it is a topic i discussed with former middle east envoy, george mitchell, but we begin with the major news of the day in ukraine. lex president obama said russia is on the wrong side of history. with all of your experience negotiating trouble spots, is that an effective type of language to use at this page? >> i think it is. this is a very serious action. president newton is getting away with a similar effort with respect to georgia, essentially the same playbook. i don't think it's likely to happen this time because ukraine is not georgia and i think europeans are deeply concerned about this as well as united states and other allies. i think this was an overreach by putin and the united states and its allies stand firm. not running military action, i don't think that is feasible, but economic and diplomatic sanctions would have real right in russia and in effect on their future. >> the president had tough language for america's allies in israel. prime minister benjamin netanyahu in the oval office -- he warned in an interview that if premised are netanyahu is not committed to a piece

>> george mitchell. , capablee great compromisers. no longer much remembered. but beloved of mine.you have said over the past plus years, no one has mattered more to you than your wife. be an advisorto to the next congressman dingell? >> i'm going to wait to see what the next congressman dingell wants me to do. i'm going to be her constituent. that is a remarkable position to be in. deborah is smart. she has lots of experience in government. and in the house. knows how to make things happen. she will be a great congressman with no help from me. she is going to be a little giant. a lot smoother and more gracious. >> i really disagree with you. that she will be just like john dingell. thank you very much. best of luck to you. >> i have been honored to be with you. it has been wonderful. i have done a lot of wonderful things and met a lot of wonderful people. saw to it that a lot of people were helped. it has been a remarkable career. >> it has been. thank you. when we return, a new tax reform plan. ♪ >> welcome back. we are joined by kevin brady of texas. the ranking republican membe

and so we have been blessed as a result of the innovations of the people like george mitchell with this new renaissance in energy here in america through shale gas, sometimes called unconventional plays. but the point is we are now are able to produce much more energy than we can consume here domestically and in north america alone we are fast approaching energy independence, so we can afford to be an exporter of some of this energy to vulnerable countries like ukraine and europe so we can get putin's boot off their neck twhe comes to the -- when it comes to the impact he has on their energy supply. so before the shale gas revolution which has just been in the last decade or so, there was very little that the united states could do to deter eastern european dependence on russia's l.n.g., but the global energy landscape is much, much different than it was just a half decade ago. back in october the house energy and commerce committee held a hearing at which several eastern european diplomats discussed the geopolitical significance of america's natural gas boon. the lithuanian ambassador

day, andlooked at the george mitchell was doing it with hydraulic fracking.aid, we willeers believe it when we see it. it is step-by-step because it all looked fairly risky. conservatism set in. people said, we had better ensure the future by importing gas. this is not the first time the energy industry -- i think i'm qualified to say this -- has been a bit of a mess broadcasting -- forecasting the future. the one just before that was peak oil. thought well, we were going to run out of oil and i don't think we are going to do that either. the quality of forecasting is very poor and probably with the --perhaps we are going in the other direction but who knows? >> with what you just said -- >> i think if we base very important foreign-policy on single point forecasts, we would be making a very bad mistake. >> danny, why did it happen here? i read lots of countries -- and we will get into this in a bit developthe capacity to shale gas and oil? why did it happen here? >> one of george mitchell's personal assistants, the clear demand in the united states for gas.

george mitchell was doing with hydraulic fracking.eing a lot of engineers, they said, well, we will believe it when we see it. it was step-by-step, because it all looked very risky. conservatism set in and people said, well, really we better ensure the future by importing gas. this is not the first time the energy industry has made a bit of a mess at forecasting the future. the recent ones were of course importing natural gas, which is no longer needed. the one just before that was peak oil. recall, we were going to run out of oil. i don't think we're going to do that, either. there were plenty of other similar themes which became fashionable. , quality of prediction of forecasting, very poor. i think it is probably to do with inmate conservatism. i think we should remember that perhaps we are going in the other direction now, but who knows? >> it does make one cautious about the forecast we read today . >> i think if we were to base ony important foreign-policy single point forecasts, we would be making a very bad mistake. >> good. d

she had picked george mitchell to be basically the u.s. ambassador to the middle east and middle east stuff was run out of the white house. the israeli-palestinian issue is going to be resolved by israelis and palestinians in the united states placing secondary role in that. i would hesitate to guess exactly how that all turns out. along time they have been fighting each other. i think she has made an effort as a new york senator representing a lot of jewish voters and donors to be pretty hawkish on israel we talk about this in the book with iran sanctions, comprehensive iran sanctions and divestment, if anyone is familiar with it, the only audience that would ever be familiar with the name of that act where she went ahead and pushed for more nuanced treatment sanctions that allowed companies to get out of sanctions if they divested from iran, hitting them for being from iran which a lot of people attribute to being part of the mix that got iranians to the table. who knows if that is the labatt, but i do think it is hard to judge because s

