george mitchell: that is true. those were historically republican districts previously held by republicans and in every k, the market -- in every case, the margin of victory was quite a bit less. you are right, there are some people upset, but very few americans support of the house built for a good reason. obamacare has its problems, it was a compromise. many republican amendments were public, there were hearings, there was public discussion and hundreds of amendments offered. here, you have a process that debate, to limit amendments and participation in the process because they know it is a bill that will not have strong public support. it really is not a health care bill, it is a tax cut for the wealthy bill. it imposes a tremendous burden on the elderly, the low income and on rural residents. can mcconnell get something passed? george mitchell: he may be able to do it. 50 votes than he has 52 republicans. my hope is for the sake of the country, enough republicans stand up to this and say they will not vote for

george mitchell: that is true. those were historically republican districts previously held by republicans and in every k, the market -- in every case, the margin of victory was quite a bit less. you are right, there are some people upset, but very few americans support of the house built for a good reason. obamacare has its problems, it was a compromise. many republican amendments were public, there were hearings, there was public discussion and hundreds of amendments offered. here, you have a process that debate, to limit amendments and participation in the process because they know it is a bill that will not have strong public support.

it was something private individuals like george mitchell down in texas spent decades tinkering with until he made it work. that is the biggest energy revolution in our lifetime. that's the kind of thing that we cannot predict. nobody thought he could do it. he did it. i believe in the future. i don't think the future is windmill and solar panels. host: our guest is myron ebell. you heard him heading mr. trump trump's epa transition team. talking about issues concerning the paris agreement and the president's decision to pull the u.s. out of that. from north carolina, democrats line. hi. caller: 53 million people voted for donald trump. donald trump will do something for 53 million people and nobody else. i do know it will lead to carbon footprint. the problem with me is that until we study, i don't think donald trump has the i.q. to study the science behind global warming. president obama, he's not president anymore. it's racist and using obamacare and say something about donald trump. he's the president now. stop blaming president obama. you said about president obama came. stop us

george mitchell didn't read it or believe it. innovation, technology, drives this country, it always has. i think that we ought to be able to be skeptical when someone says this is the end of it, this is bad, it's okay to ask those questions. my point is that with cold, there may be some uses of coal that we never even dreamed of before that can make a big difference because when you think about the rare minerals that are controlled by countries outside the united states and our been able to come up with the technology to retrieve those may be a real game changer. with that,. >> one last question, sir. you're a former governor and people are talking about states as it relates to repealing the base of the obamacare. if you have state rights. >> i won't talk out of anything but energy but you touched on my favorite subject which is federalism. [laughter] here we go, you asked. thank you, ma'am. i happen to believe that the states are laboratories of innovation. they are innovators just like we have our national labs. i mean, govern

so george mitchell didn't read the, he didn't read that. didn't believe that. innovation, technology. drives this country. it always has. i think we ought to be a little skeptical when somebody says this is the end of this. this is bad. it's okay to ask those questions. so, my point is that with coal, there may be some uses of coal that we never b even dreamed ed before that can really make a big difference because when you think about the rare earth man ralls controlled by countries outside of the united states. so, with that -- >> your phone, governor and people are talking about states as it relates to the repeal and replace of obama care. >> you've touched on one of my favorite subjects. >> thank you. that has federalism. and i had, here we go. they're innovated just like we are. governors have within their states and their bright young people who work with them in the private sector, they will come up with ways to deliver health care. and give options to their citizens. i know for a fact connecticut is not like texas. they're just not. to say that washingt

patenaude including a letter signed by bob dole and george mitchell without objection. so ordered. congratulations to both of you on your nominations to these very important offices and thank you for your willingness to serve. senator brown. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. hassett. ms. patenaude. welcome, senator sheen, my senator and friend from ohio, senator portman nice to see you. thanks for holding this hearing. i look forward to hearing the views of the two witnesses on economy, housing, community development. ms. patenaude comes to us with a long resume of development programs, hud management and housing advocacy. more recently housing america's families in a report entitled the silent housing crisis, the foundation report of having access to safe and affordable housing has long been recognized as a part of america's critical compact with his citizens. i look forward to hearing her views particularly since her past advocacy seems at odds with the approach that hud has taken in its budget proposal. mr. hassett has done important work related to the policies that drove manufac

senator george mitchell, senator bond, and senator martinez. as well as former h.u.d. secretary henry. the commission developed a comprehensive report outlining a new direction for federal housing policy. currently i serve as the president of the j. ronald twill ger foundation for housing america's families where we seek to elevate rental affordability and educate policymakers about the silent housing crisis in america. through these initiatives i have developed strong working relationships with diverse groups, diverse members of the housing community. affordable housing advocates, homebuilders, mortgage bankers, government policymakers and academics. i am proud to say that bipartisan collaboration has been a hallmark of these initiatives. my career in housing at the local, state and federal levels of government and in the private sector have broadened my view of america's housing policies. this unique perspective enables me to nled the factors that contribute to the success of some programs, as well as the facts that are diminish the well intended impacts of others. i

