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Welcome back to "up." hurricane dorian pounding the bahamas wreaking havoc on parts of the lower eastern seaboard this past week. the latest in a string of extreme weather events which many scientists attribute to global warming. meanwhile overnight "the new york times" reported the justice department has opened an antitrust investigation into an emissions pact between california and four major automakers. the report says the deal goes against president trump's recent roll-backs of climate regulations. earlier in the week the administration announced a reversal of energy efficient light bulb s...

Of the obama era restrictions. the places most of us do not see but places with problems that will affect every one of us. the times conclusion is a dark one. eric, there's a lot of numbers we can throw out. the amount of regulations that have been rolled out. i think it's 78 that are expected to be rolled back by this administration. the climate regulations. numbers don't really connect with people. you guys made a point of going out there and seeing the effects of climate change and the effects of these roll backs first hand. california, north side nd, dako virginia and texas. talk to me abo...

Head of murray energy and very strongly opposed to most of the, if not all of the policies that you outlined a few minutes ago. he spent years working for senator james inhoff, a fierce critic of climate regulations. the difference with mr. wheeler, i think, is going to be in the approach. he's really very widely respected on the hill and, you know, many people inside the agency say that they have gotten a better feeling from him even if they don't perhaps like his policies. >> this is interesting, because murray, for whom andy wheeler worked, is a coal executive. it's a coal company. scott pr...

As pruitt. >> pruitt is skeptical on climate change being due to us. >> he's not going to be as vocal about it. he said in his confirmation hearing to be deputy administrator of the administration. he has no intention of reviewing a 2009 scientific find thag confirms the mainstream climate science and the underpinning of the climate regulations. i anticipate that debate will fall to the background, even though he has similar skepticism as pruitt. >> we listed things secretary pruitt did or wanted to do. a lot didn't have follow through. they are not things he can do or