mr. pruitt is not a pro-growth, pro-economic decision. it is simply responding, unfortunately, to political forces that drove this administration to power from the fossil fuel industry. the overwhelm saving glace of mr. pruitt's order he allows a large and long public comment period for the people of this country who do care about clean air and who do care about our environment to weigh in on this reckless decision that turns the clock back for public health and safety, and for our economy. because that's where the growth is going to be is in renewables. not power production of the past. it is not a war on coal. coal production is not singled out in the clean power plant regulations. but what it does say is that any plant, whether it's coal or whether it's natural gas or whether it's solar panels, you've got to address the question of carbon emissions. you don't get to produce that power and then leave a mess behind you. and that is a very simple principle which i think every american can understand and unfortunately is about to be torped

mr. pruitt did not even look at the work that had been done.ics on this look -- >> the optics on this are right. went him to an administrator and got him to reverse what an entire department had worked for years. >> then what you're glasses on because you're not seeing the right optics. >> reporter: it's called a clean water act designation, so rare it's only happened like this one other time in the epa's history. it was put on bristol bay, alaska specifically to stop pebble mine even before its owners applied for a mining permit. the minors sued for epa saying it wasn't treated fairly. and the same morning pruitt met with with the mining company he also agreed to settle that lawsuit as well. to understand the significance of pruitt's decisions that day, you must first understand why the protections were put on bristol bay in the first place. bristol bay and its tributaries are home to one of the world's largest and pristine salmon fisheries, almost half of the world's sockeye salmon come from here. this is among one of the last places on the e

mr. pruitt's done that's slipped under the radar. e decisions to make the protection of a pristine area in alaska. pruitt made a decision after meeting with a mining executive. we have exclusive new details how on that meeting took place and what's at stake. >> the meeting at e pa headquarters was brief and to the point. by the time it ended a mining company hoping to decision for -- and got what it wanted. monday, may 1st got what it want. it asked scott prosecuted to withdraw restrictions on alaska's police toll bay, they were put there by the obama administration to stop that company from building a massive mine. pruitt agreed. little more than an hour after pruitt met with the mining ceo, e pa staffers were shocked to receive this e-mail obtained exclusively by cnn. which says, wev directed by the administrate to withdraw the restrictions. the proposed protection of that pristine area was being removed. pruitt opened the door to what could become the largest open pit mines in the world. according to multiple sources he made that d

mr. pruitt is wasting taxpayer dollars.e's wasting money that a process took place, eight hearings, lots of scientific review, that basically said, what i consider something that you know is too dangerous. so the issue is that the scientists determine that it was too risky. so we need to base our decisions on that science and quit wasting money from the taxpayers. and ultimately, ruining a fishery that so many jobs and so many family wages depend on. >> cnn did some analysis on secretary pruitt's meetings between april and september, they found that pruitt held 100 meetings with representatives of the fossil fuel industry during the time, only five with environmentalists or scientists. does that concern you? >> yes. absolutely. this is not what we expect the head of the environmental protection agency to do. we expect them to try to protect the environment. it is the resource of all people. it is not a special interest for sale sign that should be in the lobby of the epa. >> so what's next? what would you like to see happen

withdraw from the clean power plan which aims to limit carbon emissions from coal fired power plants mr pruitt like president trump rejects the scientific consensus that manmade emissions are the primary driver of climate change. do you remember this if you first saw it it's been pretty hard to forget. a famous icelandic sunday class i did echoed around the stadiums of the twenty sixteen rippin championships well the club will be heard next year's world cup after iceland became the smallest nation to ever qualify for the world cup the vikings ended up topping their group after beating cost of the population of about three hundred thirty thousand it's preparing a new wave of thunderclaps. on icelandic presenter proudly announce the historic achievement wearing a national team jersey. goals by girl fees sigurdsson and johan good months and sealed the two nil victory over kosovo to set the party going in the icelandic capital reykjavik. after the match the country's president captured the mood in typical icelandic modesty. that that instead pride enjoyed come to mind this is one of the biggest mo

mr. pruitt did not look at what the work had been done? >> not a science decision.the optics on this look -- >> the optics on this are right. they don't look bad. >> this looks like a head of a gold mine went to a new administrator and got him to reverse what an entire department worked on for years. >> put your glasses back on. you're not seeing the right optics. >> reporter: the obama epa protection detailed in hundreds of pamges is called a clean watr act designation. so rare it's only happened like this one other time in the epa's history. it was put on bristol bay to stop pebble mine before the owners applied for a permit. the mining company sued the epa saying it wasn't treated fairly. the same morning pruitt met with mining company he agreed to settle that lawsuit as well. to understand the significance of the decision that day, you must first understand why the protection was placed on bristol bay in first place. it's home to one of the world's largest and most pristine salmon fisheries roughly half the world's wild sock eye salmon come from here. this water

