it started with scott pruitt to head the epa. >> host: explain why you are so concerned about scott pruitt. >> guest: he has sued the epa 14 times while he was the atty. general of oklahoma. he he literally cut and pastedom oil and gas language on the oklahoma letterhead and submitted it as from the state.ta he is a lackey of the oil and gas industry. to to have him as the head of the epa basically has the epa, they're t supposed to be regulating the industry they work for. we are worried by that signal and the 30% cuts, the thousands of workers and employees that he wants to lay off shows that we are under attack. >> host: last time we talked about a new release from the trump campaign about the president's first 100 days ands his accomplishments. what is the environmental 1 story of the first 100 days. >> guest: he is attacking environmental protections and has made that a huge priority. it starts with scott pruitt and rex tiller's and, the former head of exxon mobil in charge of our foreign policy. we basically have a government t that works for oil industry. i think that's the story of

host: explain why you're so about scott pruitt. guest: well, scott pruitt thecally has has sued e.p.a. 14 times while he was the attorney general of oklahoma. he literally cut and pasted oil and gas language on the oklahoma letterhead and submit it as from state. so to have him as the head of , basically has the be.a. who is supposed to regulating the industry that he really worked for being attacked from within. so we're quite worried with that signal. and then the trump budget, the , the thousands of work ers and employees that he off sends a clear signal that environmental attack.on is under host: we talked in the last segment of the "washington journal" about a new release from the trump campaign about president's first 100 days and his accomplishments and the first 100 days. storys the environmental of the first 100 days of the trump administration? story the environmental is that donald trump is attack ing environmental protections and that he's made priority.e, huge it starts with scott pruitt at e.p.a. but then rex tillerso

"the new york times" just this weekend reported how rollbacks at scott pruitt's e.p.a. e a boon to oil and gas. the article included a checklist of rollbacks that specifically benefit long-time pruitt benefactor, yup, devon energy, the one that got the letter. delaying rules on fossil energy production on federal land, undoing new fracking standards, rolling back renewals on the leaking and flaring of methane and rolling back reporting of methane emissions. in another matter, devon energy had been preparing to pay a settlement of over $100,000 and to install emissions scrubbing equipment to remedy illegal emissions from a wyoming natural gas facility. five days after pruitt was installed at e.p.a., the company told officials it was re-evaluating its settlement posture, offering a quarter of what it had previously proposed to settle the charges and scrapping the emissions controls entirely. they know their administrator pruitt. mr. president, pruitt's record at e.p.a. reveals he is unabashedly looking out for his industry donors at the expense of public health and the env

this week, tonight, now it's about epa administrator scott pruitt.al agency that he tried to sue into oblivion when he was the attorney general of the state of oklahoma. he sued epa multiple times or participated in suits filed by other states over clean air, clean water, methane emission, mercury, you name it. when he was asked whether he would take part in defending the agency he now runs from these lawsuits he filed against it, he wouldn't say during his confirmation process. during his confirmation hearing in the senate, he promised he would recuse himself from taking any actions regarding those lawsuits if ethics officials told him he had. to but he wouldn't say one way or the other for sure. well, tonight e&e news, which covers an environmental policy signed by scott pruitt, it is dated yesterday. and it says, quote, it addresses all of my ethics obligations. e&e reports that scott pruitt will now recuse himself from a dozen pending cases involving epa, including the clean power plan, in cases both federal appeals and district courts over the c

well, tonight e&e news, which covers an environmental policy signed by scott pruitt, it is dated yesterday. and it says, quote, it addresses all of my ethics obligations. e&e reports that scott pruitt will now recuse himself from a dozen pending cases involving epa, including the clean power plan, in cases both federal appeals and district courts over the clean water rule. so if this is what it appears to be, that means we know what those ethics officials told administrator scott pruitt he had to do. but it appears he waited until the very last second to let anybody know that he is actually doing it. watch this space. that does it for us tonight. we'll see you again here on monday. but now it's time for "the last word." ari melber sitting in for lawrence. hello, ari. >> hello, rachel. i thought there was supposed to less news on friday. >> i can get drunk on thursday. i can be hung over on friday. nothing to do on friday. no, friday is the busiest, busiest, busiest news day of the week. >> okay, rachel's rule, no hangover fridays. have a good weekend. >> it's true, i'm ari melber in for la

