people like scott pruitt, he says it is a bad deal. the daughter of donald trump, and rex tillerson, they say america should stay in it. it is a measure of how much things have changed, that rex tillerson, who up until a few months ago he was the head of exxon mobil, the largest oil company in the world, is now a dissenting voice on the government's climate change policy. david doniger is a director at the natural resources defence council. he joins us from pasadena. david, good to talk to you. what do you make of the statement from scott pruitt? well, this is astounding, it is like having the surgeon general of the united states declared that smoking is not the primary cause of lung cancer. it is so outside the scientific mainstream. the good thing is he is being very plain about his views, which he has been hiding from the senate and hiding from the american people up to this time. i suppose in the interest of full disclosure, mr pruitt might have made claim he is not a climate scientist, even a scientist, he has a degree in politica

now, remarks from epa administrator scott pruitt. he delivered the keynote address at the national league of cities conference in washington -- washington, d.c. he was introduced by karen freeman wilson. this is just over 10 minutes. >> the poll is, in one word , describe how you feel about being an elected official. now, you've got to get your phones out. you have got to type it in. we're going to give you some chance. if you are like me yesterday, i didn't have a chance to answer because i wasn't doing it quick enough . i see honored, i see excited. --looks like honor is humbled. wow. humbled is trying to catch up. i think humbled, honored, sort of like no and -- neck and neck. honored and humbled is really important because we should be proud of the work that we do. it's also important for us to keep in mind why we got involved in local government in the first place. what motivated you to serve? yesterday, we asked a few of you that very question and here's what you had to say. ♪ >> iran for office -- i ran for wasce for many reas

scott pruitt stayed.ou talk about who was at that dinner. >> again, shows you what incredible status leonard the ohio. scott pruitt was in town for federalist society meeting. scott pruitt is very active in the federalist society. these are people with like-minded philosophies about the benefits of limited government. leonard approached scott and said, scott trust over friday night for dinner. i think you'll enjoy. scott pruitt shows up for the dinner -- it is in a basement, which is interesting. they don't specify why it was held in the basement location and washington, d.c. and who is at the dinner table but justice scalia and justice thomas. these are the kind of folks when leonard leo has a friday night dinner and a vice the attorney general from oklahoma to join them, these are the folks he has around the table. one of the interesting things, this little anecdote, which scott pruitt mention in a speech he gave in michigan last year, this came up during scott pruitt confirmation hearing because this m

people like scott pruitt, he says it is a bad deal. the daughter of donald trump, and rex tillerson, they say america should stay in it. it is a measure of how much things have changed, that rex tillerson, who up until a few months ago he was the head of exxon mobil, the largest oil company in the world, is now a dissenting voice on the government's climate change policy. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: the first ever female boxing world champion goes back to her roots to see her pioneering career honoured. the numbers of dead and wounded defied belief. this the worst terrorist atrocity on european soil in modern times. in less than 2a hours in the soviet union lost an elderly sick leader and replaced him with a dynamic figure 20 years hisjunior. we heard these gunshots from the gym. they came out of the exits and actually fired at our huts. god, we were all petrified. james earl ray, ages ai, sentenced to 99 years, and due for parole when he's 90, travelled from memphis jail to nashville state prison in an 8—car car convoy. p

scott pruitt isa comes as no surprise. scott pruitt is a well—known climate change sceptic.t protection agency in america say he is unconvinced that carbon dioxide contributes to global warming. that flies in the face of mainstream science and has been slammed by environmental groups. it also contradicts his very own agency's website. it has complications. any day now we are expecting an executive order from donald trump which would roll back many of barack 0bama's environmental regulations. there is also a fierce debate in the donald trump administration on whether or not to withdraw from the paris accord, the landmark achievement. scott pruitt says it is a bad deal. ivanka trump, the daughter of donald trump, rex tillerson, they say america should stay in it. it is a measure of how much things have changed, that rex tillerson, up until a few months ago was the head of exxon mobil, the largest oil company in the world, is now the contradicting voice for climate change within the government. the pakistani province of balochistan, remote and sparsely populated, doesn't featur

