Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20170127:23:58:00
3,900 workers will be required to build the pipeline and those jobs will only last a year. just 35 positions would be permanent. >> the president's been very clear -- >> reporter: jack gerrard, ceo of the american petroleum institute, does not dispute the state department's numbers. >> 20,000, 5,000, what is it? it's thousands of jobs. they're great, well-paying jobs. let's focus on the benefits. >> reporter: then there's the pipelines themselves and who will make them. >> i am very insistent that if we're going to bill pipelines in the united states the pipes should be made in the united stat...