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now joined by tom steyer. great to have you on. your thoughts on the fallout today? tom: i think today is the tip of the iceberg. what we are seeing is a culture of defeat, a culture of dishonesty both in the initial agreement to have the meeting and try to figure out ways with a foreign country to rig the after that we have seen a series of lies, a series of coverups, and now donald has hired an attorney who has represented mafia families in new york. recognize that given the lack of political experience in the family, something like this may not have occurred to them here at these events took place last year. they may not have believed that donald trump could get to the white house. tom: ignorance of the law is no defense just to be clear. second of all the shows a pattern. events.not one isolated this is an event that included son, son-in-law, and the head of his campaign. there were a series of events where we have seen trying to lie about it, cover it up, and in general, this is a pattern of dishonesty. you can't tell me, oh my gosh, we didn't know we had to obey

investor and clean energy advocate tom steyer has criticized the trump administration's decision to pullthe paris climate speculationing to he might be prepared to run for political office. >> the polling says americans of every stripe across the country, including republicans, no we have to deal with climate change and are up for it. the studies that we have done together with hank paulson, a bloomberg, and mike an independent, have shown that if we moved to clean energy, our economy will grow faster, costs will be lower, and americans will be better paid. republican lie that moving to clean energy is bad for our economy is just that. it doesn't happen to be true. >> you are clearly frustrated with this administration. >> you think? >> a little bit. everything i have read says you have a choice, continue to be an environmental activist, but clearly you feel passionately not just about the environment, something far bigger about washington and what is going on there, is a time to run for governor of california? >> let me say this, i think we are in more of a political crisis than america

more of the week's top interviews, starting with billionaire investor and clean energy advocate tom steyeradministration energy policies and its decision to pull out of the paris climate accord, leading to speculation he might be preparing to run for political office. >> the polling says that americans oft that every stripe across the country, including republicans, know that we have to deal with climate change and are up for it. the second thing you should know is the studies we have done , aether with hank paulson republican, and mike bloomberg, an independent, have shown that if we moved to clean energy, our economy will grow faster, costs will be lower, and americans will be better paid. the whole republican lie that somehow moving to clean energy is bad for our economy is just that. they have no justification for it. they asserted repeatedly. it just doesn't ring -- it just doesn't happen to be true. reporter: you are clearly very frustrated with this administration. everything i have read about you continue to be an environmental activist, but clearly you feel very passionately not j

joins us, tom steyer at 2:30 this afternoon. about the future of energy policy and the attentional run for governor. and you don't want to miss our bloomberg tv . you can always watch our segments there. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> it is 2:00 p.m. in new york, i am scarlet fu. julia: welcome to bloomberg markets. ♪ >> we are live and bloomberg world headquarters over the next hour. here are the top stories we are covering. we begin with all it takes, the mills heard around the nation. a donald trump a junior releasing correspondences with a -- whether the trump campaign colluded with a russian officials. enough tod but still remind that the market hasn't gone completely deaf to politics. we will discuss this with dan arbess. why the decline in revenue at the five biggest firms is showing up at the dating apps and golf courses. julia? julia:

. >> reporter: billionaire environmentalists tom steyer also praised the bipartisan vote. >> we're providing a stark contrast to how democracy is supposed to work where people believe that the other side is trying to do the right thing even if they disagree with them. >> reporter: the california legislative analyst says right now "cap & trade" is adding about 11 cents a gallon to gas prices. bustier says not to worry. >> we're going to start using less gasoline and so the price of gas will go down. i think people are worried about gas prices going up have got it exactly backwards. >> reporter: now, for all the talk of bipartisanship here today, i do want to point out that chad mays is the republican leader who rounded up most of the gop votes and he is now facing removal from his leadership position for his support of "cap & trade." so california is certainly not immune from deep party divisions on the issue of climate change. live on treasure island, melissa caen, kpix 5. >>> breaking news. chopper 5 is live over gilroy gardens in the south bay where just minutes ago, nine people were broug