notably the well informed ken salazar, a former colorado senator who served as president obama's cabinet interior secretary for five years, 2009 to 2013, he is a proponent of finishing the keystone pipeline for quote, at the end of the day, we are going to be consuming that oil, so is it better for us to get the oil from our good neighbor from the north or to be bringing it in from some place in the middle east? unquote. >> question, why is president obama dragging his feet on green lighting, the keystone xl pipeline? >> caught in a d dilema. it would have gone through a long time if it wasn't a political football and a cause from the environmental left and some very wealthy donors to the democratic party. so, the attack the president is taking is trying to study this thing to death. although it's the biggest shovel ready project in america that would immediately create thousands of good blue collar jobs. >> but there are obstacles coming in from the right as well. nebraska republican governor had objections and there's been a court ruling in nebraska saying that the route is unconstitut

ken salazar called the product a win win.interest to build the pipeline for our energy security and enhance that national interest with the preservation of the dakota grass land conservation area and the prairie pothole region. it comes after the state department releases final environmental impact study on monday. it reads no major objectives to the pipeline that would carry oil from western canada to the refineries along the texas gulf coast. the project will probably not altar global greenhouse gas emissions. the report stated the pipeline would produce more greenhouse gases but blocking the project would not prevent the resources from being developed anyway. the state department has received hundreds of calls from both grit ticks and supporters across the country. environmentalists are calling the keystone decision a major litanomus test. >>> it is 47 after the hour. it is the only thing that helped their son's debilitating medical conditions. >> decreases his seizures by 90 percent. >> the parents are under fire for givi

. >>> as interior secretary for president obama's whole first term, ken salazar was chief guardian of the nation's national resources and heritage and a leading force on issues. he told the north american prospect expo in houston he supports building the keystone xl pipeline. at the end of the day, we're going to be consuming that oil, he said, referring to crude extracted from the tar sands feel of alberta, canada, and transported to u.s. refinery in the gulf of mexico. so is it better to get our oil from the good neighbor in the north, or to be bringing it from some place in the middle east? >> some of us might wish he was still in the administration because we can't get decent answers. it's been five years. four or five, i think, environmental studiy ies now. we won on the merit on every bit of this, all along the way. >> tom dawn ln, also came out in favor of the pipeline last month, while former energy secretary steven chu said the decision to hold up the project by the obama white house in 2012 was, quote, a political one and not a scientific one. a charge the white house reject

i'm keystone, ken salazar, the former interior secretary this morning gave a news conference anomalies that he thinks the keystone should be built, but he went on to say on the issue of cracking coming he thinks it is safe and quote there is not a single case where phrack and has created an environmental problems for anyone. we need to make sure that is told. you agree or disagree? >> on the second part? i haven't seen those remarks. the president believes natural gas is an important part of our future and the methods that we use to extract you need to be and secure. we have to take steps to ensure that is the case. i am not qualified to dunnage what impacts there has been paired but i can tell you is what his policy approach this administration has taken is. >> i'm keystone camera set is it better to get oil from record never from the north or someplace in the middle east? is that they view the white house would agree with? >> what i can tell you is for the first time in 20 years but we are producing more oil in the united states of america than we are importing. that is a fact and th