. >> sreenivasan: the head of the environmental protection agency- - scott pruitt-- has launched a formal process to review and challenge mainstream climate science. the critique will reportedly be modeled on how the u.s. military identifies battlefield vulnerabilities. emily holden from "e and e" news's "climatewire" broke the story on friday and joins me now from washington to discuss it. >>> what we know so far is essentially that administrator pruitt wants to recruit scientists to work on this red team, blue team to sort of look at any potential vulnerability or uncertainty in climb change report, the blue team would be the team producing and defending the reports > > sreenivasan: this kind of flies in the face of peer-reviewed scientific journals >> that's what you heard from the scientific community response to this, they're saying this is how science is made, before we publish anything on climate change or any other matter we've had it reviewed by other scientists who have looked to see we've done everything correctly and come to the correct conclusions. > > sreenivasan: what about

was one of many attempts by scott pruitt and the e.p.a. to push back on obama era regulations they don't like. does what the court ruled in this particular case have any bearing on the other attempts in other realms to roll back implications? >> this rule appears to have implication, not only for scott pruitt and the e.p.a. but the interior department, labor department, other agencies. these are are always where an effort is underway to revoke the obama era rules and the court said, for now, the task is harder than you thought, you can't just freeze them in place and you're going to face serious obstacles in yore way because there will be folks on the outside challenging it, and we think they have merit and you need to take a different course if you're going to revisit some of these rules. >> with regards to other environmental regulations, most notably the president backed out of the paris climate accord or said the u.s. would back out of it, and i knew scott pruitt was among many arguing with that. there was a big debate within the admin

. >> kellyanne, trump has nominated oklahoma attorney general scott pruitt to head the epa, even thoughossil-fuel advocate that doesn't believe in climate change. >> well, yes, actually, scott pruitt is excited for the job and is ready to protect us all from the environment. >> uh, i'm not sure that's how it works. this pick is not the only one that has people scratching their heads. there's also the decision to name the ceo of carl's jr. and hardee's, andy puzder, as secretary of labor even though puzder does not support a minimum wage. kellyanne, it's almost like mr. trump appoints these people specifically to undermine the very agencies they head. are these bad picks? >> no, jake, they are not bad. they are alt-good. >> wasn't donald trump supposed to drain the swamp? >> mm-hmm. and actually mr. trumpis draining the swamp, as he said he would, and the frogs and the toads and the newts that are left who have muti

. >> the president also appointed scott pruitt to lead the epa. who in the past has sued to stop environmental regulations. >> you have pruitt whose job it has been to actually nullify the statutory authority of the epa. >> scott pruitt was not a big fan of the epa to begin with, was he? >> no. he was the attorney general of oklahoma and had sued it about a dozen times. >> oh, my god. and now he's the head of it. [ light laughter ] >> seth: it's like the plot of a bad '80s college movie. he was the drunkest guy in the frat, but thanks to a paperwork mix-up, he became the dean? ♪ i feel good [ applause ] scott pruitt being the head of the epa is the same as new york's food inspector being a rat with a clipboard. [ light laughter ] you guys leaving your milk out? good to see, good to see. i better not catch any of you washing your hands. i'm just busting balls. a-plus, now get back to work. [ light laughter ] now reports show that in just the five months since pruitt took over, he has moved to undo, delay, or otherwise block more than 30 environment

host: what is his cabinet members, scott pruitt -- one of his cabinet members, scott pruitt, was in courthere's the headline in the newspaper. there was the strike down of the ssiondmission -- new omi on oilds for the caps and gas wells. a decision that could set back the trump administration's broad legal strategy for rolling back obama era rules. ruling, the u.s. court of appeals for the district of columbia circuit concluded that the epa had the right to reconsider a 2016 rule limiting methane and smog forming pollutants emitted by oil and gas wells, but it could not delay the effective date while it saw to rewrite the regulation. next caller on the independent line. caller: happy fourth of july. i want to throw that out to everyone who believes in this country. regarding the view of us, i think there is an awakening around the world, and they can see through the shell game that is most governments. [indiscernible] it hinders our relationships when you go off and build weapons rather than trying to find ways to unite in common efforts. , itg back to investigations is appropriate that t

