Author Michael Lewis on his new book about how we make decisions and how often we make the wrong one. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. In 44 days donald trump will become the president of the United States, and yet today his views on some of the most important issues hell face in the white house are still a moving target. But on Climate Change, arguably the gravest, most urgent problem of our time, there were glimmers of hope earlier this week. Former Vice President al gore, probably the worlds most prominent climate activist, visited trump tower on monday to meet with the president elect and his daughter ivanka. And when i talked with him later he was surprisingly optimistic. It was a very intelligent exchange. It was a search for Common Ground, but its no secret that ivanka trump is very committed to having a Climate Policy that makes sense for our country and for our world. I appreciate the fact that she is very concerned about this. And i ve
It was a search for Common Ground, but its no secret that ivanka trump is very committed to having a Climate Policy that makes sense for our country and for our world. I appreciate the fact that she is very concerned about this. And i very much appreciate the opportunity i had to have a meaningful and productive conversation with the president elect. It was encouraging sign if a somewhat superficial one. Though shes set to continue running the family business, ivanka trump is said to have her fathers ear and his truss. While its reported she might use that to promote Climate Change and mitigation, the job of overseeing actual policy falls to the administrator of the epa. So the president elect had the opportunity to send a powerful signal with his pick to fill that post and now hes done just that. News broke today that trump plans to nominate Oklahoma Attorney general scott pruitt, a Climate Change denialist with ties to the fossil fuel industry who has sued to block president obamas c
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