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Spend about a trillion and a half dollars in making our federal government go green. it's by the products and here again, it's going to be all buy american. we are going to change our fleet and change what happens with our buildings. look what that does. not only helps improve on the climate front, but creates demand. demand to keep those factories open. demand to expand those factories and those jobs. then one more part to it. that is, look, even if we manage to go entirely carbon neutral by 2030, we are only 20% of the world. there is another 80%. that's where the worldwide demand for change...

Commitment. the united states has been an indispensable leader on many fronts, including the climate front, including the energy innovation front. in fact, on the latter -- i want to keep going back to that, because the innovation agenda really is the jobs agenda. we play a leadership role in having over 20 countries commit to doubling down on innovation investments. the budget proposal of this administration, rather than doubling it, it proposes halving it. well, that just dulles our competitive edge. >> i'm sorry to cut you off, i just wanted to ask you one quick question. the white house an...

Are not going to solve the problem. >> what would it have solved? >> none of the recent mass shootings none of the guns were purchased from an unlicensed dealer. >> correct. that's what i'm speaking to the executive action you mentioned. >> nobody's saying we need to be going soft on criminals. what we do have to make sure is that we don't make it so easy for them to have access to deadly weapons. >> talking points stated earlier this week criminals and terrorists are not going to buy guns from dealers who do background checks. of course the president knows that but will not acknowledge it. on...

Not as much ice as the previous atlas which is no longer there. that's the bad news. we do have some good news. in regardses to climate. you may remember prominent republican hank paulsen, maybe the guy behind the most unpopular bailout or not necessarily your go-to climate policy expert, but he is weighing in big-time, in a "new york times" op-ed saying we need a carbon tax, something environmentalists have push for. what's also good new the supreme court largely upheld the environmental protection agency's ability to regulate greenhouse gasses like carbon pollution. the best news on the clim...

That's the bad news. although we do have some good news in regards to climate. you may remember prominent republican former treasury secretary hank paulson, may be the guy behind the most unpopular bailout in maybe not necessarily your go-to climate policy expert with a sort of terrible brand of a name, but i digress. anyway, he's weighing in big-time. "the new york times" op-ped saying in no uncertain terms we need a carbon tax. also good news, supreme court today which largely upheld the environmental protection agency's ability to regulate greenhouse gases like carbon pollution. the best ne...