scott pruitt should be doing a televised debate.oderated. >> juan: could you also host a flat earth series on the same time? >> greg: i don't understand that. that is an ad hominem attack. you would not survive the debate. disqualified. disqualified. you called me flat earth, he would not last the debate because you don't have the fact facts. >> juan: it's just like you debate something that is so obvious, the sun comes up every morning, it lets have a debate. >> greg: not a debate for you >> meghan: we want talk about climate change anymore because greg will fall asleep by the senate republicans released their new obamacare deal today. business would have a chance at a passage? president trump is losing patience. next. i was wondering if an electric toothbrush really cleans... ...better than a manual, and my hygienist says it does. but... ...they're not all the same. turns out, they're really... ...different. who knew? i had no idea. so, she said look for... ...one that's shaped like a dental tool with a round... ...brush head. go

scott pruitt tried to delay it by two years to give them time to consider the rule.ee judge panel said while t cannot delay ight to examine implementation while doing so. it is seen as a win for the environmental groups and the epa announced it is reviewing its options. >>> tiger woots completes inpatient treatment for pain medicine and a sleep disorder, a month after being arrested for driving under the influence. two tests did not test alcohol and in fact he said he has a reaction to these drugs. >>> superstar kevin durant reportedly taking a huge pay cut to help key players. he is expected to sign a two year $53 million contract, a pay cut of $9 million for the finals mvp. that move reportedly gave the warriors room sign andre iguodala and shaun livingston for three more years. it comes after the team signed a blockbuster deal for star steph curry of $201 million over five years. >>> just ahead, tesla's mass market tesla car about to hit the streets in your neighborhood. next. and one of us used up all the sunscreen! i wonder who... . we're gonna need some reinfor

the three-judge panel wrote that scott pruitt did not have the legal authority to delay the rule from so, in essence, the epa can review the rule but while they review it, they can't actually push it off. the original rules were put in place by president obama. back with me to talk about this, guys, give this one to either of you. i want to get a sense of how big an impact this might have for what the trump administration has been trying to do on the environment. we have seen this president work to roll back regulations from the obama era before. this has been one of the areas that he has been able to get something done. unlike legislatively where tax reform looks unlikely this summer and so on. so, scott, i'll start with you. walk me through on how you see this playing out for them? >> i think it's interesting to look at the epa particularly and how it's been run under president donald trump. as you mentioned, there's been a lot of focus on what's been going on in congress or not going on, depending on the day. a lot of focus on the russia investigations and there's been a lot of foc

scott pruitt should be doing a televised debate.uan: could you also host a flat earth series on the same time? >> greg: i don't understand that. that is an ad hominem attack. you would not survive the debate. disqualified. disqualified. you called me flat earth, he would not last the debate because you don't have the fact facts. >> juan: it's just like you debate something that is so obvious, the sun comes up every morning, it lets have a debate. >> greg: not a debate for you >> meghan: we want talk about climate change anymore because greg will fall asleep by the senate republicans released their new obamacare deal today. business would have a chance at a passage? president trump is losing patience. next. ♪ i am totally blind. and non-24 can make me show up too early... or too late. or make me feel like i'm not really "there." talk to your doctor, and call 844-234-2424. atmore than one flavor, oruch texture, or color.ing. a good clean salad is so much more than green. and with panera catering, more for your event. panera. food as i

the best idea to come out of the climate -- this whole climate argument so far is scott pruitt, who offeredeen scientists all across the spectrum of the climate change argument. it's a brilliant thing because the people who refuse to engage are tipping their hand that their ideas are wrong or they would not be scared of testing them. if you are not scared of testing your ideas in the public setting against scientific rivals, then, your ideas might have some merit. but if you are going, oh, my god, i have been reading secondary materials are not real studies, i have been going by some phony consensus thing that has been going on, i don't know my crap, then, you don't want to debate.ns scott pruitt should be doing a televised debate. i would moderate it. >> juan: could you also host a flat earth series on the same time? >> greg: i don't understand that. that is an ad hominem attack. you would not survive the debate. disqualified.th disqualified. you called me flat earth, you would not last the debate because you don't have the facts. >> juan: it's just like you debate something that is so obv

