so james inhofe is the one who's stepping up in particular. host: one of the key differences between the house and senate versions of the bill was a provision involving the chinese telecom company z.t.e. how does z.t.e. figure in each bill and how is the issue resolved? john: well, the senate had a provision that would have basically barred american companies from exporting to this chinese company z.t.e. which is controversial, we should point out, because it was found to have violated u.s. sanctions and trading with north korea and iran and it's widely considered to be an espionage threat that's tied to the people's liberation army in china. and so there's a lot of member concern about doing business with this company and a lot of insistence on penalizing them. the administration did not want to have this ban. they have instituted fines and other punitive actions against z.t.e. so the senate provision that would have blocked private business with z.t.e. was stripped out. what the bill retains is a ban on the u.s. government buying phones and

is a former coal industry lobbyist and a former chief of staff to republican oklahoma senator james inhofe. some say that he is expected to carry out the same agenda but he is more likely to stay under the radar. >>> officials in thailand say that time is running out for the 12 boys and their soccer coach trapped in a flooded cave and now they are dealing a death in the rescue effort. a former navy seal died during a mission to get oxygen to the boys. he ran out of air under water. authorities overseeing the rescue say the weather is getting worst and oxygen levels in the cave are running low. the kids, 11 to 16 and their coach have been trapped since june 23rd. >>> a man from antioch may have to spend months in the hospital after a fireworks explosion badly hurt his hands and his eye. the family of the 33-year-old say that he found fireworks, possibly a roman candle in a trash dumpster and lit it. it exploded, blewing off parts of his fingers on his hand and hit him in the eye with shrapnel. >> called my attention instantly. like a big bomb. i looked outside and all i saw was the smoke an

the early 1990s focusing on toxic pollution control then he went to work for republican senator james inhofe, swell-known climate change teeptic. most recently he's been a coal industry lobbyist and vice anesident of something called the washington coal club. environmental groups describe wheeler as sort of a scandal free replica of pruitt, conservatives say they expect wheeler to continue the deregulatory work in washington. >> golodryga: i want to switch to another to another topic, supruse the president said today he will announce a supreme court pick monday at 9:00 p.m. eastern p.me, what are you hearing about who may be on his short list right now. >> reporter: we were told the president has confined his list down to three. raymond ketheledge, amy coney barrett and bret kavanagh all sitting on federal appeals court. there are various factions in covor of all three. the president said will make his decision on sunday, announce it to the country on monday evening here at the white house. the president said it was unlikely he will conduct any additional interviews about this while is he in

pruitt's a perfect example, the person who's coming after him, a former coal lobbyist who worked for james inhofe, sort of the most notorious climate crank on capitol hill i think it's fair to say. you know, the idea is like, yes, a less ostentatious individual is not an improvement. aren't you worried about wheeler? >> of course, we are very worried. he is a coal lobbyist. he is going to undermine the mission at epa as well. and part of the reason that it's so important that these investigations are carried out and really andrew wheeler in his acting position shouldn't go forward with any policy decisions until we get a full sense of the corruption within the agency. he's part of that problem right now. until he steps out and says that he's not going to really carry out all the problems and all the scandal that we saw with administrator pruitt. >> i'm sometimes amazed the white house gets through the day. given what i have heard about how it operates and just the sheer amount of vacancies they have and the processes that do not seem to be in place to make the place function smoothly. >> right. i

he is a long-time washington lobbyist and worked on capitol hill for james inhofe and epa. he knows the ins and outs of the regulations. he could be more effective than pruitt because we won't have the ethical standard scandals headlining. >> something you wrote caught my eye. wheeler is expected to run a more conventional and inclusive policy process even though the end result is similar to those of pruitt. what do you mean? >> one thing that upset people at the agency is administrator pruitt was exclusive with the way he was seeking advice and rolling out regulations, which is one reason he's not been as successful and as far along repealing the regulations because he hasn't been following protocol as much as before. you could call it, he's not a swamp creature, but not following the rules the swamp has been following for decades. andrew wheeler is said to take the input of staffers more. that doesn't mean he will end up on a different spot, he won't. he will end up in the same spot as pruitt. >> pruitt is skeptical on climate change being due to us. >> he's not going to