Washington journal continues. Host again, the white house, this afternoon will be the scene of the announcement on the future of the United States the paris climate agreement. You can see that on cspan 2, by 3 00. Ay, at also look at cspan. Org, and we are gettingp, your thoughts if you think the u. S. Should stay or go or youre sure. The lines will be on the screen. Send a video tweet, as well. Remind reminder, some elements on the other hand the deal obama set up pledged to cut greenhouse below ssions 26 to 28 commit els by 2025 and aide to poor countrys by 2020. He United States has delivered 1 billion of that to date. Says, leave the agreement, tell us why, wanda. Aller i heard you say 3 billion in aid, that is not good for america. A video thatommend people can watch, it is on youtube, it is called the great warming swindle, and it thing ow the whole started. It tells how they measure the temperatures, for instance, they put their thermometers in the temperature is naturally higher than you would like they might put a hermometer right next to a air conditioner exhaust or they might put it in the middle of a parking lot and it seems like sometimes they just place their thermometer where they know it will record the temperature is the surrounding area. And then we have the cities have lot higher temperature than the surrounding countryside and put their re they thermometers. So, i dont think theyre measuring right and i think a lot of politics involved in the Global Warming issue. Host okay. Lets hear from someone who says that the u. S. Should stay in the from easton, pennsylvania, rich. Hi there. Caller hello. Thanks for letting me on the air. I would like to stay in the to keep , i would like the Global Warming down for at grandchildren. And also, i think if you get if we get out of this greement, a lot of other countries will, too, that will lead to more pollution. Would lead to the development on fuel for the and Trucking Industry or cars or planes. I think it would lead to more Global Warming. Dont want to walk around with a dust mask on all day long like in chien a. New york times writes the exit of the u. S. From he agreement, the Worlds Largest economy and second largest polluter would not which was e pact ratified last year, but could would affects that the planet. Other countries that joined the greement could withdraw or soften their commitments. This cutting planet warming is ution off twitter this, viewer who says that the that ent itself, adding the u. S. Shouldnt stay and saying it is huge wealth fixes nothing, it is nonbinding. Diane says, leave the from asbury park. Go ahead. Yes, good morning. Im calling because i want to know, if you go your nto your history, biblical history, you will find were certain times when Climate Change happened and it was really strange. To the people that were it is because , sin in the ot of world and that is the reason why experiencing this. A lot of people arent going to that, but i think its a try to, you y to know, spend money to change it, ou know, it is the people, you universe earth and the s alive and we have to come to realize that. Host okay. New jersey. One programming change when it comes to the announcement this 3 00, initially said cspan 2, now switched to ain channel cspan, again, 3 00. You can monitor it on the ebsite and our radio ap p, you can see it on television, on the main channel cspan live today 3 00. New jersey is next, this is that the United States should stay. Dori from new jersey. Good morning. Thank you for having me. Umber one, i really think that we should stay, because it shows leadership ability of our country. Two, if we stay in the program, we are protecting our generations, especially our children. Businessese, our big in our country do not want us to agreement. Number four, i really dont understand how the president the first h in place. Host as far as big business the of open letter to president regarding the Paris Agreement in the papers today. Is sandra, representative apple, hewlett straus, calling to stay. Resident indiana. M columbus, caller yeah, the reason i think united d pull out, the the s has been since 70s and as far as donating of dollars, we already do that. Any time a country is in United States is fir first. You know, we take care of other too, you know. We dont have to have this agreement. Thank you. Can continue to give your thoughts off the phone, off you er, video tweet, if want. We will take more calls in a bit. The wallto read from street journal this morning about waivers being given to hite house aids, this is rebecca barhouse saying the president granted waivers to 16 hite house officials to allow them to work on issues they handled in their private sector job, according to disclosures released yesterday. Waivers in the first former ths, same number president gave out. Washington of special interest and drain the swamp, the waivers allow spent recent years lobbying the government on behalf of corporate clients and on the same issues. Mr. Trump has granted waivers to lobbyists, including special assistant to the president for environmental policy, who spent years representing oil and Gas Companies under the waiver, to on the same issues. At the wall street journal. Rockaway, new york, velma, good morning. What is your thinking, should stay or go . Caller i think the u. S. Should a very ause it is important issue that we be of the damage that ive lifetime. Im 72 years old, i was born in damages and just the that the, we used to have where could go in with peaches, es, pears and allow the even on my grandparents longer the type of growth, you know, and even here new york where we live, we go at easter time, flowers would grow out and bloom. Just see the detriment, asthma, difficult illness, participate to have clean energy maintain so our future, our have an would be able to decent life with that, with insurance, all kind of topiratory problems, we need stay, stay, stay, please. Ost randall from springfield, georgia, go ahead. Caller yes. Yes. With the s agreeing woman a couple minutes ago who old that it was, this is something the earth goes through. His is not anything that is brandnew. Climate change in the earth is years old. F i would like to respond with the well, that justs dramatic has seen change in new york city. Well, you know what, when you concrete and asphalt all over the ground, guess what, nothing is going to grow. 