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Them believe that they will pick up and leave if this suit were to go forward. this is a function of pollution. the oil and gas industry have had a free ride in louisiana. they built all those canals in the wetlands, rachel, that polluted the wetlands with saltwater and with oil field runoff that has destroyed that wetlands. they know it. they left the canals open. it allowed the saltwater to come in. it helped deteriorate the wetlands. they've also left 6,000 abandoned oil wells in louisiana, many of them in that wetlands. and they have exposed pipelines because the pipelines are exposed beca...

Had a free ride in louisiana. they built all those canals in the wetlands, rachel, that polluted the wetlands with saltwater and with oil field runoff that has destroyed that wetlands. they know it. they left the canals open. it allowed the saltwater to come in. it helped deteriorate the wetlands. they've also left 6,000 abandoned oil wells in louisiana, many of them in that wetlands. and they have exposed pipelines because the pipelines are exposed because we've lost the soil and we have rising seas. they know that this extraction industry, this energy industry know that they have created thi...

American families struggling because of it? tell the president his oppressive energy policies aren't working for us. >> of course we know domestic oil production is at an eight-year high. the oil and gas extraction industry has one of the best rates in the country. but in the age of citizens united, crossroads can be as dishonest as they want to be. let's bring in howard fineman and sam stein. gentlemen, good to have you with us tonight. >> thanks, ed. >> howard, what does crossroads' super pac do for mitt romney's chances. we look at the polls, heck, it's april. we've got a long time to go an...

You know, it's an interesting situation that we're not -- we're in a recovery mode right now. we're not going full bore in this economy and oil is 84 bucks a barrel. what does that tell you about the demand for oil and price for oil when we really are using a lot in china and india and brazil and russia. it's interesting. >> i know. we think we have a voracious appetite for oil. the xhchinese are scouring the globe signing deals directly with different countries trying to secure rights to oil fields. the indians are trying to find out how they can secure their rights. even as we're talking abo...