We should judge it on whether or not it accelerates Climate Change. This is the dirtiest oil on the planet. Or whether it helps the American People with their energy costs and their gas prices. We dont need to do this. It pits the president against some in his own party. A few democrats told me they will vote yes. Mary landrieu says she can break the filibuster. This is about the Big Oil Companies and their influence right now on the congress. Vote, baby, vote. Hours ago, in a vote not a veto. In a vote of 252161, the house approved construction of the Keystone Pipeline. 31 democrats voted in favor of the project setting the stage for a senate vote on tuesday. The reports indicate that keystone is one vote shy of the 60 needed. If the senate does get the pipeline over the finish line, a bill would head straight to president obamas desk and it would set up what could be the First Congress convertible veto of his presidency. That is assuming the president does indeed plan to veto. In bur
Out about those who have been removed to different hospitals, and other people have no information and are trying to find out if their family members are still buried under the rubble. The emergency crews are not really sure of the numbers. They suspect other people are still inside the ruins somewhere. And obviously theres still an active search and rescue operation going on, but is there any thinking any theory as to what happened and what caused the explosion . Well this type of liquid gas is very unstable. Its used in many places in mexico in homes where you bring in these trucks and you put in a tube which takes this liquid gas into the house. Now, somehow that exploded. Its not obvious how that happened, but its not uncommon. There are a history of accidents. There are quite unstable installations and infrastructure around the gas use in mexico. All right. Thank you very much. And we will continue to follow this story and bring you any new developments as they come in. Meanwhile,
Is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. Im lester holt sitting in for brian. The man heading the search for airasia flight 8501 today said what many of us have been thinking, that the plane is likely at the bottom of the sea. Its been roughly 48 hours since the airbus jet with 162 people onboard vanished from radar about halfway along its twohour flight from surabaya, indonesia, to singapore. The pilots were trying to avoid thunderstorms around the time contact was lost. Indonesian authorities admit they dont have a capability to conduct an extensive undersea search and have asked the United States for help. A pentagon Spokesman Says details of assistance are being worked out. Were covering several angles of this story. We begin in singapore with nbcs katy tur. Katy, whats the latest on the search . Reporter hi there, lester. It is morning here in singapore. The start of day three with still no sign of this plane. The search has resumed for the morning, but there are con
His emails are being read by the chinese and russian governments and he writes his e mails with that in mind. His comments suggest that confidence in security has been shaken at the highest levels after relentless hacking of federal computers. Do you think the chinese and or the russians are reading your e mails . Well, we know that the t fortunately, were living in a world where a number of countries, the chinese and russians included, consistently have been engaged in Cyber Attacks against american interests, against the american government, and its an issue that we recently raised very, very strongly in our dialogue with the chinese. The answer is, it is very likely. It is not without outside the realm of possibility and we know they have attacked a number of american interests over the course of the last days. Pelley its very likely that your emails are being read . Its very possible. Theres no way for me and i certainly write things with that awareness. Pelley with all of the atta
Gate. Lets start with the primaries. Reports from tee key contests across the country. Nbcs Kelly Odonnell is in phoenix where john mccain is hoping for a blowout in his arizona primary. Kelly, what is it that makes this race different for john mccain. Mccain is in the vice grip of being a nominee himself, wanting to support the nominee long before it was known that donald trump would be the person, not wanting to go back on that and yet at the same time, having differences with how donald trump has conducted himself, the things he said. So the environment plays large here. Often there are Office Holders in washington where they are in a phase where there are many voters who just say washington, incumbency, thats a negative. Its something that john mccain has had to fight with with his 47yearold incumbent kelly ward. Shes a physician and has been hitting mccain hard on things like age and his tenure, his incumbency. He voted here at this church with his wife cindy and then after that t