hamm. there's harold right there. looks like a regular guy. looks like he is a regular americ. middle of the country kind of guy. he is, he's from oklahoma. doing a lot of work in the dakotas and montana right now. you might not know who harold hamm is because he's not a media figure, and he's not in the news all the time. but i can guarantee you, mitt romney is tell you exact lee who harold hamm is. >> met a guy named harold hamm. harold hamm is a truck driver for ten years. saves his money driving trucks, to get a college degree. goes back to college. gets a college degree. takes geology as a subject. happened to lose across the country and i said i bet there's energy, oil, and gas in the hills of north dakota. he went up there and started drilling holes. now it's estimated in this range, there are about 20 billion barrels of oil. harold is doing just fine, by the way. >> oh, yeah, harold hamm is doing quite well for himself. mitt romney makes it sound like harold hamm was some random tru

hamm. make you the last one. >> i mentioned unintended consequences, you know, and the government's quest to raise more money, and equalize things. i just want to caution that this tax could be one that vaporizes, you know, if idcs are taken away, that we stop the renaissance and still don't raise a lot of money. there's $4 billion, you know, drilling ceases or slows down considerably. you know, we've examined our company and, you know, absolutely a third less drilling would take place, you know, without the idcs. >> well, thank you all. >> thank you, senator conrad? >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for holding this hearing. thanks for the excellence of this panel. i remember very fondly serving with senator nickles. we've led the budget committee together for a number of years. one thing i learned about senator nickles is his word is absolutely gold, even when it's hard to keep his word, he did, which i always admired. congressman sharp, always good to serve with you, you're a thought

hamm. mr. hamm. we'll call you doctor for now. mr. hamm. >> thank you. thanks, mr. baucus, it's an honor and privilege for me to be here today. i'll be speaking on my own behalf and not as representative of continental resources or not here on behalf of the romney campaign for which i serve as an energy adviser. it's been 20 years since i was here speaking before this committee, senator david born at that time was cochairing the committee, i believe, and i spoke to him about a couple of things that were mostly unknown and unconventional at the time and the other was the aspect of drilling into the trucks themselves and the shales that would produce a vast amount of natural gas and talking about a temporary trigger, tax trigger to advance that theory. well, that wasn't given. we didn't get a tax trigger and over the last 20 years, we've seen those technologies develop and thank god we've come a long way since then. continental is the top ten producer where 75% of all of last year's production we focus on since it started in montana and that's where we started with co

hamm? >> i agree. we capitalize, all the hardware out there, we capitalize that. we do write off the wages. in regard to drilling and, you know, the deductibles in that regard, and it is a provision that encourages new exploration, and we need to look at down the road what's going to happen down the road? right now we're using 91 million barrels of oil per day. here in the u.s. we're producing about 10%. if you add to the chart the petroleum liquids to that chart, we're at about 9 million barrels a day, so we're producing about 10% of our petroleum needs today, and that's estimated to be going up by 2035, 30% more to 112 million barrels. if we're going to produce our part of that in the future, we're going to have to have incentives like we have in place to do that. >> thank you, senator. senator bingaman. >> thank you all for being here, and first i congratulate mr. hamm and all those in the industry who have been so successful at increasing production. i think it is a good thing for our economy. obviously it's strengthening our economy. i've always thought that

hamm and all those in the industry who have been so successful at increasing production. i think it is a good thing for our economy. obviously it's strengthening our economy. i've always thought that there are three primary goals that we have as a country with regard to energy. one is we want to have an ample supply at reasonable cost. second, we want to have diverse sources of energy so that we're not dependant upon any one source, and, third, we want to have energy policy that does the least damage to the environment, does the least damage to the health of the citizenry, and so those are the three goals that we've got out there. now, on -- on tax expenditures, i know there's a lot of talk about reducing tax expenditures and the strong arguments have been made as to why those that relate to the oil and gas industry, at least the intangible drilling costs, ought to be maintained. i gather though, senator nickles' view is we ought to repeal section 199 for everybody, not just for the oil and gas industry. >> i would think you -- when you're doing corporate reform, having a

