of times, they won improvements in quality of care for their patients in nursing homes. >> how did you get involved in that work? college, i began organizing a number of justice campaigns. strike at myer college to demand that the college the rest in stock -- divest in stock of companies in south africa. i also did a campaign to force the college to honor a boycott of the cap and down manufacturer they used. it had been founded by an alumnus 100 years before. overorkers were on strike the mountains in troy, new york. this was the year of streaking. i wrote a petition that said that i, the undersigned senior, pledged to go to my own unless yout disrobed honor the boycott. it is roping is not wearing your cap and gown but it might mean something else. the majority

energy firm. he spent years working as a union organizer. >> i started organizing workers in michigan and rhode island for union ande employees help the workers, mostly women and people of color organize for better life. improvements in the quality of care. >> how did you get involved? >> i started organizing in college on a number of justice campaigns. we had a hunger strike at my and companies did business in south africa. but i on peace campaigns, the cap a campaign of .nd down manufacturers they always used it. was the era of streaking and i wrote a partition that has i undersigned a senior pledge to go to my own commencement this road. this means not wearing your cap and down, but it might mean something else and the majority of the senior class signed on, so i had been involved in these things before. >> where did that come from? >> they came from my parents, my family. i think it comes from my religious faith, my judaism. makeieve we are here to the world a better place and my for justice. >> is there a person or people that have -- that have influenced you in some way? rep. levin: so many peop

prior to his energy work, he spent years working as a union organizer. i started organizing nursing home workers in michigan and later rhode island for the service employees international union. i helped hundreds of nursing home women -- nursing home women -- nursing home workers, mostly women and people of color. they won contracts, better pay, vacation. and a lot of times, they won improvements in quality of care for their patients in nursing homes. >> how did you get involved in that work? >> i actually started organizing in college on a number of justice campaigns. we had a hunger strike at my college to demand that the college divest of the stock of companies that did business in south africa. i worked on peace campaigns, but i also did a campaign to force the college to honor a boycott of the cap and gown manufacturer they used. it had been founded by an alumnus 100 years before. they had always used it, the workers were on strike with the international ladies garment workers union just over the mountains in troy, new york. this was the era of stre

we can say ronald reagan in his state of the union address said we were seeking energy independence andte of the union is good. do you agree, pastor #. >> i do agree. the american people are going to see the phrase make america great again the campaign slogan is the desire of the president's heart. it's why he ran. it's why he puts up with the crap that comes with him every direction every day. it's why he's willing to reach across the aisle and work with the democrats on immigration, on infrastructure and other topics. but, what the people are going to see is that the democrats are so blinded by hatred, they have no interest in working with this president. all they want to see is him ousted from office. the good news is, the american people are starting to see this. the cnn poll shows the president's approval rating are increasing as more more americans are seen that it's the democrats who are only interested in obstructing, while the president is interested in governing. >> lou: as a presidential historian, i thought that i had seen polarization, that i had seen alienation in the 60s.

energy bars. a lot of their national ingredients come from the european union. she is a small business.do not employ more than 50 people, something like that. she was saying small businesses that has now beginning to panic. you had nissan and board, the cbi talking about the bigger businesses or being worried two years ago, 18 months ago, now it is the smaller firms she says she is spending tens of thousands of pounds stockpile in which she does not know the direction of travel. as henry was saying, if no deal could happen, even though it is not a certainty, you have to be ready, haven't you? the big companies have the financial wherewithal and experts on hand to be able to prepare themselves sufficiently those that feel so have the capacity to have a financial buffer should they need it. smaller firms do not have that and many have not prepared in advance that they may not be members of trade organisations. there is a plethora of output from the department of business and the government telling them what they should do next. it is difficult to plan when you do not know what the outcome

mandela came to openly defied declare beneath the windows of the union building the official seat of government and in our finance. take in big energy star nation of unintended output. and a free hand found a lashes facts and say journalists and. they created the mess. on stage you know. after demise we have sat under the counter. then i less than that. satisfactory by the government. negara ca's is can't cannot and the way they are not a zero. the a.n.c. maintain the pressure he and dick clarke were no longer speaking but in secret their lieutenants continued the discussions on the future of south africa. another massacre of blights the two men to officially renew the negotiations on september the seventh one thousand nine hundred ninety two and a small town in the homeland of sisk i seventy thousand e.n.c. supporters demonstrated against a local military leader supported by the government security forces opened fire killing twenty nine people and wounding hundreds of others. out of the big issues issued came a meeting. between our officials and the clerks and the decision to carry on and resume with the negotiations desperately se

