Climate change a year ago. now, putin is going, meeting all the europeans i m on your side and the united states isn t. if putin deems automatically with this private time with the president. stand by, everyone right now, we are awaiting the readout by vladimir putin and president trump. we are about to get the details about what they are talking about any moment now. we will bring that just ahead. plus a development in the republican party s bill to pass the health care bill. why the senate leader says you may have to work with democrats. this is cnn, special live coverage. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement insurance plans, they could save you in out-of-pocket medical costs. call today to request a free decision guide.
Climate agreement, they re not going to give it up just because the u.s. is giving it up. they ll try and forge closer ties with countries potentially in asia, as well who are also still going to hold on to this climate agreement. so it could make for some pretty difficult diplomacy especially with the european allies because climate policy here in europe is a very, very big issue, wolf. i want people to listen to this clip. lynn say graham speaking about if the u.s. were to withdraw from the paris accords. a.b., listen to this. but if he does withdraw, that would be a definitive statement by the president that he believes climate change is a hoax. stay in the deal, make it a better deal would be my advice. and so if he pulls out, what does that mean to you? it means that the leader of the republican party is in a different spot than the rest of the world. it would be taken as a statement that climate change is not a problem, not real. that would be bad for the party,
It s uniformed members of the military, generals and admirals who are out on the frontlines right now and having to deal with the kinds of instability that is caused by climate change. so look, he talks about wanting to rebuild the military. he has to devote a lot more money in future budgets to the pentagon spending to deal with the kind of insecurity and instability that pulling out will cause him. he doesn t have to pull out all together. the great thing about the paris agreement is there s flexibility in the targets. each nation can determine for themselves what those are. he can just take a look at the agreement. if he doesn t like the targets, maybe adjust them. there s no need to pull completely out. what s the reaction over there, fred? you re on the other side of the atlantic right now. the president met with eu leaders, nato allies, the g-7. everyone is on board with this agreement except apparently the president. it s one of the things that angela merkel lamented when he
Expect the announcement shortly. you were what, the state department spokesman when the deal was worked out. what are the national security ramifications if any from the u.s. leaving the paris climate accords. there s many. the pentagon itself called climate change a threat multiplier. climate change will have wide-ranging implications for u.s. national security interests over the foreseeable future because it will aggravate existing problems such as poverty, social tensions, degradation from the environment, enfectule leadership and weak political institutions that threaten domestic stability. climate induces stress can generate water scarcity and contribute to instability and conflict even in situations which were previously not considered at risk. it is absolutely a national security imperative and threat. you were once a spokesman for the pentagon. from the u.s. military s perspective, you think this would be a blunder. absolutely, i do. it s not just me.
She shade right now on climate change, you have a 6-1 situation within the g-7 countries where all of them are on board with the climate accords. they want to see this through and want this to continue. the only ones that apparently don t or are not clear on it yet is the united states. we ve heard from european leaders continental european leaders over the past couple days saying we re not sure whether we can rely on the u.s. anymore as a partner both the germans said this and the italians said this well. the italians said we simply don t see eye to eye with the united states on climate policy. so this is something that not only is a big issue obviously in the scope of climate itself but then also diplomatic relations especially with these close european partners that of course, any right now are questioning whether or not the white house is still behind them and fully has their back. so this could be a big diplomatic problem, as well. on the other hand, wolf, what could happen is you