>>> THIS IS ALL WRONG. PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING.
PEOPLE ARE DYING. ENTIRE ECOSYSTEMS ARE
COLLAPSING. FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS, THE
SCIENCE HAS BEEN CRYSTAL CLEAR.
>> WATER.
>> IS LIFE.
>> THE POLITICS AND SOLUTIONS ARE NOWHERE NEEDED.
WE ARE IN THE BEGINNING -- ECONOMIC GROWTH.
RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW, IS WHERE WE DRAW THE LINE.
>> IN MY VIEW, WE HAVE WAITED TOO LONG TO DEAL WITH THIS
CLIMATE CRISIS. IT'S TIME TO ACT.
MY MESSAGE TO THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE IS, YOUR GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO
WORK WITH YOU.
>> THE BIDEN WHITE HOUSE HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.
>> SIGNED EXECUTIVE ORDERS THAT HIS ADMINISTRATION SAYS WILL
ADDRESS THE EXISTENTIAL THREAT.
>> PRESIDENT BIDEN'S NEW EXECUTIVE OR IS FACING PUSH
BACK.
>> PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS TOLD UNION WORKERS, YOUR JOBS ARE
GONE.
>> TEXAS REPUBLICANS ARE TRYING TO BLAME GREEN ENERGY FOR THE
MASSIVE POWER OUTAGES.
>> THIS SHOWS HOW THE GREEN NEW DEAL WOULD BE DEADLY FOR THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
>> BIDEN'S GREEN AGENDA FACES HEADWINTD S
HEADWIN HEADWINDS.
>> HE WILL NEED CONGRESS.
>> DRAWING PUSHBACK FROM MEMBERS OF HIS OWN PARTY.
>> REQUIRING THEM TO CONVINCE SOME REPUBLICANS TO GET ANYTHING
DONE.
>> THEY WILL NOT HAVE THAT MANY CHANCES TO GET SOMETHING BIG AND
SWEEPING ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.
>> WE WILL BE WATCHING YOU.
>> HELLO.
>> I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. I GOT MY FIRST SHOT.
>> YEAH, MAN!
>> I'M VACCINATED.
>> THIS IS SO EXCITING. JUST IN TIME FOR OUR TRAVEL
SEASON TO END.
>> YEAH, RIGHT.
>> I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT IT, I'M DAY DRINKING.
>> SO AM I. I HAVE A SPICY BLOODY MARY AND A
BEER.
>> STRONG.
>> STRONG MOVE.
>> HAPPY PRESIDENTS' DAY.
>> THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS FINALLY OCCUPYING CENTER STAGE.
>> PIVOT AWAY FROM TRUMP AND FOCUS ON ONE OF THE MOST
DIFFICULT PRESIDENCIES IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
>> THERE'S ONE CRISIS BIGGER THAN CRISIS.
THE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS LOOMING FOR PLANET EARTH.
>> THE MAINSTREAM OF SCIENCE, FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS, HAS BEEN
SAYING, GUYS, THE WORLD IS ON FIRE.
WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING DRAMATIC RIGHT NOW.
>> THERE'S A LOT OF SCRUTINY ON BIDEN AND WHERE HE IS
IDEOLOGICALLY. HE IS MAINTAINING THIS
BIPARTISAN POSITIONING ON MOST ISSUES BUT NOT CLIMATE.
THROWING DOWN EXECUTIVE ORDERS, REJOINING THE PARIS CLIMATE
ACCORD, CANCELLING THE KEYSTONE PIPELINE.
>> KEYSTONE TRANSPORTS OIL FROM THE TAR SANDS UP IN ALBERTA,
CANADA, ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE UNITED STATES DOWN TO THE GULF.
THERE'S SOME NUMBER OF JOBS IN EVERY STATE IT CROSSES THROUGH.
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION WAS BEDEVILLED BY IT FOR A LONG
TIME. EVENTUALLY STOPS IT.
TRUMP COMES IN AND SAYS, KEYSTONE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS.
