calabria and michael konczal about financial regulations and recent volatility in the stock market. host: good morning. it's monday, august 31, 2015. president obama begins this week on a three-day trip across alaska in which he'll highlight the issue of climate change and call for a global focus on the issue. but even as the president is set to make his appeal against the back drop of melting glaciers, his administration is being criticized by some environmental groups for green lighting new arctic oil drilling and for continuing to put off a financial decision on the keystone excel pipeline. this morning on the "washington journal," we're asking our viewers to weigh in on the president's environmental record as he begins the final year and a half of his presidency. what do you think president obama's legacy will be on the issue of climate change? give us a call.

our phone lines are open. republicans can call in at 202-748-8001. democrats, 202-748-8000. independents, 202-748-8002. if you're outside the united states and want to participate in the conversation this 202-748-8003. you can also catch up on social media, twitter, facebook, or mail us at journal @c-span.org. here are the headlines about president obama's alaska trip. obama's alaska visit puts climate, not energy, in the forefront is the headline in the "new york times." the story noting that the trip will illustrate the immediacy of the climate change issue that the president hopes will make a central element of his legacy. to the "wall street journal" this morning, climate change builds as 2016 campaign issue is the headline there. and over to the front page of the "washington times" this

morning, u.s. energy policy is turning off alaskans, as obama makes his first-ever visit to the last frontier. for more on the president's three-day trip to alaska and what's on the schedule, we turn now to the national journal, an energy and environment correspondent there. ben, what is the president's schedule today? where is he going to be appearing? guest: well, this is probably one of the more pronounce the pieces of his really strong second term focused on climate change, and that's certainly going to continue today. this is the first part of this three-day swing, and he's going address a state department conference on the arctic with the name glacier. it stands for global leadership in the arctic, and then it's sort of a tortured acronym. i don't remember the rest. because the u.s. is the chair of the council, a multinational initiative, and we can expect the president to focus very strongly on what's really the front line of climate change, which is the change in the arctic. this is a region where the melting it ice is creating a

lot of new interest in the u.s. , and really global well russia and other nations in the massive resources up there and the new shipping opportunities. but what the president is really going to be focusing on are some of the environmental perils of the way that climate change is affecting that region. so i think we can expect him to talk about topics, including how to build more resilience among communities that border the arctic. this is an area that the white house has pointed out is losing over a football field of erosion as sea levels rise. i think that's expected to be a strong focus of his meeting today. host: in terms of reaction from folks on the ground, here's a headline from the national journal on energy. obama's got no friends in alaska. environmentalists don't like drilling, while state officials want to see more. can you talk through the reception he's getting up there? guest: yeah, it's interesting where the white house is sort of positioned on this, both from a policy standpoint and certainly from a political standpoint. now, this is an administration that, as we mentioned earlier,

has been very focused on climate change, especially during the president's second term. now, that said, the administration does not want to close off, completely close off the arctic waters to oil and natural gas drilling, in part because there's just a huge carbon bounty there. one of the two big pieces of the arctic ocean, that's ready to hold as much as 15 billion barrels of recoverable oil and big natural gas reserves as well. it's interesting what's happening. the obama administration has given the oil giant, royal dutch shell, the green light to do some exploratory drilling this summer, but at every turn over the last few days, they've been pointing something out, which is that this was a lease that was granted to shell under the bush administration, not this administration. and they've also been trying to find out again and again they're really just allowing a very limited, small amount of drilling. now, here's a little bit of a scoop that we record on friday. so this administration has actually never sold new

drilling leases in the arctic. there's a plan on paper, the interior department plan would sell new blocks next year. our reporting shows that that is increasingly unlikely to happen. it looks like the obama administration might go ahead and cancel that lease sale. so essentially they're saying yes to limited development that was essentially begun sort of in a conceptual sense under the bush administration, but they're really not following his path on that. host: and looking ahead to the last 17, 18 months of the president being in office here, what are the key milestones that he's hoping to hit on the issue of climate change before he ends his second term? guest: well, one of them is it essentially the protection of what's been his sort of biggest climate initiative of the second term, which are sweeping environmental protection agency rules to finally start to crack down on carbon pollution from the largest unregulated source by far, and that is the nation's existing sweep of

