alley vitale i is in seattle. alley, inslee is distancing himself with the focus on climate change. many of the others have focused on medicare for all or some sort of universal health care. is climate change enough of a concern for voters to turn to him over the health care issue? reporter: ali, i guess we re going to see. you said that he made the announcement, that s true, but he s still speaking behind me so i m going to speak a little bit quieter than normal. everyone s thoughts around me. democrats made their issue in 2018 health care, and now that someone is coming out as the climate change candidate, which is very much what jay inslee is trying to do in this race, it will be interesting to see how the voters coalesce around that. the reality of the situation is not very many people know who jay inslee is. at least not yet. so it s going to be incumbent on him to get out there and get that message out there. and also show voters what he s about on climate change and a
tom, thank you for being with me. good to see you. tom perez is the chair of the democratic national committee and the former labor secretary of the united states. he we continue to look at what has changed in this administration and what hasn t. vanity fair has a new article on what is going at the department of agriculture. the usda reports the trump administration was slow to coordinate with the department during the transition and there was focus on climate change. one trump team member reportedly told people in the deputy to stop using the phrase. just going to let that sink in for a second. we reached out to the usda about all of this. they said the initial reporting is false and that the transition team members were frequently at the usda. they also say at no time was a directive issued to bar the use of climate change language and any assertion to the contrary is false.
the most on demand, your entire dvr, top networks, and live sports on the go. included with xfinity tv. xfinity the future of awesome. julie: welcome back. california governor jerry brown taking on president trump in the fight against climate change. the 79-year-old democrat met with leaders in germany and china to publicly oppose the u.s. president s decision to withdraw from the paris climate agreement. now he says that u.s. state governors will for now anyway take over that leadership role. it wasn t too many years ago that climate change could barely make it in the newspaper, with president trump taking such an outlandish position, he s actually heightened the focus on climate change. anita vogel has the story from los angeles.
or make me feel like i m not really there. talk to your doctor, and call 844-234-2424. julie: welcome back. california governor jerry brown taking on president trump in the fight against climate change. the 79-year-old democrat met with leaders in germany and china to publicly oppose the u.s. president s decision to withdraw from the paris climate agreement. now he says that u.s. state governors will for now anyway take over that leadership role. it wasn t too many years ago that climate change could barely make it in the newspaper, with president trump taking such an outlandish position, he s actually heightened the focus on climate change. anita vogel has the story from los angeles.
agreement was a the decision of the administration of trump and not of the whole american society. reporter: and just last week governor brown was in china to focus on climate change. he spoke at a clean energy conference and had a rare meeting with xi jinping to talk about climate. governor brown also signed a number of non-binding climate pacts with regional officials in china, fostering a push for zero-emission vehicles and loring greenhouse lowering greenhouse gas initiatives. it wasn t too many years ago that climate change could barely make it in newspaper. with president trump taking such a outlandish position, he s actually heightened the focus on climate change. reporter: twelve state ands puerto rico have become members of the u.s. climate alliance and remain committed to achieveing