It could be just hours away. Maybe this hour. Then theres the grand jury decision in ferguson, missouri. State of emergency there and what they are doing to prepare for the worst. So much and so fast to the keystone vote became so close. Reporter good evening. Supporters needed 60 votes and they got 59, including 14 democrats and every republican. Republicans will assume control of the senate floor, Mitch Mcconnell the incoming majority leader says a vote will bill will be an early item on the agenda in Congress Next year. Is the 113th congress else one vote showed, one vote short. They will probably advance a Keystone Construction bill to the white house. Officials indicating the progress likely stops at the west wing. The president believes that this is something that should be determined through the state department. As you point out, there are similar pieces of legislation in this congress where the senior advisers have recommended. Reporter president obama has had the authority to approve this project. He has delayed a pending court case in nebraska. Democrats were split between those supporting unions that want the pipeline construction and environmentalists that oppose it. The sponsor running for the campaign seat in louisiana is looking into possibly pushing this again and again, not any time soon is this going to clear up. The u. S. Senate has had their vote and we will look at it in the next congress. Neil elise Mary Landrieu is on record having voted for keystone. Cynically thats what this whole senate trauma was about three a lameduck chamber trying to prevent her goose from being cooked. Polls showing that she trailed her opponent by double digits ahead of the december 6 run out. And the other senator says he knows why. Some say its a case of her doing too little too late. This is a political showboat and i think that everybody gets that athome. But for her to talk about this on the campaign trail and then not be able to get the votes that she needed in a political showboat, when it was all about her political survival, quite frankly that is stunning. Neil what it had been any different knowing full well that the president probably would veto it regardless . I dont think that wouldve been a game changer for the election because i think people back home get that this is a political showboat. But this completely undercuts any argument that she had about clout and effectiveness and that is what her entire campaign has been based upon. Neil as you point out, one vote and trans votes shy. But too little too late is not going to move the needle. Obviously she is going to disagree. I think her not getting the 60 votes is decimating. I think its just unbelievably decimating for her politically. What is going to happen now . Honestly the Republican Senate take another stand. The president is not a great change his mind. What is going to happen is that we are going to pass this in the new congress and i hope that the president changes his mind or it i hope that momentum builds in our direction and i hope that he sees that and lets the state Department Approved the permit or something and i hope that we get this done because it important for jobs in the American People. Neil make you, sir. We appreciate it. To the company trying to build the Keystone Pipeline, they say that todays vote does show growing support that the president cannot ignore it. But the president so far is ignoring it and has indicated that nothing has really changed. You suspect a Republican Senate with a potentially bigger vote for this would change it . Are not sure. Obviously we are focused on trying to get this pipeline approved which ever way we can area and in the process that we are pursuing is the state department process. I would hope that we can move on with the department in an expeditious way in and get to this. But as we saw since the beginning of the project, the support for the project continues and its growing and it continues to grow. Production is up in the u. S. And we have to move this in the safest way that we can and so the type i and needs to get built. So it is a matter of time, in my view to find the approval process that they get going. Lets say the president sticks to his guns regardless of this growing momentum that you talk about before the construction of the pipeline. What you do . You ready to go off on their own, a candidate general expressing an interest to pursue. Is that back on the front burner think that in canada we are looking at building other avenues to get to a domestic end export market. But the fundamental thing that doesnt change is the u. S. Gulf coast refining suddenly Dollars Per Day and canadas production is growing and u. S. Production is growing. Its moving today. Nobody wants to see that movement increase and no one wants to see the public at risk and increase the permissions and put the environment at risk. So eventually this gets done because it needs to get done and it is the right thing and it is the safest thing. So i just cant predict when thats going to occur, but certainly the state department has come to the conclusion that the pipeline itself is fine and actually its the best way to transport. A lot of what youre saying, im just wondering that so much time has passed, a lot of the drillers are going to think that its just not worth it and this is simply too pricey to do. So they might just take a pass on it. From a market standpoint the demand for the pipes has continued to grow in production in the u. S. Is a 2 Million Barrels per day. So even at the current production levels, that is two times the size of keystone being moved and so the list of