resistance. one of them told the new york times this forget deplorables. deplorable americans. you re disposable americans if you happen to be on the south side of the wall. that land owner becky jones part of an in-depth piece by the times written by my next guest. thanks for being with us. a great piece. as you write in your piece, access to private land may be the biggest barrier standing between the president and his wall. tell us about the situation along the border and what you found in your reporting. well, the trump administration is behind schedule. they have a deadline. president trump has set a deadline to have 450 new miles of border wall constructed by 2021. thus far, the administration has about 93 miles built. most of that wall is in places where there was some type of barrier or vehicle barriers
completely misunderstood, basic economics. the u.s. runs a big trade deficit with china but run as big trade deficit all over the world because we spend so much and because we have tax cuts and the tax cuts that give americans and businesses money to spend so we spend more than we produce and run trade deficits. then trump says that s because others are cheating on us. it s just we re spending a lot. kind of an economic illiterate but it ends up resulting in silly policies he has to suspend. i want to talk about your op-ed for cnn.com, too. in that op-ed you suggest the president is intentionally ignoring dangers of climate change in order to win votes in the upcoming presidential race. how do you see the climate crisis impacting the 2020 elections? as we head into 2020. all over america peopler suffering. they re suffering from droughts,
yeah. but the real point is not even the base. the point is the money. exxon mobile, chevron, conoco, philips, koch industries. funding mitch mcconnell and republicans in the senate. that s the real story here. this is about corporate greed that is destroying the climate and hurting americans, and the vast majority of americans know, but don t necessarily understand how the money is flowing from big oil to the republican party. all right. jeffrey sachs, your op-ed on cnn.com. thanks so much for being with us this afternoon. and we ll be right back. great to be with you. thank you. it looks like cheese but it smells like barf. with tide pods, you don t need to worry. the pre-treaters are built in. nice! if it s got to be clean, it s got to be tide.