clinton, like george mitchell and a lot of others from around the world. bilateral also has some successes with respect to the libya problem where we worked with united kingdom on that. but i also in the book draw some cautionary notes because in going to conferences as you do and listening to the discussion and watching the way talking to terrorists has become one of the hottest fields in my business of terrorism i have a lot of reservations about the way in which diplomacy can succeed, just how far it can go. so i'm more reserved in that respect but i look at for example some of the false negotiator stories which there are some. one is the famous case where an american was murdered. he sent the gunman in to do the the dirty work and positioned himself vis-À-vis resident government as an intermediary who could step in and be helpful. there was an absolute classic by colonel gadhafi. one of the last cases i find of deliberate export of international terrorism about 99 or 2000. there was a crisis with abu sigh of taking multiple foreign hostages so out of t

clinton, george mitchell, a lot of others from around the world. bilateral has some successes, bilateral diplomacy by respect to the libya problem, we work with united kingdom on that. i also in the book draws some cautionary notes because in going to conferences, watching the way, quote, talking to terrorists has become one of the hottest fields in my own district i have a lot of reservations about the way in which diplomacy can succeed, just how far it can go so i am more reserved in that respect but i look at the falls negotiators stories of which there are some. one is the famous law case where is he said the gunman to do the dirty work and positioned himself, president government as a kind of intermediary who could step in and be helpful. there was a classic case of colonel gaddafi, one of the last cases of deliberate export of international terrorism, 99/2000, there was a crisis, gaining multiple hostages. out of the philippines, gaddafi then steps in in a grandiose way as a mediator and offers a fantastic amount of money, $20 million is what

and there are a lot of democrats, george mitchell once said the only people who believe republican talkingtors. a lot of democrats buy into this myth that the affordable care act is doomed. they should be proud of it. it is an enormous accomplishment and millions and millions are benefitting. and yes, those republicans would go back to the old days. so democrats should embrace it, and should acknowledge that as with any program, they're willing to improve it. if people have ideas to improve it, we should improve it. that's the way every program works. i think karl's right. there's a big trap for republicans if all they do is bang this drum from now until november, it's only going to underscore the fact they don't have any ideas or plans or programs. they are obstructionists. they voted 50 times to repeal this program. and they'll vote for a hundred more times to repeal it if they get control of both houses. this isn't the future americans want. so democrats have to get on the offense on this prosecute republicans for what they do stand for. prosecute them as obstructionists. and embrace th

so she had picked george mitchell is to be basically the u.s. ambassador of the middle east. the middle east up is really run out of the white house. so you know the israeli-palestinian issue is going to be resolved by the israelis and palestinians immunized this may play some secondary role in that. i would hesitate to guess how that all turns out. it's been a long time they've been fighting each other. i think she is mean enough effort particularly if new york senator representing a lot of jewish voters and donors to the treaty hawkish on israel. we talk about this in the book with iran sanctions. and msn access. the sanctions allowed from iran and being in iran now. who knows whether that have been a good thing or bad thing, but i do think it's fair to judge because she was number charge of the state department and we don't have as much influence abroad as we think we do. >> thank you. >> i want you guys to put on your campaign reporter has for a second. >> icon. >> did you bring at? >> alex we should point out as a campaign reporter. >> and tommy what you think her bigges

obama evisceration she was large leaf frozen out of the middle east platte arm so she had picked george mitchello be basically the u.s. ambassador. the middle east was run out of the white house so you know the israeli-palestinian -- the united states may play some secondary role in that. i would hesitate to guess how that all turns out. it's been a long time that they have been fighting each other. i think she has made an effort particularly as a new york senator representing a lot of jewish voters and donors to be pretty hawkish on israel. but i think she also, we talk about this in the book with the iran sanctions and the conference of iran sanctions and the cisada if anyone is familiar with that. she went ahead and push for an more nuanced treatment sanctions that allow countries to get out of sanctions if they divested from iran which a lot of people would contribute as being part of bringing the iranians to the table. who knows whether that ends up being a good thing or a bad but i do think it's hard to judge because if she wasn't in charge of the state department and we don't have as much

