they spent years on it and by 1997 george mitchell was around 80 years of age and they were making much progress. his wife had early signs of alzheimer's. his heir apparent didn't like what they were doing and behind mitchell's back, mitchell wasn't even day-to-day running that company anymore. at 80 he was keeping tabs on things but he left it to individuals in the field and he let them do their thing. his heir apparent went up to some of these people and said stop what you're doing. it's a waste of time. we are going make anything out of this. the people who are right about in the book, individuals were shaken. george mitchell really wanted to keep going and figure this out. les adelman said stop doing this. they came to the conclusion to keep going because george mitchell is still the boss at least for now. it was a little scary for them meant back then in the late 1990s everything was about high-tech. the energy guys knew and they said if this doesn't work we'll have to forget about running a company. there's a guy named nick steins berger who really was the one leading the effort.

i met george mitchell two or three times before he died. george mitchell was one of those incredibly fascinating characters. he was born in galveston, sun of an immigrant, grew up poor. just pulled himself up. classic american story. rose up. when he passed away he was not just incredibly wealthy but have given the incredible amounts of money away. what fascinated me, two things. first of all, this was a guy who believed in science. he really was -- he was coming into his own at a time when houston was still full of wild catchers who would build wells on hunches. this was a guy that said, i want proof before i go drilling. he really was one of the first a sort of drive the industry into modernity. and he was the guy who said, look, i know that there is gas up in this shale north of fort worth in some acreage i own. i am going to let my company drill a couple of wells a year, to a three per year, does not matter how much or if it is a failure. chile is fine. he did that for 16 years until finally he had a breakthrough. stars in

george mitchell -- mitchell is a texas guide to a texas guy the son of an immigrant from greece.his father's name was -- and he was born in the little town in greece. he didn't have much of a future. a little town, no business going on really they are, no future. he got on the boat and came to ellis island. they said go work building the rail system from arkansas to texas. he did that and didn't have a family or anything. he is working on a rail system one day and his paymaster came and looked really unhappy and said what's with this name of yours? i can't spell it and i can't write it out. he said what's your name? he said my name is mike mitchell. he said i will make my name mike mitchell too and he took his name. he became mike mitchell and his son is george mitchell. i want to talk to george mitchell and i love this story because it really connected with me. my great-grandfather got off the boat and said what's your name? they said we can't spell that take the last guy. it was succumbing. i could have been brian it was zuckerman. we have something in common and he told me a s

i met george mitchell two or three times before he died. george mitchell was one of those incredibly fascinating characters. he was born in galveston, sun of an immigrant, grew up poor. just pulled himself up. classic american story. rose up. when he passed away he was not just incredibly wealthy but have given the incredible amounts of money away. what fascinated me, two things. first of all, this was a guy who believed in science. he really was -- he was coming into his own at a time when houston was still full of wild catchers who would build wells on hunches. this was a guy that said, i want proof before i go drilling. he really was one of the first a sort of drive the industry into modernity. and he was the guy who said, look, i know that there is gas up in this shale north of fort worth in some acreage i own. i am going to let my company drill a couple of wells a year, to a three per year, does not matter how much or if it is a failure. chile is fine. he did that for 16 years until finally he had a breakthrough. stars in 1982. straigh

special envoy george mitchell. he served more than two years as president obama's special envoy to the middle east, that service followed his 15 years as the united states senator from maine and in his post-senate role as the architect of the so-called good friday accord that brought peace to northern ireland. senator mitchell is joining us now live. senator, thanks very much for joining us. what do you believe it's going to take, first and foremost, right now to simply stop the fighting, stop the killing, and get some sort of peaceful environment at least for a short time? >> well, i think the combination of the two events ongoing today, wolf, one which you've been reporting continuously may lead to that, prime minister netanyahu used the word regroup. that was at least the english translation of what he said. and you've also reported on israeli troops beginning to withdraw from northern gaza. at the same time in cairo the egyptian government officials are meeting with various palestinian groups, and hopefully, al

