protect the environment. that s their argument. wild card in all of this? california. because in doing this, the administration wants to rekrind the waiver that allows california to send its own emission standard the. governor tweeted and says we will fight this stupid idea in every way possible. 19 attorneys general around the country are promising to sue the trump administration over this. we are about to see an environmental civil war in this country over these rollbacks. thanks very much for your reporting. we re 96 days away from the midterms leading up to the election. we ll be talking with some of the underdogs. i ll speak with the tal la hassy mayor running to be florida s governor. president lobbying for
join the elite 75th ranger r emgiment. there has to be a mission standard straight across the board with a physical and mental strength to accomplish the mission. the ranger expertise, large-scale entry into a combat zone under fire while executing surgical raids on targets to take out any threats. how hard is ranger school? 400 students started, only 96 graduated. of the 19 women who began, 16 dropped out and one is still working to get through the program. little sleep and food is just the beginning. soldiers must do 49 pushups, 59
special operation ground units, they have to not even the slightest bit lower the standard. the standard has to be the exact same as the men. it has to maintain that mission standard. this is the physical standard that is required to meet the mission standard. so as soon as that s lowered because, you know, some top pentagon official wants to have women within the ranks and sort of create a quota, that s when problems are going to start. i don t think men in the military today are going to have any problem with women serving in those positions as long as they have worked just as hard as they have to get to those positions and passed the exact same tests. that s what happened this week. amber smith, thank you so much for being with us. really appreciate it. thanks for having me. moments ago one of donald trump s republican opponents responding to trump s suggestion that the 14th amendment, at least part of it, should be gone. we ll play you the response just ahead. then, the kin
four democratic senators today echoed the concerns, writing the white house, epa s choice to hold coal and gas to the same emission standard is unprecedented under the clean air act. mccarthy has been praised by the environmentalist and political opponents. gena mccarthy has a well-established reputation for working closely with people on both sides of the aisle. that reputation is fraying, not only because of the redacted e-mails. march 4, two members said epa refused to make public basic scientific data underlying all the agency claim to benefit from the clean air act rules. we are still waiting after a year-and-a-half for her to give us that information. mccarthy is set to meet with senator viter. and the answer to the questions may help republicans decide how vigorously to fight the nomination. bret: thanks. congressional lawmakers and state attorney general are reportedly urging the director