and you live 20 minutes from flint, michigan. and i know one of your big priorities has to do with the infrastructure that would clean up the environmental challenges there. but presentative alexandria ocasio-cortez has threatened to block the bipartisan infrastructure bill if it's not passed, along with $3.5 trillion of budget reconciliation package, and she says she has more than enough progressive votes on the hill to block that bill. what do you think of that power play? >> well, i think we have this bipartisan package. the president supports it. the senate supports it. i'm part of a group, the problem solvers caucus, a bipartisan group that supports it. and so, in my experience, when you have a deal like that, you don't let it sit around. i just -- i think it reflects that there's not a ton of trust right now in washington. no one trusts the folks that they're negotiating with that something will hold. but i just live in a world where i know that that package is really a once-in-a-generation level of investment in infrastruc

what detroit's in the state of michigan told the court was this. the plane is filed this litigation for improper purpose, it was never about winning on the merits of the claims, but rather the plaintiffs purpose was to undermine the integrity of the election results. and the peoples trust in the electoral process and government. the filing of litigation for that purpose is clearly an abuse of the judicial process. and it warns the imposition of sanctions. meeting sanctions for the lawyers. this is been spoiling out over a period of months. tonight in a very readable frankly riveting, hundred and ten page ruling, a ruling that nbc justice correspondent pete williams calls, blistering, the judge in this case has basically agreed with the state of michigan, and the city of detroit, and everything they were asking for. and so now all nine of these trump lawyers are facing potential disbarment. i'll read you a little bit from the. ruling you'll see what i mean by a being very revered readable in riveting. >> this lawsuit represents a historic and profou

this is a federal court out of michigan. only three of these nine trump lawyers practiced solely in michigan, but this broad sanctions and potential disbarment order from this federal judge reaches out and hits all nine of these trump lawyers in jurisdictions all across the country. a judge ruling that a lawyer should be referred to his or her home state bar association and disciplinary authorities for potential disbarment, this is a rare and extreme measure. judges do this very, very rarely. in this case the judge did it for all nine of the trump lawyers under consideration in this case. and what this is is the fallout from a lawsuit these trump lawyers did file after the election in federal court in michigan. their lawsuit basically demanded that michigan should be forced to give its electoral college votes to trump, even though biden won michigan and that result had already been certified. a federal judge dismissed that case soon after it was filed. it never had a prayer. but the state of michigan and the city of detroit

and leading off our discussion tonight is michigan attorney general dana nussle. thank you very much for joining us tonight, we really appreciate it. your office was involved in this lawsuit defending the state. in effect, defending the voters of the state in the way they cast their votes. what is your reaction after reading those 110 pages? >> well, i'm -- you know, i'm relieved at judge parker's findings. her conclusions. the fact that she frankly -- she issued each and every one of the requests that we have made and the city of detroit have made in terms what was we believe the sanctions should be. she actually went further than that in ordering all of the attorneys, actually, to attend continuing education classes, which i have never seen before in regard to an order by the court. they've been ordered to complete classes in both how to file proper pleadings, and also in election laws, since they demonstrated they know nothing about election law whatsoever, and really have no business in filing this lawsuit to begin with. so i'm relieved because i think it's im

leading off our discussion tonight is michigan attorney general dana mess knee. thank you for joining us tonight, we really appreciate it, your office was involved in this lawsuit, and defending the voters of the state. in a way they cast their votes. what is your reaction after reading this? >> i am relieved, at judge parker's findings. and her conclusions. and the fact that she frankly, she issued each and every one of the requests, that we had made, and the city of detroit had made. in terms of what the sanctions should be. she actually went even further than that. in ordering that all of the attorneys need to attend continuing education classes, which i had never seen before. in regard to an order by the court they had been ordered to complete cutlasses in both how to file proper pleadings and also election laws since they demonstrated they know nothing about election a lot whatsoever. and really had no business in filing this lawsuit to begin with. i am relieved, because i think it is important, this decision. in this ruling. by judge parker and it's incredi

