Export to all around the world . Welcome back. We are live in cushing, oklahoma this morning for todays washington journal. Dubbed thems the pipeline capitol of the world. There are more than 300 storage tanks there that dot the land with the capacity to store oil reaching 80 Million Barrels. We are live from enbridges tank farm in cushing joined by Russell Evans, an Energy Economist at Oklahoma Citys University Business school. Lets begin with the history of cushing in the oil industry. How did it all start . Going all the way back to the start of cushing, were sitting here today in really indian territory. And at the time that the territory was opened for homesteaders, a gentleman William Little established his 160 acre homestead here in the cushing area. And recognized that it was sufficiently far from the nearest city and set aside 80 acres to develop a town. The petition was granted and named after the private assistance of the post master general at the time. And so was the start
Did the new England Patriots use detulated footballs to cheat their way into the super bowl . Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. Im rosemary church. Im errol barnett. Thank you very much for joining us or staying with us for our second hour. We want to begin with word of a Peace Agreement in yemen amid new threats from the al qaeda affiliate there. The Group Released a new video with a Senior Leader urging lone wolf attacks in western countries. That comes as the government has reached a tentative peace deal with Houthi Rebels. A yemeni official tells cnn the rebels will withdraw their soldiers and militiamen from government buildings and release the president s chief of staff. In exchange the government has yeahed to make changes agreed to make changes giving houthis more political power. This is important because yemens government has been a key ally in the fight against al qaeda and the power strug tlel may put that partnership at risk now. An
Good day to you. We begin this hour with wild fires raging in western canada. They have gained a lot more ground, nearly doubling in size in the last 24 hours and threatening saskatchewan, its neighbor to the east. It has consumed nearly 800 square miles and it is not slowing down. Flames have destroyed the entire fort mcmurry community. Officials have evacuated thousands of people from there, but some 15,000 remain trapped north of that area. Dry conditions are fueling flames and the wind is fanning them to the northeast. Thats making it hard for the more 500 firefighters fighting the fire. Our dan simon is on the ground with this report. Reporter you can see this fire is still very much out of control and you still have so many people who are evacuated. Nearly 90,000 people evacuated. Thats an unprecedented situation in canada. In terms of the weather, its hot today, conditions remain dry, windy. Terrible conditions for fighting this fire. There is a chance there could be rain in the
In just hours, a white house ukraine expert set to testify in the impeachment inquiry. He said he was so disturbed for the white house request investigation into joe biden, he recorded it twice. New details about the raid that killed the founder of isis. The key role americas kurdish ill a allies made. Hundreds of thousands evacuated as massive fires threaten california. It could get even worse today. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. This is early start. Im dave briggs. Good morning. Im christine romans. It is 4 00 a. M. In new york. We begin with breaking news in the impeachment inquiry. A top ukraine expert will say he heard him ask to investigate the bidens. He was on the phone call between the president and ukrainian president zelensky. He was so troubled, he reported his concerns to superiors at the National Security council twice. Cnn has a copy of his Opening Statement. He said, i was concerned about the call. I did not think it was proper that a
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