if it was the west coast of canada gets refined then the cancer alley is going to be vancouver to alberta rather than texas to louisiana probably that is the one thing that you have to also think about when you think about climate change and releasing carbon emissions into the air we if it comes through the united states we can regulate it we can't regulate have noted it has more regulations than we do our refineries that's one of the reasons that all battles and they can't run or they can't build refineries because right regular they're not willing. to poison their piece of this that they really are willing to poison our people so that's what i want to vote for her and i know it because they know our government is going to become a third world country with regard to immigration but what i think is sort of where you point out tom is framing debate in terms of why doesn't canada want to refine the tar sand so bear what i think is interesting is that you know the president if he does end up approving this pipeline which there's a good possibility now because the environmental impact stateme

market is there for this it's either in china or it's in the us there's no way to get it out of their alberta vancouver will not allow them to run a pipeline across the rockies over the pacific so you run it do it by real truck

it pretty much does when you think about a pipeline coming all the way from northern alberta down to texas. i mean to say about its effect on climate change we know this this review is really a market change over the earlier drafts that that we'd seen from the state department for the first time they presented one of their say in areas that showed that the keystone x.l. tar sands pipeline could indeed drive tar sands expansion and therefore also drive the climate emissions and they said that this was a scenario that might take place for example if there are pipeline constraints but we know that there are pipeline constraints people all across the united states and canada are saying no dick parsons pipelines wherever they're being proposed so i mean when the when this report was released on friday. stalled. you know the sun sort of it seemed to be the way it was characterized in. right across the board from conservative media to the mainstream media to resit media was that basically it was. no big deal go ahead and do it is that you know on closer examination is that actually your sen

the proposed pipeline would transport 83,000 barrels of crude every day from alberta oil sands to refinerieson the u.s. gulf coast to which opponents they will have a devastating impact on the planet. the white house says it has yet to make a decision and will await additional feedback from federal agencies. in washington, state spokesperson said the pipeline review will not be open to comments from the public. >> there is no deadline for secretary john kerry to make a decision and there is a 30 day public comment period after the release comments from the public. only one factor in a determination that will way many other factors as well. and for secretary kerry, climate and environment priorities will of course be part of his decision-making. >> in a statement, coalition of environmental groups said the report should prompt a wave of protest to stop the pipeline, saying "this is an all hands on deck moment to send a message to president obama that keystone xl fails its climate test and he must reject it." a new round of anti-pipeline visuals begins today. we will host a debate after the he

pipeline from alberta to the texas gulf coast. now eight more u.s. federal agencies have to weigh in on the keystone pipeline over the next 90 days. call it inspiration from perspiration,e a tipping pointn america's history! >> al jazeera america. there's more to it. it is super bowl weekend so let's talk sports and business.. the two have a lot in common. for one thing it's pretty easy to keep score both on the field and the board room, so who better to run a company than a former college football player. i'm talking about kevin plank, the ceo of under armour. the company's stock skyrocketed after an earnings report that knocked the socks off of investors. total revenues for the company for $2.3 billion. smierlings an inspiration, and perspiration. >> it begins at the beginning such a personal story for me. i was a football player at the university of maryland who didn't like the way my cotton tee shirt felt beneath my uniform. with no more than a good idea i walked out to a fabric store and bought some material, that fit the idea i had. took it to

extension will transport nearly a million barrels of oil a day from can do to the gulf coast from alberta to texas and louisiana and connecting with the existing keystone pipeline in nebraska. >> let's work together on building the keystone pipeline and the tens of thousands of jobs created as a result. >> it is a powerful symbol. those in favor find it necessary for the independence from oil and the need for jobs in a flagging economy. the debate galvanized the protestor and became a part of the presidential race and remains an issue in the mitted term elections year. president obama talked about the keystone pipeline during the speech last summer. >> our national interests will be served only if this project does not significantly exacerbate the problem of pollution. >> it is facing tough opposition in conference, cap and trade emissions legislation failed during the first term, the president since focussed on executive action, such as issuing new epa regulations and john kerry made climate change a priority as well issuing directives to include climate change talks in all of the meetin

