strike at 12 different plants in ohio california, texas, louisiana, and it spread to the largest in port arthur tennessee. that means that now one fifth of the nation's production capacity in terms of refineries is on strike right now. one fifth of our capacity is down because of these strikes. now and indefinitely. these are the steel workers out on strike. one of the main things is safety, pay, and benefits as well. talks are expected to pick back up but this is now the largest refire refinery strike in three decades. i know we have been enjoying the low gas prices in this country, that is part of the cost of goiling downgoiloil going down. but it is where one of the bottlenecks traditionally is, and right now one fifth of our capacity is affected by this. but the m-class scans for danger... ...corrects for lane drifting... ...and if necessary, it will even brake all by itself. it is a luxury suv engineered to get you there and back safely. for tomorrow is another fight. the 2015 m-class. see your authorized dealer for exceptional offers through mercedes-benz financial services.

a nationwide oil refinery strike spread to port arthur, texas and the largest refinery.kers safety, wages, were among the issues. now, a closer look at the refinery. the reasons behind the strikes, and the people it affects. >> reporter: 3 is-year-old amy perry is a single mum. she worked in toledo for five years. the strike made the future uncertain. how long could you go with four kids without? >> not long, not long at all. comfortably a month, if i stretch and push, maybe two months, taking everything out of the equation, going back to eating like before. >> reporter: the walk out has not gone on long enough for union strike pay to kick in. >> some workers earnt about $30 an hour. many saved money in anticipation for this. work. >> i look for temporary work. other than that, i can pull through it. >> the nationwide walk out begone when talks between the united steel workers union and shell oil, the lead negotiator between the countries broke down, setting the stage for the largest strike in the u.s., since 1980. >> there are quite a few on the line who are terrified.

refinery in port arthur texas. workers at three other plants followed.rike began february 1st and now affects one-fifth of the u.s. production. the refinery dispute is starting to impact the price of gas. the average price of a gallon of regular jumped 13 cents in the past two weeks to 2. $33. it's gone up 26 cent as gallon in just the last month. >>> this week president obama is expected to vito a plan on the construction of the keystone xl pipeline. environmentalists have been protesting the pipeline for years. . the white house says the president will appeal it. >>> on wall street both the dow and s&p finished the week at record highs thanks in part to deals between greece and its creditors. the dow gained 154 points on friday, the s&p finished 12 points higher. the nasdaq gained 31 points higher. >>> a poll finds that 68% supports president obama. the north american gsk poll said wealthy households pay too little in federal income tax. 60% said middle class households pay too much. >>> and it's going to cost you more to visit mickey mouse. disney rai

refinery in port arthur, texas. workers at three other plants followed.rike began february 1st and now affects one-fifth of the u.s. production. the union said it started the strike because the bargaining is not happening in good faith. the refinery dispute is starting to impact the price of gas. the average price of a gallon of regular jumped 13 cents in the past two weeks to $2.33. it's gone up 26 cents a gallon in just the last month. >>> this week president obama is expected to veto a republican attempt to force the construction of the keystone xl oil pipeline. congress passed the bill february 11th. environmentalists have been protesting the pipeline for years. the white house says the president will veto it because it shifts the authority of the pipeline from the white house to congress. >>> on wall street both the dow and s&p finished the week at record highs thanks in part to deals between greece and its creditors. the dow gained 154 points on friday, the s&p finished 12 points higher. the nasdaq gained 31 points . >>> a just released poll finds m

a nationwide oil refinery strike spread to port arthur texas and other refineryiesrefineries. the expanse has many workers added to the strike beginning on feb 1st at texas and california >>> a closer look at those affected by the dispute. bisi onile-ere shows us the reasons behind it and the people it affects. >> reporter: 31-year-old amy perry is a single mum. she has worked at the bp refinery for five years, the strike makes her future uncertain. how long could you go without a job? with four kids? >> not long. not long at all. i think i can comfortably a month, but if i stretch and push, maybe two. that is taking everything out of the equation going back to eating basics. >> reporter: the walk out has not gone on long enough for strike pay to kick in. some of these workers earnt about $30 an hour. many of them say they saved money in anticipation of a strike. for those who didn't they are looking for temporary work. >> i look through craig's lift for temp work. >> reporter: the nationwide walk out began when united steel workers union talks and shell oil, the lead contract

