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Or new innovation, the fracking and horizontal drilling which are old technologies applied in a new way, in california. certainly in texas there's an explosion of drilling that creates a tremendous opportunity, but what we need to do is to find new uses for natural gas. maybe, boon pickens idea of taking commercial trucking and converting it to natural gas. certainly, the new power capacity that's going to be built's a lot of ways that we can use strategic policies to lessen our sources of oil. and 300 billion dollars of money went out to countries, most of which either hate us or are unstable...

Us, we shouldn't-- like paul ryan with medicare, we should constantly do that. we need to be against him in a principled way, but also advancing a positive agenda. >> sean: how would you deal with the president demagoguing republicans, their plans is for dirty air, dirty water, i say that all the time. the republicans, they want hurt. what are you going to say during this sequester, do you want to hurt poor children or disabled children? >> i don't think that's a winning issue anymore. i think that people are tired of that. what we have to be is positive and hopeful and offer an alternative. t...

With medicare and medicaid cuts to get control of the deficit. they accuse mr. obama of being more focused on warning about the impact of the sequester than negotiating to avoid it. today outgoing transportation secretary ray la hood warned airport security lines will stretch out, flies will be cancelled, some airport towers will be closed if the faa has to keep up the current level of safety. la hood, who is a republican, called out his own party members to take a page from lincoln. >> this requires republicans stepping forward with ideas how to keep essential services of government run. this...

In the context of israel, israel was working towards election. the elections are passed. they formed this government. what effect does that have, the forming the new government and how the leadership might act or react. >> that's an interesting question. they have not formed a government. netanyahu is trying to cobble together -- they have had the election but he has not been able to cobble together a majority at the kaneset, and he could put together right wing parties which would be more aggressive. so that's another variable we don't know. it's a dangerous situation, and again, the bottom l...

Will pass the bill next week, but it's up likely the house will go long given the president's demand that tax rev few be part of the been fixing the deficit. many say, quote, obama has time for everyone and everything except those that count in order to avert the sequester. the president is going to new port new york virginia, next week to spotlight ship builders who will lose work if the sequester happens. >> shepard: not sure how you worked there for 25 years. i could not do it. best of luck. >> i got kids, shepherd. >> wendell could fix it. just put wendell in charge. he'd go, never mind, b...