. >>> coming up, is the new head of the environmental protection agency really good on environmental protection? that's next. we'll be right back. and tax day your business can save. on your side. work for you. before tax day that will keep it from being a headache. attorney on your side. work for you. . >>> and now for my weekly memo to president trump, whose nominee to lead the environmental protection agency, andrew wheeler, was narrowly confirmed this week after years as a coal lobbyist in washington, pushing bad policies that weaken pollution protections. for someone who campaigned on, quote, draining the swamp and closing the loopholes on lobbying influence in washington, putting a man that is already in the pockets of big oil and gas in charge protecting our clean water and air is a very backwards move, even for you. i know you're obsessed with undoing every good thing president obama did for this country, but continuing to chip away at our environmental laws and jeopardizing the public's health will not change the fact that climate change is real no matter how many times you t

that just are absent, uh, from how we conduct our environmental business. >> in pennsylvania, two agencies, the state department of environmental protection and the federal agency for toxic substances and disease registry are obligated to protect public health. but they have both drawn criticism for not adequately addressing the contamination problem. >> the monitoring is overseen by the department o of environmental protection. we have one site where a public water supply has been contntaminated with arsenic. the epepa's toxic release inventory indicates that high levels of arsenic was found in much of the ash that was dumped at this site. all right? so, you know, simply from the standpoint of the waste stream, the quality of the waste stream and what has happened to the public water supply, indicates an adequate study should have been done to determine if ththee is a connection between the disposal site and the well. this never did occccur. the public have been simply brushed off and told, don't worry, trust us. you are adequately protected. but once again, this is being done without any adequate data to give to the public. and conseque

i lamented that and environmental protection agency administrator scott pruett's philosophy wasn't so much cooperative federalism as it was cooperative corporatism serving the interests of industry. here we sit 11 months later back to take testimony on the same subject. it occurs to me to wonder what the point is to these hearings. what has epa done with respect to air pollution since our last hearing held on april 10, 2018? well april 13, three days after the last hearing on the subject the epa issued a final notice denying a petition filed by connecticut under the clean air act asking epa to make a declaration from a pennsylvania power plant was responsible for its inability to meet their quality standards. so much for epa concern about the problem of cross state air pollution. on august 2nd the epa and highway traffic safety administration put a proposal to freeze -- standards for cars and light trucks. this proposal would result in additional carbon pollution of almost 900 million metric tons for model years 2021-2025. that's the equivalent of adding almost 200 million cars to the

hear testimony from the department of justice, the department of the interior, and the environmental protection agency. i invited the department of justice because it is responsible for ensuring that federal agencies are complying with foia. in my opinion they need to do a much, much, much, much better job because we are seeing far too much information being delayed and even withheld. i invited the department of the interior because they just proposed a rule that would make it harder for requesters to obtain information under foia. in fact, last week i sent a letter to the department raising concerns about their proposed rule and i was heartened to be joined by senators leahy, senator grassley and senator cornyn. and i want to thank them for being so supportive. as you notice, that's bipartisan. i invited epa because our committee conducted an investigation last year of former administrator scott pruitt. and of course his senior staff. we uncovered troubling issues with the way epa was responding to foia. administrator pruitt's chief of staff told us that they refer, quote, politically charged, unquot

>> the environmental protection agency is considering rolling back regulations on mercury. that can lead to brain damage, learning disabilities, and other birth defects in children. >> the environmental protection agency announced the proposal today, saying that the cost of these regulations outweighs the health benefits. remind us again why we care about mercury getting into the air? >> it's a powerful neurotoxin. there are also other hazardous air pollutants that are emitted along with mercury. >> seth: now, you might have expected trump to neglect the blue states that didn't vote for him. i wouldn't be surprised if he started dumping mercury over new york out of air force one. "don't breathe in, losers." [ laughter ] but this is trump country. these are people he promised to help. and if this keeps up, trump might need a shovel to dig himself out of this hole. this has been "the check-in." [ cheers and applause ] ♪ we'll be right back with james mcavoy, everybody! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ (vo) parents have a way of imagining the worst... ...especially when your easily

