how hillary clinton is addressing it at the top of the rally. we also heard from josh earnest today, the press secretary at the white house. let me quote him. he says the president doesn t believe he, he, james comey, is secretly strategizing to benefit one candidate or one political party. he s in a tough spot. talk to me about the tough spot that the president s in because we know he s stumping four different times this week for hillary clinton. reporter: well, as josh earnest pointed out, there s a separation of powers here. and the president cannot tell somebody in the fbi or the justice department what to do. so, josh earnest was trying to thread the needle there. while he was saying they can t comment on it one way or another, he also made the point very deftly that there are certain norms they would hope are being adhered too. by certain norms, you know, reading into that, one of those norms would not be commenting on
why he appeared to be tilting towards clinton, but josh earnest today was saying, don t leave joe biden out of this. listen. the president certainly believes a spirited contest would be in the best interests of our party and in the best interests of our country. and those ads for hillary clinton, big money behind that. a million dollars in iowa, million dollars in new hampshire. they start returning tomorrow, interesting as well the timing because it s two days before the republican debate on fox chance for her to put her message out there before the republicans do theirs. thank you. the president says now that the white house is taking the biggest step ever to fight climate change. the president has just announced a plan to force u.s. power plants to make additional cuts to greenhouse gas emissions. the president says if we do not limit carbon dioxide output, people around the world will face more extreme weather conditions help says they can also see a rise in health problems i
they underestimate american business. and american ingenuity. reporter: critics are not buying this win. john boehner is labeling this national energy tax saying, and i m quoting here, i believe the final plan is an expensive arrogant insult to americans who are struggling to make ends meet. some critics say they plan to sue. reporter: governors and attorneys general are lining up, threatening either to ignore the rules outright or to take legal action for what they see as government overreach. however, when asked about this today the white house press secretary josh earnest said they feel there is every legal justification for the clean power plan. bottom line, both sides are likely about to lawyer up. blake, thank you. right now there s a cop killer on the loose and police in the mid-south, memphis in particular are trying to huntygexw himñutñ gñy7.&÷[%kdownejnbu thetin%y search next.xx:ç0
demonstrate, who wanted to make themselves heard, who wanted to carry their signs. so just as soon as this crowd started to pour out of union square police intercepted them cut them off. the crowd headed from east to west. the police cut them off coming from west to east. there was the confrontation that happened right out here in the middle of 17th street. the police tried to force this crowd back to where they had come from. a lot of people again getting out of the way of police listening to police orders getting on the sidewalk. you did see a few people who are put in those hand ties who have been arrested now. we re told they re going to be charged with disorderly conduct. thank you very much, we ll check back in as more develops. these protests in solidarity with baltimore and other cities one of them being in new york. the white house doubling down standing by the president s controversial comments calling those who are engaging in riots and looting in baltimore thugs. here s
and white house press secretary josh earnest today in fact played up the role of congress in having to approve lifting of the toughest sanctions on iran if there is a deal, shep. the financial markets are watching this closely and they re doing very well today. yes. and the price of oil in particular is what traders have their eye on. it is falling again today in part on expectations that a deal could increase supplies of iranian oil on the world market. us west texas crude was down today about another dollar a barrel to $44. in fact the iranian oil minister today said that iran is ready to increase oil exports by up to a million barrels per day if sanctions are lifted. peter barnes in washington, thank you. new accusation this islamic state is using chemical weapons during its bloody terror campaign. a top commander says isis fighters have used chlorine gas