that's willisston, north dakota, out in the middle of damned near nowhere. in march, this year, 2014, over 30 million barrels of crude oil were pumped out of the ground, it's a record month for oil production t record month means what? massive profits for the oil companies and there are 270 oil companies doing business in the state of north dakota. this sngtd cutting it for the oil tycoons. oh, no, no, no. you see, they want more. the oil industry wants to drill 35,000 new wells in the state of north dakota over the next 15 years. break it down, that's 2,333 wells a year. that's a whole lot of drilling and that's a hell of a lot of fracking, in the state of north dakota, there's only three people who can stand in the way of these new wells. they have a thing called the north dakota industrial commission, the commission is made up of the republican governor, the republican attorney general, and the republican ad commissioner. this group of republicans and i would venture to say that they're not hard righties, but they know where the money is, they're responsi

the presiding officer: the senator from north dakota. a senator: madam president, i ask the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. hoeven: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that i be allowed 30 minutes for colloquy for myself and senator king and senator barrasso. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. hoeven: thank you. we're here today to talk about energy, energy for our country but also energy for our allies. and this is a discussion not just of energy, but it's about jobs, good-paying jobs. it's also about economic growth. it's about generating cash revenues to help reduce the debt and the deficit without raising taxes. and it's about national security. not only our national security, but also working with our closest friend and ally, canada, as well as our allies in europe, the european union, and working to help countries like the ukraine that very much need energy supply from sources other than russia. with the current events going on in the ukraine, it's very clear that we need to pl

north dakota's black gold will continue to flow for decades to come. fueling america's drive for energy independence. but the boom has brought big city problems to these small farming towns and life here may never be the same. >> when we return: the unlikely come back of a form of energy many consider too radioactive to touch. >> start with one issue ad guests on all sides of the debate. and a host willing to ask the tough questions and you'll get... the inside story ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5pm et / 2pm pt only on al jazeera america >> i'm ali velshi, the news has become this thing where you talk to experts about people, and al jazeera has really tried to talk to people, about their stories. we are not meant to be your first choice for entertainment. we are ment to be your first choice for the news. >> in our final story tonight we take a second look at a form of energy many americans consider dangerous and obsolete. particularly after the triple melt down at the fukushima daiichi melt down. the atom can face us from global catastroph

north dakota's black gold will continue to flow for decades to come. fueling america's drive for energy independence. but the boom has brought big city problems to these small farming towns and life here may never be the same. >> when we return: the unlikely come back of a form of energy many consider too radioactive to touch. >> in our final story tonight we take a second look at a form of energy many americans consider dangerous and obsolete. particularly after the triple melt down at the fukushima daiichi melt down. the atom can face us from global catastrophe many feel. michael okwu has the story. >> three years after the fukushima daiichi disaster, the california plant is the only one left in the state. >> do you want this plant shut down and every nuclear plant shut down tomorrow? >> i want every plant in the united states shut down today. >> i traveled to fukushima last year and found out firsthand what happens when nuclear energy goes wrong. >> 3.2 microseverts per hour, that's the largest level be since we've been here in japan. >> the eary on

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the booming oil industry in north dakota.egan hughes caught up with jack dalrymple attending a meeting of nation's governors. she asked him about the prospects for the republicans in the november elections. >> i think it is going to be a very good year for republican governors on the ballot. i am one of the few that is not running this year so i am having fun observing. the issues are right this year. people are very concerned about what is going on with the federal government and republican governors should do very well. >> what do you make of chris christie's leadership in terms of fundraising? he announced record fundraising for the second quarter after the bridge scandal. how do you rate him? >> he is a very effective guy, popular. i think he has great connections. i think and is an advantaged to be from a larger state. probably from the east coast and he does a great job. the topicove onto right now in north dakota, the oil industry. north dakota is number two to texas in terms of oil production. this is a state that has

