the epa. in size the last several years, receiving one hundred billion in supplemental funding outside the annual appropriations process. more than ten times annual funding for the entire agency. we are now starting to learn from your work that there are serious questions where some of this funding is gone. specifically the greenhouse gas reduction fund recipients of potential conflict of interest with other programs and concerns and several news outlets as well as the wall street journal reported the agency hired 1300 additional ftes with supplemental funding, you told them not to hire permanent employees with supplemental one time funding. i have concerns about potential staffing when supplemental funding runs out, absorbing the discretionary budget. the regulations from the biden administration is harder for industry to even survive. even though those very industries made great strides in reducing environmental footprint the administration is taking a hard look at the epa funding priorities

this was the work of a republican president, the epa and noaa.s happening to it today. the administrator of the epa, lee zeldin, testified before our committee today. he is calling to cut the epa in half. cut it by more than half actually, by 55%. this creation of the nixon administration, he believes more than half of it is a waste. this agency devoted to what reagan talked about, what nixon talked about, devoted to clean air and clean water is just a wa waste. this was the ceo of ford just a year ago. we cannot make money on e.v.'s. we have competitors who have the largest market in the world who already dominate globally, already setting up their supply chain around the world. we don't make profitable e.v.'s in the next five years, what is the future? we will just shrink into north america. what about our competitiveness, are we walking away from that too? every step this body takes this week to undermine the growth of what could be america's next great manufacturing powerhouse will be felt not just by the big three but in communities all acro

it refers to this epa decision correctly reted it.need f california to have a separate veadmissions programa whole at all not the need for eachuccessive individual waiver or standard and we do have a need for our entire program. juic thomas: so can you say that each element of the automondustry, manufacturing industry, is satisfied or adjusting to your rules? let's say fo example, can you say that heavy trucking or medium truck large rvs are all excepting of your rule and complying with? >> i guess i haven't thought about that becau the standard affects light duty vehicles which include pickup truck not the other things that you've mentioned. but as a broaderion -- if it's about the broarket as a whole, i think the court had nothing to do but speculate as to whether some -- juice thomas: let's take the light trucks, are you willing to y without your rooms the light truck industry would continue marketing the mix of vehicles it's currently marketing with manufacturin >> we can't guarantee that but i could say it witioner's burden to es

>> the president in an executi order directed the epa to examine measureth might have an effect in epaat. i can't say what it will decide, this is one of those that has gone back and fourth. i don't think it should affect standing analysis because that back-and-forth manufturs have gone forward havgo forward with their own plans because of their own sustainabioncerns were looking to the future whether they are making investments and they want to stick by that. justice sotomayor: you are not a bidding man that you don't want to guess that there is going to be evictions? >> time respecting the administrative process. justice kagan: just out of curiosity, is there anything you could say about the timing of that process? >> not at this point, i think the general tenor of the executive order was to do this expeditiously with consideration, but no, i d't have anything specific. quex thank you, counsel. your client? they're standing, thessume presumption runs the other way. the party who brings th must establish that it infects me to each element on standing. it may be depending on the case a

how is that effort going at epa? >> it's going great. one of the questions i get asked often, what is the biggest shock at epa? it's the pace, we want to get as much possible done in this year, 2025. we heard the voters last november lloyd loud and clearly. they want us to protect the environment and growing the economy, there's a lot of economic pain that was placed all sorts of ways on american families all across this country. regulations that came out in 2023, and 2024, from the biden epa intentionally suffocating all different parts of our economy, trying to get rid of baseload power which a lot of americans want more of. so, what we saw was a big step this week. the senate passed three bills that were previously passed by the house to get rid of the biden epa waivers on california electric vehicle mandate now goes to the president and we at the epa are going to continue to do our part to heed that demand of the american public. >> there are allies of yours who support the mission who think you may be cutting too deeply at the epa,

