to go ahead and build the keystone x.l. pipeline jonathan said no but in the interest of the oil companies it will be approved not in the interest of people who depend on the whole a gala for jonathan's talking about the single most important source of water in the region which is right in the path of the pipeline james on the other hand said yes we should let the deal go through this will help us transition to alternative energy we must not let china take north american resources at something else we should think about we already owed them over a trillion dollars so do we want to let them take away the oil we need right from our own backyard and then steven told us we should be focusing instead on solar power even that makes a lot of sense to maybe then we wouldn't be faced with this decision it's just too bad we never made that really tough decision and went to oil rehab to get rid of our oil addiction once and for all and now i think we all know what the world's biggest oil addict is going to do. by the way thank you for

agree to let the keystone pipeline be built you can respond with on facebook twitter and you tube and you know as your responses just might make money. let's talk about the protect ip act and the bill that we've warned you about several times in the past legislation introduced by senator patrick leahy that would allow the government to crack down on websites that have ties and i mean any ties to websites that share or link to or associate themselves with a pirate site also gives the government the right to sue any website it shares card information and it even gives the copyright holder the right to file a lawsuit against the site so the government already made it clear that they are out to destroy any infringing web sites and as we've noted before they've overstepped their bounds way too many times they've even taken their anti-piracy efforts to other countries where u.s. regulations going to apply and they've stripped foreign web sites of their abilities so like i said way overstepping their bounds however there are still plenty of individuals who think that the protect ip act does

the proposed keystone x.l.eline would run 1,700 miles through montana, south dakota, nebraska and oklahoma on its way to refineries in texas. it's projected to cost $7 billion and carry an estimated 800,000 barrels of oil a day. the plan has galvanized a growing opposition from those who fear it would increase greenhouse gas emissions as well as the prospects of leaks and spills in environmentally sensitive areas. activists are in the midst of a two-week protest at the white house-- some 400 have been arrested so far. on friday, they were dealt a blow by the u.s. state department, which released a report finding the pipeline project will present no significant environmental problems. a final decision to allow or reject the pipeline will come from secretary of state clinton and ultimately president obama. it's expected by the end of the year. and we have our own debate on the keystone pipeline project now, with robert bryce, managing editor of "energy tribune magazine." and bill mckibben an enviromentalist, auth

to our already injured environment but it looks like the state department has found good in the keystone proposal because they released a statement that was favorable to the seven billion dollars project just today in the statement that said that trans canada had reduced the risk of an accident to an acceptable level and the benefits outweigh the potential costs there's also commentary from canadian ambassador to the u.s. gary doer saying if you ask americans would you choose canada over the middle east they'd say yes well you know perhaps the pro canada approach also overshadows the potential threats of this pipeline as the department also estimated that there could be approximately one to two spills per year each greater than twenty one hundred gallons i hope or you know when you put it that way totally puts me was the deepwater horizon spill really that long ago that every forget about the horrific damage from that mess on at the state department given its blessing i'll be kind of shocked if obama doesn't agree to this plan so much the whole investing in alternative energy concept see

discussion -- extension of the trans-canada keystone pipeline. our series on the weather begins with a look at disaster relief unpreparedness with michael greenberger, head of the university of maryland's homeland security center. ♪ host: president barack obama top labor pick, alan krueger, rounding out his economic team ahead of next week's speech. good morning, everyone. alan krueger, former treasury department official and princeton economist. joining others on the obama economic team. your calls, e-mails, tweets on the obama economic team this morning. this morning in "the washington post," they say this -- host: if you look at his resume, here is what it says. host: yesterday in the rose garden, president obama introduced his pick. here is what he has to say. >> he is one of the nation's leading economists. for more than two decades he developed policies inside and outside of government. in the first two years of this administration as we dealt with a complex crisis that threatened a second depression, his counsel as chief economist at the t

