Require the u. S. To reduce Carbon Emissions significantly by 2025 and other things. In a first hour, we want to get your thoughts, when it comes to the agreement itself, should we leave it or stay with it or maybe you are unsure . Unsure. 8000 if you are if you think we should stay with it, 2027488001. 2027488002 if youre unsure. If you want to leave it. 3 00, that announcement at in the rose garden. Go to www. Cspan. Org for more information. To remind you of the details of the agreement that was done under the previous , it was under the deal that the administration pledged to cut domestic Greenhouse Gas emissions 26 2025 and5 levels by 3 billiono in aid to poor countries. Emissions would peak around 2030 and it would get 20 of its electricity from carbon free sources. India would reduce its Carbon Intensity in line with historic levels. There are couple of avenues to trump admitted could take when it comes to getting out of the agreement. There are a couple of avenues the Trump Administration could take when it comes to getting out of the agreement. Again, that announcement at 3 00 this afternoon. You can see it on cspan. In our first hour, we want to get your thoughts on the climate the unitednd if states should stay, leave, or if you are unsure about it. If you think the United States should stay, 2027488000. If you think it should leave, 2027488001. 2027488002 if you are unsure. Joining us on the phone for a little more on the background is dean scott with bloomberg pna. We know the mechanics as far as what might happen or what avenue the Trump Administration might take. Can you talk about where the Trump Administration is on if it will stay or go and who is within the white house advocating ideas for staying or going . Guest good morning. We are pretty much where we were come a few think back to the Campaign Desk if you think back to the campaign we are pretty much where we were, if you think campaign, we may be no different place than. Here the president never gave any signals that he was deeply reconsidering his pledge in terms of canceling the Paris Agreement. In the last two to three months, theres been a lot more chatter, a lot more meetings in the white house in terms of those who want to keep the u. S. In the trying to get President Trump and convince ways we could stay in the deal while weakening the u. S. Pledge. Something that would make staying in the deal more palatable. I dont think those voices will win out in the end today. Host what would you think is the value of the u. S. Staying or leaving the deal . Guest theres probably great value to the u. S. Staying in the deal. Overlowed the u. N. Summit the years where they have tried to piece together an umbrella deal that doesnt do a lot of the binding requirements that led to the downfall of the kyoto protocol. Pledges bythat has countries that can be compared and reviewed over time and a mechanism for strengthening them. That approach was largely devised at the behest of the u. S. That is ironic now because we are going to quite possibly have u. S. Pull out of an agreement by the was built for u. S. For the world. We will be at a place where we than 190 countries in the world still committed to dealing with Climate Change and only a very few, including the u. S. , outside of the deal. Host since the agreement was nonbinding, what is the longterm effect . As other countries look at us and the decision we are about to make. Guest theres a sort of two sides to this. , weeconomic side these days are already down a path toward renewable energy. The cost of clean energy has 80 down so far, roughly reduction in cost over the last eight years for some of these technologies. In some sense, weve already gone too far in terms of making progress on reducing emissions in the market signals that are being sent are not going to be interrupted by the static of the u. S. Removing itself from the climate deal. On the other end of the spectrum, theres a great deal of international resentment that is going to be triggered once this announcement is final the u. S. Is really getting out of the Paris Agreement. The u. S. Is the largest historical emitter. China has overtaken u. S. In terms of being the top emitter, but thats just about how much emissions in total tons each year the country emits. The u. S. Is responsible for the largest portion of Carbon Pollution in the atmosphere. Because of that come up the u. S. To not be in the agreement that it helped to negotiate, it will complicate things on other relationships for the u. S. To just walk away from that agreement. Host there is a fullpage ad out calling for the president to stay in the deal. Why do you think they are putting this ad out . What about other industries that say pulling out the deal is vital for their interests as well . Guest i was around when president bush decided not to put the kyoto protocol, maintain the protocol. It is such a different era. There was a lot of push from the oil and gas industry, Many Companies in this country, not to be part of that agreement. There were binding targets under kyoto. Its been a sea change in terms of corporate reaction to Climate Change. This is just one of the letters that have been put out in recent months. Also, hundreds of other of companiests pressing this administration to stay in the deal. My take away from that is, what is fascinating is that prior administrations, democratic or republican, those messages would certainly be swaying for an administration. This president did not run like a campaign in that way. Hes not responsive to corporate pleas. It depends on the issue. In the