at one time, he was a superstar in the e.p.a. he was instrumental in the creation of the clean air acts in the early 1990's and worked with the white house and congress. he had quite a very good reputation with the e.p.a. >> he did have some admirable work early on in his career. his attorney tried to justify his behavior by saying: >> how, if that's true, did he manage to despite his early admirable work, get to be one of the top guys at the e.p.a. and certainly the most well paid? >> well, he became the most well paid because his base salary was approximately $165,000 as a senior executive. that however, he received for 23 years straight, a retention bonus of 25%, which is highly unusual. it's highly unusual for any employee to get it for one year, he got it for 23 years straight. >> for a guy who wasn't working for the e.p.a. >> for sometime, right. that pushed his salary above $200,000 the last few years he was employed. >> do you think the federal government will learn anything from this? >> i can tell you right now, e.p.a. h

work was ongoing, or how he made the e.p.a. fly him first class all the time because he had a bad back, again i'm assuming ball-related. [laughter] or we could talk about the retention bonuses they pay john beale lest he leave and not show up at a different job. but that's not what elevates this story from the ridiculous to the sublime. ladies and gentlemen, i give you former e.p.a. air policy office director robert brenner, a friend of mr. beale's for over 30 years. he recruited mr. beale to work at the e.p.a. this is how his trust is repaid. he's got to be furious. >> when's the last time you saw him, besides today? >> i've seen mr. beale periodically over the last... well, actually i've seen him a lot over the last two weeks. >> jon: sure, i can imagine because of coincidental courtroom run-ins and that sort of thing. >> because he had rented out his house in arlington. he's staying in my guest room now. [audience reacts]. >> jon: and that, my friends, the prestige. enjoy. >> he's staying in my guest room now. >> mr. chairma

i was able to do this because he told the e.p.a. that he was busy on assignment in pakistan working for the cia but bill was actually just taking on vacations and getting paid handsomely for them he never worked for the cia that he was able to get away with the ruse for more than a decade because the e.p.a. never bothered to check out his cover story as part of the plea deal beal has a greed to pay nearly nine hundred thousand dollars in restitution back to the e.p.a. plus forfeit another half million dollars. we have some breaking news now from the white house as i mentioned earlier in the show the president's review panel charged with looking at surveillance capabilities and practices was going to release its report and it has now released its report more than three hundred page report provides nearly fifty recommendations to improve the program that n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden has unveiled over the past six months and better protect americans privacy in the process some of those recommendation recommendations include amend

set on the amount of carbon pollution new power plants are allowed to emit this is the e.p.a. is way too slow or reverse the effects of climate change in a letter addressed to the head of the agency lamar smith wrote the agency is a stubborn insistence on placing its judgement above that of its science advisers raises serious concerns that the a.p.a. as a rule making is based more on partisan politics than sound science but on wednesday he shot for the stars with a two hour long hearing called astrobiology the search for bio signatures in our solar system and beyond the discussion that is possibly just about life on other planets or the possibility of you know any more about these new. questions to ask are what could we find on these planets the atmospheres of these planets provide bio signatures that would indicate the presence of some form of rudimentary life and what would be the implications of such a discovery. critics are now questioning how lamar smith can see aliens as sound science but climate change as part of politics but danger will robinson there is a bigger issue

enough resources into studying the effects that fracking has on groundwater but that didn't stop the e.p.a. from coming up with a report in favor of the practice. phillips case were advised to vent the gas constantly to keep it from accumulating under their property as their neighboring gas well continues to frack despite thousand peter you were pretty much standing right on top of that one hundred years from now when somebody dies because there's some contaminant in the border area and they're able to trace it to this fracking and we've got the office ted who cares investor feel awesome free for now it seems that the authorities at all levels are so fired up on fracking potential profits that households like steve leaves his family are left to fight alone to get a healthy environment in their homes. down our team parker county texas. and we're now learning that one of the highest paid officials with the environmental protection agency the e.p.a. has managed to swindle the government out of nearly one million dollars and project on wages and benefits how did you do it while simple you just

simply put, the e.p.a.'s interpretation of reduced lead standards unnecessarily imposed a huge burden on municipalities and first responders without any discernible safety benefit. we have now undone that danger. i yield the floor. i'd be happy to yield to my colleague from ohio. mr. portman: i want to thank our colleague for their work on this issue. municipalities including the state of ohio were shocked to hear about this and i appreciate joining my colleague from new york on a letter to the e.p.a. and cash strapped cities in new york, ohio and other states are happy to know they're not going to have to take on this burden. it makes sense to stop, take a look at this, be sure we're not forcing these hydrants to be repaired and replaced, it's not something that's in these budgets that these cities have and so i appreciate the gentleman's work on it and look forward to ensuring this does not move forward as a regulation but we figure out a more sensible way to deal with the issue. mr. schumer: i thank my co

