mr. gardner. mr. gardner: i thank the gentleman from texas. and he talked about the keystone pipeline and i would point out that the development of the alberta oil sands for the state of text a as and this was -- texas and this was given by the alberta representative in washington, in the state of texas, the development of the alberta oil sands could mean as much as 27,000 jobs in 2011-2015. 27,000 jobs that could be created as a result of the development of the alberta oil sands and the keystone pipeline is a critical component. and there are numerous firms that do business with suppliers and the contractors that would be building the pipeline and the people who would be working throughout the alberta oil sands. 170 firms in texas would benefit from the development of alberta oil sands. and i would yield to another the gentleman from texas, great colleague, someone who has championeded energy development, mr. olson from texas. mr. olson: i thank my good friend from colorado, fighting for u.s. domestic production of energy. i'm going to start

mr. gardner, i yield back mr. gardner: i'll show a map, the gentleman from texas referred to apipeline, the only reason we have the department of state involved is because it crosses a -- crosses a national boundary. you can see the pipeline here where it extends. we already have some pipelines, pete olson from texas will be addressing the chamber shortly and share more about this route and the different pipelines. here it is, that's the only reason the state department is involve. the only reason they had a hook to get involved. as you can see, the hook was cranked and jobs were killed. -- were yanked and jobs were killed. i would like to follow up with an edtorial from the "detroit news" on the 20th of january, detroit, michigan, particularly hard hit by economic tough times over the past several years. this is the editorial. president barack obama is willing to wait and wait and wait for 20,000 desperately needed jobs. for someone whose operating slogan is, we can't wait, it's curious that president obama is wil

mr. gardner, i realize that it was a real pain to get to a camera in order to be on our show tonight. >>rstood. >> for which i'm very grateful you took the time. my only advice for you this weekend is pack granola bars and book an overflow room, because you guys might be swamped. good luck, sir. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. chris gardner is chairman of washington county, maine,'s republican party. i'm telling you, it's going to be awesome watching that this weekend to see how that county reacts to now their critical position in whether or not mitt romney actually won the state of maine. amazing. >>> a reminder, right after our show on "the last word" tonight, lawrence is going to be interviewing foster friess, the guy who just hours ago told andrea mitchell about the here to foreunknown benefit of aspirin between your knees. that's next. >>> we have some serious breaking news for you tonight. there has been a shooting at the glenn m. anderson federal building in long beach, california, this evening. the "los angeles times" is reporting that two people have been shot, at least on

mr. gardner, i realize that it was a real pain to get to a camera in order to be on our show tonight. >>nderstood. >> for which i am very grateful you took the time. my only advice for this weekend is pack granola bars in case you are there longer than you think you would be and book an overflow room because you may be swamped. chris gardner, chairman of washington county, maine, republican party. it will be interesting to see how they react to the critical position on whether mitt romney won the state of maine. right after our show on "the last word" lawrence will interview the guy who just hours ago told andrea mitchell about the heretofore unknown benefit of aspirin between your knees. and here governor chris christie of new jersey shows off his patented blend of furious and confused. that's next. i had enough of feeling embarrassed about my skin. [ designer ] enough of just covering up my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. i decided enough is enough. ♪ [ spa lady ] i started enbrel. it's clinically proven to provide clearer skin. [ rv guy ] enbrel may not work for everyone -- and m

mr. giordano says he was snorkeling with ms. gardner and that the water was rough. >> that's what he told us, indeed, but it was a very calm day. there was no currents, no waves, nothing like that. >> reporter: police concluded that giordano's story was at the very least highly suspicious and in aruba, which is part of the netherlands, police can hold you just on suspicion. but giordano wasn't in custody. so police went looking for him. >> when he became a suspect and we decided to arrest him he was already in the airport. >> reporter: gary had gone to the airport and changed his ticket to take an earlier flight back to the u.s. according to police, the ticket agent asked him where his traveling companion, robyn, was. >> he claimed that she took a later flight. which is of course, odd. >> reporter: but that was not the only suspicious thing gary giordano did. police discovered gary had taken out an insurance policy on robyn gardner. a policy that would pay $1.5 million in the event of her accidental death. and the policy's beneficiary?