one of those states is michigan.s just refuse to let go of the 2020 election pretending and fund-raising off the idea that there is hope of overturning joe biden's victory through an audit. dana nestle issued a statement stating abuse of audits local election -- attorney general nestle thank you for joining us. we have talked about this type of thing for a long time but it has new urgency given the letters that we have seen that jeffrey lark was going to be sending to the georgia secretary of state to have that election overturned. the idea that we can take results in a locality and have the attorney generals or whom ever you want to empower overturn those results against the will of the people is becoming something that most americans should be very, very worried about right now. >> well, absolutely. i agree with that. but i think it should be noted that here in the state of michigan, in addition to the fact that at first we had local clerk who is canvas their elections most of whom are republicans, all 83 counties

i'm from michigan, home of the historic rouge complex and in the ford lightning. [applause] mr.resident, it is my honor to be with you today. we know that the uaw and joe biden have worked together from your earliest days in delray, when we supported you in your first run for office. we were there in the beginning, we are so proud to be here now with our brother in the white house today. members are excited about the future. the uaw is ready to build electric cars, trucks and the batteries that go in them. we know that president biden has our back. we know he understands at that we can grow our industry, to preserve more union jobs in the build back better plan. we know that this president understands that as we move towards this feature, none of us will be left behind. that we are the engine in making the technology work and we will empower america's middle-class. that is why i am proud to introduce president biden today, as a proud american and uaw member. we have your back, and you have ours. thank you, president biden. [applause] pres. biden: please come everybody sit down.

ohio and michigan. michigan strikes first. jackson semi ripping a two rbis to the left. fired up as michigan takes a 2-0 lead. two on again. and other clutch base hit. the throw from center field is going to be off-line. he takes second. that is his eighth series hit. 5-1, michigan. two outs. bases-loaded. a fly ball to center. jacob fergus makes the catch. michigan wins the title, 5-2 over ohio. i am robert strickler. i've been involved in communications in the media for 45 years. i've been taking prevagen on a regular basis for at least eight years. for me, the greatest benefit over the years has been that prevagen seems to help me recall things and also think more clearly. and i enthusiastically recommend prevagen. it has helped me an awful lot. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. every time nacho fries came back, that bold seasoning was drawing something closer. and once they taste that warm nacho cheese sauce... they won't stop till there's nothing left. taco bell's fry force. now serving at a taco bell near you. >> we have all heard the term one pigs fly but wh

this landmark bill will be a game changer for us here in michigan. we are estimated to receive $7.26 billion for roads and bridges. that is money we can use that to restore and rebuild our crumbling roads and bridges, saving drivers and small businesses money and time. a $7.26 billion to make commutes or a drive to school, road trips up north safer and smoother. the bill will also build out a national network of electric vehicle charging stations, helping michigan's iconic auto industry turbocharge a transition to electric and continue to lead the future of mobility so that the f-150 you drove in dearborn or the gm truck you drove the other day, we need to have this infrastructure so we can lead the world in advanced mobility. this is a much-needed investment in moving us towards an electric future and it may be the momentum we need for bigger investments in the future. our senators spearheaded a record $1 billion investment in the great lakes restoration. it will help us clean up and restore the beautiful freshwater lakes and preserve our picturesqu

so he embodied everything that , his beloved michigan and our country represents.pect, dignity, pride. pride in the nation and pride in what we build. so today, labor and industry, state and local leaders are all working together to write the next chapter of the american story. as i have said before, we are in competition with china and other nations for the 21st century. to win, we are going to have to make sure the future will be made in america. you know, back in may, i toured the ford plant, as i mentioned a , state of the art facility in dearborn, where the uaw workers like bernie are building the first-ever electric ford 150. and the best part is, i got to drive it. and it's incredible, just like the other vehicles behind me. they are a vision of a future that is now beginning to happen. a future of the automobile industry that's electric. battery electric, plug in, hybrid, fuel cell electric. it's electric, there's no turning back. the question is whether we will lead or fall behind in the race for the future. it's whether we will build these vehicles into t

