you look at bill gates and bill clinton.here be an argument that a lot of these are lifetime achievement awards for what happened last century? >> i agree. and they're both doing tremendously noble things, both bill gates and bill clinton, around the world. but -- >> you're just saying they don't have the power they once had. >> no, they don't. >> kind of like papelbon's right arm. it's not what it once was. >> he's lost a little velocity. >> we're going to return with more of the most influential americans of the 21st century. and we'll answer the question who would americans most like to have dinner with? but first we'll tell you how the poll was conducted. take it away, willie. >> how the poll was done. here goes. msnbc commissioned the folks at princeton research to conduct a series of polls to determine the most influential americans of the 21st century based on the -- calls went out to randomly selected americans. the public narrowed the list to 39 influential people. posters made another round of calls tabulated the d

if you think of the multiplier effect, a 50 billion for bill gates? that is nothing compared to the value he has added to the world. >> he is spending billions applying critical thinking skills to charity. and then to dump it when it doesn't work. >> could he have reinvested more money? i don't know. >> it is his money he has the right to. but he gets credit for not the jobs and wealth he created he gets no credit for that. he is considered a a greedy businessman despite the hundreds of millions because he benefited at the same time. he shifts to charity then he is suddenly good. he will do a lot less good that we as a society value not the creation, accumulation of wealth which is what america is about, is that what is uniquely important? no. charity is fine. >> you went to an awards sayre may the ceremony with a lifetime achievement award. they dedicate those one-minute to those nine minutes to community service. the benefit these businesses have provided but also their own lives the reason they should feel-good about their life is the happiness com

like bill gates and the guy from apple. as compared to the people who i just called paper manipulators, is there any difference in their attitude? i mean, bill gates i don't think behaves as though he's an entitled person, but i don't know him personally of course. he's doing a lot with the money that is good. i don't know the people on wall street. >> of course there are differences and certainly what i found quite an was to talk to any of these guys in each one will say in the abstract, guests can rent seeking in the case of garbage. by manipulating the government are very, very bad. i of course am not one of them. every single one sees the world that way. even the russian oligarchs to the world that way. i made my own fortune. all the other guys manipulated the government, but not me. i found this very much with the americans, too. if you talk to silicon valley, they are the guys who feel the most righteous and they should. and they love to criticize. it's one of their favorite activities and they see it very, very clear

if you think of the multiplier effect, a 50 billion for bill gates? that is nothing compared to the value he has added to the world. >> he is spending billions applying critical thinking skills to charity. and then to dump it when it doesn't work. >> could he have reinvested more money? i don't know. >> it is his money he has the right to. but he gets credit for not the jobs and wealth he created he gets no credit for that. he is considered a a greedy businessman despite the hundreds of llions because he benefited at the same time. he shifts to charity then he is suddenly good. he will do a lot less good that we as a society value not the creation, accumulation of wealth which is what america is about, is that what is uniquely important? no. charity is fine. >> you went to an awards sayre may the ceremony with a lifetime achievement award. they dedicate those one-minute to those nine minutes to community service. the benefit these businesses have provided but also their own lives the reason they should feel-good about their life is the happiness comin

. >> host: in i am john galt, you draw parallels between bill gates and hank rear don. why? >> guest: because in the book, henry created a new kind of metal, that product was so competitive, so disruptive to the status quo that the unholy alliance of corrupt businessmen and corrupt business officials con conspired to put him out of business the same way as people couldn't compete with microsoft windows conspired to put bill gates out of bids in the late 990s when that antitrust action was brought against him. don't tell yourself that was just some do-gooder action by some holier than thou bureaucrat in washington. those guys were paid off and egged on by people in silicon valley who couldn't compete with bill gates. >> host: there's just a little taste of donald luskin's "i am john galt: today's heroic innovators building the world and the villainous parasites destroying it." this is booktv on c-span2. >> visit booktv.org to watch any of the programs you see here online. type the author or book title in the search bar on the upper left side of the page and click search. you

