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Rebuilt. so if you don't really look at the situation closely, it might look like he's available and answering all the questions. the fact is, he hasn't answered any questions publicly about this since january 9th. what, three months? >> thank you very much. you're one of the best out there. thank you, appreciate your time, sir. >> you bet. just over two hours ago, 9:00 a.m. eastern time, senate democrats wrapped up an all-night session on congress, taking to the senate floor for 14 1/2 hours straight of speeches, all of the issue related to climate change. at least 28 senate democrats parti...

Time now tore today's deep di dive. senate democrats wrapped up an all-night 13-hour talk-a-thon on kriemt change. brian schatz helped organize 28 democrats and 2 independents to form what he says is the senate climate action task force, came armed with dozens of charts and climate facts. two years ago senate majority leader harry reid didn't move forward on a climate change bill and refused to say much on the topic. last night, he became the person that led the charge. >> seriousness of this climate problem is not lost on our average american. the vast majority of americans believe climate ch...

A few more hours. they got the two petitions with over 100,000 signatures and that's why they took to the senate floor to talk all night long about things like super storm sandy which many experts believe is related to these issues of climate change and issues of the global warming that they have been talking about for years but been unable to come up with any sort of legislation. listen to what some of those you lawmakers had to say overnight. >> carbon pollution is real. the damage is real. and it is time this chamber take action. >> we're here because if we fail to act, our planet will be d...

Villages is not a quick way to get energy services to villages. and i'm all for all the technology competing. >> this is delusional. are you saying you actually believe -- you actually believe that we are going to power an entire planet of 9 billion people with wind and solar? you actually believe it? >> i'm saying they want the resources to compete against each other in the marketplace. >> that's not the question. you actually believe that? because if you don't believe that you've got to support nuclear. >> i think that renewable resources, wind and solar, have a lot more potential than nucle...

Judged by how well we respond to it. so when i look at the issue, i ask myself, are we in fact going to take a view where we protect ourselves, where we protect our economy and we protect the future of our kids and grandkids? or are we going to do something that's got a very short-interpret payback? so when i look at the keystone pipeline, it is a 40-year investment in bringing very dirty oil that we can then ship to the chinese. if it isn't dug out of our country it isn't sent to our country. it just goes through our country. whereas in fact i see a completely different way to respond to this...