north dakota, right now, is one of those states.e clinic in north dakota is called the red river women's clinic. it's in fargo, and we visited that clinic in january. producer rebecca dryden spoke to the clinic director about what it is like to be the one and only clinic in the whole state, and to know that the republicans in the legislature are doing everything they can to try to end alcohol's to legal abortion in your state by shutting you down. >> any time when the legislature meets, they absolutely know there's only one clinic. they target it. the legislature targets us just as much, and they have a lot more power and clout to make things difficult for us. and so in this next legislative session, we think a personhood bill is going to pass, which would basically outlaw abortion and then somehow that would have to be tackled and fought against. and being the only clinic also would make us the ones that have to take on those challenges. that's the other big kind of downside is that when you are the only clinic, you're the one who

we're doing the same things in north dakota. actually, north dakota is the lowest at 2.8%. >> i just wanted to see if you were paying attention, governor. that's my excuse for being wrong. >> i don't want that to slip by. we're in a great position and people are coming in to our state, filling some great jobs and these are not just low-end jobs. our personal income per capita has doubled in north dakota in the last ten years and there's a whole lot more behind it than just oil and gas. that's kind of the conventional wisdom out there. but really we're firing on all cylinders here. >> indeed you are. because i stand corrected, you're at 3.2% but nebraska has hardly slumped at 3.8%. what do you do to manage that growth? you've got to kind of build cities out of nothing. >> well, there is a boom going on out in western north dakota. there's no question about it. our state has committed to keeping up with the infrastructure necessary to let that happen and it is a big commitment. we are sending billions of dollars into western north

for instance, a permit in texas or oklahoma or north dakota, you can get an 5945 days. rim on federal land is 230 days. a much bigger process to go through. lot of requirements. >> sometimes folks forget that school does not come from a gas pump. takes a long road to get there. a road that becomes much more bumpy with federal regulation. but the bureau of land management disagrees commission in his statement in part it reads the obama administration has made this an environmentally responsible expansion a priority. domestic production has grown each year that the president has been in office with oil production currently higher than anytime in the past two decades. conservationists say they are not against energy development. they want balance and explained that under this administration more acres of federal land had been leased and preseation o conservation. they draw the line at places like mesa verde national park in colorado. >> a pullback. what is right now is a we don't have, oil and gas production. the bom proposing to the lease lands in front of the national pa

clearly the north dakota law is blatantly unconstitutional.f the more horrific things about the north dakota law i think is that the supporters of this law, including the governor, seems to have decided that they were going to take all of this tax money north dakota is swimming in oil cash right now. and they have decided to take taxpayers money and try to overturn roe versus wade with that money. in fact, in arkansas when the legislature overrode governor mike bebe's type legislation 12-week ban on abortions the governor said in arkansas we don't have the kind of money to pursue this and defend a blatantly unconstitutional law. that didn't happen in north dakota because they have this taxpayer money and that is really an atrocious way to spend taxpayer dollars. >> my understanding in north dakota there is the one abortion clinic. is that right? >> that's right. it does not operate -- abortions are not performed every day of the week in that particular clinic. let me say that abortion clinics are also women's health care clinics. they uniforml

unemployment in north dakota is practically nonexistent at 3.2%.6% and the top corporate rate is 4.53%. the state sales tax is 5%. north dakota's largest private employer is sanford health which bills itself as the nation's largest non-profit health care system and the largest industry is agriculture. based on all the guesses we've been seeing on twitter with the #topstates a lot of you will have to adjust your assumptions now as we continue to count down the top states. i can tell you though that north dakota came within one point, one point, of being number two, so what is the number two state? our runner up, that coming up on "street signs." go to our website, topstates.cnbc.com and keep your thoughts coming on twitter. >> we sure will. thank you, scott, very much, the dow marching towards all wash dime highs once again. the biggest stock winner ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] if you can't stand the heat, get off the test track. get the mercedes-benz you've been burning for at the summer event, going on now at your authorized mercedes-benz dealer. bu

