t. boone pickens has talked about this as well. it takes a huge conversion to get the entire vehicle fleet over to natural gas. it seems to me that the first progression would be the transportation sector, your trucks and your buses and that type of thing, but that's probably coming down the line. these are long-term projects. when he started in the fracking business, and this was 10, 20 years ago and we didn't know anything about it, and it created an industry so that's probably, you know, a couple decades away. >> yeah. >> he didn't invent this business, but he was definitely the guy behind the momentum and doesn't matter what you think of him. i couldn't find anyone who had anything bad to say about him, and usually you would find someone with something but people genuinely liked this individual for what it's worth and he was the guy behind making us an exporter of energy versus an importer of energy. >> about energy independence, as guy mentioned and a pioneer in the field and somebody along with t. boone pickens where we've al

t. boone pickens who said -- i've known aubrey mcclendon no nearly 25 years. he was a major player in leading the stunning energy renaissance, he was charismatic, a true entrepreneur. no individual is without flaws, but his impact on american energy will be longlasting. the department of justice -- and incidentally mr. mcclnden was due to appear in court later this afternoon on the indinlts. the department of justice -- we offer our condolences to his family and loved ones. he leaves behind a wife and two grown daughters. in addition to that aelp says they confirmed that earlier today their founder died in an accident. his industry leadership, vision and passion for the industry had an impact on the community, the country and the world. we are tremendously proud of his legacy and will continue to work hard for the unmatched standards he set. kell deeply mourn his lost, please join us in expressing condolences to his family. he was a wildcatter certainly, one of the first to go owl and buy wholesale parcels of land through the united states and had to do that t

t. boone pickens saying he has known aubrey mcclendon for years and that he was part of the energy renaissanceamerica, charismatic, a true entrepreneur, and that his impact will be long-lasting, as well, so a huge, huge loss for the u.s. energy community today. thatr: and we have heard sandridge is the company that in thatmed as to date in.net, and it alleges that the fracking pioneers, mcclendon and another entity, worked together .or rigging so once again, this car crash. julie, you have more? julie: well, i wanted to give some history adding to what we have been talking about with aubrey mcclendon. i just pulled up a 10-year chart of chesapeake energy to give some perspective. bewas april 1, 2013, to specific, and that was the date that mcclendon had agreed to step down, so we are talking early 2013 in this chart, under pressure from carl icahn and eastern asset management. shares had that the followed going into that struggle over his leadership at ie company, and then alix know has been following his career subsequent to that when founded another company essentially in the same business,

t. boone pickens says, i've known aubrey mcclendon for 25 years. he was a major player in leading the stunning energy renaissance in america. he was charismatic and a true american entrepreneur. no individual is without flaws, but his impact on american energy will be long lasting. carl icahn, who helped lead to his ouster in 2013, saying, quote, aubrey mcclendon was one of the brightest men i've ever dealt with. i personally always found him to be a gentleman in our interactions. of course, the obituaries are coming out. all of them talking about how influential he was in terms of shaping the shale revolution in this country, but all of them also, you know, marking his stunning rise followed by what has been a checkered past as well and what he stood for in terms of excess in the industry, highly indebted, and running into some legal trouble, including all the way up to a day before his death. >> indeed. thoughts and prayers remain with his family. >>> right. let's switch gears. stocks to watch today. costco reporting lower than expected quarterly

t boone pickens, maybe of you know that i famous oilman has been trying to push washington on the sameissue and one of the things he taught me was, don't focus on consumer vehicles. the consumer vehicles are a long time down the line. there's more companies like ups is changing to natural gas vehicles for their trucks. more governments and company entities eventually moved to natural gas for their fleets and their vehicles. eventually consumers will follow as they drive those vehicles to work so for those of you who do not know what, we have 31 senators. and as lieutenant governor i signed bill numbers so the top 20 those are reserved for my priorities. i assign this to bill number 12 and actually asked the democrats in san antonio to carry the bill and come to a natural gas summit. i saw in the audience the year before i was elected and he wanted to carry the bill so it was a bipartisan effort and our bill would've simply said that all of our states 28,000, that's 20,000 vehicles not counting our law enforcement vehicles. our 28,000 vehicles that through attrition over a decade we cou

t. boone pickens who many of you know that name, a famous oil man has been trying to push washington on the same issue and one of the things he taught me was, don't focus on consumer vehicles. the consumer vehicles are a long time down the line but as more companies like ups is changing to natural gas vehicles for all their trucks. more companies and government entities eventually move to natural gas for their fleets and their vehicles, eventually consumers will follow as they drive those vehicles to work. i actually, for those of you who did not know, we have 31 senators, 20 republicans, 11 democrats and as lieutenant governor i sign bill numbers. top 20 bills are reserved for my priority. i signed this as bill number 12. i actually asked a democrat from san antonio to carry the bill who had come to a natural gas summit. i saw him in the audience a year before i was elected. sew wanted to carry the bill. it was a bipartisan effort. . . school districts and others to opt in, so we didn't force it on our school districts or city fleets are county fleets, but they would opt in and that 35