had breakfast with administrator scott pruitt. i joked with him early on saying my agriculture guys are more excited about having you there than me there because of what you've already done. he has demonstrated a real understanding of the barriers that we put out in our farms and fields all across this country and we're committed to do more common sense regulations, we're not talking about the wild west free range do anything. but my belief is that agriculturists, those people who grow our food and fiber have been some of the best conservationists and the best people concerned about their land. it's a little bit like you heard me say, if you take care of the land, it will take care of you and our responsibility as agriculturists, as stewards of this land, just like he told me 60 year ago, whether we rent it or own it we are all just stewards. that's the oath to my employees, my oath is to leave the usda better than i found it, thus americani american agriculture than i found it through good science with a focus on customer focused

administer -- administrator scott pruitt, deciding whether to do a formal withdraw, which could take three years, or the climate change treaty, which would be faster but more extreme. on.ill see as the day goes you can go to the website to see more of that. the independent line, david is up in new york on the open phone. david, good morning, go ahead. good morning. thanks for c-span or i'm going to beg to differ with your one-sideduest on his characterization with regard to iran. i was born and raised there, a university fester for years here in the u.s. i'm giving the benefit of the doubt that the government is not really more than the government in the war. it has had his -- its hand in many especially in the region. nevertheless, compared to countries with the main ideological and financial sponsor of terrorism, taliban, al qaeda, that country is dwarfed with respect to what they may have done. they have been alienated for 40 years and this is the result. relatively speaking, with all their violations of human rights at the domestic level, it's did -- it still seems to be relative

he met with scott pruitt of the epa. scott pruitt is in favor of pulling out. and look, let's be clear. president obama circumvented congress on this as we did with so many other things. that puts this climate deal in the president's hands. if the president had gone through congress, then president trump would have to go through congress. if president obama had gone through congress. keep in mind also that president clinton signed on to the 1998 kyoto accord and a sense of the senate vote back then in '98 had zero votes in favor of the kyoto accord which has been roundly ignored by china and india. >> jenna: that was one of senator's issues with the paris climate agreement. he didn't like that president obama did go around congress and didn't like that way, managing this particular issue. i was reading an article in "the wall street journal" today, an op ed piece. this is written by the top national security adviser to the president. i'm curious about this particular point. this sort of plays in with the big story of the day which is the climate agreement sayin

but scott pruitt is preparing and may have presented a detail plan for withdrawal to the president.ge deal. it's a global climate aaccord. the united states would be exciting. there are 195 countries that remain in it. it sends a signal for what the united states policy will be in the future with regards to climate change and it's a huge break from the g7. we saw how much donald trump unsettled angela merkel and some oval t of the other european leaders last week. >> i want to ask you about something -- the "the new york times" and the washington post have been doing some ground breaking reporting, a lot of it based on information coming out of the white house. the issue of leaks, particularly classified information taking center stage. we saw it play out this week with the manchester concert information, some of those details coming out in the "the new york times." i want to play you a sound bite from john kelly. this is what he said on "meet the press "this morning. >> if it came from the united states it's totally unacceptable and i don't know why people do these kind of things,

charles: that was epa chief scott pruitt on this program last week.her america should stay in the paris climate agreement. here now the author of the new book, "leading from behind, herb london. you write a book every other week. [laughter] you put 'em out, they're smart. i love them. i can't keep up. >> you're very kind, thank you. charles: scott pruitt talking about the fracking miracle, natural gas coming out, con gently -- consequently, we were able to lower our co2 emissions dramatically. it's obviously a lopsided deal to begin with. >> it's a lopsided deal. there's no question that the mitigation involved in this is not going to be as significant as it could be if you had china and india operating immediately. it is also true that they feel they're engaged in catch-up. and as a consequence, they are saying, look, the united states has a distinct advantage. we want to be able to catch up. charles: let me just interject, because when they made that argument, there was sort of like because of the imperialism of the west that held back china and ind