NOW ON THE DAY HE WAS INAUGURATE NOW ON THE DAY HE WAS INAUG
INAUGURATED, JOE BIDEN STEPS IN AND SAYS, WE ARE WITHDRAWING THE
PERMIT. TA
PERMIT. IT IS A GIANT SHIT STORM.
>> COME TO MIDDLE AMERICA AND TELL THEM WHY YOU TOOK THEIR
JOBS AWAY.
>> KEVIN McCARTHY HAS HAD EVENTS IN TEXAS.
>> THE AFL/
>> THE AFL\CIO, THE MOST RELIABLE DEMOCRATIC INTEREST
GROUP IN AMERICA IS TOTALLY BANGING ON BIDEN IN THE SAME WAY
KEVIN McCARTHY IS.
>> PICKING CLIMATE OVER JOBS, SYMBOLICALLY IT CAN HURT BIDEN.
REPUBLICANS CAN USE IT. MY TRUMP SUPPORTING RELATIVES
ARE ASKING ME WHY WOULD HE DO THIS AND COST JOBS.
>> THE REALITY IS, KEYSTONE ISN'T JUST ABOUT KEYSTONE.
THERE'S PIPELINES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
WE HEARD ABOUT THE DAKOTA ACCESS LINE.
THERE'S FIGHTS AND VIOLENCE. AND THEN IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA
THERE'S A FIGHT.
>> THREE PIPELINE, THERE'S A TON OF MOMENTUM TO GET BIDEN TO DO
THE SAME THING FOR THOSE PIPELINES.
A REPRESENTATIVE FROM MINNESOTA, SHE'S BECOME THE FACE OF THE
GREEN NEW DEAL WING OF THE PARTY THAT IS SAYING, WE CANNOT
ENTERTAIN FOSSIL FUEL DEPENDENCY ANY LONGER.
>> POLITICS ARE COMPLICATED. YOU HAVE PEOPLE LIKE JOHN
TESTER, AN ENERGY STATE DEMOCRAT, WHO WANT TO BE WITH
JOE BIDEN IN GENERAL. BUT WHO ARE WORED
BUT WHO ARE WORRY BUT WHO ARE WORRIED IF BIDEN
GOING FULL GREEN DEAL.
>> BUSINESS IS MOVING AHEAD OF POLITICS.
GM, WHO PLEDGED TO GO FULLY ELECTRIC BY 2035.
WHEN YOU HAVE CAR COMPANIES COMING OUT AND SAYING THEY WILL
GO ELECTRIC AND GET AWAY FROM CARBON, THAT'S HUGELY
SIGNIFICANT.
>> THE SILVER LINING FOR BIDEN IN THIS IS THAT THE AMERICAN
CONSUMER HAS CHANGED HIS OR HER MIND ABOUT WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE
ON CLIMATE CHANGE.
>> THERE'S NO MORE IMPORTANT ISSUE TO YOUNG VOTERS ON THE
LEFT THAN CLIMATE. IT IS ONE, TWO AND THREE IN
TERMS OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES FOR THEM.
>> I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE THESE ARE GOING TO BE DIG,
THESE ARE GOING TO BE DIBIG, CONTENTIOUS ISSUES.
THE ADMINISTRATION WILL DISCOVER IT'S NOT EASY BEING GREEN.
>> MY GOD.
>> THE POWERFUL WINTER STORM AFFECTING AT LEAST 160 MILLION
PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
>> TEMPERATURES ARE 30, 40, 50 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE.
>> MORE THAN 4 MILLION PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER IN TEXAS ALONE.
>> 13 MILLION TEXANS ARE WITHOUT WATER FOR DAYS.
>> CLIMATE CHANGE. YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE IMPACT OF
CLIMATE CHANGE HERE. THE FACT THAT THIS WILL PROBABLY
HAPPEN AGAIN.
>> WE ARE IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA WHERE END BRIDGE IS
RECONSTRUCTING PART OF ONE OF THE WORLD'S LONGEST OIL
PIPELINES, THE END BRIDGE LINE THREE PIPELINE.
