I think you would have been here. And we had to subpoena you in order to get you to come here. Mr. Pummill, you obviously were subpoenaed because miss hickey left her position, and i suspect that we may invite her to appear before us at a later date. But with that, if there are no further questions, we are now in recess. Coming up tonight remarks from president obama on the keystone xl pipeline and his administrations decision to reject the request from a Canadian Company to build it. He spoke earlier today at the white house and well show you a portion of those comments now. Several years ago the state department began a review process for the proposed construction of a pipeline that would carry Canadian Crude Oil through our heartland to ports in the gulf of mexico and out into the world market. This morning secretary kerry informed me that after extensive Public Outreach and consultation with other cabinet agencies, the state department has decided that the keystone xl pipeline woul
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Legislation did not go anywhere either. And to us, that was a bare minimum. Criticism from the Civil Rights Community and the Voting Rights community. We narrowed the bill until we excluded the states that were engaged, my state of being one of them. We were not covered. Alabama, where all of this started, is not going to be covered. What we did was we decided to use what the Supreme Court asked us to use it in a way that would and to state if you dont have any intentions to be mischievous, you shouldnt be worried about it. Do have any sense of where the new speaker stands on this . Have there been any discussions as an ally . Be seen the chairman as opposed to this idea across the board. Me speak or will shift the powers to the chairmanship. Howd do you get over that hurdle . Maybe they have spoken with him. I have not. I have not spoken to speaker ryan about this. I can tell you restoration tuesday is about educating the American People, informing the American People about this issue
Thats where we find kcci 8s rose heaphy. She joins us live on the phone with more. Rose . Reporter im here. I spoke with the National Weather Service Official and he says this was a confirmed tornado that went through here. He says they are trying to assess the situation to see if it was an ef1 or ef2 tornado. According to radar in the fight there were 100 mileperhour winds here yesterday. We spoke with a homeowner. Im looking at the house right now. Half the roof is just ripped off. The carport is flattened and meeting across the cars. The drain bin is distended. Flattened by the storm and all the wind. Basement. He said he did not sound like a he came back up and he just said he saw the daylight coming to thought. On 70, which goes through melrose, that is closed at 280. Im told to the Emergency Management officials there are a couple of other homes that have been impacted by the storm. They will be out here serving the area for the rest of the day to see what the damage was. As far