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Was in new hampshire standing with firefighters. i have never seen first responders under pressure in dealing with this crisis. they don't call themself firefighters. they're doing moreover dose calls than they are fighting fires. he promised them help and it hasn't come. more sound for you of once again the president running afoul of his own people, picking fights with his own. here's the latest, not just about opioids, but with jeff sessions and how it's going to go with the new chief of staff. >> it's fine. it is what it is. it's fine. he's working hard on the border. i'm proud whaf we'of w...

With that i want to go with lars larson. >> thanks for the service and the opportunity, the federal government is the biggest landlord in america. it owns two-thirds of the billion acres of america, i don't think the founders ever envisioned it that way. does president trump want to return the land to the people and the second question can he tell our forest service aggressively to provide jobs for the americans and treasury and not spending $3.5 million on fighting fires? >> we have to use the resources we have that the federal government owns whether that's the forest or natural minerals tha...

Environmental protection agency is like putting an or sonnist in char -- arsonist in charge of fighting fires. how do you feel? >> so two things, mr. pruitt made it clear he doesn't think the actions of the epa are justified. he doesn't believe they should be pursuing all they have been to reverse climate change and regarding climate change itself, it's been clear he doesn't see it as a threat. i want to be very clear that climate change is a threat, it is real, it is the greatest crisis facing not just the states and the united states but facing the world and the idea of having somebody in ch...

Denier. >> i've heard this from lou harris and other pollsters, there are people who care deeply, i do, my wife does, about the environment. although it doesn't get all the noise the other issues do, it's there in people's soul, they believe we have to protect this planet for the future. the executive director of the sierra club, the most environmental, released the following statement upon hearing the news that donald trump intended to nominate scott pruitt of oklahoma. quote, having scott pruitt in charge of the environmental protection agency is like putting an arsonist in charge of fightin...

Having scott pruitt in charge of the e perform a is like putting an arrest sonnist in charge of fighting fires. he's a climate science denier who as attorney general for the state of oklahoma regularly conspired with the fossil fuel industry. what is he going to do in congress? >> we call it the science committee because over half the members don't believe in science. but we have the paris agreement in place. people at home i think want to see this upheld. but what democrats can do is talk about what the new clean energy economy looks like for into jobs. >> this is science, not politics. we lo...