as for climate change, pruitt wrote in the national review just a few months ago that the link between global warming and human activity is far from settled. incoming senate minority leader chuck schumer saying pruitt's reluctance to accept the facts on climate change couldn't make him any more out of touch with the american people and with reality. the decision to name scott pruitt came just a short time after the president-elect gave environmentalists what you could call a glimmer of hope. or middle ground by meeting with al gore, who's been a leading voice on the issue of climate change. carol? >> joe johns reporting live for us from washington. let's bring back reid wilson is with me again the national correspondent for the hill and rebecca berg the cnn political analyst and national political reporter for realclear politics. so, mr. trump's pick to lead the epa sued the epa over mr. obama's emission reduction program. but trump also talked with al