west texas is hard to define. eographically, it is hard to define because the definition has shifted over the years. traditionally, it was west of fort worth after the civil war. worthu can't include fort harley in west texas anymore. it is too sophisticated, to cosmopolitan for west texas. but anyway, geographically, it shifts and now it runs somewhere west of fort worth to the new mexico border. include fardoesn't west texas, el paso region. we included that in our book. the environment in west texas print much dominates the region. areas,ght be true of all but certainly the environment of west texas dominates it. in our book, the theme of environment appears in most chapters. the environment is arid or as china -- as chambers of commerce would say, sub humid. and dustegion of wind in our area. there's not much dust everywhere because they do not farm cotton. here we farm cotton so the environment has a lot of dust and wind. the environment is semiarid. it lacks rainfall. it suffers from extensive periods of drou

west texas., geographically it shifts and now it runs somewhere west of fort worth to, of course, new mexico border. usually it doesn't include far west texas, big end and el paso region. we included that in our book. environment of west texas pretty much dominates the region that might be truffe all areas but certainly environment texas dominates it. in our book the theme of environment seems to appear in most of the chapters the environment is -- or as chamber of commerce say subhuman. and in our area i'm not so much because they don't form cotton. here we raise cotton so the has a lot of dust in this area and wind. so the environment is windy -- it lacks rainfall. it suffers from extensive periods of drought. we have these periods of a few years of wet and then several years of dry. and when we talk about average yearly rainfall of about 18 inches -- well, we've got plenty of years of 13 or 9 and other years of 25 well some of the first settler who is came out here they came out in a wet cycle

out outfit that conference grewr book, "west texas: a history of the giant side of the state." so we gathered up a number of our friends and colleagues to write it. all of them are west texans. all of them are fully with the history. but largely, west texas has been ignored because most of historians in the state live in the eastern part of the state and not out here. and besides come in history departments where the real intellectual history so to speak is to be done, most of it is because in history departments and a lot of those write about europe. they didn't care about west texas history or texas history. so that reduced the number as well. but anyway, we've got a number of west texas historians who interested not only in writing about u.s. history, but about texas history. we got him to write about west texas history. and if i say so myself, they did a pretty darn good job. >> as we continue to explore the lubbock literary scene, doctor katherine hayhoe shares her answer to questions of the christian faith often have about climate change. >> my name is katherine hayhoe an

the american windmill museum in lubbock tells the importance of the window for the settlement in west texas. willus where a tiny metals show us some of the items in their collection. >> the american museum was started in 1993 by a lady who was a teacher at texas tech university. this building houses over 110 windmills. we have windmills from as big as six foot wide, the diameter of the wheel, up to 25 feet wide. aboutlook, we will talk windmills of different sizes and shapes. the one i am standing under is typically what you would see if you went to a railroad station in the late 1800s. they could -- steam engines could only go -- 15 to 30 miles down the road, there is a little town, probably said it because that is where the railroad had to stop so they could get water for the sea engines. there was a major relationship between the railroads and the when meals -- in the windmills -- and the windmills. there were over 600 windmill companies in the united states. only one was in business today. many come and go, but only one is still in business. motor company started off in chicago, illinoi

american windmill museum in lubbock tells the importance of the windmills for the settlement in west texas. join us where they will show us some of the items in their collection. >> the american windmill museum was started in 1993 by a lady who was a teacher at texas tech university. this building houses over 110 windmills. we have windmills from as big as six-foot wide, which is the the diameter of the wheel, up to 25 -feet wide in diameter. as we go through and look at the stuff in the museum, we will talk about windmills of various sizes and shapes. the one i am standing under is typically what you would see if you went to a railroad station in the late 1800s. the old steam engines could only go 15 to 30 miles down the road, before they had to stop for water. there is a little town, probably sprung up there because that is where the railroad had to stop so they could get water for the steam engines. so there was a major relationship between the railroads and the windmills. this would be typical. right around the turn-of-the-century between the 1800s and 1900s, there were over 600 windmi

