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Washington is a big deal. but in the end of the kay the company relies on more than that. >> and fuare of the belief like i am that a good portion of the market rally eight years of being a socialist state. if that doesn't get done markets will react the wrong way. >> is tax reform going to happen. >> i don't think so. he made mcconnell upset and corker who is a good friend is out. there has to be mended fences and i would like to see votes getting done and we may be starting from square one. i will keep my fingers crossed. but it is it august 18th and how long have we talked about this.

On the state of climate science right now. you know, inside the scientific community, this report was widely known -- we say in the piece the national academy of sciences recently reviewed it. hundreds of scientists commented and reviewed the report. it hadn't made its way into the public eye. as the date neared for the administration to either sign off or not, they have to by august 18th. scientists were worried it would never get out. >> help me understand this because renee marsh, my colleague that has all things government, she pointed out this is a further draft of an earlier draft that d...

It had already been made public. and is being reviewed by the trump administration, actually. "the new york times" clarified that this has been out there but it's still new. the version posted yesterday was the third draft, which was public in march. this is the fifth draft which is not the white house for review. sarah huckabee sanders quickly lashed out saying it's very disappointing but entirely predictable to use "the new york times" would write up this draft report. before any of the agencies directly involved -- drafts of this report have been published and made widely available on line ...

Been peer reviewed by literally hundreds of scientists. it's been outs there in the scientific community. in fact, drafts have been available online, but the final version we reported on has not been. this is coming to a head soon. the administration is poised to decide by august 18th whether to move forward with this report which would be pun accomplished be published and scientists told me this report could not see the light of day. >> you are not a science reporter, you're a political reporter and politics comes into play, because obviously president trump and his director of the epa have b...