oil shale. >> do you support the keystone pipeline to solve some of our energy needs in the future? >> yes i do. i think right now when we looked at -- [applause] i would rather have a pipeline to canada than continue to send our money to saudi arabia, venezuela, or possibly to canada. we need to be very concerned about a spanish company called repsol. they are looking to drill off the international waters of key west. about 10 miles away. how they are going to go into deaths that are deeper than the -- depths that are deeper than deepwater horizon did. if you understand slant drilling, you understand you can offset under the water and go into the continental shelf. but they are going to establish the platform in cuban waters, which means it cannot say or do -- we cannot say or do anything about it if there is a mishap. if something happens, that oil slick, that will go into the gulf stream. this is why i believe -- there is a piece of legislation to prevent cuba from allowing people to come in and slant drill within a mile of our international waterline. we cannot allow that to hap

he was the keystone. the fact he's not there anymore means everything has to be rebuilt from scratch. i think that will present particular challenges not only for the libyans, but also for the united states in determining who to work with and how to build up the national transitional coungs, which has no governing experience and has no foundation to really build on. >> nancy, where do you start with that? what's literally the next thing that has to happen here? >> well, the most important thing is securing the country. remember, we talk a lot about tripoli and the last remnants of gaddafi's regime. over in the east, which looked like a stalemate for months and months, there's still fighting there. the gaddafi forces are aggressively fighting at the furthest point the rebels he have got on the eastern side. we're seeing fighting there and in the south and of course we're seeing fighting in gaddafi's hometown. so there has to be a clear victory for the rebels and a clear securing of the country before we ca

tweet received about our coverage last week on the state department giving a favorable review to the keystone x.l. pipeline greens better tweeted that is the only show that reported on friday august twenty sixth the obama ok for tar sands it was a loner show no matter olbermann or the young turks so we are happy to bring you this important news that is not getting colored elsewhere and this really is an important report for many reasons but mainly because it signals a favorable view of the projects are part of the obama administration and this isn't over yet the state department has until the end of the year to issue a formal report the e.p.a. is also going to have a chance to weigh in and there will be public meetings so the final decision will be made on the basis of whether or not the obama administration decides that the pipeline is of national interest so we're going to be sure to keep you posted on all the developments now finally in response to a viewer who commented on our tool time award or recall that rabbi levin for saying that gays caused the earthquake night out two thousand and

and at the crux of it, at the core of it, is a rhythm that we call clave, which is the keystone of the music. and i could... discussing clave, i could be here for hours discussing it. but it's very, very simple in its essence. it's almost like the simple equation that einstein used, e equals... >> hinojosa: who, by the way, is one of your heroes. >> yeah, yeah. e equals mc squared. in this simple equation he explains how energy and mass, et cetera, and all that is all interrelated. well, it's the same thing with clave. it's five attacks. and from this (plays 3-2 clave pattern) we get all of the rhythms that we utilize today in afro cuban music, in funk, in rock and... >> hinojosa: one-two-three, two-three. (imitates clave) >> you could explain it. >> hinojosa: i don't know. i just... >> but you could explain it this way. but what i tend to show... what i try to show people, what i do show people, is how this is prevalent in everything that we do. it could be a song by tito puente. (singing in spanish) or it could be a song from new orleans. ♪ i said feet won't fail me now ♪ my feet won

over the coming days to risk arrest to send a message to the president the keystone x.l. pipeline is proposed to run from the tar sands of alberta canada all the way down through america's heartland over one of our largest sources of fresh drinking water to refineries on the gulf of mexico. you know that this pipeline could cause a b.p. style oil spill which people have experienced in the gulf right over that sort of fresh drinking water but even if that oil makes it to refineries and gets dumped into the atmosphere in the words of our top climate scientist dr james hansen at nasa it could be game over for the climate so we're really seeing an incredible outpouring of people saying no to this saying no to the tar sands up in alberta and really trying to get this president to stand up to big oil and send a jolt of electricity through the progressive base to show them that the clean energy economy which at this point has been mostly rhetoric could actually start to be a reality and hopefully it will be sure you're the wife of an oil worker in louisiana i am and you came up

going to have a hornet's nest here and i think that the west went into this with i don't like the keystone crusaders or something that is a distinct through and they thought it was going to be over quickly and now they've got the situation which i don't see that there's any way ladle is not going to end up having to put troops on the ground and that's going to be a whole different ball of wax well i want to get to that but going back to you said you think that the past of ours reporting a solid before all of this gadhafi of the u.s. were having a period of reproach mom and the years before this civil war were khadafi agreed to give up weapons of mass destruction and libya and us were united against common enemies in the war on terror now this is also resurfaced kind of a new with new wiki leaks u.s. cables that reveal this very. it from u.s. lawmakers with gadhafi but going back to where we are now did the u.s. backing of the rubbles hand power over to the very people that the u.s. with fighting against in the war on terror i think it probably has and i think this is one of these unintende