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mr. pruitt was a "throw the kitchen sink" set of arguments at epa to try not just to delay these standardsto improve these protections adopted epa, but to void them, to nullify them. >> narrator: pruitt would eventually challenge the obama epa 14 times, claiming the agency had reached beyond its authority. most of the legal claims are still unresolved. >> scott's a baseball player. he's going to get up, keep swinging. if he thinks it's the right thing to do, he's going to get up and keep swinging. >> narrator: pruitt swung hardest at the clean power plan, which the epa finally announced in 2015. >> hi, everyone. i'm gina mccarthy, administrator of the united states environmental protection agency. i am so proud to let you know that the united states has just taken a big step forward on climate change. >> narrator: the plan called on states to reduce carbon emissions from fossil fuel power plants by the year 2030. >> it didn't require all coal and gas and oil to be phased out in the country. it didn't ban the use of fossil fuels. it didn't require any power stations in this country to retir

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mr. pruitt of the cut in these programs these incentives are getting to wind and solar? >> i can give you a yes or no. i continue, referring back to to what i said about my children. there is a place for these subsidies as we build innovation and we commercialize it. there's some point that you say you're on your own, you can stand or fall on the market. i would suggest to you that both the solar and wind energy is approaching that very mature stage. you can't, on one hand, say we are this clear delivery of the baseload of energy, but we need to be, continue to be treated like we were we were not that mature. finding the balance and finding the right time to say you are mature enough, out the door spins i will say america is hurting big-time and these investment tax credits for solar, for wind, sosa been very, very wonderful for rural america, for our farmers and for clean renewable energy and also for making sure that we are secure. the energy sector, and that is national defense as far as i'm concerned. i really was hoping you can cod give me a yes or no weather you ag

mr. pruitt.you said this is the family, we are americans, we are real people and when you say you are going to take us out of work, hundreds of people are affected and here is my family. we talked about it all the time during the campaign because it was really effective. how did you go from that table right there to running for senate? >> well a few days after we met her, we were able to attend the trump rally in charleston, west virginia. and one of the things that really resonated for us was everyone that we ran into that day stopped to shake our hands or to -- several people wanted to take a picture with me and said, you know, you didn't just represent coal, you represented us. you represented our entire state. and everyone said, you know, thank you for the way you handled yourself, that you stood up to her but you did it respectfully. and it just kind of gave us a thought that this was something we could do. brian: right. >> long-term. steve: bo, 10-second answer. you are running for joe manc

mr. pruitt, that we've got to end these programs, these incentives that we're giving to wind and solar? >> i can't give you a yes or no. i can give you -- refer you back to what i said about my children earlier in the -- there's a place for these subsidies as we build innovation and we commercialize it. there's some point that you say, you're on your own, you can stand or fall on the market. and i will suggest to you that both the solar and the wind energy is approaching that very mature stage. you can't on one hand say, you know, we are this clear deliverer of a base load of energy, oh, but we need to be -- continue to be treated like we were when we were not that mature. so finding the balance there and finding the right time to say, you know, you're mature enough, out the door -- >> well, i will say that rural america is hurting big-time. and these investment tax credits for solar and production tax credits for wind has been -- those have been very, very wonderful for rural america, for our farmers. and for clean renewable energy. and also for making sure that we are secure. the ener

mr. pruitt of the cut in these debts we have to end of these these incentives are getting to wind and solar? i can't give you a yes or no. i continue, referring back to to what i said about my children. there is a place for these subsidies as we build innovation and we commercialize it. there's some point that you say you're on your own, you can stand or fall on the market. i would suggest to you that both the solar and wind energy is approaching that very mature stage. you can't, on one hand, say we are this clear delivery of the -- this clear deliverer of the baseload of energy, but we need to be, continue to be treated like we were we were not that mature. finding the balance and finding the right time to say you are mature enough, out the door -- rep. loebsack: i will say america is hurting big-time and these investment tax credits for solar, for wind, sosa been very, -- those have been very, very wonderful for rural america, for our farmers and for clean renewable energy and also for making sure that we are secure. the energy sector, and that is national defense as far as i'm concerned

