Welcome to inside story. The coo leader turned elected president , led venezuela away from the caribbean nations and making peace with the United States after the thank you multiof the cold war. He made friends with cuba and iran and even the kim dice nasty in north korea. And sold oil on generous terms to poor neighbors. During those years, venezuela manufacturing declined, the government spent ver shsly. Then he died after a long bought cancer. The Vice President a much less politically skilled figure took his place and the price of oil tumbled. From a hundred dollars a barrel to 30s a barrel and the antiforces persuaded suffering venezuelians the revelation had its chance and failed. The opposition has a strong ma superiority in the congress. It is starting to look like like the jig is up. Tough times on venezuela. We have a look at the mess unfolding in south america. These are the streets of downtown. Supporters of the president came to condemn the renewal of a decree with the u.
That polar approach. And so weve learned the absolute necessity of a close relationship with canada, we learned that was in our National Interest. That relationship we have with canada has enabled us to truly be able to provide Aerospace Control and maritime morning. That relationship is critical to the security of the United States and canada. Both our countries have benefit from the against existential threats. That relationship we have with canada is a model that is worthy of emulating. But in Aerial Threat over the poles is not the only threat that north america faces are the Security Landscape is evolving, and north america faces a threat from the south. Now, our threat from the south is not presently an existential threat but it is a Security Threat nonetheless. And this threat, that is transnational in nature, exploits seems between countries. Its an organized threat. It is a networked threat. It is agile, its adaptive and it can reach the point where it actually destabilizes re
Secondly, even if we are producing okay a few hundred thousand barrels a day more, that in no way changes our linkage to the Global Oil Price and the exposure to a price spike. In fact, if anything, its both the fact that we are connected to the crude Oil Global Market and the fact that we are and i believe will continue to be major oil product exporters. We are exposed just as in that anecdote i gave about britain in 2000, we are exposed to the Global Oil Price spike and thats really the modern issue in terms of what the sprol does for us. Point being, if were allowed to compete in the Global Economy well have a more robust oil and gas industry in this country than well have if were not allowed to compete with a more robust industry were less dependent on the sprol . Again, im sorry, senator i dont its not only the eia but the other studies that have shown that by lifting the oil export ban, we not only, panned our industry we create more jobs and Economic Activity in our country so w
We catch up with pentatonix, the first a Cappella Group to hit number one on the billboard charts. We do the flashy type of thing, but at the end of the day were just twentysomethings singing choir music, you know what i mean, and we just made it a different thing. Ifill all that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill the house of representatives ratified some highlevel dealmaking this evening. The vote was 266 to 167 on a package aimed at heading off a Government Shutdown, and default on the nations debt
We catch up with pentatonix, the first a Cappella Group to hit number one on the billboard charts. We do the flashy type of thing, but at the end of the day were just twentysomethings singing choir music, you know what i mean, and we just made it a different thing. Ifill all that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill the house of representatives ratified some highlevel dealmaking this evening. The vote was 266 to 167 on a package aimed at heading off a Government Shutdown, and default on the nations debt