coal-fired power plants. now, that is an e.p.a. regulation which the white house has promoted pretty heavily, and it was finalized earlier this summer. now the big task is to protect it in the courts and to protect it politically, because you've got a lot of opposition among republicans on capitol hill, starting first and foremost with the senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell, and he's sworn to do everything in his power to upend those rules. he's really sort of getting creative. not only does he want to pursue legislation, but he's reaching out to different states and saying, hey, don't go along with this e.p.a. regulation. he's really trying to beat this in different ways. now, what the administration is really hoping is that the release of these regulations and the president's very strong kind of political and rhetorical focus on climate is going to bolster the u.s. negotiating position at these crucial climate change talks, global climate change talks and tariffs at the end of this year. that's where, after years and years of incredibly rocky and at times on the verge of

negotiations that have been almost on the verge of collapse, countries are hoping o reach a final climate change accord of some sort. and the goal of the obama administration is to show hope that some of these actions really pave the way for some type of good international agreements. to bring it back around to alaska, i think that this is an effort to show that the administration -- he's going to be the first president, sitting president, to visit the arctic regions of alaska, and this trip is a combined focus on how climate change is affecting alaska, specifically what the impact is on native people in alaska. so we're going to see a lot of discussion of both the resilience, but also look at how climate change is a threat to fisheries and tourism and other sort of linchpins of the alaskan economy. host: ben geman covers all these issues for the national journal as an energy and environment correspondent there. always appreciate all the good information. guest: thanks for having me on. i enjoyed it. host: and we're asking our

viewers to weigh in as the president makes this trip to alaska. what do you think his legacy will be on the issue of climate change? our phone lines are open, if you want to started dialing in. we'll start on our line for republicans in spring, texas, where john is waiting. john, good morning. you're on the "washington journal." caller: good morning. good morning. i think he's done -- hasn't done all that great of a job considering the temperature of the planet. it's at a record level. he hasn't really done very much. and on the s.e.c. issue coming up, i would like -- the stock market issue coming up, i'd like to you ask the gentleman why we don't tax these stock transactions and use the money to eliminate the debt. that's more important to me than just about anything. host: john in spring, texas. john, thanks for the preview of some of our later segments today. yes, we'll be talking about several economic issues, starting at 7:45. we'll talk about a new a.p. survey that looks at

economists' views of the economy, offering up a dimmer outlook for the u.s. economy in the years to come. and then we'll have a roundtable starting about 8:30 to talk about stock market regulation and wall street. you can join in then. but for this next 40 minutes or so here on the "washington journal," we're talking about president obama's legacy on climate change, asking our viewers to weigh in as he sets off on this three-day trip to alaska and becomes the first president to visit the arctic region. jason is in washington, d.c., line for independents. jason, good morning. caller: hey, how you doing? i'm actually a libertarian, but i was going to point this out. the single biggest thing anybody can do, if they really believe in man-made global warming, is to adopt a vegetarian diet. because the production of meat creates more greenhouse gas than every form of transportation combined. it's the elephant in the room that nobody wants to address. in addition to that, the president is continuing to do

ethanol subsidies. the united states roseanne area the size of north carolina to convert to ethanol. this is government-mandated environmental destruction on a colossal scale, given the amount of fertilizer and water and soil erosion that we're using at a time that was originally sold and passed by al gore of all people back when he was vice president. he had for cast the deciding vote to make that government mandate b.s. host: jason in washington, d.c. this morning. "the washington times" weighing in on this legacy issue in their front-page story, noting that the president is trying to build momentum for a global deal to cut greenhouse gases at the united nations conference in paris coming up in december. some of the energy industries say that as mr. obama approaches his final year in office, he has stopped even paying lip service to fossil fuel production in the united states. the story quoting an official from the american petroleum nstitute --

host: again, that united nations conference coming up in december. scott is up next, big sandy, texas, line for republicans. scott, good morning. you're on the "washington journal." caller: i believe his legacy, you know, will be that he is continuing to advance the lie of co2 as a pollutant. in the first place, there's not enough co2 in the atmosphere to do even, you know, a workload of damage they're talking about when you've got 400 parts per million, and man's portion of that is approximately 10% or less. it is so tiny. and without the co2 in the atmosphere, there would be absolutely no green on the planet.

