charlie: is the united states energy independent? john: the u.s. is blessed with energy.le we still import some oil, we are now starting to export natural gas. i would say there is not an energy crisis in that sense. we have abundant supplies available. we have the potential to produce more. charlie: as you know, people will make the argument understandably is that we have been hostage to the middle east because of the need for their oil. john: i don't view us as being hostages. every country has their own competitive advantages. the middle east happens to have oil. if you think about it, we have many sources of oil available. i don't see, in a broad sense, there is any shortage of oil. there are risks. most of those risks that we talk about our aboveground risks. there is plenty of oil. if you think about the three largest producers that i mentioned earlier, russia, saudi arabia, and the u.s., those three countries together are only about one third of the supply. there are a lot of other supplies of oil they can be made available. charlie: what about australia? joined: a

energy industry. and donald trump made it very clear, one of his top goals is to have the united states be energy-independent i'm glad you brought up the coal question because when you do the math, i wonder if it adds up. many coal workers have lost their job because of the more attractive pricing of oil because of the fracking. can you have it both ways if he's promoting more fracking, which, of course, has been a boon to the north dakota economy as well as other parts of the northern plains, but can you also put more coal workers back to work if coal is nowhere near as attractive an energy source as oil from fracking is? how can you have it both ways? >> one of the concerns in north dakota is we have a number of coal plants that have not shut down. we produce a lot of coal and we don't want to lewis those jobs. they're high paying jobs. the coal workers in north dakota have enjoyed a high standard of living because of the coal industry and it's not only doing new products but it's keeping the coal plants open that are keeping open cheap electricity. of course, natural gas is cheap and you're seeing convers

already just a day after he's given an energy speech, experts said the plan of the united states to have energy independence to get out of the global oil market and could be damaging to the united states and potentially also be very difficult to do in practice. so as donald trump does start to fill out more of the details on his plan, i think that he's going to get more and more scrutiny to get more serious, to talk about the more detail than we have seen from him in the past running in the republican primary. >> i know you guys have been watching when's happening with senator marco rubio under immense pressure to run for re-election. he was up here in 2016 and decided not to. a friend, lieutenant governor, now in and says my friend is running but donald trump tweeted this. he said poll data shows that marco rubio does by far to hold on to the senate seat in florida. important to keep the majority. run marco. what's going on here, dana? >> donald trump -- this particular slice of the story to me is more about donald trump behaving like a republican party leader. more than anything else. and this is an indic

one of the answers was, if the united states became energy independent and didn't have to worry aboute east oil, we could turn our back and forget it. ironically, the united states has become a major energy producer due to fracking. ironically, the middle east is still all over the headlines. commodity, sol even if we are not buying middle east oil, somebody else is buying middle east oil. some of the people who buy that oil are people we do a lot of business with. a lot of other reasons why the middle east is important is migration. some of the biggest movable populations on the planet are in the middle east. when they move, they can cause issues. it is also a global center of finance, air traffic, and 90% of the world's goods moved by sea and a lot of those go through the gulf and the suez canal. think the, i don't strategy has worked. --arly, the disengagement the disengagement for iraq created a massive opportunity for isis. response has's largely not worked. the response was engage with nonviolent muslim islamist groups because they present a viable alternative. that didn't work

energy is not only not ready, but it would not even exist if not for government subsidies. and in general, going after coal attacks the united states and its goal for energy independence. >> thatcorrect, ma'am. carbon capture and sequestration is not technologically ready. when she says we're going to have clean energy or carbon capture, that he does a pseudonym for no coal, ma'am. that's what she means. no coal. i'm an expert in the industry. i understand the technology in the industry. she does not understand what she's saying. but this power grab of the clintons is very scary to me. and she is lying. . deirdre: so do you see her -- you said it, though. just this continuation of the obama administration's policies if she is elected? >> deirdre, she is obama number two. she will continue every one of his policies. and as i said, they will cost rate pairs in 48 states $300 billion in the next several years. she is another obama follower. . deirdre: all right. bob, we are grateful and happy that you spent the time with us. thank you for sharing your insight and your expertise. bob murray with us there. he is the founder and chairman of murray energy. we are watching other commo

