Climate Change: The President’s Day In China

President Barack Obama and President Xi Jinping after their meeting at the West Lake State Guest House in Hangzhou, China

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UN Secretary General Ban-ki moon, President Xi Jinping, and President Barack Obama during a joint ratification of the Paris Climate Change Agreement

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It's official: The U.S. and China have entered into the #ParisAgreement: go.wh.gov/toU7iM https://t.co/7IPK6WAeZD

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The White House (@WhiteHouse) September 03, 2016

“Some day we may see this as the moment that we finally decided to save our planet.” to.pbs.org/2bKoiwN

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PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) September 03, 2016

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‘obama’s chance to bounce back’

Aaron Blake and Chris Cillizza (Washington Post): It hasn’t been a good month for President Obama, but beneath it all, the American people are still ready to hear him out when it comes to his jobs plan.

And in fact, at first glance, they seem to like it.

Two new polls show more Americans like the president’s jobs plan than dislike it. A CNN/Opinion Research poll shows 43 percent favor Obama’s jobs plan, while 35 percent oppose it. And Gallup shows an even wider gap, with 45 percent in favor and 32 percent opposed.

… The CNN poll shows more people trust Obama (46 percent) than Republicans (37 percent) to deal with the economy. And it also shows Americans think job creation (65 percent) is more pressing than cutting the deficit (29 percent).

…. those numbers suggest an American public that could jump back on board with the president.

The GOP still isn’t held in as high a regard on the economy, and it appears more focused on an issue – the budget – that voters say is a lower priority. Obama, by contrast, is the one people trust more, and his White House has been focused like a laser on the people’s clear top priority, jobs, for a while now.

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vacation?

President Barack Obama receives an economic briefing from Brian Deese, Deputy Director of the National Economic Council, in Chilmark, Mass., August 24