this landmark bill will be a game changer for us here in michigan. we are estimated to receive $7.26 billion for roads and bridges. that is money we can use that to restore and rebuild our crumbling roads and bridges, saving drivers and small businesses money and time. a $7.26 billion to make commutes or a drive to school, road trips up north safer and smoother. the bill will also build out a national network of electric vehicle charging stations, helping michigan's iconic auto industry turbocharge a transition to electric and continue to lead the future of mobility so that the f-150 you drove in dearborn or the gm truck you drove the other day, we need to have this infrastructure so we can lead the world in advanced mobility. this is a much-needed investment in moving us towards an electric future and it may be the momentum we need for bigger investments in the future. our senators spearheaded a record $1 billion investment in the great lakes restoration. it will help us clean up and restore the beautiful freshwater lakes and preserve our picturesqu

we see them playing against michigan state. his freshman year senior year all-american center, and it goes undefeated in the championship. but it would become part of his senior year. they would take the lessons taught him patience, taught him teamwork. to achieve goals part of the bipartisan policy of his. the fraternity house for which he resolved was the party house. many of the greek houses. they were known for the parties gave us the camaraderie and friendship that ford loved. this is a party he was never going to wear the lampshade but he enjoyed that sort of fraternal activity. that very end is jack beckwith. his best man at his wedding. impede the namesake of his second son jackson ford. in his congressional years work on the campaign in 1976. and unfortunately died in an automobile accident in the primaries are the end of the primary season in 1976. that took lessons from the football field, and let's go to the next slide. see three football offers, offers to play professional football for the lions pretty turns him do

michigan is underlay good cat. but who knows at this point? i remember the fish always looked a little so on assuming i was thinking what was the fishes wrap when he came into re jackson jimmy king jalen rose. busy christian rubber and jawad hours living room . and that said, come on over to ann arbor. i got something percolate he thinks of the south facing what was his rep, brother? so i'm glad you were there, and i love you, cause fisher. he deserves to be in the hall of fame. it ended up being the imperfect storm that became the perfect storm. because at the breeder left michigan. when on that year, one of the s c a championship. and as a detroit kid to this day, i live glen rice, romeo robinson, shaw higgins lloyd bought terry meals. i idolize them. so when they went to championship in $89.00, the state of michigan and the city of detroit, we were at an apex. desmond howard won the highest man at the university of michigan. the pissed is one back to back championships at 8990. so been the 55 burst on the scene. so the year before we arrive

steves of michigan -- stevens of michigan, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that ms. stevens will vote aye on s.27 -- on s. 272. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mrs. harshbarger of tennessee, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mrs. harshbarger will vote yea on s. 272. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. neumann of illinois, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that ms. neumann will vote yes on s.272. -- ms. newman of illinois, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that ms. newman will vote yes on s. 272. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida rise? mr. bilirakis: as the member designated by mr. fleischmann, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mr. fleischmann will vote yea, yes, on senate bill 272. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from virginia seek recognition? ms. wexton: as the member designated by mr. mceac

attorney for the eastern district of michigan and a professor at the university of michigan law schoolughts on this, particularly in light of this excerpt from the opinion. the judge also wrote, quote, this case was never about fraud. it was about undermining the people's faith in our democracy and debasing the judicial process to do so. unquote. i think i speak for just about all of us when i say, duh. i think the amazing thing for some people is that anything has come of it. that there is any kind of punishment for attorneys who do this. >> well, you're right, joshua. it's actually pretty rare for judges to impose sanctions on lawyers. and i think it's because they want to give lawyers a lot of leeway to try out theories. um -- and to develop their cases. but in a case like this, where as the judge said all of the so-called evidence was simply based on speculation and conjecture. there was no basis for this lawsuit. and i think we often use the phrase frivolous lawsuits which is what the law prohibits. the -- the sanctions rules. this lawsuit was beyond frivolous. as judge parker wro