the public safety for bakken oil -- north dakota boasts the largest unemployment rate in the country.ents a vision of american oil independence. as we see this week, to the north, it poses risks that are as mighty as its rewards. joining me now is former senator and democrat from until north dakota, chairman of the senate subcommittees on aviation, appropriations, water, policy and affairs. a senior fellow of the bipartisan center. he's written a new book called gridlock of thriller novel. which is an oxymoronic play on words. senator, let me begin with you. the bakken boom, which is the oil that ended up in this town that i never heard of in canada, blew it to smithereens. it is just transformed your state. it's completely transformed your state. do we have the regulatory infrastructure in place to deal with the explosion that we have seen in oil coming up the bakken reserve? >> well, first of all, it's not just the bakken, it's the natural gas, it's a national phenomenon, and it's good news in the sense that we're producing oil here at home. this is a description of why you need eff

most dramatic, north dakota, they say no abortions allowed once the heartbeat can be heard and that's usually around six weeks. sometimes before a woman even knows she's pregnant. that law's being challenged in

interesting to me, are they participating in the great fracking revolution which is centered more in north dakotana, but does south dakota get a piece of that? >> well, what they're hoping to do, they don't have the kind of shale resources that their neighbors to the north have, but they're hoping for maybe a little bit of a halo effect where they can do some of the servicing of the shale exploration that's going on in north dakota. they know that they're not going to have the kind of direct benefit that north dakota gets, but maybe they can get some of the -- sort of the spilloff from that. that's something they're hoping for. and there is some possibility with that. one of the things we found with north dakota which did come in third this year they're having some growing pains. you know about that. that's one of the things that's holding them back from being on top. south dakota maybe getting a little bit of the best of both worlds. >> i see texas ranked number two. i think last year was number one. so they're still pretty darn competitive. governor perry is on to something. >> oh, absolutely.

in the oil plays in the pocket shale where we've seen a huge increase in fracking a decade ago north dakota is producing eighty thousand barrels of oil now they're producing eight hundred thousand barrels of oil but they're also producing natural gas there but because they don't have any infrastructure they're flaring off or burning off thirty percent of the eight hundred fifty thousand cubic feet and that's why you can see in satellite pictures from outer space north dakota it's generating so much heat and light from the burning off inefficient burning off of that natural gas that you can see north dakota from outer space it looks as big as new york city that's terrifying and it isn't and that's all natural that's all greenhouse gas emissions which is serious which is doing serious damage to the plant everything you've just outlined goes completely in contradiction to what obama just said at this climate change the cheap kind of just dispelled everyone's fears that you know it's oh it's all good what does that say i mean what does it signify and how strong really is the fracking lobby in t

in the oil plays in the bokken shale where we've seen a huge increase in fracking a decade ago north dakota is producing eighty thousand barrels of oil now they're producing eight hundred thousand barrels of oil but they're also producing natural gas there but because they don't have any infrastructure they're flaring off or burning off thirty percent of the eight hundred fifty thousand cubic feet and that's why you can see in satellite pictures from outer space north dakota it's generating so much heat and light from the burning off inefficient burning off of that natural gas that you can see north dakota from outer space it looks as big as new york city that's terrifying and it isn't and that's all natural that's all greenhouse gas emissions which is serious which is doing serious damage to the plant everything you've just outlined goes completely in contradiction to what obama just said at this climate change beach he kind of just dispelled everyone's fears said you know and so it's all good what does that say i mean what does it signify and how strong really is the fracking lobby in thi

north dakota's output nearly tripled unexpected pace as outgrown the oil refine infrastructure. it has lags in adding pipeline infrastructure and flexibility of rail shipments to serve coastal refineries. several pipeline projects are currently underway or proposed which should increase the deliveries of domestic crude oil to inland sources to major refining centers primarily on the gulf coast. second, domestic crude oil supplies are growing. refiners mace declining demand for gasoline in the u.s. market. since 2007 the demand for gasoline dropped by almost 600,000 barrels a day and at of ethanol being added to the gasoline pool increased supply by almost 400,000-barrel as day. import blending components have declined and exports of refined products as you ♪d, senator wyden, primarily from the gulf coast have increased. infrastructure constraints within the u.s. limit the movement of petroleum products from refining centers like the gulf coast regions where product demand actually exceeds production capacity like the northwest. product exports proside a way for refining centers

