you know to be to formally be the full time administrator and so andrew wheeler before he became deputy administrator he was a lobbyist and we have been monitoring mr wheeler's activities for quite some time there are documents showing that he was the one that was being paid by murray energy who c.e.o. is bob murray one of the largest private coal companies in the country that has had an outsized influence over trumpet ministration policy this is the company that was pushing to rewrite america's energy markets in order to favor an economic coal fired power plants this key meeting that happened in march two thousand and seven team. where bob murray got to meet face to face with secretary of energy rick perry the e-mails that we've gotten all show that the meeting was arranged and set up and attended by andrew wheeler who was then the lobbyist who was representing bob murray and so that's just one of many examples of the kind of influence that andrew wheeler had over the trumpet ministration and now he's he's you know running the e.p.a. and so the question is is the senate going to do its

c-span3, acting epa administrator andrew wheeler.helly, a hearing on management of federal prisons with the justice department's inspector general and the head of the federal bureau of prisons. >> former president barack obama sat down with former secretary of state james baker and presidential historian john meacham at rice university in texas.

on c-span3, acting epa administrator andrew wheeler "the washington post" to talk about environmentalriorities for the trump administration. later, there is a house oversight hearing on the management of federal prisons with the justice department's inspector general in the head of the federal bureau of prisons. >> when the new congress starts in january, there will be more than 100 new house and senate members. the democrats will control the house. the republicans, the senate. new congress, new leaders. watch the process unfold on c-span. >> next, your calls and comments . at 8:00 a.m. eastern, indiana rep. king: congressman jim banks talks about his recent trip to afghanistan. then a discussion about the u.s. asylum

c-span3, acting epa administrator andrew wheeler. thelly, a hearing on management of federal prisons with the justice department's inspector general and the head of the federal bureau of prisons. >> former president barack obama sat down with former secretary of state james baker and presidential historian john meacham at rice university in texas. the discussion as part of a celebration of 25 years of the baker institute for public policy at rice university. [applause] mr. baker: thank you. mr. president, welcome to texas. mr. obama: it is good to be back in houston. congratulations on the texas victory yesterday. they beat the titans so no, sir, we don't want that. if it weren'ty, for us, you would be part of spain. made that joke to george bush when he was governor and he said, that's funny, asshole. mr. baker: if it weren't for us, you wouldn't be saying ya'll. -- saying y'all. mr. meacham: president reagan used to say that when he was in hollywood, he would get a call to come to dinner and speak and perform and reagan would say,

andrew wheeler. congratulations andrew, great job. thank you very much.ause] thank you as well to senator amy klobuchar for being here. where is amy, by the way? where is amy? for five decades i have to say the presidential medal of freedom has been given to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to american life and culture. this year it is my true privilege to award this honor to seven extraordinary americans. senator orrin hatch, the late, great justice antonin scalia, miriam adelson. roger staubach. allen paige and two more recipients who are no longer with us, but whose legacies will live on forever, legendary babe ruth, legendary elvis presley. true legends. the first recipient is one of the longest-serving senators in american history a great friend of mine, orrin hatch he liked me from the beginning and therefore i like him. i'm not supposed to say it but that is the way life works. for the last 42 years, senator hatch has proudly represented the people of utah, sponsor manager bills that have become law than any living ledge -- legis

. >>> acting environmental protection agency administrator andrew wheeler talks about climate change and proposed epa rules during an event hosted by "the washington post." >> good morning, everyone. my name is chris kurati. thank you for joining us for the latest in our energy tour to live series which like the energy tour newsletter, we aim to go in depth on the policy debate around energy and environment. this morning we'll hear from experts on how we balance the country's energy needs with environmental protections and regulation and these discussions, as you know, come against the backdrop of a dire climate report issued by federal agencies last week. before we begin, i'd like to thank our presenting sponsors for this event, exlon and peopleco and our supporting sponsor the university of virginia. now i'd like to get started and welcome to the stage acting epa administrator andrew wheeler and "the washington post" juliette apred. thank you. [ applause ] >> good morning. i'm juliette april red joined by epa acting administrator andrew wheeler who is the president's nominee to ser

she is talking about investigating andrew wheeler, his choice to be acting attorney general. >> that'sats really want to investigate a wide array of things the trump administration and even some of the presidents business practices. so they are facing a lot of pressure from their base. to be aggressive with this president and not hand him any sort of big win before the 2020 elections. if both sides are really tried to fill out one another, how this will work in the new year but it will be very complicated situation to work through with the presidential election looming in the near future. jon: as part of a statement that nancy pelosi issued earlier today regarding the president cpa nominee. she says, president trump's nomination of andrew wheeler to head epa perpetuates the unprecedented culture of corruption, cronyism and abuse of taxpayer money at the heart of the administration. democrats are ready to oppose the administrations dirty energy agenda. and will continue to work for the people to clean up corruption to ensure our government works for everyone. this is the woman of whom t