they have a removal business in michigan. he's so sure he'll get a call soon.here in april to learn the right way to rein in rep tiles. >> an alligator is an a pelicans predator. he has capabilities people certainly would never imagine. >> reporter: and with the training comes a new found respect. charlie demar, athens, michigan. >> and that's the overnight news for this monday. for some of you theews continues. for others, check back with us a little later for the morning news and, of course, "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm jericka duncan. >>> it's monday, august 2nd, 2021. this is the "cbs morning news." covid-19 prediction. daily cases are topping 100,000 again. the cdc's grim outlook for the next few weeks. >>> housing crisis. a federal eviction ban expires putting millions of renters in jeopardy. what happens now after congress fails to pass an extension. >>> podium protest. an american silver medalist could be in trouble for her could be in trouble for her actions at the tokyo olympics. captioning funded by cbs >>> good

most of my family lives in michigan _ carolina? most of my family lives in michigan so - carolina?ble to see them yet, i'm hoping to drive up there soon. coming home to my wife was like the best thing. i wasn't gone for that long but coming home and being, iwas for that long but coming home and being, i was super happy with how i wrote, super stoked to take the silver and coming home was amazing and it was is relieved. and i get to sit at home and enjoyjust my downtime. home and en'oy 'ust my downtime.“ home and en'oy 'ust my downtime. ., . . downtime. you started writing bmx when _ downtime. you started writing bmx when you _ downtime. you started writing bmx when you were _ downtime. you started writing bmx when you were just - downtime. you started writing bmx when you were just nine | bmx when you were just nine years old, what would your advice be to young boys and girls watched you and inspired to use to get into bmx pattillo definitely try it. you can build a family in the community in such a support system in the sport itself and even if it's not for you there's definitely

i remind the michigan delegation of this.st got elected and i used to tell your husband this as well, we had a higher percentage of auto workers in delaware than any state in the union including michigan. in fact, we had a very small population and we had almost 100,000 auto workers in our states. i just want to be very straightforward. uaw brung me to the dance, as they say. i know we're missing someone truly special, senator carl levin who passed away last week. carl and i served together for 30 years in the united states senate together. he was one of the most honorable people, most decent people i not only served with but i've ever known. he was a tireless champion of the american worker and the iconic american automobile industry. he embodied everything that his b beloved michigan and our country represents respect, dignity, pride. labor and industry, state and local leaders are all working together to write the next chapter of the american story. as i said before, we're in competition with china and many other nations f

for a lot, fall is three weeks away, as many michigan districts start before labor day.ear than in years past. >> if you had to met it out, given the timeline you're on right now, how many drivers would you say districts across the state need at this moment? >> did a training class this past week for supervisors and lead bus drivers who want to train their drivers with requirements coming up in february. i did a poll there. there was a couple larger districts on the east side of the state who still needed to hire 35 to 40 bus drivers before school started. down to some of the smaller -- even the smaller districts that have, let's just say, 15 or 20 buses. they need three or four people before school starts. that's still almost, you know, 20 sombe percent they have to hire yet. there are a lot of districts needing people. an exact number for the whole state? i don't know, we have approx approximately 20,000 some bus drivers in the state. there's about 17,000 buses that actually get inspected by the state police every year that are used. so those are some numbers you can g

joining me now is senator debby stabenow of michigan, a democrat. senator, thank you for joining us first tonight. let me go to this, senator stabenow, because it appears that this infrastructure plan is advancing legislatively. is it fair to say that former president trump's effort to bring down the bipartisan deal fell mostly upon deaf ears among republicans signaling his waning influence on capitol hill? is that fair to say? >> well, first of all, reverend al, it's always great to be with you. it's been i think over 100 -- 1b had been 655 days and counting when president trump first had infrastructure week. remember that? and it never happened. so it has happened under president biden and this bipartisan effort in the senate. and, frankly, donald trump has had no impact on this whatsoever. i have not heard anybody say -- well, i shouldn't say that. there might be a couple of folks, maybe, that have been worried about this. we have a new member, senator haggerty that's slowed this process down significantly, and i don't know how much donald trump'

remember chicago was a dumpy little swampy area on lake michigan and when becomes this major shipping port and it becomes the busiest port in the country when the canal finished for at least another decade printed by 1900, population growth is so explosive that it becomes the fastest growing city in the world at the turn-of-the-century. and there that was facilitated by the citedat lincoln champion along with stephen douglas and even more importantly, the illinois central railroad which really was built to supplement what was going up and down the canals becomes the longest railroad in the world by 1850. and eventually goes from the northwest tip of illinois all the way to new orleans but not until after the civil war and becomes a major transit route. during the civil war and so keep those two things in mind. these are two ms developments in the history of the country, the midwest, and links the eastern markets to the western markets to theke southern part of his globalization in a very small sense but in a very growing sense printed now what happens when the civil war comes long wil