. >> live now at the national league of cities conference will be hearing from epa minister scott pruitt on u.s. water infrastructure. the conference is held at a downtown washington d.c. hotel pick delegates invited the administrator to address the needs and financing for upgrading and approving water infrastructure and can improve community resilience. support local community economies and the national economy. we will be hearing from the administrator shortly and introductions will be made by the mayor of gary indiana. [inaudible conversations] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> you are watching the national league of cities conference there will be hearing soon from epa minister scott pruitt who has been invited today to talk about u.s. water infrastructure. things have not gotten underway yet, still doing some of the luncheon here so while we wait for the administrator to appear on the stage we'll take a look at our conversation from earlier this morning about the health care law. this is from today's washington drupal.aud. >> host: a key component of the republican health care reform effort that wasn't ad

amy: that was scott pruitt the head of the epa's begin with cnbc host joe kernen. tt's comment defies scientific consensus about the laws of physics. the epa's own website even , in the time of trump features , a fact sheet declaring -- "greenhouse gases act like a blanket around the earth, trapping energy in the atmosphere and causing it to warm." on friday, one day after pruitt made the comment, the national oceanic and atmospheric administration revealed that the level of c carbon dioxide in the atmosphere had risen at a record pace for a second year in row. meanwhile president trump is , proposing to cut 25% from the epa's budget and eliliminate 300 jobs. trump's plan calls for the complete elimination of epa programs on climate change, toxic waste cleanup, environmenental justice, and funding for native alaskan villages. it would slash funding to states fofor clean air and water progrs by 30%. well, , we turn now to a longtie epa staffer who o resigned last week to protest the agency's new direction. mustafa ali is the former head of the epa's environmental jus

vice president mike pence interior secretary ryan zinke epa administrator scott pruitt and energy secretary rick perry spoke at the signing which included a group of coalminers. this is 25 minutes. [applause] [applause] >> administrator pruitt thank you for hosting us here today. this is an important day, an important opportunity. our nation's energy security is of paramount importance and the president with his signature on that executive order is going to set in motion government reforms designed to continue promoting clean air and water for the american people. america's leadership, the president's leadership on how we achieve energy independence while improving our environment in this country and abroad. it is determined more by the action this president is taking than at any time. and today we are taking another step, great step in breaking the restraints that have become burdens. this executive orders a rejection of the belief that the path forward on energy is through additional federal regulations. mr. president, you understand the path forward is through american ingenuity and entr

i am pleased to welcome to our stage scott pruitt. [applause] i am routinely assured by my friends on the left that he means to destroy the epa. [applause] i wish that were true but i don't think it actually is. he is not going to destroy it. quick question for you, so your home state of oklahoma, my home state of texas, pennsylvania where i lived for a while, all these states do a pretty good job of regulating oil and gas industry on their own which is complex piece of environmental regulation. i look at these things say what to the point of epa. i'm sure there is one. tell us what it is. >> kevin and i had a little conversation getting ready to come on stage, from texas, oklahoma, we have this day in october where we're not friends. >> only state we ever tried to give back to the indians. [laughter]. >> but maybe the discussion for another day. but as far as the epa is concerned there is an important role for the agency. there are air quality issues, water quality issues that cross state lines. what we've seen the last several years

scott pruitt's words. richard? >> couple points.umber one, to matt's point, we have seen over time that the price of energy overall has been on a downward sloping, meaning that shouldn't be a reason corporations are creating job. corporations are creating jobbing because they feel like the current environment may not be as friendly. to the coal argument that mr. pruitt is making, that is factorially correct. a coal pwa baron said it isn't regulations that have hurt coal, it's technology and competition. these coal jobs are not coming back. so when the head of the coal baron of america said these coal jobs rrpblt coming back, i don't care what regulation donald trump wants to repeal, these jobs ain't coming back, sandra. >> sandra: matt, i'll let you respond to that? >> completely untrue. you never know what's gonna happen tomorrow. you never know what's gonna happen in terms of our technology and our understanding and energy needs and what's going to happen to another energy supplement. so i think that it's marginal question. every

scott pruitt, administrator of the environmental protection agency. other guys get called secretary. do i call you administrator pruitt? you know what i saw earlier? epa chief scott pruitt. i don't feel right calling you chief, chief. should i? >> good morning, joe. and whatever you want. scott is just fine. >> you know what, don't say i can call you anything i want. a lot of people are calling you some things you probably don't like, as you know. you're going to be speaking to cera soon. can you give us some highlights of what you're going to be saying to that industry group? >> you know, for the last several years -- and it's great to be in houston, joe, and good to be with you this morning as well. for the last several years, we've adopted this mentality you can't be pro growth and pro jobs and pro environment. that's never the way we've done business as a country. one of the things i think we need to do is have an attitude that says we can be pro growth, pro jobs, and pro environment. we've had a 63% reduction in air pollutants since our program.

