robert murray? he's a piece of work.the ceo of america's largest coal company will join us at 8:30 a.m. eastern. he'll be in a really good mood. >>> welcome back to "squawk box." right now it's time for the executive edge. we will start with a tweet from president trump just moments ago. this is what the president tweeted this morning. he said going to charleston, south carolina in order to spend time with boeing and talk jobs. look forward to it. of course earlier this week workers at boeing's south carolina plant voted to reject union representation. separately president trump keeping his promise to the coal miners who voted for him. he told them in rallies he would bring back coal big league, and he is taking a big step. contessa brewer joins us from ohio with more on that. >> reporter: i'm at the point where ohio meets west virginia. around here coal means dollars and jobs. what you see at this transfer facility is trucks bringing in massive loads of coal from the surrounding hillsides, loading it on to barges and tr

robert murray, the ceo of murray energy corps. they're the nation's largest coal producer.irate either. dagen: kathy. >> mitch mcconnell fro from kentucky wasn't even happy about this. he said the regulation of the coaling industry actually gives more jobs in kentucky. so mitch mcconnell wasn't happy with this. i can't see why anybody else would be. dagen: jonas. >> there's going to be more job coming up. this wasn't adding to a lower regulation cost, it was to keep streams clean. you can remove all the regulations on a car, and you can lower the price of a car without airbags and all of this garbage but the better off as a society and that's what it boils down on to is this regulation the cost of the industry better that will not alternative. that's really the plus or the minus for all of these regulations. and there's a lot of regulations that probably need to go that doesn't mean. dagen: mitch mcconnell said this was a job killer, and he wanted to get rid of this. >> but in the coal industry -- you've got a lot of coal jobs in china. meanwhile you have to wear a mask whe

robert murray is the founder and chairman of the murray energy company.trump's move yesterday to repeal the stream protection rule what that means from an energy perspective and from his company's business lines. and we'll be turning our focus towards washington with the former senate majority leader, george mitchell. he will talk about our relationship with israel, our relationship with russia, and that press conference yesterday, too. a lot to of things coming up. we'll see you guys -- by the way, andrew is out. we have a surprise guest. you have to tune in to find out who it is. >> intriguing. >> i was going to get wilfred. >> right here. right here, but i won't turn the camera over there. >> i'm intrigued now. >> i would have watched any way. "squawk box" starts in ten minutes. >> thanks. >> that special treat coming up. >>> still to come, a busy day ahead for investors as they gear up for a long weekend. michael farr joins us after the break. their experience is coveted. their leadership is instinctive. they're experts in things you haven't heard of

robert murray has been on my show a lot, on your show a lot, he can compete with natural gas, get allnfortunately some of the damage can't be undone. talking so many jobs killed, so many power plant either shut down or begun the process, you know, that will hurt the demand no matter what. stuart: coal stocks down this morning. >> i'm surprised. arch coal got an upgrade, arch. put that one up. stuart: the hope for coal is clean coal, the new technology to clean it up, isn't it, that is the hope? >> general electric bought a company th crushes coal i think $20 billion, $30 billion, the french company. the ceo of ge went to france to promise he wouldn't lay people off. around the world outside of america, coal is number one source of energy and fastest gr it is nuts that we should be suffering when we have the biggest supply. stuart: the president fulfilling his promise. you got that right. thanks, charles. >>> look at this quote, this is a stunner. read this, sports fans. there is a whole area of climate so-called science more like a cult. it is like hauerry krishna or something like th

stuart: any environmentalist who is watching the program, they are saying, you, sir, robert murray, you more coal, we are going to burn more coal and we are going to get a whole lot co2 emissions and you, sir, are killing the planet, that's what they are saying, what's your response? >> my response isly take what the obama epa said in his study, you can shut down every coal fire plant, stuart, in the united states of america and it would have inmeasurable effect, that's their word on global temperatures, 0.0-degrees fahrenheit, that is inmeasurable. stuart: so, you're not a polluter and you're going to produce more coal? >> i care just as much about the environment as radical environmentalists but i also care about jobs and america. it was so reward to go see my coal miners there on thursday with the president with their boots on in the oval office. stuart: are you going to hire more coal people in your company? >> yes, if we can get the markets back. the bill he signed thursday was just the start. there are many, many more that we have to get rid of including the clean power plant whic

then murray jumped in showing the similarities between carr and actor robert pattinson. the quarterback posted a picture of murray who apparently looks a lot like wesley snipes in the movie blade. just a little. >>> and i'm dennis o'donnell. coming up, how a love story at pebble beach could be two years in the making. and the 49ers unveil their new regime. how new head coach kyle shanahan is dealing with that super bowl letdown. straight ahead. >> and what's cool about your school? email your nomination to us at coolschools@kpix.com and we may feature your school on the show. play o' the day from college ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, oregon at u-c- l-a... site of the >>> good morning. it was a week ago in pennsylvania, right? but punxsutawney phil was showing up yesterday in santa clara. back to 2015, there's jed york introducing jim tomsula. last year chip kelly met the media with trent baalke and york. and today general manager john lynch and head coach kyle shanahan were jointly introduced. shanahan is trying to turn the page from criticism but play calling in the super bowl cl

murray mcdonald calling the "comedian" it sputters along with little spark and jesse has singer writes robertre of a dirty grandpa than a king of comedy. >> oh, really? from the little tease we saw there, it looked good. >> apparently those were the only comedic parts of that entire flick. >> that is the news for this half hour. >> remember to follow us on facebook at wnnfans.com. it's friday. friyea. >>> this morning on "world news now," the president's tough message to iran. >> abc news has learned that the trump administration intends to place new sanctions on iran as the president says nothing is off the table, including military action. meanwhile, the white house is changing its stance on another key issue in the middle east. >> and over on capitol hill, a rare early morning vote is set over the controversial education secretary nominee, the polarizing figure barometering a flood of phone calls urging congress to deny her that position. this as the house votes to overturn a law barring some mentally ill from buying guns. details ahead. >>> foul call? a junior high school student hoping t

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