hello, hello, everyone. it is sunday, august 7th. thank you for waking up with us. it is so good to be with you, phil. i m just curious how much compassion and empathy you have for manu right now, who i thought would be walking around like a zombie. i have none. and i m going to tell you why. i have no compassion or empathy for manu right now. he somehow manages to look good at 6:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. after an all nighter when the rest of us having gone through a dozen or so of these at this point in time i looked like a zombie walking through the halls. and it is very frustrating that manu has the ability to do this and, frankly, i m opposed to him and it. no jealousy there at all. reporter: hours. i know. we ll get to manu in a second. up first, senate democrats, as we said, they re pulling that all nighter. so is manu. they moved closer to final passage of the sweeping climate and healthcare bill. right now, senators are nearing their eighth straight hour of cons
our carbon emissions. one of the i was going to say fascinating, but also damning, almost every time you re quoted in a news story, you re making the point that, like, climate change is here now. this isn t a future problem. this isn t something we need to prepare for because it is coming. it is very clearly here, which i m not really sure why that s in question anymore. but i think one of the questions i have is, it is here, what needs to happen to change it and move things in a different direction than where it is clearly headed right now? well, you know, i think the first is we need to get our act together and we really need to start reducing carbon emissions, and this, you know, of course, the climate provisions in the in the inflation reduction act, it is an important and promising step in that direction. it can demonstrate to the world that the united states is getting serious about reaching its goals and reducing carbon emissions. but that he s one step. we need a varie