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we'll get it fixed and get it fixed properly in two years. but we're going to get it fixed and fixed properly. we'll get it fixed in two years. >> all right. >> he's going to get it fixed in two years. >> two years. >> wait, but he had a chance to fix it in 2017. what did he do? >> well, he called the debt ceiling sacred. >> and '18, '19. >> then he urged a default. now, donald trump is back in the mushy middle, promising a big fix down the road. you know, like infrastructure, health care, and a border wall. >> yeah. >> meanwhile, ron desantis continues -- >> de-santis. >> i think yo...

Been done a long time ago. we have faced climate change denial from the republican party. and obstruction. especially in the united states senate because of the filibuster on this. it doesn't mean that we cannot do what we can now and through the reconciliation process we can get back to the table as i and others have called on. the senate to do. and specifically joe manchin who blew up build back better by starting with the $555 billion investment in climate action. part of the heart of build back better. >> one last question, there were questions this week surrounding senator feinstein of ca...

He'll only get about 43% of the way there. last year, the curve went up instead of down. it went up 6%. we knew that would be a venn gens economy. we didn't anticipate the united states would burn more coal than the year before. that's because there's no policy backstop. the build back better plan has been chipped away at so much. it's $555 billion worth of carrots with not a lot of sticks to force it through. whether or not the white house

$555 billion for climate and clean energy provisions, it was actually the biggest part of the bill. what do you believe is behind senator manchin's's no decision? obviously he was saying no to the whole bill. when we've talked to him on capitol hill he said a lot he doesn't believe should go through the process they were trying to use, but in terms of the climate part of it, where do you think he's getting hung up? >> you know, i can't speak to his sort of personal psychological motivations, but the man makes a half a million dollars a year brokering waste coal for one power plant in west virg...

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