host: jeremy jacobs, greenwire. guest: greenwire jeremy. host when i was a boy i dreamed of being an athlete. i listened to games on the radio. a man is a man. out out in center field. the joy i have gotten with the work i have done for the people has been justice of filling as if i had played centerfield at yankee stadium. just as important as the majority leader. good thanks for this country which is what i have been focused on. this accident has caused us to have a little downtime. i have had time to ponder and think. we have got to be more concerned about the country, the country, the senate, the state of nevada, and thus. as. as a result, i am not going to run for reelection. senator mcconnell, don't be too related. i we will be doing the same thing i have done since i 1st came to the senate. ♪ >> i have to make sure that the democrats to control the senate again. i feel i feel it is inappropriate for me to soak up resources on me when i could be i could be devoting them to the caucus. that is what i intend to do. a decision i have mad

host: jeremy jacobs, greenwire. guest: greenwire jeremy. host: thank you for being on the "washington journal." an hour and a half left to go on this morning's show. looking at the cover story of the national review, is the party over when it comes to fraternities? is the question in title ask -- even tunnel asks. more l from this past week. bill gates was on capitol hill, testifying about the need for foreign aid. >> i ask this question of all of you. let's say there was $5 billion in their up for grabs. we spend it any way we want. any suggestions? we have talked about this many, many times. where would you spend it? >> there is an amazing number of ngos that work on areas of agriculture, health and i'm sure they do not make a strong case for any increase that would be available. the basic health structure in africa is very weak today. as i said, that weakness means that if an epidemic shows up, we would not see it soon enough to go stop and it would spread in the global economy very, very quickly. faster than the spanish flu did in 1918.

host: jeremy jacobs, legal reporter with greenwire. jay, you are on the air raid caller: good morning. i am very proenvironment but at the same time, we have to realize that just lie us breathing, we change our environment. this rush to shut down, even bankrupt coal in many places is just, it leaves my headshaking. here in ohio, we are in the process where have our ready shutdown a number of coal-fired plants. i look at the scenario. we also have two old-style nuclear power plants which at some point in the near future, they will be shut down just because of their age. i am curious, where do we go with this? because at some point, someone will turn on an air conditioner and we will have the great lakes blackout all over again. any ideas where we are going? obviously, the renewable energy is not going to service us anytime soon, at least in this country. host: j, thank you very much. guest: i think those concerns are real. epa would say that there is no real risk of any blackout happening because of this mercury rule in the near future.