end, there was some feeling that a Traditional Campaign of getting these companies on board to save the Paris Agreement might save the day. That may not have been the case with this president. Host dean scott for bloomberg bna did thank you for your time bloomberg bna. Thank you for your time. With that, your calls. Lines will be on the screen. You can also post on our social media sites. Floyd from jonesville, virginia says we should leave the agreement. Tell us why. Caller thank you for taking my call. I think we should get out of it. It has cost us a lot of money. I want to thank mr. Trump are leading us in the right direction. Coal is starting to pick up in our area. Heres the point. In the bible mothers three world ages in the bible, theres three world ages. One of them, the dinosaurs were there. We were there spiritually. The third one is coming soon. Climate is going to change, but its going to change because were getting ready to start a new world age. Host eureka, california. John says we should stay. Caller good morning. Caller, i dont know about all that ive grown up in california all my life and for people that cant see the greate changing too ends we just went through a fiveyear drought. Weve got landslides all of the place, like highway one and highway 299. People that cant see Climate Change are not looking. We had over 60 inches of rain upon the coast up on eureka. Up on the coast up in eureka. With all killing us the rain and prior to that, we had five years of drought. People need to open their eyes and see whats going on. Carbonputting too much up in the air. It is just unreal that people cannot see this. Thank you very much. Have a great day. Host that announcement this afternoon. If you think we should leave the agreement, call us at 2027488000. If you think we should stay in it, 2027488001. If youre not sure, 2027488002. Says f twitter another viewer says a chance for you to comment on this agreement. From georgia, someone who is unsure, this is murray. Good morning. Caller the only reason im , durings because trump his campaign, he stated he was going to pull out. He didnt have the rationale. I want to know why. I do agree that we should stay, but hes not giving a reason. He cant say were pulling up because hes committing to everything he said during his campaign. Its unfair. It is very much rhetoric. I would appreciate for him to tell us exactly why, give us a rationale and tell us white will benefit the United States why it will benefit the United States. At this point in time, we have to look at Climate Change. It is happening. My daughter just went to china and she said the air quality was horrible. Right now, we have quite a few countries becoming first world. We are not the only ones driving automobiles. We have to take control over that. Just to give a blanket statement we are pulling out, it is very immature and reckless. That is my problem with trump. Tois reckless and he needs understand that we as americans are intelligent and we should be able to have a rest now a rationale and weigh the pros and cons. Host then candidate donald trump in a speech on energy last may talk about the paris climate deal. [video clip] president obama entered the United States into the paris climate accords unilaterally and without the permission of congress. This agreement gives foreign bureaucrats control over how much our energy and how much we use right here in america. Foreign bureaucrats will be controlling what we are using and what we are doing on our land in our country. No way. [applause] no way. These actions have denied millions of americans access to the Energy Wealth sitting right under our feeds. Wealth we didnt even know we had five years ago and 10 years ago. This is your treasure and you, the American People, are entitled to share in the riches. Host the New York Times highlighting this morning that whoveal executives pushed for President Trump to policies a silver spring, maryland. Go ahead. Caller exactly. I dont want the rest of the world telling us what we can and cannot do. Ive always known that Climate Change, manmade Climate Change is a hoax. God is changing the climate. Absolutelye who are supporting restrictions to my call them watermelons because they are green on the outside and red on the inside. It donald trump goes back on his and allows us to stay in this very bad agreement, he will never, ever make America Great again. Host william in clearwater, florida. Caller this is william. I am a senior. I live in a senior community. I say leave and leave now because all of your callers. Ever discuss who will pay you cannot make a foreign country do nothing. Burden is us. Get out and get out now. Host someone who thinks we should stay is george in misery. Missouri. I am a scientist at s say all the scientist the earth is in big trouble. A lot of it is due to these things that are affecting the climate. Its the worst thing we can do, to get out of an agreement that was accepted by the scientific after a study of whats happening to our beautiful world. Host we set aside a line for those of you might be unsure. Unsure. Ight be sherrys thinking as well. Shes in virginia. Rerry from rocker uckersville . The United States is committed theing 3 billion west delivering 1 billion to date. The u. S. Delivering 1 billion to date. Of president obamas thinking from last year. [video clip] the Paris Agreement alone will not solve the climate crisis. Even if we meet every target embodied in the agreement, we will only get part of where we need to go. Delaygreement will help or avoid some of the worst consequences of Climate