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Running from the more liberal and activist wing of the democratic party. for instance, louisiana senator mary landrieu called the decision irresponsible, unnecessary and unacceptable. alaska start mark begic said i am frankly appalled by the continued foot dragging on the keystone project. and arkansass mark pryor said theres no excuse for the other delay. the president needs to approve this project now. on the other hand, billionaire environmentalist activist tom stier who pledged to spend $100...

And mary landrieu said it is unacceptab unacceptable, and unnecessary. and mark pryor, no excuse for another delay. and mark begich, i am appalled for the foot dragging on this keystone project. and swipes from mitch mcconnell commenting on the presidents year of action saying i guess he was not serious about having a pen and a phone. and lets bring in aisha moody mills from thegrio.com, and republican aid joe watkins. lets start with you, aisha, not mincing the words there, but t net-net, how d...

Where are union workers in this country on this issue? >> well, were entirely behind the keystone project. its basically part of our infrastructure. its going to put thousands of people to work, not only teamsters, but all of working people. you saw some of the pictures that we had on the show where we have, you know, literally hundreds of people in one segment working on this pipeline. this is something america needs right now. it puts people to work. were talking about where are the good jobs ...

Collect green house gas emissions, we can create jobs. >> do you want to see the president not authorize the keystone pipeline? >> of course. >> your senator was one who voted for that symbolic resolution. im curious if that opens up the conversation with the folks in arkansas? >> its a good excuse to stop by. we talked about it before, hes been a champion for it, but certainly, senator prior, as his father david pryor both had a sign on their desks that say arkansas first. when we look at mayfl...

Pictures were seeing. exxon was fined three years ago for not properly inspecting another section of this aging pipeline. the spill renewed scrutiny on pipelines as the push to approve the keystone project, of course, spanning from canada to texas intensifies. and not helping the public image, this you-tube video of a mayflower resident driving around his neighborhood. look at that, some of the thousands of gallons still seeping across front lawns and into the street. >> our house is here, which...

Emissions, we can create jobs. >> do you want to see the president not authorize the keystone pipeline? >> of course. >> your senator was one who voted for that symbolic resolution. im curious if that opens up the conversation with the folks in arkansas? >> its a good excuse to stop by. we talked about it before, hes been a champion for it, but certainly, senator prior, as his father david pryor both had a sign on their desks that say arkansas first. when we look at mayflower today and the devas...

Make being us industry. >> not charles. he comes here -- and looking for a new truck right now. six tires and two engines. >> and all of these vehicles are now efficient. >> and still if you look. >> the fuel efficiency standarpeds were led by the president. >> if the president really, really, really want to take the economy to the next level, you do the keystone project and you dont go on the land owned by the government. you increase it. thats one of the key things we have seen. gas prices are...

We will be -- >> not so. >> new truck, six tires and two engines. >> but all of these vehicles are much more fuel efficient. >> the fuel efficiency standards were led by the standards. >> if the president really wants us to take the economy to the next level you do the keystone project. you dont decrease drilling on land owned by the government. you increase it. gas prices are killing people right now. >> from a pure economic standpoint, president obama supports ben bernanke of printing money. w...

Theyre regarding american policy as politicized and hostile. if we dont use the oil from alberta, we need to get the oil from somewhere else, venezuela, mexico, saudi arabia, california. some of these oils are heavy crude and processing, refining, burning them is even more harmful to the environment than burning canadian oil sands. to the extent that it makes us use more coal for electricity generation, thats a big step backwards for the environment. for many of these reasons the scientific jour...

Where demand is booming. light now that seems a distant and costly prospect but having visited alberta recently, i can a test that canadian businessmen and officials are seriously planning for asian markets, since they now regard american policy as politicized and hostile. if we dont use the oil from alberta, we need to get the oil from somewhere else, venezuela, mexico, saudi arabia, california. some of these oils are heavy crude and processing, refining, burning them is even more harmful to th...