we reduced air emissions 70% since 1980 and the trend is going down, we're doing a great job. john: let's be clear, when people hear the crisis about greenhouse gases, they think the air is getting dirtier. you agree, as far as the bad stuff we inhale, the particulates, sulfur dioxide, that stuff has gone down. >> clean water does work. we have to keep making them work. the clean water act, all the rivers were supposed to be fishable and swimmable. anybody fish or swim or boat? i think so. only half the rivers that we were supposed to clean up have been cleaned up. let's finish the job. john: and riverkeeper helped make that happen, and cooperating with government, passing laws, but they are getting cleaner, right? there's been delay in some of the treatment, but it's moving in the cleaner direction. i can fish and swim in the rivers right next to new york city. >> you can sometimes. but when it rains, you end up with so much pollution, that you can't do that. so we've been cutting that pollution slowly but surely, but you know what happened since the 80s since the libertarian

. >> america has reduced its greenhouse air emissions, fracking, which a lot of countries forbid. >> the solar panels and wind turbines out, they have cut less than what u.s. fracking has managed to do globally. that's worth pondering because we're paying $60 billion for the privilege of having those solar and wind panels. you guys are make about $100 million on fracking. >> but our government pushes stuff like electric cars. even if we did reach the goal that they've had of a million electric cars by 2015, next year, unlikely, and that will cost $7 billion. how much will that delay global warming? >> it would be infin i tess mall. >> now this new ipc report makes it sound like we're all going to die. "los angeles times" headlines, "crops are down, deaths from heat are up. the price of food has gone down because of industry. >> these are very misleading reports. again, there is a problem. in the long run we'll probably make growth rates and yields slightly lower. we're still going to be able to produce more and more food and they're telling us we'll be able to produce slightly less o

what exactly is going on with air emissions? what about all of this water we are using? isn't some of this wastewater helping earthquakes? one of the mistakes we made is that we were so far into the boom before we started asking questions. these,u start looking at there are answers, there are solutions, ways to do this better. >> russell gold on the good news and bad of fracking. c-span 2 coverage starts at 1:00 p.m. eastern. taylor, he writes about a little-known episode in the history of slavery. "the internal enemy." it is on our book club. bing west. on the next "washington journal," we will focus on research into drones. beginning with brian fung. we will take you live to virginia tech, one of six federally approved research and testing sites. "washington journal" is live on c-span everyday at 7:00 a.m. eastern. join the conversation on facebook and twitter. annual call in program thursday, russian president vladimir putin was asked about ukraine, crimea, and foreign policy questions. he was also asked about edward snowden. [applause] >> hello, everyone. you can cal

what exactly is going on with air emissions? what is the cumulative impact? is it healthy?t about all this water we're using? is the sum of the wastewater causing earthquakes? these are really important questions, and one of the big mistakes made is that we were so far into the boom before we started asking questions. the good news is that when you start looking at these, there are answers out there, there are ways to do this better and right. russell gold on the good news and bad of frac king. c-span2 coverage begins saturday at 1:00 p.m. eastern and online at booktv.org. writes about a little-known episode in the history of slavery. slavery andl enemy: war in virginia, 1772-1832." and bing west. >> "washington journal" continues. host: our next guest is the author of "the road to global prosperity," michael mandelbaum, also a professor at johns hopkins university. thank you for being with us. guest: pleasure to be with you. host: one of the quotes that summarizes the thesis, you write makes sense. not always the reality. guest: not always reality, and particularly difficu

air pollution has far exceeded levels considered safe by the eu. it's all down to the weather. dust has blown in from the sahara, industrial pollution from europe to mix with existing local emissionsthere's now no wind to blow them away and high pressure acts like a lit to trap the pollutants. >> what we're seeing in terms of air quality is relatively unusual. it's a combination of several factors, none of which in themselves is particularly unusual. it's the combination of four individual factors, some to do with chemistry, some emissions and air quality have all combined. >> air pollution can exacerbate existing lung disease, particularly asthmatics and those with chronic lung disease known as copd, they can often experience exacerbations of their symptoms with seasonal changes. >> reporter: high or very high levels of pollution are expected to affect england and wales today. forecasters say it should ever way by the end of the week. jenny hill, bbc news, looeds. >>> the main news is chile is waking up to the impact by daybreak of what happened there off the coast of chile, about 100 kilometers offshore when an 8.2 earthquake hit. you can see inside a pharmaceutical store scott:

clean air is and just carbon emission. there are other issues. definitely some the double even as i do that humans had anything to do with climate change. i think the science is clearly there. people won't hear that. wind, in texas. it's a big issue. it's a lot of jobs. it produces a lot of electricity for them. >> it is interesting. .t almost is a blank slate the upa minister today in response to jason was thoughtful about their willingness to find a way to work with individual states to make this a success. that at the end of the day, most of the states will be working alone? what is your sense of that? >> that was interesting. regulators were together. today there are a number of economic regulators who were environmental regulators in the states. they are very active. regions work together closely. they have narrowed it before. they have nine different regions. there is a number of different regions. this is one of the issues that most are working on. >> is iowa involved? >> certainly. in parts of the country, michigan is a good example. we a

upheld the environmental protection agency's effort to reduce emissions of dangerous chemicals from power plants nationwide. the epa's cross-state air pollution rule sharply limits emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide at plants in 28 states. the epa has estimated the rules could save up to 34,000 lives per year and result in tens of billions of dollars in health benefits. but after a major push by utilities and corporate groups, an appeals court ruled in 2012 the regulations exceed the epa's authority. on tuesday, the supreme court overruled the lower court in a six to two decision. in a statement, the natural resources defense council praised the ruling, saying quote: "the epa safeguards follow the simple principle that giant utility companies shouldn't be allowed to dump their dirty emissions onto residents of downwind states." the death toll from tornadoes in the midwest and south has risen to least 34. the storms have caused deaths in mississippi, tennessee, alabama, iowa, oklahoma, and the worst hit state, arkansas. president obama has declared arkansas a major disaster area. more than 200 people have been wounded and

reporter: chevron admits sulfur emissions would increase but plans to reduce other toxins and greenhouse gases to compensate. >> our commitment is for no net increase in criteria air pollutants, health risks and greenhouse gas emissions. >> reporter: union workers showed up to back chevron arguing the project would bring jobs, 1,000 temporary construction positions and 29 permanent jobs. >> it's going to give opportunities for work, to bring crime down, creating jobs and opportunities. >> reporter: but environmentalists who fear chevron will soon start processing canadian tar sand, some of the dirtiest crude there is, say the price of those jobs is simply not worth it. >> this community and all the other communities along the refinery corridor have already been suffering disproportionate amounts of cancers, asthma and other respiratory ailments. >> reporter: christin ayers, kpix 5. >>> it is 4:51 on this good friday. this blue cube used to be one of the most secretive places in the bay area. but this morning, access grand. we are going to take you inside. coming up. >> also, a t-shirt tells this story. it reads, i have issues! how this bay area man's issues got re

even though alleluia government research shows there would be a rise in toxic emissions into the air,he state's governor recently approved a plan to allow the south african petrochemical giant, sassol, to build one of the biggest chemical plants in the western hemisphere in mossville. >> the new chemical plant is expected to spew millions of tons of greenhouse gasses into the community. >> sassol says it's not a bad neighbor. in fact, it may be a generous one. it's offering to buy up some but not all of the homes that will surround the new plant. state officials also say residents shouldn't live in fear as toxic emissions rarely escape. >> the data that i have accumulated since the late '70 did demonstrates how frequently it crosses the fence line and goes into the community and the bottom line is they just seem to ignore it. >> so dorothy felix and others are demanding the state provide a toxicology clinic to residents free of charge. >> so that the health of these residents could be monitors. they could be tested for other chemicals that might be present in their bloodstreams so tha

