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I'm going to pay for it. >> warren's ultra millionaire tax charges 2% on every dollar on net worth of $50 million. households with assets over $1 billion could face a 6% tax. climate change is making home insurance unavailable or unaffordable in areas at greatest risk for natural disasters. in data first compiled by axios, payouts for 2017 and 2018 combined, $219 billion. the highest ever. data shows every state showed annual preem annuals rise between 2007 and 2016. states in tornado alley saw the biggest jump. oklahoma saw premiums jump 78%, an extra 821 buck as year. insurers are also lim...

Decade. that's an extra $821 a year. homeowners have seen insurance costs rise. in california, the problem is wildfires. insurers are pulling back from high-risk areas leaving homeowners scrambling. merced filed for bankruptcy after they failed to pay out millions in dollars in claims after the camp fire last year. witnesses say a blast shook homes east of houston more than 40 miles away. there is a mandatory evacuation for everyone within half a mile of the plant. police say a local -- tell a local cnn affiliate everyone else should shelter in place. officials say no doubt chemicals

Payouts for natural disasters for 2017 and 2018 combined was $219 billion. that's the highest ever for a two-year period. data from the national association of insurance commissioners shows every state saw annual premiums rise between 2007 and 2016. states in tornado alley saw the biggest jump. oklahoma, for example. premiums there jumped 78% over a decade. that's an extra 821 bucks a year. according to the federal emergency management agency, oklahoma has declared 96 natural disasters this year. the second most in the country behind california. insurers are also limiting coverage in states th...

He stonewalls, if he can, then the real question is what are you going to do about it? what do you propose? >> well, this is the situation that we've confronted all along now with the trump administration. >> with little success. >> with little success because we've never seen an administration this lawless or this reckless before in u.s. history. >> be that what it may, the reality that you're working with is you have an attorney general who has been held in contempt of congress and that has gotten you very little on the back side of it. >> here's what we've got. here's what we've got. one, w...

Game in a circus and it is ruined parts of the process. our caucus is unified that we will not permit any forms of obstructionism going forwarden there are a lot of us including me who feel we have to dust off the old inherent powers of congress. the supreme court said back in 1821 in anderson versus dunn, that we have the power to enforce our orders just like court does and the administration may indeed force us to use those powers. >> congress is on recess, but the bell jensen committees and other committees are still working. is that a sign that lawmakers, democratic law mmakers believe thi...