. >> originated by bill gates and warren buffett, promising to give away half your fortune to charityally, in this country. because i think that what the buffettses and gates of this world are really saying to people, you have a choice of two things. when you die you either give your fortune or as much as you want of your fortune to things you care about or the government. so it's not that tough a decision. but that said, i think it will it get a lot of people to give more than they had thought of heretofore. >> so you are credible spending down the endowment the of the philanthropie philanthropies. why put yourself out of business? you make a great point. it's the government or give it to where you want to see it go. >> there's another thing. i could talk all kinds of wonderful things -- i didn't want to rule from the grave and so on. but after the disaster, we had to make a decision. i'll let jeff tell you how we went about that. >> the default position with foundations is they're going to go into perpetuity. perpetuity is a long time and we know from many foundations today that the

. >> charles, you've signed the giving pledge originated by bill gates and warren buffett, promisingo give away half of your fortune to clarity. >> it's not an unusual thing actually in this country because think that what they are really saying to people, you have a choice of two things. when you die you either give your fortune or as much as you want to your fortune to things you care about or give it to the government. so it's not that tough of a decision. but that said, i think it will get a lot of people to give more than thex have thought of heretofor. >> so you are currently spending down the endowment of the andrea and charles bronfman ilanthropies. why put yourself out of buriners? you make a great point. you make a great point, either the government or give it to where you want. >> i tell you, there's another thing. i could talk all kinds of wonderful things, i didn't want to rule from the grave. but actually after the disaster we had to make a decision. let jeff tell you how we went about that. >> the default with the foundations is they're going to go into perpetuity. per

he's followed in the top five by angela merkel, russian putin, bill gates and pope benedict xvi or atontfx on twitter. there's an interesting name at number 62 that jumped out, joaquin guzman, the biggest and baddest drug trafficker in the world. he heads the sinaloa cartel. it's interesting they notice the underground economy, and the guy is worth like a billion dollars. he's a big reason for a lot of the cocaine, heroin and marijuana in america. >> wields a lot of power. >> i wonder what else he does. >> heroin, cocaine, marijuana. multiple industries. it's proof to me, i think, that the war on drugs has xleecomple failed if an illegal drug trafficker is in the top 60. he's been on the list since 2009, so they've known about him. it's ridiculous this soort of person would be on the list, but then it calls into question the nature of power. yes, he has this power in terms of the drug economy, but he can't just go anywhere. he's in control of the space he's in, unless there's bodyguards around him. when he goes to restaurants he locks the door and takes the cell phones and pays for ev

also making the list, bill gates. and pope benedict -- who is now on twitter. and by the way, mr.acebook is not on the list. >> really? >> he dropped off. >> i wonder if steve jobs would have made it? >> there is a lot of power there. the power of letting us know what is going to happen the next couple of days. >> up, down. up down. is a bumpy seven-day forecast in terms of temperatures. i think that is the best way to put it. you mentioned it is good weather for hockey. i want to take you to the rooftop camera. i zoomed in across the river. people are enjoying probably of their lunch breaks. it is actually good weather if you get outside and skates. the last few days, the ice was rather soft. but today, only 41. cooler air -- we do notd. it is very calm at this time. it is light and variable. then it ships southerly. 39 in martinsburg and papers were -- gaithersburg. chilly all across the board. compare that to this time yesterday? look. we are a good 15 degrees cooler now than we were at this time in washington. on average, we are cooler because of the strong cold front. we are

this is his second donation giving since the group founded by warren buffett and bill gates. >>> this morning, six nonprofit groups shared in $1 million worth of grant money from chevron. the recipients were announced less than two hours ago at the middle school. the grants go toward groups that provide jobs and education in the rifmond community. one -- richmond community. >> this is just one more indication of how much we invest in this community. how much we believe in this community and we -- how we understand that when richmond succeeds, so does chevron. >> since the program started in 2009, chevron says more than 500,000 students and nearly 7,000 teachers have benefited. >>> very cold morning. 20s all over the place. we had freeze warnings, frost advisories. we have clear skies. now a few high clouds beginning to come in. this is the beginning of what's gonna be a lot of clouds and rain and snow up in the mountains as we go from late thursday all the way into monday. between now and this time next week, the only dry day looks to be christmas day unless something changes and ther