they started to see oil flow there this rock in north dakota. -- from this rock in north dakota. and in 2007 they went public, they sold stock. that helped them, but even the guy, there's one guy named brian hoffman who was the one who said, boss, let's really target north dakota. they were on the montana side of the border for a while, and brian hoffman's the one who said, nah, i've got a good feeling about north dakota, let's go there. and brian hoffman sold all his shares in 2007 because he didn't even believe what they were doing was going to to work out. it was still kind of a question mark. but they progressed. and from 2007 on, they made progress. and today the bakken area, both harold hamm's area and others, ruses about $1 million a day of the close to 8 million the whole nation does. and harold hamm's whole life has been transformed. today this guy who didn't have new shoes growing up is worth, believe it or not, $17 billion. he's one of the wealthiest men in the world. he's worth more than the state of -- the estate of steve jobs, he's worth more than all kinds of peopl

since it has been delayed, oil is coming down to the united states from north dakota and montana to the gulf coast but it's coming down on rail. 900% increase on oil shipments by rail. when you look at it, rail has a purpose in transporting some energy products, the smaller refineries, we believe. for a large shipment of oil, we believe that rail is less energy-efficient and has higher greenhouse gases and the safety comparisons are pretty stark in the state department report and it has higher costs. we thank on the basis of science, if the decision is made on science, it's yes. if it's made on politics, it's delay and god knows what after that. host: why is it important to the canadian people? >> the people who said it was stay on the ground of the pipe is not approved, the statements of fallen like a house of cards with the 900% increase on oil by rail. it's a pretty straightforward message. >> your government has been vocal in pushing the united states to approve this pipeline. despite the efforts, it has been 5.5 years and it has not been approved. the state department has jurisdict

where there's been an energy prostitute sort of the prostitution market in north dakota skyrocketing lap dances are dropping in price and they're cheaper you get a lap dance cheaper north dakota than you get in seattle washington which i didn't think was possible then the five dollars up that's in seattle you know nice lap dances but now north dakota i think it's like for two bucks fifty you can get like a slam and lap dance and that's what i call progress in america but on top of that it's also enabled a cheaper fertilise. and junk to be thrown into the environment the effect is large most energy intensive fields such as production of nitrogen based fertilizers but across the manufacturing sector as a whole represented by the weighted average responses the effects are quite modest with capital expenditures increasing no more than ten percent production increase in less than three percent and import employment creasing less than two percent now of course when they talk about fracking coming here they talk mostly only about the jobs oh you peasants out there you know if you allow us t

in november a 90-car freight train carrying north dakota crude exploded in piggins county. no one suffered injuries, but 11 cars burnt to a crisp. in december a 110-car freight train in north dakota carrying order from back and shield derailed near castleden, causing a fireball causing authorities to evacuate resident from their home. in april, an oil train derailed and burst into flames in lynch burg virginia. oil by rail is not only hazardous but more expensive than pipelines. the extra oil has to be moved. rail has been picking up the slack. the transport of oil by rail jumped more than 44% in the summer months of 2013, compared to a year earlier, according to the association of american rail roads. u.s. rail roads transport 10% of output, or 800,000 barrels per day. all that has started to overwhelm smaller branch lines, which are not as well maintained as the older ones. this week's proposed rules by regulators to use stronger tank cars requires transporters to increased shieldings and build crash-resistant valves. it's long overdue. >> the ray road petitioned the gove

big-time fracking arrived in north dakota and parts of texas in 2010. in 2011, those two states were producing about 2 million barrels of oil a day. within two years, it was 4 million barrels of oil a day. that's a doubling just in those two states. keep on going like this, keep on employing all of these people and energy independence within shouting distance and you'll be the top producing oil nation in the world. >> we have a graphic to show that. in texas and north dakota alone, it's almost the same amount as the entire country. >> they are about half of the total production of oil in the united states of america. >> what does this do for jobs? i heard people say in north dakota you can't get a hotel room. business is just booming. car sales are just over the top, right? it's all because of this? >> it's all because of fracking and the shale rock deep underground. with who ahorizontal drilling, don't go straight down. you go down and then you go sideways this lots of different directions so your area is bigger so your oil production is much bigger. >