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he is the most consequential and the greatest trump epa chief, epa chief in the history of epa chiefst. he is the most effective. and when these senators have a cannes to go after lee zeldin, they went after him -- you won't see them go after any other cabinet member with this kind of visceral hatred. why? because he has been unbelievable. lee zeldin has rolled back not only the 800 grants you mentioned, but he's done over 100 environmental actions, he's dismantling the environmental justice, he dismantled the epa museum, he's dismantling the ev mandates, he's dismantling the solar and wind mandates. he's gone after the gold bars, stacy abrams and john podesta, with an eye on the permanent changes. unlike trump 1.0, now we're looking at the endangerment finding which is the holy grail of the climate movement, and they're going after, of course, the u.n. climate treaty. so they're going after lee zeldin with visceral hatred you will not see with any other cabinet member because he's the most effective of all the trump cabinet. and that's saying something. elizabeth: senator whitehouse,

it's part of the core mission of epa.y obligation we fulfill every single day and we do it proudly. david: i'm just curious, what do you make of this new style? it's not only you. other members of the trump administration are giving back as hard as they're getting. what do you make of this new style of congressional hearings? >> i'm sitting in front of senators white house, marquise, and this green slush fund tens of billions of dollars where they're giving out money through self-dealing and conflicts of interest to unqualified recipients and reducing agency oversight, we're going to call it out and we're going to stop it so that $20 billion, i'm not before congress to put anyone on warning that i might take action on it. it's all terminated. all of it. we will fight this out on behalf of the american taxpayer. we aren't sitting there before congress and allow them to gaslight, to advance these con jobs and to be left unaccountable. we will be that voice on behalf of the american public. it's a key part of the trump manda

in the first 100 days my good friend lee's eldon the epa administrator.ank you for coming on used doge to take down any epa cuts. >> it's great that people on the doge mission or epa employees what they provide a recommendation by make the decision. you guys are you going to supply savings for the upcoming reconciliation package or the rescissions. >> as you pointed out i have canceled $22 billion worth of grants and we are going to continue to find more efficiencies for example, we occupy five buildings across two square city blocks in dc i decided to pull out of the ranking building which is the nicest building at state newest building but where we were paying the most amount of rent. by consolidating real estate footprint here's another $18 million want to find any way to save money. weathering we will save thousand dollars $1 million or trillion dollars we want no waste whatsoever. environmental justice you are striking that out i know you have taken down taken the di out but going after the government for laws that justify typeset it to their faces r

lee zeldin, epa administrator, thank you very much.>> all right, folks, e.j. antoni, david malpass, gentlemen, welcome. i want to start with something else. google. can i just ask you, e.j., the justice department -- this is the trump justice department -- is going after google. and can they want the to break google up. they want google to sell off its browser. but maybe even worse, they want google to share all their personal information with their competitors. now, i'm trying to figure out, i understand google had a censorship problem, went after conservatives. i understand that. and i believe they have fixed that. okay? but if you want to, you know, sue them over censorship, that's different. sue them on antitrust grounds and breaking them up, e.j., i have a problem with that. i don't know where the consumer harm is exactly. much of their stuff is free anyway. they have, you know, developing search engines, they're developing a.i., they're developing all kinds of advanced technology. and and i don't want the biggest tech companies w

the money is spent through epa's san francisco bay program.projects like restoring wetlands, monitoring pollution, and managing nutrients that create issues like algae blooms. but now some environmental groups are concerned the trump epa could attempt to shift those priorities, moving away from strategies that speer argues are already having a visible impact on the quality of the bay. >> the president is attempting to do all this by executive order, which she doesn't have the ability to do until congress passes a budget. and that's what they're in the process of doing right now. so it's important for every american who feels that this is the wrong way to move forward in this country, to stand up and be heard. >> for violence to end of the horizon feels uncertain, as other nonprofits wait for word of more potential cuts to epa grant funding, or perhaps relief from ongoing lawsuits filed on their behalf. >> you know, figure a way forward. and there are also some other agencies here in the bay area that are stepping up to lead the way. so the wor

. >> john: what does the epa ruling say and what would the effect be?e epa was only looking at a handful. this is a class of chemicals. the epa acknowledges there's maybe 14,000 different types of pfas to be known, but last year when the biden administration issued these first-ever drinking water standards for pfas, it focused in on six and what the trump epa did this morning is announced they were going to keep two, the two most well-known. they are also the two that are no longer in commercial use. manufacturers voluntarily stopped using them about ten or 15 years ago in the united states, and the othert are more commercially relevant, the ones that are being used in semiconductor manufacturing and other types of manufacturing and were showing up in our drinking water. genx was one of them. genx was first discovered in wilmington, north carolina's tap water, and those are being rescinded, which means the epa has said that they want to review them and reassess and look at them. >> john: emily donovan on forever chemicals. thank you so much, emily. now