[inaudible] >> scott pruitt, epa. >> richard townsend acting director of drug control policy. >> harvard medical school. >> pam bondi, attorney general of florida. >> ga rare a, founder of the ga rare a foundation. >> they could use you now. you would make 100 million a year. i watched for many years, mariano. george always felt good when mari rain know went in. he never had to worry. you through heaviest pitch the ball weighed 30 pounds. how about the broken bats. how many broken bats? >> too many. >> those bats used to crack, right? >> like fire word.

kellyanne conway and scott pruitt of the epa on c-span 2, here we pick up coverage about 1:00 p.m. eastern time with remarks from dr. tom price, again live at 1:00 here on c-span3. health news, the u.s. house will vote on the republican plan to repeal and replace the affordable care act next thursday at 9:00 a.m. eastern time. you can watch live house coverage over on c-span. >>> german chancelor angela merkel is in town for a visit at the white house, we'll have live coverage of that, expected to start at 1:20 eastern time, you can watch it on c-span 2. >> and next week the -- looks into allegations of russian interference into the 2016 election. >> and of course on monday the president's pick to be the next

new epa administrator scott pruitt issued a statement. we need to provide regulatory certainty to the thousands of american farms that rely on the pesticide while still protecting health and the environment. those in agriculture like michael kelly agree. >> would you worry about using it? >> no, i didn't. >> it has been around since 1965 and i found it to be not only very effective, but very safe. >> reporter: but critics say effective substitute pesticides are readily available. >> it would not be that difficult to take this off the plate of parents. and it is a bit confounding to me why we're not as a government doing that. >> reporter: now, agro sciences which makes the pesticide applauded the move saying it remains confident the authorized use of it offers wide margins of protection for human health and

if you don't like that one, may i interest you in the scott pruitt scandal today. he is the former attorney general in oklahoma. he is now having his law license reviewed by the state of oklahoma because he overtly simply clearly lied to the united states senate to when questioned about whether or not he conducted business on his personal e-mail accounts. he did conduct personal business on his e-mail in oklahoma on personal business accounts. he lied to the senate about that. he told them he did not. who cares about e-mail? who cares about lying to the senate. scott isn't a hum drum who cares member of the trump administration. scott may be the most radical cabinet appointment trump has appointed to any agency. today scott pruitt took the almost unprecedented step of throwing out the window's the epa's scientific findings that one particular pesticide is unsafe and should be banned in this country. today scott pruitt took that scientific finding and threw it out the window, set screw it, don't care. and on his own say so, he decided that that own pesticide will no

scott pruitt graduated from the university of tulsa college of law. he served for eight years in the oklahoma state senate and in 2010 was elected attorney general of oklahoma. then they call you general. on every 17, united states senate confirmed him as the fourth seat administrator of the environmental protection agency. please welcome the honorable scott pruitt, administrator of the epa. [applause] >> good afternoon. it's a pleasure to be here with you today and i saw the mayor last week at the conference mayors event in dc as well. so it's good to be with you. i want to say first and foremost, i appreciate your leadership. as mayors of your respective cities and towns across the country, you deal with very difficult issues from law enforcement to zoning, trying to find answers for your citizens at the local level. i had that same duty and responsibility as attorney general and today, we deal with similar issues at the national level with respect to environment and growth and jobs. so i want to commend you for the leadership you show locally and a

scott pruitt, senator vote ford scott pruitt. please raise your green card to agree and red card to disagree. we also discussed -- we discussed the links between education and healthcare as well. betsy devos, secretary of education, senator manchin voted against betsy divorce, green for agree, red for disagree. >> and finally, our -- it pains me to say this phrase dearly but president trump has been very strongly supporting this american healthcare act along with many other builds that i believe the majority of the people in this room would disagree with. green card if you have significant concerns of senator manchin toward the -- i'm sorry, red if have you significant sernz, green if you think that's the right approach. i apologize, i actually made that very confusing here. senator, 2019 thank you for coming today. that are was a little -- it was a little more thanh than 50/50 but i wanted to do that activity to gift people in the room a voice and to be honest after spend a couple days with you in philadelphia last summer we did