i believe that the entire idea of co2 and manmade global warming is the biggest fraud ever perpetrated on mankind. host: that's scott in big sandy, texas. for a look at how the country views that issue scott was just talking about, here's a pew research center poll of u.s. adults asking whether they think the earth is getting warmer because of human activity, because of natural patterns in theth's atmosphere, or whether there's no evidence that the earth is getting warmer. 50% say the earth is getting warmer because of human activity. 23% say it's because of natural patterns. and 25% say there's no solid evidence. you can see the breakdown below that by party affiliation. republicans, just 27% say the world is getting warmer, and that there's solid evidence that it's because of human activity. among democrats, 71% believe that the world is getting warmer and that, again, there's

solid evidence that it's because of human activity. you can see the breakdown on pew research center's website if you want to look at more, a poll that came out in july. michael is up next, westland, michigan, line for independents. michael, good morning. caller: good morning. host: good morning, michael. go ahead. caller: i believe the legacy on president obama's climate change initiative are really due to the media source that we americans like to look at, that we view. where are our sources of information? and fortunately, most americans ' view of climate change is that, like your last caller, perpetrated, is a hoax, is a fraud, because this is what the fox news propaganda machine has authorized. this last man wasn't a climate change scientist. i am not a climate change scientist. 99% of the world's climate change scientists agree on this

subject. case closed. but yet the propaganda at fox media, and these are facts, i like to tell these republican citizens, they have been proven iars on false footage of crowds or events against hillary clinton. they have proven to be liars on many, many things. host: do you think that the president has done enough to talk about the science here, to talk about the climate scientists and the agreement that they've come to on this? do you think that that should be part of what he's doing or that he's done it enough? caller: well, the rhetoric isn't enough. this planet is dying. i mean, we have to listen to the scientists. and unfortunately, the big oil money has swayed many congressmen and senators, especially in texas and

oklahoma, who need that campaign money from their big -oil contributors to deny that this problem exists, so that they can remain getting their campaign contributions. the rhetoric is not enough. host: michael in westland, michigan, this morning. we're asking our viewers to weigh in. what do you think president obama's legacy will be on the issue of climate change? later in today's show, we'll be asking our viewers to weigh in on what you're hearing from the candidates and how big of an issue you think this is going to be in the 2016 campaign. here's a headline talking about that issue from "the wall street journal," which shows this morning, climate change builds as 2016 campaign issue. we're going to talk about these issues at the beginning and end of our show today. ut the phone lines are open. also, a line for those who are watching outside the united states, 202-748-8003.

of course, you can always weigh in on social media, on facebook, on our facebook page, facebook.com/cspan. brady weighed in, saying the president is actually taking care of an issue that other presidents should have. way to go, mr. president. and below that, kimberly writes that the president's legacy is the most divisive president in american history. how's that for a legacy, #epicfail. asking our viewers to weigh in. we'll go to joe waiting in island park, new york, line for independents. joe, good morning. you're on the "washington journal." caller: good morning. thank you. to me, jets flying around our planet 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365, i mean, they load up with thousands of pounds of jet fuel. they go up 30,000, 40e,000 feet, and then they spew out all that jet fuel, but not only that, what's the temperature? could a scientist -- could somebody call in and tell me?

what's the temperature behind a jet engine when it's flying at 30,000 feet? if i put my arm back there, is it 500 degrees, 800 degrees? and this is happening 24/7. i mean, that's the biggest threat to my planet as far as i can see, and not one person is talking about it. when are we going to talk about grounding all the jets and cooling off our planet? i'm sincere about this. host: thought you were done, joe. that was joe in island park, new york, this morning. our phone lines are open. as we said, the president is heading to alaska on that three-day trip. in his weekly address this past weekend, he addressed the dangers posed by climate change and talked about why he's going to alaska. here's a bit from the president's address. president obama: alaska's glaciers are melting faster too, threatening tourism and adding to rising seas. and if we do nothing, alaskan temperatures are projected to rise between six and 12 degrees by the end of the century, changing all sorts of

industries forever. this is all real. this is happening to our fellow americans right now. in fact, alaska's governor recently told me that four villages are in imminent danger and have to be relocated, already rising sea levels are beginning to swallow one island community. think about that. if another country threatened to wipe out an american town, we'd do everything in our power to protect ourselves. climate change poses the same threat right now. that's why one of the things i'll do while i'm in alaska is convene other nations to meet this threat. several arctic nations have already committed to action. since the united states and china work together to set ambitious climate targets last year, leading by example, many of the world's biggest emitters have come forward with new climate plans of their own. that's a good sign as we approach this december's global climate in paris. host: president obama in his weekly address, came out on

