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grown to study all of the things that have nothing to do with the environment,. i would argue, it has worked against the protection of the environment. we are trying to refocus the scope back on that on the environmental impacts, making sure we get the best environmental outcomes. lastly, the other big win in there is, we are making some tweaks to threshold, in terms of when the ball plans to give you an example, speaking of a billion dollar project, $1 of federal funds and there will trigger a national environmental policy analysis. we tried to right size those threshold where the environmental resource agencies can be focusing of projects which will truly help. think about what garrett just said. it has not been reformed in 40 years, it is a frustration for people all across this country on both sides of the aisle. does not matter if you want to build a road, a renewable energy project, it all gets dark and studied for years, it s a frustration. that is millions of dollars with it.
donald trump lost in the midterm elections. howard: you can t win the election unless you win the primary first. desantis is taking a meeting from the pundits now that disney s bob iger has pulled the plug on a billion dollar project, 2,000 jobs in the orlando area. the media certainly portraying this as part of the feud, the desantis people say, you know, changing economic conditions, he wanted to get rid of this thing anyway. but just in termses of political optics, i think desantis has taken a hit on this. well, disney employs 77,000 people in central florida. this is 2,000 people, they were already having an issue to get those folks to move to orlando. that s a little back story that people of florida know about but the national media really doesn t cover. i don t think the public really cares overall whether desantis is feuding with disney howard: they do in florida. well, not even that much there. disney a s faced a lot of backlash over their woke agenda. look at some of th
disney s parts and experiences division said that the decision was based on quote, changing business conditions. the billion dollar project would ve brought 2000 jobs, 2000 jobs to florida from california. a spokesperson for the governor response in new york times with an email questioning disney s commitment to the project and criticizing the company s financial situation. california governor gavin newsom posted on twitter that the doors open for disney to bring this jobs back to a state that represents the values of its workers, that is what he said there. donald trump of course weighing in as well, and he said on the campaign email, highlighting a person s social media platform from last month and said that disney could stop investing in the state. trump also called the decision by this hand us to take on disney a unnecessary political stunt. and so here, claire mccaskill, you have gavin newsom aligned with donald trump and criticism of ron desantis, again,
in japan. we are live on capitol hill with a look at where the talks stand right now. plus, let it go. for governor ron desantis cost his state a billion dollar project and thousands of jobs all because he is fighting a losing war with disney. how that disney drama and defending diversity will impact his presidential bid with desantis just days away from making it official. and later, tourist trap. america s gun crisis stretching far beyond its borders, a 700 advisories seven countries issue advisories on visiting the united states. what it means for america s seven trillion dollar tourist industry. and a good saturday morning to you all. i am katie phang. we begin overseas in japan at the g7 summit where russia s 15 month war in ukraine takes center stage. just hours ago, ukrainian