. >> that's what george mitchell did in ireland. >> rose: george bush 41. jon meacham who is his biographer had real access to the letters said what he had was empathy and he could understand, he understood that when the united states with russia and the soviet union was collapsing and the berlin wall was coming down, he could have gone down and gloated about it. he could have beat his chest and say we won but he didn't. he knew, he didn't want to make it difficult for gorbachev. >> i think that's true with negotiation. if you win a negotiation, if you really win it at the other person's expense, it doesn't go well. what happens next time you want to work something out. they want to get even. >> rose: exactly. >> whereas if everybody's looking at the other person's point of view. which is really empathy but as you may remember in the book, i make a big point of the idea that i think there's something called dark empathy where you know what's going on in the other person's head, what feelings they're going through but youe want to communicate to people. if y

that was done not by barack obama you by a man named george mitchell when he discovered fracking. technology moved on. you have to realize how that affects your country to adapt to, making sure natural gas, solar wind, bringing west virginia along with it. you could have very, pittsburgh is a economy and pittsburgh is tech economy. liz: we got a one minute a second ago. we wait for the walk up of the president. bernie sanders put out this decision. president trump's decision to withdraw out of the paris climate agreement is international disgrace, abdication of american leadership. royal dutch/shell responding. they say, let me see the statement. where is the statement? it is not attached. oh, shell's position, on climate change and importance of the paris agreement is well-known. we share with the administration, this is from royal dutch/shell our strong support for the u.s. remaining in the agreement. we respect president trump's decision but will continue to work closely with his administration on issues related to energy policy. there you have royal dutch/shell whose stock is

joining me now, george mitchell, former senator, former united states special envoy for middle east peace in the obama administration. so senator mitchell, always a pleasure to have you. welcome back. >> thank you, brooke. >> you know, you just heard the secretary talking about those conversations with china, wanting open and frank dialogue. i read the tweet from the president. do you think that tweet made secretary tillerson's job a tad tougher today? >> well, i think all of the commentary is correct in suggesting that the short-term interests of the united states and china with respect to north korea coincide. neither wants an immediate collapse of the regime, particularly with the uncertainty about their nuclear -- the difficulty is that the long-term interests, the strategic interests of the united states and china are diametrically opposite with respect to the korean peninsula. we would like to see a unified korea with a democratic system. the chinese don't want that. they don't want this regime to be as unstable and disruptive as it is, but the last thing they want is a unified demo

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patenaude including a letter signed by bob dole and george mitchell without objection. so ordered.f you on your nominations to these very important offices and thank you for your willingness to serve. senator brown. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. hassett. ms. patenaude. welcome, senator sheen, my senator and friend from ohio, senator portman nice to see you. thanks for holding this hearing. i look forward to hearing the views of the two witnesses on economy, housing, community development. ms. patenaude comes to us with a long resume of development programs, hud management and housing advocacy. more recently housing america's families in a report entitled the silent housing crisis, the foundation report of having access to safe and affordable housing has long been recognized as a part of america's critical compact with his citizens. i look forward to hearing her views particularly since her past advocacy seems at odds with the approach that hud has taken in its budget proposal. mr. hassett has done important work related to the policies that drove manufacturing out of ohio communi

mitchell. >> reporter: tonight, hours after a u.s. f/a-18 from the george h.w. bush aircraft carrier, shot down a syrian jet for the first time, russia now threatening to target american warplanes. the u.s. launching that attack after it says syria kept bombing u.s.-backed ground forces despite warnings to syria's russian allies on a military hot line. >> we called -- the u.s. called the russians on that deconfliction telephone line that we've set up with them and the russians said, no, we're not going to abide by that. >> reporter: today the russians suspending the hot line set up to prevent the two superpowers from firing on each other, even on purpose or by accident. the american commanders trying to avoid retaliation, tonight flying fewer strike missions and more surveillance over syria. >> i'm also confident that our forces have the capability to take care of themselves. >> reporter: the last time russia threatened to cut the hot line in april when the president fired cruise missiles at a syrian air base after the regime used chemical weapons. that time mos

mitchell) oh. if i could get everyone to raise their glass as i quote from one of our nation's great fathers-- jefferson. george jefferson. "i never dreamed that one of my own "would be going off to a university, "but here i stand, a proud black man, knowing that all those hours i put in at the dry cleaner--" phil. not now, weezie. where was i? quoting that president. okay, if she's the future of america, we should start using chinese money now. (scoffs) we already are. my arm is tired. to haley. to haley! (glasses clink) and before everyone puts their glasses down, uh, uh, we're also very proud of lily. tomorrow is her first day of kindergarten. to lily. (gloria) oh, lily. (phil) to lily. to lily. and you'll be impressed to know that she's gonna be one of the smartest girls there. lily, sweetie, what's the square root of 64? 8. (haley) wow. (jay) hey! nice trick. hey, lily, what's the square root of this potato? 8. congratulations. you have a parrot. (mouths words) we couldn't even get through the toast to haley before you pulled focus to lily. oh, come on. it's--it's a big day for both of them. huh? haley goi

mitchell, thank you very much. and that sets the table nicely for james baker, who served as secretary of state under president george h.w. bush and chief of staff to ronald reagan and president bush. he's with us along with tom brokaw, secretary baker, secretary brokaw, great to see you both. >> later this afternoon we'll find out if prt is going to pull the united states out of the paris climate accord. during his inaugural address he said he would make no decisions that wouldn't put america first and wouldn't be what is bes for america before it is best for others. is pulling us out of the paris climate accord the best for america? >> i hope he doesn't pull us out of the paris accord. on the other hand, it is important to have something to point to that would fulfill our obligations under the accord rather than just walking away from it. and i have proposed to the white house a carbon dividends proposal where we would impose a carbon tax, but rebate it all to the american people so it doesn't grow government. it's conservative, free market, limited government and internationally competitive. that would put us in c