bill gates, pope benedict, ben bernanke, saudi king.ore on how the list was assembled and other details, forbes media ceo, mike, thanks for being with us. >> this is important to us because nothing personifies what we do at forbes like our power list. we're about success and the impact of people who achieve success have. we have ten editors who get together. we draw on a huge bank -- >> they always agree on everything. don't they? >> exactly. there is some subjectivity, i must admit. they talk about the number of people that someone influences. the amount of financial resources that they have. how many spheres they operate in, are they just financial or are tle political or philanthropic. the fourth criteria is do they act on their power, do they use their power. and if you look at -- >> that's the reason why bill gates would rank so high here is how he has used some of his financial power in the philanthropic sphere. it was interesting to me, "forbes" magazine, leading business magazine, most storied one maybe of all -- >> i have no ar

microsoft founder bill gates is upping his stake in in deere & company to 7% from 5.8%. deere closed last night at $86. in the fallout from the tragedy in newtown, connecticut, which remains on our minds, some interesting stats: reports say gun rights groups have given $17 million in campaign contributions, while contributions are $1.7 million for gun control groups. larry levin of trading advantage joins us now for a closer look at today's market action. good to have you on the show this morning. > > nice to be here. thank you. > i am still sensing traders are feeling a bit of a somber trade. even though the market rallied yesterday, i am imagining that what happened in sandy hook is still very much on traders' minds. > > i would certainly think that people are thinking about that. anybody who is a parent certainly is thinking about it and talking about it here on the trading floors. but that certainly didn't stop people from buying the market up strong yesterday, that's for sure. but definitely something that has got traders talking a little quieter than they might oth

you can approach bill gates. there is no rule. there are people interested in art. art, looking back through centuries -- are always needs patrons. i think people will invest in film. they are patrons, in a way. it is a fairly high-risk investment. but there is a love of it and an interest in being involved in it. and an upside if it happens, obviously. there is always an element of artistic patronage, when it comes to investment in the arts, whether it be film or stage play. you look at the numbers. it is not like -- it is a higher risk type of investment. there is no doubt. tavis: i want to circle back to this project, "a dark truth." i want to talk about art and truth. they are not that disconnected, and it is real art. there is a lot in this film where you say, as the radio talk-show host, that people are not interested in truth. they are interested in entertainment. that is a line in the film. is that line true to real life? >> i think you could argue there is a lot of stuff on television these days that we are being presented as news. it is being -- it is not

and jim senegal, charlie monger, bill gates' father all on the board in favor of taxing the rich, really? and the debate on guns front and center. that murder-suicide involving the kansas city linebacker brings on the call for gun control and the possibility of head injuries in football and drugs and alcohol. all right, everybody, monday morning, "varney & company" about to begin. [ male announcer ] this is steve. he loves risk. but whether he's climbing everest, scuba ding the great rrier reef with sharks, or jumping into the marke he goes with people he trus, which ishy he trades with a company that doesn't nickel and dime him with hidden fees. so he can worry about other things, like what the market is doing and being ready, no matter what haens, which isn't rocketcience. it's just common sense, from td ameritrade. well, having a ton olocations doesn't hurt. a santa to boot! [ chuckles ] rigight, baby. oh, sir. that is a customer. oh...sorry about that. [ male announcer ] break from the holiday stress. fedex office. and waiting in line. i don't have to leave my desk and get upnd go to

you have a lot of young people who feel inspired by college dropouts, bill gates, mark zuckerberg, steve jobs. they did pretty well. >> yes, well, for any of them who will cite those examples i would encourage them to watch the probability videos. >> very low probability of that happening to them. >> lebron james, too, and others. i, you know, those are good examples, and i would be happy if my children became internet billionaires. but that's not a career track that we can all depend on. what i think is exciting about the next five years, the next ten years, next 30 years, is there's going to be much more variety in how people can learn and how people can get credentials. in the last 100 years or 200 years there was only one way to do it. go to a four-year institution, t go to a community college, pay a lot of tuition, get a bachelor's of science, bachelor's of art. they could choose that path, they could choose that path and apprenticeship. could do just an apprenticeship. apprenticeship plus online learning. it will be up to them to decide what fits their needs best and prove it to th

street people and i think that's a big problem i honestly don't know what to do about it well bill bill gates sr and a group of very very wealthy similarly wealthy and more wealthy even buffett was one of those people held a press conference i believe it was day before yesterday and suggested that the inheritance tax should go up i mean you've got you've got the six heirs of sam walton who own more wealth than the bottom thirty percent of america and they were the ones that turned out we learned this what two years ago i think that we had funded the effort to come up with the phrase death tax and. might that be i mean this was what teddy roosevelt proposed this was his solution actually it was thomas paine's original solution wrote about an agrarian justice well i think as a practical matter it's a first while politically they're never going to do much with the estate tax because there are too many democrats who essentially support the republican position which really is you should have no taxes on anything on anybody for any reason now it's true there are a group of millionaires and there's

