whether he can actually do that, lawmakers disagree. i may give that really threatening talk from the president that he doesn t have the power to execute. look, if harry truman couldn t nationalize the steel industry during war time, this president doesn t have the power to declare an emergency and build a multi-billion dollar wall on the boarder so that s a non-starter. unfortunately the short answer is yes. there is a provision in law that says the president can declare an emergency. both of those guys, democrats, mind you, earlier today in washington vice president mike pence and other administration officials met for a second straight day met with congressional aides, many of them democrats, talking about how to navigate their way out of this. this from the president just a few minutes ago. vice president mike pence, he writes, a group had a productive meeting with the schumer/pelosi
definitive link between childhood cancers and tce. it doesn t mean an association doesn t exist. they say it s too early to draw conclusions. stacy, i know you have gone to washington to speak in favor of more regulation of this chemical, tce. what response have you received? we re we re extremely devastated about the deregulation of tce as far as on the federal level goes because while we re fighting with that on a local level, when you re did he regular deregulating carcinogens, we don t understand why when it was called a carcinogen several years ago is now being put back into play. right. and let me just try to clarify that for our viewers, as well. because both of your children were diagnosed with cancer in 2014. the facts are, the obama
administration did take some action when this was brought to their attention. you could argue, it wasn t enough. but according to the new york times, the current administration is actually rolling back the action that has been taken or has stalled the moves that would further investigate and regulate tce. how does that make you feel? i think it s just so hard, and it s so frustrating, because we have progressed so far in our local investigation, but when we re getting hit with these road blocks on a federal level, there s only so much we can do. and so far we can go on a local level before we hit that roadblock of them saying that tce isn t as bad as what people are saying. or it shouldn t be completely banned. so that s frustrating. and it doesn t help our cause. kari, who needs to be held accountable? hmmm. that s one of the most difficult