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Doesnt honor it. you pledged the $50 million the u.s. was going to pay. >> i assume they will pay. the federal government has an obligation. they made a deal they would pay. it is hard to believe america is going to renege on a commitment. if they do, i didnt want the people keeping track of all the progress america and other countries are making, i didnt want them to worry about whether or not theyd be funded. i said if the federal government doesnt, bloomberg philanthropies will commit it and ...

More opportunities than it takes away. it is something that is in our economic interest, in the interest of our health, it is what we leave to our children. i just dont know where those numbers come from, they make them up i think, and theres just no evidence whatsoever that it hurt our environment, hurt our economy. in fact, in america the american industry in total has benefitted greatly from all of the things were doing. and you see even big companies like exxonmobile running full page ads in...

Here who has wanted to meet you for a very long time. >> he has been asking us. >> steve rattner. >> you must be mike bloomberg. >> you used to be steve rattner. >> i didnt say you used to be mike bloomberg. >> hilarious. >> do you have a question? >> i have a question. you both were quite optimistic about what weve accomplished so far. we now have an administration in washington that at least says it wants to go in a different direction on coal, a whole bunch of environmental rules and so on. s...

Its the old tenet of teddy roosevelt. walk softly, carry a big stick. even in dip loam aerks its useful to have a stick thats in your hand so that whether you use it or not becomes part of that conversation. >> let me ask one final question. i was meet with mr. pruitt yesterday and asked him about his view of global leadership on climate issues. he said you should have that question to the secretary of state nominee. so automatim going to ask it t. we were in -- part of c.o.p. 21. do you agree t...

Teddy roosevelt carrying a big stick. even in diplomacy its useful to have a stick thats in your hand so that whether you use it or not it becomes part of that conversation. >> let me ask one final question. i was meeting with mr. pruitt yesterday and i asked him about his view on global leadership and climate issue. ill ask it to you. he said we were part of cop 21. do you agree that the united states should continue in international leadership on climate change issues with the international co...

I had to ask for his forgiveness, because i used the expression, jobs act, which is obviously something that i copied, but this is something that is open source and i think that we can copy each other the expressions from the great initiatives that were set forth by the obama presidency. this has created 588,000 new jobs in italy, which for italy are still insufficient, but at least theyre a first step to leave our difficult situation. thank you, president obama, for the work youve done as a lea...

Other developing countries around an agreement that may not be perfect but is actually a very good start. >> jeff, harshly critical how this war began trying undermine assad. do we have to make the tough realistic position of just living with assad? >> i think basically the game is that fighting isis is everybodys second priority not the first. but everybody agrees that you have to fight isis. so russia, china, united states, the uk, everybody agrees lets do that. what weve been doing is focus o...

Breathe right [meow mix jingle slowly anright on cue.cks] [cat meows] ♪meow, meow, meow, meow... its more than just a meal, its meow mix mealtime. with great taste and 100% complete nutrition, its the only one cats ask for by name. nearly 200 nations signed the paris agreement. the landmark accord was reached saturday after high-stakes negotiations at cop-21. the deal comes after the failed meetings in copenhagen. >> this agreement sends a powerful signal that the world is firmly committed t...

You can feel the uncertainty of whats going on here but theres also a sense of life must go on. eem are back in the cafes and theyre going back to work. theyre still out here in droves to visit the shrines behind me. france has decided to go through with one major commitment, hosting the global climate summit. cop-21, this event has been planned for years and is set to start a week from monday. leaders from all over the world are going to be here, president obama included. frechl officials will ...

Strategy we have is working and they describe how the physical area within syria that isis controls is shrinking. but obviously, theyre feeling a lot of pressure. probably a little exas per rated. >> one of the things in the interview that has been in some ways buried by the news of paris, it looks like there is a framework for a cease-fire with some of the parties in the syrian civil war. >> because theyve got to get to the heart of this. it was interesting that president hollande in his remark...