. ♪ eoff: the epa has announced a rollback of biden era regulations on forever chemicals.ore. reporter: the epa has estimated that more than 158 million americans are exposed to these chemicals through drinking water. they are reconsidering standards. what are these chemicals and how widespread are they? >> they are a class of thousands of compounds used to repel grease, water, oil. they are the strongest bond in chemistry. they have been named forever chemicals for a reason. scientists estimate that they are in the blood of almost every american. they are found in remote regions around the world, even as far as antarctica. reporter: is it in the soil? because it lasts so long? >> it is in the environment. it is in the air, soil, water. people are primarily exposed to them in drinking water. reporter: what does research say? about the effect on human health? >> it is pretty toxic. they are toxic to humans. they are linked to cancers including rare and reoccurring cancers. weakened immune system, developmental delays, infertility and much more. reporter: what does the epa e

the epa is also on your commission and is part of this lee zeldin was there in the room. your report says that kids are exposed to harmful environmental toxins and microplastics. i wonder how you square that with some moves that we've seen the epa take to to roll back or to weaken rules that limit forever, chemicals in drinking water, which obviously would would be one of those issues. >> we're working very hard on pfas. a lot of what you read about, about epa's regulations rolling back regulations on pfas is not true. pfas is something i've been working on for years. i was part of the trial team, and the first case against pfas, and it is a priority for my agency. it's also a priority for brooke rollins at usda because the pfas is now on farm crops. and and we're going to we're going to do everything in our power to limit the proliferation of pfas in the environment and limited its use as a manufacturing in manufacturing. >> so it sounds like you don't think that those rules should be weakened or rolled back or postponed, as some of the instances have shown. >> you know,

as nancy chen explains, the epa run program saves qualifying american households hundreds of dollars every year. >>with all the cuts the trump administration is making to government agencies, the epa is now proposing to end the energy star program. so even if you don't know the program, you've likely seen that energy star label on refrigerators, air conditioners, washing machines, even buildings. so here's how the program works. companies can enroll, and if their product meets epa efficiency standards, they can display the logo. it's an easy way for buyers to know they're going to save money on energy costs. and they have saved since it launched more than three decades ago. energy star has helped americans cut back on 5,000,000,000,000 kilowatt hours of energy that is the equivalent of powering new york city for 100 years, a whole century. it also saves the average household about $450 every year. the program has had widespread bipartisan support and calls itself one of the most successful voluntary u.s. government programs in history. president trump tried to kill this program in hi

the epa general counsel is the chief legal advisor to epa on environmental laws, including the clean air act, the clean water act, the superfund act and others. regulations under its various regulation and court challenges to agency actions. the general counsel oversees nearly 200 lawyers and 300 total staff. mr. donahue has no experience qualifying him to do any of these things. he has never tried a case to verdict. never taken a deposition. never signed a pleading. never argued a motion. he has never personally litigated any case, let alone federal cases implicated our nation's most important environmental laws. what has he done? mr. donahue practiced law for a year and a half at a small firm in buffalo that hired him, for his version, being overloaded with work. he was not a member of the new york bar and he then failed the d.c. bar on his first attempt. he claims to have -- a stretch for someone not even a member of the bar. fl -- there is no evidence that any work he may have done bore at all on the laws and regulations applicable to epa. the previous seven senate-confirmed epa

he epa is keeping the maximum containment. hey have been phased out in the u.s.ntalists are concerned. nvironmentalists are worried that the safe drinking water act has an anti-backsliding condition. eporter: there are many differences on this. >> people are concerned about the health of americans. y cutting the scientists who study this work, the health of americans could be in jeopardy. reporter: thank you very much. ♪ > rfk junior spent today testifying on capitol hill, where he faced a grilling as lawmakers pressed him on the overhaul of federal health agencies and billions in cuts to the multiple agencies he oversees. house democrats raise concerned about whether he was violating the law in cutting funding appropriated for congress. he said he is streamlining some funds. >> you are not rescaling. you proposing to cut it by $20 billion. > we are not withholding any funding. >> will you commit to following the law? >> of course. >> we appropriated it. it is the law of the land. re you planning to break the law? >> if you appropriated funds, i'm going to spend