saturday. as we said, the president will be the first u.s. president to visit the arctic region while in office, although not the first president to visit alaska. "the washington post" today with a history of the various presidents that have been to alaska. warren g. harding visited the region that became the state of alaska in july of 1923. he made history by becoming the first president to visit alaska while in office. the nation's 29th president journeyed by ship from seattle and made at least nine separate stops in a trip that included a train ride from seward to the southeast to fairbanks. dwight eisenhower, roosevelt, ford, nixon, johnson, carter, george w. bush, bill clinton and ronald reagan all making visits to alaska. president obama information alaska for less than two hours during a refueling stop in his first administration. still he told people he was really excited because up until that day, he visited 49 states, so alaska became his 50th state

on november 12, 2009. back for a more extensive trip in these three days, talking about this issue of climate change. let's go to mike waiting in spring hill, florida, line for independents. mike, good morning. you're on the "washington journal." caller: oh, hi. look it, i'm calling about the lass caller referred to how climate change is real. i mean, we've pumped millions of tons of pollutants in the atmosphere every year. where do you think that stuff goes to? i mean, i remember during the carter administration they were talking about this, and republicans demanded they change everything, just that, you know, we have to do something about this, because future generations are going to pay for this mess. host: what do you think the president's legacy is going to be on this issue? caller: i think it's going to be he tried to do something, but he had to fight all the time. he is trying. we have to give -- he's trying to get jobs going, get the economy going, but he's fighting a losing battle. it's not him, it's with the people he's fighting against. host: all right. that's mike from spring hill,

florida, line for independents. we'll stay on that line, where daniel is waiting in reno, nevada. good morning. you're on the "washington journal." caller: good morning, sir. how are you? host: i'm good. go ahead. caller: the president is doing a wonderful job about global warming. you know, every time we talk about his legacy, he is the only president that we expect it. he is trying to do the best for waving and we keep on because he's american president, we look at him as a black president. i think when you stop that, we give our enemy the opportunity . fight till america wake up and come going to e always have problems.

host: daniel, do you think it's too early to be talking about any kind of legacy for a sitting president when they have over a year left in office? caller: yes. i think it's too early, because number one, the man has been doing a wonderful job. nobody wants to give him any credit. from every issue, from the get go of his presidency, you have a sitting elected official to say he want to make him a one-term president. how can you do that to this country? host: that's daniel, reno, nevada. for a different opinion, we'll go to wayne waiting in shreveport, louisiana, line for republicans. wayne, good morning. i think you might disagree with the last caller, correct? caller: i disagree on climate change. you know i am about this. i only call in when i talk about climate change because i know it's the biggest scam, lie every put out in this country by obama. he lies. he's a hypocrite. and all he's doing is destroying america.

that's part of his program to bring down the united states to his knees, and he ain't worried about -- all he wants to do is make that extra money, and his legacy is going to be the sorryiest legacy a president ever had. i mean, he going to tell you, you can keep it, all right? you believe that biggest lie ever told, climate change is the same category. host: wayne, can i ask you, do you think this is an issue that's going to be a big part of the 2016 campaign? are you hearing it in watching the candidates and listening to their positions on various issues? do you think they're going to be talking about climate change a lot this cycle? caller: well, they're going to be against, it the republican party, for drilling, oil and . s and production if you lose all our energy, how we going to get around? the republican party, it's going to be part of their

program, you can bet on it, because it's all -- i mean, you getting told lies like we're getting told to, well, somebody's got to fight for us, and like we're in a box, we ain't got nothing to say about this. he's out running and gal vanitying around in a jet airplane. host: wayne, where did you develop your opinions on the climate change issue? as you said, you always call in in these sort of segments. what's your background on this issue? caller: well, i used to be in the oil business myself. i used to be a driller. drove a truck all throughout. but -- oil production, fossil fuels have nothing to do with climate change. we've been going in this country for 200 years without anything about climate change. i never heard about climate change until obama got in office. i mean, all the other presidents never talked about it. ever s is -- to me, you

heard of the building group? this is part of their little program to bring down the country. george soros, we're really -- we're really in harm's way. what they need to do is put a yellow rib an, police tape around the white house, all the crime coming out of there. host: all right. that's wayne in shreveport, louisiana. wayne, i'm sure we'll hear from you again down the road when this issue comes up. we're asking all our viewers who want to weigh in on president obama's legacy on climate change to call in. republicans, it's 202-748-8001. democrats, 202-748-8000. ndependents, 202-748-8002. as we noted, president obama going on this trip to alaska, a three-day trip across alaska in which he is addressing this issue. it will be against the back drop of melting glaciers. but at the same time, his administration recently allowed new drilling to move forward in the arctic.

