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Producing more oil in the u.s. last month than we imported for the first time in almost 20 years, which is but to ben's point we have cheaper oil in this country than other countries. $60 a barrel for canadian oil as recently as a week ago, you have a $9 to $45 per barrel discount on oil sold here in the united states simply because we are a stable nation. >> because theirs is like brent north sea crude? >> it's quoted on the market. >> he's going to do the putdown. ben? >> no, no. >> we love you love you. >> no, it has to do with the quality of the oil in terms of the various qualities of oil...

>> you can just smell all the chemicals in the water. >> reporter: chemicals from fracing, a process companies use to access the oil and gas. it requires chemicals and millions of gallons of water shot into the earth to crack the rock. >> there are communities that are going to be inundated with petrochemicals and fracing fluids as well. >> reporter: this environmentalist wanted to show us the damaged facilities. frac free colorado took us on an aerial tour. the state has about 51,000 oil and gas wells all across the state. some 20,000 of those are in this area. it didn't take us long to find ...

A computer glitch issued the free tickets and customers ended up paying around $5 or $10 for a ticket. the airline is not saying how many of these free tickets were issued and why weren't we notified of that? and, an attorney for the montana newly wed accused of pushing her new husband off of a cliff now says it was just an accident. prosecutors say that jordan gram pushed cody johnson face first during an argument and then left him there to die. clayton? >> thank you, ainsley. fracking called upon gold rush uses high texture rocks and collect the oil and gas inside reducing the need for forei...

Documentary's "gasland" and "gasland 2," which look at the domestic gas drilling boom. debora dennis, a texas native who lives in dryden, new york, and successfully fought with her fellow residents against a big oil company who wanted to frac within their town's limits. phaedra ellis lampton, ceo of green for all, an organization that is dedicated to improving the lines of all americans through a clean energy economy, and luni blake, a consulting firm with clients in the oil and gas industry. i want to go first to luke, and give us a sense of just how bad the drought problem is in texas right ...

[ male announcer ] see how the duck's lessons are going at aflac.com welcome back. i'm joy reid in for melissa harris-perry. a shortage of water in the state of texas has left residents thirsty, frustrated, and saying what the frac. according to recent reports, the process of hydraulic fracking, more commonly known as fracking, which is used as oil extraction, is making the drought problem in the lone star state much worse. these areas in red that you're seeing on the map are parts of texas that are experiencing extreme and exceptional drought. the drought problem has become so bad that at l...