the epa performed -- the epa performed -- a risk review of the rule and found this was inconsequential to public health and that the rule increase co2 emissions. instead of listening to their own experts, the biden administration p ignored the experts to push forward tlar burdensome regulatory overreach. i am grateful to stand in this chamber today to roll back these rules so manufacturers can avoid millions of dollars in compliance fees that will cost the american consumer those millions of dollars and instead invest in the american workforce, the greatest workforce on the planet. mr. president, it's time for us to act. it's time for us to roll back this unnecessary epa rule so that the american people are not burdened with millions of dollars of additional costs simply to buy tires. let us do the right thing. thank you, mr. president. the presiding officer: under the previous order all time on h.j. 61 has expired. the clerk: h.j. 61, joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8, title 5 of united states code, and so forth. the presiding officer: the questi

please welcome epa. administratr lee zeldin. [applause] lee don't take me follow tom homan. great to see all. hopefully we have some new yorkers in the house. it's a great chapter back in new york. i have done many events with rnla in new york. and it's great that all of you are here. welcome to washington, d.c. hopefully it was a great day. i'm excited to be able to spend this time with all. one of the questions i have been asked since i was confirmed has been what's the biggest surprise? what has been the biggest shock as e.p.a. administrator? for the first few days, couple weeks i wasn't exactly sure what my answer was. those questions came in right away. probably the question i was asked most often. then the answer became very clear. i am shocked by how much we are able to do at once at the trump e.p.a. i knew we were inheriting a really big mess to fix, and i thought maybe as we were going through the process with the team and developing a plan, a timeline, they would be telling me ok these are the three things we are going to be able to tackle now. maybe five months fr

epa's regulations rolling back regulations on pfas is not true. pfas is something i've been working on for years. i was part of the trial team and the first case against pfas, and it is a priority for my agency. it's also a priority for brooke rollins at usda because pfas is now on farm crops and and we're going to we're going to do everything in our power to limit the proliferation of pfas in the environment and limited its use as a manufacturing. in manufacturing. >> so it sounds like you don't think that those rules should be weakened or rolled back or postponed, as some of the instances have shown. >> you know, i can't talk to the details of what's come out of epa on that issue. i know that i've asked lee about it two days ago, and he said everything that we've been reading about it is wrong that he's committed to regulating pfas and pfoa. >> yeah, i haven't seen them say otherwise publicly, but i think it would just raise questions of, you know, the epa is promising this huge environmental rollback. how does that coincide with what you'd like

epa administrator taking time out from owning the democrats to join the angle. mr.they seem triggered. the moment you walked in. what did you do that set them off? >> it's not that they are in different to waste and abuse, these are the architects of the waste and abuse. when it was one party democrat rule, they passed the inflation reduction act, that's what they called it, they created this thing called the greenhouse gas reduction fund and it was $20 billion that was parked at the end of the biden administration. you and i have had a conversation about it which was riddled with conflicts of interest on qualified recipients, reduced agency oversight. so president trump gets elected, we come in a few months ago, i canceled all $20 billion worth of grants and these democrats are mad. they want to claim that there's no evidence of waste and abuse. i'm now sitting there before them with the entire list and they want to just keep claiming that there's no evidence of anything wrong and they won't give me the opportunity to get through the list. they are upset because th

>> the trump epa we choose to both protect environment and grow the economy we're not going to choosewhen president trump was wrapping up his 100th day in office, we put out a list of 100 environment actions, that we accomplished in the first 100 days of the trump presidency going to continue, that pace as you point without los angeles wildfires, president trump came into office he signed executive order saying that epa within 30 days need to complete hazards material removal phase one so army core with an come in the first response there was no way to going to get it done we got it done in under 30 days, if you look at the actual actions that we are pursuing yes, we are looking for ways to make sure unleashing energy dominance purchasing permitting reform making america a.i. capital of the world advancing cooperative federalism not loving side of core mission helping deliver clean air, water for americans we don't have to choose between the two. maria: how are you doing that in a smaller budget your trying to cut out waste, while also, adhering to principles of safety, as well as gro