speaking out against a proposed oil pipeline that appears to be in motion to be built it's called the keystone pipeline and would extend about seventeen hundred miles from alberta canada to the gulf coast in texas and would transport oil sands it's a seven billion dollars billion dollar project going to parent lee double oil imports from canada now critics call this the dirtiest project on earth some saying it's yet another example of big oil just getting what they want hundreds including well known actors and scientists have been getting arrested while protesting proponents including the white house say that this project would have minimal impact on the environment but if we don't build it someone else namely china will that's why she was a fellow at the institute for policy studies and has some major problems with his proposal and joins me now to talk about it let's talk first just in very simple terms some of the biggest issues you have with this tar sands project well as you mentioned it's highly polluting it's it would be like burning coal in your car the carbon intensity of tar sands it'

argument the obama administration and its future decision regarding the planned seven billion dollar keystone x.l. oil pipeline. hundreds of environmentalists have been arrested for their demonstration against the proposed pipeline in front of the white house they've been asking obama what he'll do to stand up against big oil but with china's slick moves to get in on the deal is this an investment the u.s. can't risk losing we'll hear from daphne wash a fellow at the instant.

out against a proposed oil pipeline that appears to be in motion to be built this is called the keystone pipeline and would extend about seven hundred miles from alberta canada to the gulf coast of texas and would transport oil sands. this is a seven billion dollar project and what apparently double oil imports from canada critics call this the dirtiest project on earth some saying it's yet another example of big oil getting what they want hundreds including well known actors and scientists have been arrested while protesting and those in favor including the white house state department they say it's not minimal impact on the environment and that if we don't build it someone else in the china well brands olson is here in studio to talk about this is the communications manager of the rain forest action network ranch for those people who are unfamiliar with this i mean you guys have been outside people against this project have been outside every day for what seems to me more than a week talk about the biggest issues against this proposed project well this is the biggest oil pipeline that'

this week for protesting against the keystone pipeline calling it's game over for the planet if ghana those tar sands are exploited but is there any way to actually stop this deal from going through we're going to speak to jane hamsher and we're going to have all of that for you tonight including a dose of happy hour but first let's take a look at what the mainstream media has decided to miss. all right so hurricane irene is about to unleash on the east coast in a few days and everybody is preparing for the harsh weather there are areas where tourists and residents are being told to evacuate their safety precautions to be taken there are the weather reporters doing live shots in the caribbean right now where the weather is getting pretty gnarly and then there are moments like this. i'm standing right here at water's edge because this water is. more than eighty degrees and this is the fuel for the hurricane so you can see that there's a few people still here at the beach of occasion but it's very different it was yesterday and the coastal cupcakes gave us these today to get us through

. >> as i understand our keystone of trying to build a pipeline from canada to texas to refineries soy can move some of this oil from canada, and then we would get the benefit from it. because most of the canadians oil is -- somebody's got to run and make a touch down and let's get the pipeline in. >> it can bolster a strong economy and create jobs in iowa. for more information visit iowa energy forum.com. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, i'm jack, president and c.e.o. of the american petroleum institute and sponsor of the iowa energy forum. we represent more than 470 oil and natural gas companies across the nation. we're responsible for 7.7% of all our economic activity. and today we support over $9. -- over 9.2 million american jobs. [applause] we believe with good, sound energy policy that there are many more jobs yet to create if given the opportunity to do so. i want to be downtown welcome you here, today to the kickoff to the 2012 campaign. the candidates have been crossing the state, seeking your sufment and -- your support. and later today your votes will be talentied,