even though the louisiana government research showed there would be a rice of toxic emissions into the air they have recently approved a chemical giant to. >> weather one of the biggest chemical plants in the western emfear. >> the new plant is expected to spew millions of dons into the university. >> they may have said they are not a bad neighbor. but devil a generous wons. they'll buy some of the homes around the plant. >> the data i've accumulated to the late 70s and how it goes into the community. the bottom lining is, thi. >> the health of these residents could be monitored, tested for other chemicals that might be present in their blood streams so that they will have an idea of what their health problems are, what they're suffering from, what their families are dying from. >> they say politics is opposite their side even if politics is not. >> in nicaragua, an earthquake struck the west coast. it hit last night. nicaragua said 200 people were injured, schools from shut down today, and areas outside of the capitol were cleared in fear of mudslides. >>> the pope also for forgiveness fr

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in this courtroom and had not read the clean air act, they're talking about what the effects emissions in one state have on the other. i don't think this is anymore ambiguous in referring to air quality standard than the standard in american trucking talking about health and safety as a standard. it supplies a content for the epa. >> what is your answer -- do you have an answer to mr. stewart's basketball hypothetical? i thought that was pretty good. what the coach what significantly contributed to the loss, he'll talk about the missed layup rather than the missed desperation throw. each would count for two points, assuming it was within their -- [laughter] >> very hard for me to translate the amount concept into performance on the basketball court, but mr. stewart's other example was a contribution to a charity, and i certainly would accept the notion that if bill gates and i each contribute $100 to a charity, i've made the more significant contribution, but that's because we're using contribution in that context to moon something else. we're using it to mean donate or give. not talki

there may be additional benefits beyond the climate benefits to reducing our greenhouse gas emissions. better air to name a couple. >> okay. thank you so much. good luck with the premiere tonight. it's on showtime, "years of living dangerously." >>> americans are divided over the urgency of action to combat climate change. in the nbc "wall street journal", 27% of americans said the president and congress need to make it an absolute priority this year. 29% said it should not be pursued at all. a gallup poll in march said they worried a great deal or a fair amount. 51% said it worried them little or not at all. >>> all the hot sauce fans, listen up. the makers of this hot sauce are under fire after neighbors say a foul smell spewing from the southern california factory is causing headaches and burning throats. they've even declared the building a public nuisance. frank joins me now from our los angeles bureau. first of all, frank, how do you properly say the hot sauce's name? >> it's called sriracha. >> i'm sure i've used it. i love hot sauce. you've been to the $40 million factory, in the city of

and find out what are the impacts by measuring air quality, et cetera, after the buses are out of the gate. >> reporter: supporters say the diesel emissions and safety risks have environment at impacts. >> a bus came up and turned on a red light and i had the green light and i was so furious. i chased them down and told them hey, you have to pay attention to the safety here in the city. >> reporter: they stay rising rents near shuttle stops and delayed muni buses are social impacts. but supporters of the program say putting the brakes on the shuttle program will cause another environmental program. more traffic and pollution. city leaders say at least 1,000 workers ride the buses from san francisco to work on the peninsula daily. without the shuttle, many would drive alone to work. that traffic would impact drivers from san francisco to the peninsula. he says it's time to find middle ground. >> get in the car, clog the streets, it will be a lot worse than a shuttle. >> reporter: though the program is gridlocked, city leaders say changes are down the road. the folks who filed this environmental appeal that was just denied can go to court t

air pollution impact, dr. paul rose felt did the same analysis and concluded from the diesel emissions of the buses alone exceeds the ceqa approval for the analysis. we are not talking about a drop in the bucket. >> do you know what the personal is? i assume you would put that in your brief if you knew what it was. we are talking about a hundreds of thousands of trucks, cars, suv's and every kind of vehicle that we have. all of that and you had these buses which are very very tiny number in comparison. i would think if you had that number you would have put it in or if it were at all favorable. >> it is not in there and, the cancer is 800 in a million. it's 1.5 percent. which is the significant threshold is 10 in a million. we are above the significant threshold that has been adopted by our agencies. if you don't like that threshold, the bay area air district, take issue with them. that's the threshold adopted throughout cal kachl california. >> in terms of the bike and pedestrian problem you talked about blocking by lanes and other problems caused by the shuttles, as you were taking off some of those problems,

