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>> well, you know, the president said it the other day. polls will go up, polls will go down. we see this with almost every president. at the end of the day, we have to stay focused on delivering for the american people. terry has been delivering for the longest time in virginia. the democrats have delivered, and we have to continue those efforts. that's our big focus. and you know, once we get this race and new jersey behind us, we will work very, very hard to sell the build back better agenda that the president has put forward that will really improve the lives of so many american people. so...

That seems to be a drop in support for the president in virginia. how does that affect this race? >> the president said that the other day, polls will go up, polls will go down. we see this with almost every president. in the end of the day, we have to stay focused on delivering for the american people. terry has been delivering for the longest time in virginia. democrats have delivered. we have to continue those efforts. that is our big focus. once we get this race, and new jersey behind us, we will work very very hard to solve the build back better agenda that the president has put forward. ...

World's last best chance to avert the catastrophic results of global warming and limiting it to 1.5 degrees celsius. the big focus, what kind of commitment are countries going to make to curb their emissions now. scientists tell us 2050 is too late, that action has to be taken within the next few years if the u.s. and the rest of the world are going to be able to prevent effects that will create more heat waves and disasters and hunger. the u.s. has made a commitment to curb its own emissions under the biden administration by 2050, but there's a lot of skepticism over whether president biden i...

Optimism only to see another delay on in the process. i know on these trips you get a chance to talk to white house advisers, people close to the president. when you talk to them behind the scenes during your travels, are you getting the sense from them that they're also optimistic that they're close, or is it sort of hands in the air, gosh, we don't know at this point, we hope so, fingers crossed? what's your sense? >> reporter: i think they are optimistic. as you noted, there is a lot of day to day, hour to hour drama when it comes to getting that passed. the big focus here has been on these...

Basically didn't show up in terms of any commitments to deal with climate change. and there's a reason why people should be disappointed in that. i found it disappointing myself. but what we did do, we passed a number of things here to end the subsidization of coal. we made commitments here across the board, all of us. >> all this raising the stakes for the u.n. climate conference this week. nbc news correspondent josh lederman is in glasgow with a preview. >> reporter: climate activists from john kerry to uk proipt boris johnson has said this summit in glasgow is the world's last best chance ...