power plants in their backyards. and as the political season kicks into high gear, we may be hearing drill, baby, drill, again as a popular refrain. the president responded to all of that yesterday by laying out what he calls a blueprint for a secure energy future. but the folks who have been around washington for a while, those promises sounded very familiar. watch. at the end of the decade, in the year 1980, the united states will not be dependent on any other country for the energy we need. we must reduce oil imports by 1 million barrels per day by the end of this year. beginning this moment, this nation will never use more foreign oil than we did in 1977. never. another great goal, to replace more than 75% of our oil imports from the middle east by 2025. well, carl davenport, reports on energy for national journal
about the risk to the population here. plus, a budget deal resurrects. with eight days to go, lawmakers may have found the magic number. but have they found the votes? good morning, everyone, it s thursday, march 31st, 2011. i m savannah guthrie. and i guess it s going to snow? what? i m chuck todd. it s opening day, though. it s opening day, can t you feel it? couldn t you tell it was opening day baseball when i was shoveling? no. spring is in the air. a little depressing. also this morning, our interview, the exclusive for this hour, of an interview with donald trump. he s eyeing 2012, or apparently, just simply wants to talk about being a birther. we ll ask him both of those questions and more. let s get to the rundown. we ll begin in libya and a critical decision coming from the president. how far will the u.s. go to help rebels knock moammar gadhafi out of power? here s what we ve learned. the president has issued a secret finding authorizing a plan for cov
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analyst of terrorism and to talk about home grown terrorists. and author of the book, putting lessons from the government in charge. enjoy the rest of your weekend and have a great week ahead. . . it had fd [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] joining us is texas representative joe barton. thanks for joining us. glad to be here. let me begin. what causes from your perspective global warming? the short answer would be god. i think it s a natural cycle. i do not believe that mankind is a dominant influence. at least on the overall climate. i do admit that the co 2 increase in the last 150 years is the result of the industrial revolution. there s no question that the level of co 2 has gone up in that time period from around 250 parts per billion to 380. but once you get beyond that, this theerwri that theory that manmade co 2 is causing the earth to warm at a rapidly increasing rate, the data bey