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President's claims, and can coal miners get put back to work in the same way that they did decades ago? let's bring in msnbc senior editor cal perry. cal, you've been running through the numbers and you have a bit of a fact check for us. >> yeah. i think he can help bring some jobs back. he is not going to bring back coal because coal doesn't want to come back. here's why. we don't use coal innie mo anym. we use petroleum. coal employs less than 70,000 people in this country. compare that to renewable energy, wind, solar, biofuels, 650,000 jobs. this is the future. this is the past. i can prov...

Environmentally friendly and is a great energy source for us. the department of energy noted that we expect about a 3% increase in coal production in this country, which is a noticeable reverse from the past. the executive order and the talk the president has had over the past year or so about his desire to bring back coal, largely that has to do with regulation that the epa put on existing coal plants that they couldn't operate in an effective way to stay open. the president is working with industry to roll that back and do it in the a way that's environmentally friendly, a way to harness cle...

Promise he would work to bring back coal jobs and push back against environmental regulations, what specifically is the president willing to do, planning to do to make good on that promise to encourage coal production use and to deal what with some call a demonized image, and i have to ask two questions because when am i ever going to get to do this again, hearing the president talking about pushing back and regulations and bringing back coal, what assurances can he give to the people worried about the impact on the environment? >> i think when you hear him talk about coal specifically it's un...

Environmentally friendly and becomes a great and greater energy source. the department of energy noted the other day that we expect about a 3% increase in coal production in this country, which is a noticeable reverse of where it has been in the past. you mentioned the executive order and the talk that the president has had over the past year or so about his desire to bring back coal. largely, that has to do with regulation, that the epa has put on existing coal plants tone sure they couldn't operate in a way to stay open. the president is working with industry to roll back a lot of that and i...

Back coal jobs and push back against environmental regulations. if the executive order last week was a first step, what specifically is the president willing to do, planning to do, to make good on that promise to help the coal industry? to encourage coal production and use, and to deal with what some call a demonized image? as a follow-up, when am i ever going to get to do this again? what assurances can the president give those who hear him talking about pushing back against environmental regulations and bringing back coal? what assurances can he give those who are very worried about the impa...