they tell the importance of the windmill for the settlement of west texas. ing us and tied, tonya meadows will show us some of the items in their collection. >> the american windmill museum was started in 1993 by a lady who was a teacher at texas tech university and mr. cory harris, who is still our executive director. this building houses over 110 windmills. thatve windmills in here are his biggest six foot wide, which is the diameter of the wheel, up through 25 feet wide in diameter. as we go through and look at the stuff in the museum, we will talk about windmills of various different sizes and shapes. the one i am standing under here is typically what you would see if you went to a railroad station in the late 1800s. the old steam engines can only go 15-30 miles before they had to stop for water, depending on the train. in west texas, 15, 30 miles down the road, there is a little town. it probably sprung up there because that is where the railroad had to stop to get water for the steam engine. it was a major relationship between the railroads and the wind

developers, who exchanged building the capital building in austin for 3 million acres of ranch in west texas. so this was one of seven division headquarters located throughout the ranch. each one of the headquarters basically operated baton immensely. n, and woulds ow report to an office in channing, texas, north of here. oc this was in far west -- county, my home county. headquartersstone that was really built to be the central location, it was meant to be the ranch managers'headquarters -- manager's headquarters, along with the headquarters of that division, with an eating room for the cowboys where they could come and have at least two meals a day. loft wheres a huge 50-60 cowboys could sleep at one time. so it is a significant structure in our history, in our ranch history, because the xit, 3 million acres at one time it was the largest ranch under one fence in the united states. it was almost 6000 miles of fence to put this ranch under fence. but it really represented the time of changing from the open range to relieve the closed the range or barbed wire period, that came together reall

meanwhile extended heatut to west texas.omorrow afternoon, triple digit heat index and monday afternoon we really start to get into dangerous territory. we're t goingo have to watch out. 77or tonight. certainly quite ward. and for the day tomorr, 98. sunny skies no. rain in sight. if you can spend most of the dar s probably a good idea to do so. 99 monday. 95tuesday. there you go, cool off, just a bit. and then 93 degrees as we head into your fourth of july holiday. slightly cooler guys. i mean93 versus 98, it will feel nicer b t thenhink than the next couple days. >> definitely notice a differce between those two. thank you. >>olirginia state pe will now carry narcan on the job. narcan is used to treat opoid overdo all thanks to more than $150,000 grant. pficials say stateice have purchased more than 2100 f dispensaries employers and allol virginia stateice personnel will be equipped with an. and trained to use it by july 1st. meanwhile, morehan 100 doctors and medical professionals are behind bars. they're accused of unlaw

my home state has in far west texas in andrews county. is also aico, there place that could take some of this waste. that is not to say any of those are done yet. you are correct in that we are in a bit of -- i think it is morally irresponsible for us to continue to allow these spit fuel rods and this waste -- not just from power plants, but the somear waste -- to sit in of the places we have in this country today because they are not secure. and the potential for an greater is certainly today than they were in an appropriate repository. david: the program that you and secretary pompeo talked about today -- do you think the people in china say wait a second, the north states, stay in the america area, let us worry about energy. we don't need you helping out. do you think there is any resentment in the united states try to help with energy in asia by the chinese? sec. perry: yes. david: ok, so what are you going to do about it? sec. perry: conversation, this is what we do. it is what we do. it is frankly what china does. it would be no mor

into west texas and new mexico. i think you've got a different political landscape. i don't know. what happened he was the governor of the territories. exactly right. new mexico went for the slave code because the represented congress at the time, believed that the winds were blowing that way. toward the south. he went to congress and fell in love with the southern belle. her family was involved in politics. i think she had three brothers and were involved in politics and they turned to him. -- they turned his head. he became an advocate and he misjudged. without a war it's different. >> the material i've looked at was focussed on defending slavery. not from the other side. i don't know if it's there or not. >> question, is there anything as we're nearing the end you haven't said you thought you would want to share with us? good question. i think i've covered most of what i want to talk about one of the things is through line of white supremacy. it struck me in reading this stuff. one of the things in my notes i was

