Travel back to the 1950s when oil was discovered in north dakota. Filmican frontier is a produced by the American Petroleum institute. Narrator the wind blows west from the great lakes. The wind sings like a wild bird across the northern states, coming at last to this place. 10,000 square miles of prairie across montana and dakota. They call it the Williston Basin. Narrator not so long ago, this was frontier. Listen closely and you will hear the old echo of covered wagons, the phantom shadows of pioneers fighting for their lives against the wilderness. Lonely women wearing their dreams like a bit of right calico. Narrator they began with nothing, with their bare hands and a bucket of hope, breaking the land with freedoms plow, planting towns like fargo, stampede, bluegrass, beaver lodge, lincoln valley, williston. Neil wheat farmer and schoolteacher. I was born and raised here east of montana along the canadian line, williams county, north dakota. If i were somewhere at the ends of the
For wanting to end fracking. Trump says that the country needs to open up more fracking to avoid dependence on middle eastern oil. He would absolutely approve, he said, the keystone pipeline, and he would get the government out of the way of the Energy Industry. Oh, republican senator rob portman is on the Senate Energy committee. Hes joining me exclusively on whether Trumps Energy plan is viable. Donald trump has issued a lot of controversial comments, and hes also gone back and forth on some of the issues. The 2016 race, what does rob portman think about that and whether trump at the top ticket would help or hurt portmans Senate Reelection campaign. Senator Bernie Sanders going closer and closer to Hillary Clinton in california. Closest now, a dead heat in a brandnew poll as the vermont senator considers debating donald trump if he cant convince Hillary Clinton to work the hollywood stage. Former north dakota democratic senator byron and former Vermont Republican jim douglass. Well t
He vowed to put America First was quite a change in attitude from the current president. Hillary clinton and Bernie Sanders in a virtual tie. If she loses california after all these losses to Bernie Sanders it could be a problem. This on the heels of a blistering report slamming the private email server is criminal investigation ramps up. The demo political offices are here to debate it. Former cbs evening news anchor katie couric under fire after her pro gun control documentary was found to have intentionally misrepresented the gun right supporters she interviewed. Why cant conservative views ever seem to be treated fairly by the Mainstream Media . We will explain. A shocking new report, intruders breach u. S. Air force fences every 10 days. Standing in a security line waiting to take off your shoes and belts, how vulnerable are our airports. People are sneaking in every twee 10 days. Lieutenant colonel ralph peters is here to sound off on that. Tower top story donald trump takes the
A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from north dakota. A senator i ask the quorum call be vitiated. Mr. Hoeven thank you, mr. President. I rise today to make the case for lifting the 40yearold ban on exporting crude oil. It will benefit not only my home state of north dakota but our nation and our allies in a host of different ways. He thatsie worked hard to include legislation repealing the ban in the yearend Legislation Congress now has under consideration. Importantly, this is mustpass legislation, meaning that it will be very hard for the president to veto the oil exporl export ban. Taken together, the reasons for lifting the Oil Export Ban are very powerful. Doing so would encourage more Domestic Production. It would increase the Global Supply of crude oil, reducing the cost at the pump for our consumers, particularly over the long term. It will help grow our economy and create goodpaying jobs for our citizens. And the last reason is vital the important as
Suddenly Interest Rates are a force determining stock prices. This time, its not bearish, its bullish a positive force, chief reason the dow rallied. Were back into bad news is good news mode here, and the bad news is that unemployment, well, employment is weak. Employment is getting weaker, which will send Interest Rates back to levels that encourage all sorts of Economic Activity here. While at the same time driving the dollar lower to a level that benefits our Big International exporters. Meanwhile, inflation is coming down because of all of our newfound oil, making gasoline cheaper. Wow. Halcyon. Lower Interest Rates, lower dollar, lower gasoline, this is the stuff of greatness for the stock market. Let me show you why. First, we have lost entirely the bond market equivalent stocks. The stocks that did well because of the dividends when Interest Rates were low. Now rates are in retreat and those stocks are roaring again. Take kimberly clark. The Company Reported a spectacular numbe