what are they looking for an out my analysis of their giving show that the top ten recipients of exxon mobile political action committee giving in the ten years after the mobile merger are all house republicans and when i talk to lobbyists and both you know around the corporation and occasionally inside the corporation when i could get someone to talk to me. i came to understand that's basically a blocking strategy in which they live they look at the house republican party as the most aligned and and the and the most effective at pursuing their interests and at a minimum what they guarantee with these investments in particular politicians is that nothing they don't like will get through that's their their kind of blocking strategy and you know it's a little bit harder when you're as unpopular as they are to offer originally some self-serving piece of legislation in the congress but in the executive branch i think they're much more effective at just hammering on on regulatory issues capturing agencies and you know serving their interests that way and in speaking of the executive branch and the

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cataqorski and exxon mobile? >> that's a tough question to answer. and i'm not sure i know the answer to that, frankly. but on the other hand, people there, certainly were aware of the fact that we had had conversations with yukos and we've talked to other people too. >> rose: there, that is lee raymond. go ahead. >> well, two things we see governments come and g that's so fundamental. because it's an indication of how they view their political position which is more durable than the average dictator in west africa or a term limited united states president. so the first thing and this yukos story is fascinating won the basis of this which by far the best record of what had actually happened as exxon mobile saw it i did more reportsing, and there is an amazing series of conversations that raymond had with putin about his proposal to buy the largest oil company in russia at that time. he meets with puttin at the new york stock exchange one-on-one and his purpose is basically to say look, i'm negotiating with this guy, but i want to own a majority of hi

new american foundation and the author of "private empire: exxon mobil and american power," his newest steve, so glad to welcome you inside "the war room." >> thank for having me. >> you bet. so you have written that exxon essentially operates like an independent country with its own diplomats. how does that impact u.s. foreign policy? >> well, in many place in the world where they operate particularly in poor countries in africa that you were highlights by talking about that dodd-frank controversy, they have much more influence on the ground than the u.s. embassy does. take for example chad where they produce several hundred barrels of oil a day. in that country, in the late 2000s, exxon mobil was cutting checks to the leader north of $750 million a year. u.s. embassy had maybe 10 million, so if you are the leader of chad who are you going to call? who do you really see as the expression of american influence in your country? >> so that kind of payment what would the dodd-frank regulations do to curve that? and what has the oil lobby done to push back against those regulations. >> dod

it is called, "exxon mobil -- it's arthur came into the studio. -- author came into the studio. when you think of big oil, you think of these powerful companies. how is exxon and a different for pp or any of the others? >> all of the major democracies have the state oil companies. some of them have been government-owned in recent memory. the u.s. is alone in having a giant oil company that lives in some state of opposition to its own government. it was born forcibly by breakup by order of the supreme court. its chairman, they recently this goes to a magazine that his favorite book is "at the straw that -- "atlas shrugged." exxon mobil has a real distance from the american government. >> you describe this as a state within a state. did they get on better with the bush administration? >> there executives said they felt they had equal access to the clinton and bush should ministrations. the obama administration has been harder to crack. >> you talk about the structure that has been very secretive, insular. who are they accountable to? >> shareholders and a lot is what they would say

it is called "private empire -- exxon mobil." its author is with me. thank you for coming in. when you think of big oil, you think of these enormous the powerful companies. how is exxon any different from british petroleum or any others? >> it is interesting because many major industrialized countries have their own big oil companies. some of them are owned by the government. the u.s. is alone in having a giant oil company that lives in some state of opposition to its own government. it was born forcibly of break up by an order of the supreme court. the ceo has disclosed that his favorite novel is "atlas shrugged" about dystopian power. exxon mobil has a real distant from the government. >> you describe it as a state within the american state. >did they have a good relationship with the bush administration? >> well, they had equal relationships with the clinton and bush administration is but the obama administration has been harder to crack. >> you describe to the structure that is very secretive and insular, who is accountable to? >> its shareholders and the law, they would sa

