It would move more than 700,000 barrels of oil from canada to gulf coast refineries. But first, your reaction on this decision about the keystone xl pipeline. Here is how you can call in and give your thoughts. The numbers are on the screen. If you want to give your thoughts on our social media a couple of different writeups on this decision made by the white house yesterday this in the Washington Post this morning. Riding that the 90 day time frame for comments was supposed to end on may 7, but the state department extended that deadline, citing uncertainty created by a nebraska ruling that could lead to changes in the pipeline route. This story is also picked up in the pages of the wall street journal this morning. Amy harper and janet hook writing, adding this also, it gives reaction from canadian officials on this project as well. Here is a little bit of that. You see a map there, the red section of keystone that is already existing. The blue line that you see is the proposed route that is under consideration by the state department. Again, a decision by the state department and obama and Obama Administration delayed in view of the Nebraska Supreme Court case that we spoke about. We want to get your comments, what you agree or not. The numbers are on the screen. We posted this on facebook and about 700 comments so far. This is just one of them. This is Patrick Dolan saying, i applaud the decision. The u. S. Needs to switch to alternative fuels, like so many other countries have done or on the process of doing. The sooner we switch to cleaner fuels, the sooner we can start shrinking our nations carbon footprint. The first call on this, from Oklahoma City on the republican nine. Good morning. Caller good morning. Im opposed to the Keystone Pipeline, even though im a republican. If republicans really put the principles to work, they would be able to argue that. Progressives tend to argue that all of the Great Projects that this country has had over many years were aided and assisted by Government Intervention and government coercion. Its not necessarily true. For example, james hill will built the enormous Pacific Northwest railroad by not taking a single dime of state or federal money. And he bought every easement from minnesota all the way to the Pacific Coast with his own money. The keystone project is an exercise in corporate statism through eminent domain. It is a redistribution of wealth through government coercion that in many instances at the eighth expense, for instance, of nebraska landowners. Host and on the democrats line good morning. Hi, you are on. From illinois, are you there . Caller the phone is breaking up. Im really sorry. Host go ahead if you can hear us. Ok, we will have to let her go. A couple of tweets for you. Again, the Keystone Pipeline and the reaction to it. The white house and the Obama Administration deciding to hold off on the decision through the state department as well. We want to get your reactions to it. The numbers are on the screen. There was a poll that was highlighted in one of the stories this morning, taking a look at americans and their reactions to the Keystone Pipeline. This is a Washington Post abc poll that shows most americans support the pipeline 65 . 22 opposed it. You can have various thoughts on that as well. Again, if you want to use the phone line to give your thoughts, please do so. As you can imagine, a lot of reaction from members of congress. Mary landrieu of louisiana, the chair of the Natural Resources committee, put out a statement looking at this, saying it amounts to nothing short of a an indefinite delay of the Keystone Pipeline. She also tweeted about her thoughts as well. She said them the it ministration delay of the pipeline is shortsighted. 1825 days to decide whether to permit one prep on the next producers, and consumers. She was one of 11 senators legislators that wrote the white house, asking for purple of that. As soon as i find that letter, i will read a little bit of it. Back to your thoughts, los angeles, california, democrats line. Caller this has gone beyond ridiculous. If you are not going to do it, obama, tell them no, were not going to do it. We need alternative energy resources. It can be done and environmentally friendly. But the delays and delays just shows the administration is so wishywashy. Yes or no, but we really need that pipeline. Host why do you have confidence in it . Why dont you have confidence in it . Caller i have two issues. Im worried about saudi Energy Dominance over u. S. Energy dominance. Nor north America Needs to become independent. But my issue is if you are not going to do it, dont have these private companies that have their money tied up continually delayed hoping something is going to happen. That is not fair to those business concerns. Host this is wayne in shreveport, louisiana, republican line. Caller im a supporter of the Keystone Pipeline. Host are you there . I think we lost wing as far as the connection is concerned. If he has the ability to call back am a please do so. House Speaker Boehner weighing in on the decision yesterday saying that, for no other reason than the refusal to stand up to the extreme left, good jobs and more energy remain out of reach. Steve from florida, independent line. Caller hi, pedro. How are you . Host i am well thanks. Caller i dont think we should do this pipeline. I know republicans and democrats both want higher gas prices because it yields economic for alternative energy. I think the balance that we have right now is fine. If the only reason to do it is if we were at war, it was declared war and we needed the energy to fuel our jet planes. But the thing about it is, we dont