languishes on capitol hill and americans struggle with sky high gas prices. we are all paying the price. i m sandra smith in new york. great to be back with you. john: john roberts in r washington. the president will speak in massachusetts, stop short of declaring a climate emergency. biden facing pressure from the far left to get something done after senator joe manchin shut down his plan in congress. sandra: and a drain on wallets every time they fuel up and gas prices in massachusetts have more than doubled since the summer before biden took office. rick scott will join us in moments. john: jacqui, why did the president not use the trip to declare a national climate emergency? jacqui: we don t know. speculation maybe it s tough timing to roll out the announcement on the trip to the middle east, and concerns about gas prices, state of the economy, recession fears. even some talk and speculation maybe they are holding off with some shred of a hope to get senator joe
the white house this month, vineyard winds, whose c.e.o. told me about the ground breaking labor agreements they have negotiated with good-paying union jobs. and i want to complement congressman bill keating for his work in this area. i m also proud to point out my administration approved the first commercial project for offshore wind in america which is being constructed by vineyard winds. folks, elsewhere in the country we are propeling retrofits and ensuring even where fossil fuel plants are retired they still have a role in powering the future. in illinois, for example, the state has launch add broad effort to invest in converting old power plants to solar farms led by governor pritzker. in california, turn a former oil plant to the largest battery storage facility, the world s largest facility. wyoming, innovators are chosen to retiring plant as the next