here to discuss solar energy and the sort industry is nick campanella the c.e.o. of sun pacific nick thank you for being here i mean what is the general state of the u.s. solar energy sector right now and how's it doing compared to smaller companies internationally great thanks for having me the u.s. solar jamey so you energy sector right now with a little bit of flux facing some uncertainty as a result of the tarot if. it was generally set up to shift the production back into the united states and support local manufacturers we clearly see it pushed to level the playing field with this tariff. if you had to explain the tariff for our viewers who don't who don't know i'm aware they did a tariff on solely to a tariff on washing machines i believe but explain how the solar tariff for our viewers is basically the ministration pass that thirty percent tariff on any solar panel imports from overseas basically that the tariff is a step down scale where it will level off after four years to about fifteen percent . ok fifteen percent all right so just a week after the pres

nick campanella plus tyson slocum the director of public citizens energy program joins us were packed tighter that is justin timberlake march fifth so let's get to it first with some headlines the federal government is headed for yet another shutdown on friday at twelve o one am with no sign of compromise on the issue of the doctor dreamers or on immigration or anything else there is talk on the hill of yet another short term c.r. a continuing resolution to keep the government open and with regard to the dreamers unless congress takes some action roughly seven hundred eighty thousand dreamers face deportation on march fifth and a related news the government's debt limit will be reached in early march as opposed to late march or early april as previously anticipated the debt limit is the amount of money that the government can borrow as opposed to the budget deficit the debt limit will need to be raised beyond the current twenty point five trillion dollars level the debt limit does not restrict what congress can spend it simply allows the treasury department to pay bills already owed w