that's the subject of part of the "new york times" story on this. the president's trip will pay little heed to the oil and gas drilling off shore that he allowed to go just this month, a move that activists say is an unsavory block on an otherwise ambitious record. environmental groups and progressive activists have been quick to point out the incongruity of his arctic trip. on thursday, the social change group began a campaign attacking the president for what it calls a self-defeating hypocrisy on climate change, calling for americans to flood the white house with phone calls and petition signatures, demanding an end to arctic drilling. the president addressed this arctic drilling issue in his weekend address as well. here's a bit of what he had to say on this topic. president obama: i know that there are americans who are concerned about oil companies drilling in environmentally sensitive waters. some are also concerned with my administration's decision to approve shell's application to drill a well off the alaskan coast, using leases they purchased before i took office.

i share people's concerns about off-shore drilling. i remember the b.p. spill in the gulf of mexico all too well. and that's precisely why my administration has worked to make sure that our oil exploration conducted under these lease social security done at the highest safety standards possible, with requirements specifically tailored to the risks of drilling off alaska. we don't rubber stamp permits. we make it clear that shell has to meet our high standards in how they conduct their operations. and it's a testament to how rigorously we've applied those standards that shell has delayed and limited it's exploration off alaska while trying to meet them. the bottom line is safety has been and will continue to be my administration's top priority when it comes to oil and gas exploration off america's precious coast. even as we push our economy and the world to ultimately transition off of fossil fuels. host: that's president obama in his weekly address that came out on saturday ahead of this trip that he's making over the next couple of days.

we're asking our viewers to weigh in, looking ahead to the president's legacy on climate change as he attempts to focus on that issue this week. republicans, it's 202-748-8001. democrats, 202-748-8000. independents, 202-748-8002. f you're outside the u.s., 202-748-8003. allison is waiting in louisiana on our line for independents. allison, you're up next on the "washington journal." caller: hi. host: hi, allison. go ahead. caller: i just want to say that i agree with president obama's legacy. i think global warming is a real thing, and republicans are shrugging off the major issue whether or not global warming is or isn't a real thing. oil and gas pollute. so we need to start weening off of that and getting into other energy options, whether it be i understand, ethane, you know, whatever. host: all right.

allison, thanks for the call from louisiana, asking our viewers to weigh in as we talk about the president's trip. as part of the trip, other officials from the administration are heading to alaska as well, including secretary of state john kerry. here's the front page of the "juno empire" newspaper this morning. kerry talks tech solutions to climate change is the headline there. n a half-hour, we'll talk with reporters, secretary of state john kerry put forward a technology-focused view of fighting this. if up to the read more on that story, check out the website of the "june owe empire." some members of congress responding already to the president's trip and to the officials from the administration that are going to alaska. here's jason, chairman of the oversight and government reform committee in the house, republican out of utah, a tweet from yesterday. kerr toy speak in alaska on global warming, i wish he would go to mexico and speak about

howard, ohio.nce there. good morning. caller: good morning. i think the climate change is the climate of the people and not the climate of the atmosphere. host: what do you mean by that? caller: people are going to start getting aggravated. some things are going to change. it is going to be the climate of the people or aggravated with the minority. how many scientists say it is not really climate change? it is solar flares. people are getting tired of hearing. show the science has not been beefed up. solar flares from the sun, this,

that and the other. there is a lot more to it. people are getting frustrated and fed up. gainesville,o to virginia. good morning. caller: good morning. i have three comments. the gentleman who called and said until obama came to the white house, they never heard of climate change. that is not true unless he has not been reading. number two, climate change is real. i can tell you this for sure. millions andg millions of fossil fuel -- in jet planes. they have to make the --on the

planet. pumping -- president obama compared to the mess he inherited from the republicans. he just had two years to fix everything. he lost it in 2010. after that, he tried to fix the problems. he didn't have anything from the other side. it has something to do with the fact that he is a black president. people do not want him to be successful. host: the previous caller said he never heard about the issue before president obama came into office. is that a good sign? more people are hearing about this issue? caller: a part of the

contribution he made -- climate change, an issue. that made more people who do not have the time read or listen to these kinds of issues. they hear about it media. that is the good and. doing oneent has been thing at a time. you have to give him credit. had the republicans given him one ounce of health -- he brought the jobs bill. he brought another bill, infrastructure, and that was killed. everything he brought to the house and senate was killed in 2010. all these progress. it never gets through the difficult -- this country

went to two wars on a credit card. under $500 billion a year. host: we are going to talk about debt and deficit. stick around to watch some of those. i showed you a tweet from a republican member of congress. democrats are tweeting about climate change. california from tweeted out over the weekend -- host: some other news from the alaska trip. here is a front page of "the alaska dispatch" this morning.