does it change how you think about emissions from the air, which were covered with ice, which will be uncovered? what to think about those questions? >> it changes many things and to follow-up on richard, maybe i will state the obvious as well. maybe just to set the context, climate change is happening in the arctic faster than anyplace else on earth. so somewhere around four degrees increase in alaska means that spring is coming earlier, fall is happening later in the sea ice road we are talking about the extent been 50% last inexperience and 75% less than volume. i mean, talk about a seachange. this this is major. but it's permafrost thawing. it's coastal erosion. it is increased storm activity. in the past if you're lucky enough to bury street area, the beaufort, shut cheek, when there was more ice, ice acted kind of like a blanket on top of the ocean. so when really bad hurricane wind force winds in the winter would rip across the arctic, it would blow across the ice. but now, with less ice in open water commute a bigger waves, were pounding on the shorter with permafrost died, yo

the so-called climate action work program is designed to help the air quality management district to reach the goal of reducing gas emissiono 80% below 1990 levels. it includes implementing a monitoring system to measure emissions and better track changes. >>> yahoo added more security it protect users data. and this comes in response to reports the national security agency broke into the lines of the data centers and got information on millions of users. yahoo is now encrypting information in an effort to keep the government from getting access to it. >>> the prime minister vowed not to give up on the search for malaysia airlines flight 370. the prime minister toured a military base which served as command center in the search operation. he said the country will not rest till they have done everything possible to find answers. today they continued to search the indian ocean. the batteries on the data recorders expected to run out in the next -- recorders are expected to run out in the next several days. . >>> the california drought. look at this billboard. just a broom. that is it. the official 2014 california hose. sweep

even higher levels of air pollution hitting southern britain with an oppressive mix of local emissions and dust from the sahara. hello, everyone. the war in syria is into its fourth year. the plight just gets worse. any family that can tries to flee the country. the crisis has been underlining by this, a tragic and new symbolic number. 1 millionth refugee. the u.n. calls it a devastating milestone. one million new of just 6 million people. altogether, the u.n. says a total of 2.5 million syrians are now registered as refugees abroad. and the actual number who have fled is unknown. it's widely thought to be much higher because many are too frightened to register. many have fled in every direction. northern iraq, northern turkey, jordan and above all, lebanon. lebanon has taken by far the most. it received only 14% of the funding it's asked for. some refugees have told us about their struggles. >> some names were leaked to the authorities. so they were afraid of possible retaliation of their families back home. some of them still for the most are afraid to be recognized as refugees. >> i

federal and industry officials discuss their efforts in reducing greenhouse gas emissions as regulated under the clean airact. and later the senate's back at 2:00 eastern for a period of general speeches followed by debate and a roll call vote on legislation to extend unemployment benefits. >> and some other programming today on the c-span networks including an analysis of questions posed by this past weekend's after began elections. a panel will discuss the transition of power from president hamid karzai to his successor and how u.s./afghanistan relations could be affected if a bilateral security agreement is not reached. the alliance in support of the afghan people cohosts this forum with the partnership for a secure america. it begins live at 2:00 eastern on c-span3. and after that the center for american progress will host a discussion on pay discrimination in the workplace. a panel will look at the role of federal enforcement agencies in eliminating discriminatory pay practices. and how workers can make more informed decisions about their wages. speakers include the chair of the equal employment oppo