. >>> in north dakota fargo feels more like florida with temperatures soaring into the 90s. as the sun set, the heat and humidity fueling fast-moving and damaging storms. this picture posted on social media overnight showing the floods on the university of north dakota's campus. on the east coast, the sound of thunder rocking communities in north carolina. torrential rains and flash flooding causing serious problems, and lightning damaging at least one home. >>> and some of that severe weather will continue to make its way out east. thunderstorms are expected from maryland and virginia up into the northeast. gusty winds and downpours in much of the southeast, extremely hot in the desert southwest, well into the triple digits. >> and triple digits, 111 in phoenix. just shy of the triple digits in salt lake city, albuquerque and dallas. 70s in the pacific northwest fire zone. 80s in los angeles, miami, minneapolis and boston. >>> the other major story we're following is the investigation into the malaysia air crash. investigators now have the plane's black boxes. >> and this m

. >> california has the same type of oil-rich shale rock as places like north dakota.ut california's monterrey shale has been producing that all along. >> these organic shales, they have been fractured, they have been shaken by earthquakes. they have been faulted. they very effectively have generated this oil and the oil has been expelled from the source rock. migrated up into the big traps. and been produced in california for 125 years. the question is, how much if any oil remains behinds in the source rocks? it is completely reasonable to think that most of the producible, that is the recoverable oil has been expelled. and migrated away somewhere. >> california's geology is so complex that the department of energy recently slashed by 96% its projection of how much of the state's shale oil might be recoverable. but big oil companies say they still see potential for fracking in california. >> does that look like a good location? >> yeah. >> meanwhile, some small producers have their own concerns about the anti-ballot measure. the initiative calls for a ban on two other

bismarck, north dakota 96 degrees, 92 in dallas. high pressure right over us is bringing the comfortable air mass down from the northwest. this is on the move. as we head into next week the high pressure become also -- becomes the classic bermuda high, early next week we're looking at afternoon highs in the 90s, it will be very humid and late thunderstorms developing, good channels this will be heat wave -- good chance this will be heat wave number two next week. enjoy the comfortable air malice while you can. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, tomorrow, lots of sunshine, it will be warmer than today with a high of 87 degrees which is seasonable, but, again, low humidity, so a really nice day. monday, though, things change. the high up to 94 degrees. the humidity returns, as well. so the heat index likely around 100. could see afternoon thunderstorms. i think we have a better chance on tuesday of more storms. 96 degrees, a steam bath. wednesday, 91 degrees, if we hit that this will be heat wave number two. a cold front mo

and the tiny horses which need a new home after being brought to the bay area from north dakota. that story next. heat shields are compromised. we have multiple failures. what's that alarm? fuel cell two is down. i'm going to have to guide her in manually. this is very exciting. but i'm at my stop. come again? i'm watching this on the train. it's so hard to leave. good luck with everything. watch tv virtually anywhere with the u-verse tv app. with at&t, the u-verse revolves around you. an east bay charity that saves and adopts out miniture horses has returned from their biggest rescue yetand the journey took them all the way to nort dakota and back. kron four's jeff bush is live in walnut creek with their storyjeff. miniture horses were bread to work in the coal mines of europe at the peak of the industrial revolution but over the years they have become popular as pets in the united states. unfortunatly, many people who get them as pets soon realize that, even though they are small, they are still horsesand, horses are expensive to care for. mary stewart rescues mini horses even

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. >> we have been reporting that one of the interesting characteristics of crude coming from north dakota is that it has a lot of gases in it. it's flammable and combustible. when you have an accident like last summer, you don't have a small fire, but an enormous fireball. 47 decide in quebec when a train full of north dakota boston crude derailed. that caused a huge concern. the u.s. department of transportation is focussed on it. lots of changes have been made this year, it's a biggish u with communities not prepared. >>> let's get back to the oil sands. if you are concerned about the environment you have to have two concerns. one is pipe line, and the critics say the oil this comes from the oil sands has to be heated and melted and requires a lot of water and a lot of natural gas. it takes the resource and burns a lot more. it puts a lot of co2 out there. the pipeline itself safety is not the biggest part of this thing. >> no, not really. the pipe line. if you build the pipeline the idea is that will create an insent i, and the oil or tar sand will be developed. and what it boils down