need this dirty oil in the United States. That is how i feel about it. Host some of the politics behind it, that i told you about, it was 11 Senate Democrats that wrote this letter , a story dated on april 10 about the pipeline. Mary landrieu is one of them. Bill from pittsburgh pennsylvania, independent line good morning. Caller yes, sir, good morning. Thank you for taking my call. I watch with great interest, and i have to salute you and your colleagues for giving the citizenry an opportunity to weigh in on so many of these critical issues, such as the pipeline. There seems to be a fairly evenly distributed strength of opinion on both sides of this issue. As i view these issues and rely in a very mistaken frame of reference on the Mainstream Media to bring them to us, there is in operation here in my area that presents a position on the pipeline and the negative implications it may bring. Im not sure what my position is on it. But what i do know, and as an absolute i mean, the jury has reached its verdict the bigmoney controls politics in this country. The big money controls politics in this country. They control it with devious wellthoughtout agendas. I think, if there is another way to go other than the pipeline it should be explored to the nth degree. Host larry from oklahoma democrats line larry from tennessee, democrat line. Caller if you put the map back up that is probably up 1000 miles from the ocean. Canada has water to the right and to the left, but we have to run theres sewer. We can put a man on the moon but we cannot do this. This has nothing to do with the department of energy. There is no reason for that oil to run all the way across our country. Host if it when in another direction, you wouldnt be so opposed to it . Caller look at saskatchewan. How far is it to the Pacific Ocean . Why does it take 1000 miles of pipe when we could build a refinery in washington . What is the problem with that . That is Oil Companies not wanting to make the investment probably. Host this is jan on twitter. Some of the politics and behind the scenes stuff highlighted on joe is up next from minnesota, independent line. Caller good morning, pedro. About two and a half years ago you had a lady on theirre and she said it would be about 1500 jobs. And i said isa he put it up to about 2000. Something is wrong here. And in the agreement with the United States, 70 of the pipeline was supposed to be made in the United States and there is none. It is coming from russia and australia. This whole thing has been a lie. I agree with the guy from pennsylvania that this is crazy. They are putting a pipeline from north dakota to the keystone. This is a scam for world dominance on energy, that is all. Host senator Barbara Boxer from california is the chairman of the environment and public works committee. She weighed in with this tweet. Ruth ferguson from twitter also this morning. David, thanks for holding on from grand rapids, michigan, democrats line. Caller hi, good morning. We know what Scientists Say about climate change, that if the oil comes out of the ground, in 100 years this planet is done. Number two, all of those republicans that want this pipeline, the republican congressman and whatnot, they have interests. They will get rich at this pipeline goes through. That is the other thing. If this pipeline goes through. That is the other thing. The main thing is, i dont read the polls. When i listen to cspan and other news organizations, the majority of the American Public do not want the pipeline. The republicans are lying to us left right. The oil needs to stay in the ground or else we are going to die. Host the star phoenix is the paper that serves saskatchewan, canada. It also has a story about the pipeline decision. The president of the chamber of commerce there. It quotes the president of the chamber of commerce there. That statement is attributed to the president of the chamber of commerce there in saskatchewan. Indiana, independent line. Caller im in the midwest however, i dont know, i catch up on my politics. I dont see how this is going to economically benefit the United States at all. I think it is, again, the oligarchs, all of the big oil the money, the big corporations that is what it is about. They tend to take those of us from the midwest as ignorant and uninformed. It is an insult and im glad obama has put a pause on this and i hope that gives the country enough time to do a little more research and see what this is really about. Host let me ask you how you arrive at your opinion on the Keystone Pipeline. Caller i tend to do a lot of research into the independent news media. And i listen to, and probably the oligarchs. This country is turning into a an oligarchy. It is being managed by the rich and the poor have less and less of a sayso. Whether we want to admit it or not, the middle class is being squeezed out, and that is a hold of the program. A whole another program. It is the oligarchs. Host this is about conflict going on in syria. That is in the wall street journal. If you go to the pages of the New York Times this morning also a story about the conflict between russia and ukraine. This is about military drills planned for eastern europe, saying this maryland is up next maryland is up next from ohio, democrat line. Caller yes, hello. I applaud our president for making yet another very brave decision. I hope he continues on this path. Everything i have said the Research Done by bill mcgibbon a leading scientist very thorough research for years, has identified major dangers in this pipeline, not only for those who live around it many of them are getting cancer from the toxicity of this oil. It is going to run