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Affordable care act has been expanded, of course, to make it stronger, but also to include the people who were not covered in the states that did not expand medicaid. we dont expand medicaid, we expand the affordable care act to enable those folks to have -- those families to have access to the affordable care act. if that were the only thing we were doing in this legislation, it would be transformational. its transformative and cause for celebration. on the health side, there are many aspects t...

With the g20 now, and then to meet his holiness, the pope, and to go to glasgow, he wanted to go as strong as possible. when i had my meeting with his holiness, the pope, i brought the presidents greetings, of course i brought the greetings of the congress of the united states, and climate was a very big, important issue for his holiness, as i know it will be part -- i assume it will be part of their discussion. but the climate issue is not just about, as i say, health. its about people in pover...

And we go to glasgow, we wanted to go as strong as possible. and of course i brought the greeting. the congress of the united states, and it will be part, i assume it will be part of the discussion but the climate issue is not just about help, its about people in poverty, taking a terrible bite of this wormy apple called the economy crisis. and im happy to answer that question. >> does a framework included $100 billion investment so they say is separate for immigration?

American families and the united states was doing a great job dealing with this climate issue, whether it was american liquid fall gas going to europe. this administration is killing it. >> martha: we had total energy independence not long ago. thank you, governor perry. >> youre welcome. >> martha: he died fighting for our country in world war ii. he was 19 years old. now 78 years later, private first class harold hayden is laid to rest officially at arlington national cemetery today. a story o...

Xie has been China's most important figure in climate negotiations for over a decade.

News ever. >> tucker carlson had nothing but influence. >> heres the grouchy flak today, almost impossible to believe its real. >> best ever or grouchy little flak. theres similar confusion over fncs stance on climate change. fox is rolling out a new weather channel which says its taking the climate issue seriously. npr gleefully reported theres a seeming disconnect between what the fox hosts report about manmade climate change versus how the murdochs run the company. >> the important thing to r...

Industry. the full democratic meets tuesday to discuss alternatives on the climate issue. meanwhile manchin and bernie sanders met saturday saying the two senators shouldnt be allowed to sabotage what 48 want. listen to this. >> youre holding up the biden agenda. >> there are 52 senators, okay. theres two that want be to work something out if possible in a rational reasonable way. thats all. >> another key part of the enormous spending bill concerns the impact of covid-19 on the u.s. economy. ri...

Started her remarks. >> countries with the technology and sources to meet theirs. they are not responsible for many of their missions, but they pay a big price in terms of rising sea levels and encroachment of deserts, melting of glaziers, drying up of rivers and the rest that have an impact on their lives. its a very big issue. the world health organization has just issued something in the last 24 hours, i believe, that they think that the climate issue is the biggest health challenge that we h...

The deaths of at least six people in recent days. since the end of september there have been at least three scenes like this one. thats just incredible. terrifying orange dust clouds rumbling across urban and rural areas, packing extremely high winds. officials say hot, dry weather is making the storms worse, of course, but add, they cant be separated from climate change. activists are speaking out as brazil sees its worst drought in nearly a century. >> translator: today the water crisis in bra...

Editors Darius Helm and Jessica Chevalier take a look at sustainability progress in flooring over the last year and offer updates on the leading flooring producers and related associations, as well as an update on the U.S. Green Building Council.