hamm, quickly. >> good question on the double standard. things have always been double standards. >> very briefly, mr. hamm. i've got senators who want to speak. >> okay. you know, we brought a case here in d.c. at the commerce department one time when we was being dumped on by venezuela and some other countries, dumping oil in here below their cost of reduction and it was rejected even though everything else could have gone forward, but not with oil, and subsidies, just one short comment, you know, you talked about credits and subsidies. i've drilled 17 draw holes in a row, and let me tell you webster says that subsidies is a payment, and i must have gone to the wrong window because nobody paid me. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you. senator snowe. >> thank you, mr. chairman, thank you for holding this hearing, and i want to welcome the former colleagues, senator nickles and congressman sharp with whom i served in the house of representatives and who have had distinguished careers and contributed much to the issues that we're discus

hamm? mr. hamm? we'll call you doctor for now. mr. hamm? >> thanks, chairman baucus, ranking member hatch and members of the committee. it's an honor and a privilege for me to be here today. i'll be speaking on my own behalf, i'm not here on behalf of the romney campaign for which i serve as an energy adviser. it's been plenty of years before i was here speaking pfr this committee. senator david warren at that time was co-chairing of the committee, i believe, and spoke to him about a couple things that was mostly unknown, totally unconventional at the time. one of them was horizontal drilling and the other was the aspect of drilling into the source rocks themselves, or shales, that might produce a vast amount of natural gas and talking about a temporary trigger, tax trigger, to advance that theory. well, that wasn't given. we did get a tax trigger, but over the last 20 years, we've seen those technologies developed and thank god we've come a long way since then. continental is a top tens liquids producer. we're 75% oil with last year's prod

doctor harold hamm. we will call you doctor for now. >> thank you. >> thank you chairman baucus, thank you member hatch and determines of the committee. it is an honor for me to be here today. i will be speaking on my own behalf. i am not here on the path of the romney campaign for which i serve as an energy adviser. it has been 20 years since i was here before this committee and spoke to the cochair of the committee at that time that are mostly unknown and unconventional at the time, one of them was horizontal drilling come and the other was the aspect of drilling into the shale, that would produce the best amount of natural gas. and talking about a temporary trigger, textured or to advance fat theory. to advance that theory. over the last 20 years, technologies were developed and thank god we have come a long ways since then. 75% of a leicester's production focused on oil. it started in montana, and that is where we started in senator conrad state and north dakota. we were one of the resident players o

hamm and his colleagues in the oil and gas industry. >> the u.s. auto industry and others who sell cars trucks and advance here look at the rampup in the fuel efficiency standards in the next 10, 15 years, and i think they have a concern that since we don't have a very high tax on, at least federal tax, or state taxes, really, on motor fuels, they're concerned within the auto industry there's not going to be incentive for people. the price of oil will go down and there's not going to be much inseptember tiff, and we need to replace the tax credits that we have to incentivize some of those purchases. would your message be to the auto companies, chin up? >> well, let me just say on tax policy. let's just focus on that. my proposal that i described here for an environmental tax system would raise the taxes at the federal level. on motor fuels. on about 39 cents per gallon at the pump. so we're talking about an incentive to conserve. we're talking about an incentive to use more efficient vehicles. we're talking about achieving those goals, not just wri

harold hamm, chairman of continental resources and he served since his inception since 1967. thank you all for coming very much and we all know our practice, i assume you do. certainly you do, don. five, six minute, everybody, and utilizing all of your statements will be in the record. let her rip. i tell all witnesses, pull no punches and tell it like it is. life's short, you can't take it with you. go for it. >> mr. chairman, thank you. it's important for me to be on the panel and join my colleagues on the panel especially harold hamm who has built a heck of a company in oklahoma continental resources and doing much in oklahoma and montana and also in oklahoma and they've added hundreds and hundreds of jobs and valuable resources to this country and it's a pleasure to join him as well. mr. chairman, you mentioned about tax reform and doing it right. i remember being in this body and particularly this committee and in my 24 years in the senate i love this committee. this committee and those that got on it and it takes a long time to get on the committee, but it's a great com

hamm, for having the guts to do what you've done. debris with you on the intangible drilling and production it's been a tremendous benefit for the oil industry at least independent oil industry in this country which i don't think we would be as far along as we are, and the real question we have is, should we have any of these tax expenditures or deductions in lieu of the fact we might reduce corporate tax rates low enough so that that would take care of it. but in your industry, it's a special industry. there's no question about it and there's a lot of risk involved. lot of money involved. it got broke easier in your business than almost any business i know and i just want to compliment you for what you've been able to accomplish and the guts that you've had to get things done. we'd like to you weigh in and help us to understand what we really do need to do with regard to tax reform. professor, i've enjoyed your remarks very much today. >> thank you. >> and of course, phil, it's great to see you again and don. we appreciate all that

