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In a decade, i think they hope to get there. paul: when we come back, secretary of state mike pompeo making the rounds in the middle east this week as the u.s. trying to reassure its allies, so is the administration still sending mixed messages about a syria withdrawal? great news, liberty mutual customizes- uh uh - i deliver the news around here. ♪ sources say liberty mutual customizes your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. over to you, logo. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ for moments that matter, first steps! tracfone keeps you connected, for less. can you send...

Hospitals. it's actually a back doorway of bailing out the public hospitals. paul: we've got jay insly, governor of washington state, proposing a public option to compete with private insurers. >> that's right. medicaid to an extent is a public option for people lower than 133% of the poverty line. in some states, what you also see is some governors are going to propose to expand medicaid, make that the public option. paul: kate, you've been digging into california, the great state of california. i know you love it. i love it. allysia particularly likes it. >> it's nice to hear you say that. p...

Deal. specifically, what do they want in terms of the move to renewables? >> they're looking at 100% renewables. it's probably going to be within 10 to 12 years is the goal. paul: step back from that. that means 100% of american energy for electricity, transportation, for everything. >> yes. paul: renewables? solar? wind? biomass? hydropower? it's less than 10% now. >> yeah, this is a really radical goal. it amounts to a complete remaking of the american economy. it will touch everyone's lives. it's also by the way going to be incredibly regressive. we're seeing poor families paying mor more o...

Israelis. the israelis have the ability to strike iran. they've been doing so. it can't be on their shoulders alone. none of these people are saying the u.s. needs to do it for them. certainly i think they want support from the united states as they battle this. paul: what about the success or failure -- how well is the administration doing in putting together an anti-iranian coalition in the middle east? is it really gaining adherence or is it not? >> look, they have buy-in from abu die byadhabi, from kai tehr. they have governments that are anti-iran. the question is what are they doing abou...

Guarantees, basic income guarantees and a variety of other stuff. paul: we're talking about some pretty -- they're talking about on health care, really much more beyond obamacare and then raising taxes. that's also part of this mix. >> right, paul. medicare for all is now apparently a serious policy consideration in the democratic caucus. they're going to have hearings on it. they're talking to the congressional budgets office about some of the details. but paul, on a 70% marginal tax rate, you and i both know that's not going to pay the bills on a trillion dollar climate plan. you would need ...