Change. It will help other nations ratchet down there dangerous Carbon Emissions over time and set folder targets as technology advances. Folder targets as technology bolder targets as technology advances. It opens the floodgates for scientists and engineers to look Ossen Innovation at a scale we have never seen before. This gives us the best possible shot to save the one planet weve got. Host the rose garden will be the site of the current president s announcement on this deal at 3 00 this afternoon. On our line for those who think we should leave, this is isaac in connecticut. Caller co2 is the perfect bogeyman, the perfect human, if you will the perfect demon, if you will. If you want to greet a problem we all have five senses. Can wene of those senses prove or disprove that we cannot prove or disprove the presence of co2 we do not have that ability. Yet, we will be accused and we have to account for the amount of co2 that we generate. Ts the perfect demon back in the old days, it was the devil. Accuse everybody of being anyway host got you. A viewer on twitter says this twitter is the one way you can communicate with us if you want to post something. You can also post a video as well. Take a phone and video yourself telling us who you are and where you are from in political affiliation and give us your thinking on the paris climate accord. Make that about one minute and send it to us on www. Cspan. Org. This in theme to do remaining time we have. We will try to get you on the air on video. Again, you can always post the traditional way on facebook. Jimmy in West Virginia says we should stay. Tell us why. Caller good morning. We should stay because Climate Change is not a hoax. It israel. It is real. If you colors back said Climate Change was a hoax and the climate god is the hoax. Keep on the study path where we are at with the Paris Agreement. Back saidallers Climate Change was a hoax and the climate god is the hoax. Are sayingcientists the levels of water are raging. The temperature now is totally different than when i was growing up. The winters here when i was a kid, snow was on the ground and it stayed on the ground until spring. Its not like that now. Agreementsl these came in place and all that, could you reverse these trends that we are seeing . Caller we could definitely slow them down. We have to think about our children. Host on our leave line, this is randy from louisiana. Go ahead. Caller good morning. Thank you. I think this Climate Change is a hoax. I fear god more than i feel the climate. Its all in gods hands. Im right there with trump. Host when you say its a hoax, tell me why. Caller it just is. Theres money to be made on this. We dont have to give our money away to a bunch of foreign countries. We just need to pull out of everything. This is a bunch of bull. What the Obama Administration did he didnt go through congress. I guess trump did in either didnt either, now. Would want to vote on it, be pulling out so fast its unreal. Its a scam. Like the Obama Administration, the clinton administration, the bush administration, all of bunch of scams. We need to stay away from all that. Let trump do his work. Host a lot of thinking out there when it comes to this agreement, whether you are thinking we should stay or if you are unsure. Give us a call. We will continue on with that. This is the wall street journal this morning, talking about the latest when it comes to the House Intelligence Committee looking into matters of russia and the 2016 election. They issued seven subpoenas wednesday. Investigation is advancing in scope. Turning President Trumps former National Security adviser, mike flynn, mr. Trumps personal attorney. It also highlights the fact that the senate Intelligence Committee is examining suspected russian involvement in last years campaign. That is in the wall street journal this morning. If you go to the pages of washington examiner, senator al franken asking for more investigation of Jeff Sessions he asked james comey to investigate whether the attorney met with the Russian Ambassador during the 2016 president ial campaign. , investigatorsn were looking for a possible meeting that took place april 27, 2016 at the Mayflower Hotel here in washington, d. C. President trump also adding to this topic of the investigation, sending out a tweet this morning saying the big story is unmasking surveillance that took place during the Obama Administration. John in westwood, massachusetts. He is unsure. Go ahead. Big feeling about this is related to the fact that we live in a global economy. You have vehicles commands ands, parts vehicles, engines, parts being made all over the world. Is perhapsent truly symbolic, but the reality is you have Market Forces around the world that are going to dictate how things are produced, how clean they are. I have a hard time that you will find people choosing to purchase a polluting vehicle that comes as a result of the fact that weve backed out of an accord. It seems to me this is more a symbolic discussion. Pollution doesnt know any geopolitical boundaries. Host matthew in alabama, calling on our line for those who think we should stay. Tell us why. Caller thank you very much. Thank you, cspan. I believe we should stay in. I believe in obamas legacy, i believe we should stay with it. It nasa into terraforming is Climate Change. We have to learn how it works. Green energy is the best way to do this. The oil industry is taking all our money. Billions of dollars of american money and sending it it is not ours. Its Foreign Corporations money. We understand this. We need to get green energ