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Flooding that burst through levees, swamped farms and inundated homes and businesses in cities and towns across Iowa, Nebraska and other Midwestern states two years ago is part of a climate change-driven weather phenomenon that scientist say is happening more frequently. A new University of Iowa study says rising greenhouse gas concentrations caused by human activity are producing an increased frequency of a weather phenomenon that researchers call the "Midwest water hose." The Midwest water hose pulls moisture from the Gulf of Mexico that is then lifted above cold dry air from the Nort...

The missouri river in iowa. and every home in that community had flooded. there were farms just outside of pacific junction that were effectively lakes. those farmers already under water in debt. their markets closed to them by a trade war under this administration, and now they don't know what to do. we in our administration are going to fund resiliency in those communities, in miami, in houston, texas. those places that are on the front lines of climate change today. we're going to mobilize $5 trillion in this economy over the next ten years. we're going to free ourselves from a dependence o...

Priority. and i am the candidate and the only one who says this has to be the top priority of the united states, the organizing principle to mobilize the united states so that we can do what we've always done, lead the world and invent the future and put 8 million people to work. that's what we're going to do. >> congressman o'rourke, you also put out a big climate change plan from your campaign. you want some big changes in a pretty short period of time, including switching to renewable energy, pushing to replace gas-powered cars in favorite of electric ones. what's your message to a voter wh...

Into the challenges we face. that's why we are traveling everywhere, listening to everyone. we were in pacific junction, a town that had never meaningly flooded before up against the missouri river in iowa. every home had flooded. there were farms outside of pacific junction that were lakes. the farmers were under water in debt. the markets are closed to them by a trade war under this administration and they don't know what to do. we in our administration are going fund resiliency in those communities and houston, texas. we are going to mobilize $5 trillion and free ourselves from a dependence...

People to work. >> you put out a big plan from your campaign. you want big changes in a short period of time. switching to renewable energy. what's your message to a voter who supports the goal of what you're trying to do but feels as if government is telling them how to live. and ordering them how to live. what's that balance like? >> you have to bring everybody in to the decisions and solutions. to the challenges that we face. we're traveling everywhere. listening to everyone. we were in pacific junction a town that had never flooded before. against the missouri river in iowa. every home in ...