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ohio and michigan. michigan strikes first. two rbis to left., fired up as she can takes a 2-0 lead. michigan up, two on another clutch hit. the throw from center field will be off-line as he takes second base. that is his eight little league world series hit. 5-1 michigan. top six, ohio down. bases-loaded. a fly ball to center, is it, that is all. michigan beats ohio 5-2. abc 7 sports sponsor by your local toyota dealers. j.r.: that is it for tonight. i am j.r. stone. the online will make her way back this week. abc 7 news continues tomorrow morning at 5:00. than forning safe. [ sfx: ding ding ding ] [sfx: bing bing bing ] [sfx: bloop bloop bloop ] [ sfx: bing bloop ding ding bloop bing ] the day can wait. enter the golden state, with real california dairy. >> announcer: "this week" with george stephanopoulos starts right now. >>> chaos and catastrophe in afghanistan. with two days until the withdrawal deadline, president biden warning another attack on the kabul airport is highly likely. >> the threat stream is still active, still dynamic. >>

chicago is a dumpy little swampy area on lake michigan in what becomes a major shipping port.nd becomes the easiest port in the city when the canal is finished for at least another decade. and by 1900 the population was so explosive it becomes the fastest growing city in the world at the turn-of-the-century. that was facilitated by this idea that lincoln champion along with steven douglas. even more importantly the illinois central railroad which was really built to supplement what was going up and down the canals becomes the longest railroad in the world by 1850. not until the civil war. it became a major transit route during the civil war. so keep those two things in mind. these are two immense developments in the history of the country in the midwest links east in a market to western markets of the southern points. it's globalization in a very small sense but in a very growing sense. now what happens in the civil war comes along? we know what lincoln says. we know about the house divided speech, we note the lincoln douglas debates. i started going to some of the material he

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we know there's nonsense in arizona and michigan and pennsylvania and georgia, but texas is where the energy is focused on the resistance to one of these state laws or a plate of state laws that would reduce voting rights. then we've got the united states senate that's now talking about

the elected governor of michigan -- fix the dam roads.hey discovered the dam made it more popular. that's how much the people should invest in these matters. and that's also the case and things like childcare and health care. so yes, he is not a very good track right now, the president. >> norm, donald trump seems to know why he's losing, here he was threatening every republican who is even thinking about participating in this bipartisan bill. they defied him, 17 republicans voted against his wishes to get this bill started, and now he's gone completely silent. i guess afraid, of illuminating how crushed he got, by those republican senators. >> he does not want to admit that he's a loser. there's a couple of things going on there lawrence. one is the poll numbers that you suggested, this has long been popular across all the categories in the united states. i also think that there is some resentment on the part of republicans, the fact is, we had 200 weeks of infrastructure week throughout the trump presidency, they kept calling it infrast

the illinois michigan canal open up 1948.r city on the other end of it. chicago, remember was a dumpy little swampy area ran out of lake michigan and will becomes this major shipping port and it becomes the busiest port in country when the canal is finished release another decade. about 1900 the population growth is so explosive that it becomes the fastest growing city in b te world and the turn-of-the-century and those facilitated by the citeded lincn champion along with stephen douglas. and even more importantlyn the illinois central railroad which was really built to supplement what was going up and down the canal, becomes the longest railroad in the world by 1850. it eventually goes from the northwest tip of illinois all the way to new orleans but not until after the civil war and then it becomes a major transit route and during the civil war. so keep those two things in mind, these are two immense developments in the history of t the country, the midwest, and links the markets eastern markets and western markets to the s

