it's the louisiana oil and gas association. we're coming to one of their meetings to find out why it was so important to be involved. >> today loga is hosting industry power brokers, and they're not happy about the lawsuits. >> one out of every 2 dollars in plaquemines comes from the oil and gas industry. the last place on earth you'd expect lawsuits, and yet, they're happening >> that's gifford briggs loga's vice president. >> when you've got parish councilmen in plaquemines parish filing lawsuits against the oil and gas industry now we have to be paying attention to every council meeting in the parish, and we have to make sure that we have pro oil and gas councilmen elected. this is an incredible amount of money that the industry is having to spend, not investing, not drilling new wells not paying employees not doing the things that we wanna be doing but simply defending lawsuits. >> these all-encompassing lawsuits to sue the industry so you can force a settlement so the lawyers can make a bunch of money isn't going to solve

louisiana waters. sharks. worker on an oilhe video last week. >> a legendary rocker is accused of hitting a man with his car. according to the california highway patrol david crosby was driving in santa inez sunday evening when he hit a jogger. the jogger was thrown into the air and then down onto the ground. he was flown to the hospital with multiple fractures but officials do not believe that his injuries are life-threatening. highway patrol says crosby was not impaired or intoxicated at the time of the accident. he says he didn't see the jogger because of the sun angle. >>> the first couple has been sent home on the 20th season of "dancing with the stars." redfoo of lmfao and his partner emma slater were booted last night. less than one-tenth of 1 percent of votes separated the bottom the two couples. patti labelle overcame a knee injury. she and her partner danced to 50 cents in the club and we'll see her in a second. she's getting a lot of love many people said she did a pretty great job last night. >> way to go, patti. >

this was shot by a worker as the sharks swarmed around his oil platform off the louisiana coast.r fish their next meal, as they migrate north after the winter. >>> now for a look at morning road conditions. snow up near the canadian border. it can make roads there slippery. rain further south. drivers also encountering snow in the northern and central rockies, and you'll find wet roads in the northwest. >>> well, we learned of another startling decision overnight from superstar angelina jolie. the actress revealing she's had another major surgery because of high risk of cancer. >> jolie explained she's had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed. as a result at 39 years old she's in menopause. you'll recall that jolie had a preventive double mastectomy to reduce her rick of getting cancer. >> jolie carries a gene that greatly increases her chances for cancer. her mother, grandmother and aunt all died of the disease and discussed the mastectomy two years ago. >> i've been very happy just to see the discussion about women's health expanded and that means the world to me and after l

the oil patch -- louisiana is another big oil-producing state. they rely a lot on offshore which is a longer timeframe. offshore drillers are not feeling the pinch quite as immediately. anywhere there is oil and gas extracted, it is not having a great time. host: jobs in the energy sector the topic for our last portion here on "washington journal"." is it only when we will see a resurgence as the cost of the price per barrel that is a factor? guest: in terms of the overall economy, the stimulus effect you get from low oil prices is offsetting the trouble in the energy sector in terms of broader economic impact. the overall story is not necessarily a bad one. in terms of rise projections, there is always uncertainty around with the oil price will go. not many analysts expected to get back to $100 a barrel where it was last year anytime soon. drillers are evaluating their businesses and trying to figure out how to live with prices in more or less the range they will be in for a wild. production cuts and doing less. there are all sorts of financial

louisiana. darren? >> boo-yah from oil and gas country, jim. >> yeah, man.there's some hope there in the oil patch. what's up? >> okay. yeah. also i made a small fortune recently in the auto parts space, and i was looking, in particular, at o'reilly they look to be a little more expensive than the others. they've all been red hot. do you see some upside here should i ring the register? >> o'reilly is very good. greg hensley is very good and i'm not going to tell you to sell that stock. it has had quite a run. it's one of the best performers but i've got to tell you, it is so well run, i would stick with it. congratulations, darren. john in my old home state of pennsylvania. john? yo, john. you're up. >> caller: hey, jim. hey, if oil stays down or goes even lower, all right, and europe shows the growth will this be good for goodyear tire? >> it should be good for goodyear tire, but that means you have to trust our government to be able to prevent these other countries from dumping their product in our country. i happen to be a protectionist when it comes to t