and they didn't have george mitchell in there. >> he got put on on a write-in. >> they brought george back, resurrected george in the deal. they thought i had done with george. >> you weren't dead. you were just in nebraska. we thought you were dead, too. that's from the movie "unforgiven." i heard that, too. >> i don't know. anybody that voted for me, i'm sorry your vote didn't count. i mean, you got better elections in third world countries than you do at cnbc. >> it is something that -- you're on my list, too. if i had to vote on this, i would definitely be on there. what you did with shareholder rights before oil and natural gas, too. >> you're our go-to guy when it comes to this stuff. >> i had a bunch of mesa. i forget what the yield was. but i mean -- >> it was huge. >> i know it was. 8% or 9% as i recall. >> it was. >> yes. >> it was. >> mlp was the symbol, wasn't it? >> it was mlp. that's right. mesa limited partnership. we were one of the first ones that did it. >> i know. i owned it. i was with you back then. you're still on my list. >> i wish i would have looked at how ric

obviously the george mitchell and the fracking phenomena that has been going on for four or five yearskotas. it could help in new york. it could help in california. but those folks have made the decision to not do that type of work in their states. and that's their right. but the fact is, it's one of those things that the citizens are going to have to decide themselves, if they want to see that type of economic assistance from the oil and gas industry. >> what you're talking about is success leaves clues, texas has some clues to offer, right? an all of the above strategy, recruiting of business, zero tax in the state attracts people who want to be part of the economy. >> we've been doing this now fo. it's not theory anymore. there were folks who said, well, if you pass that tort reform law, this is going to happen. you're going to lose the ability for people to get good health care. well, just the opposite happened in the state of texas. it's a decade ago we passed sweeping tort reform, over 30,000 doctors licensed to practice medicine, a lot of access to health care in the state of te

times," to tom wicker, to representative mitchell into senator george mcgovern. tor mcgovern and representative mitchell sent them back to the fbi. mitchell at least said that there was disturbing material in it, which was further than the mcgovern went. the ones that went to tom wicker went back to the fbi also. baby, i don't think anyone knows for sure how that happened, whether he got them and returned in or whether they were intercepted and returned, no windows. but once it went to scoop nelson, he went to his deathbed never no difference in the files because the mailroom person there was an fbi informer and was reading all his mail your and grabbed the documents and sent them back to the fbi before he got them. so luckily, betty was not high enough on the enemies list to have her own private informer comments of the documents got through to her. later on thursday to other people as well. as far as how we got together i think betty described actually. bill decided who he thought was trustworthy and he approached them one at a time and that's it was organized.

said that charles mitchell will play against the cavaliers. georgemason in philadelphia against la salle. the patriots trailing, crashing the boards. jonnie williams with the follow dunk. la salle leading by one with 22 seconds. the miss, the follow. george mason beats la salle, 59-57. high school city title, roosevelt, the hero of the game, schuyler. roosevelt on the break. they take the lead. schuyler steps up a good, the biggest game. the steel, the bucket. roosevelt wins the city championship and the title is headed to northwest. 57-53 the final. st. john's, the lady cadets dominated from long range. carter was the hero from beyond the arc, knocking down threes. the final, st. john's college high school the city champs again. jordan zimmermann threw three scoreless innings today. he gave up a walk and two hits, the braves beat the nets. do you know this guy? .hat is robert griffin iii he is modeling the new baylor basketball uniform. he said he was channeling his inner dr. j. that is a picture you don't see often. the acc women's basketball tourn

these have been sent to members of congress, george mcgovern and mitchell from baltimore, and three journalists who were not named. i started to read them. the enhanced paranoia document stood out. it seems like this might be a hoax. group broke into an fbi office and stole every document in the building. , onstory tonight at 8:00 q&a. >> negative here e.r. and expanding u.s. energy production. on expanding u.s. energy production. the hearing was about two hours. >> good morning, everyone. thank you for attending. it is my pleasure to bring the energy committee to an opening session this morning, on the subject of natural gas. our title "importing energy, exporting jobs." can this be reversed? senator murkowski is on her way. she is in a very important meeting. we expect her momentarily. wyden,to thank senator my dear friend and former leader of this committee, for his leadership and support. continuingard to working with him and all members of the committee on both sides of the aisle. ago, membersecade of this committee attended numerous meetings in this room to consider the 2005 energy policy