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radio show today the first thing she went off on was cylinder and on the way that we're funding exxon mobil what are in the organization well these are these local and so i wind organizations and b. is an acronym for not my back right now in my backyard and these documents are the first time that i've seen evidence that these national fossil fuel funded groups are working with local clean local anti clean energy groups and it's part of a full frontal assault on clean energy you have american traditions to they filed a lawsuit in colorado to overturn the state's renewable energy standard and they've worked in four other states are producing reports that use this information to attack renewable energy standards how do they get average joes and janes to support their agenda i mean on the surface it seems to assert yeah let's be more dependent on saudi arabia let's burn more fuel it's going to ruin the environment and lead to global warming. and yet they're getting people to go along with us well you know we all want cold beer and we all want our conditioning and so when we look at our energy s

but exxon mobile.lly efficient, brutal extractor and the job of the government is to bring you in and tell you what the rules are. >> if they don't have a move to capture their regulatory -- >> shouldn't the job of citizens be to capture the government back? rather than to feel like soft and fuzzy? >> yeah, but they're not really exclusive strategy. >> i think the point there, also, for me, the way that norms interact on those two sides of the coin, i think that one of the things that citizens united has done, to me, it has changed the nornms of involvement. it changed the legal structures. but the legal structures have changed the norms. i feel like if you're a billionaire sitting around listening to rush limbaugh at the president, you know what, maybe i can go write a check and make this change. >> and, also, the relative ability of scitizens to mobiliz is much greater than the relative ablt relative ability to fight back. look at sopa. how did hollywood get turned on its head? because of online orga

so far in two thousand and twelve while americans are stuck with a higher gas bill so last year exxon mobil one of the world's most profitable companies earned thirteen hundred dollars in profits per second as consumers paid record high springtime gas prices exxon posted first quarter profits of nine point four five billion exxon benefited from the high price of oil but analysts expected slightly lower profits due in part to the cheap price of natural gas which the company is heavily invested in so the collapse in the price of natural gas max is down fifty percent since last year this collapse is decimating energy companies and producers across the u.s. right exxon fracking envy. those trackers are making huge margins in a very very short period of time no no they're not because they need they need prices to be five times what they are they're actually all going out of business production is declining like this it's not going like this it's like collapsing all those investors have lost money that's the bubble of all bubble that have. and but again here is this split in the this is the most

and they keep gas prices low all three of those claims are false you know exxon mobil for instance ninety eight percent of their employees are outside of this country so the idea that they're getting money taxpayer money to create jobs says patently false they also would be doing this oil exploration whether or not they're getting government handouts they're not going to pick up and start drilling you know you can move the oil to the north sea the oil is here we're going to have to explore here whether or not they're getting government handouts. daniel the the price of fuel has gone down recently that's some good news and but it really the price of oil has a lot to do with just economics so does subsidizing oil companies do the average consumer and god knows the average consumer no good in fact you can argue that it actually hurts them. you know we need to be transit transitioning off of fossil fuels prices are only going to continue to rise as we supply to windows so we need to be transitioning right now giving money to these quote these companies that keep up business as usual is exactl

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the ladies are going to be calling me exxon mobile because i'm going to drill baby drill. >> yes, arextremely successful at sex. >> stephen: up top, my man. >> will? will, tonight i'm asking martha to marry me. >> stephen: why would you get married, graceon this sitcom that we are in proves that it is completely acceptable for two straight guys to live together. >> yes, this is truly ground breaking television. >> stephen: we're buddies, you know, who is sex with girls and then describe it to each other in graphic detail. >> yes, nothing gay about that. >> stephen: that's not -- >> i'm marrying martha. >> stephen: why what can she give you that i cannot give you. i care for you. i share your hopes and dreams. if you were sick in the hospital, oy would come visit you. you know, we work out together. we shower together. >> i don't see that. you're off script, i don't see that. >> stephen: [bleep] script, let's improv let's do this thing. feel this. okay? don't do this, graceon. she's poison. what about us. what about that cottage we were going to buy up in the berkshires, we could open

next exxon mobile, a company that many people love to hate is a distant second.ous journalists has written a book on the exxon mobil empire. i spoke to the book's author, steve coll earlier today, about what as americans we should actually like about emen. >> well, i do think they bring out the rule of law wherever they go. they want way world that is stable and safe for oil and gas drilling. one of the ways they promote that is by evangelizing about the importance of the rule of law. and they enforce a universal system of contract. >> all right. so those are pretty good things, but probably not good enough. brings me to a company that everybody loves to love, apple. nine months ago it was the second biggest company in america. it is now number one. and by a huge margin. measured by market cap, apple is more than a third bigger than exxon. worth more than half a trillion. half a trillion. put the ipad in your hand, half a trillion. with the surge has come increased scrutiny, keeping money offshore, offshoring too many jobs, using materials that are sometimes mine

exxon mobile is tops among the fortune 500 companies in the u.s. knocking wal-mart down to 2.h because of the fortune list is based on sales not profits. and safeway super mark plans to stop buying pork from suppliers that cage pregnant cells and narrow stalls and they call it inhumane. producers say it keeps the pigs from fighting. and you will be able to buy girl scout candy bars with three of the popular cookie flavors it will be sold in stores andtargeteded at adults nutrition experts say they are disappointed. that's america's money. i am rob nelson. >>> now "good morning maryland." >> overnight closures on the jfx are extended. i will tell you how the closures affect your morning commute coming up. >>> and u.s. official foil a terror plot to blow up a plane head for the u.s. why the most sophisticated airport scanners could have missed the bomb. >>> a report is out that shows the best countries for moms. why the u.s. didn't rank high in what three factors kept it out of the top 20p those stories are ahead on this tuesday morning thanks for joining us i am megan pringle.

