massachusetts wednesday. stop short of declaring a national emergency, he hinted that such a move could be coming in the weeks ahead.e clear, climate change is an emergency and in the coming weeks i m going to the power i ve have as president to turn these words into formal official government actions of the appropriate proclamation, executive order that they president possesses. when it comes to fighting climate change, i will not take no for an answer. let s bring in also journal columnist chemist also come editorial board and editorial pay writer. so kim, first quick question, is there any chance the presidents climate agenda could come back legislatively and congress this year? it is possible for the reason it is stalled right now senator joe manchin saw this most recent inflation numbers part he has been trying to come to an agreement with them. but decided it would not be good economically to move just right now. he left open the possibility this was something tha
paul: so mene is that s all that is in this essentially money there s no recommendation for policy changes everything like that? or any mention of local policing practices? i do not believe that it includes any kind of major reform or local policing practices pretty could be wrong about that. the main provision seems to be the funding credit shows it democrats are kind of turning tail on what was her previous emphasis on defending the police. so that is a start. but as i said there s quite a lot more problems place of parents are facing they are going to have to address it going to see any results. paul: will talk abut the magnitude of retirements and resignations but you been following it in various cities. what kind of how serious is that? it is really serious. i m looking at one survey of about 200 police departments. this is 2028 21 here. found resignations were up 45% retirements were at 45%,
this incremental, i don t know what we re doing but seems to fall far short of what the hawks are doing. i agree with you. this is largely an arab problem. there is no strategic interest for the united states. yet the arabs are turning tail, jordanians, arabs, turks, don t look at us, you guys take care of i the problem here is as odious a regime as the assad regime is. i make no apologies for this regime. assad is a killer and brutal dictator. if there is a vacuum, there at will be filled by the is islamists on the other side. if that takes over we will have a regime far worse both for the united states and israel than the assad regime is. the president, according to politico, has been agonizing with the decision and will discuss it with the allies at the g8 next week.
targeting certain al-qaida individuals, our enemies who now have this information, because it was leaked to the new york times, it was leaked to the associated press, what does this give them, the enemies. three things are important here. one what it tells foreign intelligence agencies, the guys who cooperate with us, the saudi intelligence agency, the british intelligence agent see, we can t keep secrets. if you tell us stuff you ll have to read about it in the front pages of the new york times. what the second thing does though is that anybody who is considering turning tail and being an informant for the cia, the united states, for our allied intelligence agencies has to think, you know, if i do that you won t protect me i ll be vulnerable to getting killed by my own people. and the third thing, is it does tell tpwraf t telegraph to our adversaries, how do we gather intelligence. it s not the cold wards where you worried about a state and
independents. now he s turning tail in south carolina. newt gingrich is surging there. they are beginning to colease. they understand mitt romney is more like obama. you say the conservatives are starting to coalesce. this comes for an interesting time of the guy you want to back. gingrich s ex-wife has given an explosive interview. let me play an excerpt and what newt said this morning in anticipation of this fire storm. what he said on the today show . let s play them both. he said, yes, but you want me all to yourself. calista doesn t care what i do. what was he saying? he was asking to have an open marriage and i refused. he wanted an open marriage? yeah. that i accept the fact he has somebody else in his life. and you said?