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Conservatives, some tea party activists. you noticed that, right? >> i did notice that. what i thought of when i heard the president say those words, i thought of the grand bargain. the attempted negotiation between boehner and the president and we were never quite sure where the failure was, on which side of the aisle. in retrospect it seems clear to e me that the two of them in that room could have got an deal done. my hunch is that boehner could not control his caucus. >> let's talk about your beautiful city of philadelphia. security, i take it, very tight in advance of the pope's arrival t...

And air sampling continues to show that the carcinogen benzene remains in the air. so how safe is keystone? a former transcanada inspector says keystone xl "will likely leak." we can't afford to let foreign oil companies risk our health so they can make a buck. next week, we head west where clean energy is creating good jobs and repowering our economy. see you there. ♪

Each week we're visiting places that know what it would mean if transcanada is allowed to build the keystone pipeline through america's heartland. see, keystone would carry 800,000 barrels of dangerous tar sands oil every day... through farms, towns, and fresh water supplies. the same stuff they're dealing with here in mayflower. my name is genevieve long. i live in mayflower, arkansas, and i've lived here 28 years. the oil was running right through the middle of town, by the elementary school... you can see chunks of the tar sands flowing through there. [ man ] many continue to suffer from he...

Being found in air sampling and water sampling? >> tell us why that matters. why you know the chemistry? >> because it might give you clues as to what's happening inside the reactor. it might tell you something about the integrity of the containment vessel. whether it's just damage or whether, in fact, it has ruptured. and it would tell you something about what's going on over at the spent fuel ponds, the places they're keeping nuclear waste. and about how people should be protecting themselves going forward. so you want to know what you're dealing with. you want to know the nature of the thre...

Staff members with oil spill experience. residents much southeast louisiana may be detecting an odor from the oil spill. they've requested air quality testing and monitoring from the epa. deq will insist by increasing air sampling. the samples will receive expedited turn around. the epa administrator is from this area and understands the importance of monitoring the air and water. we've activated the joint department of transportation, democratic of social services, shelter team in case the special needs sheltering is necessary. this a precaution at this time. the department of corrections is ...