potential shippers continues to grow. And none of the shippers that we had under the contract has wavered. If they do, we have a waiting list of others that want to get on to that pipeline. So as long as the market demand exists, and i think it continues to grow, we will be here to build its pipeline. And obviously we would find other things to do. But over the last six years its been nothing but growing in terms of demand. Neil its very good to have you on. Thank you. Neil republicans already promising another keystone vote when they are running things in january. But the president promising hes going to veto it hurried his latest argument against it that caught our attention here. That not only will the pipeline not create that many jobs, but the jobs that will create will only be temporary jobs. So since when do temporary jobs and infrastructure jobs no longer matter . To a president who talks about this in the jobs recovery in this country, why are those temporary jobs just fine, but these keystone temporary jobs not find . We have jamie that says not so fast. So its sort of like a double standard. No question. The big stimulus package im a which is always promoted as reviving the economy if you believe it, had dealt with a lot of temporary jobs and those where infrastructure jobs. And so how is that an argument against the Keystone Pipeline to you might think that the very jobs are not as good as permanent jobs, but they are still better than no jobs at all. So not sure why that is a strong argument against this. Neil i raised it with the trans canada ceo, wouldnt it be a kick with the collapse in oil prices, the time im not saying that its come and gone, but its compelling as the case and its kind of gone. But the math might not favor coming in, spending this money to get this up and running, when the return was it was just a few years ago. It is an interesting point and trans canada will have to determine whether oil prices will go up in the longterm. But its almost relevant to the issue of approval of keystone. Symbolically the American Government has in all of the above energy strategy. They are going to support Energy Production in the United States. Whether or not trans canada decides this, thats up to them. But why would they try to put obstacles in the way of Energy Production . Neil i hear everything youre saying. I agree with you. I can hear the administration saying okay, now look at these bozos. I can see them doing that. But i think thats a hollow argument in the end. Neil i hope youre right and i think youre right. Its always a pleasure, thank you. Speaking of oil prices, lets take a look at where we stand at this hour. An additional 41cent drop today. It has been dropping for quite a while amid fears that the Global Economy is slumping. And its more like a hyped dream. So that is what im wondering. If the president just shot himself in the foot here. He may well have traded the keystone xl pipeline, we were just talking about this about a hundred yards of the pipeline that we have improved from canada into the United States. If we build it, it will create about 20,000 jobs and in additional revenue in the pockets of americans. But because of it, another 20 billion in investment in food and lodging and vehicles, transportation and those areas. Just as big as that from an Energy Independence standpoint, if we build as it precludes china from having direct access to north american oil. I also hear that old seinfeld line is on the rise. Because they have been arguing that the job gains are not nearly as robust as has been predicted. And now they have a thing against them because there will be a lot of our time and temporary jobs. Including an administration that has touted parttime jobs. We need more consumer advocacy and less politics. As an advocate for the consumer, we need to look at what made america the greatest economy in the world and what serves the consumer and how can we help them save more and make more money. That is what Energy Independence means. And we do that, when we fail, we fail the American Consumer. Thinking of people pumping gas right now, those can be dollars that are gifts for peoples kids, holiday presents. Neil you are absolutely right. The benefit of the lower gas prices for consumer and the greater Economic Trend while the prices are falling may be something going on in the overall economy. Theres no question that lower demand for fuel means the economy long term is slowing. But to dereks point, it is a shot in the arm to the economy. The president talks about wanting to save the environment and he has concerns from an environmental standpoint. The solyndra of the world, that should has sailed, thats not going to work. We might as well transport that in the most environmental and safeway that we can. And that is through a pipeline. Trans canada ceo was just on. They are building pipelines thinking that it would minimize the environment to impact. We should be able to build the pipeline because its environmentally friendly. We are using oil anyway. Neil i think it will eventually happen. But what it is is perhaps we are a year or more poorly start. Production is at an alltime high, americans are united in the fact that they want Energy Independence and control and choice and that last another year, so be it. But the challenge is the message sent to the American Consumer of what may be best for me versus what washington thinks is best for me. It can cause the economy to dry up. We want people feeling that washington has their back and help them find ways to save money, which is ultimately good for the economy now and in the long run. 