the beginning of energy week for the trump administration, paving the perry,n op-ed by rick with scott pruitt, the epa administrator joining in on the op-ed that ran in "the washington times." taking her calls with brian about theretarded future of u.s. energy policy. buie pooley, maryland, jean, go ahead. i would like to suggest one policy from dr. ortez, the department of energy secretary and obama, and what to do with increased natural gas availability. in that study, two years in m.i.t. that he chaired, they two up to it with conclusions. first, use the natural gas to replace the worst performing .oal plants with electricity that has artie been done to a large extent and has worked out well. the second one hasn't been acted on, to use it as a practical, economic risk proven fuel. and the source of producing .nother, petrochemicals the united states is, in fact, today, from louisiana, doing exactly what m.i.t. suggested, to taking the natural gas and turning it to ethanol, but it has been going on 1100 foot methanol tankers to china and as a is using it right now mixture of fuel for their

epa chief scott pruitt tried to delay the obama-era regulation by two years to give the agency time toonsider the rule but a three judge panel said while the epa has the right to examine the rule it cannot delay implementation. the ruling seen as a win among environmental groups and an epa spokeswoman said its reviewing its legal options. >>> tiger woods announced he completed inpatient treatment to help manage his pain medications an a sleep disorder. this comes a month after the golf star was arrested in jupiter, florida, for driving under the influence. two breathalyzer tests did not detect any alcohol. instead, woods claims that he had a reaction to several prescription drugs. he's scheduled to appear in court next month. in the meantime woods says he will continue to work on health issues. >>> and nba super star kevin durant is reportedly taking a huge pay cut to help keep key players for the champion golden state warriors. according to espn durant is expected to sign a two-year, $53 million contract, that's a pay cut of $9 million for the finals' mvp. the move reportedly gave the

. >>> today a federal appeals court found the head of the epa, scott pruitt, overstepped his authority in trying to delay an obama era rule restricting harmful methane restrictions. the rule was supposed to take effect last month. it requires energy companies to capture methane that leaks or is burned off at drilling sites to reduce emissions that contribute to climate change. methane is wasted each year, that's enough to power about 5 million homes. >>> president trump heads to poland on wednesday for the g20 summit in germany. he's also expected to sit down with russian president vladimir putin. fox news reporter tells us some of the challenges facing president trump, as well as the possible upside for the white house. >> reporter: the president spending the 4th here in washington, but his travel itinerary for the rest of the week is pretty extensive. and one meeting in particular could be quite challenging. >> reporter: arrests in germany ahead of this week's g20 summit. protesters have used boats, even giant puppets of president donald trump and other world leaders to make their po

scott pruitt plans a team of researchers to test the on -- fic findings host: rick perry, the energy secretary, endorsed the idea in a senate hearing on thursday. michael is calling in on our democratic line. hi, michael. what is on your mind? caller: hi. well, we forgot, as far as i'm concerned, mr. trump -- i am not calling him my president because i did not vote for him -- as far as i'm concerned, he is a parasite of a leader to this country. what about seeing his taxes? we forgot all about that and his billions of dollars or whatever. anyway. i am and ask naval veteran. he is just really bad. that is all i really have to say about that. right, susan calling in from santa monica, california on our independent line. hi, susan. caller: hey. how are you doing? host: i am great. what did you want to talk about today? iller: i had to laugh when heard the gentleman talking about men dying. death, men die some of of what man has ever died from childbirth? -- yes, men dying, but what man has ever died from childbirth? it is biology. we are getting away from the , andtion of human beings w

and do not serve at the pleasure of the president so like rick perry the secretary of energy or scott pruitt the head of the environmental protection agency these are cabinet level officials that are hired and fired by the president the chairperson of the federal energy regulatory commission can't just be fired by the president and it's called first for exactly and so what my fear is is that trump is going to do a komi here because he hasn't named a chairperson of firk at at the point that we're recording the according this by a little bit more right but i'm not sure that we're going to see it for a while really because i mean they haven't seen him we might not be as what the what i think is going on is trump is making sure that he's going to secure a loyalty pledge out of the chair for to say i you need to be in line with our new radical vision of how wholesale power markets so that when the radical vision for the health of the radical vision is to redesign power markets to provide additional what's known as out of market payments to baseload generation because what the perry memo is trying

