house republicans now have 13 women in their ranks, fewer than at any time since 1993, a quarter century ago. maybe that s what they meant by take the country back. folks keep heading for the exits. two house republicans have resigned while another 11 have announced they won t run for re-election. this includes will hurd. that s 93 house republicans out of 291, more than 30% turn over of a party that had control of washington until late last year. there s deep discomfort as it turps into what looks like a demographic dead end. but here s the thing, most house republicans are afraid to say it in public. they re afraid of being attacked by this president. and they re afraid if they speak out they ll lose their job in that close partisan primary. there s no question trump remains very popular with the base, some 88% the latest gallop poll. but president trump is the only
hemisphere with big plans to chop away at precious rain forest, climate consequences be damned. donald trump apparently himself have reportedly instructed the agriculture secretary to open alaska s tongass forest up for logging and mining. the forest is the largest intact temperate rain forest in the world. also literally the largest forest in the entire country, and it s been protected from logging and mining since president bill clinton issued an order putting it off limits on the way out the door in 2001. george w. bush tried to reverse that policy but was stymied in court. there is no question trump will likely face a lawsuit as well if and when this actually happens. to talk about what s going on, senior national affairs correspondent with the washington post who broke the story and eric jorgenson, managing attorney for the earth justice alaska regional office. julia, let me start with you. what do we know about whether in fact this order has been issued and what it would mean l
forest, climate consequences be damned. donald trump apparently himself have reportedly instructed the agriculture secretary to open alaska s tongass forest up for logging and mining. the forest is the largest intact temperate rain forest in the world. also literally the largest forest in the entire country, and it s been protected from logging and mining since president bill clinton issued an order putting it off limits on the way out the door in 2001. george w. bush tried to reverse that policy but was stymied in court. there is no question trump will likely face a lawsuit as well if and when this actually happens. to talk about what s going on, senior national affairs correspondent with the washington post who broke the story and eric jorgenson, managing attorney for the earth justice alaska regional office. julia, let me start with you. what do we know about whether in fact this order has been issued and what it would mean legally were it to be issued.
go into detail about the deep crisis of democracy presumably everyone knows what he is talking about. those are words that mean donald trump? you know, lawrence, i don t mind having putin back in the g7, make it the g 8 again if he were to actually take steps to reverse his violent seizure of crime era. i think it s better to have him in rather than out. the question trump wants in to do what? in to fight climate change more effectively? in to reach agreement on non-interference in different countries elections? for what purpose does he want him in? and trump never says. what do we know about how the leaders of other countries see donald trump at this stage in their dealings with him, especially this weekend when it comes at the end of a week in
major cities in brazil, that s really unfortunate. but that s the trump era. and president macron didn t go into detail about the deep crisis of democracy presumably everyone knows what he is talking about. those are words that mean donald trump? you know, lawrence, i don t mind having putin back in the g7, make it the g 8 again if he were to actually take steps to reverse his violent seizure of crime era. i think it s better to have him in rather than out. the question trump wants in to do what? in to fight climate change more effectively? in to reach agreement on non-interference in different countries elections? for what purpose does he want him in? and trump never says. what do we know about how the leaders of other countries see donald trump at this stage in their dealings with him,