From The New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro. This is The Daily.

Today, why so many of President Trump's own advisors are urging him to break a key promise on climate change?

But not the man in charge of the White House's environmental agenda.

A view from inside the EPA, where staff are rebelling against their new boss.

It's Wednesday, April 19th.

Donald, a few are present right now and you're over in Paris.

What is it you would be trying to do on climate change?

What is it you would be trying to prevent if you were leading the United States at the conference?

Well, first of all, I think one of the dumbest statements I've ever heard in politics,

in the history of politics as I know it, which is pretty good, was Obama's statement that our number one problem is global warming.

In Donald Trump's populist campaign for president, nothing seems to better encapsulate the out of touch elitism of government than the decision by his predecessor, Barack Obama, to sign a global climate agreement, the so-called Paris Accords.

When we have large groups of people that want to blow up every one of our cities, that want to destroy our country, that want to kill our people, and he's worried about global warming,

I think it's one of the dumbest things I've ever seen, or perhaps most naive.

He could be naive in a certain way.

He actually, I think, is somewhat naive, if you want to know the truth, beyond the incompetent part.

Trump vowed that the moment he was in office, he would pull the U.S. out of the Accords.

We're going to cancel the Paris Climate Agreement.

Unbelievable.

But the Times is reporting that there are growing doubts that the president will fulfill this particular pledge.

Coral, thank you for coming on.

Michael, always a pleasure to be with you.

Coral Davenport writes about energy and the environment.

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