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Our plan -- our vision statement for 8 million new jobs. thats been called the gold standard. most importantly, to articulate my level of commitment, im the candidate, the sole candidate who has made a pledge to the united states. experience and commitment is what we need, much more than stunts, like what is going on in oregon, to defeat the climate crisis. >> i want to ask you about that in a second. the vice president refused to say climate change is a threat during this interview with jake ta...

Defeat the climate crisis, we need to embed environmental justice in the mission to do so. that means caring for the front line communities that are frequently communities of poverty and color. these are communities that are living on top of the superfund sites. i met harold mitchell, a black leader in spartanburg, who has built a low income facility on top of a superfund site. thats the type of investment we need to make. so my plan to put 8 million people to work embeds this idea of environmen...

Climate crisis, and thats a plan ive got. its a vision statement. we need to make a new national mission for the united states. >> the latest data about greenhouse gas emissions, which is i think from 2016, suggests that washington states problems have somehow worsened in spite of the policies youve tried to implement. if that data is true, does that hurt your message going forward? >> no, because were winning in washington state. we fought the fossil fuel industry. they put in $32 million to tr...

When you are asked this question, is this election about trump and figuring out what america is and sort of through the prism of trump or are you more in the pete buttigieg, bernie sanders camp that, no, no. weve got to either move in a for ward direction, a different direction, you cant just sort of restore? where are you on this? >> well, im on our decision based on scientific reality where we are the scientifically real party that knows the climate crisis is going to swallow us whole and that...

Donald trump is wrong. wind turbines do not cause cancer. they cause jobs. ive got a vision statement to bring those homes right down the heart of america. >> a lot of this also has to do with messaging. youve got under secretary of energy but they put out a press release talking about natural gas exports in texas as freedom gas. im wonder about that kind of branding. >> sometimes you think you read about these things their in the onion that are just a bad joke but them calling gas, freedom gas ...

And division. my vision is a growing expansive america that will defeat climate change as the highest priority of the united states. something that he has said is a hoax. this is an urgent matter, we need to have a president who will call forth america to a higher mission statement. i do believe it is our destiny to defeat climate change and build a new economy. building a new economy with electric cars in michigan and wind towers in iowa and batteries in nevada and solar power in my state where...

Context of brags that we signed our joint vision statement in october in germany and im looking forward to our meeting in oxford at the end of the next month minded on one town. and gentlemen this if we had living in a time where we had no need to have apartments of apartments matter we are currently witnessing major changes in terms of technological progress climate change and just tribulation of wealth and prosperity and when it comes to the global balance of power. all these changes that we e...

Four more years of donald trump. >> you are blasting a very powerful constituent. you think hes a real danger if he stays in this which would be stopping donald trump whether you run or not. >> very much so. we had a president give a state of the union who asked us to be the greatest but refused to even mention the greatest existential threat which is climate change. we have to have someone who will create a vision statement of economic growth to defeat climate change. the only possible result o...

We know that as much as it is a peril, we also know that it is a promise. it is a promise of economic growth, and weve demonstrated that in my state where we have embrace add vision i first wrote about in a book ten years ago of economic growth associated with clean energy jobs. so we need simply a vision statement, and a call to action. this country is so capable of enormous leadership if it simply has a call to action. this is a matter of character of the american people. were innovators comfo...

Governor walker caused a lot of concern that he was damaging the educational future of wisconsin kids. he rejected a way to have health insurance. he did not stand up for coverage for pre-existing conditions. there were a lot of things people were concerned about including water issues. across the midwest, there is an increasing concern about clean water. you know the story. it is not just michigan. and we feel good about those democrats now who will stand up for clean water and jobs and kids. t...