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Will all die if we don't do something. >> all right. so there's protests that are planned for monday not only here in d.c., but also in new york for the u.n. general assembly. what was striking being in the crowd, laura, you think about the polls of voters overall. >> right. >> climate ranks as fourth. 50% of voters say that the climate issue represents a major threat to the security of the united states. laura: right. leland: but if you talk to young people, which was primarily the crowd out there, those numbers skyrocket to about 65%. laura: and no matter where you stand on the issue, when y...

Bathroom policies in public places. the question is should he have commented at all and some people on the sidelines i've heard from said i'm glad he's speaking, glad he's not being politically correct and saying what a lot of people have concerns about, which is that somebody may wind up if you have a child and you're in a boot roo bathroom au don't have the ability to screen them as you would like. but he should be careful with the way he words things like this. he has a strong leadership poughkeepsie significance. it's a -- it's a strong leadership position. >> we also had protests on the c...

Party, that democratic party, that someone in the party felt moved too far to the left, there was an ideological rot, a sort of more friendly approach towards markets. i'm curious how you think of yourself ideologically and thinking as you have for 30 years about the climate issue has changed the way you think more broadly ideologically about the role of the state and the role of markets. >> very thoughtful question. but before i get to the part about how my involvement with climate has affected this, i'll tell you this. even though along with bill clinton i was identified with the dlc democra...

There is no way of framing the climate issue that is going to cause mitch mcconnell to change his mind. there is no way to do this other than to swamp the legislative branch with an election. and so if young people in america feel -- >> just have vote out republicans. >> look, there are some people who are starting to get curious about is there an opportunity -- >> climate curious. >> can we do some bipartisan work and i'm all for that. but make no mistake we just have to beat them. and it way we beat them is all these young people fired up about climate have to become not just climate activis...

>> that's how you got into politics? >> that's right. but the fact is we've been failing for more than 20 years, and these young people are demanding that we do better. even among climate activists, even among climate hawks in the senate and elsewhere, they're saying, look, whatever you're doing, it's not satisfactory. it's not getting the job done. and here's what i think about the political situation we're in. there is no bill. there is no clever tweet. there is no way of framing the climate issue that is going to cause mitch mcconnell to change his mind. there is no way to do this other tha...