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Very, very secure about is that as you wore the atmosphere and it can rain a lot more in these kinds of storms. >> professor emanuel, let's talk about the president. the president linking this to his infrastructure bill which does deal with climate change. so you know, how legitimate is that? can we do anything with one piece of legislation in the near-term? do we have to take small steps, smaller steps? some people, of course, senator manchin is complaining it is way too big. >> nothing is too big at this point and we waited so long, andrea, and here we don't have much choice yet. we have to ...

More damage. we saw oregon and california, of course, this year. >> and meteorlogically, we are seeing places that are already dry especially during their dry seasons get dryer generally speaking as you warm the climate and as you get dryer weather of course, you are more susceptible to wildfires and there's human management, of course, and certainly the weather is a factor in these fires. >> professor kerry emanuel, thank you so much for staying with us. as the president continues to tour the zones, we are going to be following him, of course, all day on msnbc. thank you. coming up next, th...

We really need it. >> but if we still have professor emanuel. i have another question i wanted to ask about wildfires and we did see a lot done for new york city, for instance and those pictures we just showed of the subways being flooded and what we see there in queens shows that we haven't accomplished that much. >> we're fighting a war and we're prepared from the last disaster. for example, new orleans didn't flood this time probably because we did build up the levees after katrina and there will always be a storm next time and next time is something that we may not be so prepared and the w...

You to the elected commissioners and mayors here today. i want to start by giving a big shout out. >> you just heard the appeal on climate change and how that is such an important part of what we've been experiencing. joining us now is climate scientist kerry emanuel, professor at m.i.t. thank you for being with us. let's talk about how much can be prevented in terms of climate change. we've heard how the levies held in new orleans near kfrt and hundreds of thousands throughout the region were still without power and they were suffering more because of the levees that had been built. >> this r...

>> so kathleen sebelius' resignation is not another defeat for obamacare. it's just the latest and most definitive example that her mission has been accomplished. joining me now, dr. ezekiel emanuel, chair of medical ethics and health policy at the university of pennsylvania. worked in the white house on this issue. it is striking to me that so much of this law was actually crafted around disturbing as little of the system as possible for political expediency's sake and leaving as many people's current health plans alone as possible. that the polling number that seems most salient to me in the...