energy. >>> president trump delivers his state of the union.umber of 2020 democratic contenders hoping to grab a little of the spotlight themselves. they are sending a message about the president's policies. bringing a decorated and senator elizabeth warren is bringing that was furloughed. invited a furloughed worker, one whose home was destroyed. a potential candidate bringing a mother and daughter that was separated last year. he calls it a promise the president has not kept. what do you think? we are used to the president bringing special people in the first lady's box and there has been an increase of members of congress doing this. it has been a barrage of people representing a policy. >> which tells me it is not really about listening to what the president has to say in the state of the union. it is not about them. it's about what you can do for the american people. how can you when the president walks in. he stands up and respects the office. i can tell you right now when i was in the house. president barack obama walked in. i stood up a

leader in offshore wind energy, where each dollar of investment will return nearly double to our economy, and where we are working to create thousands of good-paying new, union jobs. the board of public utilities recently closed the first solicitation for potential partners in building an 1,100-megawatt wind farm off our coast -- enough energy to power half-a-million homes and businesses. i dont think its a stretch to say that realizing our offshore wind-energy potential is much smarter than drilling for oil ff the jersey shore. we opened up our democratic process through the nations broadest automatic voter registration law, and through reforms to our vote-by-mail law that helped fuel the highest statewide midterm voter turnout in a generation. we stood up for our dreamers -- young immigrants who are just as merican as our four kids -- by finally giving them access to in-state college tuition assistance programs. ne of these students, gloria rodriguez, from orange, is now attending bloomfield college, where she is a member of the honors college. shes studying to become a special education teacher. gloria represents the promise and spirit of our dreamers, an

designated survivor has been named for tonight's state of the union, it is energy secretary rick perry. there is the vice president and speaker serving second term as speaker as we await the sergeant-at-arms introduction of the president. during the studio, margaret, we got to hear what both sides are hoping to hear earlier question is over whether border security can be bridged tonight over the next 11 days. >> reporter: the state of our union is in limbo, the government is only funded for 10 days unless they hammer this out, as he said there is a bipartisan group trying to negotiate that. the president seems frustrated as we walk into this chamber tonight. >> madam speaker, the president of the united states ( cheers and applause ) >>> madame speaker, the president of the united states. >>> some lifelines. >> you heard the introduction to madame speaker, that of course is the president biggest political antagonist, the speaker of the house nancy pelosi as he said coming to her second term having first held that chair back in 2007, she is the president's biggest political antagonist a

union. some democrats feel the energy is in people like stacey abrams. >> what's important about what you are saying is the question of who speaks for us as americans. one of the reasons i believe president obama was elected is that americans got uncomfortable with the notion of president bush at that time speaking for americans on the world stage. there was dis comfocomfort with. the contrast is important. i agree with ax in this regard. the president has a strong economy. thankfully the country is at peace. he's at his best when uniting republicans whether it's hard line views on abortion or speaking out against socialism. he's effective and has been effective at uniting republicans. the specter of the mueller investigation is here. we have to allow for the possibility that the line, the idea of a ridiculous investigation will be vindicated in a lot of people's minds, depending on what the outcome is. he could be strengthened by this, not necessarily weakened by it. a lot of people watching the speech don't hear him in that level of depth on a big stage like that where he's not engaging in

energy trijob losses. the swing district, blue collar unions all fear job losses. construction workers, what do you think? >> the uaw, united auto workers on that list as well. there are a lot of people worried about global warming and there are a few people who push the extremes of it saying the earth is going to end in 12 years. so they put forward draconian measures like this. here is my question to congresswoman cortez. if this were done and we played make believe and replaced them with trains and got rid of all vehicles that ran on gas. if wind farms went up everywhere, and everything she wants is done, what will the earth temperature be? will it get lower? will climate change stop? will it achieve the things she says she wants to do? nowhere does she want the answers to those questions. it won't lower the earth temperature and won't stop climate change. why should people go through that horrible exercise. if it doesn't get the job done. liz: the u.s. is responsible for 15% of carbon emissions. other countries, india and china well higher than the u.s. to your

the mining sector has been particularly hard with the unions calling layoffs there a bloodbath is also anger over plans to reform the state run energycompany alcoa. are. members of congress of south african trade unions demanding an end to job cuts in the public and private sectors is also cooling full. officials businesspeople to be prosecuted one of the key to their opposition to the full plan to reform the south africa's state electricity company. employs about fifty of the people the government and to divide it up these people say that's going to mean privatization jumping out of the timing of this is particularly just leave on south africa's elections of the ruling a.n.c. are expected to get less than they ever have before. the support of the trade unions for them is going to be crucial cyril ramaphosa the president meets the backing of trade unions and other organizations to be able to maintain the majority of the a.n.c. on the other hand is the situation of police business leaders from the best as we want the states owned enterprises to be slimmed the made more efficient. public sector the police opposition these people are.

