former nebraska state senator abby cornett talked about the power shift. >> there was heavy lobbyingth sides. >> over a million dollars transcanada has spent lobbying our state senators. we have a uni -- there is 49 state senators. they spent over a million dollars. they bought up every single lobbying firm except one so none of us could hire lobbyists to kind of be our voice. thinking group right here that are here, we're not lobbyists. those people out there, there is no lobbyist there is no people getting paid to be here. we're on our own time. >> i think the disinformation is largely stopped because they figured out it doesn't work. they're on to new and better tactics right now. >> abby cornett and other nebraskans have no problem with the way the legislature gave the governor all the power. >> at that time we felt the governor should have the responsibility for deciding whether the pipeline came through the state or not. >> okay. so what was the purpose of the public service commission at that point then? that was one of their major duties. >> it was. at that time they just fel