add that to the fact the last time any meaningful climate change legislation tried to pass through the u.s. senate was way back in 2009. when congressional democrats failed to pass a carbon pricing system. u.n. secretary-general himself saying this week "it is obvious the u.s. negotiating position will be strengthened if congress passes the climate provisions in their reconciliation bill." in case it wasn't hard enough to get the support of global leaders, gop decided they'll send their own delegation to cop26 because nothing says you've got your act together like, well, sending two separate delegations from separate parties. so what power will the president have to negotiate and is it enough to actually save the planet? who better to answer these questions than coral davenport, energy and environment policy correspondent for the "new york times." she knows every aspect of our climate policy, and has been covering this from the outset. great to have you with us. thank you for your time this evening. i know that for us who follow