- the dream of the american west was come out here, get your own little piece of paradise, you work hard, raise cattle. you make enough money to look after the family. - sure, i d love to cook you one. [indistinct chatter] - [whistles] [truck idling] [mooing] - this land, it s really for one thing, and that s producing livestock. they ve tried to farm it, it doesn t work. and, you know, except for beautiful views, that s what it can produce. - west texas and big bend, this area, are you the platonic ideal of the texan?
bor i flew to new hampshire this morning, or i tried to fly to new hampshire this morning to speak at a memorial service at my alma mater. weather delays prevented me from getting there in time, so if you will generously permit me a moment now to say goodbye to a mentor and an old marine. jim wright, my first history professor and the former president of dartmouth college. professor wright became my history professor in march 1988, and he never stopped being my professor. the class was, if memory serves, history 2, history of the american west, and it was a joy. it set me on a course to become a history major, and history became a lifelong passion. professor wright, president wright, jim was along with me the whole time, guiding me, encouraging me, sending me
refineries in california. that might be skewing the national average a little bit. but there is reason to believe that even though seasonally we might not always see it higher oil prices might lead to higher gas prices going into the rest of fall and winter. opec or opec plus meeting tomorrow may cut production out of vie vienna. we have sanctions that could come in on russian supplies in early december. european officials finalizing how that might look. the near and short term outlook aren t great for prices at the pump. bill: the american west. washington up $0.41, oregon 45, alaska 45 on down the line. california $0.55. opec meets tomorrow. rumor is they ll cut a million barrels a day. see whether or not it happens. what s important about that is opec considers vladimir putin to be a partner now, okay?