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Agreement. >> mollie, polls show the public is on board and public thinks there is a crisis. we've had three straight years of -- >> if that is true there would be no trouble getting it through senate ratification. that's what should have been done. >> there is so much heated rhetoric especially on the republican side where people say this climate change thing is being overdone. we don't believe it. i think it's become a touch stone for some people on the right. it's going to be very hard. i think you would agree, mollie. >> shannon: we'll have to leave that one agree to disagree. that's fair....

That i still treasure, so where ever your life takes you, i hope that wellesley serves as that kind of touch stone for you. now, if any of you are nervous about what you'll be walking into when you leave the campus, i know that feeling. i do remember my commencement. i have been asked by my classmates to speak, i stayed up all night with my friends, the third floor of davis. writing and editing the speech. by the time we gathered in the quad i was exhausted, my hair was a wreck. but i was pretty oblivious to all of that because what my friends had asked me to do was to talk about our worries.

Fight. if there are areas where the new administration is doing something that's going to be good for the american people, find way to work with them. if you think it's going to be a problem, then say so and make the argument. the touch stone is what's good for the american people. that's worked for me. it means at the end of the day and at the end of eight years, i can look back and say that i consistently did what i thought was best. doesn't mean you don't make mistakes, but it means you're being true to your oath and the commitments you made to the people who elected you. in terms of reflec...

Principles even if it's a hard fight. if there are areas where the new administration is doing something that's going to be good for the american people, find a way to work with them. if you think it's going to be a problem, then say so and make the argument. the touch stone is what's good for the american people. and that's worked for me. it means that at the end of the day and at the end of eight years i can look back and say that i consistently did what i thought was best. doesn't mean you don't make mistakes but it means you're being true to your oath and the commitments you made to the pe...

Going from here. it bans discrimination in housing and public works, in job discrimination against the lgbt community. the opposition to this has focused not so much on the issue of gay rights. they've played up the transgender issue, and specifically the idea of this -- this theoretical idea of men pretending to be transgender to go into the women's rest room. and even the governor of texas tweeted out this afternoon, no men in women's rooms, encouraging people to vote against this. so interesting to see if that resonates. >> and if it becomes a cultural touch stone that perhaps some try to t...