want to have their property in between but they can switch off the energy supply for europe and then they have to go to the european union who takes it as a chance to get more power on the projects were normally just national. and in any case it disclose sure this is only good for europe because to have it in for florida it's always good you don't have to use it only to have it was already a huge and. it was not due to accept that anybody europe votes against that ok poland maybe yes he got us but only when they assume that all of us wants to blackmail europe and this is not a good partnership within the european union over the past year the american president top officials in washington as well they've been a tad. big us really a by the pipeline project let's take a listen together to some of the comments. so we're protecting germany we're protecting france we're protecting all of these questions and numerous of the countries go out and make a pipeline deal with russia where they're paying billions of dollars into the coffers of russia germany is totally controlled by russia because they were getting from sixty to seven

energy policies. he can give a state of our union and give -- say our union is strong and work together onyx things.ant to see republicans and democrats work together and solve issues that average people are facing. >> neil: yeah, but it never happens. >> it doesn't. this is a president that is extending his hand. he reached out to nancy pelosi. he offered daca -- >> neil: when he extends his hand, he tweeting in nasty. >> nancy has not budge. she hasn't moved at all. again and again she rebuffs this president. he's going to say let's choose greatness and hope the democrats don't choose pettiness. >> neil: thanks, ronna. >> thank you. >> shepard: former gubernatorial candidate stacey abrams is set to give the response to the president's state of the union. a tough position to be in. doesn't republican senator joni ernst know it? she was in that same position in 2015 responding to president barack obama. she's next. ld look great in our new house. ahh, new house, eh? well, you should definitely see how geico could help you save on homeowners insurance. nice tip. i'll give you two bucks for the chair.

energy secretary not here tonight for the president's state of the union address.he history of the responses, by the way, dates back to 1966 when senator dirkson, republican of illinois, and congressman jerry ford, who would go on to be president, gave the republican response to lyndon johnson's speech back in 1966. stacey abrams, who, by the way, made her first appearance on c-span back in 1993, marking the 30th anniversary of the march on washington, she now will be giving the speech at the ibew building in atlanta, georgia. there will be a crowd gathered around her. her speech is expected to last about 10 minutes. she will say the republicans have rigged the tax system against working americans. so the ibew, the location for the speech. this democratic response from president donald trump. his speech which ran about an hour and a half. reminder, all of our coverage available on our website at c-span.org. we'll continue to watch the scene here at the u.s. capitol and stacey abrams following that our phone lines are open. we'll get to your calls and comments on th

energy. each investment will return nearly double to our economy, and where we are working to paying,housands of good new, union -- that is right, union -- jobs. [applause] gov. murphy: the board of public utilities recently closed participation in building a 100 million megawatt wind farm off our coast. that is enough when power to power nearly half of our homes and businesses. and i do not think it is a stretch to say that realizing our offshore wind energy potential is much smarter than drilling for oil off the george th jersey shore. [applause] we opened up our democratic process to the nation's broadus automatic voter registration law and to reform star oracle by mail -- reforms law thatte-by-mail help to generate the highest turnouts in a generation. stood up for our dreamers, young immigrants who are just as american as our four kids. [applause] gov. murphy: we did so by finally giving them access to in-state college tuition assistance programs. where are these students? exceptional individuals. gloria rodriguez, from orange, is now attending bloomfield college, where she is a member of the honors colleg

energy. >> the president will say, predictably, that the state of our union is strong.ut the truth is, the state of the trump administration is embroiled in chaos and incompetence. >> dana: senate minority leader chuck shumer taking aim at president trump ahead of the state of the union. tonight nancy pelosi will be sitting behind the president just days after he said this. >> it's costing the country hundreds of billions of dollars because what's happening is, when you have a porous border and you have drugs pouring in and you have people dying because of people like nancy pelosi, who don't want to give proper border security for political reasons, she's doing a terrible disservice to our country. >> dana: so let's break it down with my power panel, michael meehan, kristen solty sanders and josh kroshire. great to have you all here. it's a different situation here. george w. bush had a similar situation when he lost the majority. take a look at how he opened his speech in 2007. >> tonight i have the high privilege and distinct honor of my own as the first president to

building to tell for european union rules critics say the pipeline will make germany dependent on moscow and undermine european security now that leaves a key part of germany's energy strategy under strict. construction of the north stream two pipeline is a ready well underway but the face of the project lies in the balance e.u. members have not yet agreed on how to proceed and germany and france in particular and peer to be at odds over regulation of the pipeline with transport gas from russia to germany via the baltic sea the project in its current form is operated by russian state energy company probably several german energy firms and one french company have also invested in this. at the heart of division within the e.u. is a plan to extend the blocks rules to foreign operated pipelines e.u. regulations require a separation of gas sales and pipeline operation activities should those rules be extended to gas problem it would mean that the project in its current form at least could not proceed. for more on the story i'm now joined by above a visit from brussels and brady right here with me in berlin but i want to start with you if i may this last minute announcem

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