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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., talks with Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., before the start of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing on her nomination to be Interior Secretary, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP)
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out of the ordinary, although it certainly raised some eyebrows here in hamburg, alex. about how long was she sitting at the table? i was asked that by jonathan alter and i did not know the answer. do you know? reporter: that s a good question, no. remember, we re not actually seeing inside that meeting so we know that ivanka was at the table because the russian sort of sherpa, someone who works with the russian delegation had tweeted it out. so still some question marks around that. one last question for you, hallie, before we get to keir. the big sticking point with regard to the u.s. perspective of signing the g20 climate agreement was about fossil fuel development here in the united states. i guess there was a provision put in there that indicates the u.s. will continue to develop fossil fuel origins, but try to do so environmentally in an environmentally sound way. i m not clear yet as to whether that was part of the final agreement or not. reporter: i m going to have to
order to turn back obama-era restrictions on fossil fuel development. they told me about their attacks on their jobs and livelihoods, efforts to shut down the minds, the communities in their very way of life. i made them the promise. we will put our miners back to work. the president couldn t help but wade back into the rush issue, tweeting that the intelligence community should be looking into the bill and hillary deal that allowed big uranium to go to russia, russian speech, money to bill, the russian reset, praise of russia by hillary. trump russia story is a hoax. the president believes the story is a hoax, white house officials tell me that they believe the full story on the incidental collection of intelligence has yet to be told.
by coal miners. president signed an executive order to turn back obama-era restrictions on fossil fuel development. they told me about their attacks on their jobs and livelihoods, efforts to shut down the minds, the communities in their very way of life. i made them the promise. we will put our miners back to work. the president couldn t help but wade back into the rush issue, tweeting that the intelligence community should be looking into the bill and hillary deal that allowed big uranium to go to russia, russian speech, money to bill, the russian reset, praise of russia by hillary. trump russia story is a hoax. the president believes the story is a hoax, white house officials tell me that they believe the full story on the incidental collection of intelligence has yet to be told.