i welcome the news that administrator pruitt will seek to limit this practice. mr. president, i laid out a few of the many great things that the e.p.a. is doing right now and what administrator pruitt is doing. he was -- i got to know him a long time ago. in fact, i flew him around the state in my airplane back when he ran for the first statewide office, and he's a tiger, he's doing the right thing, and i'm very proud of what they are doing. after this morning, the e.p.a. is advancing five e.p.a. nominees for e.p.a. general council and for thes offices of -- for the offices of air, and safety in water. i talked about this -- scott pruitt has been working on so much of the president's agenda, the conservative agenda and he needs help on these policies. i call on my colleagues and the leadership to prioritize these nominations. you can't get stuff done unless you get help. in the past we have never seen a time when we got this far into a -- into an administration and had this large a number much people not confirmed. i want to mention one other thing because for some r

he met with scott pruitt who was in kentucky. mr. trump has promised to end the program there. an act critics say would isolate the u.s. >> no single regulation threatens our miners, energy workers and companies more than this crushing attack on american industry. >> reporter: the president played golf yesterday with lindsey graham of south carolina, a friendly republican senator when the president needs as much of those as he can find. later today he has lunch with the defense secretary james mattis and rex tillerson. the president could overrule both if later this week as expected he desert fis the iran nuclear deal. >> thanks, major. >>> hurricane maria struck puerto rico nearly three weeks ago. 85% of the island is still without electricity. that is nearly 3 million americans without power. puerto rico's governor is asking washington for an additional $4.6 billion in emergency relief. david begnaud is back in san juan where the governor says they're struggling to meet people's basic needs. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. 20 days after maria made landfall people are

mr. murray, thank you for joining us. first of all, let me just ask you your reaction the what administrator pruitt did today. >> we fullyport president trump and administrator prosecute's -- pruitt's decision to repeal the clean power plants. it will preserve low-cost, reliable electric power in america for those families on fixed incomes that are paying out 21% of their earnings for energy and for those single moms that are paying out the same amount. ms. mccarthy was wrong in her statement, blatantly wrong and misleading. we paid out $15 billion, the american taxpayer did last year for wind mills and solar panels for subsidies. it costs 26 cents a kilowatt hour. coal-fired power costs 4 cents an hour. gina mccarthy and barack obama destroyed reliable, low-cost electricity in america, and donald trump and scott pruitt are trying to bring it back. >> yang: let me ask you also about this question about whether or not there should be regulation on carbon dioxide at all. the chamber of commerce, the national association of manufacturers, the edison electric institute say that... acknowledge there probably will be some regu

mr. senator. very responsive. thank you, sir. >>> all right, check the market. this is rally 1/2. we're up 112 points. 23,110. >>> cnn reporter blasting, a cnn reporter, i should say, blasting epa administrator scott pruitting pruitt wants to let a mining company destroy pristine alaskan wilderness. john stossel is not buying that. the only scandal here is cnn's hit job on the trump administration. stossel after this. if you're on medicare, remember, the open enrollment period is here. the time to choose your medicare coverage... begins october 15th and ends december 7th. so call unitedhealthcare to learn about... a plan that could give you the benefits you're looking for. it's the aarp medicarecomplete plan insured through unitedhealthcare. what makes it complete? it can combine medicare parts a and b, which is your hospital and doctor coverage... with part d prescription drug coverage, and more, all in one simple plan... for a low monthly premium or in some areas, no plan premium at all. an aarp medicarecomplete plan offers you benefits like an annual physical, preventive screenings and most immunizations... all for a $0 copay. you'll also have access to a local network of doctors and much more. you ca

mcconnell appeared with scott pruitt was was in kentucky to announce the coal power plant. mr.rump has promised to end the program, an act critics say would isolate the u.s. >> no single regulation threatens our miners, energy workers and more than this crushing attack on american industry. >> reporter: the president played golf yesterday with lindsey graham of south carolina, a friendly senate republican, when the president needs as many of those as he can find. in just a couple hours here at the white house, the president will have lunch with secretary of state rex tillerson and defense secretary james mattis. the president could overrule both if, as expected, later this week he decertifies the iran nuclear deal. >> thanks, major. hurricane maria struck puerto rico and 85% of the island is without electricity, nearly 3 million americans without power. puerto rico asking for an additional $4.6 billion in emergency relief. david begnaud is back in san juan, puerto rico where the governor says they're struggling to meet people's basic needs. david, good morning. >> reporter: cha