on c-span3, andrew wheeler sits down with washington post to talk about environmental priorities. there is a house oversight hearing on the management of federal prisons with the justice department's inspector general on the head of the federal bureau of prisons. brad meltzer will be our guest on in-depth. his most recent book debuted at number one on the new york times bestsellers list. books include the book of fate and first counsel. join us for in-depth, fiction addition with brad meltzer, live sunday, from noon to 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> former president barack obama sat down with former secretary of state james baker and presidential historian john meacham at rice university in texas. the conversation is part of a celebration of 25 years of the baker institute for public policy at rice university.

this morning acting epa administrator andrew wheeler is expected to climate change for fuel efficiency standards. taking place at an event hosted by the "washington post." live congress on c-span3. we expect it to start in a moment. >> good morning. i'm vice president of communications and events here at the "washington post." thank you for joining us for the latest in our energy 202 live series, which, like the energy 202 news letter, which i know you subscribe to, we aim to go in-depth on the policy debates around energy and the environment. so this morning, we're going to hear from experts on how we balance the country's energy needs with environmental protections and regulation. these discussions, as you know, come against the backdrop of a dire climate report issued by federal agencies last week. so before we begin, i would like to thank our presenting sponsor for the event. and our supporting sponsor, the university of virginia. so now i would like to get started and welcome to the stage acting epa administrator andrew wheeler. thank you. good morning. i'm julian. senior national

among the speakers were acting epa administrator andrew wheeler, who president trump plans to nominate to lead the agency permanently. mr. wheeler talked about proposed epa roles and criticized the latest national climate assessment released by the federal government. in addition, california democratic attorney general javier becerra discussed climate change, fuel efficiency standards and the wildfires in his state. this is about an hour and 40 minutes. >> hi. good morning, everyone. >> good morning. my name is chris. i'm vice president of communications and events here at "the washington post." thank you for joining us for the latest in our energy 202 live series, which like the energy 202 newsletter, which i know you all subscribe to, we aim to go in-depth on the policy debates around energy and the environment. so this morning we're going to hear from experts on how we balance the country's energy needs with environmental protections and regulation. and these discussions, as you know, come against the backdrop of a dire climate report issued by federal agencies last week. so before

the only question, i believe, is why someone like andrew wheeler is put in charge at the e.p.a. a coal lobbyist is now the head of the e.p.a. e.p.a. just turns into every polluter's ally. that's the net result of what donald trump has done at that agency. the trump administration is also moving to freeze fuel economy standards rather than pushing for the historic and technically achievable goal of 54.5 miles per gallon by the year 2025. now, i am the author of the 2007 law that required the first fuel economy increase in 32 years, and increasing our fuel economy standards to 54.5 miles per gallon is the single largest action that any nation has ever taken on climate, that one law. but the trump administration is trying to make a u-turn on those standards which are saving customers money at the pump and reducing the emissions we pump into the air. and the trump administration is trying to repeal president obama's clean power plan, turning our back on the road map for reducing pollution in the electricity sector will result in at least 12 times more carbon dioxide emissions over t

is going to be made permanent, he's done a fantastic job and i want to congratulate him, epa andrew wheeler congratulations, andrew. thank you very much. thank you as well to senator amy klobuchar for being here, where is amy, by the way? where is amy? and for five decades, i have to say, the president -- who have made outstanding contributions to american life and culture, this year it is my true privilege to award this honor to seven extraordinary americans. senator orrin hatch, the late, great, justice and in antonin scalia, miriam adelson, roger staubach, alan page, and two more recipients who are no longer with us but whose legacies will live on forever, legendary babe ruth, legendary elvis pressley. true legends. the first recipient is one of the longest-serving and most respected senators in american history, senator orrin hatch, a friend of mine. great friend of mine. he liked me right from the beginning and therefore i like him, that helps. i'm not supposed to say it but that's the way life works, right? for the last 42 years, senator hatch has proudly represented the people of uta

c-span3 bang, andrew wheeler on "the washington post." later, there is a house oversight hearing on the management of federal prisons with the justice department's inspector general and the head of the federal bureau of prisons. a couple of headlines from politico, hyde-smith wins mississippi senate runoff. tops mike espyh and racially tinged senate campaign. here is mike espy with his concession speech at the mississippi civil rights museum, then we will hear from republican incumbent hyde-smith also speaking in jackson. >> we like mike! mr. espy: thank you. well, there are number of things outstanding. the polls are going to close.

