and construction of the keystone x.l. pipeline is experiencing yet another roadblock this time coming from a texas judge we'll bring you the latest in this saga and show you who stands to gain the most from it. it's wednesday december twelfth four pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wall in you're watching our team. we begin with the international uproar after north korea test launched a long range rocket and the greater foreign policy implications north korea says it's an experiment to put a satellite into space but the u.s. japan and south korea are among the nations that fear that this is a step toward the secretive nation launching a long range nuclear weapon north korea of course part of what's been infamously dubbed the axis of evil it was president george w. bush that first put the label on the group of countries during his state of the union speech back in two thousand and two states like these and their terrorist allies constitute and actually should be evil arming to threaten the peace of the world. by seeking we

what is the keystone xl pipeline? thousands have protested and many have been arrested for in front of the white house. what does it have to do with the koch brothers? >> 25% of tar sands imports they already process. they have vast holdings in the can of the territories. they have some of the pipeline and birds, existing refineries in corpus christi. we call it the koch keystone pipeline. we understand the world needs the u.s. to mobilize around these brothers to get private money out of politics and to isolate their extreme elements in the republican party. and these are not all conservative thinking spirit these extremists, and many to be isolated. >> victor menotti, "faces behind a global crisis: us carbon billionaires and the un climate deadlock" is his report. i will be speaking in oslo, norway on saturday. we will be broadcasting from just outside the nobel peace prize ceremony on monday. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. email your comments to outreach@dem

this looks like a bunch of keystone cops. but keystone cops, they weren't. these people were executing 44 warrants. and they visited more than 2400 licensed businesses, looking for people doing crime. meaning they went on a crime sweep. they went to people selling illegal tobacco. they went in a club. they got people doing illegal drugs. they got people serving alcohol to people under age. they got people illegally selling scrap metal. they even had people who had stolen phones and people who had counterfeit iphones. they even got people in the sex trade. they covered everything. in the end, 144 people arrested. >> that's crazy. because it's just one fell swoop of these guys going out there and capturing anybody doing crime. >> there were nearly 3,000 cops involved in this sweep in a 24-hour period. we're going to hop over a couple of ponds and leave london and go over to melbourne, australia. where police are looking for this guy. >> the clothesline bandit. he's a panty raid thief. he nicked some knickers. >> i hung some washing on the line. and went to get

keystone. >> on keystone, yes. not a final decision.k that we'll see -- >> bill: let's back up. keystone, it was up and republicans were sort of forcing the state department to make a decision by last december, wasn't it? >> so what happened was about a year and a half ago, the state department was moving toward making a decision to approve the keystone pipeline. >> bill: reviewing it as they have to because it is an international pipeline. >> sure. so the state department and ultimately the president makes a decision -- if it's in the national interest. that's sort of the broad terms. it looked very -- they were really moving along toward approving it. it was very likely they were going to approve it. and then president obama's environmental base got all fired up about this. rallied around the white house. said if you approve this, this sort of puts us over the edge toward global warming. >> bill: had a pipeline encircled the white house grounds. yeah. >> and so republicans really seized on this. they saw this as a great political oppo

is there are way your company can do exactly what the keystone's are doing or wants to do without damagethe act which furs? >> this goes missed because we have established a link right from western canada all the way to the u.s. gulf coast and by the way, that is a key market because you've got 8 million barrels a day of refining capacity. so we have got a link right now all the way from western canada to the gulf coast, via or main line, then we have got our spare head flanagan south and that's linked up from cushing all the way into the gulf coast into the market with our sea way project. and by the way, that project is linked up with our partner enterprises. >> i meean why do we need keystone? >> like i said, we have got a lot of crude oil supply coming out of western canada, certainly it's not conduit and producers want other options so that's part of the reason anyway. >> how do you feel about the department of energy study last week that said we ought to be able to export our natural gas? >> natural gas? >> yeah. >> you know, if you look at the pricing of natural gas in north ameri

i'm here at the keystone resort in colorado, but chilly is good when you want to hit the slopes.y're getting more snow here today, so it's a good time to be out here. > overall, what are some hot destinations where people really want to travel for the holiday season? > > looking at our most-booked destinations over the christmas and new year's holiday, orlando is our number one booked destination. also on the top of our list, new york, denver, los angeles, and fort lauderdale. so, you have a range of winter, city, and warm-weather destinations. > are those destinations places where people are getting the best deals? > > four of our top 10 booked destinations actually have hotel rates that are under $150 a night on average. those include orlando, where the average hotel rate is $144 a night. tampa also makes that list, coming in at $108 a night on average; denver at $127 a night; and phoenix at just $122 a night. so there are options out there for travelers over the holiday period who may be looking for a bargain. > is there a bigger push this year by ski operators? > > there is a