exactly. >> so, the epa conducted reconnaissance.s the burn zones, searching for the skeletons of electric vehicles in the debris and calling power companies and manufactures to locate the power walls that were often attached to homes to charge them. epa teams found about 600 evs, most of them in lynn mcintyre's palisades neighborhood. we watched as an epa team approached one of them. our crew was instructed to stay back 75 feet because even weeks or months after they're damaged, lithium ion batteries can explode, emit toxic gases, or reignite. >> it sounds almost as though you're treating these batteries like live grenades in the field, that you don't know exactly what you're dealing with. >> that's what we talk about with damaged or insulted lithium eye i don't know batteries because they're delicate, they're fragile, they're unstable. >> because they are unstable, extracting the batteries from the vehicle can take a six-person team up to two hours. first the top of the car is sawed you have a. then an excavator flips it, exposing

the money is spent through epa's san francisco bay program, funding priority projects like restoringmanaging nutrients that create issues like algae blooms. but now some environmental groups are concerned the trump epa could attempt to shift those priorities, moving away from strategies that speer argues are already having a visible impact on the quality of the bay. >> the president is attempting to do all this by executive order, which he doesn't have the ability to do until congress passes a budget. and that's what they're in the process of doing right now. so it's important for every american who feels that this is the wrong way to move forward in this country, to stand up and be heard. >> for violence to anna, the horizon feels uncertain as other nonprofits wait for word of more potential cuts to epa grant funding or perhaps relief from ongoing lawsuits filed on their behalf. >> you know, figure a way forward. and there are also some other agencies here in the bay area that are stepping up to lead the way. so the work continues. >> in san mateo county. i'm julian glover, abc seve

biden gets busted for spending millions on epa museum.dministrator lee zeldin shutting it down and t takes usn a tour before he does. that is next. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> this is a fox news update. and ashley strohmier new york. president trump honoring of the fallen heroes on memorial day. to the president took part in laying a wreath ceremony at the tomb of the unknown soldier at arlington national cemetery. a memorial day message with america's best and bravest. he sleep briefly revere the nation and a six in the nation after a long and hard couple of years. in a deadly shooting late monday night in fairmont park has left a man and woman killed in at least nine others hurt. the injured including three teenagers are stable. to the police say the shooting happened during a large gathering of hundreds of people in the park. so far no arrests have been made in the police have been trying to find out if one or more shooters. i'm ashley strohmier now back to "the ingraham angle." ♪ ♪ >> laura: tourists flock to e millions this time of year for the cherr

. >> trace: epa administrator lee zeldin. federal grants. >> in three different versions of the facts. lawyers. admitted in court that what you're saying. >> we are not going to waste dollars because you insist on epa lighting taxpayer dollars on fire. the american taxpayers, they put president trump in office because of people like you. they have republicans in charge of the house and senate because of people like you. you don't care about 99% of the story. you don't want me to go through the list of all the evidence of waste and abuse. you don't care about qualified recipients. >> what i want you to do is explain why the department of justice lawyers representing epa in court under a duty of candor have said everything you just said isn't true. >> trace: lee zeldin has been trying to cancel hundreds of by a narrow grants he says are a waste of taxpayer dollars. sounds like the epa and drg may be picking up some of the slack that deal g.e. has left. >> sandra: the administration has a lot of support for this and looking at t

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epa programs approved by congress, like restoration work on san francisco bay. >> we're going to treatg to freeze these funds for programs we don't like or regions we don't like, or congressional districts we don't like. >> back in the bay area, environmental groups are turning to the state, which has already passed its own tougher restrictions on forever chemicals and hoping to raise public concern among the estimated 158 million americans who come in contact with pfas in their drinking water. >> so that less of it gets into our water, less of it gets into our bodies. >> in san francisco. spencer christian, abc seven news. >> a number of groups suing the epa point to protections in the safe drinking water act, which bars the agency from repealing or weakening drinking water standards. all right. up next, the seven things you need to know today. stay with us. we'll be right back. >> one 800. got junk is always just around the corner waiting for your call. we come when it's convenient for you, not when it's convenient for us. when you want junk to disappear, all you have to do is point.