news of the memo written last week came as cnn learned that the head of the epa, scott pruitt, has dismissed half the scientists serving on a review board that provides guidance to his agency. >>> president trump wants to shut down borders, but his son-in-law's family is touting a visa program critics say allows wealthy foreigners to in effect buy u.s. green cards. many criticize kushner companies for name-dropping jared kushner at an event to drum up chinese investment for the so-called golden ticket visa program. it isn't new to controversy. how does it work? this is called the eb-5 program. it allows people to apply for green cards if they invest in the u.s. at least $500,000 in projects that create jobs. it attracts tens of thousands of applicants, particularly from china. in fact, chinese citizens have snapped up more than 80% of these visas since 2011, translating into billions of dollars for developers like kushner companies, and frankly, hotels and resorts are a really good target for this kind of investment because you can instantly create a bunch of jobs. that's one of the requirem

the president met with the epa administrator, scott pruitt, on tuesday. he asked if humans are to blame for global warning. mitch mcconnell and 21 other gop senators was urged to ditch the agreement. democrats say it will be an historic misstep. >> it will damage our standing on the world stage and allow china to take the moral high ground. >> reporter: in italy last week, g7 leaders pressed president donald trump to stick to the agreement. exactly how the u.s. will pull out and whether the president may try to negotiate part of the deal is not yet clear. kelly o'hara, cbs news at the white house. >>> a panel of climate experts said there are three major reasons why this is a big deal. first, it could worsen an already bad problem and likely make it far more difficult to prevent -- prevent processing a dangerous global threshold and could result in emissions of up to 1 billion tons of carbon monoxide in the air and that could lead to ice sheets and lead to the high extreme weather. mcauliffe didn't waste any time voicing concerns. he released a statement,

amy: you also questioned scott pruitt, the oklahoman attorney general has become the head of the epa.e said he did not want the environmental protection agency to be the polluter protection agency. >> scott pruit has been his career working with the fossil fuel or tell to take down , whichmental regulations contribute to asthma and lung cancer, taking down the standards are mere greek and near kerry is about persistent neurotoxin that affects the developing brains of our children. he's doing everything he can, scott pruitt, everything he can , lesse americans sicker healthy, and more damaging to the environment. amy: we're here on the 100th day of the trump presidency. your evaluation? >> 100 disastrous days. terrible days. one of the things that occurred during this 100 days was that the confirmation of president trump's nominee for the supreme court. this is a stolen supreme court's seat. damageoing to be a huge for decades to come. amy: explain how it is related -- how the supreme court is related to climate change. court decision called citizens united, 5-4 decision, that allow st

move attracted particular notice since its administrator scott pruitt decided not to renew the contractsf the members to have the so-called board of scientific counselors. our scientific correspondent miles o'brien is here to help fill in the picture, so, miles, the board of scientific counselors. what is that? what do they do? >> jeff, a formerly obscure board at the e.p.a. made up of 18 scientists, most academics, a few of them from industry. their goal is to get really deep in the weeds with e.p.a. staff researchers and give them some sound advice on research priorities and equipment and techniques that allow them to do their work. they do not get involved in policy, however. >> brown: what exactly happened last week? >> well, nine of them whose term had come up, their first term came up, were told they were not automatically being renewed which had been the practice in the past. it was an unusual move. they were told they could reapply for their jobs but it is something that has taken that board aback for sure. i spoke with the childrenperson of the board of scientific counselors, de

the president met with the epa administrator tuesday, scott pruitt who questioned whether humans are to blame for global warming and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and 21 other gop senators sent the president a letter last week urging him to ditch the agreement. democrats say leaving would be a historic misstep. >> it would damage our standing on the world stage and allow china to take the high ground. >> reporter: in italy g7 leaders pressed president trump to stick to the agreement. exactly how the u.s. will pull out or whether the president may try to renegotiate part of the deal is not yet clear. kelly o'hara, cbs news, the white house. >>> a pennsylvania man is facing criminal charges after police found an assault rifle, a handgun and nearly 100 rounds of ammo in his car that he brought to the trump hotel in washington. officers got a tip about the armed man that led to his arrest. >> i believe that the officers and our federal partners and in particular the tipster coming forward averted a potential disaster. >> he is charged with carrying a pistol without a license and

