>>THE ARMY HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE EASEMENT FOR FINAL
CONSTRUCTION OF THE LAST REMAINING STRETCH THAT NEEDS TO
BE BUILT OF THE DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINE COULD BE GRANTED AS
EARLY AS TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY OF THIS WEEK --
>>ADDITIONALLY --
>>THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS SET UP WHEN PRESIDENT
OBAMA PUT A STOP TO THE PIPELINE, THERE WAS GOING TO BE
AN ADDITIONAL SERIES OF INVESTIGATIONS AND THE EFFECTS
IT COULD HAVE ON THE WATER SUPPLY FOR SO MANY PEOPLE, THAT
HAS BEEN CUT OFF AND IT IS LIKELY THAT WITHIN 24 HOURS THEY
WILL BE BACK COMPLETING THE FINAL SECTION OF THE PIPELINE.
AND A LAWYER REPRESENTING EARTH JUSTICE IS GOING TO ATTEMPT TO
FIGHT THIS, THIS IS JOHN HASSELMAN, SAYING --
>>I'M SURE THERE WILL BE AN ATTEMPT BUT THIS IS THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION, SO WE KNOW HOW THAT WILL HAPPEN.
>>AND WHEN DONALD TRUMP'S CASINOS IN ATLANTIC CITY WERE
GOING UNDER, HE WAS BLAMING INDIAN TRIBES IN CONNECTICUT,
THE MOHEGAN SUN AND FOXWOODS, FOR TAKING AWAY ATLANTIC CITY'S
BUSINESS.
WHICH THEY PROBABLY DID.
HE HOLDS A GRUDGE, I'M NOT
SAYING THIS IS WHAT IS BEHIND IT, HE ASKED FOR AN EXPEDITED
REVIEW, THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION SAID WE HAVE TO HAVE A REVIEW,
IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN DONE IN THIS AMOUNT OF TIME, THIS WAS AN
AGENDA-DRIVEN DECISION AND IT'S A TRAGEDY FOR ALL THE WORK THAT
WAS PUT IN THERE.
AND IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT FOR EARTH
JUSTICE, THEY ARE UP AGAINST A STEEP HILL HERE BECAUSE THERE IS
NOTHING -- THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION STOPPED IT, DID
THE RIGHT THING, GOT THE REVIEW, REALIZED THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT
PATH FOR THIS PIPELINE, BUT DIDN'T SAY -- BUT STOPPED SHORT
OF COMING UP WITH WHAT THEIR OWN PLAN WAS, AND THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION DOESN'T CARE, THEY ARE GOING TO GO WITH
WHAT THE COURT ORIGINALLY DID.
>>THE PROBLEM IS THAT EARTH JUSTICE AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
WILL TRY TO STOP IT, BUT IF IT BEGINS BEING CONSTRUCTED THE
PIPELINE COULD BE DONE LONG BEFORE THESE ATTEMPTED STOPS GO
THROUGH THE COURT SYSTEM, AND THAT'S WHAT NEEDS TO BE STOPPED.
THEORETICALLY I GUESS SOME JUDGE COULD STEP IN, BUT WE ALREADY
HAD LONG PERIODS LAST YEAR THAT COULD HAPPEN AND IT LARGELY
DIDN'T, JUDGES DECIDED TO TAKE A STEP BACK.
WE KNEW WHEN HE WON THIS WOULD ALMOST CERTAINLY HAPPEN, WE
DIDN'T KNOW HOW FAST OR THE NATURE OF HOW IT WOULD BE
DONE, BUT WE KNEW IT WAS INCREDIBLY LIKELY THAT IT
WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
>>AND JOHN HOEVEN, THE REPUBLICAN SENATOR FROM NORTH
DAKOTA, IS A BIG PROPONENT OF THIS AND HAS A LOT OF OTHER
SENATORS' EARS BECAUSE HE WAS THE GOVERNOR THERE, AND HE HAS
OVERSEEN MAKING SURE THAT THIS IS A PRIORITY FOR THE WHITE
HOUSE TO UNDO.
HE WAS AGAINST KEYSTONE, TOO.
HE'S NOT GOOD.
I'M SORRY, HE WAS FOR KEYSTONE.
>>WHY DON'T WE TURN TO A QUOTE FROM HIM?
>>I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WE HAD THAT.
>>THERE YOU GO, WE DO.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS OF THE
CONSTRUCTION OF THE PIPELINE IS THAT IF FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
HISTORY A PIPELINE HAD SOME SORT OF LEAK, THAT COULD DAMAGE THE
WATER SUPPLIES PEOPLE RELY ON.