scott pruitt tried to give the oil and gas companies two years before they would have to follow the rulebut a federal court says pruitt does not have the authority to do that. what about the appeals court? did they get it right? >> it's kind of hard to say. the epa, the administration may seek to repeal it with a full record and go to the supreme court. the lower court wasn't splitting hairs. they didn't actually say that pruitt doesn't have authority to get rid of the methane emissions requirement. instead they said, you first have to jump through a lot of administrative hoops. you have to have public notice, there has to be time for public comment, you have to have a hearing. then a review and so forth. once you do that, then you can take action to get rid of the methane requirements. if i'm pruitt, i'm probably thinking it's easier, faster to jump through the administrative hoops rather than challenge this on appeal, although they may decide to do that. the u.s. supreme court obviously recently upheld president trump's travel ban when so many lower courts did not. >> jon: gregg jarret

she encouraged president trump to stay in the deal and ultimately he sided with his epa director scott pruitt u.s. from it. in case where she has tried to use her influence to steer president trump one way or another, it's not always been successful but clearly she does have a place at his table. he is willing to consider her advice so she definitely has some influence in the white house. >> julian zeleny and sarah westwood, thank you. >> thank you. >>> the front lines of the war against isis. this is a cnn exclusive and we are taking you to mosul and talking to people who are finally walking free after being held hostage for years. ♪ hey, bud. you need some help? no, i'm good. come on, moe. i have to go. (vo) we always trusted our subaru impreza would be there for him someday. ok. that's it. (vo) we just didn't think someday would come so fast. see ya later, moe. (vo) introducing the subaru impreza. the longest-lasting vehicle in its class. more than a car, it's a subaru. whimper yap yap yap yip is your dog trying to tell you something? allergic itch in dogs is a medical condition that's mor

said epa administered scott pruitt, we are taking significant action to take power to the states and require sovereignty to our businesses and farmers. some wonder if the administration is putting a price tag on the health and safety of americans. >> it's shocking that president trump is rolling back common safeguards to protect our air, land, water. roll back real progress we are making bread not only finding climate training, chains, but creating energy jobs for the future. >> president trump is actually benefiting something his predecessor did. it was president obama, after all, who lifted the 40 year ban on u.s. crude experts. bret? >> kevin corke in washington. kevin, thank you. the u.s. intervention energy in agency said that we got more from renewable resources than nuclear power. the first time since 1984 the power from renewables exceeded that of nuclear generation. however, those numbers are not expected to hold for the entire year, and the u.s. still gets nearly two-thirds of its electricity from burning fossil fuels. up next, some senators are getting an ear full at home

and ventriloquist who is his own dummy, scott pruitt. back in march, the e.p.a.a ban on a controversial pesticide called chlorpyrifos, which is surprising because the e.p.a.'s own scientists found "ingesting even minuscule amounts can interfere with brain development." in other words, it's the chemical equivalent of "fox & friends." ( laughter ) so why-- the question is. ( cheers and applause ) a great show, well produced. well-produced show. i'm a fan. so why did pruitt overturn the ban? we don't really know. but we just learned that right before he made the decision, he met privately with the c.e.o. of dow chemical, who makes the pesticide, for a half hour at a houston hotel. and that looks really bad. because there is no convincing way to explain spending time in houston. ( laughter ) because of the humidity. they're lovely people. before this came out, dow had been lobbying the trump administration to, "set aside" the findings of federal scientists. and the administration has done them one better by setting aside science. luckily, we've still got science fict

rethinking the way the oversight of local police departments and also immigration issues or certainly scott pruitt and epa and the interior secretary on public -- that's where they're having their most success, redirecting policy in a highly controversial way. in that sense, using the executive levers they've been much more effective at dealing with congress. look, i think unlike paul ryan, who basically shrugged his shoulders at the idea of replacing jeff sessions, the senate republicans have laid down a pretty clear marker. senate of the judiciary committee saying look i am not planning on holding hearings on replacement. donald trump has crossed many red lines before so you can't rule it out. they've put down about as clear a marker as they can that says do not go down this path. at least that will give others in the administration second thoughts of whether they want to face that kind of complicate and whether or not they want to tackle tax reform. >> repairs, actual physical structural repairs going on in the white house over the next few weeks. the idea that the heated rhetoric of this admin