he was part of administration against the proposed keystone xl pipeline.as among the hundred demonstrators taken away in handcuffs. darrell has been arrested several times in the past during protest during environmental issues. >>> san francisco giant outfielder now has a giraffe named after him. it was born friday. take a look. he's named after giants rookie outfielder brandon whose nickname is brandon giraffe. it may take a little longer for the rest of us to meet him. the mother and baby are not on public display yet. >>> time now 5:56. i'll stick my neck and out say sale knows all about it. >> that whole baby giraffe thing, they have baby giraffe hats now. i've seen people wearing them. >> why baby giraffe. >> if you look at him he's kind offal. he's kind of awkward like that, he even said so himself. >> good morning let's go out and take look at the commute. traffic is going to be quickly moving along here on 280. not a big deal here. gray traffic also moving along nicely. >> all right, now we have breaking news about a report about an amber alert and

canada, and could replace up to 40 percent that the oil currently gets from opec, the $7 billion keystone0 miles from the oil sardz in hardesty, alberta to texas, it would travel above a major aquifer in nebraska,. supporters say it would create 20,000 direct construction jobs, billions of dollars in tax revenue a year, and help with energy security. >> the growth is significant, and that's going to need to get to market. you've got refineries on the gulf coast that are running empty, you've got venezuela choosing to sell their oil to asia, you've got mexico in decline. these are similar heavy oils and we're a natural fit. >> reporter: the u.s. already gets 2 million barrels a day from canada. that would increase that by 50 percent. bill: what's holding up the approval for this? >> because the pipeline would cross an international border the state department has a say and they have promised they would have a decision made by december, but environmentalists are lobbying hard against it and they have a planned protest starting this saturday, calling on activists to get arrested, they point

it was keystone kops.use bill which allowed a waiver for the secretary of transportation, which would have financed all of the issues. the senate hadn't read it. after it read it, it passed it. the waiver is granted. the issue is now at least temporarily resolved. >> chris: finally, perhaps the most troubling chapter yet in operation fast and furious. not only did the federal government apparently deal with the cartels to get guns in to mexico to try to trace and crackdown the cartel but also a report now. you all saw william la jeunesse piece earlier they allegedly agreed to let drugs go in to this country, as part of a deal to get some members of cartels to inform on their rivals. this gets wor and worse. >> it does if true. i deep-seeded skepticism toward the statements of drug cartels in criminal trials. hen forbid they would make something up. at the same time, the political fall-out from this is different. this would be going back to the bush administration. which would give some republicans maybe so

. >> oklahoma, the keystone fire tearing across neighbors west of tulsa and chewing up homes, 13 destroyedrous other buildings and firefighters working in extreme temperatures, at least one injured. dozens of homes evacuated near the fire, which spread to more than 1200 acres. last report crews were gaining control of it. >>> new york, an apparent family fight leading to a sinking car in central park. a driver plunging his dad's mini van right into a lake. according to stunned witnesses, the driver said, "my father cares more about that van than he is it about me." the guyic manning it out with a few minor injuries. >>> indiana, a tug of war like no other. 22 strong men and women on the other side of a boeing 757 weighing more than 80 tons. >> the pilot has to take his foot off the break and as soon as he takes his foot off the brake we is twelve feet we have to pull it. >> the fastest team wins. proceeds go to benefit the special olympics. has to be an easier way to make money. >> oregon, born in portland, a bakery rolling out a giant box of donuts weighing more than 600 pounds. the owner

all washington post reporter will discuss the extension of the keystone pipeline. series on the weather begins with the head of the university of maryland's help and homeland security center. "washington journal" is live on c-span at 7:00 a.m. eastern every morning. ♪ >> now symposium on jobs and social justice hosted by the afl-cio and the martin luther king jr. center for this 40- minute portion includes remarks from richard trumka, martin luther king but third, and john lewis. >> feeling pretty good, as we started to say earlier. things are in flux and the city because of the postponement of the march. and the unveiling. we are going on and i am so happy that everybody is here. you evidently got your tweet and your e-mails. good morning. i am arlene holt-baker. i an executive vice president here at the afl and cio. on behalf of the secretary treasury here, we want to welcome all of you to the house of labor this morning. [applause] we are so excited for those of you that are in the room. as you know, this is also being a web cast, we are on c-span. we absolutely