energy giant gas production fuel prices the wall street journal says exxon mobil's output declined around two percent the first quarter and connor's to point five percent u.s. have seen gas prices drop to the lowest level in ten years due to warm weather and booming shale gas production. that's all i have for you this hour but of course nextel they'll have the opening figures for the u.s. markets and we'll be close to the closing bell in russia. thanks to me tree here now to just a few minutes an update on the progress of. venues construction all appears to be going well but we've got an update for you after a quick look at the headlines with me kevin next. me eve. eve. there hasn't been anything yet on t.v. . it is to get the maximum political impact. before source material is what helps keep journalism on the real world. we want to present. something else. very good afternoon for me kevin owen here at our team today it's half past five moscow time the top stories the cracks grow wider in egypt's troubled election violence swells of a banned religion. candidates with the ruling military

. >>> exxon mobil is tops among the fortune 500 companies in the u.s., knocking walmart down to number two. apple, the world's most valuable company, is only 17th. but that's because the fortune list is based on sales, not profit. exxon is also tops in profit. on that list, apple comes in third. >>> overseas markets were feeling a little bit better today about europe's debt crisis. tokyo's nikkei average gained 63 points today. hong kong's hang seng lost 93 points. and in london, the ftse opened lower. on wall street, the dow slid 30 points yesterday. the nasdaq index picked up a single point. >>> the world's biggest producer of pink slime is closing three of its four processing plants. about 650 bp iworkers will lose their jobs in texas, kansas and iowa. giant restaurants and grocery chains discontinued using the filler of disclosure. the company stands by its safety. >>> safeway markets says it plans to buy pork from suppliers who cage the fowl in narrow. producers say it keeps the pigs from fighting and banning the cages will raise prices. >>> you'll soon be able to buy girl scout c

energy giants gas production low fuel prices wall street journal says exxon mobil's output declined around two percent the first quarter. point five percent u.s. gas prices dropped to the lowest level in ten years due to warm weather. gas production is also something russian manufacturers are looking out for shale production has become a focus for the russian gas industry as well. all right thanks so much. promise to be a tough end of the day it was an easy. day afternoon sport in fifteen minutes here on r.t. . headlines next to an after minutes away. please me. there hasn't been a thing yet on t.v. . it is to get the maximum political impact. before source material is what helps keep journalism honest we. we want to present. something else.

exxon mobile, conocophillips and chesapeake energy have scaled back their drilling due to the glut of natural gas. there's 46% more gas in storage today compared to last year at this time. john woods trades natural gas. president of jj woods and associates with us from new york. john are these companies getting out of the looking for neutral gas at the bottom of prices. >> i think they're trying to establish a point where they say listen we're going to cut this back and we're going to try to get this market up to where it's comfortable for us. that's 275 to $3. at these lower prices, only the consumers are actually winning on this one. >> consumers are winning in a big big way, no doubt bit. what is profitable for these producers. es it significantly above the levels or a little bit. >> anything above $3 at this point in this economy is going to reap rewards for these guys. but is it going to get there? not in the near term. it just doesn't seem like it's in the cards right now. >> we have seen demand at least for electric utilities for natural gas increase significantly year-to-date

energy giant gas production low fuel prices wall street journal says exxon mobil's output declined around two percent the first quarter and canada point five percent u.s. has seen gas prices drop to the lowest level in ten years due to warm weather. gas production is also something russian manufacturers are looking out for shell production has become a focus for the russian gas industry as well as for you kevin that's all right thanks very much. promise to be a tough one but end of the day was an easy. day afternoon sport in fifteen minutes here on r.t. . headlines next to an after minutes away. it is to get the maximum political impact. which is what. we are. something else. this is our international broadcasting from moscow thanks for being with us top stories the. trouble. with the ruling military seem to be the only ones to benefit. to move forward. defend starlog with russia or is moscow says it reserves the right to strike back if the system reaches its security. plus hillary clinton pitches for china's support of north korea and iran but the u.s. military's asia pacific buildup and