LIVE STREAM: President Trump signs ‘historic’ executive order on energy and jobs

The White House announced that President Donald Trump will sign an executive order regarding energy production and job creation.

“President Donald J. Trump’s Energy Independence Executive Order takes historic steps to lift the restrictions on American energy, reverse government intrusion, and cancel job-killing regulations,” according to the White House. “The EO will allow the EPA to focus on its primary mission of protecting our air and water.”

Trump is expected to sign a decree to reverse former President Barack Obama’s 2016 ban on new federal coal leases, part of a wide-ranging executive order to sweep away green regulations his administration says have hobbled the drilling and mining industries.

“When we evaluate energy, let’s look at the social cost of not having a job,” Trump’s Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said in a Twitter post on Tuesday ahead of the executive order.

If you missed Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s live briefing today, you can watch below.The White House commented on the Russian probe by saying if Trump ate Russian dressing, he would be criticized.