coal mining is what the e.p.a. wants to stamp out, but coal is also the powerful substance that powers our homes, provides light and heat and fuels the commerce of goods and services worldwide this is coal, he said. this is coal, he said. this keeps the lights on. howard is only one of many coal miners laid off for lack of coal mining work this is what he said. look at our schools. look at our nursing homes. look at our pharmacies, howard said. we're hurting. we're hurting. we need help, he said, but we don't want to be bailed out. howard said we don't want to be bailed out. we want to work. howard doesn't want to be bailed out. he wants to work. seated next to howard is jimmy rose, right here. this is jimmy rose. he's a veteran. he fought in iraq. he's a former coal miner. jimmy was perhaps the most famous attendee at the listening session because he brought attention to the war on coal to a national television audience on america's got talent. jimmy's a song writer and a singer. his song "coal keeps the lights on,

so the obama e.p.a. has the testimony i heard in pikeville, whether they wanted it or not, they've got it. eastern kentucky is going to continue to push back in this war on coal. the war isn't over yet, not by a longshot. this president will be gone in three years, and the coal will still be in the ground. the people of the region are resilient and they will keep fighting. so i'm very hopeful for a positive outcome in eastern kentucky and the appalachian region, and i'm going to defend them in every way that i can. madam president, on another issue, the national defense authorization act is one of the essential pieces of legislation the senate considers every year. this is legislation, obviously, that authorizes funding for our troops and the equipment and the support they need to carry out their mission. this is legislation that along with the funding that follows in the appropriations bills puts muscle behind america's most important strategic objectives across the globe. and yet under the democratic ma

but the e.p.a.'s guidance and regulations just haven't caught up to that yesterday. she was understanding of that. she had worked at the state level and -- and agreed to talk to the stakeholders and interested parties in arizona about this issue. she made good on that promise. we had that conference call a few days -- or a few weeks later. and it was the first time that many of these people in arizona had been heard on the issue. they had a good meeting with the e.p.a. and it will, i think, lead to better regulations come out of the e.p.a. that was a product that we had not just to the majority party but to the minority party as well. i feel that's been lost and i think that's a shame. i wish we could go back to the system that we had and the system the senate has operated on for a long, long time. when i gave my maiden speech here on this floor a few months ago, i mentioned that the party holding the gavel is on a short leash. bringing even the most noncontroversial resolutions to the senate floor requires the agreement, or at least the ack acquiescence, of the minor

nixon nixon created the e.p.a. he actually be the first but in general a congress created obama live at home in nixon's republican party or ford's republican party arguably but i think the real issue here is that some progressives better working with big business of the clinton democrats at the top did republican strategies and i think it's right frustrating as a progress as one of the progressives on this panel know you'll see obama thirty seconds for you here. i don't i'm not comfortable with the team but in general trade deals i don't think trade deals or a bad idea we have to be more competitive at home and figure out how to educate our young so that we can be more competitive why don't we do wear a limit you can in germany and china and taiwan and south korea are all doing which is have trade policy is that make it harder for people to import and where you are happy to have trade barriers break them family policies and education policies that are better than ours and yes i'm afraid the president is a progressiv

the e.p.a. to change the level of allowable t.c. in water they say is that ok level right now what's ok it may be ok for may may not be ok for you you have your chemicals there which is actually a pool in the ground in the groundwater and the vapors are seeping up through the ground they take the easiest path. and then they try do your home and that's why you have these really great on machines it's a subset of thing takes the pollution dispersant coming into the home puts it in the air outside where it's breaks down we know tricolor at the link askance or we know that and they say it's a moot point now because they're not using it but it's on the ground the first year i moved into this building. and there was not. i had to see this storm one long the i.b.m. problem in the chemicals is du pont's problem and the chemicals silicone valley's problem in california nationally we are a hidden. chemical kind of out there worry about people but it would come as stupid frogs are not stupid. they get you can do it but you could be people. you

the statute clearly says what the e.p.a. may do and may not do. they were going beyond what they're permitted to do, and the d.c. circuit court of appeals said so. that's not the only case in which the d.c. circuit court of appeals has ruled in ways that are problematic to some of our friends here. another was a decision they made regarding recess appointments. you may remember this. awhile back, the president made a very extraordinary decision. the president decided for the first time in the history of the republic that it was up to him to determine when the senate was in recess and when it was not. that was his unilateral decision to make. no other president ever took it upon himself to decide that it was his power to determine when a different branch of government was in recess or not, but this president did. he said, that's -- that's his decision. so i guess by his logic, he could decide when we're out on lunch. that's a recess. over a weekend, that's a recess. you know, it's up to him by his standard. and so he created an opportunity for himse