louisiana. jeff, i don't want to harp on oil. what about gasoline prices.e're getting in the summer blend season. we usually see the spiking gasoline prices. what do you forecast now? >> underline that word "usually." yesterday that was geopolitical initiative into the market. gasoline showed tremendous strength. strong against heating oil. maybe a nickel to a dime rally in the next day or two. today, that went by the wayside. we closed miserably. lost about 8 cents today alone. again, that move up -- you have to wait awhile. we have to get way into the driving season. middle of the second quarter to get an idea of why our rifort inventories are going. we're amply stocked right now. >> gasoline prices have been great for the american consumer. you say miserable, i see i say wonderful. >> i'm filling up this afternoon. >> there you go. a lot to watch as we close the markets in the next 52 minutes. a lot going on next week. we're watching the markets right now, again, as we move into the final hour of the week. very volatile week. the dow crossed the unchange

oil patch. host: those two states primarily or are there others as well? guest: louisianaig oil-producing state. they rely a lot on offshore. that's a longer time frame so they're not feeling the pinch as immediately but anywhere there's oil and gas ex-traction -- host: jobs in the energy sector, the topic or -- for our last segment. if you want to speak to nick juliano, call our number. so is it only when we'll see a resurgence in the cost of price per barrel for oil we'll see more jobs coming back or are there other factors to blame? guest: the stimulus you get is offsetting the trouble in the srge -- energy sector in terms of broader economic impact. the overall story is not necessarily a bad one in terms of price projection, there's always uncertainty but i don't think many analysts are expecting it to get back to $100 a barrel where it was last year anytime soon. so drillers are eswallow -- evaluating their businesses and trying to figure out how to live in more or less the range they'll be in nor a while. host: aside from jobs cuts what other choices? guest: producti

. >> it is astounding that a governor of louisiana, a state hammered by natural disasters as well as by the oil spill a few years ago would complain about the fact that the federal government wants state and local governments to do best job they can at planning for future disasters. >> reporter: the policy wouldn't effect funding for disaster recovery but rather for disaster preparation. jindal says in louisiana that means the potential loss of $2 billion over five years. >> these are dollars used for things like elevating safehouses. for medical responders in st. tammany parish to shelter in place to help people who have critical needs. >> reporter: governor jindal says fema should block money to states that [ inaudible ]. >> when disasters such as big hurricanes strike our shores we don't respond as democrats or republicans. we respond as americans. >> reporter: there haven't been a lot of hurricanes to respond to during the obama presidency. the average number of hurricane hits on the u.s. for presidency is nine. obama's has seen just four. >>> heinz and kraft announce plans to merge creatin

look at this school of sharks, caught on camera swimming toward louisiana, hundreds of them from an oillatform and scientists say this migration is typical. >>> finally, to stop a thief, give them what they want. a man in california posted this note on his door for the thief who has been repeatedly stealing his newspaper for the past ten years but the message wasn't what you think. he offered to share it but said this offer is contingent upon the newspaper being returned in a relative crisp state with no coffee stains and he'd like it back by 10:00 or 11:00 that same morning. what happened? well, his newly installed video surveillance shows the thief came, read the note and decided not to steal the paper this time. he hasn't been back since. also in the note the man asked if he had stock tips if he wouldn't mind leaving them. apparently he didn't have any but problem solved. >> just leave a note. >> that doesn't work in my neighborhood. >> leave a note? >> no. >> please don't steal my paper. >> bypass the note altogether. >> thanks for bringing that to us. >> now to the weather. severe

louisiana boarder across texas to mexico. by state law hugh owns part of that under ground ocean. the law says however much oil a texas landowner pumps out is his to use. nice and cool. yes. or to sell. brown is against the idea of selling the aquifer's water. >> could you put a dollar value on water? >> dollar value. >> that question right there is a lot of problem. can you put a dollar value on your life? >> reporter: water is expected to be more valuable as the drought continues, and blue water systems, a water development firms plans to drill wells on 86,000 acres of land above the aquifer, selling it to the city of san antonio by the year 2020. a spanish company will build a 150 mile pipeline connecting the country and san antonio. kenneth lauderdale leased his land to blue water. >> to me and my idea i'd like to move the water 150 miles, instead of them move here and take the water. >> reporter: how come you haven't decided to sell it. >> i don't want to sell it. >> reporter: you could make a lot of money off of it. >> you can't drink money. >> reporter: without a water source san antonio is at risk of r

helicopter, including a national guard air crew from hammond, louisiana part of a unit that it conducted hurricane katrina to the gulf oil spill as well as deployments to the middle east. they were transporting seven marines from camp lejeune all of them members of a special operation's team who had seen combat in iraq and afghanistan those marines were conducting a routine drill, air lifting personnel on and off of small boats when their helicopter went down. the military is withholding the names of the soldiers and the marines on board until their next of kin are are notified cause of the accident still unclear. this search and rescue operation will continue into the night despite the bad weather. greta? >> jonathan, awful. terrible story. thank you jonathan. >> senator tom cotton the organizer of the g.o.p. letter to iran getting into a twitter war. the former secretary of state hillary clinton: big trouble for al sharpton. suspicious? not my word but investigator's words. suspicious fires destroying his financial records whenever he runs for office. "on the record" investigates coming up. let's pin 'em to the wall. k

