Has only 40 inspectors. West virginia has 56,000 active wells and as of 2011 just 20 inspectors. Pollution of Drinking Water whether from fracking or flawed construction of the well, or from surface waste from the site moving into aquifers has occurred 248 times between 2008 and 2014 in pennsylvania. We actually do not know how many incidents in total there have been because the state did not start collecting statistics on incidents until 2014. If we had more transparency, more accountable and more oversight, local communities would be able to make well wellinformed choices. However, building an oversight hearing around Public Relations campaigns to dismiss those concerns of local communities not only does a disservice to members of this committee, it also does nothing to increase the trust of the fracking industry in those communities. In closing, i would argue that it is not some hypocritical Smear Campaign by. The federal government, but rather repeated attacks against epa and campa
To the ticket but both campaigns are sounding competent heading into this two week stretch. In terms of our internal, we are seeing momentum on our side and the enthusiasm is great for President Trump. Eric he knows the issues and hes perfectly capable. He will do press conferences in the course of the campaign. Eric it kicks off monday, the hawkins the week after that. Jackie is in delaware. Huge fundraising numbers show Biden Campaign to be closing the gap, the campaign in the first 48 hours after announcing Kamala Harris is running mate and 40 million. Last night, another virtual fundraiser and they crossed 3 million donations. Biden maintains his lead over biden by seven points. Its early to tell if shes got more support among minority voters. The Biden Campaign expanded the outrage to Indian American committees think biden will address hate crime by enacting legislation by providing people from purchasing or possessing a firearm. Confronting religious crimes and White Nationalism
And we are going to bring you the president elects speech live when it happens. As i said, in just a few moments. But first, out front tonight trump at this hour obsessed with his demise as the president faces his Second Senate impeachment trial. Trump is said to be consumed by the spectacular unraveling of his presidency. And he is, though, still shutting down any talk of a possible resignation. This as another republican senator signals support for his removal in a senate trial. Republican senator Lisa Murkowski in a statement writing, the house has responded swiftly and i believe appropriately with impeachment. I will listen carefully and consider the arguments of both sides and i will then announce how i will vote. The alaska senator open to convicting trump in the impeachment trial as the gop source tells cnn, quote, there is no love lost within the Senate Republican conference for trump. Look, if the ballots were closed it would be overwhelming for conviction. But we will see how
Host Walt Mossberg, has technology plateaued . Guest oh, no, absolutely not. Absolutely not. Technology is always changing and always coming up with Technology Companies are always coming up with something new, and there are new Technology Companies all the time incubating, a lot of them are in what we call stealth mode. We dont even know who they are. Certain technologies plateau and things move on, but in general, no. Not at all. Host i guess i ask that because the last couple years weve had the explosion of smartphones, weve had tablets come online. Whats out there . Guest well, first of all, there are vast numbers of people especially in the less developed cups, but even in the developed countries who dont own a smartphone and, certainly, there are vast thurms that dont own numbers that dont own a tablet. To give you a rough example, apple which leads in the tablet market has sold somewhere around 160 million ipads since 2010. Thats a remarkable achievement and for people that own
Bret, good evening to you. The state of the union by its very nature is designed to bring together both houses of congress, both sides of the political aisle for a single event. But this one comes at a time when the country is probably more divided than it has been in decades. Tonights state of the union and the democratic response will be a study in contrast. President trump will insist that america is as strong as it has ever been. The president is going to lay out. So great successes that we have had over the last two years and paint a picture of what we can do for this country if we come together. Democrats, odierno on the otr hand, will portray a nation on the border of crisis. The state of our union is in need of drastic repair. Like all president s before him, President Trump will attempt to bring the country together. The president is calling for unity. He is calling for an end to retribution and resistance politics. Again, there is that contrast. For the last two years the whi