harold hamm. chairman of continental resources, a position he served in since its inception in 1967. thank you all for coming very much and you all know our practice, i assume you do. certainly you do, don. speak for about five, six minutes, everyone utilizing and all of your statements will be inserted in the record. go ahead, don. glad to have you here. let her rip. i tell all witnesses, pull no punches and tell it like it is. life's short, you can't take it with you. go for it. >> mr. chairman, thank you. it's a pleasure for me to be on the panel and join my colleagues on the panel, especially harold hamm, who has built one heck of a company in oklahoma, continental resources, and doing so much in north dakota and montana but also in oklahoma and they've added hundreds and hundreds of jobs and a lot of valuable resources to this country, so it's a pleasure to join him as well. mr. chairman, you mentioned talking about tax reform and doing it right. i remember being in this body and particularly

like her teammates, hamm credits much of her success to that landmark legislation. >> i wouldn't haveink first and foremost i wouldn't have been able to play soccer or any sport that i loved in high school. >> reporter: yet despite the gain by athletes like hamm and generation of girls who can't imagine a time when they couldn't play on the same field as the boys, hamm believes title 9's work is far from over. >> i would love to be in a state where we don't need it, but right now i think it is relevant. i think we still need to consider and create those opportunities for young girls. >> sports is a microcosm of society. we take care of both genders. the world is in a good place. it is when we leave somebody out that's not good. we still don't have as many opportunities. >> much more to do. >> a lot more to do. it's going to be never ending because you always want to create more opportunities to both boys and girls anyway. even if the women were, let's say were even, you'd still want us to have more for both. >> that's good. it will keep you busy. >> oh, for me? like you need one thing

told jon hamm hd never be tv star. confidential, akerman's wild sex scene with tom cruise. the tonguiest tongue kiss of times. >> and the most star struck papparazzo ever. that's coming up. now, a j.lo fashio frenzy, how much? feathers, 25 yards of chiffon. peeking her zuhair costumes for her new tour at extratv.com. >> wait until you see who is singing that song. aybe" now. and my dce party here at the grove. that is all coming up. >> we are up here overlooking the grove at mixology. and everyone is talking about the "post" today. lance armstrong facing new doping charges. >> he could lose his seven tour de france titles. has the new details in trending."now >> lance armstrong, drug ped peddler. that is the headline on the "new york post." being a druged of the u.s. anti-doping agagency. lance firing back saying he has taken more than 500 drug tests and never failed one and that there e is a vendetta to get hi. board the carly "call me maybe" p train. after this performance this trend has officially jumped the shark. maybybe. maybe ♪ jon hamm told he'd never be a head of a

mary katherine hamm. and he knows belly laughs like i know giraffes. they are exswriz zit animals. and he is known for throwing the sexiest parties east of the mississippi. fox news senior correspondent, rick eleven ven that will. and he is barely afloat, but still loves to gloat. how are you, pinch? >> today in the home section, they profile the rich history of the remote control. next week we will look at extra value meals, driving short distances and 10 other reasons you are morbidly obese. andy? >> i'm pretty sure our viewers were exploring their remote controls just then. hang on. i think we have a delivery. >> andy gram. >> a wednesday, michael bloomburg uh united states nod his intention to ban the sale of large sugary drinks at restaurants, movie theaters and other places regulated by the health department. the words i would like to use express my opinion of the dear leader and the plan can't be said on television. th is nothing new for bloomburg. this is a guy who takes the pathological joy in lecturing us in things we enjoy. 24 is a guy who thinks it is his job or calling

i did not know carter hamm, now commander of u.s.l before admiral mullen volunteered him for this assignment. but over 10 months, i got to know carter and his wife extremely well to the point where my wife and kids spent thanksgiving 2010 with them in germany where we visited wounded warriors at the hospital there. carter began as a private in the army in 1973 and he knows the army at -- as about as well as anyone. he was right to navigate the sensitive assignment in the development of our report, i never let my own civilian legal thinking straight far away from -- thinking stray far away from his military perspective or his own voice. the study we undertook with the most comprehensive engagement ever of the military on any personnel related matter. over the course of 10 months, we surveyed 400,000 service members and received 115,000 responses, surveyed 150,000 military spouses and received 44,000, -- 44,000 responses, solicited and received 72,384 e- mails, conducted 95 information exchange forms at 51 bases around the world and ta