look for the pink cap. >>> all right, the environmental protection agency has a new administrator, theate confirmed andrew wheeler to run the agency that protects the nation's environment and in turn your health. who is he? andrew wheeler, he began his career in d.c. at environmental law during president george h.w. bush. he also served as a long time aide in oklahoma, for a state well known of oil production. >> in case we have forgotten because we keep hearing 2014 had been the longest year on the record, i ask the chair, do you know what this is? it is a snowball. that's fwr outside here. it is very, very cold out. >> oh my god, it is cold out and there is a snowball. there must not be any climate change. we had this discussion before, right? you remember me saying climate and weather are two different things. back to wheeler, we'll talk about climate weather in a second. when he left to congress, he became the lobbiest for the coal industry. a corporation that produces about 76 million tons of coal per year. >> that's a little problem. he lobbied for a uranium firm. okay, there is

spending proposal would cut funding for the state department foreign aid programs and the environmental protection agency while increasing military spending. democrats who control the house of representatives used to fund the construction of that border wall. even without that hurdle the president's proposal stands little chance of being approved by congress. jackets and one point one trillilion dollar deficit despie the spending cutss some analysts say the built in expectations for continued strong economic growth. art odds with most other forecasts the white house though defending its budget proposal earlier in washington. we believe that everybody is an opportunity to put forward our vision of the next ten years we're doing that in this budget. and we're saying to the american people we can no longer afford the paradigm that congress keeps giving us which is that. we're never going to make any trade offs that were never know. a line what we spend with what we take in that we're not gonna do it every family d does across the country in trtrying to figue out what they can afford before they go out and s

the environmental protection agency. business didn't like it of course they didn't like that taxes they didn't like the regulation and they began a coordinated effort to try to overcome it. lobbying sharply increase deregulation began with a real ferocity. there were no financial crashes in the fifty's and the sixty's because the regulatory apparatus of the new deal was still in place. as a pm to be dismantled under business pressure and political pressure. to get more and more crashes. and it goes on right through the years. seventy's sort of starts begin. eighty's really takes off congress was asked to approve federal loan guarantees to the auto companies about the wand and one half billion dollars all of this is quite safe as long as you know the government's going to come to rescue so it takes a reagan instead of letting them pay the cost break and build out the banks like continental the biggest bailout of american history at the time that she ended his term with so the huge financial crisis the savings and loan cri

fire officials would need to get approval from the state's environmental protection agency for work could begin. >> we will be thoughtful, about these prescribed burns, we will be thoughtful about the field bricks, we will be thoughtful about the impacts we will have on the environment. but we are going to do so in a way that does not lead to a terrible fire season. >> reporter: he is planning to spend money to he is committed to both public safety and environmental stewardship. the state experienced two of its deadliest and most destructive wildfire seasons in 2017 and 2018. >>> santa rosa's neighborhood is selling significant signs of recovery following the 2017 fire. that fire destroyed 1400 homes in the neighborhood. now the city says construction on 191 homes has been completed while another 689 are under construction. that is 70% of the burned properties. more honer owners have been issued permits. half of homes are expected to be occupied by midsummer. for fema said accidentally share the personal information of two and half million disaster survivors. including people who survive

according to the environmental protection agency, each person generates nearly 4.5 pounds of trash aat's 80% more than in 1960. and our domestic recycling infrastructure can't deal with it. there is new technology to help improve recycling in the u.s. but it has a cost which many local governments say they just can't afford. so more and more plastic is ending up in landfills. one solution that's been discussed is a federal landfill tax. another is to charge companies higher fees for using plastic. but ultimately, waste experts say the only way to solve the problem is for americans to create less waste. announcer: when we return, reporting on a revolution. how the lgbtq movement has used the power of public protest to enact change. to simone, i leave the van gogh. to harrison, the wine collection. grace, you get the beach house, just don't leave the lights on, okay? to mateo, my favorite chair. to chris, the family recipes. to craig, this rock. to jamie, well, let's just say, enjoy the ride. the redwoods to the redheads. the rainbows to the proud. the almonds to walter. the beaches to

