communities is literally at stake. the un s leading international climate scientist called the latest climate report nothing less than code red for humanity . that s why today, i m making the largest investment ever, $2.3 billion to help communities across the country build infrastructure that s designed to withstand the full range of disasters we ve been seeing up to today extreme heat, drought, flooding, hurricanes, tornadoes. right now, there are millions of people suffering from extreme heat at home. for more on this, let s go live to california. professor leah stokes is a political scientist from the university of california, santa barbara. she specialises in climate and energy policies. it s great to get you on the programme. i wasjust reading through some of the things you have been writing about, and i know you said in the past president
guzzling suvs is the right move but biden ant allowed to ride a bike anymore. he got out of the motorcade and declared code red. i have a responsibility to act with urgency and resolve when our nation faces clear and present danger. and that is what climate change is about. it is literally not figuratively a clear and present danger. the health of our citizens and our communities is literally at stake. [inaudible] leading climate scientists call the latest climate report nothing less than quote code red for humanity. let me say it again. code red for humanity. jesse: have you ever seen the president with that kind of sense of urgency before? there is a clear and present danger on our crime ridden street corners, at the gas station or at the border. biden is worried about what the weather is going to be looking like next century. and what s his answer? windmills, lots and lots of windmills. he looks like he is standing in
not have a lot of the wind turbines offshore and a lot of his focus today was announced that they are going to be providing incentives and encouragement with all policy behind trying to do more in offshore wind. we have got to do more in onshore wind, we have got to do more on renewables, and we are at a place now where the worlds top scientists have said this is a climate emergency. there is a rapidly closing window for us to act. and if we do not act, this is going to not just be a new normal but we are going to continue to see cascading in impacts. it impacting drinking water supplies across western united states at the time the delay is over. we have to act now. taste states at the time the delay is over. we have to act now. we were code red here over. we have to act now. we were code red here yesterday, over. we have to act now. we were code red here yesterday, i m - over. we have to act now. we were code red here yesterday, i m sure . code red here yesterday, i m sure you
to a zero covid policy is takes no chances. they ve begin infecting the entire city after over 600 cases in the past 2 1/2 weeks, with officials warning residents to close their doors, windows and not touch outside surfaces. they ve been in strict lockdown since last week. thanks to all our correspondents. now to a climate warning that s being called a code red for humanity. plus america s costliest winter storm. that s next. superpowers from a spider bite? i could use some help showing the world how liberty mutual customizes their car insurance. ow! i m ok! only pay for what you need.