that said, i do think that that in west texas,0 is a short-term buying opportunity.e we get through the summer, once we get to the next x weeks, we may see the pressure back in the oils based. i do think that 70 is a good place to get in, though. caroline: thank you for your time. let's check in not just on the oil market and entities but the other assets currently trading ahead of the year and close. european stocks had been bouncing back to a certain that. the ftse, 7/10 of 1%. it really has been travel companies and health care leading the charge. looking at fx, it has been a story of slight dollar weakness with the pound trading higher. we got some new white taper that mark artan will be getting into later. meanwhile, the euro is just trading flat areas up next, mark barton and vonnie quinn, the european close. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> 11:00 a.m. in new york, 4 p.m. in london, there's 30 minutes left in the trading day in europe today. from the european headquarters, i'm ark martin. vonnie: and in new york, i'm vonnie quinn. this is "the european close" on --omber

the american windmill museum in lubbock tells the importance of the window for the settlement in west texasome of the items in their collection. >> the american museum was started in 1993 by a lady who was a teacher at texas tech university. this building houses over 110 windmills. we have windmills from as big as six foot wide, the diameter of the wheel, up to 25 feet wide. as we

texas and the i-35 corridor. the east was settled with 600,000 people. almost none to the west. the territory that was discussed when they talked about the western territories was new mexico. the mexican cession was split into two territories at the 37th parallel. utah to the north, new mexico to the saw. mexico ran from texas to california. arizona was not hived off till 1863. in 1859, the new mexican territorial legislature developed one of the most sophisticated slave codes in the nation, allowing slaveowners to come in. there were only 24 slaves brought in by military people but technically, officially, a new mexico in 1860 was a slave territory. new mexico legally existed from virginia -- slavery legally existed from virginia to california in 1860. what if they sort of backed off? pushed for the ratification of the corwin amendment, pushed slavery west into west texas and to new mexico. i think you have a different political landscape for all of this. >> you don't think -- [inaudible] dr. pitcaithley: would lou wallace have stopped it? the civil war general more famous as t

like that movie friday night lights at the tv show, a 30 year run really playing football in west texas or texas altogether it started and 65 was the actual state championship i graduated and 66. we were the first team and they had a 30 year run. of course, the book, the movie, all of that that ally. >>> what would you say the spirit with the secret sauce would be for your championship football team. >>> johnny mayfield started all that he came in during my junior year. the new coach came in never quit, be the best prepared team out there, and to everything you could do to be ready to go fight. just know that you will get not down. that is not the essence of success. the essence is you get back up once knocked down. you just be prepared and better prepared than anybody else in the team. >>> chairman mike conaway thank you for great conversation. good luck with your countdown clock. i will see you september 30. the next guests was mayor doused and the u.s. trade representative the first dock -- african-american to hold either office was singer counsel. this will be fun. he's got a millio

the front deck lights the book and movie and the tv show, 30 year run really great football in west texas and texas altogether come at a started 65 with the actual state championship. i graduate in 66 but with the first state championship team and they had a 30 year run. of course the book and the movie and the tv show help keep all that a lot. >> and what would you say is the spirit, the secret sauce of the high school and a championship run? >> jean mayfield started that. he came in after junior year. new coach came in. you never quit. you be the best prepared team out there. you do everything could possibly do to get ready to go fight. you just know that you're going to get knocked down. that's not the essence of whether not your success of the essence is whether or not you get up, get back and go find the guy on the next banker knocking down. you give effort every single play and you just be better prepared anybody else. >> thanks for great conversation with axios. appreciate it very much. [applause] good luck with your countdown clock. i will see september 30. our next guest was mayo

