And the black cold rush was on. Well talk with industry folks as well as Energy Experts about the history in the oil industry as well as its role today. But before we go south to oklahoma well get your take on the countrys Overall Energy policy this morning. What would you change . Here, overall in the federal government about its Energy Policy . The numbers are on the bottom f your screen. Let me begin with information from the Energy Information agency here in washington on how much energy is consumed in the United States. This is based on 2012 figures. Take a look here of how energy is consumed. What type of energies. You can starts dialing in now. Another chart here. Take a look at sources of u. S. Electricity generation based on 2012 figures. Renewable makes up about 12 of our electricity, nuclear 19 , natural gas 30 , and coal about 37 . And then of course weve all heard the stories about production in the United States. Heres one from reuters that came out the beginning of octob
Deserve our support, our respect, and our prayers. They e they demand the fullest response, diplomat exand economic. I think its wholly appropriate that these brave martyrs be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize and everything that can be done along these lines should be done. I yold back. I tweeled two minutes to the distinguished gentleman from california, mr. Lavon. The gentleman is recognized. I thank the gentleman for yielding and congratulate him and the other leads of the for expeditiously bringing this resolution to the floor. Mr. Speaker, the exhilarating express expressions of support for democracy in china have inspired the world. The horrors we have witnessed in china in the last few days have shocked the world. Beijings brutal crackdown on peaceful demonstrators deserves our harshest condemnation and i believe will prove the undoing of this regime. I urge my colleagues, mr. Speaker, not to forget that this latest atrocity comes on the heels of a similar military suppression of dem
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
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Change american democracy as we know it. As the never again movement gains steam, should gun state of advocates start calling to repeal the Second Amendment. The voters are coming. When all in starts right now. Good evening from chicago. Im chris hayes. Breaking news tonight. Stormy daniels lawyer says that is eight women have now come forward to share stories similar to daniels, including two who signed confidentiality agreements. More in a moment with the attorney for Stormy Daniels. But first, in his time in office, there has seemingly been too issue to trivial, too petty for donald trump to weigh in on. As president and these are just a few examples, trump has claimed vanity fairs anna wintour is beside herselves in grief and begging for forgiveness, deemed meryl streep one of the most overrated actresses in hollywood, attacks an on air personality for her impact on espns ratings. Yet in the wake of Stormy Daniels appearance on 60 minutes where she alleged to 22 Million Viewers she