guest: reporters asked senator kerrey that yesterday and he was quite frank that he did not have the votes now but he felt that they were close enough that he wanted to keep pushing. they certainly feel that the president's speech last night would have an emphasis put on clean energy, they could feel that they could continue to fight and muster the 60 votes some time before congress wraps up this year. host: they said that this legissation would be about energy sector jobs. can you explain to the viewers specific proposals that they believe will result in jobs? guest: this goes into that whole green jobs discussion. there are two political camps when you talk about trying to encourage or require companies to generate more electricity, produce more energy from sources that are not coal, natural gas, or oil. the argument of green jobs is that if you require companies to get more electricity from wind farms, that will incentivize companies that make wind turbines to locate facilities in the united states that will create demand for steel that is used to make things like wind turbines ha

senator kerrey, thank you so much for having us here. you and your staff have been terrific, and the microphone is now yours. >> well, first of all, chairman angelides and vice chairman thomas d members of the commission, both the new school and new york city is proud, are proud to welcome you here this morning. and i appreciate very much you praising the staff because they've done all the work to make this possible, and it is always quite moving to me the fort ty make to accommodate these kinds of extremely important efforts. i don't envy you your work. this is a complicated matt. those of us who have sufficient quantitative skills but not impressive quantitative skills find ourselves actually quite unable to comprehend exactly what was going on and what went wrong. trying to manage risk today s become more and more difficult, and my own view of the matter is that, for what it's worth which is having disclosed that i have sufficient though not impressive quantitave skills probably not terribly relevant to your work, is that america did

now it is up to senator kerrey and lieberman to move forward on this.enator gramm saying he will not be part of the legislation. >guest: right. and your question? host: no question. just wanted to clarify. you can check it out on c- span.org. james joining us from north carolina. caller: good morning. you know, this thing about oil, it is not our only source of energy. it is time to look for new energy. i understand she talks about all these regulations. it is all the other oil companies. all this regulation stuff, that has been talked about before. i think the moratorium should stay there. i lost my job, but a lot of jobs have been lost and not coming back. there are other things people can take up. if all other -- it the other oil companies can prevent this, why do they not have the technology to stop it? it does not sound too good. most of the oil that american stroke, we do not even use that. -- most of the oil that americans drill, we do not even use that. guest: this came to a shock as a lot of people in the industry. i think you are right in term

in the words of senator lindsey graham who worked closely with senator kerrey on the initial climate change energy legislation, he said republicans to work on the bill for months, there is "no where near the 60 votes to save the polar bear to get from the new orleans newspaper, what about the local seafood? the headline, as the local seafood supplies dwindle, restaurants are forced to get credit. the coast guard is telling bp, a little too slow. bp officials are expected to come back with alternatives today. the president will meet with executives on wednesday. if you go to a certain website, uppight citizens brigade -- this is their take on the situation of the oil spill. calm down. >> it will destroy all the fish. >> look at that. >> it is encouraging on my map . of map >> laptop. >> wait, i have a brilliant -pidea. >> ok, you have to hurry up. i think the public is getting suspicious. >> didn't workk >> oh my god, we are really screwed now. >> now there's coffee and garbage. >> wait, i have an idea. >> damn, i really thought that would work. >> well, maybe it does not work right a

this morning, the president spoke with senator kerrey and senator lugar, each of whom has the energy legislation that the senate is likely to take up the next several weeks. we announced that next wednesday we will have a bipartisan group in the white house to discuss the process that the senate will use moving forward. it is safe to say that the president's direction on energy is very similar to the direction that is in the carried lieberman bill. -- kerry lieberman bill. there are a number of proposals, that is why senator lugar and carry both got calls. there have been ideas about increasing energy standards. the president met with business executives last week and whether questions was outcome money is not spent on research and development? the president will have a meeting next week here to work through that process going forward. >> the president supported the public option but he got 20% of+ what he wanted. >> i don't know why it would be pertinent to get into hypothetical at this point. go back to what he said and pittsburg a week and a half ago or in 2006 as a u.s. senator.

senator kerrey said he would deal with more concessions, and this sounds like legislation is headed toward utility only. are you for that? can you explain question on guest: i would say this. it is always interesting when we finish events of the white house and come out of caucus and the press is very quick to want to define the decision. there has been no decision. we have to keep that in perspective. what we have is a lot of ideas. some have talked about just utility only. i can tell you from my perspective, alaska, both ends of the equation. we see the impact of climate change but we also understand the value of domestic oil and gas production. i am a strong believer in ocs, development in the arctic. one-third of the gas resources are in alaska. killeen, burning fuel that can last for generations. but we have to be realistic, at the end of the day we have to develop an energy policy that not only deals with a comprehensive approach with a diversified base, but recognizing renewal and alternative energy is the future for us in our country. we will have reductions in emissions if we focu

this morning, the president spoke with senator kerrey and senator lugar are, each of whom have energy legislation that the senate is likely to take up in the next several weeks. we announced that networknext wy we will have a discussion on moving forward. it is safe to say that the president's direction on energy is similar to the one in the carried bill, and tte president feels strongly that including upon to deal with climate is important. there are a number of proposals. that is why senator lugar and senator kerry both got calls. there have been ideas about increasing energy efficiency standards in buildings, much as carol has worked tirelessly to do with cars, light trucks, and heavy duty trucks. the president met with business executives at the white house last week and one of their questions was like more money is not spent on research and development. there are a lot of ways to get to this. the president will have a meeting next week here to work through that process going forward. >> in comparison to the public option, where the president supported the public option and got 90

"the problem for senator kerrey is all that work may be for naught if he can persuade a handful of republicans and as many democrats. joe lieberman discussed putting a price that allowed different industries for different reduction targets. michigan, good morning. caller: on the proposal for the superfund, i am on the fence on this. the reason is when they start accumulating money for a certain cause, to put it bluntly i do not trust the government. they have a habit of taking the money for other purposes, like medicare and social security. that is my main concern. i have heard other people voice their concern. i think everyone has a very good idea about these superfunds. thank you. host: cleveland, tennessee. byron, republican line. caller: ibm probably against this superfund and i will tell you why. we pay money to take care of these cleanups. people do not understand. i worked at a mint -- major manufacturer here in tennessee for years. we only passed the costs along to the consumer. they just do not understand, it will affect everything. host: how did you go about doing that? caller: what