LINE THREE HAS FACED INTENSE TESTS FROM TRIBAL GROUPS TO SAY
THE PIPELINE POSES RISK TO WATERWAYS AND WETLANDS.
>> THIS IS OUR LAND. WE GAVE YOU THE RIGHT TO BE
HERE.
>> OVER 100 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN ACTS OF CIVIL
DISOBEDIENCE AS RECENTLY AS LAST NIGHT.
ACTIVISTS CHAINED THEMSELVES INSIDE PART OF THE PIPELINE AND
WERE LATER ARRESTED BY THE POLICE.
>> RIGHT NOW WE ARE WALKING TO THE PLACE WHERE THERE'S FOLKS
THAT CRAWLED INTO ONE OF THE PIPES YESTERDAY.
>> HOW LONG WERE THEY IN THE PIPE?
>> THE WHOLE DAY. IT HIT 17 BELOW.
IT WAS CHILLY.
>> THE CONSIDERED
>> THE CONSIDIDEA WAS TO BLOCK R CONSTRUCTION.
>> YEP. NOT ONLY BLOCKING CONSTRUCTION
FOR THAT DAY BUT SHOWING AND DEMONSTRATING IN A REAL WAY THAT
WE ARE WILLING TO TAKE THESE RISKS FOR THE LAND AND FOR THE
WATER.
>> THIS IS IT.
>> OVER 300 MILES OF THIS PIPELINE IN THE STATE OF
MINNESOTA, IS THAT RIGHT?
>> YEP.
>> YOU CAN SEE THEY ARE TRENCHING.
THEY WEREN'T TRENCHING THE OTHER DAY.
>> NOPE.
>> IT'S BILLED AS A REPLACEMENT PROJECT.
BUT THEY'RE NOT REPLACING IT. THEY'RE PUTTING IN A BRAND-NEW
PLACE.
>> THIS IS AN UNTOUCHED AREA THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANY PIPELINES
IN IT. WE ARE TALKING OVER 200 BODIES
OF WATER, 800 WETLANDS THAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT DIGGING THROUGH
AND DISRUPTING. THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH
ADDRESSING CLIMATE CRISIS IN THE RADICAL WAY WE NEED TO ADDRESS
IT.
>> THE IDEA OF JOBS. THAT'S THE ARGUMENT ON THE OTHER
SIDE.
>> RIGHT.
>> THAT ANIMATES THE ARGUMENT FOR ALL THIS.
IT'S NOT JUST REPUBLICANS. IT'S DEMOCRATS WHO FEEL LIKE
THAT'S A CHOICE THEY HAVE TO RECONCILE
RECONC RECONCILE.
>> I'M BORN AND RAISED UP HERE. IT SHOULDN'T BE A SITUATION
WHERE YOU HAVE LOCAL PEOPLE PITTED AGAINST EACH OTHER.
SOMEHOW I'M AGAINST JOBS IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA, THAT'S NOT
THE CASE AT ALL. I HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO ARE
MINERS. THOSE ARE THE GOOD PAYING JOBS
UP HERE. THEN JUST LIKE MANY OTHER
PLACES, THAT PIPELINE INFRASTRUCTURE IS BILTD
INFRASTRUCTURE IS BILUILT, THEY BRING IN THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE TO BUILD IT. IT'S EASIER TO DESTROY SOMETHING
WHEN IT'S NOT YOURS, WHEN YOU HAVE NO CONNECTION TO IT.
RIGHT NOW, THERE'S 2,000 OUT OF STATE WORKERS HERE IN NORTHERN
MINNESOTA THAT ARE DESTROYING OUR LAND, CUTTING THROUGH THE
FOREST. WE HAVE TO HAVE WATER.
WE HAVE TO HAVE SOIL. WE HAVE TO HAVE CLEAN AIR TO
BREATHE, OTHERWISE, WE CAN'T LIVE.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW AT THIS POINT WHERE YOU HAVE PEOPLE
ENGAGING IN CLIMATE MIGRATION, FLEEING CLIMATE CHANGE, FLEEING
RISING SEAS AND EXTREME WEATHER, PROFIT MARGINS AND EXTRACTIVE
ECONOMY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN LIFE ITSELF?
