in particular, there s a lot of lobbying for and against the pipeline project. four big names, former white house officials are now lobbying against the pipeline. and one, the former white house communications, anita dunn, she is lobbying for the pipeline. all are making significant money. i don t know exactly how much. those four former officials against it, one is for it, despite the president s pledge in 2009 that no former members of this administration will become lobbyists. that is not just the pipeline. there are many other issues where former officials are now highly paid consultants and lobbyists on one side or the other. brian: also the media seems to be giving them a pass on this. let me quote eric schultz, a white house spokesman. our goal has been to reduce the influence of special interests which we have done more than any administration in history.
worldwide over time. christian, you see gas prices coming down with this? oh, goodness gracious no. even the owners and operators of the pipeline project acknowledge that the jobs created are only temporary jobs. while that s a nice boost, it s not a long-term boost. also, in terms of gas prices, this oil is destined for export to the global market, which is going to determine gas prices. this is going to be a drop in the bucket. it s not going to influence the global oil supply to a degree enough to lower gas prices at the pump. this is not a substitute for real energy policy, john. gary b., it does increase supply, doesn t it? you re right. exactly, brenda. i think kind of the anti-pipeline people are missing the point. this is just one small step. i mean, from this pipeline hopefully we ll have other pipelines. hopefully then we ll start to drill in anwar and open up all the resources that we have brenda, we did great things in a
basically a lot of debate about what their ultimate impact s you are certainly talking about for example there are 10% more carbon intense than regular crude, light crude that you would get from places in, for example, in the united states. what robert redford and other climate activists are saying you are lock nothing this climate infrastructure for decades 30, 40 years, it is a financial commitment the united states would be making to explore this area and so that is one of the reasons they are so upset about t supporters to of the pipeline project say the project will bring jobs, also help cut our dependence on overseas oil and project that it will have little impact on the environment. fareed zack care ya, for instance, writing on time.com, stopping keystone might make us feel good, but it really wouldn t do anything about climate change. what do we know about the affect on climate change and the number of jobs created? on the jobs front that is
of the money that goes in their pockets from these corporations who have the right to do so now that citizens united verse fac has been passed. let me ask ask you, finally, about the president. i think it s generally understood he s in a tough spot and gotten support from environmental groups and showed support about the pipeline project during his campaign. even talked about global warming during his state of the union address. and, yet, there is this relationship with canada that is very important to the united states, domestic labor unions are concerned about the jobs. but labor unions have also been spoken out against against this pipeline as well. i mean, especially ones who are concerned with our health like the nurses union and other unions have aligned to people trying to bring some common sense to the situation. in the end what does your gut tell you? what is the president going to do? i think if people press him and let him know that the
but france is taking care of that. they have got about 2,000 of their troops on the ground, another thousand african troops on the ground, and they re moving against successfully so far the militants there in that country. back to you, jon. jon: greg talcott, thank you. arthel: a fox news alert, a major development in the quest for the keystone pipeline. the pipeline would carry oil from canada through the united states to the gulf of mexico. environmentalists have fought it for years. the president expected to make a decision on it soon, and now there s news from a key governor. rick with more. reporter: this is big, arthel, because the obama administration has used the concerns of lawmakers in nebraska to put the brakes on the keystone xl oil pipeline, and now the governor says he s okay with the project moving forward after the pipeline s operator came up with a new route that bypasses a sensitive area in his state. president obama has defended his controversial decision to st