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That california as the sixth largest economy is part of basically u.s. participation in these accords or these goals over time so that one day the u.s. might be able to reenter the paris accord? how do you look at the future of this? >> well, i certainly dont think trump in his statement today is the last word. far from it. this is a temporary deviation from the norm. the world norm. and it will be correct. how soon? i dont know. i cant say that today. but im going to do everything i can to corr...

Going to act as the null hypothesis. hes demonstrating that climate denial has no integrity and no future and the opposite, climate act activism and in the coming days and months and hopefully the coming years that we really rise to the occasion and do what is needed to keep humanity on a sustainable and har path with nature. >> as you know the president emphasized in his remarks today that he was doing this for pittsburgh, not paris. what is your view or your response to that, the idea that ame...

And trade program. there are areas of collaboration. california right now has as much clean tech capital investment venture capital investment as china and the rest of europe combined. were doing a lot. well do more with china and link closer together. it used to be china and the united states as the pillar. now china is that pillar and california is very much going to be working with them to achieve our mutual goals. >> so governor, given all that youre doing, is this sort of a place holder or ...

Every $1 million invested in coal and natural gas. the jobs are not going to be in coal going forward. the future is renewable energy. and i think we need to be making sure that were leading that effort. on national security, secretary mattis, his own defense secretary, has said that climate change is a national security challenge. in july of 2015, the pentagon put out a lengthy report, talking about the very severe complications for our own national security, if we dont do something about man-m...

Secretary, has said that climate change is a national security challenge. in july of 2015, the pentagon put out a lengthy report, talking about the very severe complications for our own national security, if we dont do something about man-made climate change. >> jeff, do you agree that the u.s. does, i mean, have to engage with the world in terms of, you know, international diplomacy and accords. and to that argument of giving up sovereignty, isnt any kind of engagement or deal one makes interna...

The pocketbook. you have trump voters in places where energy development and exploration is a big deal throughout the south. they will be happy with this. then suburban upscale republicans who do believe in manmade climate change they think its a problem. they are not convinced this will do anything about it and not convinced countries like china and other developing countries with huge pollution problems will do whats required and it will fall on us. so i say there are consequences to this, but...

Own, the so-called nationalists element within the white house, against all of these international accords like the t.p.p., like nafta, like the paris accord, which they feel encumbered the united states, keeping it from being able to act independently in its own self interest. >> shepard: bret baier is with us from washington host of "special report." bret what is the back story here? >> we dont really know. john roberts did some great reporting as this developed that it might have been some ki...

>> can you say whether or not the president believes human activity is contributing to the warmings of the climate. >> honestly, i havent asked him. >> do you feel like that is a decision hes still trying to make. >> i dont know. i havent asked him that specific question. >> david, your thoughts? >> the one thing we know about his position in climate change is that its changeable and the political climate has changed such that he feels it is in his benefit to be against us, to pull out of paris....

The world. so india and china are emerging economies care about their own economies but are also sticking with the climate accords. its a little bit of cognitive dissidents, if you like, if the u.s. pulls out at this particular point. >> quickly, we know what the president of the united states is doing. he is assessing the deals. thats why you see in his tweet. he doesnt mention environmental accords but saying thats not good for u.s. business. nato, not a good deal because we give so much more ...

The department of labors fu fiduciary responsibility. now the paris climate accords. most businesses have moved towards a more sustainable form of energy, reducing their carbon footprint, what have you, against the backdrop of concerns of climate change. if we pull out, in the short run you could see some benefit to companies because their compliance costs go down. in the long run this is not the way the world is going. companies really do have to stay lined up with this accord because, at the e...