you've got texas, north dakota, nebraska up there top of the league here. >> right. >> i was surprised. maybe i don't know the states well enough. hawaii dragging up in last place. apparently they got kicked on infrastructure and also access to capital issues. hawaii may be a nice place to go but apparently a nice place to start a business. >> i wouldn't mind working there. 4% unemployment and texas and north dakota dealing with the oil boon that we have in the u.s. >>> still ahead on "way too early," new details emerging about the p.e.d. investigation. how ryan braun is responding or not responding to questions in baseball. and baby names. we have one web side that says pretty random names are being looked at. we're not talking about apple, prince, or north. we want to know the most out there names that you've heard that are legit. tweet out your best ones using #waytoobrutal. they don't have good ones like mike and brian anymore. we'll read the most interesting ones at the end of the show. we'll have a check on weather when "way too early" comes back. >>> a u.s. women's soccer team p

>> see, i thought it was going to be north dakota.s boom they've got going on, that would push them up there with the incentives they're providing, but it finished number 3. >> scott, did you say the phrase, you can't hurry enough, was something people told you growing up? >> reporter: that's something they said to me growing up, does that have to do with the hint? i don't know -- >> i hadn't heard that one. all right. we'll see if anyone else -- >> see you next hour. scott, thank you very much. we have just about 12 minutes to go before the closing bell. in fact, we haven't actually seen much movement on the major indexes. in figure, the dow is paring the gains. >> that's the buys that were expected to come in. the dow is only 100 points away from the closing high. both of our next guests explain why they are still bullish on this market right now. >>> also, disgraced former new york governor eliot spitzer is making a political comeback, or at least trying to. he's running for new york city's comptroller job. coming up, his opponent,

north dakota senator john hoeven supports the pipeline. he is here with his take. senator, what is the reaction to what heyou just heard? >> i'm all for developing all of our energy resources. we can certainly have wind and solar and oil and gas and all other types of energy as well. i don't know why one should block the others. i'm not even convinced their project would. this pipeline is underground. they may be able, they may be able to do it and still have the pipeline go underground in the same area. but again, let's develop all of our energy resources. melissa: yeah. they're definitely going for a visual. they said that this land was along the path and the gentleman who owns it, doesn't want to see that land in any circumstance, so he definitely has several dogs in this fight without question. i wonder though, when we're watching what happened in canada, with transfer of oil on rail, and the explosion that we saw and loss of lives there, you know, now the death toll is up to about 50 and still counting, still looking, that this oil is going to be moved no matt

you know about the story in north carolina -- north dakota, the shale oil boom that powered north dakota last year. the combined sluggishness in the housing market has the economic center changing a little bit. meredith whitney broke a book on the topic. >> from 2008 to 2011 the u.s. economy grew by roughly 6%. texas' economy grew by over 8% and louisiana's economy grew by 16% and north dakota's economy grew by close to 26%. >> reporter: so does that tell you anything about where we are? the economic center is moving towards the center of the country. we'll see if our top state rankings bear that out this year. we'll give you our first diabolical hint coming up on "closing bell" today. read all about our study and meredith whitney has written a blog for us and follow me on twitter, and tell us what you think. interesting, sue, a lot of governors have weighed in, and we've put their colts up as well. want to know if your governor has weighed in. >> thanks, scott. hours away from the start of earnings season. alcoa reports first. what does it mean for everybody else? brian sullivan is back

you've heard also, the field in north dakota, that's oil. the texas field, that also is oil. but you take those two fields, the balkan and the texas field, and the texas field has gone from five years ago it was at 500-barrels a day and is now up to 5,000-barrels a day. and you take the north dakota field and the texas field and you add them together and you add a billion and that's is less than the monterrey field in california near bakersfield. that is federal land, and right now it's under a federal judge's moratorium because of a lawsuit by environmental groups. sow county see the kind of future we 1/2 a post-reagan era. a couple years a man named haroldham, almost sing lally responsible for the success of north dakota, who heads up an outfit called continental resources, had an audience with the president of the united states. and he knew that his time would by limited and said i wanted to make it count. so he said i wanted to tell the president that remarkable success of the oil patch over the recent years and the incredible transformation technologically in the oil pat