we are having a little dance right now. >> you lock at the fracking boom in north dakota, the infrastructure didn't exist. because there was so much to frack, they built it. louisiana has the infrastructure, it has the access to the gulf of mexico and has the pipe lines. is this boom the thing that will take place anywhere where natural gas exists tore does louisiana -- or does louisiana areas. >> no this has to happen in a place like louisiana. who david had said, the second plant is etho lean, what we make plastic out of. in louisiana, from mississippi all the way to corpus kristi texas, you have one of the world's - if not the world's largest consep tryings of petrochemical plants. you -- concentration of petrochemical plants. you have to build a plant because it's next door. the neighbour can build the product. shell has been talking about building a plant in pittsburgh. it's not going anywhere, because once you make the ethylene you have to ship it to the gulf coast. there's an argument where you hear about all the things that happen with respect to natural gas or fracking. some people

is still going to be try unfortunately and right now, this is what we're looking at, parts of north dakotaas well as into minnesota. right now this is going to be long lasting all the way through tomorrow morning. a closer look, looks like this, we are going to be seeing those thunderstorms start to ease out of north dakota, mostly affect parts of minnesota this evening. this is where you call, this line of thunderstorms starts to get longer, especially now in the overnight hours. we also had a lot of activity in terms of wind damage, hail damage, as well as one tornado has been reported on the ground in parts of north dakota. what's going ohappen here is that wind damage is looking to continue. we expect to see winds anywhere from 60 and 80 miles per hour. there's been reports already this evening a lot of tree limbs are down across the region and of course that also means we are going to be seeing power lines down. earlier tomorrow morning we'll see this line of thunderstorms affect minneapolis, that will affect travel across that region, john. >> thank you kevin. >>> coming up next, the

t in a speech at a native american catholic conference in north dakota as confirming the pope's visit to philadelphia my sources at the vatican are saying this that the popal visit here is not official as of yet meaning an itinerary isn't set an there has been no public announcement. i have also just learn that the archbishop has not received private confirmation from the vatican. no one is more enthusiastic about a possible visit of pope francis to philadelphia then archbishop charles chaput. led delegation of sieve inning and business leaders to the vatican making the formal invitation to the world meeting of families, set for september 22nd to 27th, 2015. since its inception the world meeting nearly always includes a papal presence. today catholic news search is quoted chaput at a conference in fargo, north dakota yesterday assaying this, quote pope francis has told me that he is coming. the article continues to quote chaput the pope will be with us the the friday, saturday and sunday of that week. though this sound like an official confirmation and has been reported as such, the v

. >> reporter: in april a train carrying 105 tankers of north dakota crude derailed in the middle of a workday when a rail bed gave away in downtown lynchberg. , following other incidents in alabama and north dakota. those fires involved bakken crude. all the more puzzling because most crude oil will not ignite or explode. the crude oil came from here, the bakken oil fields of north dakota, ground zero of america's domestic oil boom. spurring the railroads to create pliens opipelines on wheels. hauling up to 3 million gallons of crude at a time. scott smith, chief scientists, is one of those attempting to solve the mystery of why bakken crude appears to be at the center of so many oil disasters. >> what makes bakken different is the clear colorless volatiles that ignite easily and explode. what happens is these clear and colorless dissolved gases and chemicals when you shake them up creates pressure. >> right. >> and when that pressure is subject to spark, a derailment, or changes in temperature, you get that explosion. >> reporter: you get disclose -- you get exploakses like this on

the train carried bakken oil, a highly flammable crude from western north dakota, where production hasged, along with rail shipments. overall, the number of tanker cars carrying oil in the u.s. soared from 10,000 in 2008 to more than 400,00 last year. >> they didn't look down the road to figure out how are we going to get this to market in a safe way. >> brown: don morrison of the dakota resource council, in a may interview with the newshour. >> going through people, right next to people's houses and businesses. it's dangerous. and they've got to be careful. >> ifill: now, the department of transportation is proposing new regulations for oil trains. they would include: the phase out or retrofit of thousands of older tank cars within two years; improved braking systems; and testing corn-based ethanol and crude oil for flammability prior to transportation. the goal is to prevent the kinds of accidents seen from lynchburg, virginia to casselton, north dakota, over the last 18 months, though none was as deadly or destructive as lac megantic. for the record, the casselton incident involve t