emissions. but what happens if we can't. one marketplace approach it to pull carbon dioxide out of the air. a company in california has prototyped a machine to do just that, and it could have an impact on the entire planet. first things to understand about carbon dioxide removal, there is no cheap and easy fast trick. the carbon ions sid dioxide remt the at the same time schedule as our energy system. >> cloud brightening is the process of basically filling a cloud with particles that can reflect the sun's energy and keep it off the earth. >> what we really do is enhance the national process that is already there. the natural process is to form clouds. >> you find the water vapor. >> and then it evaporates quickly. what you don't see are the salt particles that are left behind. >> reporter: with the technology you're developing how would it get into clouds? >> you would use a ship of a fleet of 1,000 to 2,000 ships for the entire planet. >> reporter: while they focus on existing clouds. other scientists have considered creating a reflective cloud around the entire planet. the idea is someth

to reduce the or pull carbon out of the air i believe we're talking about 50 thousand trees planted every year between 2030. yeah. so looking at those g h emissionharts the one on the left is 2010 and the one on the right is where we're going in 2030 pr i wanted to point out that you notice that most of the electricity has disappeared that was the plan of clean power sf. short of that we will looked at the other piece of that is natural gas how to get it out of the city and a lot of that on the chart on the left it's residential. not commercial. it's no our homes it's what leaks out our windows and doors so the residential retrofit program is important we'll be bringing an amended to the conservation ordinance that might help to reduce more gas in residential homes. but there's another part of natural gas that e.r. month was talking about the consumption looking at our footprint and there's another part the leakage age of natural gas a molecule is 80 times more powerful in the emissions gas in the one hundred years if we are leaking one and a half percent something less than 2 percent of our natural gas that's equal or request greater than all t

emissions. but what happens if we can't? one market approach is to pull carbon dioxide out of the air. the device removes co2 directly from the atmosphere and scaled up the company claims such devices could have an impact on the entire planet. >> first thing to understand about carbon dioxide removal there's no cheap easy fix there. all the carbon dioxide removal involves are infrastructure pretty much the scale of our energy systems. >> the sun is something that is warming the planet, some suggest reflecting it back out into space. cloud bright fling is basically filling the clouds with particles that can reflect the sun's energy. >> enhancing the natural process, the natural process is to form clouds. >> then evaporates very quickly as you can see. what you don't see is the little tiny salt particles that are left behind. >> with the technology you're developing how would it get into clouds, would you take it up in a plane? >> no, a ship, a thousand to two thousand ships for the entire planet. >> considering creating a reflective cloud around the entire planet. this is based on somet

or is it more detrimental to have it on trains and trucks with the emissions that they put in the air, as well as the safety issues concerning both trains and trucks? the most interesting fact about that is, when canada developed a way to extract those oilsands, more went into trains to haul that oil from canada to texas. that is really the bottom line. that is why that line is being built. it has nothing to do with environmental concerns or jobs or anything else. it is because warren buffett stand to lose a lot of money if that oil goes in the pipeline rather than on his trains. people need to think about that. host: here at c-span, we have a project will the local vehicle content project. they traveled the united states, going to major and smaller cities, to talk about the city's history as well as its literary works. you can see those on c-span2 and c-span3. all weekend long, you can find out about this city of palms fort myers florida. the 1864 diary of samuel grosvenor. jacobs transcribed is time as a pow during the civil war. here's a bit of that interview. [video clip] >> on ap

it has the current emissions which as you know i am not that worried about but from an air pollutionr than coal and cleaner than gasoline and moving to using more natural gas in transportation is an important thing too. stuart: they using we should be exporting natural gas we produced in the united states? if we could do that and exports to western europe they would be less reliant on russia. should we do it? >> of course. i am canadian and we are planning to export natural gas to asia as well. it is a global world. i don't see anything wrong with the united states exporting energy to other parts of the world that desperately need it and i am sure that is what is going to happen. stuart: do you think bearing in mind what just happened in russia and ukraine that president obama will now move more quickly and in fact agree to the keystone pipeline and agreed to more fracking around our country? >> i am not a betting man when it comes to these kinds of political decisions and i can't read what president obama and john kerry are going to do about the keystone pipeline. it is obvious that