HE'S NOT WORRIED ABOUT THAT,
HE SAID --
>>THE LATEST SAFEGUARDS AND TECHNOLOGY AS CAN BE PROVIDED BY
ENERGY TRANSFER PARTNERS.
I'M SURE THAT WITH THIS ADVANCED
TECHNOLOGY AND SAFETY FEATURES WE SHOULDN'T HAVE CAUSE FOR
CONCERN.
EXCEPT WE DO, BASED ON SOME DATA THAT'S BEEN RELEASED
--
>>GOD ONLY KNOWS WHAT WAS "OTHER" IN
THOSE SPILLS --
>>THAT IS JUST 2015 TO 2016 --
>>JUST TO REITERATE, THAT IS ONE YEAR?
>>THAT IS 2015 TO 2016.
I GUESS ONE YEAR.
>>LET'S SAY IT'S THREE YEARS -- THOSE ARE ASTONISHING NUMBERS.
HOW MANY EVACUATIONS?
>>FIVE EVACUATIONS.
>>UNBELIEVABLE.
>>BUT THAT'S CRAZY BECAUSE THIS IS THE LATEST -- HOLD ON.
>>LEAKPROOF, RIGHT?
>>BUT THESE ARE THE LATEST SAFEGUARDS IN TECHNOLOGY!
BUT
THAT'S JUST ONE YEAR, ONE COMPANY.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE
HUGE NUMBER OF SPILLS JUST IN SOUTH DAKOTA OVER THE LAST
COUPLE OF YEARS, HERE IT IS SPECIFICALLY ETP, THE
CORPORATION THAT'S IN CHARGE AND RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DAKOTA
ACCESS PIPELINE.
THEY CAN'T HELP BUT ON A NEARLY WEEKLY BASIS
SPILL GASOLINE, OIL, AND UNKNOWN SUBSTANCES ACROSS THE U.S. BUT
JOHN HOEVEN ISN'T WORRIED BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE LATEST
TECHNOLOGY AND SAFEGUARDS.
THAT WILL BE VERY REASSURING TO THE PEOPLE
WHO MIGHT HAVE TO DRINK GASOLINE AND OIL AND RUNOFF AND
"OTHER" AND UNKNOWN IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
>>AND THE SPEED WITH WHICH THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE DID THIS, A
COUPLE OF WEEKS INTO THE ADMINISTRATION -- A REPORTER I
TALKED TO JUST AFTER THE INAUGURATION, I ASKED HIM WHAT
WOULD HAPPEN TO DAPL AND HE SAID HE HEARD PEOPLE JOKING THAT
THEY WANT TO GET IT GOING AGAIN WHILE IT'S STILL COLD TO LIMIT
THE NUMBER OF PROTESTERS UP THERE, WHICH IS ABSURD BECAUSE
IT'S BEEN COLD UP THERE --
>>FOR TWO YEARS.
>>IT'S WARM FOR LIKE AN HOUR IN NORTH DAKOTA.
THE PROTESTERS
REMAINED AND THEY WERE EFFECTIVE IN THE COLD.
AND THIS WAS NOT
NECESSARILY GOSPEL, BUT THIS IS WHAT HE HEARD.
SO THEY'VE KNOWN
ABOUT THIS, THEY KNEW THEY WERE GOING TO DO THIS RIGHT AWAY.
AND
VOTERS SHOULD HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THAT IN NOVEMBER BECAUSE
THEY WEREN'T SHY ABOUT IT.
>>ONE OTHER ASPECT ON THIS THAT UNFORTUNATELY WE DON'T HAVE AS
MUCH INFORMATION AS I WOULD LIKE IS THE ECONOMIC FINANCIAL
INVOLVEMENT OF OUR NEW PRESIDENT.
WE KNOW THAT
PREVIOUSLY DONALD TRUMP OWNED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF
SHARES OF ETP, WE WERE REASSURED ON DECEMBER 5 OF LAST YEAR THAT
HE HAD SOLD OFF THOSE SHARES.
WE HAVE BEEN PRESENTED WITH
ABSOLUTELY NO EVIDENCE, I'VE SEEN NOBODY PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF
THAT, SO I SUPPOSE WE HAVE TO TRUST HIM THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE
A CONFLICT OF INTEREST HERE.
>>WE WILL SEE IT IN HIS TAXES.
>>WHEN HE REVEALS HIS TAXES WE WILL SEE IT.
THERE IS REASON TO
BELIEVE HE WILL FINANCIALLY BENEFIT FROM THE COMPLETION OF
THE DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINE, JUST ONE OF MANY CONFLICTS OF
INTEREST BROUGHT TO YOU BY HIS CORONATION AS THE U.S.'S KING.