dioxide that humans have added to the atmosphere, into the ocean >>> but on captiol hill, republican james inhoferman of the powerful senate, environmental and public works committee, disputes the idea that humans are fueling climate change. >> the climate is changing and always has. >>> he led a 98-1 vote agreeing that climate change is not a hoax. >> the hoax is people are so arrogant that they think they have the power to change climate. that is the hoax, not the fact that climate is changing. "techknow" invited that senator and the other republican members from the environmental committee to appear. all declined or did not respond. >> first of all, it's interesting that senator inhofe argued only god could change the climate and not long after the pope issued a statement saying the human impacts on climate is a great test for humanity. >> why is this issue political in this country? >> the fundamental reason is the misperception that being in favour of addressing the climate change challenge is against jobs in the economy. >> i'm not afraid to stand up to big oil. it does us no good to punish

. >> but i do think it will increasingly seem ridiculous to have the position, of james inhofe, that it's a hoax, and it will become kind of a threshold issue, like, are you a person can i take seriously or not in a general sense. >> that's what happened to the republicans in 2012. romney is a serious person, but the republican primary made the whole party look ridiculous. i think that could happen again. these guys are out there, they're saying ridiculous things. rick scott, and of course, the media amplifies it, because the media always is going to amplify the absurdist. we complain about that when it happens to us. but when it's happening to them -- >> right. >> i think they are going to get hammered and there will be other issues like this. they'll have to be really careful of income inequality. that's a big one, and a lot of republican conservatives who are working class are really upset about what's happening to their incomes and the republicans are doing nothing but giving all of the money away to the corporations and the republicans know that. the republican voters know that.

that clearly indicates that climate change is real," said noted global warming denier senator james inhofes then knocked off the podium by a beach ball-sized hailstone. [ laughter ] [ applause ] see what you miss? when you don't read all the way to the end of a news story? very important. turning to entertainment news -- "x-men character ice man outed as gay." okay, so this article says that in the latest comic, it was revealed that iceman, the long-time superhero, an original member of the x-men is gay. but let's check out the last line of a that news story -- "inspired by iceman's courage, aquaman held a press conference and came out as totally lame. [ laughter ] so glad you finally had the courage. we all knew aquaman. you were never fooling any us. in the all important one direction news -- "stephen hawking has a message for zayn malik's one direction fans." this is an actual article. world renowned physicist stephen hawking says there could be possibly be alternate universes where zayn is still in one direction. [ laughter ] let's go to the bottom of the news story. "hawking concluded

junco my senior senator, james and senator inhofe. it is kind of cool to see these two pretty important people in the senate, they took their time to spend time with these kids. brian: what did you learn from the parents on the dobbs show? junco senator injohn: senator inhofe is not a huge fan of john kerry. he is really interested in what is going on in syria. his people are giving him updates. the troop movement in tikrit. he is still interested in the goings-on overseas. brian: thank you, sir. yes, ma'am? >> i was also impressed -- brian: let me just have you do this. ioana: i was also interested in the talk about the government shutdown and how people were unable to cooperate and unable to communicate, and she challenged us to increase our ethical behavior and be far more respectful of others so that when we grow up, our political environment and our human environment is far more productive. brian: we will have to wrestle that microphone from you. it is tough here this morning. what do you want to do? ioana: i was definitely inter

senator james in half -- inhofe on earth day. we want to hear from our viewers on the confirmation vote on loretta lynch. you can watch it on c-span two. harless from staten island, new york. -- carl. caller: my opinion on the matter is the attorney general is one of the most important positions. my point of view is it's a matter of trust, not a black and white issue. nothing to do with race. in my case, i was a volunteer on a political campaign and i found that i had my tax returns disappear. also, a third party had provided information to the department of labor. after i was furloughed from a federal job. there is what we call the existence of lists in our country that are being administered by the justice department. there were veterans being placed on certain lists to prevent them from doing this or that. it is an fringing on their rights. this is the type of tactic that was employed by the nazis during world war ii. it is for a common in the justice department and that's what i would like to say. this is a matter of trust an