Predecessor no mike is up. Just come here. Now it is back. We had asked your predecessors to come particularly as relates to section 321a, to see the impact some of the regulations were having on in the coal fields and they declined to do that. But i am particularly appreciative of the fact that a week ago or two weeks ago the epa, you sent other folks to West Virginia to get the impact of what these regulations are having. Because it is pretty clear in the statute that we have to abide by the economic impact. We have to take that into consideration when rules and regs are promulgated. They didnt do that. I know you and i have had that conversation, that you want to follow the law very clearly, and i know a federal judge has already ruled that the epa in the past considered them discretionary and not mandatory. I think your position, i have heard from you, is you think they are mandatory and you intend to abide by them. Am i correct on that . Yes, congressman, and we did, in fact, as y
News. We dont even have a border. People are flowing through like water. Hillary will be a disaster as president. Jeb bush will never take us to the promise land. This morning, what else trump has to say. And pop star problem. Ariana grande under investigation for licking doughnuts and under fire for saying she hates her country. Shes apologizing today, thursday, july 9th, 2015. And good morning. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. Hoda is in for savannah once again. Good to see you here. File it under things you never want to say aloud. Hard to tell whether she was talking about the doughnuts and how big they were. But you dont know. She was supposed to be part of the allstar celebration for Major League Baseball. Thats been canceled, pull out of that now. Looks like demi luvotto will take her spot. Our top story on this thursday morning, the governor of South Carolina calls it a new day in her state after a historic bill to remove the Confederate Flag from the grounds of the stat
News. We dont have a border. People are flowing through the border. Hillary clinton will be a disaster as a president. Jeb bush will never take us to the promise land. Pop star problem Arianna Grande under investigation for licking doughnuts on a shop counter and under fire for saying she hates her country. Shes apologizing today, thursday july 9th 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. Hoe data is in hoda is in for savannah. Things you never want to say out loud. Yeah. Its hard to tell how about how big the doughnuts are. She was supposed to be part of the al Star Major League baseball shes pulled out that have. It looks like demy lo yy lo vat tow will take her place. The governor of South Carolina call it is a new day in her state after a historic bill to remove the Confederate Flag from the grounds happened overnight. Ron allen is there. Good morning. This is
From the plant is incredibly dangerous. We will go to houston to speak with Houston Chronicle reporter matt dempsey, who question the arkema ceo about what is in his facility that has caused a mile and a half evacuation. We will also touch reporter david sirota. His article is headlined Texas Republicans helped Chemical Plant that exploded lobby against safety rules. We end todays show looking at the corporate crackdown on environmental activists challenging the fossil fuel industry and human driven Climate Change. The company that owns the Dakota Access pipeline, Energy Transfer partners, has sued Greenpeace International and other groups, accusing them of inciting ecoterrorism. We will speak with greenpeace usa Annie Leonard and tara houska, National Campaigns director for honor the earth. She is the ojibwe the coaching first nation. They are calling us the terrorists. They are the ones who are armed. These are unarmed men, women, and children who want nothing more than two protect t
Bipartisan inhofemikulski amendment to the National Defense authorization act. What does our amendment do . It stops the privatization of commissaries which are an earned, earned benefit for our military and their families. Every year when the Senate Debates this bill, we talk about how we love our troops and how we always want to support our military families, but if we really love our troops, we need to make sure that our troops have the support that they need. One of the earned benefits that does that is the commissaries, and if we love our troops, why would we want to proceed in the direction that we are . Our troops dont view commissaries as a subsidy. They view it as do i as an earned benefit. Im fighting here to preserve this piece of the earned benefit compensation package. Now, what are the commissaries . Since 1826, military families have been able to shop at a network of stores that provide modestly priced groceries. The commissary system is simple. If youre active duty in y