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Expecting protests to heat up, as its owners are hunkering down as we speak, including this man in the st. Louis area. So, peter, what are you doing to prepare . Well, that is a great question, we are not doing much differently. Its business as usual. I have my Management Team here and we sat down and talked about this and we are going to go business as usual because this is a great town area and we believe in the people here and a lot of my colleagues have and we really appreciate the people and we think everything is going to go well. Neil you didnt, you refused to do that, but there are fears, as im sure that you were aware, if this Office Officers not indicted there is going to be eruptions of violence. Do you think thats coming or is it minimized . I dont know whats going to happen and im really sorry that this is happening to the brown family. But we are going to just play it by ear and see what happens to read and we hope that things will stay calm. Maybe that is naive on our part. We are going to bring our employees and make sure that they are safe. Neil when you talk about making sure employees are safe, are you giving them rules or advice to go by or how to handle things when this does come down . Yes, obviously the safety is number one in my book. And the customers are also number one. You want to make sure that everyone is safe. If they feel threatened, we will shut down the offices and that is no question. Neil peter, i admire your guts and support of your community. Not many do so in the middle of that stuff. But you and many others are. So thank you, peter. Now we know that we didnt get the whole obamacare story going. But are we getting this whole immigration story right now im at what do you how can power consumption in china, impact wool exports from new zealand, textile production in spain, and the use of medical technology in the u. S. . At t. Rowe price, we understand the connections of a complex, Global Economy. Its just one reason over 70 of r mutual funds beat their 10year lipper average. T. Rowe price. Invest with confidence. Request a prospectus or summary prospectus with investment information, risks, fees and expenses to read and consider carefully before investing. The one thing we cant say is that we did not have a lengthy debate about health care in the United States of america. Or that it was not adequately covered. Neil not adequately covered . That is debatable. Flashback october 2009. Always saw was this in a case the white house forgot, here is a reminder of what was going on then. Shutout and locked out and were trying to figure out. You remember watergate . Get ready for it to her gate. Not your home depot variety. And now this one is another door. And on the ninth day, it cracked. Its still an issue. And now it is getting weird. No one is getting behind the door. Peter barnes with a stethoscope. So how would you help me . Day 32. We have resulted to the twilight zone, the only people getting in are democrats. And we didnt know it was happening behind closed doors then. Does anyone who think that this is far from closed . The same crowd kept this stuff secret could be added all over again. I suspect too little too late to do much of anything to do anyone any good. I think its a remarkable statement by the president. If there are people in the United States who thought the previews were going to go down under obamacare because the president said so and then found out that was not true, that means that we didnt adequately debate the law. If there are people that thought that they could keep their Health Care Plan because the president said they could keep it and it turned out not to be true, that means we didnt adequately debate the law. If he misled the American People about it, it has been adequately debated. But even they are if you use that as your standard, there are parts of the law that were not examined at all. I can remember verbatim number of calls that i got. Then he said what do you see and why are you doubting mess, and i would tell them that this comes to mind and its not adding up. You cannot insure everybody in this country and not expect to pay more for that. And yet it would be sold and now we know that it was delivered late being afflicted and they dont get them lost in the weeds. What im worried about is that this type of policy group among liberals continues and midterms know that theyre going to continue to do it. The professor admitted and what he admitted and brought to the attention of a lot more people is the way that this was structured, it was designed to prevent you from knowing if you were going to be a net subsidy recipient believe in net tax as a result. That is what the Community Rating scheme and others that it engenders is designed to do. And that includes the law itself. Neil we touched on the key and those that criticize this that we should really look at the law. Well, he is little to understanding what was sold as a bill of goods. But the law isnt the way it was presented to us. So forget if it was going to be Cost Effective or that it was well worth it. We will ensure that 30 million that were insured. And so they say that we never said that. But they did say that. Again and again, the key things in which this thing was built or taken apart and now we wonder the other crucial pieces of legislation that the president well consider again. This is not just democrats that do this. Any have pointed out that george w. Bush, when he was passing his Prescription Drug benefit kept them from talking about this. Absolutely. And by the way, we sat down when he came f