interesting program that they've developed for school safety in their rural school district in west texas and i'd just be interested in your thoughts as to how this integrates with the work we did in cures and what you're doing now with cures implementation. >> yes. thank you for bringing that forward because this is a very important part not only of the cures act, but also a focus of the president's federal school safety commission and so we've had the opportunity to speak to a number of districts across the country, texas being one of them, and these kinds of innovative programs are exactly what we need to better insure two things, one, a safe environment for students, anarch rick environment where they can learn -- a nurturing environment where they can learn, and the second being one where we identify children early who may have emotional or mental health issues that need to be addressed and there are a number of ways to address those kinds of mental health service needs by either integration directly within these school systems or through a close relationship with other types of prog

that's our altitude down here in west texas launch site. just about at max queue. aerodynamic thrust maximum on the rockets. >> all right, a successful liftoff for new shepard, mission 9, mission 3 for this particular line. there will be a separation and some other steps before both parts of the rocket come to land, and we will keep an eye on that and hope that it is successful for jeff bezos' blue origin. now let's get back to capitol hill, where fed chairman powell has been testifying, day two. >> it seems to me right now that no one seems to have quite a hold on it either. it seems to be this amore fuss globe that's moving around. you talk to the f.c.c., and they at the same time kind of kick the ball around also. i mean, shouldn't there be a more concerted effort to try to figure out who's in charge here of cryptocurrency? i think there is lots of opportunities here for not only terrorism, but also for drug trafficking, sexual expo station, human trafficking, use of terrorism, but all sorts of bad actors i think can use this. and i don't think we have a good ho

at one point west texas oil they traded in your dropped below the $17 mark for barrel.here is overall concerned that if the trade war continues, this could hamper the chinese economy, and that is one of the big countries using oil, so that could put a damper on demand and therefore drive prices of it lower. there is also the question of what happens with venezuela and iran, if we not see a shortage of deliveries from those countries, that actually could bring the price of oil back up and we should not forget, just recently we reached the highest price of oil in a good four years, now we have a little step back in this market. >> now to the military industrial defense stocks on the rise. is that all due to don't trust nato meeting? >> it was probably the main driver while we saw a spike in companies like lockheed martin and also boeing, which gets almost half their revenue from the broader defense industry. donald trump believes that he made a point that nato members should immediately pay 2% of gdp for defense and actually increase the spending in the next couple of yea

there's a bottleneck in west texas.oil prices went higher, shell oil came out so quickly and absorb the cost and keep cost at low level. that's not happening right now because you are simply producing more oil than what you can get out of west texas by pipeliner or truck. to quantify libya, 850,000-barrels a day and you add canada, that's the million barrels that russia and saudi arabia said they would bring on you add sanctions in iran, the problems in venezuela, i think you have a real supply problem going forward for at least the next year. neil: what is going to dictate the mood of these markets? i mean, a lot trade, you know, signs of trades, prospects of the deal, the president expects to get in the face of nato allies when it comes to what they are spokenning up for military and defense-related spending, what's dominating, do you think? >> i think it's almost 100% trade right now. you wish the market was trading on fundmentals, you have problems with eu and worker strike, the u.s. market by far is the best market

my wife is actually a west texa texan, graduate of abell cooper public high school and the universityf texas. she is now the town manager of our community. we met in 2001 when we both worked in the white house. our first date was on september september 10th 2001. the next morning i was a few steps behind her as the secret service shouted out all of us to a sprint out the front gates of the white house, because there was an inbound plane. in the difficult weeks that followed, ashley was a source of strength for president bush, and for everyone in this building. through bad days and so many better days since then, she has been a great wife and inspiring mom. i think god every day for my family. [applause] tomorrow i began meeting with members of the senate which plays an essential role in this process. i will tell each senator that i revere the constitution. i believe that an independent judiciary is the crown jewel of our constitutional republic. if confirmed by the senate, i will keep an open mind in every case. and i will always strive to preserve the constitution of the united state

