villain down under. you guys look at what s going on in australia right now, you know, they re enforcing after a year and a half, they re still enforcing lock downs by the military. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes, it is not an exaggeration to say that democrats might have one chance, one shot to pass legislation to prevent a climate catastrophe, and they are trying to do that right now under the intense pressure of two other competing forces. one is the fact that due to the nature of american polarization, divided government, the structural advantage that republicans now hold in national elections, democrats can expect to control the white house and both houses of congress maybe every ten years, like once a decade, they really get a chance to pass their agenda. so that s one pressure point. the other is that we re already at 1 degree celsius of permanent
two others competing forces. one is the fact that, due to the nature of american polarization, divided government, the structural advantage that republicans now, holding national elections, democrats can expect to control the white houses and both houses and both houses of congress maybe every ten years. like once a decade. they really get a chance to pass their agenda. so that is one pressure point. the other is that, we are already at one degree celsius of permanent global warming. we need to very rapidly cartel admissions, to avoid increasing to another half degree or two. and this is the one shot to pass a climate bill. that s something the democrats remember tried the last time they had unified power, in 2009 and ten. and it didn t have been. and guess what, things got much worse over the next ten years. and the rate at which we have the deployment eyes, has increased dramatically. so democrats have one chance, for a substantial climate