delaware. so emily, a professor of energy and the environment at the university of delaware is also a former advisor on environmental and social impact assessment to the deep sea mining company, known as deep grain and in boston, massachusetts science journalist daniel ackerman, welcome to everyone. daniel, i'm going to start with you with the most basic question. explain to us what deep sea mining is. yes. so deep sea mining is basically the extraction of mineral resources from the bottom of the ocean. and there are a number of different ways that it could work, but one of the most common proposals is to collect these resources called poly metallic nodule. so these nodules form over millions of years at the bottom of the ocean and they're really rich and cobalt nickel, copper and manganese. a lot of these metals that we could potentially use for electric car batteries or wind turbines, things that will fuel the green economy. and so one of the more common proposals for forgetting the nodules which can be miles below the surface on the, on the sea floor is basically to do the kind of vacuum cleaner

well, let's hope that joe biden would release the university of delaware archives where i filed the complaint and that's being sealed. hopefully that will come forward. it would take one that member of congress to open a hearing against joe biden and investigate his behavior. and there are other women who would come forward, i would assume, and of course i would, and i said many times i would go under oath and talk about what happened to me in 1093. today, gen saki said that the issue is heavily litigated. the word litigated is, you know, legal term of our there's been no investigation at this point, nor has there been any kind of legal cases for any of the accusations against joe biden. and so i would welcome a real investigation congressional one into his behavior. we need to not give predators more power and he has the most power in the land. she also said that it was safe for survivors to come forward. and i'm a poster child of how that is not true. i have been docked, i've been harassed, i've been threatened with my life. i was even threatened with prison. and then that fell apart and ry

ago about 3,000 or 4,000 men and women working at a chrysler plant near newark where the university of delaware is located. the energy plant near wilmington also had about 3,000 employees. when we went into the great recession a decade or so ago, both companies went into bankruptcy. we lost both of those plants. the question is what do we do about it and how will we recapture those really good jobs, union jobs, high-wage jobs, high-skill jobs? how do we recapture those jobs. one of the ways that we can do it is providing an infrastructure that supports energy-efficient vehicles. electric vehicles and hydrogen powered vehicles. i remember being at at detroit auto show ten years ago. it's the first time i met a rising star at general motors, later to become the first woman c.e.o. and senator stabenow was nice enough to introduce me to mary that day. i remember that day i think the vefer -- the chevrolet volt was named the car of the year. runs on battery, at the time it got 38 miles on a charge. when the electricity went away it was all used up. the battery then, it could run on gasoline, a class

and all of us hear from the tennessee state, north carolina, delaware state, howard university and mrt south state in there as well. we are reminded that hcbu's unique institutions that play powerful roles. and not only for their students but across the black rural south where many of those hcbu's are located. are. >> thank you so much. i want to turn it back over to former commissioner. you an advocate for broader broadband access and competition. can you talk about the importance of competition in this? >> i have seen figures as high as 40% of communities and i have heard from people who live had pretty expensive homes in urban communities like parts of d.c. where they have fewer options by way of broadband provider. and competition, one is a monopoly and zero you are stuck. while we talk about competition a lot and opportunities because where you see competition, you see lower prices, you see higher speed, you see more products and services. and so when you have that -- people competing for business. and while we talk about competition that it must be part of this discussion is that

delaware, and we're following this particular bill from the very start. and i want to bring in the assistant dean of public affairs at the university of texas, and she's also a msnbc contributor. and we will start with you, ali vitali. >> craig, a halting process all the way through. we saw negotiations repeatedly fall apart and start again. one of the early republicans that tried to reach across the aisle and put together a deal, once that fell apart we saw other bipartisan senators step into the breach there, and got us to the point where we had a working bill framework and then more stop and start on the process front. last weekend it was a question of when the bill text would come, and then when the votes would happen. the senate taking the long way here and not exactly as quick as democrats would have wanted to move on this, and nonetheless arriving at the point where just a few minutes from now as soon as we see senator carper speaker, and chuck schumer will take to the floor and tout the achievement and open the vote. we are expecting in terms of how bipartisan this is going to be, and we have seen procedural votes get 18 and 19 republicans onboard