epa programs approved by congress, like restoration work on san francisco bay. >> we're going to treate going to freeze these funds for programs we don't like or regions we don't like, or congressional districts we don't like. >> back in the bay area, environmental groups are turning to the state, which has already passed its own tougher restrictions on forever chemicals and hoping to raise public concern among the estimated 158 million americans who come in contact with pfas in their drinking water. >> so that less of it gets into our water, less of it gets into our bodies. >> in san francisco. spencer christian, abc seven news. >> a number of groups suing the epa point to protections in the safe drinking water act, which bars the agency from repealing or weakening drinking water standards. >> all right, let's switch gears now and talk about this beautiful weather. dan. >> because we cannot talk enough about it. it's so nice. sandhya patel is here, but it's getting hotter. sandhya. >> yeah, it's definitely getting warmer. no doubt about it. dan and corina, today temperatures came up i

>> she says the metrics being used by the county are dated pointing to the fact that in january the epa titan decades old standards to better protect children and families from lead dust exposure. the most current epa standards on indoor 0. >> and the most current center for disease control guidance document on lead exposure. his sere the epa also released new information on arsenic exposure this year. >> showing it's more toxic than previously thought. so arsenic. >> it's similar to except as carcinogenic as well as the new year auction. >> it can cause cancer, heart disease and many other health issues. >> this is something that the state publishes the and develop new guidance on gene and ashley. both want county officials to do a better job of communicating with the public. >> by posting warning signs on the beach so visitors know about elevated levels of toxic metals. >> all right. still ahead on kron, 4 news at 5 freedom of expression, republican decency. a judge's ruling on topless dancing on this day in the and a toxic work environment has a long-term impact on your mental health

epa programs approved by congress, like restoration work on san francisco bay. >> we're going to treat. we're going to freeze these funds for programs we don't like or regions we don't like, or congressional districts we don't like. >> back in the bay area, environmental groups are turning to the state, which has already passed its own tougher restrictions on forever chemicals and hoping to raise public concern among the estimated 158 million americans who come in contact with pfas in their drinking water. >> so that less of it gets into our water, less of it gets into our bodies. >> in san francisco. spencer christian abc seven news. >> a number of groups suing the epa point to protections in the safe drinking water act, which bars the agency from repealing or weakening drinking water so this is better. and this. dupixent's an add-on treatment for specific types of moderate-to-severe asthma. it's not for sudden breathing problems. it's proven to help prevent asthma attacks. severe allergic reactions can occur. get help right away for face, mouth, tongue or throat swelling, wheezing or

epa programs approved by congress, like restoration work on san francisco bay. >> we're going to treatwe're going to freeze these funds for programs we don't like or regions we don't like, or congressional districts we don't like. >> back in the bay area, environmental groups are turning to the state, which has already passed its own tougher restrictions on forever chemicals and hoping to raise public concern among the estimated 158 million americans who come in contact with pfas in their drinking water. >> so that less of it gets into our water, less of it gets into our bodies. >> now, a number of groups suing the epa point to protections in the safe drinking water act, barring the agency from repealing or weakening drinking water standards. kristen. >> thank you. spencer. this afternoon, san francisco city union workers held a rally outside city hall. the unions organized the rally to express their concerns that mayor lori will make drastic cuts to public services as the city faces a budget shortfall. they say big tech companies need to pay more taxes. >> we are going to fight. we wi

they zeroed out funding for epa's chesapeake bay program. that was $73 million a year.ed on by person basis and congress at the end of the four years of the first of administration. we actually increased funding for epa's chesapeake bay program to to $85 million, plus. so yes, there are ways we can work on a bipartisan basis in the senate but that will require, stephen, that will require that they stand up to this president. and so far this time around we haven't really seen that. we have seen republicans in the senate stand by while donald trump literally shreds article one of the constitution, illegally in pounds funds and things. so we will see. >> the populate of the party on capitol hill is probably at the lowest point that is been in your congressional career. you've been in house before the senate. there's a lot of theories going on around like democrats lost in 24. 24/7 well litigated but seems like the popularity continued to decline as the first four months of this congress have gone on. what your diagnosis for why the party is viewed so on popularly right now

bipartisan basis in congress the end of the four years the first ofou we had increased funding for epa to $85 million plus. yes, there are ways we can work on a bipartisan basis in the senate. butts, that will require, steven, that they stand up to this president and so far this time around we have not really seen them. we have seen republicans of senate standby while donald trump literally shreds article one of the constitution illegally impounds the funds and other things that we will see. the popularity of the party on capitol t hill is probably the lowest point is been your congressional career the house before the senate. there's a lot of theories going on why democrats lost in 24324 is been well litigated. itut seems that the popularity continued to decline the first four months of this congress. what is your diagnosis for why the party is viewed so i'm popularly right now? >> you are right. we only have up to go. that is good news. look i think there are two things. one is i think americans regardless of political party want people who are going to fight for the things they beli

