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Republicans get very angry tonight, and this is -- and all commentators are right. to john unanimouss point, the texas delegation is larger than the freedom caucus delegation. but, listen, i fought those fights and it was the conservatives in the house who fought against mitigation efforts, who fought against funding for climate changes. its those very conservatives from texas who are now going to be asking for help. while we are careful in our politics coming out of houston, the reality going i...

Defended the decision to leave. saying the u.s. had an unfair deal and even refused to say whether president trump believes in climate change. >> why cant the president say whether or not he believes in manmade climate change. do you know what the president believes? >> well, frankly, i think the whole question is an effort to get it off the point. the issue whether paris is good for this country or not. the president has indicated climate changes. >> but are the changes manmade. >> what matters...

Ground issues what they have to come together on. >> this new pope believes very strongly in opening doors for refugees. he beliefs strongly in climate changes. would you have expected him to try to search his point of view, to try to get him to not pull out of the deal? >> the poem has never had trouble making his views known. we dont need a lot of vaticanologists to tell us. the pope tells us himself what hes doing and thinking. he says im going to do this and he does it and then he says this ...

Izing people. its getting serious. there were seven shots fired this weekend at the national space science and technology center. the home of dr. roy spencer and dr. john christy both prominent skeptics. im sure that will make the news as we do along here. i dont think the bulk of the people are like that. what i do think is a lot of the people have no tolerance for the diversity of opinion or the idea -- >> neil: give me that opinion. youre in that camp that says climate changes and weather cha...

Sunlan serfati joins us now. what happened? >> reporter: president trump is making good on a campaign promise to bring back jobs to the hard-hit coal industry, but how many jobs and exactly at what cost to the environment, those remain something of an open question. >> my administration is putting an end to the war on coal. >> reporter: president trump taking major steps to strip down obama-era regulations to combat climate change. >> i am taking historic steps to lift the restrictions on americ...

Into full effect and president trumps oordt allows for new coal mines on federal lawns by lifting the three-year moratorium and rekrinds at least six executive orders aimed at reducing climate change and inclusion one that says climb thank is a theat to the further discussion. >> the action that president trump has taken today represents the largest attack on climate change in our countrys history. >> and still in all of this the pairs its climb accord which doesnt touch but this will make it ha...

Very, very bullish on this. >> but some top executives say things may not rise because of more automation and cnn money was told he suggestled that he temp earl his expectations. environmentalist see little benefit and a lot of harm. >> the coal industry has been losing jobs for year after year after year. coal jobs will not be coming back in any kind of large quantity whatsoever. >> and yet another sign of the difference between the obama and trump administrations on these ishls. donald trump d...

Negotiating the iran nuclear deal and the paris climate agreement. youre a scientist, youve seen these models and these predictions, in the last few years, have you been more sure in the feeling that, yes, the data is now confirming all these predictions about climate change and about human activity causing climate change? >> the answer is yes, although i want to emphasize, its not me, its the entire scientific community that has over these last couple of decades gone to stronger and stronger st...

Agreement. when you look at the evidence over the last few years, just youre a scientist, you have seen these models and predictions. in the last few years, do you think -- have you become more sure in the feeling that yes, the data is now confirming all these predictions about climate change and about human activity causing climate change? >> the answer is yes. although i want to emphasize its not me. its the entire scientific community that has over these last couple of decades gone to stronge...

Are a low priority. they say mass starvation is a high priority. >> tom: i wouldve put robots and with the first one anyway. >> andy: it is odd that they had them separate. dave, you didnt like the climate changes on the list because it makes it seem political. except, the vast majority of scientists believe that climate change is a real and major threat. its political people that make a political. >> if youre talking about the idea that what is except it is man-made activity is affecting the cl...