mentioned that you had worked with epa on finalized mercury and air toxic standards and ferc should follow the development of epa greenhouse gas emissions rules. let me just ask you this. as you know epa is currently working on a lot of rule-making. that would include, it affects the utility sector. certainly the 316-b cooling water intake rule, the ozone rules, the particulate matter, 2.5 rules, regional haze, coal ash, let me ask you this with regard to those regulations what is ferc doing to help epa understand how these rules might affect grid reliability? >> well, we tried to be a source of reliability, expertise to epa. a lot of our work has been focused on mats because that has such short timelines. my colleague commissioner molar who is behind me will be on the next panel. >> next panel. >> co-chaired a forum that nate with naruc and epa and we had meetings on 316-b and coal ash and now a lot of focus is on greenhouse gas. i think as rules are developed we need to be come mentors in the -- comment ores in the draft stage, in greenhouse gas rules coming out on june 2nd i had believe to make sure the rules achievable while reliabi

you had worked with epa on the finalize mercury and air toxics standards and that ferc should follow the development of the epa greenhouse gas emissions rules. let me ask you this. as unit bp is going to work on a lot of rule-making and that would include, it affects utility sector, certainly 316 be cooling water intake rule, the ozone rules, the particulate matter 2.5 rules, coal ash. to let me ask you this with regard to those regulations what is ferc doing to a pbs individuals collectively might impact grade reliability? >> we've tried to be a source of reliability, expertise to epa. a lot of work has been focused because that is a short timeline. but my colleague, commissioner moeller believe is right behind me and on the next day off, and i co-chaired a forum that met with naruc coming and we've had meetings on 315 p., coal ash and right now a lot of the focus is on greenhouse gas. i think as rules are developed we need to the commenters in the draft stage such as in the greenhouse gas ash -- casuals the dimension second i believe, to make sure that those rules are achievable while reliability can be preserved and then look at ou

air is significantly cleaner because they shutdown coal plants. new york city is a perfect example but in the united states, if you remember the kyoto protocol, nations were going to make pledges to lower carbon emissions to help fight climate change. the united states didn't sign it. we met the kyoto protocol alleges because gas is so much better amid some much less carbon dioxide than coal. there have clearly been some big global benefits. i actually think the real challenge and opportunity comes with renewables. when you start talking about adding renewables and most people would agree we would love to go to a place where we have 30% renewables on the grid on a regular basis. renewables come and go. when the sun is not shining and the wind is not blowing in need something to back, and natural gas is incredibly good at that. and madigan coal or nuclear. better than coal or nuclear. you can imagine a lot of renewables, more than we have now and natural gas to back it up and we are producing fairly inexpensively the kind of energy this society expects with a lot fewer emissions. there are some challenges out there. you brought methane leakage and that is a legitimate issue but that is one of the things

forcing these units into retirement through their existing air pollution regulations over the last few years which are not controlling carbon emissionsut the more conventional pollutants. i also have a first-time standard for mercury and other types of toxics. time, what is creating a problem for the coal industry is natural gas. you have had a huge roman including from shale texas. the price of natural gas has come down a lot from where was a decade oh to the point where you've got a lot of power we will goaying that with natural gas because it used to be spent seven hours cheap. host: what have we heard from the administration? guest: the administration wants to see the wind tax credit extended. like itenate, it looks will come up fairly shortly after the senate gets back the week after next. then we'll go into a deep freeze for quite a while, i would imagine. i would be surprised if you saw any final action on it until after the election. at the same time, the chairman of the house ways and means committee who is retiring, dave isolathe juice --is loathe to say let's continue with business as usual. we have seen this movie before