. >> it is auckerbvergs second in donations since he joined the giving pledge, the bill gates warned buffett organization that has as the will to achieve when the u.s. to give to work while causes. >> the picture is pretty clear, users are not happy with the changes coming to instagram . the uproar is over changes to instagrams privacy policy allow the company to use scare photos and advertising. >> of against the galthough ins issues still have ocean falls, the service term state by adding a photo to your account, you're giving the service less user content. >> we are watching developing news out arekazakhstan where astronauts from nasa, the russian federal space agency, and the canadian space agency where the soyouz lodge is taking place. three astronauts are headed to the space station. >> 5, 4, 3, 21 and lived off. >> the astronauts are making their way towards the international space station. >> we are doing well. >> delivering 102 t of thrust for hits in zero core engine. the first stage measuring 68 ft., burning liquid fuel for the first two minutes, six seconds of flight. >>

. >> it is funded by bill gates in offers web it lectures to computer science in his videos are viewed millions of time. >> natalee reaching millions of students by god forbid if i am hits by eight of the us you coulstill reach millions of students. >> you are just good at teaching? >> it is a complement. >> he is a great teacher. >> it is really helping us learn. >> it is exciting he gets kids so excited. >> in most parts of life things have gotten better. cellphones, computers, educa tion and not so much. >> after 90 years you have the local band if you had a party that was the only game in town. now you have mass media to say why don't we take the best musicians actors and storytellers and record it to put it out on radio, records and it could have happened with education before. john: even basic math and multiplication tables i thought they would use video games. why not? >> there is a huge bureaucracy to change the system. >> did this the blob and from our point* of view we could reach students outside of the blob. >> this california school district started using his videos in the

tracy: and james, tech industries, you see you know, you don't see bill gates or steve jobs, while stillive, working for union workers, the world is changing a little bit, is it still necessary? >> that is the problem that the unions have, they have not changed fundamentally how they represent workers since the 1930s, but the economy has changed. look at union contracts, all senior tie based promotions and pancases. you want performance reviews, and performance based pays and the union makes name possible. tracy: thank you for your sights. >> thank you. tracy: now that michigan is a right-to-work state, is this the beginning of end of uons, a gal up on pole said that mer-- gallup poll said more than half of americans believe. but not just yet. number 5, telecommunications workers, 16% of all unionized. transportation workers 4.5 million, 1 million are unionized. and they earn a third more than nonunion colleagues, and utility workers, 25% of these are union members they earn more than 10 perspir week mor -- per week wo. and number 2, local firefighters and police. 35% belong to unions, a

now, bill gates criticized this optimism saying you fail to see that worry about the wors case can actuallyp drive a lution. >>guest: i don't think that is really true. if you look where the solutions come from, they come from optimistic people living in rich pele like steve jobs or leonardo in italy. they are not iven by desperation or worry. in fact, i think it is the pessimists who are the complacent ones these days because they are saying, you know this is as good as it can get. we cannot make it any better. we better be careful about modified foods inindicate they are worse than existing technology. i think this world is great. t it is a veil of tears compared to what we could achieve. >> and could achieve. , thank you, matt ridley. coming up, who wants do go into space? soon we will all be able to go there. i talk about how innovation makes life better but where is the innovation coming from? politicians say from government. the big success story is america putting a man on the moon but think about it, yes, nasa put a man on the moon but they spent billions and have not been back in 4

now, bill gates criticized this optimism saying you fail to see that worry about the worst case can actuallya solution. >>guest: i don't think that is really true. if you look where the solutions co om, they co from optimistic people living in rich people like steve jobs or leonardo in italy. they are not driven by desperation or worry. in fact, i think it is the pessimists who are the complacent ones these days because they are saying, you know this is as good as it can get. we cannot make it any better. we better be careful about modified foods in indicate they are worse than existing technology. i think this world is great. but it is a veil of tears compared to what we could achieve. >> and could achieve. so, thank you, matt ridley. coming up, who wants do go into space? soon we will all be able to go there. >> i talk about how innovation makes life better but where is the innovation coming from? politicians say from government. the big success story is america putting a man on the moon but think about it, yes, nasa put a man on the moon but they spent billions and have not been back in 4