george mitchell joins me on the phone. good morning, senator mitchell, how are you? >> i'm fine.t you to give clarity if you can. we see the cease-fire ending. hamas launching rockets into israel. israel responding. israel will not conduct negotiations under fire yet if you listen to the egyptians who are brokering these deals, they say they got major issues work out. and a deal is close. what is the disconnect? >> this outbreak will not lead to a long continuation of the fighting. there are many issues obviously not least of which difficulties internally. hamas is divided, you know. the leadership is based not in gaza, but in qater. they know israelis monitor their electronic communications, so it's difficult to get a decision out of them in the best of tiles and these are obviously not the best of times. on the the israeli side, they have had a long series of negotiations indirectly with hamas over many years, over the release of an israeli soldier, so negotiations can continue even though they may not be a physical presence face-to-face, in fact, even when they were in cairo,

if you think about george mitchell, he didn't have acreage offshore in africa, asia like exxon and thebig guys do. all he had was texas and he had his shell formation. he was on top of it and had to make it work and they persisted and they did. a lot of those people sort of didn't have a choice in the matter. same with sharif. if you want to keep us company going to have to figure something out. that's what it takes sometimes. the back against the wall. sometimes it's easier than sort of the bigger company that doesn't have pressure on the. it's also the case that upstarts often find it much easier to innovate than incumbents. so you think the last few years about some of the new products, energy drinks, e-cigarettes, some the new drugs. it was all upstarts that shocked the bigger companies. a few years ago microsoft had a division and they were going to combined with advertising. sounds a lot like google, but they decided to close the group and work that excited about it and allowed google to revolve. so time and time again you see the incumbents, the big guys just a little slow. in m

i want to turn to george mitchell, he was appointed by president obama as a special envoy for middle, and until 2011. what did you make of the statement as well from benjamin netanyahu? our reporter saying that everybody's standing by, waiting for a firm statement and he kind of stayed in the middle and talked about regrouping. >> ei think it probably lays th ground for a withdrawal of israeli forces, as your correspondent indicated. that already appears to be occurring in the northern part of gaza. it also serves the purpose, of course, of reporting to the people of israel, which people expect from their leaders. periodic reports on a conflict that's ongoing. it probably takes focus on the conflict between the egyptians and various palestinian factions. i think that although israel will not achieve its ultimate objective of removal of hamas and the threat to its security from gaza, it has achieved the tactical goal of eliminating for the moment at least the tunnels that have been a serious problem for them and of severely degrading hamas's capability to serve as a threat in the futu

. >> i worked in the senate and george mitchell was a democratic leader.on that the leadership is more powerful than that. i do think that part of that election is shortening. there is a lot of turn over and less institutional investment in the committees and fundamentally, part of this is just the division in the country making its way to washington and being reflected by the people that particularly in the house are polarized. now the country is almost like we have a parliamentary system even though we don't. it's like they are trying to force that upon washington. >> what happens or what doesn't happen. you have nine democrats, nine republicans in districts won by the president. 17 of the opposite party and everybody acts and thinks alike in these districts and i think probably what will happen is we will see the left have their own tea party moment and at some point republicans and democrats are going to come and ask for redistricting reform. >> both sides have the system. i have to leave it there to cut it short because we have breaking news. very pre

bob dole who everyone knows was as partisan as the next person, but still managed to work with george mitchellnd other leaders when they were in charge in the senate. let's play a little bit of your conversation with bob dole. >> the senate may not be broken, but it's badly bent. and this is going to take some strong leadership in both parties. i mean, you got to get things done. i mean, they blame the house republicans who have passed a lot of bills that have never seen the light of day in the senate. and so it's sort of a pox on both your houses. >> chuck todd, he's 91 years old. he's been frail. he's had terrible hospitalizations. but he's in amazing shape. what a fascinating conversation. >> first of all, he's in actually improving health. he had a couple knee replacements. one knee is not working so hot so he's still figuring that out. he's doing really well. he's been following this closely. he's got an agenda in the september. he's trying to get this disability treaty. i'll have a lot more of this next week. but he's trying to get this u.n. disability treaty passed. he's been talking ab

