scott pruitt a strong skeptic of climate change and stronger advocate against environmental regulations tapped to lead the agency. i want to bring in hawaii democratic senator brian, thank you for your time this morning. are you planning to block the nomination? we re going to do everything we can to block this nomination. this is not with any historical precedent. even under republican administrations, george w. bush, they didn t appoint the head of the epa to dismantle the epa. this is someone who made a profession out of undermining the ability of the epa to enforce the clean air act and the clean water act. this is a four alarm fire for the environmental community and for anybody who cares about clean air and clean water. we ll fight it with everything we ve got. we ll see whether we ll be able
and what effect ithad. i m anxious to hear what the former vice president has to think abouthis. we have not heard from al gore just yet. senator, thank you so much for your time, sir. thank you. do come back. a rare bipartisan moment on capitol hill yesterday. senate democrats and senate republicans putting politics aside to come together and give vice president joe biden a proper sendoff as his time in office comes to an end. there s a reason, get joe on the phone is shorthand for time to get serious in my office. it is often said that if you don t love joe biden, it is time for some serious introspection. you may have a serious problem. we know that when you give us your word as a biden, you mean it and you ll keep it. i just want joe biden to know
with a pistol next to his pillow and there was a body cam on the officer and a body cam video of what happened. it s not video they ll release but they do have evidence and understanding of what happened and in this case, they believe the officers were able to return fire unfortunely, one of the officers died on the scene and the other is in critical condition. craig? kerry sanders for us in americus, georgia. a tu momeni ll talk to a de senator brian shoths of hawaii will join me and also outrage after a mistrial is declared with michael slager. i ll talk to the foremen of the jury next. meanwhile, in south carolina, family members of the
bid to overturn some of president obama s most ambitious environmental regulations. it s a sickening and a saddening choice. certainly a four alarm fire. this is really the worst case scenario. all in talking about the four alarm fire. brian will join me live in a few moments to tell us how far democrats are willing to go to fight the epa nominee but correspondents who continue to cover this transition. every movement of it. kristen welker outside of trump tower and kasie hunt on capitol hill. let me start with you, kristen. yes, there was opposition to sessions and price but if the transition team wanted a fight, you think they ve got to get one with scott pruitt, no? reporter: they sure do. he is a lightning rod and perhaps clearest sign yet that president-elect donald trump does in fact plan to scale back and roll back all of those