pipeline from alberta to the texas gulf coast. now eight more u.s. federal agencies have to weigh in on the keystone pipeline over the next 90 days. call it inspiration from perspiration, kevin grew in his grandmother's basement so into a multimillion dollar corporation. so he may not known exactly what to do, but end the crisis. we have also heard from the russians in form of one of the president's senior aids. he has told the if the that he could lose power here, if he doesn't quash the rebellion. so very different messages from very different sides. reflecting the kind of tug of war between east and west over ukraine. all of the violence there >> lisa fletcher here now with what's next on the stream. the massive number of laws on the books. >> right ali, 4500 bills a good number of which overlap. >> which makes you wonder if we have too many laws? >> clogging our judicial systems, jails and limiting us from being able to control what's on the books. >> "the stream" right after "real money." it is super bowl weekend so let's talk sports and busines

and this oil would come all the way from alberta, down through the u.s.o the u.s., it goes through the u.s., and most of it would be exported. so what happens is american families and american farmers will bear all the risks, and oil companies will get all the reward. there is a much better way to meet our energy needs than taking oil from the tar sands. >> isn't it safer to run oil through a pipeline than it is to put it on railcars and on trucks? >> the safest thing to do with this oil is to keep it in the ground. you're right, ed, in saying -- >> that's not going to happen. >> well, it can happen. it can happen. that's actually the point of this. but let me answer your question directly. transporting oil by rail, by train is not safe. it is not safe. and we should avoid it. and we also in the meantime need to upgrade our safety standards for rail transport of all forms of oil. but the best thing that we need to do -- the thing that we need to do is three things, actually. one is to improve the safety of transportation of oil. two, to make sure that thi

the crews had come from alberta, canada, thousands of miles away. >> what are they for? >> they are to soak in the oil. they are supposed to. they are supposed to soak in water. >> steyer had come to mayflower to gather ammunition for what may be the biggest fight of his life, trying to stop the pipeline from being built. he worries more leaks like this one could happen. the proposed keystone pipeline would stretch from the canadian border across the u.s. to the existing pipeline that carries oil to the refinery. >> it is not going to the united states. it is going to be more oil not from the middle east. that is true, but it just means there is more oil not from the middle east in the world market. >> we walked along the quiet street in mayflower that just a few months before had been cover in oil. exxon mobil is facing a $2.6 million fine for the spill and has spent $70 million to clean it up. three houses were so badly damaged, exxon knocked them down. most sat empty. even after an accident, this could be a long shot. if you look at the polls, two thirds of americans

the alberta clipper making its way up here to us. here in new york we expect to see 1-3 inches of snow. for maine, on top of what they'll see tonight and tomorrow, they'll see 18-20 inches of snow by the end of saturday. that will be a major problem. we are dealing with flooding across parts of the north-west. that will go on all weekend. >> thank you. >> tonight - virginia is the second state in the south to have a ban on same-sex marriage declared unconstitutional. news came from a federal judge in norfolk, within the past two hours. a battle over the rights of same-sex couples is playing out in the heart land. a state law is proposed in kansas, some say it calls for outright discrimination of homosexuals. >> in the push for same-sex marriage, one state is resisting. kansas may soon have a controversial law on the books. what some consider blatant consideration. a new bill controversial within, giving businesses the right to refuse services to gay couples. on wednesday, the kansas statous approved the bill. it's headed to the state

the clipper approaching is not an alberta clipper, but it will have clipperlike characteristics. right now it's in the upper plains and the rain snow line is far to the north, but this clipperlike system will dive toward us bringing an increase in cloud cover through the day. it will keep our temperatures from rising during the day and it will bring us a chance for showers late as we head into the nighttime hours. right now it is cold enough to support snow throughout the metro. it's 27 degrees in rockville, 29 in chevy chase and 30 in alexandria and it is a little bit on the breezy side. we have some wind chill factors out there. it feels like 19 degrees in ashburn and 18 at dulles, but the winds will settle down as we head through the overnight hours. it's going to be a clear and cold start, 18 to 26 tomorrow morning and then just downright cold by 7:00, 15 to 24 degrees. more clouds moving in as we head through the morning hours, but we're tracking that system that's going to bring us rain or snow showers. i'll have at coming up in the first alert seven- day. >>> coming up ton