west texas intermediate tumbling by the most in two weeks. >> without the dollar spike higher. we saw commodities take the kids across the board. let's go into the bloomberg gtv. drop onws the dramatic pace for the worst day since 2017. yes it was a backdrop on a weekly basis of the worst drop in almost two years. pretty major. let's go into the price chart into the dramatic size of the drop. you have to consider that oil was up at one point toward 74 then dropped down five and have percent. a very dramatic move. energy and material producers funds at least 2%, you can see the commodities casualties golden nickel down in a big way then down some of the stocks, energy stocks taking very big hits. 4% to 5% some of them. that thes the concern imbalance and uncertainty about the trade war could take a hit on global growth and demand. >> with mining and machinery stocks taking the biggest hit were there any companies in particular that were the more invest -- most impacted? member -- makers and steelmakers. it's pretty significant. also we saw airlines taking a hit across the board.

>> west texas is a desert. typically you will be optimistic when you live in the desert. i'm optimistic i'm going to get it done. it's the right thing to do. the president wants to get it done on time. i mentioned earlier all the turmoil going on whether it is the farm bill, trade, commodity prices, all those things going on. one thing congress can do is to on behalf -- do on behalf of production is get this farm bill done on time. we have difficult decisions to make and new priorities to set. but none of us will be any smarter in october than we are now and so there's no reason. we are adults. there is no reason not to get this done on time. go ahead make those decisions because there is an alias of people in agriculture, knowing what the next five-year safety net looks like. i want to get that done. i cannot unveil the waters on trade, but i can get this farm bill done and that would save a little bit of the pressure off of these hard-working men and women that produce the safest and most abundant and affordable food supply in the world. that's why we need a safety net.

vertica ground.back on the >> go, baby, go, beautiful liftoff of our new shepherd rocket here from west texashe inmpany launches earth lings it's cong test flights with a test dummy named mannequin skywalker. >> we're going to test it. we're not gng to take any utortcuts. >> reporte on wednesday the ninth of such scheduled tests blasted off and fl flew higher into space reaching 74 miles above the eart the entire round trip flight taki only 11 minutes. >> and touchdown. absolutely beaeiful. >> reporter: blue origin is just one of handful of companies working to launch unmanned rockets carrying umcargo andans into sce. they plan to start selling tickets for their galactic get aways next year. in new york, jackie ibanez fox. ws i-66.ad on what it means forvers. language at s starbucks. coffei to overs itst fr signing store in the u.s. and it'irs going to be right here in the district. we'll have the details on it next. >> ♪ >> ♪ does your business interne a provider promise lot? let's see who delivers more. comcast business gives you gig-speed in more places. on't. the others we offer up to 6 h

we understand those many projects from west texas a&m that pipeline is completed the timing and 2019. but in universal terms it is hard to expect and then not to see the infrastructure. >> would you like to add to that? >> yes chairman what i was with president bush when we liberated iraq. v so the policy problem. >> you cannot take it out the oil field but the first place if you lost two 1/2 million million barrels per data and you goo to spare production capacity held by saudi arabia we went there 90 and 91 they they were a little late. saudi arabia provided that that's the third apartment. >> back in the last two years we had extra inventory so we had to work it off faster that would be okay and not have higher prices. but those commercial inventories in asia and africa we don't see those. and then to bring down russian and this leads us to our guest result and in other iaea i so we are reduced when you wentnt to see what are we to lose? and later this year or next year. certainly this and it is about 3 million barrels per day because they have the -- howdy. in history and. >> that

i became a conservationist as a mature little girl growing up in west texas. i was an only child. i spent summers with my grandparents in el paso watching and helping my granny in her garden. if she were alive today, she would be on this panel telling us how to make the most of your backyard spaces. that you, too, can grow flowers in the center of a stray recycled tire or keep asparagus and pomegranate trees thriving in the harshest of conditions. midland, i learned to love the outdoors from my mother who if she weren't reading could be found outside. mother was a knowledgeable, self-taught naturalist who remembered the name of nearly every wildflower and was passionate about birds. her fascination began when i was 10 and she volunteered to be b my girl scout leader which involved helping us earn our bird badge. we would sit indian style with binoculars and wait for birds to swoop down. each year, thousands of birds flew through midland and it was then that i learned my city sat along a north south migratory path. mother became a devoted bird watcher and as we drove around town to