." >> sreenivasan: the new administrator of the environmental protection agency, scott pruitt, raised eyebrows this week when he said in an interview that carbon dioxide is not the primary cause of global warming and climate change, opinions at odds with scientific consensus and decades of data. pruitt, the former oklahoma attorney general, has reportedly started to stack the e.p.a. staff with like-minded skeptics. joining me now from washington to discuss what this means for environmental policy is" washington post" reporter brady dennis. brady, this isn't necessarily new on how scott pruitt thinks about the environment. >> no, i mean, he's said before, and most recently, i think, in his confirmation hearings in the senate, that this idea of uncertainty-- we don't really know how much of the warming of the planet is driven by human activity. i think what he said the other day was a step further than that by saying, "i don't believe humans are the primary cause of global warming." so it is a degree further, and i think that's why you saw a lot of the backlash that mr. pruitt is gettin

scott pruitt says it is a bad deal.of donald trump, rex tillerson, they say america should stay in it. it is a measure of how much things have changed, that rex tillerson, up until a few months ago he was the head of exxon mobil, the largest oil company in the world, he is now the dissenting voice on the government's climate change policy. also in the news today, two un workers who were among 11 malaysians banned from leaving north korea have flown out of the country. the pair arrived in beijing on thursday. relations between the two countries have deteriorated since the murder of the half—brother of the north korean leader in kuala lumpur. north korea has barred nine malaysians from leaving the country. malaysia has sealed off the north korean embassy. a day after a fire at a children's home in guatemala which killed at least 31 teenage girls, there's growing anger among parents whose children have died or been injured. there were scuffles with police officers guarding the entrance to the home where the fire broke out.

so it's not like scott pruitt is an obscure or controversial figure in the new administration.ing his best to make himself as highly visible as possible by being a real radical when it comes to policy. but even if you like what scott pruitt is doing in terms of policy, he really did lie to the united states senate. he might lose his law license like seven seasons of "fox & friends." even beyond washington, there is stuff going on right now that in any other time would be huge points of focus for the whole country. governor of alabama is probably going to be impeached next week. arkansas is planning to execute eight men in ten days. they're planning on four doubleheader executions. doubleheaders, back-to-back, four of them, using drugs they have never used before. the u.s. military has now launched investigations into the second apparently terribly botched military operation of the young trump era. the first one was the catastrophic raid in yemen, which the new president apparently approved over a dinner with jared. second was a massive air strike in a civilian populated area of

people like scott pruitt say it is a bad deal.of how much has changed that rex tillerson, who till a few months ago was head of the largest oil company is now a moderating voice in the administration on climate change. a brief look at some of the day's other other news stories. a woman stabbed to death by her brother at a flat in wolverhampton has been named. 33—year—old ann—marie james was killed in the incident on wednesday. 36—year old melvin james is understood to have killed himself with the knife. staff atjohn lewis and waitrose — who own the company and receive a yearly bonus — have seen their bonus cut to its lowest level since the 19505. thejohn lewis partnership chairman said it had been reduced for the fourth year in a row because of uncertainty about inflation and the impact of brexit on the value of the pound. a church of england bishop has turned down a promotion after his congregation protested about his opposition to women priests. the right reverend philip north, who is currently the bishop of burnley, was selecte

we're joined by the man he's put in charge of the effort, the head of the epa, scott pruitt. mr. you for joining us this morning. >> george, good morning. >> is the executive order coming this week? what will the president be proposing? >> george, the president is keeping his promise to the american people. this week. with respect to the executive order coming down on tuesday. the energy independence executive order. and as you indicated, this is about making sure we have a pro-growth and pro-environment approach. for too long, we have accepted a narrative that if you're pro-growth, pro-jobs, you're anti-environment. if you're pro environment, you're ant jobs or anti-growth. that's not where we have been as a country. we have made tremendous choices on our environment. the executive order will address the past administration's efforts to kill jobs throughout the country. through the clean power plant. >> this order is likely to face legal challenges. could take some time to work through the courts. as you know, coal jobs have been declining for a long time. we heard the president'