in this state capitol are concerned about the direction epa is taking under a new administrator scott pruitts he's not going to mince words. if he does not like something that the federal government or the epa is doing and he is concerned about the future of the chesapeake bay, the environment here, he says he's going to not stop one second and going to sign bills just like this one today to protect maryland's environment. >> for the first time ever we fully funded bay restoration. we put $3 billion into it so th lead. we're a little bit concerned and we've expressed our concern about the poe personal cuts in washington which now did not go through but that was 73 million over five states. we put $3 billion in. that's less than what we put in like every month. >> reporter: and you know they're not just doing this out of the kindness of their heart. there's a lot of money at stake here. tourism in maryland brings in $17 billion a year. the seafood industry in this state 600 million so jim and shawn, if they don't keep this environment especially this, you know, severn river the chesapeake bay

administrator scott pruitt he had to do. but it appears he waited until the very last second to let anybody know that he is actually doing it. watch this space. that does it for us tonight. we'll see you again here on monday. msnbc live is next. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm dara brown in new york at msnbc world headquarters. it's 7:00 in the east and 4:00 out west. here is what's happening. the future of the health care bill, will it face major surgery or die on arrival? >>> plus, the members of congress most at risk after placing their controversial vote. it's all ahead. >>> president trump's pick for army secretary withdraws amid heavy criticism over controversial statements in his past. >>> and election hacking, this time it's in france. a candidate calling a document leak is a bid to destabilize tomorrow's presidential runoff. we begin with politics and new details on president trump's outgoing national security adviser, mike flynn, and his tie toes russia. a former obama administration confirms that the washington po

this morning the president met with environmental detection agency scott pruitt and they discuss the paris climate accord. i told you overseas, the president spending a great deal of time on this issue and one that he spoke to the g-7 members about during his meeting. he wants a fair deal for the american people and he will have an announcement coming shortly. the presidents trade representative is having several meetings with referee than it is from the vietnamese government ahead of tomorrow's visit between the president and the prime minister. u.s. trade representatives will be be available this afternoon. tonight's speech should be available through their facebook page. during his speech he will highlight the developments of the bi rout lateral relationship with vietnam over the past two decades while underscoring the work ahead and the challenges presented. as the president has made clear, trade deficit and unfair trade agreements have hit american workers through a robust and fair trade agenda we are strengthening important relationships with partners like vietnam by leveling t

the head of the environmental protection agency scott pruitt want to exit the deal. secretary of state and former ceo of exxonmobil, he wants to stay in. only in a trump white house could a dynamic like that be possible. let me ask fox business network john stossel. should we stay? in? john: no. price has a better argument. i can see why the secretary of state wants to be not in a position where these other countries will like hick less because it's pulling out of an agreement. but the agreement is just politicians pretending to do something. remember kyoto was going to solve global warming? we only met our goals because the market even kowrngd us to burn more natural gas and less coal. and they just make up a number. sweden says 40%. ireland 1%. but they are still asking to stall. the united states, obama promised 2% by 2025. but it's not binding. if everybody mitt, they admit it wouldn't make any skiing difference. so why do this? why make ourselves poor? maybe down the road and we have more science and we might be able to do something about it, let's have a strong

i'm very pleased with people like rick perry at energy, scott pruitt at epa, and jeff sessions as attorney general. each one is proceeding to promote a limited government agenda, which will provide freedom and jobs for the people of our country. department, justice it is the second in command being asked by democrats and republicans of appointing a special prosecutor to look at these issues. is that the case? guest: we don't need a special prosecutor. i've absolute faith and senator richard burr of north carolina. i have absolute faith in mike conaway. one of my favorites, jason shave its, government oversight, we have committees looking into this. we have downside of a special prosecutor and that would drag out forever. i agree with the democrat talking point. let's get to the bottom of it coul. it's not good for the american people with the environment that we are in of lunacy. it's not good. donald trump is succeeded because he has named good people to cabinet positions who are making differences to help fulfill his agenda of creating jobs in america. host: do you think it is too politi

administrator scott pruitt signed an order reversing the ban on the pesticide. also, in march, 2017, scott pruitt signed an order reversing the ban on this pesticide, suggesting in a statement that, quote, by reversing the previous administration's step to ban one of the most widely used pesticides in the world, we are returning to using sound science and decision making, rather than predetermined results, end quote. public health advocacy groups strongly disagree. not to mention conservation organizations. mr. speaker, you know what? i think i trust public health experts when it comes to protecting our families over administrative pruitt -- administrator pruewhoit sued the e.p.a. at least 14 times as oklahoma's attorney general, opposing important protections for our air and water. talk about the fox guarding the hen house. mr. speaker, we were not sent here to auction off the health and safety of millions of americans to the highest bidder. every day the trump administration gets more brazen with their giveaways to special interests. raising serious questions