oils. senator packwood was the chair and senator russell long of louisiana was the ranking member russell long, louisiana, was the ranking member. and he had a few interests in the oil patch. and i, of course, was going to go after it. we had to go after that. we can't leave that out. we were meeting in secret back there and we had a vote in the back room and it was 11-9 against me. and i viewed that -- this was in the back room -- that there was one senator who was taking it public he wouldn't vote that way. and so i then raised the issue in the committee, full committee, and i saw senator long's head go like that. and i called for the vote. and the person who/thought would switch didn't switch. and right up there against that wall afterwards russell long got a hold of me said if you ever do that again! but life went on and, you know, the screw turned. we got to the senate floor, and then republican senator lowell wyker offered the exact amendment that i had offered in the finance committee. but because we had a deal that we were all going to stay together, i voted against my own amendment. s

louisiana. hundreds were circling looking for food as they returned to waters about 30 miles offshore. the video was shot last week from an oil winter they head north as they follow fish into warmers waters. >>> there's been a spike in sales of marvin gaye's "gotta give it up" following the "blurred lines" copyright case. ♪ you better get down ♪ >> billboard says in the weeks following the federal court decision there's been a 246 percentage increase in sales, including its largest digital sales for one week. a federal court ruled that "blurred lines" copied gaye's sound and awarded his family $7.3 million. >>> in the sales business it's often said that customers should be treated like royalty. as christine johnson reports, a growing number of car dealerships are taking that idea to a whole new level. >> reporter: walk through these sliding glass doors, and you may think you've arrived at a luxurious spa. >>salon, a manicurist ipads we can lend you to use. >> reporter: it's actually a car dealership. >> going to get your car serviced is like going to the dentist. nobody wants to do it. if we can make that experience a little

louisiana. lundberg says the change to summer blends may be part of what's driving up the cost. including the oil stevenson joining us. >> we have warmer for folks further north that felt great now in the south we're getting lots of rainfall, impacting parts of texas, gulf coast heavyier rain showers. we have got all kinds of flood watches and advisories going into place. the amount of rainfall in the last 24 hours has been well over an inch from houston to corpus christi. we're going to see intense showers continue over several days next week. tracking over the southeast flood warnings for streams and creeks still running high from the last storm march 4th and 5th. flash flood watches mainly through much of eastern texas because that's where it's coming down the heaviest. monday our rainfall will be right along the gulf of mexico, you know that could bring an inch of rain or more in a very short period of time. so through the week ahead because of the storm system, moving so slow, several little waves rolling through it, we're going to continue to stay very wet. here it is, spring break! and you

oil will be a large component of that and fairly good news for people. the average national price of gasoline falling four cents over the last few weeks. people in louisiana not enjoying mitt. $3.29 for that. and charleston $211. >> steve, it was a big weekend for women at the box office. which movies led the way and how did they stack up against their male counter parts? >> it's all about girl power. i'm sure you've always said that as well. it was the films that attract women audiences which were key. the likes of 50 shades of gray. most men don't admit to it. women made up 66% at cinderella as well. insurgent 60% female and a big year for the theaters because last year was a bad year for them. and yet the theaters have made so many super hero movies but apparently men are more easily distracted by other forms of entertain. . women are now more reliable opening weekend audience. is that the case? >> i think so. thank you very much. still ahead on "way too early," the ncaa tournament down to 16 teams. sweet for some. bitter for others as top seeds get wiped out. time to pull out your brackets. plus the conversation won't likely be happening any time soon

louisiana waters. the sharks are following other fish that they eat. they're going to warmer waters so the sharks say we're coming with you. a worker on an oiltform about 30 miles out to sea i'm sure he's glad to be up in the air took the video last week. >> they look hungrier than hungry hippos. >> making you a little nervous. let's go outside and see what it looks like in morrisville bucks county. route 100 at pennsylvania avenue. no problems between the trenton-morrisville bridge and the turnpike. are you looking good right here and we're dry through that area as well. 42 showing no delay just yet coming up from turnersville blackwood or deptford and continuing my good news, mass transit is on time, dave. >> that's good, karen. storm tracker 6 live double scan with a couple light flurries in chester county moving down into new castle county delaware. in cape may county maybe a little more than a flurry but all this stuff is pushing through pretty quickly. temperatures on the cold side. 28 in coatesville, 31 in pottstown, saint davids 31y 30, 31 in chester and across the river in south jersey a lot of areas below the freezing mark from bue

