Gridlock. it demands our attention now. and that does it for edition of andrea mitchell reports. tamron hall has a look at what s next. we continue to follow reaction to the supreme court s decision to void a key part of the voting rights action. the congressional black caucus and hispanic caucus will hold a news conference in about 30 minutes. and president obama has said he s, quote, deeply disappointed in that ruling. and today s ruling actually somewhat overshadowed what was supposed to be this major speech by the president on climate change. the speech is already happening. it s been criticized for not
Carbon pollution allotments, the carbon pollution produced by existing power plants right now. according to statistic, about 40% of the emissions produced in the u.s. right now come federal existing power plants. the president, the white house expected to announce as a course of this speech, an effort to try to set new standards in that regard that would go into effect within one year from now. obviously, major opposition to that from republicans who say that s a job-killing measure. and what do you expect on capitol hill, kelly? because one of the things that we re expected to hear according to sam stein s reporting is that the keystone pipeline would only be approved if it can be proved that it would not have a net increase in greenhouse gases. the keystone pipeline has been such a critical issue on capitol hill for a long time, and they ve tried to pass it themselves without the president s approval, haven t gotten quite there yet. there is some expectation