çthings, and ma large things and many things in between. joining me today we have former bush epa administrator and new jersey governor christine todd whitmanng of "it's my party, too" and co-chair of national leadership counsel. sam seder and co-host of a radio show. victoria, communications director for the group latino decisions and visiting scholar at university of texas austin, and author of the book "promises betrayed." bob herbert. it's great to have you all here. so let's talk about climate, which is probably my favorite topic, because i think before we can get to -- right now i think here's the problem. right? if you cover politics, you recognize that there's nothing going to happen in the senate legislatively, just as a descriptive matter of where we are politically. at the same time, you know, the planet doesn't care about filibuster. i mean, the cash sn still going into the air and the science is the science. which produces panic, i think, in me, and just a feeling that we're, what do we do? so trying to think of ways that we can do things that aren't happening at the level of legislation. governor, i wanted to talk to you, beca