it gives the london-based energy giant a position in the permian basin, a swath of west texas and newil region. >> it's an awful lot of money. analysts are looking at a $9 billion value, and what you have seen from shares is that they have gone down on the bp side, but up on the bhp side. some are wondering whether they overpaid for this deal. >> we think $10 billion, we believe the value in the know the value should be significantly above that from the assets we saw back into 2014. with the team we brought into our own lab for five years ago, we can see the potential. we will be able to realize that in the assets we have looked at. ♪ ♪ look at the imap right now of the bloomberg european 500 index, dividing winners and losers by industrial groups. you can see financials are doing quite well this morning. you can see this sliver of bright red in i.t. >> there are about 30,000 functions on the bloomberg, and we always enjoy showing you our favorite here on bloomberg television. maybe they will become your favorites. here's another function you will find useful. it will lead you to our

our first year of marriage was on the campaign trail in west texas. taking my new wife to the mu that was not her first choice. in many ways it was a lessening. it is amazing what you can learn in defeat. when john mccain beat me and the new hampshire primary, that was the best thing that happened to me in the presidential race, for two reasons. it reinvigorated my desire to win, but also, it was important to show people that he could get knocked down and get off the mat. is so internal grit necessary to be successful and one way you develop it, sadly, is through losing. balance, ion: on the think losing is way overrated. winning is better. what you want to do if you run is to know that if you do not an informeders made decision and disagreed with you. you should have things that you will not do. things you believe in that you cannot give up. make them as palatable or pleasing to people as you can, you should do that opinionsyour unpopular digestible are understandable, you should do that. when you are running, and if you get beaten, is there somethin

trump blasted germany for the ties to the russian energy market, those two lowered it wti is the west texashere in the u.s. is a big difference >> let's bring that market perspective in with linda baucheam at federated. linda, good to see you >> thank you. >> the idea that uncertainty has returned to the stock market in 2018 is perhaps the understatement of the year trade dispute, brexit uncertainty, you had headlines coming out what is most important >> volatility in the summer period i think if you look to the underlying fundamental, the economy seems to be strong earnings are going to be reported in a couple of days the fundamentals and valuations are going to be strong trade war is going to be something that is going to be headline grabbing and creating more volatility. i think that is more of a negotiation tactic that while we get towards the mid-term elections i think there's going to be more negotiations and be more united states and the allies, europe and nafta coming to the negotiation table coming in to settle those trade fears as well. so, you know, i think, you know, the economy

ahead, west texas hit $75 for the first time since 2014. andill talk about how saudi russian output can be boosted. pboc walking a tightrope. more insights, next. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> this isn't a simple task for the chinese administration. they are looking at domestic policies for their exporters as part of the tit-for-tat reaction. it's not just a threat to tariffs but also week exchange rate. the question is, that doesn't come without its cost in terms of the debt side of the ledger for the chinese corporate sector. don't think it is a tool that very inclined to use privet we would agree it's largely a response to a broad-based reaction to the dollar and we think it's being driven by the fact that u.s. growth is surging in the first half, while we've had disappointment elsewhere. number two, a little bit of risk aversion in response to trade uncertainty as well. as the central bank is concerned, 6.7 is a line in the sand. it's not the definitive line in the sand, these things never are, but when we look at a chart of the dollar-renmin

amanda: west texas back above $75 today, so lots of room for optimism. the big sector that we don't know what's going to happen and whether tariffs will come. our people ignoring it? it will keep investing as if nothing is going to happen until it does? christine: individual stocks are getting hit, martin ran today was down more than 4% at one point in the stocks are being hit hard by these terrorist concerns, but that said, is a relatively small part of the canadian stock market as a whole. stocks,banks, mining together they make up two thirds of the market so as long as there's relative optimism for those three sectors and in this case, energy in particular, though straight concerns may have the canadian dollar, but they are not going to hit stocks as a whole nearly as much. amanda: what are the bears saying? christine: there are bears out there. i don't want to make it sound like everyone is universally bullish on canadian stock. nationalistlish bearish is below where its trading now that the -- in that implies declines. their concerns are around trad