you have heard also field in north dakota. that is that texas field which also is oil, but you take those two fields, the balkans and the texas field. from five years ago it was a 500 barrels per day and is now up to 5,000. you take the north dakota feel that a texas field and add them together and you had a billion. that is less than the monterey santos field. that is federal land. some of that is federal land. right now it's under a federal judge's moratorium. so you can see the kind of future we have in a post reagan-era. a couple of years ago they guy who is almost a singularly responsible for the success in north dakota who heads up an outfit called continental resources had an audience with the president of the united states. and he knew that his time would be limited in said, want to make it count. no one to tell the president that remarkable success of the oil patch over recent years and the incredible transformation technologically. in so that is what he told. the president brushed aside, said, well, the secretary tel

i offer this amendment to stop an overreach by the corps of engineers for charging people in north dakota, south dakota, and montana for what is legally theirs. the states of south an north dakota sacrificed hundreds of thousands of acres of prime farmland in the creeavings of the dams on the missouri but they did not give up the right to their own water from the river. the flood control act that created the dams and vezzer voirs specifically said it is -- and reservoirs specifically said it is not the policy of congress to limit the rights of states in determining the water sheds within their borders and like wise their rights and interests in water control. madam chair i don't believe congressional intent could be any clearer in this instance. rural water systems, businesses, tribes up and down the missouri river rely on it for water. let us not forget that two careers ago at this time residents up and down the missouri were suffering one of the greatest floods the river has ever seen. many are still working to get back to the way things were to the extent that even going to be possible

. >>> still ahead, we now know -- i guess north dakota. >> you guessed north dakota. mark it down. south dakota is the top state for business, but what state is tops when it comes to the best roads? we can wipe out new jersey, right? so -- and we talk to a grandson of a big builder and why he's bulldozing homes in detroit. >> and also later on in the show, i find out what would possess anyone to stand in line in a very, very hot summer, by the way, for three hours for a pastry. >> inside the craze, a creamy, flaky, gooey battle over the cronut rages on. that's all coming up on "street signs." the most free research reports, customizable charts, powerful screening tools, and guaranteed 1-second trades. and at the center of it all is a surprisingly low price -- just $7.95. in fact, fidelity gives you lower trade commissions than schwab, td ameritrade, and etrade. i'm monica santiago of fidelity investments, and low fees and commissions are another reason serious investors are choosing fidelity. now get 200 free trades when you open an account. >>> let's take a will be a

the presiding officer: the senator from north dakota. mr. heitkamp: i ask to dispense with the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. under the previous order, the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: we the undersigned senators in accordance with provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of gina mccarthy of massachusetts to be administrator of the environmental protection agency signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of gina mccarthy of massachusetts to be administrator of the environmental protection agency shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote? if not, on this vote, the yeas are69, the nays are 3s three-fifth

this one in north dakota was probably the strictest. but there are similar pre-viability restrictions. any one of them could be on the way to the supreme court. the question is, has the court changed enough to have a different outcome on abortion? that is a question the supreme court is ultimately going to have to get to here within probably the next year or so. >> given especially to your point, pete, other states -- we talked a lot about texas over the past several weeks and legislation that's passed in that state. just one of many. you have people who believe that these states ultimately want this back in the supreme court. >> yes, and there are different theories they're using. this one was the fetal heartbeat theory. what the judge said today is that the state did not present any expert testimony during the hearing on this question about whether a fetus could be viable outside the womb with a heartbeat at just six weeks. he said the weight of the medical evidence is that it would not be viable until 24 weeks. that's one theory. som