now, bill gates criticized this optimism saying you fail to see that worry about the worst case can actuallya solution. >>guest: i don't think that is really true. if you look where the solutions come from, they come from optimistic people living in rich people like steve jobs or leonardo in italy. they are not driven by desperation or worry. in fact, i think it is the pessimists who are the complacent ones these days because they are saying, you know this is as good as it can get. we cannot make it any better. we better be careful about modified foods in indicate they are worse than existing technology. i think this world is great. but it is a veil of tears compared to what we could achieve. >> and could achieve. so, thank you, matt ridley. coming up, who wants do go into space? soon we will all be able to go there. ♪ [ male announcer ] you've reached the age where you don't back down from a challenge. this is the age of knowing how to make things happen. sowhy let erectile dysfunction get in your way? talk to your doctor about viagra. 20 million men already have. ask your doctor if your he

bill gates sr.ert rubin abigail disney, and richard rockefeller, one of the heirs to the rockefeller fortune. bush lowered the estate tax. how much did that cough us? $536 billion over 10 years. where did that money go? to the richest .3%. they got an extra $536 billion. what does president obama do? of course, as always, he splits the baby. the state tax used to a ply for families above $2 million. he said let's move it to $7.5 million. bush wanted to move it to $10 million. the rate used to be at high at 55%, now president obama wants to make it 45%. what happens? we save some of the money that bush cost us, but still leave $256 billion going to the richest .3%. some of the people in that richest .3% say we shouldn't do that. we should make estate taxes even higher than obama's proposing because we need the money for the rest of the programs that this country desperately needs and rich have enough. to back up their point the forbes top 400 richest people in the country net worth in 1982 of $213 bi

bill gates, he's doing good things -- >> gretchen: what do you mean guilted?he's guilted into giving most of his fortune to the less fortunate across the world or because he actually wants to do that. >> that's true. bill gates is an unusual case because he's applying his business techniques to charities and not just giving it away, having standards. but a lot of these guys are guilted into giving to this cause or that and vilified for their business work. >> steve: what are you suggesting they should do instead? >> if you're creating jobs, great jobs, give to charity when you die. >> gretchen: you know what? >> brian: come up with another great invention and hire more people. >> or just d. rockefeller, vilified for his wealth, yet he saved the whales 'cause he lowered the price of gas so much, people stopped killing whales for whale oil. >> steve: that's good for the world! >> you argue with me about everything! >> gretchen: because i'm worried about all the charities out there during this time of christmas when they need our help. so i'm just being an advoca

now, bill gates criticized this optimism saying you fail to see that worry about the worst case can actuallyp drive a solution. >>gues i don't think that is really true. if you look where the solutions come from, they come from optimistic people living in rich people like sve jobs or leonardo in italy. ey are not driven by desperation or worry. in fact, i think it is the pessimists who are the complacent ones these days because they are saying, you knowthis is as good as it can get. we cannot make it any better. we better be careful about modified foods in indicate they are worse than existing technology. i think this world is great. but it is a veil of tears compared to what we could achieve. >> and could achieve. so, thank you, matt ridley. comingp, who wants do go into space? soon we will all be able to go there. copd makes it hard to breathe, but with advair, i'm breathing better. so now i can be in the scene. advair is clinically proven to help significantly improve lung function. unlike most copd medications, advair contains both an anti-inflammatory and a long-acting bronchodilator wo

now, bill gates criticized this optimism saying you fail to see that worry about the worst case can actuallye a solution. >>guest: i donon't think that is really true. if you look where the solutions come from, they come from optimistic people living in rich people like steve jobs or leonardo in italy. they are not driven by desperation or worry. in fact, i think it is the pessimts who are the complacent ones these days because they are saying, you know this is as good as it can get. we cannot make it any better. better be careful about modified foods in indicate they are worse than existing technology. i think this world is great. but it is a veil of tears compared to what we could achieve. >> and cld achieve. so, thank you, matt ridley. coming u w wants do go into space? soon we will all be able t go there. at a dry cleaner, replaced people wi a machine. what? customers didn't like it. so why do banks do it? hello? hello?! if your bank doesn't let you talk to a real person 24/7, you need an ally. hello? ally bank. your money needs an ally. >> i talk about how innovation makes life better b