it's the most in a single year since 1989, a large part of this is because of north dakota oil fields. you can see the natural gas flares clearly from space. in march of this year, in march of 2014, just a few months ago, north dakota produced over 30 million barrels of oil, it was a record month for the state of north dakota, the united states is running out of refineries to process this sweet crude. so now republicans want to make oil companies even richer with this crisis, they want to lift the ban that would result in massive profits for the oil companies. it's shameful they are exploiting the malaysia airlines tragedy to get their way and to slam the president. the facts are simple, lifting the began would be a short-term fix, maybe. it would increase global greenhouse gas emissions, which i think most countries are concerned with, and it would jeopardize stability of the united states oil market. basically what the republicans are saying to the president and the democrats, the oil companies haven't made enough money and we got to use this as a real business opportunity and oh, b

that north dakota place we visited. what does whiting do? it's the acquirer. how much is it down? no. jumped six points. whiting. so much for kodak being overvalued. more on this and urs later in the show. finally the action in alcoa, and i hate this, i hate this. this time last year wall street almost uniformly hated the stock. holding ceo klaus kleinfeld in contempt. i needed bullets. i needed ammo. every night i said to people this stock at 8 and 7, it's a buy. tell you to buy it. all right. now what's happened? 100% later alcoa is the most loved materials stock out there. analysts adore klaus' approach to closing expensive plants. the critics who wanted the company to break up, the one who is flame me every day -- how did they get my personal e-mail? oh now they love the finished product and the downstream model. ceo kleinfeld, he was a dope, right? now he's a visionary! except here's the thing. the stock's doubled. the move's already been made. they use the equity offering to pay for the aerospace acquisition so then you can get in a lower price than the 16 bucks. i also want

in north dakota, vermont, tennessee. ourave to be able to link payment model to payment models that blue cross blue shield of north dakota in tennessee and vermont have. we are working on a national system that will not be identical to this. markets are different and we have to respect that. we will link the two together. as for governor, setting a direction and pushing your largest payer to accelerate their work around payment and delivery reform is an appropriate role. you don't have to write a lot of new regulations. you don't have to create a lot of new agencies. you can say, i will insist the private sector do it. i got some calls from my governor. we got moving. can i also respond to governor sandoval's question to? i want to make the point to preach a little patience. tens of thousands of americans turned 65 every week, and they enter the medicare system. them come in having insurance because they work for companies, and some of them come in uninsured. it would not surprise you that the ones who come in uninsured

in the midwest a lot of americans were feeling it, ten states under advisory from north dakota to texas. look at this, in minneapolis today the dew point which is a measure of how muggy the air feels was worse than you find in the rain forest of brazil. that oppressive heat created a monster wildfire out in oregon tonight, four separate fires merged, joining forces, becoming what the governor described as a firestorm beyond human imagination, four times the size of satellite. abc's brandi hitt back on the fire lines for us tonight. >> reporter: entire neighborhoods reduced to ash. more than 1,600 firefighters from across the country are now on the front lines of this tense battle. what began last monday as four small fires sparked by lightning, exploded into one massive inferno, now scorching more than 380 square miles, roughly four times the size of satellite. some of the clearest pictures of the fire coming by drone. the company that produced this is sharing it with firefighters. warren smethers lost his dream home that he purchased jus retoeesi trs >>ep o northwest, ayfoacater dre th

and as i said earlier, north dakota was never -- the recession never happen there. local economies are doing very well. the impact on the national economy will be a lot less. but the energy producing regions are doing well. isertise is being gamed and -- expertise that is being gained is going to be exported and that will help companies in the u.s. as well. host: pittsburgh, pennsylvania, republican line. caller: the caller before asked about tax breaks. local andia, between state taxes, $.50 a gallon. they're making more money than the government and states are, the oil committees. number two, the reason they get those tax breaks, they have millions of acres and they do not drill one yet they are paying for it. as far as fracking goes, they have not proved anything negative about fracking. there is an excellent movie where theycknation" talk to professors and expose all the fraud people are saying about fracking. if anybody is to blame for gas prices going up it is because we are not drilling. when bush left office and was $1.89 a gallon. to localermission governme

