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was the right hand to gina mccarthy. do you know what his specialty was? global warming. gina mccarthy's right-hand man makes $150,000 per year, and they started looking at his attendance record, and he had not been to work and like six months. and they to his boss, did something extraordinary. they actually asked his boss, why is he not showing up for work? he works for the cia and the epa. really? so they went to the cia, and , and theyjonathan said jonathan who? never heard of him. he had lied for 11 years and was just not showing up. so i imagine this guy with a swimming pool because he makes $100,000 per year, and his boss calls and says, jonathan, are you coming in? i am in istanbul. a secret assignment. this is your government from top to bottom. recently, you might have heard about ebola. anybody not heard about ebola? so when something bad happens, and government does have a responsibility, they say republicans did not give us enough money. the last 10 years, the nih got $40 billion just for infectious disease. do you know how much they spent on ebola? less than

he was the right hand to gina mccarthy. do you know what his specialty was? global warming. so gina mccarthy's right-hand man makes $150,000 per year, and they started looking at his attendance record, and he had not been to work and like six months. they went to his boss, and they did something extraordinary. they actually asked his boss, why is he not showing up for work? he works for the cia and the epa. really? so they went to the cia, and they said jonathan, and they said jonathan who? never heard of him. he had lied for 11 years and was just not showing up. so i imagine this guy with a swimming pool because he makes $100,000 per year, and his boss calls and says, jonathan, are you coming in? i am in istanbul. [laughter] a secret assignment. this is your government from top to bottom. recently, you might have heard about ebola. anybody not heard about ebola? so when something bad happens, and government does have a responsibility, they say republicans did not give us enough money. the last 10 years, the nih got $40 billion just for infectious disease. do you know how mu

next, epa administrator gina mccarthy talks to reporters about the obama administration's environmental policy. she is asked if she thinks if the incoming congress will try to limit the epa. mccarthy spoke at a forum hosted by the christian science monitor. >> here we go. i'm from "the monitor." our guest this morning is gina mccarthy. her last visit with our group was in september, 2013. we thank her for being here. she graduated from the university of massachusetts with a degree in social anthropology. primitive cultures was a great training for government work. she went on to graduate with environmental health planning. she began her career in 1980. from there, she went on to positions of increasing influence of the environmental field, first in massachusetts where she got appointed by two governments who shared little else in common. she moved to slightly south in 2004 to become head of connecticut's epa. president obama nominated her to be the assistant administrator in 2009, where she earned the nickname the green quarterback. the administrator and her husband have three grown chi

i am joined today by administrator gina mccarthy of the environmental protection agency. settlement will send an unmistakable message to complyers that they must and must be forthcoming about forthcoming with the epa about critical certification requirements-- and that the u.s. department of justice will never rest in our determination to protect american consumers. we are announcing today that the united states has filed a complaint in federal district court alleging that hyundai motor america, kia motors america, and related entities violated the clean air act by selling roughly 1.2 million cars -- throughout the united states -- based on inaccurate representations of the vehicle'' performance and emissions. for context, beginning in 2012, hyundai and kia, like all other light duty car makers, had to meet certain greenhouse gas emission limits. these emissions correlate with the fuel efficiency of a vehicle -- because, in essence, the more fuel efficient your car happens to be, in miles per gallon, the less greenhouse gas it emits. the clean air act requires car manufac

at this time i'd like to introduce gina mccarthy who will provide additional details on today's announcement. gina? >> first of all, let's lower the microphone a little bit. hello, everybody. first of all, let me thank attorney general holder for having us here today and for his pickup on today's -- his partnership on today's announcement as well as, of course, acting assistant ag hirsh for all of his work and all the team at doj. and i also want to thank cynthia giles who's here. she is the head of epa's enforcement office. i want to recognize phil brooks who's done tremendous work here. he runs our air enforcement division. i also want to congratulate janet mccabe and chris and the whole team at epa for working so hard to make good on our rules that epa so creatively and, i think, so effectively worked with this community to put in place. so thanks, everybody, for this. first of all, the light-duty vehicle rule was, and let me remind everybody, it was the first time epa actually acted to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. we acted under the clean air act. and we were addressing vehicle emi

he was the right hand to gina mccarthy. do you know what his specialty was? global warming. so gina mccarthy's right-hand man makes $150,000 per year, and they started looking at his attendance record, and he had not been to work and like six months. they went to his boss, and they did something extraordinary. they actually asked his boss, why is he not showing up for work? he works for the cia and the epa. really? so they went to the cia, and they said jonathan, and they said jonathan who? never heard of him. he had lied for 11 years and was just not showing up. so i imagine this guy with a swimming pool because he makes $100,000 per year, and his boss calls and says, jonathan, are you coming in? i am in istanbul. a secret assignment. this is your government from top to bottom. recently, you might have heard about ebola. anybody not heard about ebola? so when something bad happens, and government does have a responsibility, they say republicans did not give us enough money. the last 10 years, the nih got $40 billion just for infectious disease. do you know how much they spe