bill gates told me one time, rick, use money to save time. that's a brilliant time. because you see, i only have 168 hours a week. we all have the exact same amount of time. we don't have the same amount of money. we all have the same amount of time. once i spend that time, i'm never getting it back. we can always get more money. if you use money to save time, that's a valuable investment of money. >> let's talk about your diminishing status. i mean physically. you're wasting away. and apparently so are 50,000 other people. i want to talk to you about this. >> you are making it part of your mission to take care of a temple of the soul. and that's not a place where as physicians we have commonly gone. we go to church. we don't speak about our bodies in church. this gives us an opportunity to change the equation. >> dr. oz talking at rick warren's saddleback church. he's an impressive guy. >> he is. >> you've lost 60 pounds with this diet program -- >> i have 40 more to go, though. >> it's interesting. it's called the daniel plan. >> yeah. >> you and the church have be

not just bill gates, not just warren buffet, but anyone with an income over $25,000. and don't forget, the payroll tax goes up, too. >> so taking out for social security taxes -- no one is talking about it. that says to me, those are going back up anyway. those are about a thousand in cost -- so let me ask you, there is the actual what will happen on january first? and it doesn't sound like people will have to worry about their taxes, most people. but what about the psychological impact? haven't we already seen it in christmas buying? haven't we already seen it in hiring? wouldn't we continue to see it -- you know, won't consumer confidence take a hit? won't businesses still say i don't know, i don't know what is happening. >> already has, candy, you have seen it in this year's christmas shopping season was lackluster, at best. i talk to businesses who say we're not hiring right now. we're just cancelling a lot of the plans to make new expenditures expenditures expenditure, this is not a good way to run a railroad. and the economy has already taken a hit because of al

so we're seeing that effort by bill gates and others, warren buffett, sort of the country's richest peoplet of their wealth to help others. so i say well done. he's got the money. >> that's for sure. also on a sadder note, we wanted to let folks know that the public memorial for singer jenni rivera will be held today. 10:00 a.m. california time at gibson amphitheater. the burial will be private but this is a chance for the public to grieve. she passed away in that plane crash on december 9. we wanted to send our thoughts and prayers to her family. >>> and last but not least, hbo is going to present a documentary on our 42nd president, william jefferson clinton. and get this, it has been sanctioned by bill clinton, his full cooperation. my question is, rob, is will we hear about monica lewinsky? >> how can you talk about the clinton presidency without the biggest scandal? >> he's really made -- he's made history so many times. he's got the clinton global initiative. i wonder if it's going to even, you know, just mention it or delve deeply into it. >> if it's fair, it has to do more than men

bill gates told me one time, rick, use money to save time. that's a brilliant idea.se you see, i only have 168 hours a week. we all have the exact same amount of time. we don't have the same amount of money. we have the same amount of time. once i spend that time, i'm never getting it back. you can always get more money. so if you use money to save time, that's a valuable investment of money. >> let's take another break and come back and talk about your diminishing status, i mean physically. you're wasting away. and apparently so are 15,000 other people. i want to talk to you about all this. [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. i just finished a bowl of your new light chicken pot pie soup and it's so rich and creamy... is it really 100 calories? let me put you on webcan... ...lean roasted chicken... and a creamy broth mmm i can still see you. [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. to take a centrum silver multivitamin every day. i told him, sure. can't hurt, right? then i heard this news about a multivitamin study looking at long-term health benefits fo

no. 2, bill gates. number three, ignacio ortega. then warren buffett. if he took the " brothers together, we consider them -- koch brothers together, we consider them a single entity. they are worth approximately $80.2 billion. they have spent more than anybody on campaign contributions, lobbying expenditures, climate denial science. we are not saying they are the only force. they are part of the fossil fuel complex. but they are the financial force and ideological leaders of the counter movement. >> i wanted to ask you about an action that took place this week. i wanted to play a comment of one of the people who were arrested this week protesting in texas as delegates and activists gathered here in doha. two activists in texas locked themselves inside of a section of the keystone pipeline. the pipeline would carry crude oil from canada to the gulf coast, a project opponents would say would unleash lethal levels of carbon dioxide. president obama now faces decisions of the approval. this section of the pipe where activists locked themselves would run le