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Toxic threat and it's because of action taken by the head of the environmental protection agency right after he met with a mining executive. an exclusive cnn investigation.
From a mine with the head waters of the largest salmon estuary in the world is just ridiculous. that somebody would even think that the science existed. so, we went through a process over the last several years, eight hearings, lots of scientific input, that reached this decision. and to have him have a mining executive walk out of his office and minutes later, that's the only information he has and he makes this decision, it's just appalling. >> the mining company, pebble limited partnership, argues that they're just looking for a fair shake at submitting a proposal for their mine and what li...
Washington, maria cantwell. she joins me now. thanks so much for being with us, senator. i wonder what your reaction was when you first found out about this and how you found out. >> i'm amazed. i found out from your story that they actually had an agreement, the minute he walked out of his office. look, the taxpayers of america demand that we have somebody in the federal agency that is supposed to protect the environment, to be a fair process. and doing a sweetheart deal for a mining executive, five minutes after he leaves your office, is not the due process that taxpayers want. >> were you s...
A mining executive, five minutes after he leaves your office, is not the due process that taxpayers want. >> were you surprised how quickly this whole thing seemed to go down? it was just a little more than an hour between when secretary pruitt met with this mining company ceo and when he issued the order to lift the restrictions. >> well, it's appalling. and i can tell you that there are fisherman all up and down the west coast, from alaska all the way to california, who count on these fisheries for their jobs. and to think that you would make a decision about mixing toxins from a mine with t...
As we talk about progress in society with roger wells, bill cosby, harvey weinstein. we can't forget, one guy got elected president of the united states. it can't be that all the country take it seriously because 65 million people voted for that guy. >> donald trump is the president so clearly people are willing to look the other way. >> we'll talk more about this in the next hour. thank you very much. coming up a cnn investigation you'll only see here. the environmental detection agency the chief pays the mine -- he does this after a meeting with a mining executive. report on how that meeti...