the presiding officer: the senator from north dakota. mr. heitkamp: i want to first off make a couple points which, as we talk about this, i think it's clear to identify who is the taxing authority. my distinguished and very learned constitutional scholar from the state of texas knows well that the imposition doesn't come from this body. the imposition comes from states and local governments who have 10th amendment sovereign rights. they have the ability to finance their own government. they have the ability to make those decisions. congress has the right to make decisions on their ability based on a concept that congress ultimately has the obligation to control and to deal with interstate commerce. and only in the rarest of circumstances, when interstate commerce is critically involved, has congress stepped up. and it's very rare that this body or that any previous congress has -- has actually dictated the constraints of that sovereign right of states and local governments under the 10th amendment to impose their own taxes. i can tell you,

. >> the near disaster in lynchburg follows similar incidents in alabama and north dakota. like lac megantic those derailments and the fires that followed, evolved where bakken crude. >> from ellisville alabama, lakc megantic and now lynchburg. all involving bakken oil. >> one of those attempting to solve the mystery of why bakken crude seems to be at the root of so many rail disasters. >> god forbid, we have another incident like lac megantic. >> smith traveled onorth dakota and took samples of the crude. what he found was surprising. >> tell me about the properties that make it different than ore crude. >> what makes bakken different is the clear colorless volatiles that ignite easily and that explode. what happened is these clear and colorless gases, dissolved gases and chemicals when you shake them up, creates pressure. >> reporter: right. >> and when that pressure is subject to spark, a derailment or changes in temperature, you get that explosion. >> and with a low flash point of just 73°, you get explosions like this one near castleton, north dakota, when a unit frame

more oil out of the ground since the boom of the 1970s, and for the first time the oil fields in north dakota are producing over 1 million barrels a day. but america's oil boom appears to be doing little to bring prices down at the pump. gasoline prices have climbed $0.11 to $3.66 a gallon. meanwhile oil prices which set a lower in trading $103.53 a barrel because oil moves with the supply and demand and speculators play their role as well. prices spiked because traders got spooked with when violence in iraq and libya threatened t the production in those countries. the world is roughly producing the same amount leaving little wiggle room for spare capacity. one of the authors of the report said that the shale boom is helping the economy to recover but it's keeping prices at the pump affordable. francisco, first of all, how much does our energy supply really impact the u.s. economy? >> well, than thank you for having me today. u.s. energy supply growth has been a grate boon to the u.s. economy. you can see the many different ways. you can see for example, in much lower domestic natural gas pri

is the north dakota government going up to the big producers and shut them down? have a mechanism in place you need to plan ahead to be able to sell your gas. continental has done a good job of that, we're selling 90, 92% of our gas up there today. we're doing it. they expect other people to do it. most of the gas has been flared, down on the reservation. that's federal permits required down there and federal right of way you have to get so that slows them down. >> you've done a fabulous job. i think people who owned this stock since we recommended it cannot believe it. it still goes much higher, i think. i wand to thank harold hamm of continental resources. good to see you. >> always good to see you. >> it makes sense. would be terrific and would bring down the price of crude worldwide what your gasoline is prized off and i'll say it, i think it would be great for clr. at every ford dealership, you'll find the works! it's a complete checkup of the services your vehicle needs. so prepare your car for any road trip by taking it to an expert ford technician. because

take a look at north dakota overnight. ee hours did to a restaurant in north carolina. meanwhile, washington state's biggest wildfire has burned nearly 380 square miles scorching nearly 200 homes. cooler temperatures will help today. we'll have ginger's update in just a moment. >>> well, with football season getting closer, young players in california are now a bit safer. a new law limits high school teams to just two full contact practices a week during the season and bans full contact in the off-season. all in an effort to prevent brain injuries to students. >>> well, being iron man is golden. "forbes" says robert downey jr. is the top earning actor making $75 million in the past year. the rock was second with 52 million and bradley cooper third with 46 million. we just saw michael dancing but take a look at this. grandpa getting his groove on. check out this suave senior cutting the rug, stealing the spot -- oh, ditches the canes. apparently those were just for walking. they have nothing to do with his dance moves and yo