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Together? what's that all about? who negotiates our deals? >> that was then candidate donald trump critical of president obama's entry into the paris accord. the deal limits u.s. carbon emissions while critics stay goes easy on countries like china and now top trump advisors are talking about pulling out of the deal. how now a man involved in those discussions environmental protection agency administrator scott prosecute, in fact, in fact, mr. pruitt, you were in conversations with the president today any changes or any developments there? >> no, sandra. and the discussion continues. and you'r...

Carbon, taking 90% of the co 2 out of the air. shipping it over to an oil field where we are using it for enhanced oil recovery. jobs are being created. the economy is being helped substantially, and the environmental is benefiting from it. wasn't that the goal? >> neil: so it's good for you. let me ask you, you took this job and you are in this position now and you and now president trump were not getting along famously in the beginning. you know, you had some strong words for him. he for you. >> we were competitors. >> neil: it got nasty. >> i said some harsh things. >> neil: and he of you. ...

India had no obligations until 2030 and america was going to cost itself jobs as it relates to the obligations there. people say it's not enforceable? every meeting i have had with my counterparts from germany, canada and others the first question they ask me what are you going to do to comply with paris? what that means is contracting our economy to serve and really satisfy europe and china and india. they are polluting far more than we're. we a pre1994 levels with respect to our co 2. brian: you tell them listen, we're north going to do that. >> that's exactly right. steve: real quickly, tod...

>> never let them see you sweat. not only is he letting the country know this is getting under their skin, it doesn't inspire confidence and it does not dowhat he wants to have happen, which is go away. these kind of incidents, actually just ratchet up more. today the russia argument kept us away from a very serious story that epa np president's signing ceremony today and this deserves more than a mention by us tonight. what he signed today, executive order that nullifies the climate change efforts and revives the coal industry but the u.s. will not meet obama era co 2 guidelines, quote turnin...

Proven that co-2 is the primary control knob for climate, do you believe that? >> no, i think that measuring with precision human activity on the climate is challenging to do and there's disagreement about the degree of impact. no, i would not agree that it's a primary contributor to the global warming we see. >> so those comments go against really the accepted science on climate change, including inside the epa, which scott pruitt runs. do you believe there's tremendous disagreement on this? >> those comments were reckless. they're totally unacceptable. the head of the epa should not stutter ...