the keystone pipeline would contact the tar sands oil development this canada to the u.s.becomes secretary of state, any decision on it would fall under her jurisdiction. >> we need for the next secretary of state to be completely unburdened of any interest that could present a conflict or the appearance of a conflict. >> bob deans of the natural resources defense counsel is among those opposing the pipeline for environmental reasons. his group's online publication brought rice's investments to light. white house press secretary was asked thursday if that would pose a conflict. >> i'm not going to speculate about a personnel decision the president has not made an a nomination he has not put forward. >> the trans canada holding is just one part. the estimates the couple's net worth between 23.5 million and $43.5 million as of 2009. her financial link to trans canada was not an issue in her current position. if she became secretary of state, ethics rules would require action such as divesting her holdings linked to the keystone pipeline. a spokeswoman said in a, ambassador r

it's not just about keystone, however, it's about a legitimate and extensive national energy policy thatity we can find. i get asked very often about clean coal. obviously north dakota is a state that's very rich in oil reserves and natural gas reserves but we are also a coal-based state. we do a lot of coal generation, electrical generation from coal. the plant that you were talking about wasn't necessarily a natural gas plant that i was on the board of. i was on the board of a facility that takes coal, makes natural gas and we do something no one else does which is we compress our c.o.-2, send it north into canada where it's injected into the oil fields up there so it's the largest sequestration project in the world. carbon sequestration project. so we've demonstrated in north dakota that we can be responsible with development of these resources. we're also one of the largest producers of wind energy in the country. so this has to be a mix so where i disagree with the president has been on how we develop an energy policy that provides for america's energy needs into the future. >> brow

the tenure was notable for the high-profile fights against global warming the keystone oil pipeline, and new revelations of a coal-fired plant. jackson is expected to step down as president obama has a state of the union address. >> the president of the nra is weighing in on david gregory and his decision to put a high capacity ammunition clip on meet the press, which also caught the attention of d.c. police. >> there are two lessons don't ask the government what is legal and what is not legal because half the people don't know, and second that is a silly felony. >> it is illegal to have the high ammunition high capacity ammunition clip in the district. they say the incident demonstrates how outdated some gun laws are. a local man who has spent years on death row could soon be out of prison. >> the case has been ongoing for years, and now his mother says finally her son could soon be free. our northern virginia bureau chief has more on the newfound hope for the family. >> he has missed the last putt 12 christmases. >> this time, terry steinberg hopes that her son, who has sat in soli

will it be the keystone pipeline pipeline? and should he in your view cancel it outright?ay bad idea, we're not going to buy into this. >> absolutely. we need the conversation. in the wake of 911 we created the homeland security. the strategy was quite different but why can't we create that. in an extreme way and we need to push that dialogue forward. i think the president has to start speak about this in clear terms. he's certainly capable and smart enough and motivated by science and motivated by logic. to be withholding this conversation and not calling it for what it is, it's at this point irresponsible. >> eliot: he has hinted he wants to do something, what the something is remains to be seen, whether he'll have the backbone and political courage to cancel keystone will be an early test of where this administration goes. >> i agree with you. >> eliot: josh fox director of the fracking film "gas land" whose latest short film titled "occupy sandy." thank you for what you've done for us. >> thank you. >> eliot: just in time for the [ male announcer ] red lobster's crabfe

. >> andrea: the biggest failure under her watch was the keystone pipeline. administration blocked the keystone pipeline. actively her and her boss' orders. she could go. goodbye. >> eric: juan, quickly. she could step aside and not answer. just she should answer. if you're avoiding having your e-mails seen and understood as a public official you are wrong. she has been outstanding public servant. the environmentists are disappointed obama hasn't listened to her more, especially on fracking and pipeline. i know the right thinks he hasn't done enough but that is part of the story. >> kimberly: why was she pretending to be a man? >> eric: very strange. >> kimberly: very, very strange. >> eric: we'll dig in to that. gun owner and defend over the second amendment i resent michael moore's racist comments. you won't believe what he said now. coming up. ♪ ♪ okay, here's the plan. you have a plan? first we're gonna check our bags for free, thanks to our explorer card. then, the united club. my motr was so wrong about you. next, we get priory boarding on our flight i