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administrator scott pruitt is considering the representatives of the industry that the agency regulates >> we were told that we would be preparing for meeting the fall and so forth. this announcement of the determination of serving board members is shocking. >> the e.p.a. denies that anyone was dismissed and says the three-year terms were not renewed. climate change skeptic, pruitt has come under fire for the industry. larry: the catholic church is celebrating the big bang. they have invited the leading scientists to talk about the black holes to the gravitation al waves. it honors an astronomer that plays a key role in the belief the universe started with the big bang. alison: we have a look to get around traffic for the battle of the beltway. julie: swing, batter, batter, swing! that is why i do traffic and not a pinch hitter for the nationals. they are taking a trip to baltimore. it's the battle of the beltway, guys. nationals-orioles, the first pitch at 7:05. that explains the heavier than usual traffic volume on 295. the baltimore national parkway, 95 as well as 395 headed to camde

. >> so i think going forward, the current epa mr, scott pruitt, i think he's a rule of law guy, a former attorney general, i think they're going to go through the options. certainly the path that i described is one that the agency has taken before and is definite with past actions, if you can go out and point to something that somebody is using economically and functionally and similarly situated people can use it. there's also a part of this that got missed in the old version where epa set emissions guidelines and the states were groonted a fair amount of flexibility by congress to move the needle up or down. so we may see that. they may look at some of the arguments for a null outcome. i think they'll look at that, look at the litigation risks and the policy. i think it came up a couple of times in confirmation hearings. he's a rule of law guy and i think he'll make a decision based on legal criteria. >> having picked the fights about key power plan and keystone, just to get everybody's blood flowing, one of the happy words now is frush. critical to the energy sector, i'll editorialize

three were trade and four and five were labor situation situation and i i think the president and scott pruitt have made a great step forward in the regulation air i think i think we have made great steps with the president and his decision on nafta and the trade and what we just talked about with china in that area. you just need to know. i'm a grow and sell it kind of guy. we we have some producers out here that can knock it out of the park growing it. think about living in a country that would have to be dependant on other countries to feed you. we are so blessed in that re if if these guys and gals can grow it, i will do my best to sell the it. the president's meeting, the round table, what he is after is the criminal element of illegal immigration. there there are dedicated farm workers out here who are immigrants who are sometimes milking cows 365 days a year and he wants to find a way to use the productive capacity of those people to serve agriculture. >> mr. secretary, thank you so much for your time. you have made many strides. krvn on the world radio network, susan littlefield. my 17

ivanka trump was supposed to meet with epa chief scott pruitt on climate change. they did do that.ared kushner is trying to be a peacemaker we're told between president trump and prime minister canada trudeau on this nafta thing. supposedly we're trying to hearing from the reports to talk, well, his father law out of negating that agreement. blake burman at the white house, these weird family ties. what is going on here, blake? >> to the latter, i was speaking with a white house official earlier this morning about this nafta report, if you go north of the border, read reports from there. canadian media, citing canadian government officials, jared kushner last month essentially tried to according to reports recruit justin trudeau, prime minister of canada to talk president trump out of pulling out of nafta. however there was pretty big pushback in this phone call that i had with this white house official who is very close to the situation. what this person told me was, that is not essentially the timeline of events. what i was told, basically the canadians reached out to kushner fir

i don't view tillerson very differently than i view someone like scott pruitt or betsy devos. i think that tillerson is inside the state department to undermine it, and i know that because he's going through a reorganization of the state department with an end goal already decided. he has announced that at the end of that process there will be 2,300 less personnel in the state department, which again, fundamentally misunderstands the threats that are presented to us. you know, bring it back to russia for a moment. russia does not want a militarily own ukraine. what they want to do is use this build up of separatist forces in eastern ukraine as a means to politically and economically destabilize kiev, so eventually you have installed again a pro kremlin leader of the ukrainian government such they are brought back into their orbit. ultimately, you cannot confront that with military power. you have to give the ukrainians the anticorruption tools, the economic revitalization tools, energy independence tools to be able to survive what may be a long-term occupation of their eastern

