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Levine, former energy and climate adviser to president obama. jake, now, we're hearing a couple messages coming out. >> yeah. >> number one, nothing has changed, number one. number two, we're hearing, but we are also looking, the united states, at conditions at which the united states can re-engage. what is new based on these statements that you've heard? >> sure. well, it's certainly confusing, and i think this is a sort of confusion that we're now starting to get a little bit used to here with the trump administration. remember what happened last week on daca and the announcements that the a...

Are so low are because we have been aggressive with technology and we have plentiful supplies of these fossil fuels and that's a positive thing. if you add all of these climate regulations that people want to, we would not be able to produce at the numbers we are because quite frankly, it would become uneconomic. that's a fact. >> and the expansion, matt, happened under president obama over the last eight years because he made that happen. >> despite everything he tried to do to stop it. he wanted natural gas. that's true, but as we all know, at theen end of the day, natura gas is a fossil fue...

Involves the environment. president trump signed a sweeping executive order this week involving the environmental protection agency which officials said looks to curb the federal government's enforcement of climate regulations by putting american jobs above addressing climate change. react to that move. >> wolf, that is such a nonsensical and stupid and dangerous approach. it's almost indescribable. look, the scientific community is virtually unanimous. while trump and his friends may think climate change is a hoax, what the scientists are telling us, it is real, it is caused by human activity...

>> thanks so much. the confirmation of neil gorsuch looks to be headed for a bitter showdown as the number of democrats say they'll vote no on his nomination continues to grow. as of yesterday afternoon, more than two dozen senate democrats publicly stated they will oppose him. that list includes dirk durbin, chris van holland, amy klobuchar and kamala harris. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is confident that gorsuch will be the next supreme court justice. >> i repeat, we're going to get judge gorsuch confirmed. there will be an opportunity for the democrats to invoke cloture. we'll s...

Opposition, it will be a very hard push for the president to get his wall funding. >> mexico clearly saying, don't expect any cash from us. >> $1 billion here and $1 billion there. at some point, tax reform costs you money. the wall costs you money. i remember when conservative republicans used to complain about george w. bush because he spent too much money. >> they would like to go back to fiscally conservative roots. >> people would like to see the national debt reduced. in just a few minutes, we are expecting president trump to sign a sweeping executive or the that significantly changes th...