if i could have a show of hands of how many people think that jack gerard ordered out this weather to get more attention paid to his speech -- [laughter] there we go. the people that know him best are all in. i used to be the editor of the los angeles times, so i am used to seeing hollywood stars do almost anything to get your attention from sharon stone to brad pitt. i would say that mr. gerrard may have topped them all with getting the lowest temperature in 20 years here in washington just to get attention. for this. we are delighted to have the annual presentation of the state of american energy here at the newseum. i would like to welcome the guests that are watching online and encourage them to submit questions via #soae2014. #soae2014. just one of the interesting elements of our tech lives that we have to start out with that. the rest of us in the room will have q&a cards that are located at your tables. you can ask jack any kind of question related to energy or not. he is able to handle them all and we are ready. it is fitting that this important and timely discussion be held a

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. >> jack gerard pushed for approval of the keystone pipeline for expanded exports. he spoke about ways upcoming ways they could expand things. this is 45 minutes. >> i would like to start out with one bit of audience participation. jack of hands who thinks gerard ordered up this weather to get more attention paid to his speech. there you go. the people who know him best at these tables are all in. back in the day, i used to be the editor of the "los angeles times," so i am used to seeing hollywood stars do almost anything to get your attention. from sharron stone to brad pitt , but i would say mr. gerard may have topped them all with getting the lowest temperature in 20 years here in washington just to get attention for this. we are delighted to have again the annual presentation of the state of american energy here at the museum. a bit of housekeeping. i would like to welcome my guests who are watching this event online and encourage them to submit questions that they soae ve via the hashtag 2014. just one of the interesting elements of our tech lives that we have

american petroleum institute president jack gerard told the "new york post" his refusal to permit the drilling, i quote, short-sighted and damaging to new york's economic development. what's holding it up? here is karen moreau from the new york state petroleum council. that could be a very lonely job, new york state petroleum council. let me ask you, we are all waiting for andrew cuomo to say something on this, one way or the other. let me ask you, why did jack and you, why are you the american petroleum institute, choosing now to blast cuomo? why the timing now? >> our industry has been waiting now for andrew cuomo for the last three years to make a decision on fracing. we were told almost a year ago, larry, that a report was coming out, and then at the last minute, that was pulled and we were told the health commissioner was going to review things and it would be just a few more weeks. larry, that was a year ago. nothing has happened since then. there has been no interaction with the administration. attempts by our industry to have the governor tour fracing sites in pennsylvania hav

and the petroleum institute resident jack gerard talks about the 2014 energy production outlook. and later, a look at federal investments and green energy technology. >> coming up on the next "washington

. >> greg, jack gerard of the api was on with us yesterday talking about how the american petroleum institutef lobbying group with the oil and gas industry, would like to see the export ban on crude lifted, would like to see lng terminal approval speeded up, is there any hope of that happening? they clearly wanted for a reason, but if what you are saying is true and what rick appears to concur with is true that energy exports can help fuel economic growth, perhaps even drive jobs, that sounds a lot like the api's policy platform, but it would in theory be good for everybody. >> yeah, i think there is a chance, i think keystone is likely. on some of these other issues, you have got to hit a lot of democrats to go along. the wildcard here is mary landrieu of louisiana who is in a tough reelection fight. if you get her on board, and she is, she could drive this issue with moderate democrats. i think there is some hope, not as good as keystone, but there is some hope for that as well. >> all right, well you mentioned she has got an election to worry about, everybody in d.c. is worried about the u