they give the london-based energy giant a part of the permian basin, west texas and new mexico. >> analysts looking at a $9 billion value. what you have seen from shares today is a test gone down on the bp side but up on the bhp side. >> we know the value is significantly above that, just from the assets we farmed into back in 2014. we were able to double the flow rates with the team we brought into our own lower 48 business four or five years ago. dave lawlor from sandridge. there are major upsides. ♪ >> take a look at the imap of the bloomberg european 500 index dividing winners and losers by industrial groups. you see financials are doing quite well this morning. you can see this sliver of bright red in i.t. emma: there are about 30,000 functions on the bloomberg. we always enjoy showing you our favorites on bloomberg television. maybe they'll become your favorites. here is another function you will find useful. quic . it will lead you to quick takes where you can find important context and fast insight into timely topics. here is a quick take from this week. >> when you think about

libya has been shut down, angola shut down, the iran sanctions and right now west texas because of the because so much oil is trying to come out. you don't have enough pipelines and trucks to get it out. we will see higher oil prices for a year. it's a way to play this market going forward. if you end up in a trade war, that's the big worry. >> the energy earnings up 144%. unbelievable performance. small-cap stocks for just a second. russell was down yesterday about half a percent. the performance this year has been unbelievable. take a look at the small stock fund winners up 40% in change. is this played out now or should investors be thinking about small caps? >> i think they should be thinking about it. the reason you should be thinking about the u.s. market as it was north korea and the trade war coming out just as potential trade war that could happen. the market believes this for negotiation. the place to be is the u.s. market. the hard brexit, soft drinks, are they going to get out of the e.u. in france. the problems in china. the place to be is the u.s. market. when you look at

west texas. it turned up to be a gold mine for them.panies that have set up operations here in everything. about concerns of overbuilding, whether we're getting toward mobile territory here? >> yes it seems to be an interesting sort of divide. you talk about mining companies and sells, this say nothing to be concerned about right now. i was told she is not concerned in any, she is concerned about having enough for the oil companies that are demanding. if you talk to analysts and those on wall street and in esters, there is concern that if you build all that is announced west texas, eventually you have to have an oversupply which could hit in the next couple of years. it will be interesting to see if is our bills and if the demand does not meet all of the supply, you could have an oversupply your -- oversupply. >> i kept thinking about, is any desert now fair game, any patch of sand in the u.s. now potentially a source for fracking? >> good question. >> right. sand is not just sand, which i had to learn at your a lot of asking around. it

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oil hovering at its highest levels of the year, west texas moved ahead of $75 and today there is a pullbackuse a weekly report showed an inventory build, a little more inventory than what was expected, a billion barrels versus the drawdown of 4.50 million but we're seeing it now. it is pulling back some. but the big picture, it is a battle. for u.s. consumers, year over year, they say $2.86 a gallon for regular and that is about $0.60 higher from last year and that is a big, big move year over year for oil. you know that president trump will continue to fight this one. it has been ongoing. this is not going to stop here. the concern also, it is not just about what they are doing there, disruptions for some of these countries as well but just that demand has been on the rise, dana. >> dana: yes, because the economy is better that. is what happens. tell us about the u.s. pork producers, set to be preparing for steep tariffs taking place tomorrow. >> oh, boy, you are talking about $34 billion. tomorrow the day. pork, soybeans, steel, peanuts and we know that china is ready to retaliate. and no