. >> under the toxic substances control act, or tsca, the burden is on the environmental protection agency to show that an industrial chemical is unsafe. epa can only ask the company for data or require testining if epa can prove that there is a potential risk. and that's hard to do without access to the company's data in the first place. >> the burden of proof has to shift. it has to be on the companies, not on the government. the companies are making the profit, and theare government simply doesn't have the resources. >> the decisions a about chemics are made almost entirely on the basis of their functionality for a manufacturer. >> in realitity, we become the guinea pigs in the marketplace. >>>> safety only y comes into py if people like us have made a stink about it. >> the chemical industry, scientists, and environmentalists all agree that changege is needed. but efforts at reforming legislation are currently stalled between the chemical industry's push for profit and safety advocates' drive to protect the public from harm. with federal toxic law broken and no improved law likely comi

. >> reporter: president trump's new administrator of the environmental protection agency says cleaning up tainted water systems is a high priority. major garret tried to press him for details. >> 92% of all of the water meet epa for safe drinking water. what can you tell people in those impacted areas is going to change to give them a gritter sense of confidence about the water they consume or their children consume? >> again, 92% of the water meets all of the standards. but we are also helping. >> now, about the governor of california's proposal lump in dairies and animal farmers they have to pitch in more as well. here is the thing, though, it has a steep hill to climb. it require a two thirds vote of the legislature. they had a similar proposal before the legislature last year. and it failed. it did not get enough votes. reporting live, kpix5. >> we are going to give you a quick look at the last super moon of the year tonight. kind of cool. it is -- it is kind of clouds there. known as the super worm moon. tonight, we are clear of the rain. there is more on the way. but, why do they

the president would slash funding for the environmental protection agency by nearly a third, education by 10%. his plan projects a $1.1 trillion deficit. this will all change dramatically when congress is finished with it. we learned today the 2020 democratic national convention will be held in milwaukee 16 months and two days from now. dozen candidates are running for the presidential nomination so far and the field is still growing. here's ed o'keefe. >> reporter: former vice president joe biden is likely to join the race for president according to the man who replaced him in the senate, delaware democrat chris coons. >> he's someone who i am confident is going to run. i'm optimistic he's going to run. >> we're in the final stages of that decision. >> reporter: even before he takes the plunge, biden is leading the 2020 democratic field in iowa. 27% of likely democratic caucus- goers would pick him first, following close behind, vermont senator and former 2016 presidential candidate bernie sanders. but it's the man in fourth place in the iowa poll that republicans are worried about, f

wyoming i hear about the improved relationship regulators and businesses have with the environmental protection agency since president trump has taken office. so thank you for holding this important meeting. >> you're welcome. i will begin by recognizing myself for an opening statement before turning the floor over to the ranking member white house for five minutes. then we will hear from our panel of experts. coming to the subcommittee not just as a conservationist and advocates, but as someone who knows how important clean air is from first-hand experience became a farmer and an outdoorsman way back in my hometown in jasper indiana at 16-years-old i took slides of our factories spewing out of coal dust in our communities, so my interest in this is deep-rooted. respecting and preserving our natural resources has been a priority of mine since i was young and even started a club in high school excited to be able to work with my colleagues on the subcommittee and with the trump administration to protect our environment in an economically responsible way. the purpose of this hearing is to hear your exper

a 4% hike in defenseen ng and cuts the budget for the state department by 23% and the environmental protection agencyarly one third. most contentious of all,en prestrump is seeking $8.6 billion for border wall with mexico, the very issue that led to the shutdown. earlier i was joined by a litical reporter at "usa today." is the president going to get his border wall this >> he's not. i assume he is not. the president's budget has a long-standing tradition of being ignoree in congress. esident sends it over no matter what party and congress does what they want. but this time it is noteworthy that he is asking y r so much mo the wall because we saw last time that he is willing to really go to bat for this. he shutdown the government last time over his wall request. laura: meanwhile, the pr has declared a national emergency so that he can build that wall. what is the status of that? w does it play to all this? eliza: we are watching how thatr willout for the president. congress allocated $1.7 billion for the wall, lower than the $5.7 billion he asked for. so he declared a national emergency. d e house h