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liz: that's trump's epa chief lee zeldin battling democrats last week and now this. biden's aids did rush out the door in what is now a huge $93 billion of your money spent on democrat insiders and climate cronies. this has happened right after trump got re-elected and before he was inaugurated. senate republicans now say cut even more spending and lee zeldin is here to weigh in on that plus this story for you. >> how do we get here? because we have tolerated, we have tolerated anti-semitism for the last four years, and basically the trump administration and thank goodness president trump is in-office and not going to tolerate it and going to eliminate it. liz: oh, yeah that was leo terrell, senior counselor to the justice department's civil rights division, calling out harvard's rampant anti-semetic bullying on campus and president trump has had it. we've got the latest on what the president is doing to crack down on harvard. harvard law professor alan dershowitz we're excite today have him back on to talk about that beaufort this. the news and the action this hour,

so just to summarize what the epa's jurisdiction is and i'll compare and contrast that with the charterurisdiction for the office of the inspector general according to a letter of agreements as has evolved over four separate agreements with the sheriff's office did epa only investigate sworn sheriff deputies? we only have authorization to investigate complaints in in the in the area of use of force ,use of a weapon or control device sexual misconduct patterns and practices of retaliation, harassment or bias and acts of reckless disregard for the health safety and welfare of any incarcerated individual any additional misconduct or violations of policy during the course of the investigation. and we will follow up on those areas only at the discretion of the sheriff's office. >> in-custody deaths are now fully within the purview of or at least the administrative investigation is fully within the purview of the dpa. we only recommend investigative findings. we do not recommend discipline . we do not have any subpoena power to conduct hearing and all of our access is granted by the sheriff's

at the biden epa, we saw industries suffocating. but at the trump epa, the green new deal is dead. at the trump epa, we know that we can both protect the environment and grow the economy. i have 13 pages of accomplish. -- pages of accomplishments from our first 100 days in here. part of it is 100 is our mental -- environmental accomplishments of the trump epa. every single day that president trump is in this office, there will be a major environmental accomplishment. every single day. of the trump administration. at the trump epa, we are also launching what is the largest deregulatory action in the history of the country. we're going to be giving our director of the omb a whole lot of work. because we inherited a big mess from the biden epa. working with elon and doge, i canceled $22 billion worth of grants. today is a special day for many reasons. the biggest reason why we're here is this is the 100th day of the most consequential, historic first 100 days in the history of this country. today, while we're here, the house of representatives is voting on congressional review act bil

it's the epa museum.ast year, only 1900 members of the public visited. biden spent $4 million to create this museum. and it only cost the taxpayers a cool $600,000 to put it together. but now, i got some sa for good. and he joins me from inside the . how did i miss this? can you show us around? >> yeah, for sure. listen, we're in a one room that is less than 1600 square feet. you'll see all sorts of time missing. you might remember during this period between 2014 and 2021 with there was a trump presidency. yeah, they just conveniently leave that out of the timeline. come over here, a lot about climate change and environment justice, the only emissions that they are even going to talk about here carbon dioxide. nothing about good and necessary about carbon dioxide. here is a shot entire museum in severing, $4 million to buy. this i don't know how they need to spend $4 million for this one room. come over here, another tribute to environmental justice what's amaze something that over the course of this last

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today, the epa administrator announced the lifting of an emergency order for water testing in flint, michigan and it returned testing to the normal state standards. what is your reaction to this both in terms of how far flint has, but also what work they still had to do in flint and other areas across the country? >> significant progress has been made thanks to leadership from the governor and great leadership from the former representative from that area who made it his congressional mission to help get the situation turned around. there is still work to be done and that is being led in part by representative mcdonald rivet. it appears the action taken by the epa administrator will unnecessarily and harmfully turn back the clock. thanks. >> thank you, leader. [indiscernible] -- to be the next president despite backlash over her political ties to trump and her lack of academic experience as part of project on a 25 trend of trying to take over boards and undermine hbcus. you mentioned republicans lied about product on a 25. do you view the takeover of hbcus as part of that campaign to