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Talked about a public option but other ways to control people's costs. i talked -- he talked about an aggressive climate pact. he's going to be in the mainstream democratic position on most policy issues which is aggressive and active government, trying to get things done, moving the nation forward. he's not going to fall obviously into the democratic socialist pantheon but the other thing about obama -- i mean about biden is he's running as the optimist and the uniter and the person who can beat donald trump. and those are powerful attributes to have in this race and think in a primary they'r...

I think it's diminished respect for us. you see that most strongly in europe, say, when the u.s. walked away from the paris climate pact or they see things going on in this country that to them doesn't represent the america they thought they knew. i think over time, over years or decades, i can imagine countries doing everything from deferring more to china or to a russia, or i could see countries taking matters into their own hands more. thinking about maybe they need nuclear weapons because they can't rely as they thought on the united states to be there for them. >> it's interesting because...

The institutions, frameworks, introduce questions into alliances that have really formed or informed american foreign policy now for nearly three quarters of a century. what's so interesting, what's really unprecedented, it wasn't because we don't have the capacity. we're still the world's strongest economy, the world's strongest military. we've essentially decided in many cases that we simply don't think it's worth it, that we don't want to do it anymore. i think that's flawed. it's based on a real misreading of the costs and benefits of u.s. leadership, but there you have it. >> what kind of...

On the climate pact, this ought to be the one agreement he embraces. it allows every country to set its own ceilings, its own targets. it's totally consistent with u.s. sovereignty and it's a red herring to suggest anything but -- >> in fact, that seems to be a holdover from some of the advice he got during the campaign from steve bannon, from mike flynn which completely mischaracterized what the deal was. and to try to reel him back from these notions that he has now campaigned on is a tricky bit. >> exactly. it's the tension between governing and campaigning. and we'll see where it comes out...

>> since we got president trump in, hopefully, they are talking up more mines in the areas, more employees added. we have something to look forward to. >> he says he is seeing the change. trump plans to open this coal mine located a few miles from miller's office. he says it means more jobs for this area and that's why he applauded the president's decision to leave the climate pact. >> he is not a world leader. he is the president of the united states. this is what he has to do to provide for us here. if you don't have hands on people going out there and doing everyday jobs, this country is no...