throughout the week and throughout the month earlier in january, we had to deal with alberta clippers tracking to the south and to the east and bringing the moisture to the plains and midwest and northeast and that cold arctic air a major problem, but today if you are stepping out you don't need the coat, well actually you need the coat and leave the gloves at home. it is mild out there. the winds from the south and east and continuing to have that surge in warm air pushing up from the south and continues to be nice across the northeast and looking at snow free day across east rutherford, new jersey. across the midwest the snow is continuing to fall in illinois and indiana and mixing with a bit of rain and ice. so travel is tricky along i-80 and i-70. the high pressure is tracking to the north and portions of southern michigan and on to canada. i-94 is going to be tricky. and new york throughway the snow and the rain and a little bit of ice. the areas around the chicago area generally speaking 3-6 ins for you and detroit 3-6 inches and up to a foot of snow in the southern areas of mic

we have an alberta clipper making its way across the ohio river valley. from new york it means we may be seeing one to two inches of snow. from main to massachusetts, it will be windy. from logan airport we'll see problems saturday afternoon and sunday morning. to the north-west it's been the rain, especially for oregon, where we are looking at a lot of problems with flooding. mudslides and land slides have been a problem. i know we have been looking for drought relief, but it's too much rain and too little time. let's look at the forecast. the rain extending to the bay area. it's not falling too hard. it will allow some of that rain to refill the reservoirs. for the highs, 47 degrees. for seattle, unfortunately, look at the 5-day forecast. we are looking at the rain. the sun comes out, temperatures staying within the mid 40s there. >> down towards southern california, we'll stay drive. san francisco, you will see a rain shower or two. los angeles, 77 for you in your forecast. that is consistent all the way through. maybe next wednesday dipping down to 68

from the shale of north dakota and here at the alberta tar sands crude is being extracted. there is a problem. getting the oil to market can be dangerous. this fireball over north dakota last year was from derailed oil tangors, and in quÉbec 47 died when a fuel train exploded in the center of town. it calls for tighter safety rules and for those living beside the rail lines more transparency of what is being cared. >> it's a small town. if a similar incident were to happen in toronto, one doesn't want to imagine the casualties that would result. >> the government is tightening regulations and will continue to do so as it receives input from official inquiries. in late january both canada's transport regulators and the national transportation safety board in the u.s. released similar recommendations, moving hazardous goods only along the safest routes and planning for disasters. >> it is an integrated transportation economy. these cars and locomotives do cross the boarders. there has to be a solution that will work in both the u.s. and canada. >> under intense pressure not l

the alberta clipper crossing across the plains and dumping the snow. we have had a change in the pattern so leave the gloves and hats at home. it is a very, very comfortable super bowl sunday. we are talking temperatures in the 50s through the day, as we can see temperatures are plummetting around the night time. we are around 44 degrees at kickoff. nice and comfortable out there. we are seeing a boost in the temperatures and before a strom tracking up the east coast on monday. maybe mother nature is a fan of football. just a few clouds floating in the skies, that is acting to keep the warm in the day. we have the storm making its away cross the plains and snow is coming down in chicago. if you are out there along i-80 a be careful. flights are cancelling out of chicago today. the temperatures are going to plummette. the cold is coming down from canada. back to you, morgan. >> i feel bad for chicago but great for the super bowl. >> yes. >> museums in seattle and denver are showing the team pride leading up to the super bowl. they are betting on the tea

the industry, the government of alberta made it clear that they are anticipating this. they believe that their oil is going to be developed. it will be moved to market. the alternatives are bring it down keystone xl. put it on rail. or you can move it over to the pacific coast and send it in to other markets and replace it with oil coming in from venezuela and middle east. of all of those scenarios, given that keystone will be the safest pipeline built in the united states and have a lower carbon emission rate than any other rate, we feel it's the best move for the environment. in addition, it's going to bring discounted oil down, and the oil price that went this is what sets the gasoline prices. this will reduce prices. these are conclusions that are in the state department reportism. >> charles, there are some profiles of alternative routes, alternative lengths, of the pipeline, ones that take it through less sensitive territory, involving aquifers. one is called the i-90 proposal, which goes along or nearby the right of way of an established interstate. it's longer,