you mentioned in 2000 x, the doing an investigation for george mitchell.d-up enforcement. 50 games for the first offense am a 100 games. they nabbed players like granny -- manny ramirez. here we are again. biogenesis. names like alex rodriguez, nelson cruz -- big stars in baseball. yet again baseball must be towering saying bosch here we go again. it will behink incrementally worse for alex rodriguez? >> he has been -- has ofn suspended and out baseball. his cousin was one of the ones woken up by the da yesterday. yet again his name surfaces with the scandals with biogenesis. >> the shoes have yet to drop. winky for taking time out. listw brandt and and the for espn. -- analyst for espn. -- thank you for taking the time out. it's a lot more coming up. ♪ >> approaching 56 past the hour, which means bloomberg television is on the mark it. groupon falling after announcing second-quarter revenue that missed analyst estimates and lowering the forecast for the third quarter. having an ad two cents in analysts were looking for three cents. cutting the 2014 foreca

. >> the george mitchell report when baseball said we're going to get george mitchell and find out who i said on my radio show, i thought it was an absolute horrible decision. here is our laundry, we'll hang it out. >> nobody else does. >> baseball by far and away now has the best system. people do a more moderate version of testing. the reality is baseball is, once again, what is the national narrative this morning on baseball? there's a user, a seller, anthony bosch. we're not talking about the race. last night yankees tsh tigers. the american league east is wide open and we're talking about anthony bosch. >> shouldn't the nfl do what major league baseball has done? >> you're really -- i can just sense that. >> i want to. it is an unnatural sport. tim miklaszewski who is the pentagon sport. he used to do radio. tom landry was looking at how fast and big everybody is getting, tom landry said this isn't my game anymore, it's too dangerous. this isn't the game i started with. >> roger goodell has tried to limit shots above the shoulders and has been panned by his own players for it. the

as john chafee, george mitchell and the rest of us forged a strong renewal of the clean air act, i realizedthat these were the moments i enjoyed most. i realized these were the mome moments i enjoyed most when smart and committed people wor worked together to solve tough problems and improve the lot for americans. every year since has provided similar moments, from rebuilding our roads to rewriting our food and drug laws. probably the billin biggest ande most rewarding challenge for me has been in the area of education. from my first day -- first year in the house when we enacted the education of the handicapped a act, to work that continues today on the higher education act, i have tried to do my best to ensure that every child is given the opportunity to reach his or her potential. there is plenty of work left to be done to reach this goal, and nowhere is that more true than in the district of columbia. a decade ago, congress stepped in to try and help the district resolve the problems plaguing its overall budget and its schools in particular. and as chair of the d.c. appropriations subco

original nominees were henry kissinger and george mitchell. and both of them had to step aside because of conflict of interest. so tom and i were second stringers. tom and i met and told the staff last night that almost the first thing he said to me substantively was, lee, we're going to make every decision jointly. well, having come from the congress where the chairman has all the power and the ranking member has none of the power, and where partisanship is very strong and staffs are chosen on a partisan basis, i was somewhat flabbergasted. it was an extraordinary gesture on tom's part. just extraordinary. and i look back on it, as one of the most important decisions in government that i have encountered. because when you think about all the things that have flowed from the fact that we had a unanimous report and were able to work together and all the legislation passed and all the changes in the institutional structure of government of all the budget changes and all of that flowed. from tom's initial offer. and i think it's quite extraordina