but epa administrator gina mccarthy says that's overreacting, she says we have cut air pollution over 70% while our economy has tripled in size, the sky never fell. the tighter smog restrictions will save thousands of elys, prevent thousands of asthma a attacks. >> i feel very confident that the american people understand the value of epa. i am confident that for 40-plus years we have been able to do our job and continue to grow the economy. >> in 2011, president obama said the economy wasn't strong enough for the tighter smog restrictions. then the unemployment rate was 9.1%. now it's 5.8. but critics say the economy still isn't strong enough. the business round table says many counties, shown here in red, still don't meet the current standards and the head of the national see, of manufacturers says it's unclear how they'll meet the new ones for the deadline for most in 2025. >> you have to have some basis in reality to put a cost on technologies, that will be used to attain the standard. ive you don't know what those technologies are, if they haven't been created, they vfblt been in

our guest is gina mccarthy, administrator of the environmental protection agency. her last visit with our group was in september 2013. we thank her for being here at such a busy time. graduating from the university of massachusetts with a degree in social anthropology, leading her to quip about how a background in primitive cultures was great training for government work. she went on to earn a masters degree from tufts university in environmental health engineering and planning. our guest began her career in 19le 0 as suburban boston town's health agent. from there she went on to positions of increasing influence in the environmental field. first in massachusetts, where she managed the neat trick of getting appointed by two governors who shared little else in common, michael dukakis and mitt romney. she moved slightly south in 2004 to become head of connecticut's epa. president obama nominated her to be assistant administrator of the epa's office of air and radiation in 2009 where she earned the nickname as the president's green quarterback. she was appointed to ep

gina mccarthy, head of the epa, says the government does have a job to do. >> i would suggest to youlowing the way in which the energy world is actually developing, and we're doing the things that are necessary to protect public health and the environment. >> reporter: by the way, over the last 90 days the federal government has issued more than 6,000 new regulatory actions. bill, anyone can check 'em out, regulations.gov, keep an eye on what's going on. bill: 6,000. >> reporter: 6,000 plus. bill: duck. [laughter] thank you, shannon, in washington. martha: you think that's a flood, how about the flood that may be happening in upstate new york? a lot of snow out there too. could be a little tricky getting to turkey day, over the river and through the woods and all that. we'll tell you what's coming up when we come back. martha: so here's the deal, i am not a meteorologist. bill: yeah. martha: but i can tell you that that does not look good for folks going anywhere between d.c. and south of there all the way up to boston over the course of thanksgiving, and i'm one of them, so i wish e

visit ncicap.org] clerks gina mccarthy framed the of eight to the ground-level ozone standard as an imperative, bringing agency rules in line with the latest science with the agency's most burnable populations. >> though law based on review of that science and based on the independent science advisors, experts the epa science , and my judgment as the epa administrator, i am proposing to strengthen the standards to within a range of 65 to 75 parts per billion to try to protect americans' health. i am taking comment on setting the level to below 60 parts per billion. i am very mindful of the fact that my science advisors have indicated that it should be on the table as well as folks here at epa who have looked at this issue. so 60 is on the table for comment as well as consideration. taking a proposal so comment on the range of different outcomes is it exactly how we are supposed to do it and i am excited to get moving with that comment process because the conversation isn't over. this is an opportunity for us to look at all of the science together. >> some twitter reaction to the epa move. kevi

also, from "the washington times," the epa will be facing a lawsuit over epa administrator gina mccarthy's deleted text messages. lamar smith, texas republican, wants an investigation into what happened to her text messages. margaret, from cooper, texas, a democrat. good morning. caller: i would like to speak about something. widow of ava v.a. a my husband died those who years ago of vanilla spirit. i would like to bring up something. when my husband passed away, we had purchased insurance where we could receive two thirds of his salary if something should happen to him. but because he died of a service-connected illness, v.a. gave me care. get ae of that, i only very small amount from the svp, which is insurance that we pay for as americans. because he died from a service i am entitleds, to dic. so they offset the sep. the only way i can get that svp back is if i remarry, and i do not think too many people -- i know that is a thing with the v.a. right now, and i think it is very sad. i am already sad from my husband's death, and now i am slapped in the face with this once he passed away,

gina mccarthy, u.s.nk you for being with us this morning and explaining this situation. we'll be talking about it more, that's for sure. >> all right, chris, thanks so much for letting me be here. >> always. alisyn? >>> russia is escalating tensions with the u.s. over the conflict in ukraine. moscow plans to send long range bombers to patrol the gulf of mexico and the caribbean near american waters. this as surging violence in ukraine leaves four ukrainian soldiers dead. matthew chance hat the latest from moscow. >> reporter: thanks so much, alisyn, that's right. the criticism levied by the united states and nato against russia it's supplying combat troops and equipment to the separatists across the border in ukraine, categorically denied by russian ambassador, saying this is propaganda, it bears no reality to the situation on the ground excepting the fact the claims they provided no more than political support but nato the western military alliance and national observers on the ground both sighted milit