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well get it fixed and get it fixed properly in two years. but were going to get it fixed and fixed properly. well get it fixed in two years. >> all right. >> hes going to get it fixed in two years. >> two years. >> wait, but he had a chance to fix it in 2017. what did he do? >> well, he called the debt ceiling sacred. >> and 18, 19. >> then he urged a default. now, donald trump is back in the mushy middle, promising a big fix down the road. you know, like infrastructure, health care, a...

Been done a long time ago. we have faced climate change denial from the republican party. and obstruction. especially in the united states senate because of the filibuster on this. it doesnt mean that we cannot do what we can now and through the reconciliation process we can get back to the table as i and others have called on. the senate to do. and specifically joe manchin who blew up build back better by starting with the $555 billion investment in climate action. part of the heart of build ba...

Hell only get about 43% of the way there. last year, the curve went up instead of down. it went up 6%. we knew that would be a venn gens economy. we didnt anticipate the united states would burn more coal than the year before. thats because theres no policy backstop. the build back better plan has been chipped away at so much. its $555 billion worth of carrots with not a lot of sticks to force it through. whether or not the white house

$555 billion for climate and clean energy provisions, it was actually the biggest part of the bill. what do you believe is behind senator manchinss no decision? obviously he was saying no to the whole bill. when weve talked to him on capitol hill he said a lot he doesnt believe should go through the process they were trying to use, but in terms of the climate part of it, where do you think hes getting hung up? >> you know, i cant speak to his sort of personal psychological motivations, but the m...

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Fascinating one because it shows a total lack of understanding of how this system works. his job, joe manchins job, is to represent that 1.9 million people. its to represent the people of west virginia not the democratic party, and i will just say this. earlier in the show the three of us had a conversation. if the democratic party wants to take up the line parents shouldnt have influence in their childrens education good luck. if they want to take up the line of defund the police and rising cri...

One. vowed to switch from fossil fuels to clean energy and is cutting greenhouse gases. with the propoal of two major pieces of legislation gave even more hope for the future of our planet. for the first time in a long time 2021 felt like the year that climate change would become the defining issue of the generation. the build back better bill which includes $555 billion in clean energy spending is on ice. the $2 trillion bill which passed in the house last month includes $320 billion in incenti...

Because senator manchin does have considerable financial interest in the coal industry and bidens build back better plan would work against those interests with the $555 billion allocated to fight climate change. is that whats going on here? >> it could be. i mean, if you look at it, joe manchin you think of as kind of a new deal democrat, a hubert humphrey democrat who opposes the cultural liberalism of the party but historically has been basically okay with the idea of government spending mone...

Just not get there? new reporting confirmed by nbc news offers one explanation. manchin privately raised concerns to senate colleagues that parents could use the child tax credit to buy drugs, according to three sources familiar with the comments. and there are questions about manchins connections to the coal industry as well. build back better would include the biggest investment in combating climate change ever. $555 billion. and the largest federal effort in history to limit energy produced b...

I just cant. ive tried everything humanly possible. i cant get there. >> the white house firing back in a lengthy blistering statement. writing manchins comments are, quote, at odds with his conversations with the president this week where he pledged to keep negotiations going. if his comments indicate an end to that effort, they represent a sudden and inexplicable reversal in his position and a breach of his commitments to the president. the proposal which democrats had hoped to pass this year ...