do it because he wanted to complete the new deal great society project and that was the remaining keystone in the arch. >> charlie: his enemies think he's like you. ey think he's a center-right politician. >> let me defend him. against that slur. >> charlie: on the one hand people are saying he's a socialist and on the other hand -- >> i'm not saying he's a socialist, i'm not saying he's unamerican. i'm saying he's the disstilled he is instance of the american thing. the american progressive movement that goes right back to herbert and woodrow wilson. >> charlie: where would you put franklin roosevelt. >> in that tradition. >> charlie: the who requirements the progressive dream is it more woodrow with wilson than franklin roosevelt. >> yes, because wilson was a more theoretical, he gave the theory for which roosevelt would pracce. >> charlie: rooseveltlso was a pragmatist too, was he not. >> sure. >> charlie: that's the argument they make about president obama. >> i know they do. >> charlie: he's a pragmatist. look at the economy not brought about by george bush but b an economicollapse an

caused by a hurricane terrain, how businesses prepare for weather emergencies, and the trans-canada keystone pipeline. several live events to tell you about today, including president obama's speech to the american legion national convention in minneapolis at noon eastern. just after that, at 1:00 p.m., labor secretary hilda solis will be at the national press club for an hourlong interview on jobs and in the economy. then at 3:00 p.m. eastern, the elected council host at a discussion on the training of afghan security forces. ♪ ♪ >> republican presidential candidate rick perry says that president obama may have inherited a bad economy, but he made it was. he poked -- he spoke to a republican fund raiser in des moines. a radio talk-show host presented him with a holster. other candidates spoke, such as ron paul and thaddeus mccotter. the entire event is about 45 minutes. ♪ >> good afternoon. not going to turn me loose yet. >> i know this is unusual. you will understand in a minutes. before we get going, i have to do something. if you'll just bear with me for a moment, i would appreciate it.

and syria was one of the keystones of this policy and the prime minister had forged a very close relationship with bashar al-assad and tried to give him every chance, tried to throw him a life line and said, "please, take it." but bashar made promises he never kept and humiliated and embarrassed the turkish leadership. >> brown: when you referred earlier to this allowing other drizz get involved, you meant europe, i suppose. does it also mean countries in the region? >> countries in the region already, saudi arabia has come forward and pulled out its ambassador. the case is also true-- i understand tunisia has withbrawn drawn its ambassador. jordan has condemned the violence in syria. bashar al-assad is galvanizing the international community, including the region against himself remarkably. >> brown: and yet the immediate reaction was disdain or just pushing back. we have just a wire that just ran, the syrian u.n. envoy said-- accused the u.s. of waging a "diplomatic and humanitarian war against syria." >> it's the usual regime bravado, but i'm sure now bashar al-assad is coming to recognize

"washington post" environmental reporter juliet eilperin will discuss the keystone pipeline and our series on the the weather with a look at disaster relief with michael greenberger. "washington journal" is live on c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. several live events to tell you about today on c-span including president obama's speech to the american legion's national convention in minneapolis at noon eastern. just after that, at 1:00 p.m., labor secretary hilda solis will be at the national press club for interviews on jobs and the economy and then the atlantic council for training on afghan security forces. >> see what political reporters are saying and track the latest campaign contributions with c-span's website for campaign 2012. easy to use and helps you navigate the political landscape. candidate bios and the latest polling data and links to c-span media partners in the caucus states all at c-span.org/campaign2012. >> on "road to the white house" this week, we spoke to republican presidential candidate jon huntsman, the former governor of utah. this is a little more than an ho

. >> as i understand our keystone of trying to build a pipeline from canada to texas to refineries so they can move some of this oil from canada, and then we would get the benefit from it. because most of the canadians oil is -- somebody's got to run and make a touch down and let's get the pipeline in. >> it can bolster a strong economy and create jobs in iowa. for more information visit iowa energy forum.com. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, i'm jack, president and c.e.o. of the american petroleum institute and sponsor of the iowa energy forum. we represent more than 470 oil and natural gas companies across the nation. we're responsible for 7.7% of all our economic activity. and today we support over $9. -- over 9.2 million american jobs. [applause] we believe with good, sound energy policy that there are many more jobs yet to create if given the opportunity to do so. i want to be downtown welcome you here, today to the kickoff to the 2012 campaign. the candidates have been crossing the state, seeking your sufment and -- your support. and later today your votes will be talent