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President was hitting all the marks or someone who believes that he was completely wrong today, i would really hope that we we look at the merits of paris that we as a nation would find a way to come together with the goal of getting a nation like china to be pledging to reduce emissions and not us signing off a deal allowing them to emit it. with india we shouldnt have to bribe them in order to make commitments that they should be making on their own. so leadership would be to bring the other n...

Included a caveat. the but in there that is at least open to coming in under different terms. does that, do you take him at his word on that? is there new terms that are worth negotiation? is that a feasible caveat? >> i dont think so. not at all. you have almost 200 nations that have signed on to this. this has been a process that has been ongoing for years. youve seen major commitments by countries all around the world. we joined a very exclusive group when you consider nicaragua had, syria an...

Consequences not only for the deal itself but also for the nature, as you alluded to a second ago, between the united states and its allies going forward. there are a number of options available to the american president. he can simply withdraw from the climate change deal, but that would take some time, probably wouldnt come into effect until 2020. he could withdrawal perhaps more radically from the entire framework, the framework that has provided the ability for the world to search for this c...

Illegal immigration on our southern border or bringing jobs, plants and factories back into the united states at numbers which no one, until this point, thought even possible. and believe me, weve just begun. the fruits of our labor will be seen very shortly, even more so. on these issues and so many more were following through on our commitments and i dont want anything to get in our way. i am fighting every day for the great people of this country. therefore, in order to fulfill my solemn duty...

The united states assumed voluntarily a set of commitments, steps that we would take in this country, to reduce our carbon pollution in a way that would benefit our economy. and we were only willing to make that commitment if other countries were willing to make similar commitments that reflected their own commitment to reducing their carbon pollution. so, this is an element that was completely shrouded by some of the statements from that speech. this is a voluntary agreement where president oba...

And we would be giving them so little. according to the same study by 2040, compliance with the commitments put into place by the previous administration would cut production for the following sectors. paper, down 12%. cement, down 23%. iron and steel, down 38%. coal, and i happen to love the coal miners, down 86%. natural gas down 31%. the cost to the economy at this time would be close the $3 trillion in lowered gdp and 6.5 million industrial jobs, while

Committed to. but right now private sector states and localities, municipalities have made commitments. they understand this problem is real and there are things we can do about that it dont hurt the economy. so that is off the table. will other countries bail? theres a possibility but i dont think so. i think there are some who might, india prarnl, perhaps mi bail. theres enough put into this that it would be difficult for them to bail. things like the green fund. were not required to put billi...

According to the same study by 2040, compliance with the commitments put into place by the previous administration would cut production for the following sectors. paper down 12%. cement down 23%. iron and steel down 38%. coal -- and i happen to love the coal miners -- down 86%. natural gas down 31%. the cost to the economy would be close to $3 trillion in lost gdp and 6.5 million industrial jobs while households would have

From our international commitments and alienating the world against u.s. policy. it doesnt make sense. and for what? >> who benefits, do you think? because there are some people out there saying this only makes the chinese stronger. >> of course it does. the chinese have made it very clear that theyre trying to take over leadership of, at a minimum, the asian area, and probably further than that. and our walking away from the asia-pacific trade agreement and our walking away from the climate agr...

Letter -- did not tell the president, dont drop out of this agreement. why did you avoid sending a letter to the president saying, you know what you can make changes but dont leave the paris accord? >> well because the paris accord is flawed. what i really would love is for the united states to be making really ambitious and obtainable, feasible commitments and for these other actors around the world to be agreeing to it and be making those -- that same level of ambitious commitment. but what wa...