>> WE'RE HAVING THIS BIG CONVERSATION ABOUT CLIMATE.
RIGHT? WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
BIDEN COMES INTO OFFICE, DAY ONE, CANCELED THE PERMIT FOR
KEYSTONE. DID THAT SURPRISE YOU?
>> IT DID.
>> IT DID?
>> IT DID. YOU KNOW, I THINK HE DOES HAVE A
REAL OPPORTUNITY TO BE THE CLIMATE PRESIDENT.
AND RIGHT NOW WHAT'S HAPPENING IN TEXAS IS A REMINDER TO ALL OF
US THAT A NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARATION ON CLIMATE CRISIS
NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE. IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING RIGHT
NOW, IT'S JUST GOING TO GET WORSE.
>> I WAS JUST AT LINE THREE YESTERDAY OR PART OF IT.
YOU WENT UP THERE RECENTLY?
>> I DID.
>> THERE HAVE BEEN TWO LAWSUITS STOPPING THE PIPELINE THAT WERE
DEFEATED IN COURT. DO YOU FEEL LIKE THE OVAL OFFICE
IS THE LAST BEST CHANCE TO STOP END BRIDGE AT THIS POINT?
>> IT IS. IT DEFIES LOGIC TO CANCEL
KEYSTONE AND TO NOT CANCEL THE SMALLER PIPELINES.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PUSH UNTIL HE SAYS YES.
>> YOU HAVE LABOR UNIONS WHO ARE NOT ON BOARD WITH THESE PIPELINE
CANCELLATIONS.
>> THERE'S A LOT OF FEAR, PARTICULARLY NOW, GIVEN THE
ECONOMIC SPIRAL WE'RE IN, THE QUESTION OF JOBS AND LIVELIHOOD
IS SO EMOTIONAL FOR PEOPLE.
>> FEAR CAN BE DEBILITATE
>> FEAR CAN BE DEBILITATING. IT CAN STOP YOU FROM TRYING OR
DOING ANYTHING. AS AN IMMIGRANT, I KNOW THIS
VERY WELL. IF MY PARENTS USED THE FEAR OF
FLEEING TO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, THAN THEY WOULD HAVE STAY AND WE
MIGHT NOT HAVE LIVED. SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE
LEAP OF FAITH.
>> WHAT ABOUT OTHER DEMOCRATS?
>> WE NEED TO DIAL IT BACK. LET'S WORK ACROSS THE AISLE.
THAT'S VERY MUCH THE JOE BIDEN MODEL.
DO YOU WORRY ABOUT THOSE LAWMAKERS?
>> I HOPE THEY WILL COME TO THE REALIZATION THAT WE CAN'T SEEK
BIPARTISANSHIP AND OBSTRUCT EVERY OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE FOR
PROGRESS. THE COUNTRY VOTED FOR A
DIFFERENT DIRECTION. WE HAVE TO TAKE IT THERE.
>> SINCE PRESIDENT BIDEN ANNOUNCED HE WOULD BE STOPPING
THE PERMIT TO BUILD THE KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE, THERE'S BEEN
WIDESPREAD OUTRAGE.
>> THIS IS WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE KEYSTONE PIPELINE.
WE ARE IN WAY NORTH MONTANA. WE ARE ON THE BORDER WITH
CANADA. THE PIPELINE WAS SUPPOSED TO
CREATE 10,000 TO 11,000 CONSTRUCTION JOBS IN THE U.S.,
$100 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE TO COUNTIES AND STATES.
THE REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR OF MONTANA IS COMING TO THIS AREA
TO DO A COMMUNITY MEETING IN SUPPORT OF KEYSTONE AND TO TRY
TO REVIVE THE PROJECT.
>> THIS KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE IS REALLY CRITICAL FOR THIS
COMMUNITY. I'M GOING TO SPEND TIME HERE
LISTENING.
>> IT'S JUST AN ENORMOUS AFFECT ON ALL THE COUNTIES IN MONTANA.
