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orbit the moon with astronauts board and artemis iii for 2025 will land people at the moons south pole. joining me now is kristen fisher live at the kennedy space center in florida. i love the nod to the program, calling this artemis. whats the significance of this mission if weve been to the moon before? >> reporter: you know, a lot of people say that. the reason nasa wants to go back to the moon with the artemis program is two reasons one they want to leave behind more than flags and...

track to pass a major part of the biden administration. it would represent the largest climate investment in u.s. history and make big changes to healthcare policy. republicans are fighting gagaint it right now, but it appears that all 50 democrats are on the same page. si sinema offered her support this week. jessica dean is on capitol hill for us. weve learned there has been some pretty serious movement. i guess getting this ball down the field. whats happened? >> absolutely. get it ...

His party so desperately wanted. in particular the climate piece, in particular changes to precipitation drug costs going forward. all of those of things are things that unite the party, causing president bidens approval ratings to lift up a little bit. and finally the behavior of republicans themselves led by donald trump. were seeing the specter of donald trump grossly violating records laws by taking records to mar-a-lago that he should not have had. some of them highly classified and top sec...

Tax credits to fossil fuel companies to encourage them to invest in clean energy manufacturing. for the next decade, any new wind or solar energy protection on federal land can only be approved if a new lease is approved for oil and gas drilling as well. joining me now is bill weir. bill, you know, the sausage is being made as we speak here in washington and there was plenty of horse trading along the way. thats the best i can do to use some cliches here in washington. theyre trading cows for ch...

Going to bet money in vegas on it, given past deadlines being broken, but theyre probably going to get it. i would guess thats what the europeans believe will happen. but again, that raises a question long term. for instance, the climate piece that have, a big deal. the g20, as well as the climate summit hell be at next week. does that commitment last through the next guy, the next president? obama put us in the paris climate accords. trump took us back out. biden put us back in. are the iran nu...

Themselves, they said, youve got to send him to europe with something, with this deal. he got close, they do have a framework agreement. we shouldnt forget about that. and the progressives are on board and that kind of thing. it looks like theyll probably have a deal, although im not going to bet money in vegas on it, given past deadlines being broken, but theyre probably going to get it. i would guess thats what the europeans believe will happen. but again, that raises a question long term. for...

Largest -- what this larger human infrastructure bill is about, i can argue two categories, climate and equality. there were derivatives down from there. how concerned are you that the climate piece has gotten too small? >> well, im very concerned on the family investment side, were going to have investments in day care. its going to be huge when pre schools will be huge, investments in housing is so important for families, each one by themselves will be an enormous victory. on the climate side,...

And that, at least based on what the president laid out today with negotiations very much still ongoing, was what the president said he was planning to do. now, something to keep in mind here, there are still a lot of details to be worked out, particularly on the climate piece. but democrats, with a level of momentum, we simply have not seen up to this point. erin, you have been following this very closely. want a framework by the end of this week. they are pressing for a framework by the end of...

Poll shows overwhelming support for this legislation, two democratic senators remain in opposition, including senator joe manchin. joe manchins from west virginia. then this response from manchin. i will not vote for a reckless expansion of government programs, no op-ed from a self-declared independent socialist is going to change that. and news that is infuriating progressives, the key plank in bidens climate change agenda is likely to be stripped from the bill. so now that weve had two senator...

The numbers, theyre all popular, we want all of it. not that it had to be done to make anything correct, but its about advantage. >> yeah. on the social media ininvestmen thats correct. but on the climate piece, we always needed to go through the butting reconciliation. you cant do it with senate republicans. i wish you could, but if you want it to be bipartisan, there are no senate republicans that will take bold action with you. >> how worried are you that if thursday comes and you guys flex a...