i became a conservationist as a mature little girl, growing up in west texas. spent -- i was an only summer -- child, i spent summers with my grandparents in el paso, watching and helping my grandmother for hours in her garden. if she were alive today, she would be on this panel, telling us how to make the most of your backyard spaces. you also can grow flowers in the center of a stray, recycled tire. or keep asparagus and pomegranate trees driving in the harshest of conditions. i learned to love the outdoors for my mother who, if she were not reading, could be found outside. mother was a knowledgeable, self-taught naturalist, who remembered the name of nearly every wildflower, and was passionate about birds. her fascination began when i was 10, and she volunteered to be my girl scout leader. which involves helping us earn our bird badge. we would sit, indian style, with binoculars and wait for birds to sweep down, on the prairie mesquite. every year, thousands of birds flew through, and it was then that i learned my city sat along the north, south migratory pa

i'm very excited to be running and just spent the last couple of days in west texas.s district spans san antonio to el paso and the largest district that is not its own state. folks are so excited, it's not about winning. for many folks they know what is on the ballot. healthcare is on the ballot. it's the issue that come understand the most, can't afford it today or fearful they can't afford it tomorrow. 70% of this district is rural. folks know we need representatives to fight for healthcare. 1 in 6 texans is uninsured. 1 in 6 kids in texas here go to school and rely on c.h.i.p. or medicaid for insurance. we know we're 99 days away from the most consequential election of our lifetime but know we're celebrating the 53rd anniversary of the signing of medicaid and medicare by another great texan leader, lbj and programs are so vital to so many americans everyday. we have to protect these programs and i look forward to protect opportunities to allow me to grow healthy and have opportunity. >> i assume everyone is talking healthcare out there. is that your most experienc

but, again, right here in west texas, the latest test from this space start-up. >> if you're jeff bbezoso have glitches now than on the primary launch primetime deals on space travel? >> we don't even know the price for travel with new shepard, reports of upwards of $200,000 we'll see. >> echoes, if interested dow's up 75. we do have s&p 2814. a fresh 5.5 month high more from delivering alpha in a moment stay with us with tripadvisor, finding your perfect hotel at the lowest price... is as easy as dates, deals, done! simply enter your destination and dates... and see all the hotels for your stay! tripadvisor searches over 200 booking sites... to show you the lowest prices... so you can get the best deal on the right hotel for you. dates, deals, done! tripadvisor. visit tripadvisor.com >>> a check on markets a mixed picture. dow up near session heiss ofigh3 s&p of 6 holding above that 2300 mark nasdaq lower outperforming the dow transports up more than 2.5%. led higher by united continental despite higher fuel prices >> if you're going to watch that, we will and ibm tonight. american expr

. >>> dozens of wildfires are burning across the west. texasacing for more torrential rains and flash flooding. >>> president trump celebrated the fourth of july with military families at the white house. he hosted a picnic and thanked them for their sacrifice, and thousands of others were invited to watch the fireworks from the south lawn. >>> and joey chestnut has won his 11th title at the hot dog eating contest, downing a record 74 hot dogs and buns in just ten minutes. those are some of our top stories on this thursday, july 5th. >>> from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> hungry, any one? >> no. >> after watching that video, definitely not. >> can't do it. >> congratulations to joey chestnut, nonetheless. >>> but we're going to start this half hour off with the desperate effort to save a soccer team and their coach. >> we see the pictures of the group looking happy and waving hello but still trapped in a cave. >> authorities were trying to wait until the water recedes, but that could take a while. james longman is there. >> reporter:

texas. purchased a plot of land a little west of the center here, and he hired an architect to draw up plansor a home that was largely to be his parents home but there was also room for him and his wife. the house was devoted to a music studio -- one wing of the house was devoted to a music studio. he had contacts throughout the industry. after he married in 1958 he and his new wife stayed in new york city, largely so he could learn everything that he could about the music industry, about recording, about studio production. he wanted to bring that knowledge factor to lubbock, texas and open a studio and bring those musicians here to lubbock. those that he toured with and developed friendships with and recorded -- and record them in his own studio. i do not think that buddy would have stopped recording his own music or would have stopped performing, but i know that that was an exciting element that he wanted to explore and add to his expertise. life, the end of buddy's this would be late 1958, he made a trip to lubbock to visit -- visit his family and christmas. then, we turn to new york. the