li, isthe official, dena the headline. for president mckinley. namli was the original e. president mckinley never visited the mountain or two alaska. the action breaks a 40 year impasse. alaska has been petitioning for a name change. blockedelegation had that. after the announcement was made, reaction on both sides. here is lisa murkowski thanking the president for making the name change. [video clip]

alaskans have known this as the great one. we are honored to recognize the mountain as denali. i would like to thank the president to achieve this the people change to of alaska. host: on the other side, john boehner, who released several statements on this issue. "rollcall,"p by there is a reason his name has served atop the highest peak. is a testament to his great legacy. he made a difference or constituents as a member of the house of representatives. victory.his nation to

deeply said, "i and disappointed in this decision." john boehner from ohio. on president in obama's legacy. good morning, stephen. caller: i think it is great he is talking about it as much as he is. extinction.of human if we do not do something very ss of habitat for humans is in great peril. deal is about rising temperatures -- it is about rising temperatures. host: do you think this will be an issue he gets remembered for, or overshadowed by other issues

in his eight years in office. caller: it depends if the next president is a climate denier. in the next president continues to do stuff about climate change, he will be remembered as the first president to do something about it. host: steve, good morning. you are on the "washington journal" ." caller: i believe in man-made global warming since i heard it. have been working on offshore wind. decidedi electricity cannot be shipped. i came up with a hydrogen and compressed-air system to store the energy. i think president obama is missing the boat. is is not looking hard -- he

not looking hard enough for the long-term systems. broadband,utilities, natural gal, compressed air, hydrogen. this puts wind on another level. wind and wave energy. is readyyou think wind to take over the energy production from fossil fuels like coal and natural gas? caller: yes, i do. it can be converted to hydrogen. the problem with hydrogen is putting it in the pipes and shipping it. will use it for a monorail system, that basically solves the problem. obama does not get out enough.

ont: american hero writes our twitter feed -- host: you can follow along on our twitter feed. alan is in scottsdale, arizona. good morning. caller: good morning. thank you for c-span. onlyr as obama's legacy, have done is lie to american people. they are not trustworthy. this is a living planet. if you look at the volcanic eruptions that are going on around the world and in the

oceans, nobody takes into fact with the effect of one huge volcano going off with the amount of soot and everything going into the atmosphere. we will have six months or a year of global cooling. we are not going to grow any plants. and then to have the effect of the solar system affecting our own planet. heatve 10,000 degrees of in the center of our earth. host: are you saying it doesn't make a difference on these issues? caller: i think everybody believes we want clean water. isn't that true? we want clean water.

ead.: go ah caller: we want clean water and air. you listen to these crazy comments from people. natural gas is a pollutant? it is the cleanest-burning fuel we have. we have an abundance of natural gas. why don't we convert over to and be gas or hydrogen efficient? there is biogas systems right now. we have tesla, has now advertising for an energy device at your home. ebaysers in front of running seven buildings for

ebay. hyoweethane gas, 've got to get back to the testing of all caps eruptions -- volcanic your options. host: joe in would bridge, virginia -- woodbridge. caller: good morning. two quick comments. climate change, i believe that is one of the greatest hoaxes ever perpetrated on mankind. earth goes through cooling and years of warming. the vikings found -- this is just a money making scheme to destroy the oil and gas

industry. as far as obama's legacy, i think he will down as the worst president the u.s. has ever seen. when he has seen the rise of radical islam under obama, an aggressive china and russia. lack o due to a leadershipf which has made the world a much less safer place. a $1 trillion deficit. we are becoming a legal immigrant nation. the guy has lied in front of us on the camera. obamacare has destroyed good and health insurance, just to give it to americans that do not

work. i think he's the absolute worst president. .j., go ahead. caller: good morning. legacy. saidood up 22 times and people could shcheat there healh care but could keep their doctors and hospitals. yeah, i really believe anything he says about climate change, he knows absolutely nothing about climate change. he surrounds himself with a bunch of idiots that do not know anything. great legacy on everything. host: all right. the president will be talking about climate change quite a bit this week. that will do it for this segment