the biggest failure under her watch, the keystone pipeline. her administration blocked the keystone pipeline, actively, per president obama. >> she can step aside and not have to -- answer to what she was doing with the emails. >> no, no. i think sheville to answer and she should answer. to me, that is corruption. if you are avoiding having your emails seen and understood as a public official, you are wrong. let me say, i think she has been an outstanding public servant. i think the environmentalists have been disappointed that president obama hasn't listened to her, especially on fracking. ele pipeline. but that's part of the story, too. >> why was she pretending to be a man? >> very strange. very, very strange. >> we'll dig into that. gun owner and defender of the second amendment, i resent michael moore's anti-american and racist comments. you won't believe what this clown said now, coming up. >> it is an interesting choice for this block. >> it was inevitable that michael moore would weigh in on the gun control debate. it was no surprise t

the biggest failure under her watch, the keystone pipeline. her administration blocked the keystone pipeline, actively, per president obama. >> she can step aside and not have to -- answer to what she was doing with the emails. >> no, no. i think sheville to answer and she should answer. to me, that is corruption. if you are avoiding having your emails seen and understood as a public official, you are wrong. let me say, i think she has been an outstanding public servant. i think the environmentalists have been disappointed that president obama hasn't listened to her, especially on fracking. ele pipeline. but that's part of the story, too. >> why was she pretending to be a man? >> very strange. very, very strange. >> we'll dig into that. gun owner and defender of the second amendment, i resent michael moore's anti-american and racist comments. you won't believe what this clown said now, coming up. >> it is an interesting choice for this block. >> it was inevitable that michael moore would weigh in on the gun control debate. it was no surprise t

spent plenty of her time sparring with congressional leaders over issues of global warming and the keystone pipeline. the president praised jackson's efforts at the epa yesterday. >>> meantime the gun control story continues in the wake of the sandy hook shootings and the reaction on the state and local levels is varying dramatically across the country. some are doing whatever they can to take gunts off the streets. los angeles collected more than 200,000 guns. 75 assault rifles included in that title, two rocket launchers were turned in for cash. rocket launchers. elsewhere, though, people are flocking to buy guns. at this shop in des moines, iowa, callers have emptied the stores. state legislators are looking to their 2013 sessions to maybe change gun laws. in south carolina, a bill has been proposed to exempt the state from federal regulations of guns and ammunition made there. eight other states have similar laws and 40 other states have filed similar legislation. >>> all right, time now for a much needed break this morning. as always, let us know why you're awake. e-mail us at waytoo e

you've been an opponent of the keystone xl pipeline. i wonder what you think about susan rice, possibly secretary of state, having holdings in the companies that are gonna build that pipeline. >> yeah. it's amazing. as i said, i thought that it's so obvious that we couldn't be so stupid as to develop the unconventional fossil fuels because they're dirtier, you get less energy per unit carbon and you get all these other pollution, regional pollution. so we need to try to talk common sense into them and we've -- you know, we've done -- i've been arrested in the front of the white house because of the tar sands. and there are more and more people who are willing to stand up and protest against those. and i know i sound like a broken record, but just -- and i've realized that just trying to block an individual carbon source, although that's meritorious, it won't work if we don't have a price on carbon. >> yeah. and china will just -- all right. we're gonna invite your participation and, particularly, if you haven't had a chance to ask a que

the keystone pipeline would contact the tar sands oil development this canada to the u.s.f coast and if rice becomes secretary of state, any decision on it would fall under her jurisdiction. >> we need for the next secretary of state to be completely unburdened of any interest that could present a conflict or the appearance of a conflict. >> bob deans of the natural resources defense council is among those opposing the pipeline for environmental reasons. his group's online publication brought rice's investments to light. white house press secretary was asked thursday if that would pose a conflict. >> i'm not going to speculate about a personnel decision the president has not made, a nomination he has not put forward. this is bipartisan. i don't care whether you're a democrat or a republican. i'm sorry. i'm trying not to sneeze. but you're going to love this. the house will be in session 126 days. that includes eight days in january and two in august. i mean, you have to have august off, right? france. compare that to the average american worker to works about 230 days a ye

