captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> hello, llewellyn king, the host of "white house chronicle," which is coming right up. first, a few thoughts of my own. actually, a little history. as europe teaches the euro at its history is in trouble, remember there was a history behind the european integration that has almost been forgotten. that purpose was peace. the european concept or the concept of an integrated europe came after the second world war from statesmen who had endured two world wars in europe. they were people who thought the only solution from 2000 years of internet seen warfare in europe, plus these two unbelievable massacres of millions of people, was in some way to integrate europe, to diffuse the nationalism. that is what the european project was about. i do not think it will become unstuck totally, and it is certainly in trouble. it is worth remembering it is one of the great noble endeavors, and that is one of the few instances of collective improvement at work in the world today. everything else seems to be deteriorating, coming us unde

i am llewellyn king, the host of "white house chronicle." i am talking to bill gouse, an expert on transportation. we are focusing primarily on trucks today because the trucks in our future, trucks and our presence -- and i shall be dodging a few as i drive home tonight -- you can also see this program around the world on english-language stations of voice of america. i would like to do a special shout bkat, channel 12, in renton, washington. we are so glad you're with us. back to trucks. what about the romance of driving trucks? when i was a young fellow, everyone said drive a truck, you make tons of money and you see the world. now i hear that people have kidney trouble, they are cramped, they have terrible frustration from traffic, and there are strings goings on, including drivers in prostitution at truck stops. >> there is some of that everywhere in every industry, and i think trucking has its roots back to sort of the romance of being barge operator where you did not have your boss looking down your shoulder every day, and your horse,

captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> i am llewellyn king, the host of "white house chronicle." we have a very special edition that celebrates and takes notice of the fact that the world population has reached 7 billion. in order to survive, the species will need food, water, and energy. they are enormously connected. those connections and that supply will be examined in this program with some of the best minds that you can assemble in one place. they have been assembled here for a special conference organized by the world energy council and the american chapter of the united states energy association. we will be right back with that program. >> many have spoken out about the need to transition to a clean energy future. by 2020, we are committed to reducing or displacing more than 15 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions annually through greening our operations, helping our customers reduce emissions, and offering more low carbon electricity in the marketplace. we are taking action and seeing results. >> and now, the program host, nationally sy