the factions pulling out of paris, the epa administrator, scott pruitt, steve bannon. they said staying in would be harmful to the united states economy and the best thing to do would be to pull out. bannon on the left there. on the stay in camp, we have ivanka trump and rex tillerson, jared kushner and gary cohn, the chief economic adviser. before you go, covfefe. it was the last word in a treat. it was ine -- oh inexplicable. it was 12:06 a.m. the president was probably trying to write coverage or wrote covfefe. he deleted that tweet. the president this morning tweeting who can figure out the true meaning of covfefe? enjoy. so he's turned it into a twitter meme. a lot of people are having fun with it. some people suggest that what is -- what was whispers by bill miry in the ear of scarlett johansson at end of "lost in tranlation." i prefer to think it's what david letterman used to whisper to his guests every time they came on the show. bake it up. it will work. >> looked like it would be "coverage." and then -- maybe. >> it's like remember in the movie "young franke

on the other hand, steve bannon and scott pruitt saying this is a campaign promise, you got to get out of it. trish: joining me right now, former republican congressman and national syndicated radio host joel walsh and former chairman of the d.c. democratic party, i'm interested in fairness, and you know, climate accord. could be a good thing, could be a good thing if, if you get china on board, russia on board, if you get india on board. i would just ask you, when it's just us and european countries, is it really gonna have the effect that we should want it to have? >> well, we certainly have to try, and i think those other countries that you named are on board or we're going to get them on board. listen, 195 nations in the world, the only ones who around are syria and nicaragua. we're the world's greatest polluter if you will, and we've got the most to lose. what's wrong with nation coming together to save the planet, whether you believe that global warming is a hoax or whether you believe that global warming is real, i believe it's real. i believe we need to -- trish: and look, i do

they write that president trump has privately told multiple people, including scott pruitt, that he planso leave the paris agreement on climate change according to three sources with direct knowledge. publicly his decision is he has not made up his mind. when asked about private comments, the white house said i think his tweet was clear. he will make a decision this week. the deathyesterday, of former senator jim bunning. hall of fame pitcher turning cantankerous senator dies at 85. they write he wrote -- threw fastballs, curveballs and sliders seeking to intimidate batters with a gruffness that would be a hallmark with his time in congress. they write the jim bunning as senator was a staunch opponent of president obama's health-care legislation, but he was the only -- the final rollcall on the bill. a spokesman said the senator had family commitments. the new york times wrote procedural -- says mr. bunning wrote procedural objections while demanding finance from the economic stimulus program and he single-handedly delayed its passage. during the debate, he complained about missing a bask

steve bannon and scott pruitt are opposed to staying in. jared kushner, ivanka, and secretary of state rex tillerson want to stay. >> i think we are better served by being at the table than leaving the table. >> a rejection of the paris climate treaty would likely subject trump to further derision from european allies who have imposed tougher good tory standards in hopes of lowering greenhouse gas emissions. remaining party to the nonbinding accord could expose trump to criticism from those who supported his agenda to end the obama era environmental regulations they say impeding a full economic recovery. >> bret: thank you. major embarrassment tonight for the fbi. recently unsealed documents reveal a former bureau translator assigned to help hunt and isis terrorist married him instead. served two years in prison. daniela greene was already married to a u.s. soldier. the terrorist is still at large. fbi says it has taken several steps to identify and reduce security vulnerabilities as a result of this case. state department warning americans

environmental protection agency , administrator scott pruitt on friday dismissed half of the members of an epa scientific review board, clearing the way for new appointees from the industries the agency is tasked with policing. among those removed from the epa board of scientific counselors was michigan state university professor robert richardson, who tweeted, "today i was trumped." the dismissals come as the trump administration seeks to slash epa funding, roll back environmental regulations, appoint climate change deniers as the heads of government agencies, and defund and erase climate change programs and research. in north carolina, democratic governor roy cooper on friday vetoed hb467, a bill that would have shielded factory farms from damages brought by residents sickened by hog farms. residents have long complained about pork producers who collect billions of gallons of untreated pig feces and urine in cesspools, then dispose of the waste by spraying it into the air. you can go to our website at democracynow.org to see our segment on factory hog farming. in texas, a white pol