they had been sent to five people, to members of congress, senator george mcgovern, and karen mitchell, a congresswoman from baltimore. and three journalists who were not named. thearted to read them and paranoia document stood out. it's about so much that i was not sure they were real. i thought this might be a hoax. >> on march 8, 19 71, a group broke into an fbi office in media, pennsylvania and stole every document in the building. the story, sunday night at 8:00 on c-span's q&a. >> former nba player yamane was part of a -- was part of an event looking at relations between the u.s. and china. he announced his retirement in 2011 after a series of foot and ankle injuries. this is about an hour. >> i will start by first chung li and the entire center. this is -- if this is not the best collection of china policy scholars in the united states, it might be here in universities and around the world. this is an extraordinary group of people, including the director, and his predecessor directors, two of whom i see in the audience. it is a great group. we are delighted for them hosting this

australia without mitchell johnson for the first game on sunday. the captain george bailey is confident they are potent enough to remain the title. >> i think we are lucky to have that backup as well. he's got a good touch and good form and pedigree and good pace and swinging the ball. >> and nba in oklahoma city thunder beating the bulls. over in brooklyn the nets downed the suns. point guard williams in hot form and 28 points and 4 assists. johnson scoring 19. now they have won 8 of the last 10 games. bruins extended the winning streak to 9 games with a victory of minnesota wilds. smith with a single goal. that's it for the sports for now. >> thank you so much. stay with us here on al jazeera, we have a full bulletin of news.

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when mitchell asked him how he was enjoying himself and congratulated him? hay replied, yes, and keeper of the president's conscience. john george hay, only slightly less insufferable around the same time he informed his fiancee that in my position i necessarily hear something new almost every day that would certainly be of infinite interest as someone and sometimes. it's my duty to say nothing, so i won't. if you have to impress your fiancee with your job at the white house, i think you're still a little green. to one supplicant to stop a few minutes of this time nicolay replied, the president's task is not child's play. not hard to understand why many people viewed him as being a little to break -- big for their britches. this secretary has lost something of their use and they grew to become trusted and the president. midway through the war hay was commissioned to captain in the union army with an official detail assignment to a white house. at the same time nicolay effectively became lincoln's the fact of political director and chief of staff. hay effectively became his direct liaison to the military, but the use and in diffe

mitchell. just over a year ago, i have the privilege of placing my hand on the very first printed copy of the constitution, a draft edited and annotated personally by georgewashington himself. it is one of the most treasured items held in the national archives. with my hand on that document, vice president biden swore me in as the director of central intelligence agency. i chose to take my oath on that precious piece of history as a clear affirmation of what the constitution means to all of us at the agency. we have no higher duty than to uphold and defend the rule of law as we strive every day to protect our fellow citizens. like so many things involving the cia, people read nefarious taketions of my choice to my oath on a document that was not the bill of rights. at the risk of disappointing any conspiracy theorists, let me i firmly believe in an honor not only the constitution but also the bill of rights as well as all subsequent amendments to our constitution. i just happen to be guilty of being an ardent admirer of george washington and the historical foundations of this great country. my first career ncaa began in 1980. when i returned to the agency

scene but when mitchell asked him how he was enjoying himself, and congratulated him on his opponent, hay replied, yes, i am keeper of the president's conscience. so that was john hay. john george neglect to win by george councils not to confuse the two, george was only slightly less insufferable. around the same time he informed his fiancÉe that quote in my position i necessarily hear something new almost every day that would certainly be of infinite interest to someone and sometimes to another. but it's my duty to say nothing, so i won't. if you have to impress your fiancÉe with her job at the white house, and i think you're probably still a little green. to one supplicant who saw just a few minutes of lincoln stein, nicolay replied the president's task here is no child's play. not hard to understanunderstan d why many people viewed him as being a little too big for their britches. but as the war progressed the secretaries lost something of their youth -- use and they could be trusted and close aides to the president. midway through the war, hay was commissioned a cap in any armed with an official detail assignment to the white house. at the same time nicolay effectively beca

people who knew him well -- like senator george mitchell -- have said that he was one of the most brilliant people they'd ever met. so he had high intelligence, but he also had high emotional intelligence. he could ink ought t inought toe wanted -- he could intuit what people wanted and what they needed to hear and could persuade them. but he also had patience and was willing to listen and understand other people's point of view. the clean air act and later the clean water in 1972 are really the pillars of environmental law in this entire country, and it's hard for us to realize today because we take for granted our commitment to environmental protection, but it didn't really exist until ed muskie's leadership in the late-1960's. it's all the more remarkable for me as a political representative of the state of maine that muskie took this step because it had an impact on our major industry, a significant impact. maine is a pulp and paper state. huge mills with outpourings into the water and into the air. and, at that time, they were virtually untreated. so this was not an insignificant act f