the movement of the north africa and middle east, but honestly, if you look at it, i just heard john hamm yesterday, the commander of the u.s. military in africa, and the african command, i believe, he said there are three major terrorist groups, al qaeda, and the group called boca ratton and something like this, and some group in somalia will make an alliance. the question is this -- if west or who was behind will show interest create this -- that took a kay gadhafi out of the power which nobody wanted the stupid guy, don't get me wrong, but the mess is, because of that, because more problem in libya and more problem of western africa, the question is who benefitses with this? is it the people of africa and the financing and the -- finance both of the world and of course, and turkey and you can use iran and iraq, syria, afghanistan, and we get more and the bottom line is america has a better position today as the influence in the middle east with the 1 million or half a million soldiers in north africa and the middle east compared to 20 years ago, which has more influence? >> that's a go

out in 1988, called "off the record," has an interesting story it started, joe smith was hitting jon hammguy, signed bruce springsteen. they said, you know, was he ever recorded, something like the jelly roll morton interviews that went into the library of congress and jon hamm beyond said to joe smith, no. go do that. >> so, john hammond had the idea? john hammond told him you must go do this and joe smith was like, all right, what am i doing? i'm running a record level, i have a little spare time. i'll talk to david bowie and paul mccartney. >> and hammond -- >> hammond was the one who told them. and joe smith told us at billboard, when he went to interview ella fitzgerald, she needed help setting up her stereo, so he wired up her stereo and interviewed her. >> and streisand was in her bathrobe in her hotel room. >> yeah. >> and look at the amount of stuff here. this was done a little over two years. 238 hours. >> it would take you ten days to listen to all of this material. >> and if you want to listen to it today, how do you do that? >> well, some snippets are available i think alread

family would already be in negotiation with steven spielberg for movie rights and they'd have jam hamm attached to play brian terry. i have seen hospital gowns with better coverup than what is going on here. the larger point is why are we paying holder's salary? he makes inspector gadget look like eliot ness. >> kimberly: he is incompetent. this is not just one isolated incident. i don't know why he hasn't stepped down. she the top, head of official in the country. supposed to come in on transparency and prosecute cases and instead he is a partisan pack. he never met a document he didn't want to hide or sit on. that's a fact. >> dana: i think they will try to reach an agree in the the next week to give the committee what they need. >> eric: quick thought, juan? >> juan: this is a hanging court here today. i'm delighted to be here, but let me tell you something, none of you ever says here are the facts. instead it's all about eric holder should go, eric holder is incompetent. you know what? >> kimberly: have you been watching the show, juan? >> juan: this is evidence to me of -- >> greg

second leading goal scorer next to mia hamm and fourth in the world?shy. the older you get, it's not about the stats but championships. i think that any kind of legend status like mia has with the goal scoring championship, that's for retirement. that feels good when you're retired. right now i want to win as many championships as i can. >> do you think about retirement? >> yeah, that's why -- >> you break your leg, do you think about retirement? >> of course. you never know if you can come back healthy. the really unique opportunity that all of us, especially female athletes have when competing in four olympic games, we're not just competing for on the field stuff. we're trying to get into the community. i work with a few olympic partners, arnold and wheat breads, i'm allowed to go out and inspire kids to be active in nutrition and promote good health and good ways of being. >> with london coming up, who do you fear more, brazil or japan? >> i don't fear anybody. >> that's my girl. >> that's not who we are as a team. we've always done really well by -

like oil man harold hamm, he's donated nearly a million dollars already. would you believe it?ons in tax breaks for the oil industry. then there's new balance ceo jim davis. he's also pitched in a million. his company is looking for a sneaker contract with the pentagon. just goes to show big money comes at a price. joining me now is congressman keith ellison, democrat from minnesota. he's pushing an amendment to get corporate money out of politics. congressman ellison, first thanks for being here tonight. >> thank you. >> now, billionaires are pumping a lot of money into this election. it seems like they're looking for a return in the investment. how dangerous is this? >> this is absolutely fatal to democracy itself. as a matter of fact, they can just purchase an election and get people who will do whar they want, what it mean is our water will be unsafe to drink. it'll mean our carbon will be released into our atmospheres. more oil spills. one of the things these oil guys hate is regulation. it'll just mean a poorer world for all the rest of us. it really is dangerous to our d