so now i would like to get started and welcome to the stage acting epa administrator andrew wheeler. and, the washington post juliet. thank you. [applause] >> good morning. i am the senior national affairs correspondent for the "washington post," joined by epa acting administrator andrew wheeler who is the president's nominee to serve permanently in that position. thank you for joining us. >> absolutely. good morning. >> and i want to let our audience know that you can tweet us questions using the #postlive and i'll try to answer them later on right now. -- later on. right now we'll head off, as i'm sure many of you know, mr. wheeler started his career at epa as special assistant in the office of toxic and pollution prevention. work there, did two decently long stints on capitol hill, then in the private sector before rejoining the agency as deputy administrator in march, assumed the helm in early july. so, clearly one of the things in the news lately is the release of the national climate assessment which several epa scientists contributed to and the president as well as some other

epa andrew wheeler. great job. thank you very much.senator amy klobuchar for being here. where is amy? for five decades, i have to say the presidential medal of freedom has been given to individuals who have made out standing contributions to american and culture. this year it is my privilege to award this honor to seven extraordinary americans. senator orrin hatch, the late great justice, antonin ka scali. alan page, and two more recipients who are no longer with us, but whose legacies of live on forever. legendary babe ruth, legendary elvis presley. true legends. the first recipient is one of the longest serving and most respected senators in american history. senator orrin hatch, a friend of mine. great friend of mine. he liked me right from the beginning and therefore i like him. that helps. that's the way it is. i'm not supposed to say it, but that's the way lifeworks. for the last 42 years, senator hatch proudly represented the people of utah, sponsoring more bills that became law than any living legislator. from rewriting our ta

on c-span three, andrew wheeler sits down with the washington post to talk about environmental parties for the trump administration. and later, a house oversight hearing on the management of federal prisons with the justice department's inspector general and the head of the federal bureau of prisons. the new congress starts january, there will be more than 100 new house and senate members. democrats will control the house, the republicans, the senate. new congress, new leaders. watch the process unfold on c-span. reporter: democrats meet tomorrow for a vote to elect the speaker of the house and other leadership positions. we will have live coverage of the results here on c-span. -- if the pelosi voted on tomorrow, they will have another vote on december 3. you can watch live coverage here on c-span. runoff election between republican cindy hyde smith, and a democrat, mike sb, happened today. as of now, cindy had smith is leading with 54.9%. that is the current situation, with 40% of the vote in. we will bring you live coverage of the victory and concession speeches tonight as they happ

andrew wheeler was asked this week about clean air initiatives.to what he said. >> what are three policies that the administration is championing that are reducing air pollution in absolute terms? >> i'm not sure i can give three off the top of my head. >> even later, he struggled to come up with it. should the head of the epa be able to answer that question or -- >> one would think so. one would hope so. but if you're stuck in this position where you might believe it's happening and humans have a role to play, but your boss doesn't, you're in an awkward position because you really have to toe the line or better yet say nothing else if it truly goes against what you think, and maybe he's trying to fudge that a little bit. >> let me ask you -- >> his belly may not be quite as bright as the president's, which seems to be brighter than any scientist or any of his intelligence people. who knows. >> let's talk about the president's position pretty devastating report about climate change. here's what the president had to say about that. >> i've seen it.

also this afternoon at the white house the president announced is he nominating andrew wheeler as his administrator to the environmental protection agency. wheeler is acting in that role now. bret? >> bret: rich edson live on the north lawn. rich, thank you. as rich mentioned president trump recognized seven extraordinary americans with the presidential medal of freedom today. it is the government's highest civilian honor the list posthumously elvis presley antonin scalia and babe ruth. dallas starbuck. retired minnesota supreme court justice and former nfl star allen page as well as retiring utah senator orrin hatch and republican donor mere yum alleged son wife of sheldon avildsen. president trump has a message for the media. behave or else. this comes as the judge orders the administration to at least temporarily end its freeze-out of a cnn reporter. fox news media analyst and host of fox news media buzz howie kurtz tell us what this means tonight. >> what began as a press conference clash between president trump and least favorite reporter and least favorite network morphed into a

