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-- normally you dont vote on the bill in committee and send it straight to the floor, especially a bill as controversial as a fracking bill, and thats what happened yesterday. straight from finance to the floor. the process was bad, and the substance was horrible. >> the substance also -- its unclear to me that it is even constitutional under the first amendment. i mean, were at the case that say one of our producers or i or one of my colleagues were to find out whats in the fluid and publish it...

All right. so remember how fracking works. they drill a deep hole and then pump in a mixture of water, sand, and chemicals at a pressure so intense it actually cracks the rock deep underground. and among the chief concerns about fracking, besides its tendency to appear to cause earthquakes, is the potential health hazard posed by fracking fluid. well, theres now a bill in north carolina that makes it a crime to disclose whats in that stuff. a crime. if you say, well, its x parts water and x part...

-- normally you dont vote on the bill in committee and send it straight to the floor, especially a bill as controversial as a fracking bill, and thats what happened yesterday. straight from finance to the floor. the process was bad, and the substance was horrible. >> the substance also -- its unclear to me that it is even constitutional under the first amendment. i mean, were at the case that say one of our producers or i or one of my colleagues were to find out whats in the fluid and publish ...

Against democratic incumbent kay hagan. while tillis was out casting votes this week, protesters with the moral monday movement were being arrested in his office after republicans vote ford new capitol rules on where all those meddlesome protesters are allowed to bather and what theyre allowed to do. and like many fracking advocates, tillis says the safety of those fracking fluids is a non-issue. >> im very optimistic that were talking with innovation, were talking about, you know, future chemic...

>> if the fracking fluid is so safe, one must ask, why would they pass a bill like this to make it a crime to disclose whats in it? >> right. well, apparently, some of this has roots in alec, model legislation. >> im sorry, say it again. >> some of these disclosure components have roots in alec model legislation. >> the american legislation education council which kornts model legislation in he various states across the country. >> right. and apparently they were involved in that at the commissi...

All right. so remember how fracking works. they drill a deep hole and then pump in a mixture of water, sand, and chemicals at a pressure so intense it actually cracks the rock deep underground. and among the chief concerns about fracking, besides its tendency to appear to cause earthquakes, is the potential health hazard posed by fracking fluid. well, theres now a bill in north carolina that makes it a crime to disclose whats in that stuff. a crime. if you say, well, its x parts water and x part...

It -- normally you dont vote on the bill in committee and send it straight to the floor, especially a bill as controversial as a fracking bill, and thats what happened yesterday. straight from finance to the floor. the process was bad, and the substance was horrible. >> the substance also -- its unclear to me that it is even constitutional under the first amendment. i mean, were at the case that say one of our producers or i or one of my colleagues were to find out whats in the fluid and publish...

So please join men a toast off to the freedom that all of you in hydraulic fracking thing to america. >> would you drink fracking fluid? >> sure. >> if you want item by item in terms of what the components are, then i would take a drink. >> the point of seeing executive and politicians drinking fracking fluid was deception, an attempt to convince the public there is no harm from the process of hydraulically fracturing a shale gas or shale oil well. it is deceptive in the sense that it is the lea...

Are, then i would take a drink. >> the point of seeing executives and politicians drinking fracking fluid was deception. it was it was an attempt to convince the public that there is no harm from a the process of hydraulically fracturing a shale gas or shale oil. its deceptive in the sense that its the least of the problems. what goes down the well is not nearly as important as what comes up the well. so the principle constituents of flowback from shale gas consist of salts and naturally occurri...

Our colleagues traveled to western pennsylvania to see how one community is experiencing the promise and some of the perils of fracking. they started out actually listening in on an industry event in houston. >> i just happen to have a glass of halliburtons clean stem green frack fluid. i would like to mix a little cocktail here before you all tonight. >> there have been some very notable escapades in public where people from the oil and gas industry and even governor of colorado has in public c...