Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. The senator from maryland. Senator, good to see you. Thank you for joining us. What do you make of that quite unexpected News Conference today . It did seem Like Full Court press, agreeing with the fact there was interference, there is interference, and i wasnt as confident that we know exactly what were supposed to do about it, but it seemed like everybody in that room seemed to agree this is something we have to deal with. First, its good to be with you. Youre exactly right, it was very clear that russia interfered in our 2016 elections and it was acknowledged that it was mr. Putin, the russian government, that was behind that. They acknowledged that this campaign is continuing both in trying to influence how voters vote as well as we are concerned that they may even go into our election apparatus. No evidence that theyre doing that yet, but they are certainly exploring that. That was very clear. And they laid o
so what i think we need to do, get back into the international climate change agreement. i will do that on day one. on day two, bring back the clean power rules. on day three, the gas mileage standards. i see the governor of california who has been working so hard to get those done, defied every step of the way by the trump administration, and then introduce sweeping legislation to put a price on carbon and build a bridge to the next century thank you senator klobuchar. which means we must upgrade our buildings and building standards. thank you, senator klobuchar. mr. steyer, would you support a federal program to subsidize the relocation of these towns? i am hoping we in fact will do what i m suggesting which is declare a state of emergency on day one of my presidency. [ applause ] i have made this i believe i m the only person here who will say unequivocally this is my number one priority. i know that we have to deal with this crisis. i know that we have to deal with
existential crisis. you are seeing it here in california with the fires that you just had. you saw it in northern california, as was mentioned with paradise, and the most moving video from that to me was the 30-second video of that dad driving his little girl through the lapping fires with his neighborhood burning behind him and singing to her to calm her down. we cannot wait to act. there is an ojibway saying that great leaders make decisions not for this generation but seven generations from now. this president doesn t keep his decisions for seven minutes. so what i think we need to do, get back into the international climate change agreement. i will do that on day one. on day two, bring back the clean power rules. on day three, the gas mileage standards. i see the governor of california who has been working so hard to get those done, defied every step of the way by the trump
one of the greatest challenges in the world, climate change. and there was literally an empty chair where american leadership could have been. on day one i will get us back into the international climate change agreement. on day two, i will bring back the clean power rules president obama had worked on. on day three i will bring back the gas mileage standards. by 2028 cut all carbon emissions from new buildings, by 2030 carbon emissions from cars and by 2035 all carbon emissions from the manufacturer of electricity. this is a problem that was created by human behaviors. and we can change our behaviors in a way that saves our planet. donald trump s america first policy is actually an america isolated, an america alone policy. from trade to battling china to the global crisis of climate change. so that s the democrats