. >> this kitty is a large lynx they are out ice fishing in alberta, canada. >> this thing is huge, eh. >> they left it out for him. i feel like this lynx does it all the time, another tuesday, you are fishing, i'll take this. he's out. >> there he goes. fish in mouth. and listen to the guys behind the camera. >> he's a [ bleep ] [ bleep ] [ inaudie ]? >> o is the lynx pretty amazing but it's the commentary coming from this dude. >> i know you're not supposed to feed wild animals but neat to get a close-up look at a cat like that. >> he's so big, too, walking all weird the fish is dragging on the ground. >> we're just going to call this one fun determination. this is a paraglider and he's in the netherlands up in the sky. a lot of wind on this particular day. >> does look windy. >> he's swooping just to lose a little altitude and come down. >> this is where the fun part comes in. pretty soon you'll see what he's trying to do. see this sign right here? >> yes. >> this wooden sign? he's trying to land on it for fun. >> because he can. >> because he can. >> like a bird. >> yep. >> around

. >>> well, this looks like a nice relaxing mountain bike ride through the woods up in jasper, alberta, canada. he's riding with his cousin. brad uploaded this video last august but it's just now catching fire. he pedals up to the top of this mountain, his brakes squeak a little bit and then he notices something. >> [ bleep ]? >> oh, oh! >> that is crazy. >> did you see that? >> it was a very big bear. >> it was coming right at him. >> it was charging at him. >> a grizzly bear sow, a female, with a cub. >> an angry momma, you don't want to get in the path of an angry momma. >> super dangerous, so brad yells back to his cousin dan. thankfully they are prepared for such an encounter but now brad's down off the trail, can't see his cousin, can't see the bear, so what's he do? he kind of skirts along the gully here a little bit and tries to work his way back towards his cousin but along the way he catches sight of the cub and the sow who are still hanging around. >> oh, it's running after the cousin? >> yep. did you see that? that's another charge. >> oh, my gosh this bear is aggressive. >

the pattern has changed quite a bit, alberta clipper, a traveling out of the north central planes into the midwest, into the northeast, ushering in all that cold air. well, as i said, we have a change in the pattern. and that explains the exception 23458 warmth we are experiencing today. if you are further to the west, you can see here we have a mix of rain, and a bit of freezing rain, so you need to be careful if you are traveling along i-80. also pungs talkny phil said we will have six more weeks, well, he is right. winter does not end until march 20th, but the look of things, well, we will continue to have to deal with that snow. we are talking two with to four-inches and we have a dangerous storm unfolding. and south central portions of oklahoma. ice, freezing rain, and also some sleet out there along, i 35, so it really need to take it'ssy, especially around oklahoma today. >> over in the memphis zoo, they are picking the winger of today's super bowl. in very cute panda bear lee lee is putting her money on a tennessee favorite, that would be payton manning and his denver broncos p

got into a house on denise drive between barbara and alberta way. the burglar or burglars took several items, someone reported seeing a suspicious car speed away around 1:00 with two men in it. police are asking those who live in the area to check surveillance video for gray toyota or honda four-door sedan. >>> a live look about 30 miles away from the mountains, one of the game's most highly anticipated events about to get under way. women's figure skating kicks off in a couple of hours. these three ladies looking to top the podium for team usa. 18-year-old gracie gold, ashley wagner and our own polina edmunds from right here in the bay area. >> she's 15. she goes from her classes in san jose's high school to competing on the world's biggest stage. >> she will skate the same program she did in boston last month. her performances there landed her a silver medal and a top spot on the olympic team. at a young age, polina unknown to judges and some say she should have waited for the next winter games to compete. but the confident sophomore strongly disa

right, folks it's president's own study says the environmental impact is negligible, because most of alberta's will find a way to get to market anyway, if not by pipeline, by rail. it is inevitable. if something is inevitable, then america should be the one to do it. ( applause ) case in point-- these people get it-- case in point, isn't it inevitable that the ice caps will melt so i say we drown the polar bears in the san diego zoo. we charge people a couple of bugs a ahead to watch and give the money to the world wildlife fund and they can use it to save the polar bears. otherwise, those guys are doomed. now, nation, the open, ceremonies for the 2014 winter olympics are just one day away, which, of course, is the silver medal event starting today. in the run-up to these games, vladimir putin has gotten a lot of criticism for antigay laws, for bull dozing poor neighborhoods to build olympic facilities and now harshest of all for his yogurt bloccade. >> there is an attempt at yogurt diplomacy. rush is holding up 5,000 single-serve containers of chobani yogurt. chuck schumer said it's stranded