the new report reveals that about north dakota oil drillers. a hundred million a month. phil flynn has more on this from the pits. what do you think of it, phil? >> you know what it is? we're not prepared for all the production we've seen. nobody was ready for it. u.s. pipelines for natural gas are already filled to capacity. the drillers continue to drill for natural gas because they are getting a lot of money for the liquids that they draw at the same time. oil and other products is seeping the drilling going. we're wasting a lot of natural gas, and it doesn't have to happen. you know, here in the united states, we should have an energy policy that actually encourages the use of natural gas, encourages the exports of natural gas, and instead of throwing away billions of dollars into the air, we could be using that to put america back to work. connell: the source of the drilling burns up into thin air. phil, thanks as always. >> thank you, sir. connell: now, in the next case here, huge purchase of the retail world today, lord and taylor's owne

the judge says it would prevent 90% of the procedures at the only clinic in north dakota. decision. >>> this was a scene at a queens where eliot spitzer met the people he hoped would put him back in office. it came with the relose of a new ad. >> look, i failed big time. i hurt a lot of people. >>> spitzer is referring to pay the prostitutes for sex, a scandal that forced him to resign. he is currently seeking the democratic nomination for comptroller. >>> in sports, former national league mvp ryan braun is suspended for the rest of the season without pay. he will miss the final 65 games this year and the playoffs for violating major league baseball's drug policy. he's one of 20 players linked by espn to a south florida drug clinic. he admits to making some mistakes. >>> taco bell is ditching the kids' meals. the ceo says the company's future is focusing on millennials. >>> commuters in japan jump into action to save -- had fallen in a small gap. dozens of people pushed the train away from the platform in order for her to escape. >> translator: who would imagine they would

to do at all with shell oil and west texas, the fastest growing city in america, all the way to north dakota. e government has nothing to do with natural gas being at lows so manufacturing now is mr economically feasible in the united states than it is elsewhere. e government has absolutely nothing to do with that. these guys hate each other so bad up there that they get nothing done. when the next people don't get anything done, that's good. >> so it's the gridlock argument, then? >> absolutely. >> the issue is not that they're hiring workers away from the private sector. that is not the issue. the issue is that the resources that normally should be where it's productive in the private sector are then misplaced and in the nonnuktive elements of the government. we're allocating our resources through the nonproductive parts of the econom it's an issue of productivity. and stealing resources. >> okay. jonas, he e was speaking to you. >> the government mostly i just moving money around. so to say that it doesn't have the multiplier of other spending or that it's moving resources out of apple by

and go and get a degree in the mineral and petroleum engineering and get out there in north dakota where the average salary has increased by 40%. since 2009 because of the oil and the natural gas boom out there. so i think that it is a tough question. i don't think that we should be in the business of for student loan debt but there is a personal responsibility element there that is orthodox. >> i agree with david. we should not be for giving it. as a matter of public policy. unfortunately we are. we public service loan forgiveness. teacher loan forgiveness and murrieta of loan forgive 234es programs already. and anybody else that is struggling with debt is potentially eligible for income based repayment at the end of which we for by the debt. so you know, i think that the unfortunate answer is we have built in alternatives to the bankruptcy discharge and that simply is a reality. the costs of those forgive 234es programs then are ultimately cycled back and paid for by the other participants in the program. >> i think that a very important message here of the book. and of discussion is t

north dakota's 9.2% unemployment rate is the fifth highest in the country.se still receiving unemployment checks will have their weekly benefits drop from $500 to $350. right now only one abortion clinic in the state meets the new standards. he ran for governor claiming he would not limit women's access to abortions but he now says if the house bill reaches his desk of course he'll sign it. it's not just that the governor flip flopped shortly after taking office, the republicans held control of the state and executive branches they are attacking progressive issues and quickly and haphazardly as possible. joining us now to look at moral mondays is lee fang a contributor to the nation a well-known political blogger welcome back. >> thanks for having me. >> michael: you see something underneath all of this which is a really pro business agenda that is happening in north carolina. >> the radical shift in north carolina politics was greased on -- by a lot of money. big donors set up nonprofit groups several years ago to move the state towards the right. they dump

