the national security adviser, and sanctions, but not a clear sense of what does it mean to put someone on notice. all right, everybody, stay with us. don t go too far away. just ahead, the secret weapon republicans are using to undo an antipollution rule and other regulations from the obama era. and cnn is live at houston s nrg stadium as the nation counts down to the super bowl. john berman hosts a preview of the big game. kickoff in houston. be sure to watch it tomorrow, 2:30 p.m. eastern right here on cnn. you will enjoy. we ll be right back. (vo) data plans aren t one size fits all. and since most people use less than 5 gigs, the last thing you want is to end up paying for data you don t use. now verizon introduces the one plan that s right for you. switch, and for just $55
only need a simple majority. well, that ends today. reporter: republicans are steam-rolling democrats, slashing regulations from the obama era using an obscure law called the congressional review act. it has been used once in the past before, but now we re seeing it at least five times this week alone, and we ve heard reports that could reach 15 total regulations, maybe even 20 total regulations. reporter: this week, republicans repealed regulations preventing mining companies from dumping their waste in local waterways, limiting greenhouse emissions from energy companies, and requiring the social security administration to share medical information with the fbi. the congressional review act allows for a quick rollback on regulations passed in the last six months of the obama presidency with a simple majority vote. okay. reporter: once the president signs off, the agency cannot re-enact a similar rule, an unprecedented tactic to overturn
the iran deal they re not ripping up the iran nuclear deal correct. that s where they re not i guess it makes a point that they are sort of more in line with the obama administration right. on russia and maybe iran even though the rhetoric on iran may be totally a little louder. that s exactly what i was going to say. rhetoric matters in this kind of relationship, right? it is policy, and policy is very important. but a lot of the communication don t need to tell you this, jim is in tone, in tenor, and how you and how you communicate back and forth in public, as well as in private. and so what the national security adviser did this week saying we re going to put you on notice is i don t think something that we would have seen from the obama administration. and that is in line with the rhetoric that we heard during the trump campaign. and you certainly wouldn t see it with obama running public, raucous public feuds with allies in mexico yeah. that s a
they were the mastermind behind the bowling green massacre. reporter: here are the facts president obama did not ban the iraqi refugee program. there was never a bowling green massacre. in fact, in 2011, two iraqi citizens living in bowling green, kentucky, were arrested on terrorism charges. conway later clarified on twitter, honest mistakes abound. critics are pouncing. hillary clinton s daughter, chelsea, slammed conway for a completely fake bowling green massacre. please don t make up attacks. conway fired back, i misspoke. you lost the election. the pro-gun control brady campaign ripped conway for promoting fake news about a shooting that never happened. to justify the reprehensible actions of this administration. apparently according to the trump administration fake news is synonymous with any bad press they get. so if they get bad press, it s fake. at the same time, they ve seen they demonstrated a ready willingness to invent facts at will. reporter: the white ho
naacp. which is interesting and perhaps ironic. he did speak about the national african-american museum of history and culture. in that museum, the work of the naacp is is featured. in the spirit of the naacp, it is resonant in every exhibit in terms of the aspirations for freedom. the fact that he hasn t reached out is youcurious. i would note that the last african-american meeting or i should say occasion that i participated in with the white house, president obama had civil rights leaders from the 70s and 80s all the way down to the teens, millennial civil rights leaders. it was a celebration. it wasn t just a collection of staffers and political people. but really people who spent their lives, their lives dedicated to the civil rights