I GREW UP IN A PIPELINE FAMILY. I SEE THE EFFECTS IT HAS ON THE
COMMUNITY. THESE PEOPLE COME IN, A LOT
BRING THEIR FAMILIES. WHEN THEIR FAMILIES COME HERE,
THEY WILL SHOP HERE, THEY WILL SPEND MONEY HERE.
>> THE ECONOMIC BOOST HERE WOULD REALLY KEEP GLASCO AFLOAT.
WE HAVE A LOT OF RESTAURANTS, BARS
BAR S BARS, FRONT LINE EMPLOYEES
STRUGGLING.
>> I HAVE TO LOOK AT THE FINANCIAL END OF THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT AND SEE IF WE CAN CONTINUE TO HIRE TEACHERS, IF WE
EVEN HAVE THAT AS AN OPTION.
>> I WISH MORE PEOPLE HAD THEIR EYES OPENED HOW BIG THIS AFFECTS
OUR SCHOOLS, OUR POWER COMPANIES, TO SEE WHAT A HUGE
IMPACT ONE BAD DECISION CAN MAKE ON A RURAL AMERICA.
>> WHEN HE SAID BUILD BACK BETTER, IT WAS JUST A SOUND
BITE. WHEN YOU STOP TALKING TO THE
MEDIA AND START ACTUALLY BACKING THE WORDS THAT HE CAMPAIGNED ON.
>> PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ARE TAKING CONTROL OF THIS THAT HAS
NO TOUCH WITH US, WITH OUR AREA. I DON'T KNOW WHERE JOHN TESTER
STANDS ON THIS. WE NEED YOU, EVERYONE'S SUPPORT
TO GET THIS PUSHED THROUGH.
>> THOSE TWO GUYS STUCK, THAT WERE WITH THE YARDS OFF THE HIG
>> STUCK?
>> STUCK.
>> WHAT'S HAPPENING IS WE GOT ONE OF OUR VEHICLES STUCK IN THE
VERY SNOWY ROAD.
>> I JUST DON'T THINK YOU WILL GET IT OUT WITHOUT A TRACTOR.
>> YOU ARE GOING TO GET YOUR TRACTOR FOR US?
>> IT'S THAT OR LEAVE IT THERE UNTIL SPRING.
SPRING IS NOT FAR AWAY THOUGH.
>> YOUR FRONT WHEELS ARE TURNING.
THEY'RE TURNING. THEY'RE TURNING.
YEAH!
YOU WORRY ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE?
>> NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. I WORRY ABOUT IT AS A FARMER.
I HAVE SEEN WHAT HAPPENED ON THIS PLACE IN THE LAST 40 YEARS.
I HAVE SEEN HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS GO OUT THE DOOR FOR NATURAL
DISASTER. WE HAVE TO MAKE POSITIVE
CHANGES.
>> TELL US WHY YOU SUPPORT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE KEYSTONE
PIPELINE.
>> ENERGY INDEPENDENCE IS IMPORTANT.
WE ARE NOT WHERE WE NEED TO BE FROM A RENEWABLE ENERGY
STANDPOINT. WHEN I FILL MY TRACTOR, I WILL
THROW A COUPLE HUNDRED GALLONS OF DIESEL.
IT CREATES AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF TAX BASE FOR COUNTIES THAT
NEED THAT TAX BASE.
>> DO YOU THINK IT WAS A MISTAKE FOR BIDEN TO LEAD OFF WITH THE
KEYSTONE CANCELLATION?
>> IF I WOULD HAVE HAD MY DRUDGERS
DRUDGDRUDGE DRUDGDRU
DRUTHERS, TALK TO BOTH SIDES. TALK TO THE REGULAR PEOPLE
IMPACTED BY THIS AND TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD IN A WAY
THAT MAKES SENSE.
>> YOU ARE A DEMOCRAT. YOU WANT JOE BIDEN TO SUCCEED.
>> I DO.
>> IF HE GOES TOO BIG ON CLIMATE, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU
WILL OPPOSE?
