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Our communities to thrive. >> there was a lot of drama in washington overnight, obviously, with the passage of the infrastructure bill and especially with regards to the build back better act. much of which was coming from the progressive side essentially saying and accusing, right, the moderates, the democratic moderates of kind of moving the goal posts yet again. but at the end of the day, you voted yes in favor of the passage of the infrastructure bill. what helped you make that decision? >> well, i've always supported both of these bills, but as a member of the progressive caucus, i felt t...

If that doesn't work between biden and manchin, you are going to see more progressive outrage blaming manchin, especially as they have negotiated this far at this point. >> two things are true. one, is yes, joe manchin has been moving the goal posts but joe manchin has said 1.75 trillion and joe manchin's objection or one of his objections this week is that he thinks this is really a $4 trillion social spending package cloaked as a $1.75 trillion spending package. he wants to see it scored before he'll make a commitment. he's working with a group that's done its own analysis of the actual true...

Not get to dictate future of our country. his opposition to the bick back better act is anti-black, anti-child, ant immigrant and anti-black. the longer this goes on the more you'll see that in the democratic family that's not pretty. >> that's exactly right. i don't think we could have heard congresswoman jayapal say that they were trusting the president more times than she did during that interview on cnn this morning. this is a change in strategy. this is after progressives have already agreed to shaving down this bill from $3.5 trillion to $1.75 at the request of joe manchin, bejoe manchin...

Leadership gained most. >> we have to take action now. >> reporter: hosting a global supply chain event pushing leaders to ease bottlenecks and getting sign-off on a global minimum for corporate tax. >> well, i'm proud that the g20 endorsed the global minimum tax, and this is an incredible win for all our countries. >> reporter: but on the big ticket items, covid and climate, gains harder to see. commitments on covid vaccines rollout renewed. at least 40% global population by years-end. 70% by mid-2022. on climate committing to reduce emission intensity but not fully eradicate, agreeing only t...

So, some of us are asking, why we moved our goal posts from two degrees to 1.5 degrees? why? because science says so. we must listen to the warnings coming from the global scientific community. tackle the climate crisis this decade, and honourthe paris agreement and the 2030 sustainable development agenda. mario draghi there. now another key sticking point they are going to have to talk to are today in the rest of the day's discussions is the climate finance issue, that is at the aim which was dated some years before of wealthier countries to contribute $100 billion a year to poorer countries ...