are so low are because we have been aggressive with technology and we have plentiful supplies of these fossil fuels and that s a positive thing. if you add all of these climate regulations that people want to, we would not be able to produce at the numbers we are because quite frankly, it would become uneconomic. that s a fact. and the expansion, matt, happened under president obama over the last eight years because he made that happen. despite everything he tried to do to stop it. he wanted natural gas. that s true, but as we all know, at theen end of the day, natura gas is a fossil fuel as well and the main central thrust of climate change activists is to get us off all fossil fuels including natural fwas. i m going to break up energy today and let donny deutsch get a word in. this sort of idea and this sadness that supporters of president obama might feel, just this very bleak and rather abrupt dismantling of what was probably to him one of his proudest accomplishments. you
started to recognize that institution was moving much more toward his position. democrats meanwhile locked out of power in washington looking ahead to special elections. the 28 midterms. trying to plot a political comeback. joining us now to talk about the lay of the land, matt sh lap, chairman of the american conservative union and here is a very familiar face to me, and to many of you, krystal ball, democratic strategist, senior fellow at the new leaders council, author of the upcoming e-book reversing the apocalypse. also my former co-host on a show called the cycle, memory, we h. f let me ask you about the changes of position from trump. let me ask you from this standpoint, this is a president who campaigned on a very different platform. we ve not seen many americans run for the presiy talking the way he did on trade, on china, about nato, about intervention in foreign affairs. that sort of thing.
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aid of stimulus money. this company makes separators for the lithium ion batteries that power electric cars. the president says just as important as the new jobs added here and elsewhere in the local charlotte economy, the company s been able to take a big bite out of a market dominated by foreign companies. here s a bit of what he had to say. in the next five years on the trajectory we re now on, we re going to be able to make 40% of the advanced batteries right here in the united states of america. [applause] right here. reporter: the president called the march job growth substantial, it s the best in more than two years. he says we re beginning to turn the corner. jamie? jamie: thank you so much, traveling with the president. trace? trace: as wendall said, president obama is pushing his jobs plan right now, but is it the best fix for the economy? let s bring in matt sh lap, a former white house political