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Have that communist money, but if their workers want to choose representation, it's horrible. >> it's what's in it for me. not what's in it for america. scott paul, great to have you with us tonight. president obama is running an all out offensive on environmental standards. what could it mean for approval of the keystone xl pipeline? our rapid response panel will weigh in on the new republican buzz word. next, i'm taking your questions. we're right back.

Opportunity to visit the folks who this will directly impact. we'll continue to conversation. we do it tonight. joining me now in our rapid response panel, the senior vice president of government affairs for the league of conservation voters and the senior attorney. great to have both of you with us tonight. does it serve any national interest for this pipeline to be built from canada down to the gulf? >> hi, ed. thank you so much for having me. it's not in our national interests. it would transport the dirty oil in the planet through the middle of our country to export it to other countries. ...

Conversation. the keystone xl pipeline would bring oil from western canada to the gulf coast coast with an on-ramp from the bakken shale. and i'm not here to debate whether or not the oil should come out of the ground. the way i see it, there's no doubt about it. it's going to be coming out of the ground. the canadians are going to get it moved. we need the pipeline infrastructure for our safety. these pipelines are lifelines as i see it. but to be fair i always want to bring on both sides of this discussion. it is a big public debate going on. joining me from our rapid response panel, the pre...

Threat of violence -- that goes way beyond any kind of legitimate back and forth between a politician and a journalist. grimm the first time around issued a really apology. the first time around he was trying to say, well, politicians have a right to strike back. yeah, but this went way beyond anything i've ever seen, everyone from some pretty tough politicians. >> i want both of you to respond to this. different language is being used to describe rich sherman's behavior than that of an elected lawmaker. we've seen christie go overboard with some constituents, embarrassing them, intimidating t...

Times on television. that's more than it's been used on any single day in the past three years. there's no doubt people are paying attention to richard sherman. sherman is about to play in a game that's going to be watched by over 100 million americans. he has a huge platform. richard sherman is using his moment in the spotlight openly answering questions and conversation in a press conference about race and talking about stereotypes. and most americans i think are afraid to hear this conversation. we need to have it. i commend him for standing up and saying what he believes. i think he's doin...