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That means we ll sit down and talk about things until we get there and we saw good overture to get there and we have to figure out how to get it done. thank you. and so that is speaker ryan, the house intelligence chair shouldn t recuse himself from the probe on russia and that is the question we re looking at as we head to the top of the hour. right now, recuse or refuse? democrats want the house intel chair to step down from the investigation on possible trump campaign ties to russia, but is nunes too close to the president and why dick cheney says russian interference in the election would be considered by some an act of war. up in smoke, president trump is set to sign a new executive order on climate change reversing obama era policies. ....
But they can keep talking about it, talk about the number of coal jobs that there are versus the number of jobs in clean energy. they can say, president trump, you did this, where are the coal jobs. have they materialized. they can point out he can t really follow through on the promise to bring back the coal jobs and these actions don t do it. you look at whether this will be a wedge issue. do you see about not to spoil the rest of the show but coming up about other agenda items the president wants to get through. tax reform and infrastructure where he needs democrats help. do you see democrats using this as a wedge issue saying give us room on climate change and we ll give you room on infrastructure? no. i think democrats calculated that it s not in their interests to play along with trump. they can make it seem like they will but they re not actually going to do that. this plays to trump s base. fighting this plays to democrats base. absolutely. i know i mentioned we ....
Produced overseas with no regulation. we can do it right. we need to hold industry accountable. also, jobs matter. there is a social cost of not having jobs in this country. here is how the washington post is putting it in participate. pull up the headline. trump moves decisively to wipe out obama s climate change record. washington post senior national affairs correspondent juliette ilprin wrote the article. i am joined by ari melber. npr white house correspondent tamara keith and washington post reporter kelsey snell. juliette, starting with you. let s talk about the headline. is this really as decisive as the administration hopes it will be? walk us through the nuts and bolts. it s really quite sweeping. while some of it will take time there is no question that the administration has decided to target virtually every policy that barack obama put in place to address climate change. what are we talking about? we re talking about federal limits on greenhouse gas emissions fro ....
His nominees. my guess is that pruitt is probably the sacrificial lamb that won t go because there will probably be a few, maybe two or three moderates, susan collins, who would oppose him on the climate change issue. but i think for democrats it s about also talking to the base and preparing for the election in 2018 and beyond which i think most democratic senators want to say to the democratic base we are not going to let these people pass unchallenged. there s a lot more to talk about, including more breaking news. donald trump s pick for energy secretary, former texas governor rick perry, who made it clear in his 2012 presidential run that he d like to get rid of the energy department, which he s about to head. ....
Talk was happening. and i said she s never come to any other issue because they scare the hell out of the kids. but isn t it a legitimate concern? it s legitimate but it isn t an urgent concern because there s nothing the united states can do if china and india continue to pollute the way they re polluting. we can try. and he should. but he s making this a central part of the presidency. the essence of your presentation to me sounded like timing is everything in life. in paris he shouldn t have talked climate change the way he did because people were concerned about the 132 people who d just been slaughtered. that s right. so that s about timing. but that doesn t diminish in the big picture climate change or in a practical sense it s a matter of priorities. the millennial voters. you re going to politic it then you lose me. first priority for me getting american workers in a position where their salaries can go up by getting good jobs and letting the free marketpl ....