if martin schultz was elected chancellor, how would he change that tredirection? >> what we shouldn't do is take an anti-american course. i mean, i lived there for three years, we should never forget that the relations of the united states are very important for us, for europe and us too. and they will survive trump presidency differently yet when george bush led the united states and this war against iraq, the right wing government in germany withstood this policy, and angela merkel at that time, leader of the opposition was in washington and said she would go along with george bush. and i think same thing is happening right now. donald trump does a lot of things that are very worrisome for europe, make nationalistic developments in europe stronger. i think martin schultz will withstand that as much as he does that in other crises in terms of, for instance, the situation in turkey. angela merkel doesn't say much about that, and i think in germany many voters will expect that german leader would say to donald trump certain moments won't go with us in situation whe

at the moment, german politician martin schultz writes, "you can with draw from a climate agreement, not climate change. reality is not another statesman you show away." -- statesman you shove away." in the u.s., dan pfeiffer tweeted this -- a twitter user said that the fact that this was a zero-sum game between economic growth and the environment was a lie. so, the time, former president mohamed nasheed spoke about the challenges facing the maldives, where he used to be president, of course. mr. nasheed: small changes to climate and the levels have great impact on the maldives. global warming is leaching -- is leaching -- global warming is bleaching our corals. if you have your corals dying, there's little to see. the coral is the first line of defense against coastal erosion. there's a number of issues that we are having to face because of climate change. there is still a window of opportunity. i believe we can still survive, not only through mitigation but with very heavy adaptation, or different types of adaptation. we must be now thinking of a situation where the sea levels will

>> it's interesting that martin schultz, who is the candidate in the german election, has said this has trade implications to the united states, because if the united states pulls out, its companies will have a competitive advantage and it shouldn't expect the same trade agreements with the european union simply to remain as they are. so it's got political ramifications, moral ramifications, but trade ramifications as well. and, you know, as you say, china is now investing in new technologies as the united states and donald trump looks like it's taking a giant leap backwards toward coal. so west virginia and the coal miners may be happy. the rest of the world isn't. >> let's bring in u.s. special envoy for climate change who is a top climate negotiator for president obama, and also former rnc chairman. michael, i want to start with you. the president says he wants to protect jobs. bill and i were just talking about this. i've had this conversation now with anne thompson as well, our chief environmental correspondent. do the republicans fundamentally believe that they can create more job

it does now look like angela merkel is well ahead of martin schultz and will probably be re-elected in september insofar as we can trust the polls, but she had good regional victories recently. but, you know, she made a political statement a few days ago. it was said to be for domestic consumption, as europeans we need to look out for ourselves, that we cannot rely anymore on the united states. i'm not so sure that that was completely for domestic consumption. i think that's the conclusion they came to after, for example, a discussion about the paris climate accord which, as mitt romney said yesterday, is not just about the climate. this is a statement about american leadership in the world. >> bill, you're talking about how merkel is doing well right now in her re-election efforts. how much did donald trump help elect angela merkel -- reelect merkel? how big of a lift has his buffoonery been for merkel in her re-election efforts. a lot of people over the last year suggested she may not win. >> it's certainly a frosty relationship. there's no love lost between the two of them. he would

. >> this past weekend merkel's challenger, martin schultz went onto a full campaign mode, which essentially said forget 2%, we're never going to do that. so that would be playing on all the anti-american -- i thought he was going to be more responsible than that. but he's also 14 points behind merkel in the polls. so he clearly feels he has to do this. so there you go. these are memes or analysis people can pull up, and that will have an impact. on the other hand, i'm also seeing some of my social democrat friends on facebook agnizing over this saying oh, my god, now we're really going to hell in a hand basket. >> it's interesting to the fact it seems to be the case trump wasn't traveling to london because there was concern about protests there. and as compared to asia again, president trump is scheduled to go to the philippines, to vietnam later this year. he anticipated an invitation from president modi yesterday to go out to india. he'll likely go to japan and south korea as well. i don't think he'd face that kind of public opposition in those place. so it'd be interesting to see how it

trump's decision was german chancellor angela merkel's main competitor in the upcoming election, martin schultzho has been outspoken in his distaste for trump tweeting, you can withdraw from a climate agreement, but not from climate change. mr. trump, reality isn't just another statement you shove away. there's that. >> if you think about this as a mini brexit for trump, i think that's how they see this in the white house. this is another spoke out of the wheel of the sbinternational community. they see this as a way of dismantling a post world war ii order in which there was a global community and there were global citizens that were a part of the community that have a moral responsibility to lead. that's just not how they see the world. the problem with that, of course, it allows france and germany and other european leaders to step into that vacuum. >> and more important china. >> china is stepping up and saying, okay, they have the biggest solar panel industry in the world by far already. they're going to take the lead in clean energy technology and we're not. >> it's more than just climate

french, eric holdser, eric love, bob martin, ronald lunar, benjamin o'dell, richard philis, ryan rabal, henry smith, john wittle, mica harrison, gideon moran, robert schultz, and charles snead. mr. president, all my years of public service, these are among the most honorable men and women i've ever worked with. greater love h -- hath no man than this. the fact that they're willing to put their lives on the line to protect all of us speaks to their selflessness. their bravery, and their love of this institution and of country. elaine and i love each of these special agents deeply. we love their families, too. and these photos, you can see one of the team leaders, jason, hard at work. jason hates this photo, which is why i blew it up for national tv. the other photo is of a trip i took to all five of utah's national parks last year. during this trip, my security detail was with me every step of the way. these men and women never leave my side, and today i wish to thank them with all my heart for their service and their sacrifice. these are really great people, and we've enjoyed being together -- at least i've enjoyed being with them, we'll put it that way.

french, eric holdser, eric love, bob martin, ronald lunar, benjamin o'dell, richard philis, ryan rabal, henry smith, john wittle, mica harrison, gideon moran, robert schultz, and charles snead. mr. president, all my years of public service, these are among the most honorable men and women i've ever worked with. greater love h -- hath no man than this. the fact that they're willing to put their lives on the line to protect all of us speaks to their selflessness. their bravery, and their love of this institution and of country. elaine and i love each of these special agents deeply. we love their families, too. and these photos, you can see one of the team leaders, jason, hard at work. jason hates this photo, which is why i blew it up for national tv. the other photo is of a trip i took to all five of utah's national parks last year. during this trip, my security detail was with me every step of the way. these men and women never leave my side, and today i wish to thank them with all my heart for their service and their sacrifice. these are really great people, and we've enjoyed being together -- at least i've enjoyed being with them, we'll put it that way.