the rearview mirror since the scheme was revealed in two thousand and fifteen the us environmental protection agency charged at that time that violated the clean air act by installing software on diesel powered cars that caused artificially low readings of nitrogen oxide pollution. jet airways is having some financial and logistical turbulence as india's second largest airline struggles to manage an increasingly challenging debt burden and faces a crisis of consumer anger over cancellations the two problems of finance and flight cancellations are forming a kind of. spiral as a lack of funds on hand has left the company behind in red payments for airport terminals and other regular operating costs compelling cancellations and thereby depriving the company of needed revenue the business standard of india reports that jets three hundred thirty logged flights on monday of this week compared to the average of six hundred fifty daily flights from march of two thousand and eighteen they canceled flights and frustrated flyers led to the predictable expressions of outrage on social media with many saying the

the rearview mirror since the scheme was revealed in two thousand and fifteen the us environmental protection agency charged at that time that the w. violated the clean air act by installing software on diesel powered cars that caused artificially low readings of nitrogen oxide pollution. jet airways is having some financial and logistical turbulence as india's second largest airline struggles to manage an increasingly challenging debt burden and faces a crisis of consumer anger over cancellations the two problems of finance and flight cancellations are forming a kind of vicious spite.

also, a 31% cut for the environmental protection agency next year alone. democrats pronounced the whole thing dead on arrival. >> let's bring in john coral, live at the white house, asking about the debt at the white house there today and presidents ma promising made when the president was a candidate. i want to get back to what nancy pelosi said, saying she's not for impeachment. some of the house freshmen have been very keen at the prospect of impeachment proceedings. she's the leader, though, so, what's her political calculation here? >> reporter: david, it's a reflection of political reality. there are simply not the votes to impeach the president. and nancy pelosi would much rather run against a wounded and heavily investigated donald trumpromice through new stm out to sweep acssheay it's going to damag rob the track. it comes after 11 tornadoes across the south. this one ripping off rooftops in spring hill, louisiana. incredible pictures there. this new storm hits the midwest, then it heads all the way east. let's get right to rob marciano, tracking

in the environmental protection agency come by we spend more than we do. while fully under funded yet that's where we can get a lot of money. which i don't know just make sure that we have clean water and things like that. clean water in a clean environment or need to pay your taxes when you're bombing people in your day and the worst part is that was really you know the worst part about. you might know them as the people who brought you the bomb that they sold to saudi arabia that was dropped on a school bus. below children in yemen killing forty young boys and eleven adults so great work i don't want to i mean i just i want this to be what america is this is what we make war this is our biggest export if you really look at it when you look at these numbers i mean it's hard to deny and when that that's where you have the revolving door and who was at the job yeah moved from government to government right into the private sector of the defense industry was former u.s. ambassador to the united made to the united nations and making hailing is expected to joi

make a choice about whether or not they use the product scientists associated with the environmental protection agency found those who were heavily exposed to round up had an astounding forty one percent higher risk of developing not hodgkin's lymphoma this is in stark contrast to a twenty six thousand study that found the weak killer had low toxicity for humans twenty sixteen study is currently under review according to the world health organization an eleven country study found that lifeless state is probably carcinogenic to humans and in twenty seventeen california adam going through state to its list of chemicals known to cause cancer however bayer maintains that month santo is safe to use in los angeles not just sweets are. joining us now to discuss the latest blow to monsanto is legal and media and was like all of line of media thank you for joining us so thank you to have you actually here with us instead of just jumping over the screen the entire irish static thank you for coming out you are going to i got to as we talked a little bit about it earlier today but i'm going to say a little is thi

