And it starts with copper, the mineral copper. Theres copper in brass. Theres copper in bronze. The Statue Of Liberty is sheathed in a layer of copper. Thats about the thickness of two pennies. Pennies themselves used to be copper, but now theyre just coppercovered zinc, which sort of seems sad. It makes financial sense, because copper over time became too valuable to use in something as cheap as a penny, because most of what we use copper for now is conducting electricity. We use copper for wiring. There is a massive global appetite for copper. And the Worlds Largest producer of copper is an american company. Its a company that used to be based in new orleans but now the Mining Company freeport is based in phoenix, arizona. And the freeport Mining Company of phoenix, arizona, they do still mine copper in arizona and
they mine copper in new mexico and in colorado. But they are a gigantic firm. And theyre a global operation. In south america, they mine copper in chile, peru. In indonesi
for them, frankly, as the new congress convenes tomorrow. this goes against everything donald trump would have campaigned about, right, draining the swamp and the desire to do things in washington to make it an ethical place? this seems to run counter to that. it will be interesting to watch republican lawmakers tomorrow explain why they want to do this. will there be a difference now in terms of us, the press, and we, the public, getting information about ethics complaints, about ethics investigations of lawmakers? is there an issue in terms of just what we have access to when these complaints are made, when lawmakers are looked into in terms of ethical misdoings? absolutely. and it was already pretty bad to begin with, because the process was so secretive, you couldn t get information out of this office for fear they would get shut down the way they may tomorrow, frankly. but ultimately we would get reports that either tell us that somebody was indeed facing some ethical question
conversation and they don t want this to become a pr nightmare for them, frankly, as the new congress convenes tomorrow. this goes against everything donald trump would have campaigned about, right, draining the swamp and the desire to do things in washington to make it an ethical place? this seems to run counter to that. it will be interesting to watch republican lawmakers tomorrow explain why they want to do this. will there be a difference now in terms of us, the press, and we, the public, getting information about ethics complaints, about ethics investigations of lawmakers? is there an issue in terms of just what we have access to when these complaints are made, when lawmakers are looked into in terms of ethical misdoings? absolutely. and it was already pretty bad to begin with, because the process was so secretive, you couldn t get information out of this office for fear they would get shut down the way they may tomorrow, frankly. but ultimately we would get reports that eithe
now in terms of us, the press, and we, the public, getting information about ethics complaints, about ethics investigations of lawmakers? is there an issue in terms of just what we have access to when these complaints are made, when lawmakers are looked into in terms of ethical misdoings? absolutely. and it was already pretty bad to begin with, because the process was so secretive, you couldn t get information out of this office for fear they would get shut down the way they may tomorrow, frankly. but ultimately we would get reports that either tell us that somebody was indeed facing some ethical questions or that they had been excused. but it was a months-long, very secretive process. it probably will be even more so now, if it goes through. in terms of the politics here, you mentioned that very important point that house speaker paul ryan and majority leader kevin mccarthy didn t want to do this. they did not want this to be the first headline of the new congress, that they ll be
queen of england. reporter: you couldn t get information out of that hospital if you went in with a jackhammer. but this guy calls in and wham. megyn: i can t do an english accents at all. taking your thoughts on that. follow me on twitter @megynkelly. tensions are ramming up over in syria. we are getting involved now. u.s. and nato forces amassing at bored as concerns grow about chemical warfare. general jack keane joins us on that. an adoption horror story sparking debate over parental rights. a 20-month-old baby take from the only parent she has ever known and is about to be given to a biological relative she has