>> GOOD EVENING.
WE BEGIN WITH KEEPING THEM 
HONEST WITH THE WHITE HOUSE 
SAYING THAT THE PUBLIC DOESN'T 
DESERVE TO KNOW THE THINKING 
BEHIND ONE OF THE BIGGEST 
DECISIONS HE'S MADE SO FAR 
WHICH, FRANKLY, IS A BIT 
STRANGE.
WE KNOW IN GREAT DETAIL WHY THE 
PRESIDENT DECIDED TO PULL THIS 
COUNTRY OUT OF THE PARIS ACCORD.
HE SAID SO ON NO UNCERTAIN 
TERMS.
YOU CAN AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH 
HIS REASONING.
THE ISSUE IS WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT
THE PRESIDENT ACTUALLY BELIEVES 
ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING, WHICH, AS 
I SAID, IS A BIT ODD, BECAUSE 
IT'S A SIMPLE YES OR NO AND IT'S
NOT AS IF HE AND OTHERS -- OR WE
AND OTHERS HAVEN'T BEEN ASKING 
ABOUT IT.
FOR THREE-QUARTERS OF AN HOUR 
TODAY, HIS SPOKESMAN AND EPA 
ADMINISTRATOR DODGED THE CENTRAL
ISSUE.
DOES PRESIDENT TRUMP BELIEVE 
THAT CLIMATE CHANGE IS A HOAX.
SEAN SPICER WAS ASKED ABOUT IT 
ON TUESDAY. 
>> CAN YOU SAY WHETHER OR NOT 
THE PRESIDENT BELIEVES THAT 
HUMAN ACTIVITY IS CONTRIBUTING 
TO THE WARMINGS OF THE CLIMATE. 
>> HONESTLY, I HAVEN'T ASKED 
HIM.
I'LL GET BACK TO YOU. 
>> HE SAID HE COULD GET BACK BUT
APPARENTLY HE DIDN'T ASK.
AND THEN SOMETHING HAPPENED.
>> THE UNITED STATES WILL 
WITHDRAW FROM THE PARIS CLIMATE 
ACCORD.
>> SO, THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING.
IT SEEMS SELF-EVIDENCE THAT ON 
THE VERGE OF DITCHING THE 
CLIMATE CHANGE ACCORD, WHETHER 
THE PRESIDENT THOUGHT THE WHOLE 
THING WAS A HOAX.
EVEN AFTER THE PRESIDENT 
ANNOUNCED HIS DECISION.
>> DOES THE PRESIDENT BELIEVE 
CLIMATE CHANGE IS A HOAX?
>> THIS IS NOT ABOUT WHETHER 
CLIMATE CHANGE IS OCCURRING OR 
NOT. 
>> DOES PRESIDENT TRUMP STILL 
BELIEVE CLIMATE CHANGE IS A 
HOAX?
>> WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP BELIEVES
IS HE WAS ELECTED TO GROW THE 
U.S. ECONOMY.
>> BUT WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, 
GARY, YOU'RE NOT ANSWERING THE 
QUESTION. 
>> I'M ANSWERING WHAT THE 
PRESIDENT'S COMMITTED TO.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ASK HIM.
YOU'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY HAVE TO
ASK HIM. 
>> DOES HE BELIEVE GLOBAL 
WARMING IS A HOAX?
>> HE BELIEVES IN CLEAN AIR AND 
CLEAN WATER. 
>> I'LL ASK YOU AGAIN.
>> YOU CAN ASK HIM THAT.
>> AND THEN THAT BRINGS US 
TODAY'S WHITE HOUSE BRIEFING. 
>> NOW IT'S BEEN 48, 72 HOURS.
WHAT DOES THE PRESIDENT ACTUALLY
BELIEVE CLIMATE CHANGE IS A 
HOAX?
CAN YOU CLARIFY THAT BECAUSE 
APPARENTLY NO ONE ELSE IN THE 
WHITE HOUSE CAN. 
>> I HAVE NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY
TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION. 
>> YOU'RE THE EPA ADMINISTRATOR.
SHOULDN'T YOU BE ABLE TO TELL 
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHETHER OR 
NOT THE PRESIDENT STILL BELIEVES
THAT CLIMATE CHANGE IS A HOAX?
WHERE DOES HE STAND?
>> AS I INDICATED SEVERAL TIMES 
IN THE PROCESS, THERE'S ENOUGH 
TO DEAL WITH WITH RESPECT TO THE
PARIS AGREEMENT AND MAKING AN 
INFORMED DECISION ABOUT THIS 
IMPORTANT ISSUE.
THAT'S WHERE OUR FOCUS HAS BEEN 
OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS.
I'VE ANSWERED THE QUESTION A 
COUPLE OF TIMES. 
>> KEEPING THEM HONEST.
NEITHER HE NOR SEAN SPICER NOR 
KEL
KELLYANNE CONWAY HAVE NOT 
ANSWERED THE QUESTION.
THE IDEA THAT WE NEED TO ASK THE
PRESIDENT OURSELVES, WE'D LOVE 
TO.
WE'D ASK HIM ABOUT HIS VIEWS ON 
GLOBAL WARMING AND THE RUSSIAN 
INVESTIGATION BECAUSE ON THE 
LATTER SEAN SPICER HAS A NEW 
TACTIC, REFERRING ALL QUESTIONS 
TO THAT SUBJECT TO THE 
PRESIDENT'S OUTSIDE COUNSEL.