>> DEPENDS WHAT HE DOES ON CLIMATE.
>> SCIENTISTS SAY THERE ARE SEVEN YEARS LEFT.
IF WE DON'T FIGURE IT OUT, CATASTROPHIC IMPACT FOR THE
CLIMATE. WE HAVE TO GO REALLY BIG.
IF YOU ARE TOO CAUTIOUS, IT'S NOT GOING TO MATTER.
>> HERE IS THE POINT. I GET IT.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE SAYING.
ARE WE GOING TO SHUT THE SPIGOT OFF ON THE GAS PUMPS?
WE'RE GOING TO SHUT IT OFF? IF WE'RE GOING TO SHUT IT OFF,
I'M OUT. WE'RE NOT WHERE WE NEED TO BE.
WHAT I DO HERE AND WHAT I'M PROUD OF AND WHAT MY GRANDFATHER
DID BEFORE ME AND MY PARENTS BEFORE ME IS RAISE FOOD.
IT'S JUST NOT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THAT HOUSE.
IT'S FOR EVERYBODY IN THIS COUNTRY.
I'M TELLING YOU, IF I DON'T HAVE IS JUICE TO PUT IN THE TRACTOR,
I DON'T HAVE HORSES TO GO OUT AND PLOW THE GROUND, IT WOULDN'T
WORK IF I DID. YOU CAN'T JUST SAY, WE'RE GOING
TO SHUT OFF THE VALVE AND PEOPLE WILL ADAPT.
I GOT NEWS FOR YOU. I WILL BE BROKE BEFORE I CAN
ADAPT. THAT'S THE POINT.
THE POINT IS, I UNDERSTAND IT. I AGREE WITH THEM 100%.
TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. WE NEED TO PUT MONEY INTO
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. WE NEED TO MOVE PAST CARBON
FUEL. WE ARE NOT THERE YET.
>> BIG GOALS FOR GENERAL MOTORS. THEY WANT TO MAKE THE VAST
MAJORITY OF ITS VEHICLES ELECTRIC BY 2035.
>> A BIG PART OF THE CLIMATE PROBLEM IS ELECTRIC CARBON GASES
FROM GASOLINE POWERED AUTOMOBILES.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY, THIS WEEK ANNOUNCED THAT IN EUROPE, WITHIN
TEN YEARS, THEY WILL BE ALL ELECTRIC.
ALL OF WHICH IS GOOD NEWS FOR JOE BIDEN AND HIS BIG PLANS ON
CLIMATE. I'M VERY EXCITED.
I HAVE NEVER DRIVEN AN ELECTRIC CAR.
>> REALLY?
>> NO.
>> IS THERE A TRICK TO GETTING INTO GEAR?
>> NO KEY -- THERE'S NO KEY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> HAMMER IT WHEN WE CAN. YOU WILL SEE THE ACCELERATION IS
DRAMATICALLY ENHANCED.
>> WHOA.
>> YEAH.
>> THIS FEELS LIKE A CONVENTIONAL CAR.
>> MUSTANG.
>> FEELS LIKE A RACE CAR. IS IT THE RE
IS IT THE --
>> THEY SAY, NEVER ELECTRIFY MY COUPE.
THERE'S A NEW GROUP WHO ARE SAYING, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE
THAT. WHERE HE NOT GOING TO CEDE TO
ANYONE. IT HAS TO BE CONNECTED TO
ELECTRIFIED PRODUCTS. WE DIDN'T WANT SUBCOMPACT STUFF.
WE WANTED GOOD IF YOU HAVE.
>> MACHO TRUCKS ARE ELECTRIFIED. CONSUMERS WILL BUY THAT?
>> FULL-SIZE TRUCK CUSTOMERS WANT TO BE PART OF THE FUTURE
LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. IF THE MATH IS BET ARE FOR AN
ELECTRIC VEHICLE, THEY WILL SWITCH.
WE ANNOUNCED IN EUROPE, WE WILL GO ALL ELECTRIC IN THE NEXT FEW
YEARS.