he's not going to presumably do that because the man who is the environment secretary, scott pruitt,something he said. "i think that measuring with precision human activity on the climate is something very challenging to do. there's tremendous disagreement. i would not agree that it's a primary contributor to the global warming we see." well, if mr pruitt has new scientific results, he should publish them forthwith. the scientists would be very interested in seeing them. you've got 200 years of climate science, clear and strong, that points in a different direction. but if you look across the administration at the secretary of state, mr tillerson, if you look at treasury, if you look at defence, you'll find quite a lot of people in the administration who are absolutely not climate deniers and recognise the importance of action. the paris accord was hailed as this landmark achievement, but how watertight is it if a country the size of the united states can just walk away without any repercussions? actually, the united states cannot withdraw for three years, that was part of the paris

that could be scott pruitt, who is a lawyer. it doesn't have to be a lawyer. it could be betsy devos. it could be rick perry or look to senior officials within the justice department. if you were to go to something outrageous as this. >> the television, the president might hear about it. >> i'm sure he asked his lawyers as to what his options are. i guarantee you that's one of his options. this is like a repeat of we're coming up the 44th anniversary of saturday night massacre. he's looking to get rid of this investigation. anything he can do to protect his family, to protect himself, he's trying to do it. the way he's doing it is to get rid of the investigation and everybody has to ask the obvious question. why? >> why? this is the part in the broadcast where on certain stories i would say to be fair to white house, the president has said this is not all about russia. as the journalist, i can't do that because the preponderate has repeatedly said it is all about russia. the only thing he's sides he's unhappy with jeff sessions about is the russia recusal. the

attorney general sessions being replaced by rudy guiliani, or environmental protection administrator scott pruittn't see it happening. jeff sessions gave up 20 years of seniority in the senate to become america's top law man, and were he to be driven out and humiliated, his friends, and the republican side, not to mention democrats lusting for revenge against the president, would take the opportunity to make any nominee a sacrificial lamon the floor of the >> so what do you think the future is for jeff sessions? weighing in, use the hashtag 5@6:30. let me know what you think. reporting live at the white house, ronica cleary, fox5 local news. >>> and just about 20 minutes ago, the house overwhelmingly passed a bill to impose new sanctions on russia. the sanctions are designed to punish russia for its alleged meddling in the 2016 presidential election, also invading ukraine. the bill also makes it harder for the president to ease any punitive measures against moscow, some members of the trump administration including secretary of state rex tillerson have voiced concerns about imposing additional sa

said epa administrator scott pruitt, we're taking significant action to return power to the states andde regulatory certainty to farmers and businesses. but some wonder if the administration is unwisely putting a price tag on the health and safety of americans >> it's shocking president trump is rolling back common sense safeguards to protect air, land, water. rolling back real progress that we're making, not only in fighting climate change, but in creating the clean energy jobs of the future. >> reporter: this may surprise some of you at home. believe it or not, president trump is actually benefitting from something his predecessor did. it was president obama after all who lifted the 40-year ban on u.s. crude exports. in washington, kevin cork, fox news. >>> this moose chasing a golfer off the course. i don't think the moose likes golf. >>> another moose this time black lab named moose got a home coming story three years in the making. we demand a lot from our eyes every day. i should know. i have chronic dry eye caused by reduced tear production due to inflammation. so i use restasis

pretty pure conservative policy formula, and if anybody in his administration with the exception of scott pruitt to attack, and he has a lot of cred with the conservative base. the reaction and support jeff sessions has gotten surprised the president a bit. >> "the washington post" says, jeff sessions' chief of staff told reince priebus, the attorney general had no intention of stepping down. making it clear that sessions mans to move forward with his agenda. priebus did not say president trump planned to fire sessions. what do you make of that, david? >> we're missing, what do you think of that, mr. president? the ball is in your court now. clearly what sessions and the team rrmd them are trying to make clear, if you don't want me to be your attorney general, mr. president, you have to fire me. i'm sticking around. it's not surprising that is the posture after a day where all of his former colleagues on capitol hill and the senate put out statements supporting him, some going as far to make the case that he was correct to recuse himself which is at the very core of what angers president trump a