this act will be and what the air quality standards will achieve, you can and should consider the cost in deciding what implementation should be used to determine what emissions will be reduced. >> why couldn't congress have said that the epa shall prescribe minimum pollution reduction emissions that have to be taken in this way. that's a quite different statute from what we had before us. and you are saying you will reduce this much, as much as efficiency will allow. or else you are in violation of good neighbor rule. and that is a very different statute from what congress wrote. maybe it is a good idea and they controlled all efficiency measures for reducing pollution. but it's not the statute that congress wrote. >> three things in response to that. the first is that as i mentioned before, the good neighbor provision is addressed in the states initial obligations to submit this plan that contains these provisions. so if the court says that the cost cannot be considered in defining these contributions, the effect is not that the epa can't consider that factor one steps into the states she was but that they can't consider cost of achievement in attempting in

emissions. what happens if we can't? one is to pull carbon dioxide back into the air. the device removes c 02 directly.he company claimed this could have an impact on the entire planet. >> first thing to understand about carbon by objection a i'd removal is there is no cheap and easy fix there. >> they involved infrastructure that's pretty much at the same scale as our energy system. >> ultimately, the son is what's warm -- sun is what's warming up our planet. some have suggested blocking the sunlight out and reflecting it back into space. cloud brightening as its called is the process of basically filling a cloud with particles. what we do is enhance a natural processes that's already there. to form clouds. >> inwhich he hadbly fine water vapor it e vap rates quickly as you can see. what you don't see are the salt part of cells left behind. >> when the technology, would you take it up in a plane? >> you would use a ship. a fleet of about a thousand or 2000 for the entire planit. a reflective cloud around the entire planet. the idea is based upon something that happened in nature. >> the poster child f

emissions from coal powered fire that is supplying the energy for the battery. it is about 35 kilograms of coal that goes into each charge. what is important to note is a local air notion. while there might be omissions at the smokestack, the air quality for the people on the ground in beijing where the air quality is usually less than ideal, it is quite a good selling point. not just for drivers and the families, but also for the government itself that is looking to clean up the local air. >> matt, thank you very much. >> coming up, we will tell you what politics passed over. countdowns newspaper segment is next. ♪ >> welcome back. >> elliott is here. carolinas here. let's start with you elliott. before,brought you news i felt obliged to bring you news that happens after the end of passover week when jews and israelis no longer eat the matzah. it is an article entitled the world's most flatter. it is a traditional north african fried pastry. moroccan jews often bake it or fry it at the end of passover. they were attempting to make not just any, but the world's biggest mufleta. they wanted to get into the guinness world records. the defense minister was there. e

air act. and then we got together and focused on economic modeling and today we will talk about the efforts companies are taking to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the effect section 1-11d can have. before we start the fireside chad and i asked folks to roll out the flat screen tv and they listen to me all of the time. but we will have a comfortable and engaging discussion. our first panel is with poc commissioners sharing perfective on existing state efforts and how they are proceeding recognizing their is a tremendous flux of change in the electric power sector. our second panel will bring together leaders and companies that will discuss efforts underway to diversify and the implications of 1-11 d and the third panel is going to focus on energy efficiency and look at questions critical states are looking at how to integrate and use this efficiency in their framework. and finally we will talk about multi state efforts and regional approaches. eelectr thinking about regional approaches in the power sector has proven important. today's event is being livestrelive p livestreamed. we would like to give a shot out to all of the folks in your bas

air. the city council postponed a decision for two weeks that would declare the plant a public nuisance. neighbors say the factory spicy emissionslfie out of this world, to say the least. nasa astronaut took it during a spacewalk yesterday at the international space station. the astronaut says it took several tries because ofç the bulky spacesuit. well done. the payoff is there. steve? >> elisabeth, thank you very much. another case of hypocrisy at the i.r.s. the agency revoking the tax-exempt status of a prominent conservative group because of the group's right wing views but media matters continues to keep their tax-exempt status. the media matters c.e.o. makes no attempt to hide his political views, even calling himself a democratic political activist on his official twitter profile. so should media matters tax-exempt status be revoked like the conservative group? our next guest has come under attack by david brock. i'm talking about juan williams, fox news contributor. good morning to you, juan. >> good morning, steve. >> all right. he calls himself a democratic political activist, and yet his group winds up with tax-exempt