andrew wheeler is a former coals inry lobbyist.became acting administrator after scott pruitt resigned in july, over an ethics scandal. wall street wound up a losing week with some modest gains today. the dow jones industrial average rose nearly 124 points, to close at 25413. the nasdaq lost 11 points, and the s&p 500 added six. for the week, all three indexes dropped 1.5% to 2%. and, seven americans today received the presidential medal of freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. the recipients, all chosen by presid elvis pressley, babe ruth, and former supreme court justice antoni posthumously. honored the four living honorees were utah senatfo orrin hatch, er pro-football greats roger staubach and alan page-- who later servso on the minn supreme court-- and philanthropist miriam adelson. o still to cothe newshour: a federal judge sides with cnn in a lawsuit against the white house. major changes are made to federal government guidance on the handling of sexual harassment and assault on college campuses. leaders at faceboode

. >>> acting environmental protection agency administrator andrew wheeler talks about climate change and proposed epa rules during an event hosted by "the washington post."

accomplishment so i mean he is at a pantheon figure in terms of corruption he's been succeeded by andrew wheeler who's definitely more buttoned down traditional d.c. figure but he's a former lobbyist on behalf of the whole industry that is the person in charge of protecting the environment of the united states so what congress can do is make andrew weil or show all of his cards where his agenda is coming from how he is benefiting the people you used to pay him in the past the most. like they're going to pay him in the future that's what the revolving door project works on is exactly people like andrew weil are in the congress republican congress was disinterested in providing any check on someone like andrew weil or and i can assure you that a democratic majority would take someone like andrew will or and change make his life terrible to be honest and let's not forget the interior secretary now possibly the subject of a justice of us again for a land deal that's questionable in his home state so the democrats would have a lot to talk about i think is what we're we're getting at so will they have

among the speakers were acting epa administrator andrew wheeler, who president trump plans to nominate to lead the agency permanently. mr. wheeler talked about proposed epa roles and criticized the latest national climate assessment released by theed

on c-span3, acting epa administrator andrew wheeler "the washington post" to talk about environmental priorities for the trump administration. later, there is a house oversight hearing on the management of federal prisons with the justice department's inspector general in the head of the federal bureau of prisons. >> when the new congress starts in january, there will be more than 100 new house and senate members. the democrats will control the house. the republicans, the senate. new congress, new leaders. watch the process unfold on c-span. >> next, your calls and comments . at 8:00 a.m. eastern, indiana rep. king: congressman jim banks talks about his recent trip to afghanistan. then a discussion about the u.s. asylum process with sarah pierce of the migration policy institute. and later, maryland democratic john sarbanes-oxley legislation he says will strengthen democracy, plus the priorities of the new congress. strengthen democracy and the priorities for the new congress. ♪ host: the number of republicans in the senate stands at 53 with the area cindy hyde-smith from mississippi.

president trump names andrew wheeler the head of the environmental protection agency. scott pruitt resigned amid allegations of ethical misconduct. ed may or may not have done an interview. and, south carolina senator lindsey graham is in line to become the next senate judiciary committee chairman. based on his seniority. current chairman chuck grassley announced friday is he stepping down so he can lead the senate finance committee next year. up next it looks like lindsey graham. ed: finance is where the money is. "new york times." pete: in a piece the "new york times" questions whether loyal and the possibility of replacing him on the 2020 ticket. the president just addressed the report calling it fake news. listen. >> no, i don't question his loyalty at all. he is 100 percent loyal it was a phony story. i doubt they had any sources. a typical "new york times" phony story. mike pence is 100 percent. not even a doubt about it in my mind. jedediah: here to react is sean spicer. is he a former white house press secretary and author of the briefing. >> good morning. jede

president trump said friday he plans to nominate acting epa chief andrew wheheeler as the agency's next administrator. wheeler is a former coal lobbyist and has been the acting head of the epa since scott pruitt resigned in july amid an onslaught of financial and ethics scandals. wheeler has regularly engaged with right-wing conspiracy accounts on social media and "liked" a racist post featuring the obamas in 2013. president trump is coming under fire after he attacked former navy seal william mcraven -- who oversaw the u.s. operation that assassinated osama bin laden -- calling him a "hillary clinton fan" and an "obama-backer" during an interview with fox news sunday. in addition, trump wondered why it took so long for the u.s. to find bin laden telling host chris wallace -- "wouldn't it have been nice if we got osama bin laden a lot sooner than that?" admiral mcraven has condemned trump's attacks on the media, saying last year that they present "the greatest threat to democracy in my lifetime." the white house has vowed to reimpose a ban on cnn reporter jim acosta after a judge is temporary order to restore