but i can assure you, you are going to get scott pruitt for someone like scott pruitt. he cannot come he is knowledgeable, whether we agree or not, but i want to talk about the buffer rule. the extreme rule of you are referring. the clean water act is still in place. the clean air act still in place. basically -- hold on. you can holler at me, too. i can take it. but here's the thing. what it did, it took all the authority away from the epa and the corps of engineers and basically came into this 400 regulations. i look at the duplicity and i can tell you there's got to be a balance between the economy and the environment. there's got to be a balance somewhere. that's what i'm looking for. [booing] i've got this feedback before and i understand. they are not going to pollute. they can't be pollute. they're in violation to be shut down. first of all, we want clean water and clean air and we are going to make sure we get it, but some of us will do it differently. not by shutting everybody down. you just can't do it. [inaudible] >> that is wrong. i'm not for that. i want th

i want to give special thanks to administrator scott pruitt, secretary ryan zinke and heck tear rick perry for your remarks. i told rick, run it the way you did texas and he did a great job. honored to have all three and i'm really honored to have our vice president. because mike pence has been outstanding. hasn't he been outstanding? [ applause ] together this group is going to do a truly great job for our country. we have a very very impressive group here to celebrate the start of a new era in american energy and production and job creation. the action i'm taking today will eliminate federal overreach, restore economic freedom and allow our companies and our workers to thrive, compete and succeed on a level playing field for the first time in a long time, fellows. been a long time. i'm not just talking about eight years. we're talking about a lot longer than eight years. you people know it maybe better than anybody. thanks as well to the many distinguish distinguish distinguish distinguished members of congress who have taken time to be here. i want to thank all of our industry lea

two things i are would like to tell scott pruitt of the epa. back in the mid-1970's, people were talking about how the new ice age is coming under "the washington post" had a picture of someone who left their volkswagen under the key bridge as the front page. anyway, i was not buying it because i really did not like it at all, just being a." couple years from the tropics -- being up here from the tropics. noaa to come for not into the geographic survey -- we run up in our persona our sonar soundings and we would get in touch with noaa and we would find out what we had to compensate for the cold stream of water we were encountering. finally, they cannot and said, no, we are not going to have another ice age, but we are going to have, if anything, it was likely to get warmer. one thing you could be sure of is it would not become more likeic, and it was just the three or four paragraph statement. it was in "the washington post," wewell now, that is what ended up with. the other thing i would like to tell scott pruitt is that if they just changed a

scott pruitt, head of the epa, senator manchin voted for scott pruitt. please raise your green card to agree and red card disagree. -- and ed card to disagree. we also discussed the links between education and health care. betsy devos, secretary of education, senator manchin voted against. green for agree, red for disagree. and finally, it pains me to say this, but president donald trump has been very strongly supporting this american health care act, along with many other bills i believe the majority of people in the through would disagree with. green card if you have significant concerns with senator manchin's approach toward the trump administration, red -- i'm sorry, read if you have significant concerns, green if you think that is the right pproach. i'm apologize, i made that very confusing. senator, i want to thank you for coming today. that was a little more than 50-50, but i just wanted the activity to give the people in the room of voice. we never had a chance to chat. i sincerely hope that you understand that your path toward reelection in 2018

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epa administration scott pruitt joining us to talk about this on a first on cnbc interview. we look forward to that very much. meantime, details on that executive order. we are at the white house right now. >> bill, the president went to the epa to sign the executive order moments ago. he arrived back here at the white house. the president put in all of this in the context of as you say, ending president obama's so-called war on coal. he said this is about creating jobs. here's the president over at the epa. >> my administration is putting an end to the war on coal. >> with today's executive action, i am taking historic steps to lift restrictions on american energy, to reverse government intrusion and to cancel job killing regulations. >> what specifically is the administration doing here? a couple bulletnknow. first, undertaking review of the clean coal plan president obama put in place. they say, ultimately, that's the first step in terms of ultimately rolling back that plan. they have to do the review first. they are also reviewing a number of other regulations including

here with us is scott pruitt.for years, we have all this natural gas and coal and oil underneath our feet and we are begging countries that hate us for our energy, the lifeblood of our economy. explain what this executive order will do and what it will for -- >> the president as you indicated signed an executive order and how wonderful it was to see a collection of coal miners from across the country stand behind the president as he signed that executive order. it was a message across the country, we are going to do exactly what you said, sean. make sure that we are good stewards of natural resources actually harvest and use those resources to bless the american people. we sent a very progrowth, proenvironment message. that's what started today with the president's executive order. >> sean: let me ask. if you listen to the left especially al gore, this is the same al gore that i caught on a gulfstream three. one of the least energy efficient models of private aircraft in the sky. it sleeps 15 or 16. he got into hi