. >> the helicopter had four louisiana national guard service members from a unit that had been to iraq and worked on gulf coast hurricanes to the bp oilpill. they were carrying seven marines out of camp lejune who had seen combat in iraq and afghanistan. it is unclear whether the dense fog played a role in the accident but it has been a factor in slowing down research. they did find human remains in the santa rosa coastal way. and this is a live shot of a press conference getting underway. officials with eglin air force base briefing reporters on the latest. let's listen in. >> the air crew still on site i was told we had an air craft down with 11 souls on board and they were asking for our assistance. at that point we initiated search and rescue operations requesting boats from local fire departments, coast guard midbay fish and wildlife assets were requested. understand it is about 11:30 going on midnight. the conditions out there were very, very dense fog. boats that did get on scene could not see. they were probably travelling about less than five miles per hour out there afraid to run into each other and any hazards that might be

the as they take over waters of the louisiana, sharks who migrated south for the the winter are now on their way back north. now this video was shot from an oilt 30 miles off the coast. sharks followed the fish that they eat as fish move into warmer waters wow. >>> reporter in washington d.c. got a real ear full during a live shot during a story on a exotic insect. the reporter was live at the smithsonian museum of natural history during a report on museum week when an after rick cast moon months unexpectly landed on his, well, ear. take a look. >> right around my neck, my goodness hello. >> doesn't that feel great. >> not only did a moth hang on on him during the whole interview but when it was done it had laid two eggs inside his ear. the eggs were removed and he is just fine. hopefully you are enjoying your breakfast. >>> coming up a brutal assault on the septa subway station. investigators are looking for the attackers, we will have a live report and another look outside for you live from atlantic city cook down today but warm up later in the week. sue broad street bullies and broad street brawl. teen waiting for a train gets jumped by at

louisiana, was the ranking member. and he had a few interests in the oil patch. and i, of course was going to go after it.t. we were meeting in secret back there and we had a vote in the back room and it was 11-9 against me. and i viewed that -- this was in the back room -- that there was one senator who was taking it public he wouldn't vote that way. and so i then raised the issue in the committee full committee, and i saw senator long's head go like that. and i called for the vote. and the person who/thought would switch didn't switch. and right up there against that wall afterwards russell long got a hold of me said if you ever do that again! but life went on and, you know the screw turned. we got to the senate floor and then republican senator lowell wyker offered the exact amendment that i had offered in the finance committee. but because we had a deal that we were all going to stay together, i voted against my own amendment. so the cloud of the finance committee in the senate as a whole is instrumental in getting a bill passed. because most of the other senators don't know a whole lot about taxes. y

louisiana national guard press conference on the helicopter crash. let's take a listen in. >> in 2008 and 2009. and also domestically here in our state, responding to hurricane katrina, rita and the oil spill and the mississippi river flood and tropical storm issac. ly i will tell you -- i will tell you that both of the pilots were instructor pilots which is sort of the highest ratings we have for our pilots in the army and the entire crew had several thousand hours of operation flying the blackhawk. today i was contacted by president obama and governor jindal and they ask that i extend to the families and our service members in the louisiana national guard that we are in their thoughts and prayers and that the whole federal government that they are at our disposal. and let me state that our priorities are research and rescue for our soldiers and the marines and secondly to take care of our families and we are doing both of those. this will remain a search and rescue operation until further notice and i would ask you out of respect for the families i will not release any names at this time due to respect for them. and i would ask you not to try to basically hunt them down and try to

louisiana. a unit that had conducted domestic relief units from hurricane katrina and the gulf oil spill as well> it is a very experienced unit and one that has received numerous accolades to its service to our nation. i will tell you both pilots were instructor pilots which is the highest rating we have for our pilots in the army. and the entire crew had several thousand hours of operation flying a black hawk. >> the cause of the accident is still under investigation. back to you guys. >>> thank you for that. our hearts go out to the families who are waiting more information. >>> 26 after the hour. america's credit card debt increased by $57 billion in 2014. and it's expected to increase to 60 $60 billion in 2015. say say it's a sign of optimist about the economy. do we fail to learn our lesson from the 2008 financial crisis? joining us right now is financial expert and best selling author rachel crews. do these numbers surprise you? we keep hearing americans are rnt aren't spending. >> it's shocking because i'm learning americans didn't learn their lesson. they're still spending money you don'