loaded, we ve been reported on what the trump administration has done. how they systematically eliminated regulations in place to fight climate change. let me rattle off a couple. this summer the epa will roll back obama-era rules for power plant emissions and the u.s. is no longer in the paris climate accord, the trump administration recently blocked a declaration on climate change at the arctic council and the new york times today is reporting that the u.s. gs will only generate climate models through 2040 rather than the end of the century. the epa said this about the change. quote, the previous use of inaccurate modeling that focuses on worst case admission scenarios does not reflect real world conditions needs to be thoroughly re-examined and tested if such information will serve as the scientific foundation of nationwide decision-making now and in the future. you could explain the significance for me on the last point? i can. the statement goes on and says the fundamental pro
welcome back to velshi and ruhle. we want to dig into the past rulings of president trump s supreme court nominee to get an idea of his stances on key issues. a topic that has come up and is sure to come up gun control. he dissented on a ruling that upheld washington, d.c. s ban on semiautomatic rifles and magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds. he argued they were in common use in the country and that the ban was unconstitutional. all right. epa regulations will also be a factor as former administrator scott is pruitt granted a loophole for so called super polluting trucks on his final day on the job. wall street job reported on his long time skepticism of regulations in 2015. they drew from his ideas when scrapping a power plant
court. laura kelly suffer from severe asthma something she attributes in part from air pollution from power plant emissions. she is now with the american lung association. good of you to take the time to talk at that us. what is your reaction when you hear about if plan to roll back what president obama did? first for the viewers who have never experienced an asthma attack i would like to take a minute to have them imagine how they would feel to watch their child struggle to stay afloat in the deepen of a swimming pool knowing you cannot jump in to save him. and that s how helpless us parents feel who have children with asthma every time they have an attack. there is no greater love than the love you feel for your children. i know firsthand what it s like to live in an area with dirty
on the left side of the screen thereat is a look at where the fires are. the fires burning. so far 115,000 acres have been scorched. that is larger than charleston, south carolina. and those fires continue burning this afternoon. this morning out on the west coast. epa administrator scott perut fulfilling a big trump campaign promise by formalizing a rule to start withdrawing from the clean power plan. back in 2015 it was president obama who announced that plan to cut power plant emissions across the country. it was a cornerstone of his administration s energy policy, part of his eglalegacy is you w let s bring
the latest on chicago coming up in a moment as i just said. but president obama has just arrived back home tonight in washington. he just got back from paris where of course, he was working on the big international climate deal. while he was in paris working on the big international climate deal, leaving behind a huge u.s. delegation there to negotiate america s role in that agreement, while that was all under way today, the republican-led congress was working to try to undermine our own president and our own government s negotiating position in those talks. congress today passed two bills directly aimed at undermining president obama s paris negotiations bills that would block the federal rules to reduce power plant emissions in this country. now, these votes in both the house and senate they were largely along party lines. both of these things will be