From the New York Times on Michael Barbaro, this is the Daily.

Today, the coming battle between Trump's EPA and the state of California,

and James Come goes on national television to call the President a danger to the nation.

It's Monday, April 16.

Ladies and gentlemen, I've come to feel great affection for the peoples of the world,

because they've always been so welcoming to me.

If it is as a bodybuilding champion, or as a movie star, a private citizen,

or as the governor of the great state of California.

So, the emissions standards that we have today in the United States are among the strictest and most stringent in the world.

And we owe that largely to the state of California.

Coral Davenport covers energy and the environment for the times.

Well, ladies and gentlemen, something remarkable is beginning to stir.

Something revolutionary, something historic and dance formative.

Let me give you some background.

Back in the early 2000s, the state of California was going to very aggressively move ahead of the rest of the country

and put these very tight car emission standards in place that would be stronger than the rest of the country.

What we're doing is it's changing the dynamic,

preparing the way and encouraging the future.

So, the new standards would force automakers to make vehicles that get an average of 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025.

That's almost double what they were when the standards were put in place.

So, that's pretty ambitious.

Very ambitious.

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