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the epa s mission statement lists its primary goal as protecting human health and the environment. bear that in mind when i tell you that mr pruitt says that he doesn t believe that carbon dioxide is a primary contributor to global warming. here s the clip from a cnbc interview. i think that measuring with precision human activity on the climate is very challenging to do it was tremendous disability one disagreement about the degree of impact. i would disagreement about the degree of impact. iwould not disagreement about the degree of impact. i would not agree it is a primary contributor into the global warming that we see. he might say there s tremendous disagreement. maybe if you talk to some conservatives in the us. not so much if you listen to scientists. if you go to his own agency s website you come across this. human activities are contributing to climate change, primarily by releasing billions of tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere every year. the un h ....
he has done the 2 to 1 regulatory removal for every regulation put in. which couples with the house of representatives vote to appeal. $3.7 billion of cost removed from the backs of business across the country. people can now spend those man-hours, doing something productive for america. americans, however, are unhappy 37 they re unhappy with the job the president is doing they re unhappy with the job congress is doing. congress has a 10% approval rating this week. it s not going the right direction. do you feel many americans feel this way because of what? coming from the outside, i don t understand why everything s so difficult. the politicians spent eight years saying we re going to repeal and replace obama care. they get up there and say, wow! what are we going to do now. you re part of that, that s what americans are thinking, you are on the inside, you are working with members in congress. yes, ana, and that s why when i reached the conclusion that the aaca, wh ....
Here in the united states. he refers specifically to dodd frank, regulation put in place in the wake of the great financial crisis in the late 2000s. take a listen. regulators have many, many more tools than they had at that time or that had to be developed at that time. those can be deployed now and yesterday secretary yellen, yes, said, you know, we re willing and able to do more if necessary. he said if necessary. you can see he emphasized secretary yellen in the comments. he made it clear the fed and the u.s. treasury are on the same page. there were comments from janet yellen on capitol hill on wednesday that there were no discussions about insuring all deposits at u.s. banks, something thought to be a de facto promise. that was one reason that stocks fell at the end of the day on wednesday. yellen walked back those comments when speaking to congress yesterday, still some lingering uncertainty and bullard clearly wanted to address that and his remarks. he also did admit there ....
Homicides, for example, on the streets across the city. it is getting worse and worse. there needs to be some regulation put in place. so i d action do you think the president could put forward that would make a difference on the street with these ghost guns? well one thing that will be introduced is going to be an amendment to the definition of a firearm, that atf will propose, this will include these gun kits. when you buy a kit, it is about 80% completed. so with a drill, a joe price, you could put these things together. and now instead of purchasing firearms, there are people who are actually getting a lot of these gun kits, putting together and then selling them on the street. and again, there is no way you could trace it. it creates a tremendous problem for police at these crime scenes. yes, i can t imagine the challenge for law enforcement. already struggling with gun violence and then ghost gun violence as well. the president is expecting to ....
Groups. and it s a pretty stark snapshot of the country with these numbers. do you know how that has trended over time? i it has been very steady. we have been asking this question for a while now in terms of the hatred and prejudice, and it has been fairly high. mary, thank you. as always, mary snow is an analyst with quinnipiac university poll. up next, president trump rolls back another obama-era regulation put in place to protect our environment. a move that actually has environmentalists and oil and gas companies on the same page. you are watching msnbc. to aging? prevagen is the number one pharmacist-recommended memory support brand. you can find it in the vitamin aisle in stores everywhere. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. ....