nourks, but also a state facing growing risks from climate change. nbc s cal perry is in charleston, west virginia. so what more can you tell us about how these local factors might be influencing senator manchin s thinking on the climate policy pieces of this bill? reporter: i mean there s no question they are. and you re talking about a state as you pointed out with a rich history with goal that for all the right reasons needs to move away from coal. on the infrastructure package he s all in and that s because virginia badly needs that infrastructure, we re talking about roads and bridges. but this climate is a hard one. west virginia has been hit hard by climate change. we ve had those floods that killed 23 people, and add to that we ve had droughts in every single part of west virginia s county. i had a chance to speak to a democratic state representative about it. take a listen. you talk to climate scientists and what they ve been predicting as the impacts of climate change in