one of the key projects is ele electrification.t is right now a dee sill system. >> that's another project that has a lot of angst in connection with it because of the dollar amount? r >> it's a big public works project and it will take a lot to get it right. >> and we touched on highway widening projects. can you tell us about some of the big projects? >> highway widening is not a big part of the plan. there are no new freeways. there is something called the regional express lanes network. most are familiar with the high occupancy lanes. at this point they are probably also familiar with the fact that there are segments that are not complete. that is a problem for buses and van pools and things of that sort that attempt to get people to and from work efficiently. that program would help address some of those gaps. we have some other major transit projects moving forward in the near term. bart to san jose is now under construction. that's a few years away. but there are more imminent openings coming. another commuter rail line is t

we are working on electrification of vehicles. oil is still going to be used for a while. we are displacing imported oil with domestic oil. as you probably know, our oil production has been up consistently the last four years. we are importing the smallest amount of oil that we have done in about 20 years. what we are doing here is we are displacing importing oil and helping balance the payment substantially by not having to pay for the imported oil. we are taking co2 that would have gone to the atmosphere in coal plants, storing it, and displacing imported oil with domestic oil. >> is it a net carbon benefit? if we use the co2 from power plants to produce more oil? >> yes. the oil would have been used in transportation. it would have been important oil that we would have paid to some other country rather than creating economic activity in this country. >> these are long-term challenges. i want to circle back to an immediate challenge. it looks like we may see a government shut down within the next few days. how does this affect the energy department? what are the plans? >

none are electrifing figures and that's all they care about.eople watch anthony wiener because bill deblazio is not making anybody's heart go pitter pat. >> she is the council speaker, if i have that right. she would have been or still could be the first woman to lead the city and the first lesbian to lead the city. why is that not a natural story? why are we stuck on this wiener story? >> it is hard to get through a discussion about him without cracking up. he has become a national joke. that is -- we can't look away. people just can't get their mind around what he did and he nearly won this thing. >> speaking of sex in new york politics, why is there sudden interest in the new york city controller's race that happens to include one elliott spitzer? >> you don't find it an inherently fascinating election in itself? >> it is a come back story, but isn't it spitzer and pat tron niecessing prostitutes? >> i am talking about what we would be covering otherwise, we would never cover the new york city comptroller. we noticed even client number nine

none are electrifing figures and that's all they care about. people watch anthony wiener because bill deblazio is not making anybody's heart go pitter pat. >> she is the council speaker, if i have that right. she would have been or still could be the first woman to lead the city and the first lesbian to lead the city. why is that not a natural story? why are we stuck on this wiener story? >> it is hard to get through a discussion about him without cracking up. he has become a national joke. that is -- we can't look away. people just can't get their mind around what he did and he nearly won this thing. >> speaking of sex in new york politics, why is there sudden interest in the new york city controller's race that happens to include one elliott spitzer? >> you don't find it an inherently fascinating election in itself? >> it is a come back story, but isn't it spitzer and pat tron niecessing prostitutes? >> i am talking about what we would be covering otherwise, we would never cover the new york city comptroller. we noticed even client number nin

electrification won't be the only solution. gas will be important and diesel and different forms of hybrid. you won't see the electric market take off and become the majority in the near future. electric vehicles quill will be of the landscape but not the only part. >> mr. browning, good morning. perhaps your seven-seater will be more important this morning. there is an open discussion in today's financial times about the fact that your sales were down when everybody else had bolted ahead. you are saying, maybe we need the seven-seater suv. how rapidly can you bring that to market? how rapidly can you get the attention of the consumer here to a greater extent now? >> the industry has been running pretty quickly this year. we have seen our sales essentially flatten. when you take out the rue ton, which is exiting from our portfolio, our sales are slightly up, ex cluticluding a e exiting from the marketplace. >> how is our business developing not just in one month or one quarter but really over the long-term? if you look back sin

really going to help us as we work to reduce our emissions, provide for jobs, provide for greater electrification across the country. these are good. but we really haven't had that good, comprehensive discussion about the energy issues that have impacted our nation in the past five years. and think about what's happened in five years. five years ago, if you had mentioned the shale revolution, people wouldn't have had a clue what you were talking about. think about what has happened with natural gas in the past five years. and, madam president, you know full well because in your state, the state with the lowest unemployment in the nation, a state where anybody that has a job has one and, in fact, most people have two or three, when you think about the changing dynamics of an energy world, think about it in the context of a time line. what's happened in five years? boom! think about what's happened to the economy. we read the articles just a couple weeks ago about how not only is natural gas helping those who work in the industry, it's one of these rising tides that lifts all boats. because when pe

of course electrification, again, costs have dropped dramatically.t yet for the long-range vehicle for the mass market, but the penetration is happening at afaster than it did comparable stage for hybrid vehicles, looking very interesting. hydrogen economy and fuel cells, that remains a much earlier in the development. i would say alternative liquid ares and electricity actually can quite interesting. >> thank you. i know you have both been here a long time, so i am going to submit a couple of questions for you and spare you from having to answer it. i would like to thank both of you for your hard work. >> if you have completed your questions, i would like you to use your time. we are at a critical crossroads in this country in our energy policy. if we decide to do nothing, which is what i sense is what the republicans want us to do nothing, it is going to lead to more carbon pollution, or droughts and floods and other extreme weather events. more billion-dollar disasters and bills to pay for the taxpayers. will not treated kindly. we will be the gen