a judge today halted construction on part of the controversial keystone pipeline that crews are workingo expand the line. supporters say this could create new jobs. in east texas, a land owner says the company behind keystone pipeline lied when they said it would carry crude from canada to the gulf coast but will carry tar sand, oil mixed with naturally occurring organic materials and a company spokesman said tar sands are a form of crude oil but environmentalists say the substance is more likely to contaminate northbound by water and land, the judge put construction on hold and set up a hearing set for later this month. >> before we wrap it up in "studio b" a woman in london has found the cat burglar who has been stealing keys from her neighbor's homes. the cat burglar is her cat. she says she installed a magnetically controlled cat door in her house so her cat could get in but no one else could. the gadget use as magnet on the collar of the animal and the magnet is strong enough to pick up keys along with nails

theve been an opponent of keystone xl pipeline. i wonder what you think about

when you want to talk about infrastructure projects, what about the keystone pipeline? that's a perfect example of a major important and necessary infrastructure project that doesn't actually require a dime of federal money, yet it is being blocked. i like this idea -- for example on transportation roads. you talk about potholes and that extracts a cost on people. you know, in the state of indiana they actually sold their highways and now are being financed and operated by a private company. in california you actually have private roads, private toll roads that do very well. i like the idea. i think we've got to get it really very sophisticated about how we finance these things. used to be the gas tax financed roads. now we can use tolls. you get an easy pass, you can go anywhere in the country and tolls are a very efficient way of financing roads. >> the gas tax hasn't gone down. >> exactly. >> and consuming less gas so we have to find other ways. >> that's right. >> i'm going to be talking to the governor of illinois about this, pat quinn, because they're building a l

is this good news for coal miners, frackers and the keystone pipeline and we're about to get more on that story just ahead. >> don't forget, free market capitalism is the best path to prosperity and not crushing regulations. the kudlow report is coming right back. mine was earned off vietnam in 1968. over the south pacific in 1943. i got mine in iraq, 2003. usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. because it offers a superior level of protection, and because usaa's commitment to serve the military, veterans and their families is without equal. begin your legacy, get an auto insurance quote. usaa. we know what it means to serve. this is how mommy learned... ...and now... you! [ giggles ] ♪ the one and only, cheerios >>> breaking news now. the associated press reporting that retired general norman schwarzkopf one of the heroes of the first gulf war has died in tampa, florida. he was 78 years old. as we know more we'll bring it to you. >>> lisa jackson announce shed is stepping down. why the prompt departure and could this be new initiatives like the keyst

the markup is normally, a keystone markup or 100% to give away 50% they're giving away their profits, so if that's the only place that consumers are spending, larry is right we'll see it in 2013, the limited will report zero profits for the quarter. so the problem is, kurms are out there, even if ne spend the retailers aren't making any money. no one wins in this kind of economy. >> brenda: and jonas, if retailers are really hitting their margins, that's a problem because nen we have not only customers not buying, but retailers are hurt and that's all, you know, feeds into itself. >> it's a good time if they don't lower the prices much, if they perceive the economy is strong enough, the consumer is in a strong enough position because they can be wrong the past few weeks, the perception they can get away with higher prices. >> no one is shopping there. >> the consumer got the memo, taxes are going up at some point next year. what the problem is, nobody knows who and what and what part of it. if they have some sort of thing, that couldn't have been as bad as the the cliff so we knew it

her term really has been marked by battles over things like the keystone xl pipeline and coal fired powernts. just this month alone the epa has enacted rules that will cost businesses billions of dollars in regulation. that's why some may be saying good riddance. let's bring in robert costas. isn't that harsh? listen, you don't have to agree with her. she had her vision and she went for it. what's wrong with that? >> i think it's not harsh at all. this has been one of the most activist administrators in the obama administration. she comes in in 2009. immediately she gets to work on cap and trade. it fails in the senate. since republicans took over the house in 2010, she has not had a lot of success. >> isn't that what she was supposed to do. couldn't you say there was by the election of barack obama a mandate on climate change and environmental reform. >> i disagree. i think ms. jackson would disagree. one of the reasons she's leaving if you read her statement, she seems disappointed that her green agenda has not come to fruition in the obama administration. the president has been focused

