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>> reporter: the climate was warming at the white house as officials from the president to the administrator of the epa -- >> does the president believe today that climate change is a hoax? >> reporter: dodged the question. >> does the president believe climate change is real and a threat? >> it's interesting, all the discussions we had for the last several weeks have been focused on one singular issue. is paris good or not for this country? >> reporter: he echoed president trump's decision to pull out as a choice in favor of american workers. >> they don't put america first. i do. and i alway...

November, 2019 and the withdrawal would take place a year after that. so this will become a major campaign issue, a major issue for the next u.s. presidential election and it could possibly be reversed. in any case, donald trump is not focusing on the basic issue of climate science at all at this moment, which is very interesting given his campaign rhetoric. >> it will certainly be a topic of the mid-terms in the united states as well. >> that's right. >> another question that won't go away, russia the question whether the united states president could use executive privilege to permit james c...

You and the president are denying the reality. the reality is that climate change is happening and it's a significant threat to the planet. >> let me say this. i've said it in the confirmation process and i said it yesterday. there is -- we have done a tremendous amount as a country to achieve reductions in co2. we have done that through technology and innovation. we will continue to do that. we will continue to stay engaged. >> you are putting your head in the sand. >> there's no evidence of that. >> reporter: sean spicer told reporters that he would check on whether the president still belie...

Contacts with russia. a source told cnn comey was so surprised by the president's request he documented everything he could remember for senior fbi officials. in his memo, comey said the president told him, i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting flynn go. he is a good guy. i hope you can let this go. a source told cnn, comey was concerned that the president was trying to stop the investigation. >> did you at any time urge former fbi director james comey in any way, shape or form to close or back down the investigation into michael flynn? also, as you -- >> no. no. nex...

Wrul. >> among them, the newly elected french president emanuel hollande. he made a play on mr. trump's statement, he has a different statement. m mam mamacron. >> reporter: it was the long-awaited sound of the deal, 195 countries have agreed to act toke to save the planet. >> i have in front of me the representative of all the world and for the first time in history, i was able to strike together. it meant that it was a new step for humanity. >> reporter: he presided over the paris negotiations. he says the deal is now a matter of life or death. >> the question is, the question of food all ov...