announcer: and scott pruitt on environmental policy. >> there are exciting things going on with technology across the globe. there are exciting things going on, but not here. most of it is happening in europe, presently, because of the disincentives we have put into play with respect to nuclear. if you care about these environmental concerns, nuclear ought to be in the mix. announcer: c-span programs are available at c-span.org, on our homepage, and by searching the video library. announcer: congressman dwight evans recently sat down with c-span for a profile interview. representative evans represents pennsylvania's second district. host: congressman, democratic pennsylvania, you have been serving in public office since 1980. >> correct. host: what have you been doing over the years? >> i was in the state legislature in pennsylvania. i was chairman of the house appropriation committee, the very same position, and at that time it was called the ways and means committee. i was on the committee 28 of 36 years. basically, i focused a great deal on issues relating to jobs,

and scott pruitt on environmental policy. >> there are some exciting things going on with respect to clean coal technology and in the nuclear space. most of that is happening in europe because of the disincentives we put into place in this country with respect to nuclear. if you hear about these environmental concerns, nuclear should be in the next. these are available at c-span.org y

>> well, because i know scott pruitt. the people, as was pretty well documented yesterday in one of the newspapers. i do know they're going to turn it back into an agency that is going to be concerned about the environment, going to be concerned about clean water, clean air. i have every confidence. let's keep in mind, the guy running that now is no different than the attorneys general of all the other states because all of them were feeling the same aggressive abuse that was coming out of the epa that was not designed to do that. >> senator, we're out of time. i wanted to get your take on health care. we'll have you back. thank you for joining us on "new day." >> thank you, poppy. >> we're following a lot of news this morning. let's get right to it. >> we're going to fight this terrible ruling. we're going to win. >> a second federal judge has blocked the president's new travel ban. >> the revised executive order is unconstitutional and unlawful. >> the president's own words are coming back to haunt him. >> i see no

. >> reporter: but president trump once called climate change a hoax, and scott pruitt recently denied a direct link between carbon dioxide and global warming. >> i would not agree it's a contributor to the global warming we see. >> reporter: in 2016, more than 20 states complained it exceeded federal law. mr. trump urges all federal agency to suspend or revise any rule believed to limit production. >>> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. >>> a >>> after the president's announcements today, the governors of california and new york said they would continue to impose state loss limiting carbon in the atmosphere. 20% of americans live in one of those states. and john blackstone met one of them, a climate scientist who sent mr. trump a warning. >> reporter: ben santor has believed that temperatures rising and glaciers melting, climate change denial would melt away. he's faced with a new president, raising old doubts. >> a lot of it's a hoax. >> imagine you spend your entire life trying to do one thing. and someone comes along and says everything you've done is a hoax what do you d

so scott pruitt is talking out of both sides of his mouth. said during his hearing that he believed that the states should be enforcing environmental laws, yet they are cutting the budget so that the states will not have the funding to be able to keep our most precious resources clean. amy: waters of the united states rule. talk about the significance of this. amy: i think most americans believe safe drinking water is important. they want their tapwater to be safe to drink. if there are chemical pollutants going into the small streams, they eventually reach a large body of water that in many cases is going to be used for drinking water. the american farm bureau has been one of the largest anything to dost with protecting water bodies. they really represent, not small farmers, but agribusiness and the chemical industry. so this is really going to be devastating to drinking water, along with the other cuts that we're going to see. amy: you are head of the national association of clean air agencies. how is the air we breathe affected by these pr

what is that y that you would tell scott pruitt?well, the y is it's really about public health and the environment. and what he needs to do as i've said repeatedly is just take a deep breath, get to know the agency, get to understand how much the agency is controlled, what it does by the laws that established it. that congress wrote. i mean, the epa has to consider certain things relative to clean air within certain time frames. they don't have a choice. and on the clean power plan, as far as carbon goes, that's been adjudicated in the supreme court. and the supreme court found in fact it's called a finding of endangerment, they found this was bad for human health which triggers a responsibility on the epa's part to do something about it to set a regulation. so, he has to understand, truly understand, that the people there are not all wild tree huggers who can't stand, isn't enough regulation for them fir. there are people who want to do their job. they want to protect public health. they want to protect the environment. they'll do

