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Century with them. >> tucker: what has your job been like in academia? you cant be one of many people who has these views. >> they are more common than you think. my views on gender are shared widely in the personality community. anyone who understands personality and is a credible scientist knows the difference between men and women in personality should be d contributed to biological factors. this isnt contentious. thee only people its contentios around is gender ideologues. they have lost the...

Like the idea of implementing policy to protect us from climate change, but seem to have a scorn for mainstream science, was and still is extremely disturbing. >> reporter: he calls much of the data questionable. the institute has been accused of misinterpreting scientific studies and has, according to scientists, created a fog of misinformation to confuse voters. who is paying for all this? thats a good question. >> does the energy industry support you? does the coal industry support you? >> if...

Administration seems undeniable, which scares environmentalists. >> the access that they have -- and others who not only dont like the idea of implementing policy to protect us from climate change, but seem to have a scorn for mainstream science, was and still is extremely disturbing. >> reporter: he calls much of the scientific data on global warming questionable. the institute has been accused of misinterpreting scientific studies and has, according to scientists, created a fog of misinformati...

This, i think, largely amplified by talk radio, has gained currency. >> what is the rationale behind it? if you have companies like exxon saying, we want you to stay in, whats the argument it is curtailing a lifestyle? this is our planet. >> well, the argument disregards the scientific abnalysis. mainstream science has been clear on this. it seems to take a lot of self-confidence, especially if youre not a scientist, to fly in the face of more than 11 national academies of science, including our...

Two or three less. so the whole basis for the alarmism is not true. its based on flawed computer modelling. >> thats completely wrong. >> and you dont vote on that. >> say what you will, but you have it absolutely wrong. what happened to that heat, hes cherry picking a certain model. the heat ended up in the ocean. this is not controversial in mainstream science, everybody. so lets -- really i encourage everyone to look at the facts. weve got an extraordinary situation here in the united states ...

97 and the end of the first bush term. they went further than a lot of corporations that were unhappy about that deal. a lot of reasons to oppose it on fairness grounds, on economic grounds but exxon-mobil went after the science and tried to create a culture of doubt about what was emerging and has as mainstream science around climate change. now they changed in the last four or five years, but its a suggestion about when they decide to intervene in the public debate about a big issue in their w...

>> hello everyone, it is 1:00 on the east coast. lets get straight to the news. your paycheck and benefits may be cut and your taxes may go up all because congress cant agree on another very important issue, that is payroll tax cuts. congress is in a political standoff right now. the senate passed a two-month extension a moment ago. house republicans rejected that in a procedural vote and are pushing a one year extension. keep in mind payroll tax cuts and extended unemployment benefi...

I think were beyond that point this election cycle. >> you talk about other candidates in the race. weve talked about cain. weve talked about romney. but youve also talked about some who were too outside the main stream. so extreme in their views to be elected president. are you talking about some of your rivals right now in this race? >> well, im talking about a republican party that dismisses mainstream science. i think in order for us to be successful, weve got to win over some independents. ...

I think were beyond that point this election cycle. >> you talk about other candidates in the race. weve talked about cain. weve talked about romney. but youve also talked about some who were too outside the main stream. so extreme in their views to be elected president. are you talking about some of your rivals right now in this race? >> well, im talking about a republican party that dismisses mainstream science. i think in order for us to be successful, weve got to win over some independents. ...

Could very well prove that point. but i think its a nonsense issue. i completely think its a nonsense issue. there is no bandwidth left in our political discussion to focus any of our effort or time on religion when weve got jobs, when weve got an economy thats broken. when this country has hit the wall. i dont think people are spending a whole lot of time evaluating ones religion. they may have in years past, but i think were beyond that point this election cycle. >> you talk about other candid...