. >> roger, i was with senator george mitchell on saturday.rviews. he was telling me four of them were from overseas outlets, the bbc, other european outlets, two of them were here in the united states. he was saying that it was like a parallel universe, the questions that he was getting from european outlets as opposed to the questions that he was getting from united states outfits. so my question to you has to do with the coverage. we see the coverage here obviously in the united states. how different is the coverage of what is going on in gaza within europe as opposed to here? >> i think it's different in significant degrees. of course the bbc just like "the new york times" would say that it's trying to be balanced and objective. everybody in this conflict, as you know, has extremely strongly held views, so they perceive bias, even if that bias doesn't necessarily exist. but all media organizations in europe are working against a backdrop of extreme anger at this point at israeli bombardment of gaza. that is the backdrop in which they're wo

>> we have done tributes to bob dylan and joni mitchell and a tribute to woodstock and the british invasion, the latest tribute was to george harrison. and it is not a tribute band. it is an assemblage of local musician, the best in local talent, and we pay tribute to some of the best artists of our time. >> and a lot of the people local, have you been in every single one of them, patty? >> not every single one but a lot. >> and this year, it kicks off this saturday? >> this saturday, august 16 at 8:00. >> and the tickets are on the screen. between $15 and $29. and you can get more information on the web site as well. and patty, you're here with the guitar for a reason. what are you going to play? >> i'm going to make you lonesome when you go, by bob dillen. >> okay, patty, take it away. -- by bob dylan. >> okay, patty, take it away. ♪ 3w4r57♪ ♪left love by my door. ♪ never been so close before. ♪ never been so easy or too slow. ♪ i have been shooting in the dark too long. ♪ you have going to make me lone some when you go. ♪ clouds so high above ♪ i have only known careless love. ♪ it only hits me from below. ♪ this time it

includes a few bold-faced names lately like our own andrea mitchell whose bucket holder looked a lot like the former chairman of the fed. and george w. bush saying he's going to write a check instead because a bucket of cold water isn't presidential. just then a former first lady dumped a bucket of cold water on his head. he in turn challenged bill clinton. >>> when we come back here tonight, a star is born and the crowd goes wild as she takes the mound again tonight with everything on the line. >>> finally here tonight from the world of little league baseball, the young woman on the mound showing the young men how it's done at the little league world series. fresh off her cover of "sports illustrated" mo'ne davis takes the mound again tonight to throw her customary heat. and a record crowd has turned out in the heat to see her. nbc's katy tur has our report from williamsport, p.a. >> reporter: at 13 years old mo'ne davis has a mind for victory, and an arm like a cannon. with a 70-mile-per-hour fastball, philadelphia's star pitcher has been shattering records at the little league world series. her specialty? >> hitting homers. and

. >> george: if the kids aren't headed back to school mitchell that the jacket in the morning. 85 degrees bay shoreline at lots of sunshine expected. >> erica: would also have sir paul mccartney shutting down of the stick tonight. we will have cloud cover moving in at a loss for our of the little chilly up there. i'm really wondering if it with a 49 this year. >> geo >> erica: 10 pitches were near 90 by next week. >> george: then the lights have been prepared at the bay bridge and over the last several months we've seen it median the likes move followed a buyer of for 30 minutes. but the new stand they've been activated before. >> george: on highway 92 is still easy trip. goading date is still a problem for free moving and to more and. that includes an est. 580. at dawn of another toll line 04 and now that 10 minutes. plus checking that traffic backs and looking at your right around the bay pretty cut drive time around the day. >> george: through the san ramon valley we continue to try 28 minutes of the drive time. one old 101 northbound and 101 southbound is without delay. >> james: appe