through the major one of the major aquifers of this country, water aquifer. People need to research this thing and find out the science, because it really is very dangerous. And no amount of money or jobs is worth endangering our planet and our people, and our animals. Host one more story about russia and ukraine. This is about the deal that was reached in geneva this week. Bill up next, whitesburg, tennessee. Caller ive been listening to cspan, following this. If there was consideration, i missed it. To build this on the american side and then ship it up north to the facilities up there. Host pat from lexington, kentucky, democrats line. Caller hello . Host hi, you are on. Caller from a commonsense point of view, why are we building a pipeline that far, like the german pointed out before like the gentleman pointed out before, the ocean is right there for canada. Why are they going to our country . That port is closed there and they can ship that to china. That is what they are doing it for. They are building a for china not for us. We are building a pipeline through our country, through our environment, so china can get oil. Host there is a story about the Michaels Craft store, it being the target of a data breach. We will talk about Data Protection on our journal segment. But we also want to point to a Newsmakers Program. The guest is tim plenty. He is now the ceo and Financial Services roundtable, former governor. That is on newsmakers tomorrow. He talks about whether the u. S. Is behind other countries in improving security of credit cards and other id protections. Here is what he said. [video clip] we took him different approach and we took a different approach and obviously, that needs to change. The technology is improving rapidly. Not just the chip, but other things. There is a lot being done as a relates to payment phones, fox even facial recognition technology. This is something that will dramatically change over the next several years. The next step is the payment network, and we said that by october, 2015, we will expect retailers in the network to have chip readers. And if you dont, either way, the fraud liability is going to shift from the banks and the Payment Networks to the retailer. You will see a big change in this space in the next 12 months starting with that watershed moment. Host that full interview you can see on our Newsmakers Program. Watch that tomorrow at 10 00 and you can see it again at 6 00 in the evening on cspan. The Financial Times also looking at a story. The story goes on to say that fixed income, where banks trade derivatives, Interest Rate bonds, commodities and currencies is still hugely significant, reversing more than 17 of the banks revenues. From new jersey, frank on the independent line. Caller this pipeline, there does not seem to be any reason to have it come down to texas. They have been asking for a refinery in the oklahoma area to make gasoline cheaper throughout the United States. They could build a refinery there, run the pipeline there and refine it. The type of oil we will be getting from canada is a very dirty oil. It will add so much carbon to the atmosphere. It is a battle royal to have, period. Here in new jersey, we have refineries up in the northeast section of new jersey and it is called cancer alley. The cancer rate is very high up there. It just seems like a deadend. The pipeline is going to add to fossil fuels in the century. Host charles, you are up next from new mexico. Caller i was wondering why is it they can build a refinery close to the border and then serve the large populations on the west and the east coast . Why should we transport it completely across the u. S. To a refinery in texas . It makes no sense. Host that is charles from new mexico. A couple of the stories in the paper, Hillary Clinton released yesterday. This is newsday and Jonathan Allen of Bloomberg News writing that. James is from dallas, texas. We are talking about the Keystone Pipeline, a delay announced by the administration. He is on our independent line. Go ahead. Caller thank you, pedro. And i appreciate it when you challenge peoples sources and positions. I work at a refinery in Corpus Christi and baytown. The refinery capacity for this type of oil really only exists on the gulf coast. And this oil will not be shipped down as oil, but a refined product, mostly diesel. It will not be going to china. It will be going to europe, for the most part. Again, there are many misconceptions about it. We cannot build a refinery in this country. The epa permitting regulations just wont allow any new refineries to be built. People are upset and want to build a refinery closer to the canadian border. Thats fine. We need more refinery capacity in this country. But they will have to call their congressman and have them allow these things to come about. And one more thing pedro. I notice there are not a lot of calls on the republican line. Im not sure if that is because republicans are going to work. Host address the concerns over safety of the pipeline itself before you go. Are you there . Ok, i think he is listening to his television. The administration delaying the keystone excel taking into consideration other decisions with the Nebraska Court case. We have been showing you a map all morning about the pipeline itself. A section of it already exists and on that map you saw this morning, you probably remember it was in red. But there is also a section in blue, which is the one under consideration, supposedly a decision by the state department could be made this year. There is no indication of when that decision may come down. There is some concern about where it is located and where it goes to and