the challenges along the way, getting back to global stability, getting off of twitter. and if big things need to be done it s crazy we haven t been able to get a meaningful inextra structure bill through, all through this president s time and even before, not since the recovery act. how do we make sure that climate is an opportunity? we propose a $307 billion infrastructure investments just when it gets to the climate side. with the instability of this president it s only caused instabilities to decide whether they should make that next investment. a medical student at columbia university here in new york who says he currently supports senator elizabeth warren, but anything is possible.
mr. mcdonough on matters related to the health care law. that could be a full-time job. right. and he s also supposed to be advising on executive orders and climate policy. one thing that s interesting to note is that john podest out a n the affordable care act was saying medicare took me five minuters to sign up, and then he asked the question, single-payer system, anyone? a lot of people, he s someone that is very far left, and they may be worried about the solutions he will come up with, but also he s been very big with the center for american progress on the climate side as well. jon: just as an aside, what does he need medicare for? isn t he one of those people who should just be voluntarily? he is. that s another thing is that while he may be really qualified in terms of a strategic stand point be, he is also the founder of center for american progress which is the most influential liberal think tank in d.c. he s worth a lot of money, his brother s actually tony podesta who s
only way to get 60 is to do comprehensive. the idea of a comprehensive bill in this next congress seems there is no chance you would see well, you might if you get away from talking about the climate change issue. that s the political hot spot. if you talk about clean energy and green energy, you ll get to the benefits that we re looking for on the climate side. but you ll do it in a way that doesn t it s a marketing issue? i think it s a marketing issue to a large degree and it s a responsibility issue. congress has the responsibility to step up and stop this. why isn t it framed as getting energy independence? well, exactly, it s national security, it s a whole host of things like that. and there are a lot of ways to talk about it. great to have you here. a programming note next week, msnbc and all the networks of nbc universal are focusing on how to improve america s classrooms. education nation kicks off this sunday at noon eastern with brian williams hosting a