inflection point in the eyes of advocates, the last best chance the united states has to mitigate the most catastrophic effects of climate change. the build back better act passed by the house has half a trillion dollars to do that. he s probably not to get another chance to do this. president biden whether he becomes the first president, the only one in american histotroy make a huge meaningful dent in climate change or whether he follows in the footsteps of other presidents who didn t try or weren t able to. eugene, i want to share a point that the republican board put out criticizing democrats, you need to stop being all or nothing or they write the bill s authors refused to prioritize programs for funding now. democrats only hope is to pickle bills most important elements and fund them permanently and reject the rest. is that another way of looking at this? democrats need to prioritize if they don t, they will end up with nothing? that s what joe manchin is saying. he s sayi
the last time we ll see this happen in all of our lifetimes. wow. that is something to behold. good morn wk everyone. good to have you with us. welcome to early start. i m ashleigh banfield. i m zoraida sambolin. first, it is a failed recall. delivering a wake-up call to the white house this morn ing. wisconsin governor scott walker keeps his job, becoming the first governor in u.s. history to survive a recall election. a real slap in the face for democrats. literally. take a look at a female supporter slapping runner-up tom barrett. milwaukee s democratic mayor, for conceding the race too soon last night. she didn t have to, you know. walker, the tea party backed republican who broke his state s public unions register add comfortable seven-point victory over barrett. he was quick to put a national spin on his big, local win. tonight, tonight we tell wisconsin, we tell our country, and we tell people all across the globe that voters really do want leaders to stand up