even though north dakota a great deal more in new york city. names in media gathering in sun valley in that part of the country for an annual meeting of the mines, to be in makes a move to print up its print me new media, dennis kneale is on site and will have a live report. connell: the phrase of oil we talked about today with the inventory report and more on that coming. dagen: another reason dwight howard made the move to houston. the tax man, that hurts a lot less in taxes. take a look at treasury markets talking about a hit, yields going up still, 2.67% on a ten year. friday night, buddy. you are gonna need a wingman. and my cash back keeps the party going. but my airline miles take it worldwide. [ male announcer ] it shouldn't be this hard. with creditcards.com, it's easy to search hundreds of cards and apply online. creditcards.com. >> shares of hewlett-packard are jumping on news of an upgrade, city group raising ratings to buy and the price target to $32. the benefits of $3 billion cost savings will increase in the second half of this

first in mississippi, then in north dakota, then in virginia, and almost everywhere where republicansave control. but if you stop looking at it per individual states, it is a pretty dramatic thing that is happening to american women right now. if instead of covering it state by state you put it all on the same map, look at what republicans have said just since the november elections. this covers the number of clinics where women can seek an abortion, in states where the republicans are in charge. this was before the blitz this year. and this was after. we have been covering this state by state, but we never before looked at the overall impact. this is what republican governors and republican legislators have done across the country. all the trap laws that use state regulations to shut down the clinics, these are the impacts. you don't let anybody tell you that governing doesn't matter. where republicans have taken the reins of state power across the country, they have used it single mindedly to shut down the clinics just since the last election. and it is not like we didn't have a nat

melissa: north dakota's oil production 810,000 barrels a day in may, that is the highest level in thete's history. that is according to state regulators. oil production north dakota has now increased fivefold since 2008, that is largely due to fracking, of course. oil boom causing new problems for opec. the cartel makes top production by half a million barrels today, it would start in december. they say a surge of u.s. oil supplies will dent demand for opec's crude. it would be opec's first production cut in five years. and oil futures settling just pennies below their highest levels in 15 months. crude saw a modest rally, 106.32 a barrel, what has happened there? it is up four of the past five sessions. keep an eye on that, it's going to hit you at the pump. cong up, forget obamacare. some experts say there is a government program that's really going to take us out, and it's something no one is talking abt. it is a 75-year $40 trillion unfunded liability. we're going to tell you why you need to know about this. plus, it's the trial of the year for wall street. a former goldman sachs

conditions on the road as you head out to work early this morning and parts of the northern plains north dakotasouth dakota are talking potential for severe storms as we head into this afternoon and this evening with damaging winds and large hail being the main concern. as far as temperatures go it will be a hot day yet again across parts of the central plains. summer is supposed to be hot but triple digits are dangerous across parts of texas. high today 100 in san antonio. if you are headed outdoors for a long period of time another triple dig get time headed to texas. here in new york city not bad 80 degrees. for tomorrow expecting relatively dry conditions we can't rule out a thunderstorm. >> not bad. thanks maria. >> and it's time now to entertain this. call it a bundle of bets. england betting at 5 to 1 odds that prince william and kate middleton's baby will arrive this sunday. also repredicting it will be a girl they will name alexandria. actress halle berry going down the aisle. she and fiancee martinez tieing the nknot this weekend. they announced their engagement last month. a former b

he saw the pretty young lady at a basketball game in north dakota back in 1933.ok he also shared heartache. the great depression, a businessman at the time, he saw friends go under, banks. his father carried credit for many. farm families, barely survived. >> you are right with them. the best you could. i paid interest on the pennies in the till when i was running that store. >> reporter: here it is. titled "my admissions, the first 99 years." how fitting that on the cover is a picture of roy comforting a dog left behind after a neighbor died from the flu epidemic of 1919. >> oh, such a great story. >> the thing that man has seen. >> we all have a family member up there in age who tells these wonderful stories. we sit around and listen to them. never thinking of the day they'll pass and not hatch this recorded some where. my mom said to my grandmother got to write it down and record it. we never did. regret it. she is gone. we have memories of what she said. >> used to ask my grandfathers all the time. he would tell them so slow. always forget the words. go what

tornado watches are out for the eastern montana and north dakota. flooding rain for the southern plains. 100 millimeters and double the amount of dry flooding rains. and most of the rain is intensifying over the four corners region. in the mid 30s in places like chicago and washington, d.c., cities also building going up to 30 degrees on tuesday. finally a quick look at dry and hot weather across the west, heathrow at london, temperature hit over 31 degrees on saturday. the hottest since 2006. conditions on the top side for the next several days and stable weather continues across the region in the balcan peninsula. temperatures are 21 degrees for and you 22 in moscow with rainy weather and across the best, 29 in paris and at 35 and here's the extended forecast. . >> there is one more story to share with you. festival goers are getting into the spirit of summer. teams of men carried floats through the streets as part of an ancient tradition. the first group arrived before dawn. the men were carrying an elaborate float that weighed roughly one ton. >

