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Does need to deliver on the promise he's made. there are lot of people in this country that feel left out and left behind. most of p venture capital has gone to the coast as a result, a lot of people's jobs have been lost in the middle of the country. that's why he won, how do you make sure you're creating jobs for people in the middle of the country and that should be the focus, not these side issues, this battle with fake news and thing like that. >> steve, the explicit promise to pap latan an latch ya, kentu virginia, is i'm bringing back coal and that's not really viable. >> my hope is he'...

It's a trop priority with roads, bridges and runways needing some serious help. we traveled to west virginia where the state's two major road projects have come to a screeching halt. >> west virginia voted hely fhe for trump, as much as his vow to invest in infrastructure and his promise to bring back coal. the main reed to coal country is a two lane swih backs and drops and blind curves. it's dangerous and bad for business. this mobile home business went under when the homes got wider. too wide for ruth 52. >> we don't have the jobs we need. we don't have the infrastructure. we're feeling lik...

Climate change would destroy the economy or that you can bring back coal as the answer to america's economic needs? >> there is no truth to that. the fact of the matter is and american business is fighting to get this message out, that the cost lines have crossed and renewables in storage are cheaper than fossil fuels. from here on out, regardless of what the administration says, we're moving to a clean energy economy. the question is how fast and how do we take care of workers who are displaced by thehange in technology? that is somethin tha very important. but the fact of the matter is progr...

To me too, chris, is this language of grievance, as though the united states is somehow aggrieved, which is completely inconsistent with the idea that america is the most wealthy country in the world. >> yeah. you're right that basically the framework was that paris was essentially an elaborate conspiracy by 190-plus other nations against the u.s. solely, and part of that, dan, was he was making an argument about fossil fuel ex-traction, basically saying it is costing us all these things and screwing us uniquely. and we're going to bring back coal if we get out of this. you're someone who lite...

>> yeah. it is amazing, isn't it? i mean really the business community was looking for certainty here, looking for a path as to the future, and now we've basically introduced confusion, i think, by withdrawing. but the thing that is startling to me too, chris, is this language of grievance, as though the united states is somehow aggrieved, which is completely inconsistent with the idea that america is the most wealthy country in the world. >> yeah. you're right that basically the framework was that paris was essentially an elaborate conspiracy by 190-plus other nations against the u.s. solely,...