>> epa administrator scott pruitt on environmental policy. >> there are exciting things going on with respect to clean coal technology across the globe. there's exciting things going on in the nuclear space. but not here. most of that is happening in europe presently because of the disincentives that we've put into play in this country with respect to nuclear. if you really care about some of these environment concerns, nuclear ought to be in the mix. >> c-span programs are available at c-span.org, on our home page, and by searching the video library. >>> congressman zucker, when did you get involved in politics and why? >> so i was a small business owner for 25 years. and really didn't anticipate that -- at first i served in the state senate. i didn't anticipate that i would do that, nor do i anticipate that i would be serving in congress. i ran a business for 25 years. we grew a company into several hundred employees and saw over that time what i thought was the overreach of government, the encroachment of government in decisions that we were making and continued additional resource

reviews hosting a day long summit in washington, earlier live comments from kellyanne conway and scott pruitt of the epa on c-span 2, here we pick up coverage about 1:00 p.m. eastern time with remarks from dr. tom price, again live at 1:00 here on c-span3. health news, the u.s. house will vote on the republican plan to repeal and replace the affordable care act next thursday at 9:00 a.m. eastern time. you can watch live house coverage over on c-span. >>> german chancelor angela merkel is in town for a visit at the white house, we'll have live coverage of that, expected to start at 1:20 eastern time, you can watch it on c-span 2. >> and next week the -- looks into allegations of russian interference into the 2016 election. >> and of course on monday the president's pick to be the next supreme court justice judge neil gorsuch will begin his confirmation process starting at 11:00 a.m. eastern time the senate judiciary committee will hear opening statements with questioning of the nominee slated for tuesday. again watch it beginning live at 11:00 a.m. eastern monday on c-span 2. >> c-span recentl

nicole: elaine chao, environmental protection chief scott pruitt or expect you to join our trip. trade to the white house criticizing the income tax information in a statement the white house says they know you're desperate when you are willing to violate the law to push a story about two pages of tax returns from a decade ago. all of this after portion of the 2005 tax or for reportedly in the mailbox of an investigative journalist who shared the information on cable tv. documents show in 05 the president earned $153 million in paid about 36 million in federal income taxes. nicole: arguments against the travel ban will be heard today in one day before it is to take effect. judges in hawaii and maryland will hold hearings on the second order which affect six mostly muslim countries now that iraq has been trump the list. the latest order shuts down your spreadsheet program. washington state were successfully sued to rock the first travel ban. five of the states have joined in the challenge. states and civil rights groups claim the travel ban is unconstitutional. the government says

epa administered under scott pruitt joins us. we are also going to hear from senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, who i sat down with earlier today, and house homeland security chairman mike mccall. we begin tonight with chief white house correspondent john roberts. give me green, john. >> good evening to you. we are still awaiting excerpts from the president speech tonight. i was told that i would have them in five to 10 minutes about an hour ago. one thing we do know that the president is going to talk about tonight, as you said, this push for immigration reform. not just some tinkering around the edges, comprehensive immigration reform. here is with the president told a gathering of the network news anchors and sunday show hosts at lunch today. he said "the time is right for an immigration bill, as long as both sides are willing to compromise." there is no specifics, no details on this yet. we are told that there may be some legal status for many of the people in this country illegally, and potentially, citizenship for the

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from kellyanne conway, epa's scott pruitt is speaking now. conversations taking place on our companion network c-span2. here on c-span3, we'll pick up our coverage of the conference at about 1:00 eastern with remarks from health and human services secretary dr. tom price. again, our live coverage here on c-span3 starts at 1:00 p.m. eastern. >>> chairman chancellor angela merkel is in town on a visit to the white house today. she was supposed to arrive earlier this week, but her trip was postponed until today due to the recent unexpected snow. president trump will hold a joint news conference later today. live coverage for you, expected to start at about 1:20 eastern and watch it on c-span2. >>> next week, the house intelligence committee looks into allegations of russian influence in the 2016 elections. fbi director james comey will testify on the issue. you can watch that live starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern monday here on c-span3. and, of course, this coming monday, the president's pick to be the next supreme court justice neil gorsuch will