and i'm to assume you know this is not enough the us e.p.a. does should know better is also part of the dumping. for instance belongs to the united states and vibrant a protection agency the us the v.a. and i found out a dump site here. just never ends just keep going. we can really recycle everything in a time if there's no problem something's going harm or costly to recycle now that's like a lead in the glass you know that's very close to recycling yeah that's going to go away eventually because now they have the l.c.d. screen but the l.c.d. screens have mercury and so that's another issue you know the mercury has to decide if they can just come up with a better way it's coming out i would think of not having hazardous stuff in there it is just going to keep going to keep growing and more people are more transient more landfills and just will be recycled everything out of the recycling. is everybody's problem and so many landfills and why you know i'd rather have a car built and then another landfill and if we can keep this about a landfill a

and consistent with the laws regulating the e.p.a. they didn't believe that the president had the right to decide when congress was in recess and make appointments that suited him when we were not able to deny consent. that was the d.c. circuit court's decision. and this -- and several others -- was completely unacceptable to some of my democratic friends, unacceptable that an independent, nonpartisan court might reach decisions that are inconsistent with the liberal agenda. now, how do we know that this was unacceptable? well, we've got some quotes. just one second on that chart. the senior senator from new york, senator schumer, discussed this. he was speaking to a group of supporters -- it's on the record darned he complained that the d.c. circuit "overturned the apse ability to regulate existing coal plants. he explained that the s.e.c. can't pass rules unless they do a cost-benefit analysis. he complaininged that they struck down utah administration's illegal recess appointments to the nlrb and told a group of supporters -- and he

enough resources into studying the effects that fracking has on groundwater but that didn't stop the e.p.a. from coming up with a report in favor of the practice. believes this word vice to vent the gas constantly to keep it from accumulating under their property as their neighboring gas wells continues to frac slide thousand feet deep pretty much standing around on top of one hundred years from now when somebody dies because there's some timing on the border and they're able to trace it to this frack him everybody else instead who cares invest in a few loss of feed for now it seems that the authorities at all levels are so fired up on fracking potential profits that households like steve leave his family are left to fight alone to get a healthy environment in their homes. going to check out our t. parker county texas a controversial industry is already experiencing some unwelcome festive attention across the ocean in the u.k. protesters dressed as santa as have blocked the entrance to a drilling site with a wind turbine blade but this won't be enough to stop the government from further sh

enough resources into studying the effects that fracking has on groundwater but that didn't stop the e.p.a. from coming up with a report in favor of the practice. believes his word vise to vent the gas constantly to keep it from accumulating under their property as their neighboring gas well continues to frack despite thousand it were pretty much standing around atop of one hundred years from now when somebody dies because there's some. war and they're able to trace it to this fracking everybody off his head who cares invest in a philosophy for now it seems that the authorities at all levels are so fired up on fracking potential profits that households like steve leave his family are left to fight a low to get a healthy environment in their homes. to check on our team parker county texas. well the trends we picked up of corporations around the world not willing to give open a potential money making opportunity protesters in the u.k. for their part been fighting off all companies you could draw on their learned despite being banned by european power which is what france and germany the fran

enough resources into studying the effects that fracking has on groundwater but that didn't stop the e.p.a. from coming up with a reporting favor of the practice. phillipe skills were devised to vent the gas constantly to keep it from accumulating under their property as their neighboring gas well continues to frac slide thousand feet deep pretty much standing around in top of the one hundred years from now when somebody dies because there's been a war and they're able to trace it to this fracking everybody else's ted who appears in that in a few losses for now it seems that the authorities at all levels are so fired up on fracking potential profits that households like steve leaves his family are left to fight a lot to get a healthy environment in their homes going to check on our team parker county texas meanwhile a new energy boom heading for the british countryside has yet to receive a woman a government report has laid the groundwork to open up vall sways of the u.k. for exploration including show gas drilling there the light blue on this map shows you just how much land has been allo

enough resources into studying the effects that fracking has on groundwater but that didn't stop the e.p.a. from coming up with a report in favor of the practice. believes his word vise to vent the gaps constantly to keep it from accumulating under their property as their neighboring gas well continues to frack its large thousand feet deep pretty much the only run on top of one hundred years from now when somebody is because being on the border and they're able to trace it to this for everybody else instead who cares invest in a philosophy for now it seems that the authorities at all levels are so fired up on fracking potential profits that households like steve leaves his family are left to fight a low to get a healthy environment in their homes. or to keep parker county texas meanwhile the u.k. government would like to see greater energy exploitation in the countryside and reporters lay the groundwork to open up vast areas of britain to exploration including shell gas drilling now the light blue on this map shows how much land has been earmarked the u.k.'s energy minister has hailed the