. >> the president who met tuesday with scott pruitt, environmental protection agency administrator who favors withdraw, met today with secretary of state rex tillerson who believes america should remain in the deal. a day of meetings that followed a confusing midnight tweet from the president saying only despite the constant negative press covfefe. angry lonely and withdrawn in recent days, later deleted the tweet. >> the president in a small group of people know exactly what he meant. >> na wasthat was a curious ans from sean spicer thereabout what meest most of us thought was a typo on twitter. spicer was clear, he gave a clearance on that, referring all huge questions on that matter to outside council mark kasso wits and one more thing about that briefing with spicer, it was audio only. no cameras allowed. and it lasted just 12 minutes. wolf? >> very strange, indeed. all right, athena, thanks very much. >>> joining us, jake sullivan, former top adviser to hillary clinton's campaign. also to former vice president joe biden. jake, thanks very much for joining us. >> thanks for having

the administrator scott pruitt, steve ban on, both want to get out of paris. now according to gary cohen, the chief economic advisor, the president's thinking may be revolving, they said, quote, i think he's leaning to understanding the european condition. in the u.s. there's strong opinions on both sides but knows that paris has important meaning to many of the european leaders. so he is listening to what they have to say. and will make a final decision when he gets back home. one other event that happened this morning, the leaders of the seven nations, and the eu council president, all signed a joint declaration on terrorism and extremism. this was to show solidarity with britain in the wake of the manchester attack and the g7 countries pledging to work harder to combat terrorism and the extremist ideology that fuels it. >> sandra: it's been quite a trip john rpts roberts. it's taken you many places, sir much thank you for bringing that beauty behind you. good to see you. mpbs thank you. >> sandra: the president's son-in-lawhner under fbi scrutiny. is that d

divided on the paris climate accord, with chief s strategist steveve bannon and epa administrator scott pruitt demanding trump withdraw from the accord, while secretary of state rex tillerson n and trum's daughter and adviser ivanka trump are advocating for the agreement. on tuesday, , united nations secretary-general antonio guterres called on the u.s. to remain a party to the landmark agreement. alreadyte change are being felt around the world, and they are dangerous a and they ae accelerating. some argument today is that it is absolutely essential that the world implements the paris agreements and that we fulfill that duty with increased ambition. and the reason is threefold. climate change is undeniable. it is unstoppable. climate solutions provide opportunities that are unmatchable. amy: former national security adviser michael flynn will turn over some subpoenaed documents to the senate intelligence committee as part of its investigation into whether the trump campaign colluded with russia to allegedly influence the 2016 election. flynn had previously said he would refuse to turn over an

epa had scott pruitt and steve bannon want the united states to pull out from the accord because it'su look at the terms of the paris agreement, it prices the biggest burden on the united states and other developed nations while giving a huge pass to china and india. david: of course. >> they don't have to reduce their emissions and they're one of the biggest polluters in the world. so there's huge inequity there, so i understand where they're coming from. but with respect to ivanka's position, of course we should be all doing what we can to reduce our carbon footprint, but we need to do it fairly and equitably against all nations. i don't know why we're empowering china while hurting the united states and our own economic growth. david: ten seconds. who wins the debate with respect to the paris accord? >> well, i hope americans will win this debate because that was one of president trump's campaign promises and folks are looking for him to keep his word. david: so you do think he will hold back on ivanka toward the paris accord? >> i sure hope so because it puts our country at a comp

white house protection agency scott pruitt, going to replace half of them members on the scientific board, a broader effort of republicans changing the way that the agency evaluates the scientific basis for its regulations. in case you are wondering, yes, this is not going over so well with some of the folks actually on that board. robert richardson, a dismissed member saying this on twitter, today i was trumped. i had the pleasure of serving on the epa board, and my appointment was terminated toda today. some more fall out there, in case you're wondering what is happening with the president today, he has a pretty big schedule. he is going to meet with mike pence, the secretary of state, and each arm is mcmaster, a lot of people wondering what will come of those meetings today. we are not expecting a full read out, but we do have the press briefing coming up today at 1:30. i will be here for you, all the latest. back to you. >> jon: i will give you the first question. looking forward to it. we will see you then. reaction from both sides of the aisle to the gop's health care bill. even pre