jimmy: yeah, i gotta sync it again. [ laughter ] just like instagram, except it inserts actor jon hammof myself. [ shutter click ] there you go. [ laughter ] >> steve: i don't think i want to know where he's gonna be inserted. [ cheers and applause ] [ laughter ] >> jimmy: me, you, and redbone. anyways -- >> steve: where could he go? >> jimmy: let me just add the instahamm filter, you'll see what's up. there you go. [ laughter ] that's all it is. [ laughter ] the next one is called axl rose -- [ laughter ] called axl rose relaxation tape. [ laughter ] finally, you can be lulled to sleep by the soothing sounds -- [ laughter ] why am i laughing? ♪ balls in your mouth all right, all right. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] this one is called "axl rose relaxation tape." finally you can be lulled to sleep to the soothing sounds of guns'n'roses frontman, axl rose. now we've shown you this one before, but they just came out with a bunch of new tracks for it. like, let's take a look at this one here. "chirping birds." that sounds good, let's listen to that. [ birds chirping ] ♪ whoa-oh bird

mary kathryn hamm of daily caller. mara liasson of the national public radio.hief political correspondent of the "washington examiner." mara, you are surprised by the numbers? >> well, you know, it seems that president obama is having a patch. succumbing to a terrible job number last month. things didn't look like they would get better. he is having an uptick. this is still within the margin of error. romney to go up with if independents. that is the biggest change. plan to improve the economy, this is going to increase cause among conservatives who are begging romney to do more than just say the economy fai failed. so has president obama. >> bret: people out there will say this is one poll. another poll is sum. it's very tight. but again, a shift in independents as well. the real clear average is tight. average of the poll. what do you think? >> poking a hole in the washington based conventionm wisdom that obama is stumbling. many people look at this in washington and say wow, he has had a bad week. how can he be doing okay? it vindicates the obama campaign fo

now, advantage to the president, you would have to say all seven of these toss-up states, hamm, virginiaflorida, iowa, colorado, and nevada, all seven carried by president obama last time. at least he has veterans on the ground that know how they work. if nothing else changes the president could win florida, just florida in the 29 electoral votes and that would get him across the line. what does governor romney has to do? he has to win florida and ohio, the two biggest prizes and put together the rest of the votes going state by state. we will spend a lot of time over the next 155 days going through these and dig deeper in a chess match and that's what this is of getting to 270 or blocking the other guy from getting there. our chief political analyst joins us now. when you look at this map as i just noted, it is hard to see governor romney making it up. unless he wins florida, unless he wins ohio, that would put him ahead of the president there and you would go to these other five smaller prizes. when you look at the map, especially when you think of 2008 and what has changed, what jumps

nick hamm was near the top of the mountain when he fell hast night.er rangers finally reached his body eight hours later. he had fallen 3,000 feet. >>> 8:18. well, a fund-raiser is planned today for the families of two east bay men who drowned during a fishing trip in the delta. if pittman and johnson died last saturday. their boat capsized near stockton, another man with them, survived. the two had 17 children between them. this fund-raiser is from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. today at morning store missionary baptist church in oakland. you can make a donation in person or -- or spend it. >>> investigators say a man was in an electric who cave he went around. lowered crossing gates and on the dash he went on the -- investigators say a man was in an electric wheelchair and he went around the crossing gates. stolen. >>> 8:20. it's. electric car that has the bay area charged up. today, this will be moving from the showroom to the highway. >>> s had what happened as summer? our meteorologist -- and what happens this summer? our meteorologist will tell us if t

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there is one fan whose bieber fever is helping her defy the odds. 11-year-old meghan hamm has a condition her severely neurologically impaired. doctors said she would never express emotions, but meghan's teachers accidentally discovered a medical breakthrough when a bieber song came on the radio one day. it turns out when justin bieber sings, meghan smiles and even kicks her feet, the only time meghan shows emotion. justin bieber does it. >> makes me want to cry. makes me happy. when she is happy, i'm happy. when she is healthy, i'm happy. it's a pretty big deal. >> reporter: bieber said, megan, you stay strong for me and i'm gonna make sure we meet when i come to portland. love you and thank you." in a revealing interview, michael jackson's only daughter paris is opening up about her dad and her childhood. paris jackson sat down with oprah winfrey three years after her father's dad. >> did you feel that he wanted you to have a, quote, normal life? >> yeah. he did. >> yeah. do you feel that he thought that that was possible with him being who he was? >> he had his doubts because he told u