WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR A LONG TIME FOR A NUMBER OF
NOTABLE POLITICIANS TO MAKE IT CLEAR WHAT THEY THINK OF
THE SITUATION REGARDING TO THE ACCESS PIPELINE.
JOE STEIN ACTUALLY DID GO TO DO A PROTEST AT THE PIPELINE.
SOME POLITICIANS WERE SILENT DURING THE PRIMARIES.
BERNIE SANDERS HAS SPOKEN THERE, THAT'S GREAT.
BARACK OBAMA HAS BEEN WILLING TO BITE HIS TIME, AND SEE HOW
THINGS DEVELOP, WHICH IS SO HELPFUL, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
ALTHOUGH, AT THE DEPARTMENT LEVEL THEY HAVE DONE SOME
THINGS THAT ARE THEORETICALLY HELPFUL IN SLOWING IT DOWN.
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE PRESIDENT-ELECT?
WE NOW KNOW FROM A REPUBLICAN SENATOR WHO SPOKE WITH HIS
TEAM, MISTER TRUMP EXPRESSED HIS SUPPORT FOR THE DAKOTA
ACCESS PIPELINE.
HE ALSO ADDED, "TRUMPS BACKING OF THE PROJECT, HIS TEAM
SAID HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HIS PERSONAL INVESTMENTS AND
EVERYTHING TO DO WITH PROTECTING THE PERSONAL INVESTMENT OF
ALL AMERICANS "IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE TRUMP INVESTED
$500,000 ñ BETWEEN $500,000 AND $1 MILLION IN THE COMPANY
CONSTRUCTING THE PIPELINE, ENERGY TRANSFER PARTNERS.
I DON'T KNOW YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BELIEVE.COM HAS ALSO BETWEEN
100,000 AND $250,000 INVESTED IN
THE OIL COMPANY THAT WILL HAVE A 25% STAKE IN THE PIPELINE.
AS IN SO MANY OTHER CASES, IN ñ WE'VE SEEN IN THE DIPLOMACY
HE'S CONDUCTED OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS OVER THE PHONE, HE IS USING
HIS OFFICE TO ADVANCE HIS OWN PERSONAL FINANCIAL INTERESTS.
I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN MY LIFE, WHERE THE
PRESIDENT IS LIKE, YEAH I'M INVESTED IN THAT AND NOW AND
WANT TO MAKE A DECISION BASED ON
THAT SO I CAN GET RICHER.
CASE YOU THINK WE ARE JUST SAYING THIS SO WE CAN BE
LIKE, LOOK HOW TERRIBLE TRUMP IS.
WE'RE LOOKING AHEAD TO THE FUTURE OF THIS PROTEST.
WHEN YOU COMBINE HIS STATED SUPPORT FOR THE PROCESS ñ FOR
THE PROJECT, HIS FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS IN THE PROJECT, AND
HOW HIS TEAM HAS TALKED ABOUT PROTESTERS, AND HOW YOU NEED TO
BE WILLING TO BE TOUGH WITH THEM, IMAGINE ONCE HE IS SWORN
IN.
WE'VE SEEN TERRIBLE ATROCITIES TOWARDS THE WATER PROTECTORS
ALREADY, AND THAT'S UNDER OBAMA WHO IS AT LEAST SUPPOSEDLY IN
FAVOR OF PEACEFUL PROTESTS.
WHAT YOU THINK TRUMP AND HIS TEAM WILL DO?
BY THE WAY, THE GUY CLAIMS TO BE WORTH $10 MILLION.
YOU CAN'T DIVEST SOMEBODY THAT'S WORTH $100,000-$250,000
JUST SO YOU CAN MAKE A GOOD DECISION?
YOU THINK, WHY DOESN'T HE GET RID OF THAT PROBLEM?
BUT FOR HIM IS NOT A PROBLEM, IT'S A SOLUTION.
HE PLANS TO GET RICH OFF THE PRESIDENCY, SO HE THINKS
WHY WOULDN'T I GET RICH OFF THAT?
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS HE DID WAS TALK TO AN INDIAN
BUSINESSMAN, AND HE HAD THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT GET
AFFECTED BY HIS DEALINGS IN INDIA.
TALK TO THE ARGENTINIAN PRESIDENTS, THREE DAYS
LATER GOT A PERMIT HE HAD BEEN WAITING FOR A LONG TIME.
HE HASN'T DIVESTED HIMSELF IN ANY OF THAT STUFF.
YOU HAVE ñ CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW BAD ASKED TO BE FOR HIM TO
ADMIT IT'S A COMPETENT INTEREST?
IT'S STILL A LONG TIME FROM JANUARY 20, WHICH IS
INAUGURATION DAY, BUT IF THE VETERANS ARE STILL AT STANDING
ROCK ñ AS AN EXAMPLE ñ AND TRUMP, WHO WANTS TO MAKE MONEY
OFF THIS PROJECT, THEN GOES AND UNLEASHES, YOU KNOW, POLICE
FORCES, NATIONAL GUARD, WHATEVER, AGAINST VETERANS, LET
ALONE THE NATIVE AMERICANS, THAT IS GOING TO BE ñ IT IS GOING TO
BE A MESS AND A DISASTER.
AT LEAST WE'LL HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO WAS OUTWARDLY HELPING
BIG OIL, AS OPPOSED TO GIVING LIP SERVICE TO OTHER THINGS.
YOU KNOW, THE ENVIRONMENT AND CARING ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE.
NOW YOU'LL JUST BE BLATANTLY SAYING, OH YEAH I'M HELPING
BIG OIL.
AND HE DOES, HE SAYS WILL PUT UP ALL THE ENERGY, I DON'T CARE.
AND TO THIS DAY HE CALLS, CHANGE A HOAX.
HIS CHIEF OF STAFF REINCE PRIEBUS CALLED IT BUNK.
SARAH PALIN SAID THAT THE CARRIER DEAL IS MORE CRONY
CAPITALISM, SHE CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
NOW EVERYONE'S HEAD IS SPINNING.
SHE WROTE A PIECE IN YOUNG CONSERVATIVES HOW IT'S CRONY
CAPITALISM, SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN, THIS IS RIDICULOUS.
THAT MEANS SHE'S NOT GOING TO BE
THE HEAD OF HIS VETERAN'S AFFAIRS?
THAT'S PROBABLY WHY, BUT SHE DESERVES AT LEAST A LITTLE
BIT OF CREDIT FOR THAT.
WHEN YOU WERE RANDOMLY THIS MORNING READING YOUNG
CONSERVATIVE, YOU CAME ACROSS IT?
SO APPARENTLY SCOTT BROWN, YOUR NEW HEAD OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.