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And there is some good stuff. that's currently on the table. if you look at the framework that supposedly has been agreed to, there's about $500 billion for clean energy and other climate provisions in that bill. that's the biggest amount of spending we've ever seen on climate on clean energy. so that's good. it doesn't go as far as we'd like to see it go but it does potentially allow biden to make good on his pledge to bring domestic u.s. emissions down by 50% within the decade. >> so of course that bill, the build back better bill, has not passed. we don't know if it is going to pass this we...

So enormous. >> bill, good to have you here given that you cover the climate so closely here. can you tell us what the $550 billion in the budget proposal actually does? is it realistic as the administration says that those measures could cut u.s. emissions by half by 2030? that's quite an ambitious goal. i wonder from your reality check stand point if that holds up. >> it's really a stretch, jim, to be honest. this is a plan with an awful lot of carrots and not enough sticks. a lot of incentives, tax incentives for folks to maybe buy an electric car, but there's no punishment for utility comp...

That supposedly has been agreed to, there's about $500 billion for clean energy and other climate provisions in that bill. that's the biggest amount of spending we've ever seen on climate on clean energy. that's good. it doesn't go as far as we'd like to see it go but it does potentially allow biden to make good on his pledge to bring domestic u.s. emissions down by 50% within the decade. >> so of course that bill, the build back better bill, has not passed. we don't know if it is going to pass this week or not or if it is even going to have a vote in congress. we just don't know. he wanted it...

Congress and in that is $550 billion and i've been told he's been talking a lot about the framework behind closed doors here. he'll certainly talk about that today and obviously going into glasgow. >> bill, still to come, part of theites presence in glasgow this week including as bill was laying out to you, bill weir, a group of u.s. governors making a urgent plea for action on the climate crisis. we're going to talk to washington governor jay insly. he was all about making -- plus, it's time for this pare to get together and deliver. those are the words of progressive how democrat ro chan.

>> joining me now is climate scientist dr. katherine hayhoe. doctor, thank you very much for joining us this morning. democrats, they have set aside $550 billion for climate and clean energy programs in this new social spending bill. but what exactly is this amount of money going towards, and is it enough to cut emissions by 50% like the president wants? >> well, the reality is we have no more time to lose. the crisis of climate and biodiversity laws are here today and as you pointed out in the intro, they're hitting us now. we used to back in the 1980s, have one billion dollar weather and cli...