the new government of alberta has meanwhile the sign two weeks and heatley extraction operation to cover a sad face as geologists from us. they still shaking and a new healthy baby with rt to be forced to admit the management of environmental contamination can be inaccurate or even nonexistent. meanwhile the findings by environmental expect a teaching to have beaten consent. made ideas and notions community facing a difficult struggle. respect they are going on here in norman. we have to cut it to rise in interest we keep on taking taken on a clean one i'm panicking for towing rental lists. now economic and political interests cops democracy movement dr shulman people stop to minding them right. not because of transformation series we look at what happens when citizens take the fate of the country into the oven hands. when it loses its chains. in liberia many people feel the country still has a long way to go despite the fact of having the nobel peace prize win as president when alan johnson said he was last elected in two thousand and six up to the end of summer will see about to tackle

there are two alberta clippers' and our future. at one passes south. one this afternoon.nother one comes and tomorrow afternoon and evening. that the blade of a couple of inches. few will show you that in justices left coldest and to our fed europe. for off the average 11th into the greatest fear is as if 14 twin to below average. you're getting so used to these big deficits on temperature that it does not surprise us anymore. here is a little piece of good manners. we start emerging from a bitter arctic cold. the temperature stock up to date of 7. this february thaw we have been talking about. it is coming the middle and end of next week. wednesday and thursday are the warmest. could hit 54 degrees. making it the warmest temperature and two months around here. we've not been above 50 degrees and all that time. there could even be some thunderstorms. with a big jet stream of her head they could be active ones. the first thunderstorm's of the season. one-4 in. of water tied up in all of this note. any water mixed with rain falling could produce some flooding. temperatures

that pumps oil from the canadian province alberta all the way to american refineries in texas along the gulf coast. the keystone xl is a 1,179-mile long expansion, repeat, expansion of the existing pipeline that canada wants built through the u.s. it is unfinished routes shown on the map as the dotted line. at its peek, a potential 830,000 barrels of crude oil per day could flow to the gulf. but the keystone xl has run into delays and opposition. conservationists fear habitat destruction and some native american tribes fear dirty water will accumulate on tribal land. and also others notably environmental groups, they believe the pipeline will accelerate development of canada's oil sands and so doing it, intensify greenhouse gas emissions. a long awaited u.s. state department report has ruled that greenhouse gas emissions would not be significantly affected. why? because canada will develop its oil sands anyway with or without the new keystone pipeline. and there's more. notably the well informed ken salazar, a former colorado senator who served as president obama's cabinet interior secr

oh he is a research associate at the canadian institute for ukrainian studies at the university of alberta and in london we crossed to alexander me curious he is an analyst and writer on legal affairs for a journal in cross talk rules in effect means you can jump in anytime you want and i encourage it alexander i go to you first in london this week with victoria nuland were you surprised by it at all because for a lot of circles around particularly in this part of the world it confirmed a lot of what people thought all along that this is a not so covert overthrow of a legitimately elected government in kiev saluki that's exactly what it is let's be absolutely clear about this what nuland and the ambassador would call talking about was who is to be the prime minister of the ukraine miss nuland wants. to be the prime minister of the ukraine not mystically who is the other opposition leader who is currently more popular and she wants to. do this into a way that is contrary to the actual government of the ukraine which is led by mr rich so we have a situation where the united states through mi

out of the tar sands is earmarked for foreign markets how do we know that because the government of alberta where the tar sands are located says so because the the energy minister of the canadian federal government says we've got to get to the to those global markets they have essentially gloated the market in the midwest of the united states where they can reach with the current existing pipelines and they're getting about thirty dollars less per barrel than they would on the open market so why do they why do they need keystone x.l. to get to the get to the gulf coast where they can world wide open right so they can get to the gulf coast where the refineries have immediate access to global shipping. there's. so we bring the oil this is really really really dirty oil that leaves a lot of. it's not even fly ash is what is a coke coke petroleum coke yeah. ash after it's made a lot of waste poison actually tons and tons of it. so we bring the stuff from canada down to the gulf coast we refine it so we get the we get the pollution we get the cancer cancer alley from texas through louisiana gets