>> HOW SOON WILL YOU DO THAT HERE?
>> IT WILL DEPEND ON THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AND WHAT THEIR
PRIORITIES ARE.
>> BLUE SKY, IF COULD YOU WALK INTO PRESIDENT BIDEN'S OFFICE
AND SAY, HERE ARE THE TOP THREE, FOUR, FIVE THINGS TO DO, WHAT
WOULD THEY DO.
>> CHARGING STATIONS FOR RETAIL, SO YOU CAN GO ON VACATION WITH
YOUR ELECTRIC CAR, BUT COMMERCIAL VEHICLE
INFRASTRUCTURE. NON-MONETARY INCENTIVES.
MORE PEOPLE LOOK AT THE TECHNOLOGY.
AND I THINK THAT THE OTHER ONE IS, LET'S BRING TECHNOLOGY HERE
TO AMERICA.
>> ARE YOU ENCOURAGED BY WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN AND HEARD SO FAR?
>> SO FAR. BUT IT'S THE EARLY DAYS.
>> THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WILL FACE RESISTANCE.
>> I THINK THEY HAVE A VERY AGGRESSIVE CO2 ENERGY POLICY.
FORD, DURING THE TRUMP YEARS, WE COMMITTED TO PARIS AND
CALIFORNIA STANDARD. MOST OF OUR COMPETITORS DIDN'T.
IT WAS UNPOPULAR THEN.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID, HENRY FORD WOULD BE DISAPPOINTED AND
ROLLING OVER. WOULD HE BE?
>> NO. NO.
MR. FORD WAS ALWAYS ABOUT PROGRESS.
I THINK HE WOULD BE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE MUSTANG OR THE F-150
ELECTRIC. HE WOULD BE SAYING, GO FASTER,
JIM.
>> WHAT WE WILL SEE FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN IS HIS MOST
EXTENSIVE FOREIGN POLICY ENGAGEMENT TO DATE.
HE WILL LAY OUT FOREIGN POLICY GOALS IN AN ADDRESS TO THE
MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE.
>> THE BIGGEST NEWS OF THE DAY IN YOUR REALM IS JOE BIDEN
ADDRESSING THE MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE AHEAD OF YOUR
COLLEAGUE JOHN KERRY WHO WILL FORMALIZE THE REENTRY OF THE
UNITED STATES INTO THE PARIS CLIMATE ACCORD.
BIDEN IN HIS REMARKS SAID --
>> WE CAN NO LONGER DELAY OR DO THE MINIMUM TO ADDRESS CLIMATE
CHANGE. THIS IS AN EXISTENTIAL CRISIS.
>> THE COUNTRIES NEED TO HOLD EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE FOR
CURBING EMISSIONS. ONE WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IN
PRACTICE? THE OTHER IS, IF YOU HEARD FROM
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, HAVING WATCHED AMERICA DROP OUT OF
PARIS AND NOW COME BACK IN AND EUROPEAN COUNTRIES SAID, YOU
DROPPED OUT, YOU ARE JUST BACK, HOW DARE YOU LECTURE US ABOUT
ACCOUNTABILITY.
>> IF YOU LISTEN TO PRESIDENT BIDEN'S REMARKS, YOU WILL SEE WE
KNOW WE HAVE TO BE HUMBLE. HOW DO YOU GET OVER THE PAST
FOUR YEARS? WE HAVE TURNED A PAGE.
EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE GREAT. THE PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT WAS
GOOD. BUT NO COUNTRIES ARE REALLY
MEETING THOSE COMMITMENTS AS YET.
WE'RE KIND OF ALL IN THE SAME BOAT.
PART OF THE JOB THAT I HAVE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT DOMESTICALLY,
WE MAKE A REALLY STRONG COMMITMENT.
WE HAVE TO DO THAT SOON. SO THAT IT'S NOT JUST, WE'RE
BACK, BUT WHAT ARE WE BRINGING WITH US?
>> YOU DID A BUNCH OF STUFF. KEYSTONE, DAY ONE.