last month environmental protection agency chief scott pruitt seemed to be following those same talking> since the fourth quarter of last year to most recently, added almost 50,000 jobs in the coal sector. in the month of may, 7,000 jobs. >> on a recent visit to west virginia, rick perry struggled with explaining job growth in the coal market when he offered up his own explanation of the base sick economics of supply and demand saying you put the supply out there and the demand will follow. a claim many economists were quick to ridicule but whether they ridicule or not, if you understand basic economics, it's the other way around. when visiting a clean coal lab and rec perry said this, this is the future, he did not realize that lab was going to lose much of their budget under rick perry -- >> the administration has got to stop making these claims. we're fracking a little bit more because the price of oil stabilized and it's going up. that has been the issue. as we're fracking more, a lot of these jobs that fall under the bureau of labor statistics of mining and logging, they are gas jo

. >> but both the president and scott pruitt talked about bringing 50,000 coal jobs back when it wasthe end of the day 700 jobs came back and much of it was sparked during the obama administration. the obama administration is the one that gave the permit to open the coal mine the president took credit for a week ago. >> but this is a president who hears what he wants to hear and sees what he wants to see. if he just watched peter alexander's piece, he'd probably say, look, there's a big uptick in selling barkoloungers in pennsylvania. he goes from news cycle to news cycle. he thinks that any news cycle that he wins is a successful day for him as president of the united states. you can't govern that way. >> i want to switch it just really quickly. we can talk about trump and his failings, but i'm really fascinated by those voters who still support him. that's what's interesting to me. it speaks to something very, very, very dark in our country. >> i'm not fascinated by the voters who still support him, i'm fascinated by the gop leaders who still support him because they know how this

scott pruitt previously said he would delay the regulation by two years to reconsider the measure andnow reviewing the opinion and examining it's options. >>> all right. turning now to the big story, new details on the senate scram to believe repeal and replace obamacare. turns out the cbo is looking at several versions of the bill over this fourth of july break. yes, they are working, for more, bring in garrett at the white house. garrett, i want to start with you. what can you tell us about these two bills and whether the white house is actually supporting both of them or either of them. >> reporter: well the main difference is this one amendment, this is the consumer freedom act. this was a proposal by senators ted cruz and mike lee, two of the more conservative members of the republican caucus. the cbo looking with it and without it trying to figure the changes it would make to coverage and cost. the heart of the amendment is this, if it's state sells a plan in a place like jackson county, missouri, under obamacare it had to have a certain number of essential benefits. they have s

highlighted very well in an interesting exchange on fox news between chris wallace and epa administrator scott pruitt. administrator pruitt talked about repealing a bunch of greenhouse gas emission rules. chris wallace said what are you going to do about the 90,000 cases of asthma that those rules are preventing? now that was a very interesting question to ask. if you're going to repeal the rules, there's a cost to society. so my bet is that agencies are going to come around and say those rules were not so beneficial, but they were really costly. the opposite of what agencies really do. one again needs a truth teller in office that's going to rigorously review those analyses and quantifications. even within our very good system there are incentives for agencies to buy us costs and benefits in the direction that's going to achieve the policy they want to achieve. so an independent review office is important. i think that the office we have in place does a pretty good job. i think the ability of courts to review the record is yet another backstop. how much farther one would want to go in imposing cost

pretty pure conservative policy formula out of anybody in his administration with the exception of scott pruitt to attack and he is somebody who has a lot of credit with the conservative base and the reaction and support sessions has gotten surprised the president a bit. >> david, i want to read thing "the washington post" reported. in a recent conversation, sessions chief of staff told reince priebus the attorney general had no intention of stepping down. hunt made it clear to priebus that sessions "plans to move forward with his agenda in the department and he has no plans for resigning," according to one person familiar with the exchange. priebus did not say trump planned to fire sessions if he didn't leave. these people said. what do you make of that, david? >> we're missing what do you think of that, mr. president? the ball's in your court now. clearly what sessions and the team around him are trying to make clear here is you know what, mr. president, if you don't want me to be your attorney general anymore, you have to fire me. i'm sticking around. it's not sacrificing that that is the po