louisiana walked off the job late yesterday, hours after workers struck america's largest refinery in port arthur, texas. the workers, members of the united steelworkers, have also waged strikes at plants in california, indiana and ohio. economists say gas prices have crept up in some locations as a result of the walkout. overseas, mixed signals from ukraine. pro-russian rebels and the ukrainian government forces they've been battling both say they will honor the new cease- fire and pull back some of their heavy weaponry. the two sides exchanged prisoners yesterday. but at least two people were killed and ten wounded today when an explosive device was tossed from a car into a crowd of people at a peace rally. this amateur video was obtained by reuters and is believed to show the moment of the attack. fighting continues in some cities, and the ukrainian government says russia is still sending armored columns into the region to support the rebels. for the first time since the civil war began in syria nearly four years ago, turkish troops crossed the border between the two countries overnight. the t

the strike spread this weekend to the largest refinery in the country in port arthur, texas.fifth of our capacity is down because of these strikes. now and indefinitely. these are the steelworkers who are out on strike. one of the major issues they are striking over is safety for the workers at these plants, pay and benefits as well, but worker safety. this is now the largest u.s. oil refinery strike in more than three decades. i know we've all been enjoying this recent stretch of low gas prices in the country. that is in part due to the raw cost of oil going down. but another part of that equation is the refinery capacity that we have as a country. that is where one of our bottlenecks traditionally is. and one fifth of our capacity is affected by this strike. this is a big developing deal. watch this space. you think you take off all your make-up before bed. but do you really? [ female announcer ] neutrogena® makeup remover erases 99% of your most stubborn makeup with one towelette. can your makeup remover do that? [ female announcer ] neutrogena® makeup remover. just becaus

a nationwide oil refinery strike spread to port arthur texas and the largest refinery. workers safety, wages, were among the issues. now, a closer look at the refinery. the reasons behind the strikes, and the people it affects. >> reporter: 3 is-year-old amy perry is a single mum. she worked in toledo for five years. the strike made the future uncertain. how long could you go with four kids without? >> not long not long at all. comfortably a month, if i stretch and push maybe two months taking everything out of the equation going back to eating like before. >> reporter: the walk out has not gone on long enough for union strike pay to kick in. >> some workers earnt about $30 an hour. many saved money in anticipation for this. they are looking for temporary work. >> i look for temporary work. other than that i can pull through it. >> the nationwide walk out begone when talks between the united steel workers union and shell oil, the lead negotiator between the countries broke down setting the stage for the largest strike in the u.s. since 1980. >> there are quite a few on

a national wide oil refinery strike has spread to port arthur texas. ion says it is fatigue, worker safety and wages. the expansion as moreto than a strike which began in texas and calf. west coast ports are getting ready to unload a massive back log of goods t the 5 year deal was reached yesterday after months of negotiation today marks 50 years since the assassination of malcolm x. a ceremony to honor the civil rights leader was held in harlem at the site of the old ottoman ballroom where he was murdered in 1965. the site has been turned into the malcolm x and dr. betty shabez educational center. his daughter says her father changed the course of the civil rights movement one of the great things about malcolm is he redesigned it to include a human rights agenda. while we are focusing on integrating schools and housetion and other things malcolm said that we demand our human rights by any means necessary. >> 50 years later, the leg of malcolm x is not without controversy. a little later in the show we look back at his life and talk to the man who wrote

but this is very serious because just the port arthur texas refinery alone that's the nation's largest, produces 600,000 barrels a day. now, right now, there are 15 of the 19 -- 12 of the 19 plants that are being targeted produce a fifth of the nation's capacity. the usw has 30000 workers at many refineries, 63. that makes up two thirds of the nation's product capacity. so the longer this goes on, and the longer there is a stalemate, the harder it's going to be on us. >> yeah. any idea do you know if there is any sort of resolution in sight that's coming soon? >> well, we learned that they were pretty close on friday. but then the unions just said no. you for example it depends. the unions don't have as much leverage. but this has been going on for a long time. they have had talks since the summer. and it has broken down again and again. the unions have refused seven deals from the oil companies. so it's really thard to tell how long this might last. >> i know this is something you will be staying on top of. >> yes, definitely. >> good to see you. >>> remember, you can catch brenda on

largest oil strike since 1908 has expanded to four more shell facilities, including the motiba port arthur refinery in texas. that's the biggest refinery in the country. overall, there's now 15 plants affected by the united steelworkers strike, including 12 refineries that represent one-fifth of u.s. capacity. that said only one has actually been taken off line due to the strike. that's a tesoro refinery in california that's already undergoing maintenance. all of the others at least so far, are operating near normal levels and that's really thanks to automation. refiners have been adopting new tech to make the process less dependent on people. it's enabling companies to bring in nonunion skeleton skafs. tesoro says its other facilities can run as-is for a very long time and bp is training additional replacement. analysts say output has been little affected by the strike itself. other factors have pushed gas prices higher including scheduled maintenance, but that maintenance is a worry because even though refineries can stay running thanks to automation firing machines back up is a much mor