environmental watchdog, jackson's tenure includes high- profile battles over global warming, the keystone xl pipeline and new rules on coal- fired plants. the man behind an infamous insider trading scandal is still making headlines after his arrest. raj rajaratnam will pay a penalty of $1.5 million to the sec. it's connected to his civil case that stemmed from allegations of insider trading. last year, rajaratnam was sentenced to 11 years in prision for securities fraud and conspiricy. he also paid a record fine of $92 million. steinway has a grand plan to stay in business. the iconic musical instruments company famous for its pianos recently noted it was considering its options, including selling its band instrument division. but, after making cost cuts, steinway's third quarter earnings started showing signs of improvement. meanwhile, talks with potential buyers didn't offer as much value as expected. steinway stock is roughly 10% off-key for the year. seaworld plans to make a splash in the market. the aquatic theme park started the filing process this week to go public. seaworld expect

sometimes we have to spend our body like we did to stop the keystone pipeline when we had the largestedience action in 30 years. >> the flip side we were not able to stop them in moving forward with the equivalent of what in giga tons of coal that the obama administration, whose been leaning in on this more than most presidents-- >> the obama administration let shell go up and start drilling in the arctic. >> as the ice melt there is, nine trillion barrels of potential opportunity. >> we're making a series of bad decisions, and those bad decisions reflect the political power of the fossil fuel industry. there no longer needs to be these bad decisions. we have alternatives. germany, the one large country that took serious this problem the germans announced they're going to soar past their target by 2020, and they think they'll be up by 65% all right this summer. voluntarilygermany, there were days that they used solar panels inside their own borders. they don't have florida texas new mexico to pad their statistics. they were showing that the engineering is there. >> germany raises a nu

these other methods of extraction now it's going to go in conjunction with that we believe that the keystone pipeline will be approved by the obama administration and it was just a stalling tactic until after the election so you could support and secure a part of his base and he's also let's not forget has opened up areas of the arctic drilling so we're going to see all of that on by the way just want to jump that one moment about the wars you know they say the generals keep fighting the last war the reason we're saying about peace and this is very important i was brought down to the junior military institute in two thousand as the keynote speaker to talk about new millennium warfare. the panel. generals always fight the last war volved and this keeps expanding pins of mass. murders that a losing wars an ongoing wars with very fearful of the next war and they're all still working behind the scenes or out and it really is going to be peace or perpetual war we may not have a future to predict thank you so much for coming on i want to get you back on and talk about the economy the fiscal cliff

these other methods of extraction now it's going to go in conjunction with that we believe that the keystone pipeline will be approved by the obama administration and it was just stalling tactic until after the election so you could support and secure a part of his base and he's also let's not forget has opened up areas of the arctic drilling so we're going to see all of that and by the way just want to jump that one moment about the wars you know how they say the generals keep fighting the last war the reason we're saying about peace and this is very important. i was brought down to the junior military institute in two thousand and as the keynote speaker to talk about new millennium was there people such as general anthony zinni who ran the panel after i spoke about it generals always fight the last war with we get involved in this keeps expanding you're going to see world wars of weapons of mass destruction you're not going to death thirty five years you're going to have suitcase sized nuclear weapons you're going to have biological warfare you're going to have dirty bombs and to put this

ok ok let me just ask you this back to the constitution in the main argument against against the keystone is that it favors that is an instant betrays the revolution and meanwhile the reason is themselves that a document would ensure democracy which of those arguments holds more weight. i don't think it will bring about democracy and remember that the moses mandate is actually quite weak in the first round of but he got less than a quarter of the votes in the presidential election i'm talking about here in the second round he just straight over fifty percent and that was when he was up against canada and widely regarded as representing the former regime. so his mandate is we keep trying to do is attempting to shore up his legitimacy with this constitution so he can claim a mandate it's interesting that they have the vote in the going on now the second round of constitutional referendum voting in the rural areas and that's in your court you said though the muslim brotherhood are quite strong in the rural areas that support bases many amongst the rural rich in the countryside and that's a f

the first items on rice's agenda would be to weigh in on and eventually make a decision about the keystone pipeline now this is just the beginning of some major concerns about rice and joining me to discuss this further is michael brooks producer of majority report hey there michael what do you think is more important in determining whether rice is a good candidate for secretary of state i mean her so-called misspeak about benghazi on the morning shows or her financial holdings and relevant actions will definitely her financial holdings in trance canada and you know unfortunately this is part of a pattern with the state department this issue in general you know you had lobbyists who were senior officials on hillary clinton's campaign lobbying her in the pipeline fortunately you know the pipeline was delayed by the administration i thing. due to the effort of activists on the ground. you know and i think if we look at climate change as the security issue it really is you could in some ways see. rice's holdings in these companies as analogous to the surgeon general you know having holdings a