we ll have a live report on this a little later in the broadcast. coal industry groups sounding the alarm today that a fifth of america s electricity-generating capacity is about to be taken off line thanks to new federal regulations. they say this will lead to widespread power outages, rolling blackouts, job losses and skyrocketing energy costs. this stems from epa rules requiring coal companies to slash emissions and soon. supporters of the rules cite huge health gains and public safety as justification. critics are warning it may do more harm than good. joining me now, chris honer with the competitive institute. and also author. and angel race, a texas-based civil attorney. gentlemen, thank you so much for being here. there are epa rules going into
we ll see a loss of the fifth of the nation s electricity generating capacity. do you reject that that is going to happen? i don t think that is going to happen at all. what is really happening is industry has almost ten years over that course of the ten years to close those dirty coal-burning plants. each of those plants really is so old, they are all 40 years old, they all have absolutely no updating at all and they are the biggest polluters in the country. replace them with what? well, first of all you can replace them with natural gas. it s under our fee feet, it s clean, cheap, abundant and it s right here in the united states. megyn: there s a wa thanks, guys we have to leave it at that. today we are learning about a group of psychiatrists who met last week to take up the issue, and i quote, normal hraoeuzing pedestrianormal hraoeuzing