, the soviets would get neocolonial privileges including control of a naval base in the port of port arthur, control of the south manchurian railroad. the soviets also stripped all the japanese factories are manchuria which was their induction heartland and brought her back to the slovenian. the congress never uttered a peep of protest about that. nationals dead but not the communists. and to me that such a terrible irony in that because roosevelt was pleading with stalin to do what stalin was anxious to do anyway, which is what's the were in europe was over, occupy manchuria and give himself a voice in the postwar settlement and put himself into a position of decisive importance on the chinese seem. i think that's a critical event actually but i should have mentioned this before, was exactly, was the soviet occupation of manchuria. once the soviets occupied manchuria, chiang kai-shek was finished. basically. >> one other quick question. do you find mao is a totally unsavory as the other the real mao? he comes across to me as very just despicable guy in many respects. as more information co

texas, louisiana, the strike spread this weekend to the single largest refinery in the country, in port arthurne-fifth of the nation's production capacity in terms of refineries is on strike right now. one fifth of our capacity is down because of these strikes. now and indefinitely. these are the steelworkers who are out on strike. one of the major issues they are striking over is safety for the workers at these plants. pay and benefits as well but worker safety. talks are expected to pick up later this week. this is now the largest u.s. oil refinery strike in more than three decades. i know we have all been enjoying the recent stretch of low gas prices in the country that. is in part due to the raw cost of oil going down because there's a lot of supply right now but another part of that equation is the refining capacity we have as a country. that is where one of our bottlenecks is. and right now one fifth of our refining capacity is affected by this strike. this is a big and still-developing deal. watch this space. right here. with a control pad that can read your handwriting, a wide-screen m

. >> try staying port of arthur three times. >> tricky. >> squinjoining us now andy lippow the presidentf lippow oil associates. we get the maintenance issues we get strikes. this time ever year is when we usually get the bottle neck in the refining area of the process and prices go up don't they? >> well they do. as jackie has pointed out, we did have a bunch of maintenance going on, but especially in california where prices are up almost 50 cents a gallon over the last month, they're just being exacerbated by this exxon torrance problem that i think is going to go on for several months and affect the california gas price. >> i was just going to ask about that andy because we've had a number of incidents lately. talk us through the impact because most people have just dismissed it entirely but it sounds like you don't take that view at all. >> i don't. in fact, first of all, i did work the strike in 1980 down in texas city, and prior to that in 1978 we had a similar problem with the cat cracker in texas city, so this exxon torrance thing, it could be down months and months and months af

at the other end of the pipeline in port arthur texas, the refineries, the people that live there have water and air quality issues. >> host: we got the point. thank you very much. let's start with bob deans. >> guest: excellent points across the board. i was just to underscore what you said about those first nations people. let's talk about this for a second. to get these tar sands out of the ground you are stripmining the boil force in can become one of the last truly wild places anywhere on earth. yes strip mined or steamed right now part of that force. we've gutted out larger than the city of chicago. in there there are waste containment kids that would cover the entire city of washington, d.c. these are wildlife graveyard, leaking 3 million gallons of toxic sludge every single day into the river basin. and the local people there whose families have used that river for sustenance for generations can no longer eat the fish out of that river. that is abhorrent. the pipeline would encourage expansion of the arendt is practice. that in itself is enough reason to deny this horrible idea

then you have air pollution, as well as the water than the other end of the pipeline in port arthur,exas, the refineries, the people that live there have water and air quality issues. peter: jill, we got the point. thank you very much. guest: jill, excellent point across the board. i'll just end by underscore what you first said. let's talk about this for a second. to get these tar sands out of the ground, you are stripmining the forest in canada, one of the last truly wild places anywhere on earth. we have strip mined ourselves right now. we have gutted out a portion larger than the city of chicago. in there, there are waste containment kits that would cover the entire city of washington dc. these are wildlife graveyards, leaking 3 million gallons of toxic sludge every single day into the river basin. and the local people there whose families have used that river for sustenance for generations, can a lucky the fish out of that river. that is abhorrent. the pipeline would encourage expansion of that karen does practice. that in itself is enough reason to deny this horrible idea. pete