. >> and there is appeal to the notion of the united states being energy independent and not shippinglions of dollars to the middle east year after year after year. is that possible? >> i'd argue that from a north american perspective we are energy independent. -- >> -- would be. >> not at all. but as far as opening up new federal lands i don't know if the obama industry didn't do a favor by holding back some production. prices have gone even lower if we had more production online from federal lands. administration gets criticism for not having energy policy it. did produce $26 oil a few mon moments there. it is the industry. they repurpose technology to do a wondrous thing. and the other thing you will hear talk now in the political season from both sides how we haven't built a new refinery in decades. the fact of the matter is we've expanded the ones we've had tremendously over the past several years so another reason why at times we get oversupplied and why gasoline inventories are highest levels in years. crude oil still 80 year high inventories and and diesel fuel a enough of a c

united states. >> all right. so fracing will lead to american energy independence. >> false.ten a whole book on the myth of energy independence. u.s. is very much integrated into the global market. we live in an interdependent world in energy and everything else. >> as we look at what he has said about energy overall, you are the expert on this, break it down for us. is this somebody who really understands the very key role energy plays in america and how to deal with it, or is this somebody who says whatever he thinks is necessary to get elected? >> well, unfortunately, i think it's the latter. i don't hold any brief for trump or clinton but there's not anything even on trump's website about energy. all of that said, i think if trump were to choose to make this a more prominent campaign issue, it could become a wedge issue because as i said earlier, the democrats are opposed to oil and gas production. hillary clinton said she favors reducing u.s. co2 emissions by 80% by 2050 and bernie sanders is saying he wants 100% renewable. if trump, i think this could be more of an issu

energy independence. in the western united states, americans have endured severe droughts and catastrophic wildfires which have restricted the availability of water and devastated ground infrastructure. this legislation addresses these issues as well as many others and invests in efforts to promote a more secure and prosperous future for our nation. mr. speaker, the 2017 energy and water development bill also includes much needed conservation reforms and policies, conservative reforms and policies to counter the administration'sishance of one crippling policy after another and undermining overall economic growth. h.r. 5055 prohibits the e.p.a. and the army corps from implementing the excessive rule which would expand federal jurisdiction over our water resources, prevents any changes to federal authority under the clean water act and impedes efforts to apply the clean water act in certain agricultural areas such as farm ponds and irrigation ditches. the legislation blocks efforts to remove federal dams and protects americans' second amendment rights by allowing for the possession of firearms on army corps

energy independent. the abundant supply of natural gas in the united states has increased demand for it actually on a national basis and internationally. and as the industry grows, we have to take a hard look at how the u.s. produces, uses, and stores l & g in this country. phmsa plays a role in setting safety standards in the way the facilities are designed, maintained, and operated. an emphasis on safety, again, is more relevant than ever. crude oil is also being produced domestically in unprecedented volumes. yearly, about 5,000 car loads are transported across the united states, and phmsa is working diligently to make sure these products arrive safely at their destinations. in 2015, in collaboration with the federal rail administration, we issued the high hazard flammable rail rule. they designed new requirements designed to reduce the consequences involved trains transported large quantities of flammable liquids including crude oil and ethanol by setting new regulations in speed, braking systems, rooting, and tank car design. this comprehensive rule directly addresses the risks associated with this growi

energy independent. the abundant supply of natural gas in the united states has increased demand for it actually on a national basis and internationally. as the lng energy grows, we have to take a hard look at how the u.s. produces, uses, and stores l & g in this country. phmsa plays a role in setting safety standards in the way the facilities are designed, maintained, and operated. an emphasis on safety, again, is more relevant than ever. crude oil is also being produced domestically in unprecedented volumes. yearly, about 5,000 car loads are transported across the united states, and phmsa is working diligently to make sure these products arrive safely at their destinations. in 2015, in collaboration with the federal rail administration, we issued the high hazard flammable rail rule. they designed new requirements designed to reduce the consequences involved trains transported large quantities of flammable liquids including crude oil and ethanol by setting new regulations in speed, braking systems, rooting, and tank car design. this comprehensive rule directly addresses the risks associated with this growing