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george wallace and throwing the election into the house. there was a major effort in congress to pass a national popular vote amendment in the nixon administration and my understanding was nixon and john mitchellaid pull the plug on it because the wall is voters, why do you think it happened? and why do you think we have not seen an effort to do anything about it cents? president withe a popular vote? there was a serious effort in 1968 to abolish the electoral college and replace it with a national vote by the people. because theened country has just had a spare. what if wallace had gotten a few more votes? what if nixon and humphrey had been more equal? the problem is the only way to do that was through amending the constitution which is an incredibly arduous process in our country and almost never works when the subject is controversial. unless it is the civil war for the political party in charge was able to exact terms. two thirds of the house and two thirds of the senate and eventually three fourths of the states have to agree before an amendment can be added to the constitution. this is where the opposition emerges. i do not think the administration really cared about the issue. thel sta

george h.w. bush ordered u.s. troops to saudi arabia because of the invasion of kuwait. >> well, that was bad. a bad memory. thank you, andrea mitchell a popular war. thank you very much, bobby. that was wonderfully important look at what's happening over there. we'll be right back after this. the years largest variety of crab. like new crab lover's trio! or try new jumbo lump crab over wood-grilled salmon. crabfest is now. but only for a limited time. so hurry in, and sea food differently! over 20 million kids everyday in oulack access to healthy food. for the first time american kids are slated to live a shorter life span than their parents. it's a problem that we can turn around and change. revolution foods is a company we started to provide access to healthy, affordable, kid-inspired, chef-crafted food. we looked at what are the aspects of food that will help set up kids for success? making sure foods are made with high quality ingredients and prepared fresh everyday. our collaboration with citi has helped us really accelerate the expansion of our business in terms of how many communities we can serve. working with citi has also

george wallace throwing the election to the house. there was a major effort in congress to pass a national popular vote amendment early in the nixon administration. my understanding always was that nixon and john mitchellulled the plug on it because the wallace voters, why in your view do think that happened and also, why do think we haven't seen an effort to do anything about that system since? >> is to replace the electoral college with a natural -- a national popular vote to choose the electorate. >> there was an effort in congress the year after the election to abolish the electoral college and replace it with a national vote by the people. because thed country had just had a scare. what if wallace had gotten a few more votes, what if nixon and humphrey had been more evenly divided, what if it had gone into the house with who knows what attendant chaos? the only way to do that was to amend the constitution, which is an incredibly arduous process in our country. when thever works subject is controversial. unless it is the aftermath of example, when for the political party in charge was able to exact terms. two thirds of the house and two thirds of the senate and eventually three fourths of the state

russell george admitted he failed to inform the committee he was aware of progressive groups receiving similar treatment as conservative groups. ms. mitchell, you have favored us with your testimony this morning. we just found out about you monday afternoon. we didn't have much time to read about you. i saw your extensive tv, which is online. it has you as a partner at a law firm here in washington. >> that's right. >> it says you are a member of the firm's political law practice. is that correct? >> correct. >> the firm has a taxation practice different from the political law practice. but you are in the political law practice. you have served as legal counsel to be republican senatorial committee. am i correct? >> yes. >> you have personally served as legal counsel to the republican national committee. >> correct. >> you served as a legislator in oklahoma. would that be as a republican legislature? >> i was a democrat then, until i realized they had become the party of government, not the people. >> ok. >> just for the record, not all of us would agree with that. we are entitled to our political views, too. >> in your political law pract

so george mitchell plan the company with the mid-size producer they were making money and doing pretty well but 1932 mitchell could see the writing on the wall and see his company was running out of natural gas and there wasn't much he could do to have an acreage offshore like exxon or the big guys but it to tackle the shale formation. it is always been the source rock. and then to go to assess service and historically we drill down. and it looks a little bit like a tombstone there is a lot of energy in there but we did not know how in the heck to get it. what mitchell said is we don't have a choice we will run out we have to figure it out. they spent years and what they did i assume some knew what fracking it is hydraulic fracturing so pummeling this shale rock is a combination of liquid whistle chemicals you try a to create little fractures in the rocks that allow you to come about the oil and gas. back in the late 1940's.+(y@á-ñÑ one of might key characters cut me off from amazon in months before because they hate to that word they say the liberal the media has appropriated that's s