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No angry town halls about this in the home districts. actually, not even really a peep from elected republicans about it or from right wing active -- activists who are supporting them. it turns out president bidens infrastructure bill is really popular. if you want to look at signs of life around this gigantic infrastructure bill when members of congress and senators went home for the august recess, look no further than senator bernie sanders of vermont doing supportive rallies for the infrastru...

Activists who are supporting them. it turns out president bidens infrastructure bill is really popular. if you want to look at signs of life around this gigantic infrastructure bill when members of congress and senators went home for the august recess, look no further than senator bernie sanders of vermont doing supportive rallies for the infrastructure bill in places like indiana and iowa. thousands of people coming out to see him talk about it in indiana and iowa, and his home state of vermont...

0 that is all in for this tuesday evening, the rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening rachel. >> good evening chris, thank you my friend. much appreciated. happy to join you this hour. president biden was in new york and of hurricane ida hitting just those two states. that extreme flash flooding that tore through the most populated part of the country last wednesday night, president biden today meeting with local officials and local residents about the ongoing cleanup efforts there. p...

Be happy with that and not worry about the fact that 80% to 90% of the climate stuff in the first deal was left out. is that fair of what youre trying to say? >> actually, no, i dont think thats fair at all, chris. i think what the president was doing today was talking about the historic important investments in this bipartisan deal that he was able to strike with republicans and democrats which is going to do really important things to move the ball forward on climate change. i mean, you heard ...

Want democrats to use the 50 vote straight-majority reconciliation process to just go it alone and pass the biden plan, as they had done with the american rescue plan. instead, manchin and a few others wanted to see if a bipartisan deal was possible. so, they started negotiating with republicans. okay. now, as this was happening, the fear among progressives has always been that a bipartisan deal would be much smaller. and crucially, most crucially, not include a lot of the most vital, climate an...

The road. and the reconciliation bill that, you know, bernie sanders is talking about, is $6 trillion. how realistic is that? >> the sanders budget is -- its the kitchen sink. its the family room, dining room, everything. >> the whole house. >> yeah. its almost the entire democratic domestic agenda. it is probably a nonstarter. but what progressives are really worried about is this replay of what happened in 2009-2010 where the house went forward with a climate bill called cap in trade, taxing c...

Administration is going to be rescinding that and hitting the brakes on those approvals. and this of course comes just after days in the biggest oil companies in the world are all hit with court judgments and shareholder votes all in the same day. all efforts trying to force those huge companies into a future whether effectively not drilling for oil anymore, let alone and protected arctic wilderness. some of the biggest oil companies in earth now facing serious pressure and serious binding const...

Accountability on climate stuff super interesting, super interesting timing. and interestingly, that big news from secretary of the interior deb holland, that comes tonight on the same night that voters in new mexico are choosing her replacement in congress. she was a member of the house of representatives when president biden tapped her to become a cabinet member, to become secretary of the interior. that means that her spot in congress is open and needs to be filled. polls have just closed wit...

National wildlife refuge coming at a time that is particularly volatile and interesting in terms of whats happening with the big oil companies and their accountability on climate stuff, super interesting, super interesting timing. and interestingly, that big news from secretary of the interior deb haaland, that comes tonight on the same night that voters in new mexico are choosing her replacement in congress. she was a member of the house of representatives when president biden tapped her to bec...

Taking on the nra, we beat him on the climate stuff, we beat him on tobacco, we beat him on flipping the house, we beat him in flipping virginia, when you say you cant take him on, i can show you half a dozen things we beat him on already. >> you know you will be scrutinized. i want to talk about some of those like stop and frisk. you aggressively supported something that targeted african-american and latino men. what will you do to show the black community that youre going to work towards makin...