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Top officials from the american legion, urge trump last week to reclassify marijuana and allow whether cannibas ptsd. Help with ron on this thought on the paris climate agreement if the united should remain. Ron from illinois . Caller yeah. Host youre on. Caller i said im still not sure. All i know is in the winter time here, supposed to be snow and cold, im sick and tired of all winters weve been having. Host but as of the deal itself, saying youre not sure her staying or going caller whether the countrys pull out or not, what is the big deal . I want to be more informed. Host okay. Caller unsure. Host ron in illinois. A call, nt to give us you are thinking on this, we divided the lines differently, should e who think we leave the agreement or stay or not sure. 2027488000. Ave, if you say, stay, 2027488001. Not sure, 2027488002. Organizations or bodies commenting on the potential of the decision is the the Washington Examiner saying that the president or urging the resident not to leave it, saying President Trump was told sicily, g7 sum nit cant leave the agreement, according to the european tried to explain that to mr. Trump, in clear sentences, the head of the european commission, which is the governing body of the european union. Went on to say it seemed our attempts failed, but the law is obeyed, he must be explained that americans cant agreement, adding mr. Rump thinks he can leave the deal because he doesnt fully understand them. Take trump would down three to fouryear process f withdrawal, so the direct action trump is promise system impossible. Here are other avenues being reported this morning when it comes to the agreement itself on could exit it. There is the United Nations pullout, the Ct Commission president says could ake several years and other avenues, as well. Well find out more at 3 00 this fternoon when the president is expected to make the announcement. Columbus, ohio, donna, good ahead. , youre on, go caller yeah, i think we should leave. Hearing reports about how these regulations and laws are it so cars are costing more today and also repairing hem and it is just making it difficult fnot impossible for a cars. People to have you so as far as leaving, heard some callers talk about concerns overall the climate or influences other countrys and their commitments with those things in mind, no about leaving, if that is the decision the president makes . Well, i also heard a that we are the countriesd to of the new ideas on Climate Control than we have to and it e aid to them just doesnt seem to be working. Felicia, forest park, georgia, says stay with the agreement. Felicia, go ahead. Caller thank you for having me. Is a of all, the u. S. Large contributor, climate real. E is the benefit fund is for poor ountries that have not contributed to Climate Change so they can mitigate because they already experiencing enormous impacts. Calling, if they are not very familiar with you te science or if avent traveled to places severely impacted, know we have of security terms for massive migration due to Climate Change. If you look at conflict, a lot due at is over water wars to Climate Change. America,s like wake up, and please President Trump, of a global t agreement with everybody onboard. Were on one planet and we iloaned island ourselves. Wake up and get with the facts and it is not what you think, it not biblical, it is a scientific fact that increasing co2 in the atmosphere warms the brings about changes, not weather. Were talking about potential catastrophic change over time. Thank you for having me. Had to e decision that be made by the white house this eek is about the location of jerusalemmbassador in and bloomberg reporting, it is official that the president the u. S. Moving embassy to jerusalem from tel but remains committed to do so while serve nothing office. Bit ago. T coming out a a picture this morning of the current house, that house that obama and his wife and family moved to after they left office. Initially rented, now purchased for 8. 1 million, to home Front Holdings controlled by the obamas, the recorded on wednesday. Home ckhart, because the for 5. 3 million. Million makes president obamas house the second most d. C. , behind 23 amazon. Com founder purchased and the owner of washington post. Annie says xas, leave the agreement. Good morning, tell us why. Caller good morning. Have just two comments to make. The w the money, follow power. Money and who gets the monsne thank you. Apply to thes that agreement . Caller who gets power over all everything . What organization gets to tell and how. What, when host in terms of the agreement, organization . Caller the u. N. Host where does the money factor . Caller that factor necessary giving again, were money over to foreign countries. Civilians of , those foreign countries, do they do the money or politocrats get the money . They get the money and the power. We lose the money, we lose the power. The last call well take to this on this topic. In l take you right now washington, d. C. , a discussion about the 2018 budget for the navy, especially increases in spending for maintenance and readiness. Thomas moore, will talk about the maintenance backlog, the now. Faces, starting right well take you to that event. Today represents our second for 2017 and we look forward to welcome you all back events throughout the year. We would also like to thank in a Lockheed Martin and engles in make thanksgiving series possible. Underway, for big events like this, just a brief announcement, safety announcement. E dont expect any difficulties, but should there be anything as convenor, make know, we have exits here in the back on both sides nd downstairs down the front and both myself and anthony bell in the back will be your responsible