do they have to? no, they don t. they ve already said we are not going to hand over all these documents you re asking for relating to flynn because it involves national security. he was the national security advisor for a brief period of time so that seems rather obvious. will congress would have to do is issue a subpoena and then the white house would probably a certain and executive privilege, as president obama has done. jon: gregg jarrett, thank you. we are expecting any second now to get tape play out, there it is, of president trump signing an executive order entitled implementing an america first offshore energy strategy, directing a review of the locations available for offshore oil and gas exploration. many thanks to secretaries wilbur ross and ryan zinke.
tourism in the united states is five times the potential for any of the new drilling, even if we did it all. so it s a much larger economic engine and it s a sustainable one. that isn t going to run out. today the presidential commission that s been investigating the summer s massive gulf oil spill recommended two new entities, a safety institute set up by companies within the oil and gas industries, and an independent government agency to oversee conditions for offshore workers. thank you. checking international headlines now, nato says three service members have died in the past two days in afghanistan. the first casualties of december. 55 were killed last month. afghan karzai says coalition forces killed a former local official and arrested six members of his family by mistake. nato has not yet responded. south korea s spy chief reportedly has said that he had information back in august about a north korean attack against a front line island, but dismissed it as routine.
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heil hold that. kagan will be doing tap dancing in the hearings herself. you re basing a piece of advice for her, try to avoid any sensitive subjects without giving your personal opinions? her own advice, ask tough questions and try to get people to give candid answers. see if she abesides by it. my advice, meet with the 100 senators, get to know them well and be prepared for a tough hearing. she will get through. wall to wall coverage. no doubt. absolutely. thanks very much. jack cafferty is standing by with your e-mail and also at that massive oil spill expands across the gulf coast, does the obama administration remain committed to offshore oil drilling? i ll ask one of the president s top advisers, david axelrod.
pakistan. i know the president has been up to date, meeting on the oil spill disaster in the gulf of mexico. i m going to play a clip of what he said on march 31st and you tell me if those words are still opposable today. given our energy meets, in order to sustain economic growth and produce jobs and keep our businesses competitive, we are going to need to harness pro additional sources of fuel, even as we ramp up production of new sources of renewable home-grown energy. so today we re announcing the expansion of offshore oil and gas exploration. is that still appearer opposer abdominal? we re going to look at what happened here and the safety appropriate precautions are taken, and nothing is going to move forward without that. and we have to review this incident. but the president still believes that this is one dimension in a