. >> reporter: the blm's rick cooper says his agent has a mandate to auction off mineral rights whenever there's an interest. and right now, there's a lot. the auction is coming up in december. and 82% of those 17,000 acres are on private land. >> we asked the lessee if they would contact the private landowner and begin to have a -- hopefully a cooperative relationship with the landowner. >> reporter: jacobson says he's already talked to the blm and got some reassurances. >> as a homeowner, landowner, you do have rights. they can't just come in and destroy the place. >> reporter: but environmentalists say that is exactly what can happen. >> the contamination, with methane, benzene, has been documented around the country. >> reporter: because drilling for oil around jacobson's ranch would require a technique called hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. and it has caused groundwater contamination in other parts of the country. but the blm says... >> 30% of the wells in california that are drilled are -- have hydraulic fracturing, and at this point, i'm not aware of any issues associated with

. >> reporter: the blm's rick cooper says his agent has a mandate to auction off mineral rights wheneverre's an interest. and right now there's a lot. the auction is coming up in december. and 82% of those 17,000 acres of mineral rights are on private land. >> we asked the lessee if they would contact a private landowner and begin to have hopefully a cooperative relationship with the landowner. jovment jacobson says he's already talked to the blm and got some assurances. >> as a homeowner, you do have rights. they can't just come in and destroy the place. >> reporter: but environmentalists say that's exactly what could happen, because drilling for oil in the area around jacobson's ranch would require a technique called hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. it works by injecting water laced with chemicals and has caused groundwater contamination in other parts of the country. but the blm says in california... >> 30% of the wells in california that are drilled have hydraulic fracturing, and at this point, i'm not aware of any issues associated with hydraulic fracturing. >> they have not discl

building regional partnerships to improve cooperation, training and stability efforts that will be helped by having a respected australian major general, rick burr, as the pacific command. the army must welcome closer air force navy cooperation and refine its key develop rations to regional operations especially missile defense, special operations, light infantry and airborne forces, logistics as well as humanitarian and disaster relief capabilities. finally the army must ensure units and equipment have the broadest utility around the globe instead of being narrowly tailored. the army must emerge from the drawdown ready to face missions both similar and far different from those over the past decade against possible adversaries ready to exploit a symmetrical means. thanks for joining us for "this week in defense news." i'm vago muradian. before we go a special thanks to army headquarters and public affairs, the association of the united states army, and the walter e washington convention center for helping make >>> rare childhood diseases. how families are advancing the i'm steve usdin. welcome to "biocentury this week." >>> your trusted sou

what about the time when rick perry was getting up under his skin and he called for anderson cooper andersonhat? >> listen. >> let me finish, because i ain't got but a second. >> please finish. i'm enjoying it. >> huh? >> yeah, go on. >> when it comes to a line, you said paul ryan outlined him. no from day one web start out with lice saying his name was mitt romney. his name's willard. john mccain saying you look at the economy we know it's not true. from then on, this man has been lying, lying lying lying lying. >> yep. >> the only way he's going to win this debate is if he steal it he buy it or whatever. when you don't stand for something mr. john, you fall for anything. they throwing money at him throwing lies, trying to steal the folks. he is not going to stand. >> joanne, i think i want you to be my on camera sidekick for my new series on current tv. you just opened up a can of whoop ass on the entire republican party and me, and i do agree with you. what i said, and i said people are going to be mad at me, the only reason i compared him to bill clinton as a debite or is he got so much

cooperation between the probation and parole officers in the state. do you have a single idea? >> those parolees robbed me. >> you do not have reasonable suggestion. >> rickwith sentences. to keep the criminals and the people we have identified that are repeat offenders in prison and in a jail. because the department of corrections, but we house a lot of these people, there are problems. one of the huge problems and substance abuse. we need to assist them. at the end of the day is not an effective program. >> for more to lower taxes, increase substance abuse. i would like to understand how this fits together and if you have any specific ideas and how you will pay for it. >> we pay for it being more efficient. i know you are setting this up, i have done a lot. but being down there in the city a woman 10 on a daily basis, i experienced it first hand. you go down a tool -- you come down into wilmington with an entourage. >> it sounds to me like you have lost faith in wilmington. i still go into the city. but it sounds like you have lost faith. crux of breakfast in the city two or three times a week. i enjoy going down there. i am a 6 ft. 52 under and 75 a po