KEYSTONE, TO OUR DOMESTIC POLITICS, IT'S POLARIZING AND
SYMBOLIC. YOU HAVE THE JOHN TESTERS OF THE
WORLD AND THE LABOR MOVEMENT VOCALLY OPPOSING YOUR DECISION
AND KIND OF CHALLENGING, WHY DID YOU HAVE TO DO THIS DAY ONE.
>> I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED THAT PEOPLE WERE OUTRAGED BY IT.
I GET THAT IT'S BEEN AN ISSUE THAT HAD POLARIZED PEOPLE.
JOE BIDEN HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT BEING AGAINST KEYSTONE SINCE HE
WAS IN THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION. I THINK THAT WHAT PEOPLE WORRY
ABOUT IS THAT EVERY PIPELINE NOW IS GOING TO END UP IN THE SAME
PLACE. THAT WAS NOT THE SIGNAL TO TAKE
AWAY.
>> I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT. A LOT OF PEOPLE -- NOT JUST THE
ENERGY STATE DEMOCRATS WORRIED ABOUT JOBS, BUT AL GORES OF THE
WORLD, THEY ARE LIKE, THIS IS PRECEDENT.
IF YOU ARE AGAINST KEYSTONE, YOU HAVE TO BE AGAINST DAKOTA, END
BRIDGE.
>> WE WILL LOOK AT THEM INDIVIDUALLY FOR WHAT THEY BRING
TO THE TABLE AND WHAT DON'T THEY BRING TO THE TABLE.
WE ARE NOT INTENDING TO USE THIS AS A WAY TO KILL EVERYTHING.
I'M NOT FIGHTING FOSSIL FUELS AS MUCH AS I'M FIGHTING FOR CLEAN
ENERGY. WE GOTTA GROW JOBS IN THE PLACES
WHERE IT'S CONSISTENT WITH MOVING FORWARD.
>> IF WE'RE BEING HONEST, THE JOE BIDEN SENATE CAREER WAS
DEFINED BY JUDICIARY AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
WE LOOK AT AL GORE, PASSIONATE FROM 1976.
JOHN KERRY. NOT A DEFINING ISSUE FOR JOE
BIDEN'S CAREER. I ASK YOU, HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN
THAT IT HAS BECOME AN ISSUE ON WHICH HE NOW IS STAKING HIS
LEGACY, THAT HE MADE MOVES THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS ARE
LIKE, THIS IS THE GUY, WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR YEARS, BUT NO
ONE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE JOE BIDEN.
>> NO. BECAUSE THAT WASN'T WHERE HE WAS
FOCUSING HIS ATTENTION. THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.
THIS IS THE WAY I WOULD EXPLAIN IT IS THAT CLIMATE CHANGE ISN'T
ABOUT THE PLANET. IT'S ABOUT THE PEOPLE.
IT'S ABOUT OUR ABILITY TO LIVE A HEALTHY AND SAFE LIFE.
JOE BIDEN IS A PEOPLE PERSON. HE WENT INTO GOVERNMENT BECAUSE
HE CARED ABOUT PEOPLE AND HE STILL DOES.
SO HIS ENTIRE VALUES HAVE LED HIM TO THIS PLACE.
>> THERE'S NO DOUBT IN YOUR MIND THAT THIS IS LIKE OUR LAST
CHANCE, RIGHT? PEOPLE SAY, LAST BEST CHANCE.
IT SEEMS LIKE LAST CHANCE IF WE REALLY DON'T MAKE SIGNIFICANT
PROGRESS IN THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, WE ARE SORT OF FUCKED.
>> THIS COULD BE THE LAST BIG OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GET THIS
RIGHT. I'M A CONSTANT OPTIMISM.
I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU, WE WILL FALL OFF A CLIFF.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT IF WE MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY, WE DO IT TO
THE DETRIMENT OF OUR FAMILIES AND KIDS' FUTURE.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO INVEST IN A CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE NOW IF WE
EXPECT TO RETURN TO A HEALTHY, SAFE AND SECURE AND EQUITABLE
FUTURE. WE SHOULD BE ALL IN.