been obtained by greenpeace the documents record be peace efforts convince the trump environmental protection agency and the bureau of land management to rescind rules meant to limit methane leaks from fossil fuel extraction operations b.p.'s head of exploration bernard looney is scheduled tomorrow to address an energy trade show on the topic it's called methane emissions getting to zero that will be interesting. the company's stock by the way has been taking a bit of a beating as of late and we will have to see how it plays going forward we keep an eye on that for you. and president hassan rouhani of iran is starting an official visit today to neighboring iraq where the embattled iranian leader will seek iraqi help in blunting the effect of u.s. economic sanctions the trumpet ministration reimpose those sanctions and violation of the two thousand and fifteen international nuclear agreement with iran while international experts have said iran has honored the agreement mr wani is expected to sign several men around of understanding and trade deals with his iraqi host including a key agreement on buil

the rearview mirror since the scheme was revealed in two thousand and fifteen the us environmental protection agency charged at that time that violated the clean air act by installing software on diesel powered cars that caused artificially low readings of nitrogen oxide pollution. jet airways is having some financial and logistical turbulence as india's second largest airline struggles to manage an increasingly challenging debt burden and faces a crisis of consumer anger over cancellations the two problems of finance and flight cancellations are forming a kind of vicious spiral as a lack of funds on hand has left the company behind in red payments for airport terminals and other regular operating costs compelling cancellations and thereby depriving the company of needed revenue the business standard of india reports that jets three hundred thirty logged flights on monday of this week compared to the average of six hundred fifty daily flights from march and twenty eighteen they canceled flights and frustrated flyers led to the predictable expressions of outrage on social media with many saying the a

also, a 31% cut for the environmental protection agency next year alone. democrats pronounced the whole thing dead on arrival. >> let's bring in jon karl, he's live at the white house, asking about the debt there at the white house today and promises made when the president was a candidate. but jon, i did want to get back to what house speaker nancy pelosi said late today, that she's not for impeachment. as we all know, some house democrats, particularly some of the freshmen, have been very enthusiastic, very keen at the prospect of impeachment proceedings. she's the leader, though, so, what's behind her going public tonight? what's her political calculation here? >> reporter: david, it's a reflection of political reality. there simply are not the votes to impeach the president and remove him from office. and nancy pelosi would much rather run against a wounded and heavily investigated donald trump than wage a lost cause effort to remove him from office through impeachment. >> all right, jon karl on a very busy day at the white house. jon, thank you. >>> w

." >>> the new head of the environmental protection agency andrew wheeler says unsafe drinking waterreat facing the nation and the world. in his first interview since being confirmed, wheeler discussed his views on water and climate change with major garrett. >> reporter: the senate confirmed wheeler last month. not a single democrat supported him and general republicans support his deregulatory agenda at the epa and the economic benefits they say it brings. democrats and environmentalists say whatever the, environmenta risks will be imposed by that new deregulatory agenda and they accuse wheeler of refusing to take action on climate change. >> the drinking water today worldwide is probably the biggest environmental threat we have. >> if i hear you correctly, you're saying all this tension, energy, politics, over on climate change is essentially misguided. >> we have 1,000 children die every day worldwide because they don't have safe drinking water. that's a crisis that i think we can solve. most of the threats from climate change are 50 to 75 years out. what we need to do is make su

navy, to the regulators, the department of toxic substance and control, the california environmental protection agencythe u.s. e.p.a., and all the other regulatory agencies is for them to reconvene and get advisors here, and what is going on. there are protocols involved. so that is that. i just want to capture the use, based on the discussions we have had today on discussion of future agenda items, i think what i heard the commissioner say, what our interests are, moving forward, is that with regards to the parks and maintenance, we would like to have a framework of the future administration of that, and the entity that we talked about, based on successful models in the country and in the world. how we are going to do that, given that they have the bulk of the responsibility for some infrastructure and impacts maintenance. i would also mention that now is the time to start talking about marketing, some of the opportunity that we have as part of san francisco, engaging with agencies like the airport, or tourism, and see, even right now, what they could be planning to do to help us let people know that