. >> reporter: north dakota and texas get a lot of headlines when it comes to america's domestic oil boom. other western states increased production dramatically in recent years. >> in the old en days, i wasn't around. exploring for natural gas was a bigger challenge than now. >> reporter: production in colorado, wyoming, oklahoma, increased, combined those states outproduce the oil fields in the dakotas. however, industry experts say it is no thanks to the current administration. >> energy production overall in the country has gone up significantly, it is because of private land production. >> reporter: the bureau of land management disagrees. in a statement to fox news, it noted domestic production from over 99,000 federal onshore oil and gas wells accounts for almost 13% of the nation's natural gas production and 5% of its oil. >> so the reality is that acres of land that have been leased for energy production far outstrip land that's been preserved or conserved during the obama administration. >> conservationists say oil and gas production on public lands should be balanced with

district judge call the north dakota ban -- held on $6 is being million bail after being formally charged with kidnapping and killing three women whose bodies were found in plastic tags. michael madison, reportedly indicated to authorities he was inspired by anthony salil, an ohio serial killer convicted two years ago of killing 11 women. the three bodies were found within a few hundred yards of each other on friday and saturday. used cleveland mayor spoke on monday. >> it turned up a number of things, information from people, physical evidence and in one case, cadaver sniffing dogs hit positive spots in the general area. we then brought in a second cadaver sniffing dog, and a third breed all of them responded to the same general area, which brought in bci again and conducted a more thorough search. tely, another victim was not found. case comesst ohio less than three months after three other women were found alive in cleveland after being held captive for roughly a decade read the suspect, ariel castro, has pled not guilty in that case. in north carolina, 73 people were arrested during t

north dakota, arkansas, we have seen a lot of changes over the last six months particularly since the tea party took over in 2010. this is where the fight is. >> and speaking of gop attacks on women, the party is reportedly gearing up their strategy against a possible presidential run of hillary clinton in 2016 and their attack is going to be that she's too old. doesn't that carry a huge risk of backfiring? >> something you saw in t"the nw york times" over the weekend. she's going to be 69 years old if she does run. this has been use against many candidates. we have had a lot of younger presidents over the last few decades. are we ever going to have another president who is in that generation? it's up to the voters really. >> christina, thank you for being here this morning. >> thank you. >>> coming up, first buzz, all the stories we're talking about this morning. that's next. ♪ hey! ♪ ♪ let's go! ♪ [ male announcer ] you can choose to blend in. ♪ ♪ yeah! yeah! yeah! or you can choose to blend out. ♪ oh, yeah-eah! ♪ the all-new 2014 lexus is. it's your move. the all-new 2014 lexus is.

. >>> time for bump and grind on the herbie derby demolition derby up in leads, north dakota, and itty small, but if you have been to one of the demolition derbies, it is the old american cars like the old crown vics and this is for the lower classes, 4 cylinder or 6 cylinder engines an front wheel drive only, and you think that the cars are for the nimble out there, and they can dodge bigger that on the big old crown vic, but it is first time ever in the herbie derby, and he has the visor up on the helmet so he can get a first-hand look. what the strategy here? the least damaged car wins at the end? >> it is the one who is still running in the end. then you get to move on to the next heat. >> wouldn't it be awesome to do on the weekend and you have had a weird week and fights with the wife or the husband and whatever, and stressful job and get out there in a beat up piece of crap and just ram things. >> already, a couple of the cars are out of commission, and the car with the cones on top, and that looks like a bruiser. it is pretty good and it looks like the guy riding is three min