Be combined one is Climate Change denial the green part and one is that governments can possibly do anything positive the new deal part so these are 2 areas that the predominant Political Forces like to tell us are socialist or theyre impossible or we dont have the money for them so all the branding on this is horrible is there a way to present this that would be more palatable because clearly infrastructure needs to be upgraded that thats something that i need to do somebody needs to do it but and its crumbling how is that going to happen and clearly what Sea Levels Rising and with asif occasion of the oceans and with all the other problems that come with the toxicity of industrialization there is a problem in the climate how to brand this in a better way maybe why do you think branding is a Green New Deal is a bad idea the new deal was a vast a successful idea and one of the problems i think that weve had in america is not having aspirational programs that we had in the past that act
but a huge breakthrough on the president s agenda with news that democrat senatorjoe manchin will finally support a bill that injects billion into key climate policy. and in ukraine the counter offensive is on with progress to report around the city of kherson but will the supply of weapons from the west come quickly enough to sustain the momentum? tonight with the context, the republican strategist rina shah and chief political commentator for the i paul waugh. hello, welcome to the programme. it has been a while. four months in fact, sincejoe biden and xi xinping spoke, on the phone. today the two leaders talked for two hours 17 minutes. a long time. but let s be honest, there s plenty to talk about. the war in ukraine, china s behaviour in the south china sea, trade embargoes, nuclear proliferation, taiwan. and specifically the planned visit of the house speaker nancy pelosi, who is heading there next month. that has infuriated beijing. ms pelosi would be the highest
and we have to fight that with better energy, more energy and much cleaner producing energy. that bill invests into that why we also invest in the new technologies of the future for the transition of future energies. i think it s well balanced. in this bill, there s a commitment to slash us greenhouse gas emissions by a0% by 2030. they ll extend tax credits for electric vehicles. there s $60 billion for domestic, clean energy manufacturing, and there s a further $30 billion in tax credits, for wind, solar, and battery storage development. and, three months from an election, with approval ratings underwater, its welcome relief for the president. this bill is far from perfect, it s a compromise, but it s often how progress is made, by compromises. and the fact is that my message to congress is this this is the strongest bill you can pass to lower inflation,