enough resources into studying the effects that fracking has on groundwater but that didn't stop the e.p.a. from coming up with a report in favor of the practice. believes his word vise to vent the gas cost and to keep it from accumulating under their property as their neighboring gas well continues to frack it's hard thousand it were pretty much standing right on top of the one hundred years from now when somebody dies because there's some timing on the border and they're able to trace it to this fracking everybody off his head who cares invest in a philosophy for now it seems that the authorities at all levels are so fired up on fracking potential profits that households like steve leave his family are left to fight alone to get a healthy environment in their homes. down or to keep parker county texas and george barda is a social and environmental justice campaigner who has become a leading voice in britain's anti fracking movement he says it's going to be a long fight the key from our point of view is to keep up the pressure so the government and the cronies in big business can't get aw

respective districts and lay out alec's corporate agenda the model bills being attacked this week are the e.p.a. is regulation of green. house gases and the opposition to food labeling among many others and yet another story overshadowed by the cayo nonsense is n.s.a. spying which by the way is getting worse by the day as the leaks continue to confirm the newest revelation is that the n.s.a. collects a staggering five billion international cell phone g.p.s. locations daily expanding its open air spying prison globally and also the editor of the guardian was recently called to testify before the british parliament why well after publishing n.s.a. leaks related to britain the u.k. government is trying to charge the publication under the terrorism act it's an unprecedented move which many see as the criminalization of journalism and as journalist glenn greenwald brilliantly tweeted if you want to make a list of the world's worst governments you can began with ones equating journalism with terrorism so while the real news is going on the focus is instead on mobs of black people randomly attacking w

each model bill for example there is that this model bill under consideration this week opposing the e.p.a.'s ability to regulate greenhouse gases under the clean air act a proposal that supported by the big oil industry or there's this bill how did the international relations task force that opposes regulations requiring country of origin labeling on food in grocery stores a proposal supported by big guy plus there are model bills. weaken public sector unions as well as to make the affordable care act or obamacare more difficult to implement these are all conservative priorities but passing model bills that could become laws down the road is only one priority this year for alec the other is mending fences as the guardian reported this week alec is facing a fund raising crisis after hundreds of lawmakers and dozens of corporations left the organization over controversy created by alex support of stand your ground laws and voter id laws it's reported that alec is facing a one point four million dollar budget hole this year and has launched a new initiative known as the prodigal son project

we will have to see what the e.p.a. does. would dent the industry. >> thank you, olivia. we will be on the markets again in 30 minutes. berg west is next. ♪ live from pier three in semper cisco, welcome to the early edition of "bloomberg west." emily chang in our focus is on, technology and the future of business. blackberry takes a page from apple and begins to outsource manufacturing of its phones to foxconn. the

enough resources into studying the effects that fracking has on groundwater but that didn't stop the e.p.a. from coming up with a report in favor of the practice. phillips case were advised to vent the gas constantly to keep it from accumulating under their property as their neighboring gas well continues to frack it's five thousand feet deep we're pretty much standing around on top of the one hundred years from now when somebody dies because there's some contaminant in the border area and they're able to trace it to this fracking everybody else instead who cares investor for the loss of three for now it seems that the authorities at all levels are so fired up on fracking potential profits that households like steve leave his family are left to fight a low to get a healthy environment in their homes. down our t. parker county texas. and believe it or not certain hygiene products can get you into big trouble these days for the last month one couple has been in jail on drug charges after police finally discovered that the drugs in question were simply bars of soap and adult cruisin alexander

he worked for the e.p.a. for 11 years. he told his boss that he was a spy and that he worked for the c.i.a.. he took six months off at a time. for years and years, he always got bonuses for good employment, good behavior, for good productivity for 11 years. would that happen for a week or two weeks in private industry? no way would that. government is so big and vast they have no idea who is working in government. we're going to turn that over, our health care system. the bottom line is it won't be efficient. it won't try to save money. it will try to spend money. and it won't lead to you having lower premiums. it will lead to having higher premiums. thomas paine said the government is a necessary evil. he was right. that sounds kind of harsh but the thing is we need to have government. but because government is inefficient, we should keep what government does to a minimum. there's certain things we probably can't have private industry do. a national defense, an army, a navy, an air force. government needs to be in place fo