martha: that amount of attention today, a big deal, as president donald trump talks about taking a big step in rolling back what he says are burdensome regulations slapped on energy producers in the united states. the president using his first visit to the environmental protection agency to sign an executive order that he says will spark an energy revolution and help fulfill his process of putting coal miners in this country back to work. here now to explain what is in that order and what it means for you, chief national correspondent ed henry. martha, the key is this is an absolute 180 from former president barack obama s approach to climate change. at the new executive order rips apart what is known as the clean power plan. this is another campaign promise cap for donald trump because last year, as a candidate, he vowed to revive the coal industry after democrat hillary clinton blurted out she wanted to shut coal plants down and wipe out the job. this order list a short-term ban
27% by 2,030. now, martha, even his own epa said it can t be done. one of the directors that he had put in, lisa jackson of the epa, says even if it could be done, it would not reduce co2 worldwide. on top of that, you got the united states supreme court who is already weighed already weighed in on us and has agreed with us and our president that it is something that would not work, could not work. people are always using their scared statements and are expecting more but nonetheless, it is something that wasn t going to work. martha: i watched that moment of the coal miners and a president and i think that is how he won. relating to people like the coal miners in that room. we saw him do it on the campaign trail. we also remember when a coal miner confronted hillary clinton in west virginia, a very revealing moment for her campaign, as well. as a democrat pointed out in ed henry s intro piece, those jobs have to happen.
27% by 2,030. now, martha, even his own epa said it can t be done. one of the directors that he had put in, lisa jackson of the epa, says even if it could be done, it would not reduce co2 worldwide. on top of that, you got the united states supreme court who is already weighed already weighed in on us and has agreed with us and our president that it is something that would not work, could not work. people are always using their scared statements and are expecting more but nonetheless, it is something that wasn t going to work. martha: i watched that moment of the coal miners and a president and i think that is how he won. relating to people like the coal miners in that room. we saw him do it on the campaign trail. we also remember when a coal miner confronted hillary clinton in west virginia, a very revealing moment for her campaign, as well. as a democrat pointed out in ed henry s intro piece, those jobs have to happen.
warrant for planet earth. the president and his aides scoffed, insisting they can protect the environment and create jobs by finding a better balance on some of those epa regulations. martha prior martha: thank you, ed. here now, oklahoma senator jim inhofe, senator, good to see you tonight, there is a lot of very strong rhetoric tonight, as you might imagine. let s put up a headline from the post that is also surfaced. the folks at home can take a look at that. here it comes. trump puts the planet on a dangerous path, children starting his presidency will ask, how could anyone have done this. are they were to be afraid, senator? not at all. people lost track of all this is really all about. clean power plant is what obama tried to do. back in paris, he said he was going to do that. he said he specifically was going to reduce co2 emissions by
martha: that amount of attention today, a big deal, as president donald trump talks about taking a big step in rolling back what he says are burdensome regulations slapped on energy producers in the united states. the president using his first visit to the environmental protection agency to sign an executive order that he says will spark an energy revolution and help fulfill his process of putting coal miners in this country back to work. here now to explain what is in that order and what it means for you, chief national correspondent ed henry. martha, the key is this is an absolute 180 from former president barack obama s approach to climate change. at the new executive order rips apart what is known as the clean power plan. this is another campaign promise cap for donald trump because last year, as a candidate, he vowed to revive the coal industry after democrat hillary clinton blurted out she wanted to shut coal plants down and wipe out the job. this order list a short-term ban