available by this act may be used to provide a loan under section 136 of the energy independence and security act of 2007, 42 united states code 17013. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 743, the gentleman from south carolina and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from south carolina. mr. sanford: i thank the chair. i think what i have before all of us is a commonsense amendment, and it simply says that the advanced technology vehicle manufacturing loan program will continue to exist but there can be no additional loans. the reason that i do so is when i came and offered this amendment last year, i had a cutting amendment last year, but what was explained to me was that if you cut the program, then you wouldn't have money to administer the existing loans that were out there. so as a result, i've altered this amendment so that, again, it leaves in place the appropriation which is more than $5 million, so that you can continue to administer the existing loans that are in place, but there would be no additional loans. why do i think that that's important? i think it's imp

united states on the temporary base? >> reporter: trump refused to say if he would follow through on the ban of muslims entering the u.s. and summit in south dakota outlining strategy to become energy independent. >> every dollar of energy we don't explore here is a dollar of energy that makes someone else rich and really rich in some cases. >> reporter: trump's team continues to evolve after six weeks he's fired political director rick wiley who clashed with others on the team. trump was disappointed the fund-raising deal while he negotiated with the national party. trump's all but completed pivot to democratic candidate and spent most of his time fund-raising. lou? lou: carl cameron reporting. >>> senator sanders, i don't believe was overly gracious, do you? trump is holding a rally in billings, montana. he's at the rim rock auto arena in front of a crowd estimated at about 10,000 people. less's listen in and see wa he's saying tonight as the officially republican presidential nominee. >> i don't want winner take all. and then they did a poll. trump 48, they were 15 and 12. i said that must be a wrong poll. i'm going win in a landslide and they tried to change it back and we won all 99 deleg

independents in the states trump's targeting. things like energy, regulation, taxes and guns. that makes trump more of a standard, center right candidate. not only can he unite the republican party, he can start to make headway with the working class voters. he needs an agenda that's based on issues. and again, i think most of the coverage of this will go to debating bernie sanders, criticizing elizabeth warren, vince foster. the reality is, it's those issues, if trump has a chance to win this race and build a center right coalition, a popular vote victory that republicans have done only once in the last six elections, it's going to be on this issues. where the democrats have their work cut out for them, although they think those can be winning issues for them as well. >> chris matthews, let's not forget this started with the president's trip to japan. if the world a rattled, trump said in effect, that's a good thing. anyone who would say rattled would be a bad thing just doesn't understand business. >> america cares about america. we don't give a darn of what foreign leaders think of our country. they thought reagan was going to be a disaster. reagan turned

united states oil addiction. helima, it sounds like mr. trump is strongly in faber of more oil exploration, fossil fuels. he doesn't think much of sew lafrmt windmills kill eagles? and energy independencee of the questions is are we ever going to be independent. you can have this u.s. resource, you can explore it, but ultimately we will still need to be dependent on these middle eastern producers. i'm going to be very interested to hear how he talks about that on his speech. >> david? >> he's peddling some outdated material. today 200,000 are working in the solar industry. that's three times more than working in coal mining. solar has dropped about 80% in cost. we'll see what he says in speech. so far energy independence. he said he's going to put cole workers back to work, but he hasn't told us how. and at the same time he's going to increase fracturing which is the maybe reason prices have gone down and put cole minal mi out of work. >> helima, when i first joined cnbc, i made a montage of all the presidents saying we're going to end our independence. johnson, ford, reagan, carter, one after the other. we haven't done it. like what you're saying about renewables. that has come dramat

independence, georgia has been a valuable ally of the united states, and due to georgia's free market system, low corruption and simplified tax system, many american companies have invested in georgia, especially in the energy sector. the u.s. should negotiate a free trade agreement with georgia to add jobs to both of our economies and send a message that georgia is an important friend of the united states. georgia is also a vital partner in the battle against international terrorism. it has provided more troops to the effort in afghanistan than any other non-nato member. 33 georgian troops have fought and died on the battlefield with american troops, and 900 georgian troops still remain in afghanistan. the georgians are now preparing to hold elections in october, and to ensure these parliamentary elections are free and fair, the georgians have invited international independent election observers to monitor those elections in october. the united states and our nato allies must remain firm in our support for georgia. georgia is a sovereign country whose boundaries should be respected even by putin. russia knows georgia is a symbol of democracy in the region. that's why putin continues to rattle his sabers in