from the white house today as we are looking at pictures of the national mall and some of the speakers, the white house saying we can and must protect our environment without harming america s working families. that is why my administration is reducing unnecessary burdens on american workers and american companies while being mindful that our actions must also protect the environment. and, professor, i know you ve advised and talked with president trump about this. is there a happy medium where we can both protect the environment which everyone agrees is an important thing and at the same time not stifle american innovation, american creativity, american jobs? yes, of course there is. and the president is absolutely right about that. we should fix environmental problems and stop chasing these phantom problems that are really just religious, you know, dogma. leland: all right. professor happer, we appreciate your time.
of course, like we said, we re working to learn the identity of that young man, so as soon as we get it, we will bring you more details. leland: the white house unit on that [inaudible] leland: well, here at the white house on a rainy saturday you re looking live now to chicago, live pictures of marches in the streets on what they are calling a march for science. one of their main issues, climate change. and the president s view of the issues. someone who, shall we say, disagrees with many marching today, physicist and princeton professor william happer. thanks for joining us. thanks for having me. leland: from the north lawn here we can hear some of our chants, our james rosen out in the crowd showed us some of their signs. agreeably, it appears as though they are pretty unified in their view of the science behind climate change, and i m wondering what they have wrong.
was replaced by the symbol for atom, and another said what do we want? evidence-based science, when do we want it, after peer review which, of course, is a reference to the scientific process by which the academic community verifies conclusions and findings. elizabeth: right. believe it or not, james, i get it. i do get it. and you know what? you are hip and cool and vital, and we appreciate that. reporter: thank you, elizabeth. take care. [laughter] elizabeth: a little bit later in the show we re going to speak with one scientist in the running to become president trump s science adviser. we re going to get his response the these protests. leland: i think the only time james rosen has been called hip and cool on television. the negotiations going on this weekend not only to keep the government open, but maybe squeeze in a vote on repealing and replacing obamacare. here to weigh in, somebody who will be voting on all of those things, congresswoman claudia tenney of the great state
to which i said, god, i hope my son answers the phone. i called on my cell phone, and i said will you take a call from potus? i texted him that. and then i handed the phone to the president, and the president got on the phone and said, hi, this is president trump. i m so proud of you. this is, we re so glad you re serving our country, and where are you, where are you going? we re just really, you know, just a wonderful conversation. and i was just my son afterwards handed the phone back to me, and he was stunned. i mean, we were, it was just a wonderful moment, and the president just showed, you know, a soft side of him, how caring he is, how much he cares about our troops. it was just so thoughtful, and we re grateful. and i think my son remains just stunned today. and i m going to be bringing him the pen that was handed to me. and, again, senator purdue was so gracious in doing that. it was really wonderful. leland: what a wonderful memory for a mom and for her son. godspeed to you
elizabeth: and this is a fox news alert. fox news just obtaining a photograph from president trump s visit to walter reed medical center where he presented a purple heart to a recovering service member during his visit. of course, we are just getting this information, and we ll bring you more details as we learn them. the president will continue to meet a number of wounded warriors before he departed walter reed today. very humbling. leland: yeah, i know. it s the president s first visit to walter reed. his wife melania there on this rainy saturday. and when you talk to either president bush or president obama, they will both tell you some of the most meaningful times of their presidency was meeting wounded soldiers and their families at walter reed, something that this president is now beginning. elizabeth: yeah. a pretty unbelievable, humbling experience for the president, and we re grateful to see photographs of that experience.