the taylor north little league beat the squad from hamilton, ohio 5-2 they are the first michigan teamince 1959. no international teams competed this year because of the pandemic, though the little league champs also got big league props they got the detroit tigers tweeting out a huge congratulations for them, and what a way to end the weekend and start the week too >> big congrats to them. >> and thank you for starting your monday with us. i'm frances rivera >> i'm lindsey reiser. coverage continues on the "today" show after this. as it heads north with torrential rain, flash floodg and damaging winds we've got multiple live reporters with the latest. >>> america honors the 13 lost men and women who were brought home yesterday after being killed in afghanistan last week. now the countdown to tomorrow's withdrawal deadline. >>> and we'll remember lou grant himself. the great ed asner

one of the books is called a fascination of a michigan king and university of michigan press and i just was one of the things that i realized usually my brain works slowly but one of the things i realized quickly in the book project is i saw him as a lightning rod for all the weird religious enthusiasms and political enthusiasms and just the strange power of the antebellum era which is a very unstable era and slowly, i came to see the antebellum era is comparable to that. so trump is an in the book and there's no mention of 20/20 in the book but people are reading it in a certain way as an allegory for our which is not something idislike . i definitely didn't want, i amy, you would slap me if i said these two periods are alike, that's a big mistake historically and rationally but i do think that we can learn from other times and i definitely like all i into the idea of the liberal arts letting us see our own period through the past. so the book was a blast to write in that way and writing in the trump hero which is what i did . i started about the time off from's campaign. the book took

ruth is up first out of michigan. good morning. caller: yes, i was saying in 1975 we had a thing called the ugly american. today, the new saying is the arrogant american. now it is the way we left there. people seem to forget that women, there is a little thing we take for granted for freedom, they will be pulled out of their homes, taken in public, either stoned or decapitated. and just because we are there now, where the news media is there now, they are starting to take over all over afghanistan the news media. i am talking about the taliban. and we have sleeper cells all over america. just by detroit, there's an attempted tram it. we are talking full arms companies. these are people that came from over there, infiltrated, and they are armed. host: how do you know about sleeper cells in the united states? caller: because you see them. this is what i'm saying about the arrogance of america. it is like you do not have your eyes open. host: that is ruth in michigan. wes morgan, she talked about the women of afghanistan. can you pic

stevens of michigan, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that ms. stevens will vote no on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek -- for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. donald payne, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. payne will vote no on the motion to recommit. as the member designated by mrs. bonnie watson coleman, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mrs. watson coleman will vote no on the motion to recommit. and as the member designated by mr. albio sires, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. sires will vote no on the motion to recommit. and finally, as the member designated by mr. paul tonko, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. tonko will vote no on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated b

i remind the michigan delegation this.sed to be when i was first got elected, i used to tell your husband this as well, we had a higher percentage of autoworkers in delaware. including michigan. we had a very small population. and we had almost 100,000 autoworkers in our states, county and the autolite and others had something to do with it. but i just want to be very straight forward, you know, uaw as they say. i know we're missing someone special and dear friend of all of us, carl levin who passed awlast week. carl and i served together for 30 years in the united states. he was one of the most -- i think of all my colleagues, a testament, the most honorable people, most decent people not only served with but i ever known. he was a tirls champion. and the iconic american automobile industry. he embodied everything that his beloved michigan and his -- and our country represents. respect, dignity, pride, pride in the nation and pride in what we built. and so today labor and industry. state and local leaders are all working

i have seen autoworkers in michigan, assembling the internal combustion engine. now training to build the electric vehicle pickup trucks. throughout all of these travels, the stories i have heard, they'll speak to incredible potential clean energy holds to make americans lives better. that is why we turbocharge this shift to the build back better agenda. it has been terrific. i have to say, i want to remind people, an important time to get your vaccine. i know that's not relevant to the topic but it is relevant to life. >> appreciate it. because we are dealing with the crisis. so, how is the administration? including the epa, trying to solve this process? addressing communities that have too often been left behind or underserved? maybe you could talk about the intersection of climate and equity. >> they give that question. that is an excellent question. president biden signed an executive order. to put the whole of government behind advancing a systematic approach to racial justice. the president has made it clear that taking climate action and advancing environm