i have appreciated administrator scott pruitt facilitated the round table to learn directly from local agriculture and community leaders about the harmful consequences of the rule. the men and women of the round table hosted by jim and karen rockmore clearly explained the real impact of overreaching regulations have on environmentally positive development for jobs. i am grateful that president donald trump and administrator pruitt have committed to review the rule and, most importantly, considering the impact of grassroots organizations about the negative impact. in conclusion, god bless our troops and we will never forget september 11 and the global war on terrorism. i appreciate the late rusty shannon of sandy run, south carolina, for alerting me of the destructive consequences of the rule. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlewoman seek recognition? without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, within hours, the senate will begin a sinister unraveling of the safety net for millions

you just had a story with the ap correcting scott pruitt, secret meeting with a chemical company ceo.ng never happened. had been on someone's calendar. given the state of distrust in the media, you know, we are under very much a harsh spotlight as are the people that we think and talk and broadcast about. i think it's important that we do be held to a higher standard. >> eric: do you think this will chill the coverage or will make the editorial process full of more integrity? >> i i believe in aggressive investigation of every white house and president. if it chills the process, that would concern me. if it makes people be more careful, take an extra day, get an extra source without running and gunning and getting stories that have to be retracted or walked back or wrong, that might not be a bad thing. right now this under scores that we're, at least some organizations are a little too quick to go with stories that are not fully tied down. >> eric: that's important. you remember what they always said about journalism. if your mother tells you she loves you, check it out. howard, good

were talking about scott pruitt. moved to undo, delay, and on block a dozen of environmental regulations. a balanced approach, one that expects the environment but also pushes growth and activity and innovation is a smart long-term play. we will see what side burns out and we certainly know which direction they are moving in. >> shannon: the secretary was our guest last week. he knows there's quite a bit of resistance out there. kevin corke, good to see you. >> leland: you just heard this. president trump projecting a positive relationship between the u.s. and russia. but what are he and the russian president talking about in their first face-to-face? how is it going? what are they saying? shannon is excited to hear. that is straight ahead. >> leland: busy day, and a lot more to come at the g20 summit in germany. huge reception with a class photo of all the leaders. there they all together and right now, wouldn't you love to be a fly on the wall between president trump and president putin? >> shannon: we are waiting

epa administrator scott pruitt.that he wants to see the issue of climate change debated by scientists. maybe even on tv. what do you think about that? >> i think if it gets more people to accept the concept that climate change is happening, it's real, and that we all should be doing something about it. everything from you and i as individuals to our communities, to our states, to our federal government, to the global economy. >> maybe it won't be getting good press but people will learn about the environment. but it is science. you can't debate two plus two equals four. >> no, you can't debate it but you can put facts on the table and hopefully get people to say, okay, science is behind the concept that our planet is warming. >> now you are going to help me save people out there by telling me and everybody out there what we need to do to address climate change. in about 40 seconds. >> yeah, okay. for starters, i think we all need to burn less carbon. so as individuals, we need to fly less, buy solar and wind for our

we appreciate the fact that donald trump and scott pruitt and this administration is working to put a stop because the court said, as we all know, the obama administration overreach. now what we are doing, what this appropriations bill provides is the voice of the legislative branch to say, yes, the prior administration overreached. the executive branch historically needs to be curtailed. the courts were right. we need to speak as the legislative branch giving the authority to stop this onerous rule. i applaud the work of the appropriations committee. we need to put the legislative stamp of approval on what the obama -- what the trump administration is doing to stop this overregulation. thank you and i certainly oppose this proposed amendment. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is on the amendment offered by this gentlewoman from ohio. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. the amendment is not agreed. tissue is not agreed to -- the amendment is not agreed to. it is now in order to consider amen

said scott pruitt we're taking significant action to return power to the states and provide regulatory businesses. but some wonder if the administration is unwisely putting a price tag on the health and safety of americans. >> it's shocking president trump is rolling back common sense safeguards to protect our air land, our water. rolling back real progress that we're making. not only in fighting climate change but in creating the clean energy jobs of the future. >> reporter: this may may but believe it or not president trump is actually benefiting from something his predecessor did. it was president obama after all who on u.s. crude exports. in washington, kevin cork, fox news. >> judgment day for a man who admitted to taking part in the violent riots during president trump's inauguration. a judge has sentenced dane powell to four months in jail and two years of probation. prosecutors presented this new video in court yesterday and it shows powell protesting in logan circle. he was later seen breaking windows at a bank of america and a starbucks nearby. he pled guilty in april to riot