Coming up now on headline Humboldt North Coast Congressman Jared Huffman breaks down the Klamath Dams, describing in detail how the Yearslong effort to remove four dams on the river culminated recently with the FERC decision to let dam removal proceed.

Also, Huffman Talk Shop describing how the new political reality in Washington, D.C., with Republicans holding a narrow majority in the House of Representatives, will impact both his party and his constituents.

Coming up next on Headline Humboldt.

From the top of Humboldt Hill.

This is headline Humboldt.

I'm James Falck.

Thanks for joining us.

So once again, we're about to witness a changing of the guard.

While the White House and Senate will remain under Democratic control.

The House of Representatives is changing hands.

After four years, the Democrats in the last election lost the House majority by a slim margin, allowing for a GOP takeover and the likely elevation of Congressman Kevin McCarthy to the speakership.

Current Speaker Nancy Pelosi will lose her post and has decided to step down from leadership entirely.

Although she will retain her seat, so be it.

The question now becomes.

HOW WILL THE GOP HOLD ITS POWER.

WILL THEY MOVE AND ENDEAVOR ULTIMATELY TO MAKE SOUND USE FOR ITS AUTHORIZES TO RECURRENT DRAMA THAT HAS PLAGUED THE POLITICAL ARENA.

SO FAR THE SIGNS ARE NOT GOOD.

THE MAGA FOR THE DISAPPOINTING OF THE GOP CANDIDATES HAS TAKEN A EVEN FIRMER HOLD ON THE AGENDA.

WE ALL CLECTIVELY HAVE TO IDENTIFY REFLECTIVE AND CHOICE OF POLITICAL PARTY.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE PRESIDENTS OR THE D OR R CAN DEMEAN OR DETERMINE GOOD CHARACTER.

THERE ARE GOOD REPUBLICANS, AND SO SO REPUBLICAN, AND BAD DEMOCRATS.

POLITICAL PARTY IS AN AFFILIATION.

NOT A MARIJUANA.

NOT A SOLE CONTRACT.

HONEST AND TRUTH HAS TO BE THE HIGHEST GOAL.

AS EVER WE SHALL SEE.

WE SAT WITH CONGRESSMAN HUFFMAN TO TALK ABOUT THE IN COMING CONGRESS AND THE EFFORT TO CLEAR THE KLAMATH RIVER.

AND RESTORING THAT TROUBLED WATERSHED.

>> IT IS HUGE NEWS.

GREAT NEWS.

I THINK FOR THE NORTH COAST, AND FOR THE ENTIRE 10 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN REPRESENTED THIS AREA IN CONGRESS IT HAS BEEN ALL ABOUT THE PROCESS, RIGHT.

THIS NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT, AND THEN ATTEMPT TO GET AN SLETING SHUN THROUGH CONGRESS TO IMPLEMENT IMENT.

THEN A BIT OF REDIRECT WHERE THE STATES AND DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND THE TRIBES AND PACIFIC CORE DID A WORK AROUND BECAUSE CONGRESS WASN'T LETTING AND THEN JUST THIS ENDLESS COURT PROCEEDING, AND MANY OF US HAVE EVER THOUGHT ABOUT KNOWN IS A PROCESS.

NOW IT'S OVER.

IT IS THE FINAL APPROVAL THE LAST HURDLE CLEARED.

TRULY WITHIN WEEKS WE'RE GOING TO START REMOVING DAMS ON THE KLAMATH RIVER.

IT'S GOING TO BE THE BEST THING TO HAPPEN FOR WATER QUALITY AND SALMON AND STEELHEAD AND EQUITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN THE LOWER KLAMATH RIVER.

I'M VERY EXCITED.

LAST POINT SOMETIMES PEOPLE WE'RE IN A DROUGHT.

ZERO WATER SUPPLY FROM ANY OF THESE DAMS.

THEY ARE OBSOLETE HYDRODAMS.

THE HYDROPOWER IS BEING REPLACED.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE CHAIRMAN ALSO MENTIONED WE'RE IN A POSITION WHERE ENERGY IS AT A PREMIUM AS WELL.

AS HE EXPLAINED AND THERE THAT ISN'T GOING TO BE SO MUCH OF AN ISSUE HERE.

>> IT'S NOT.

PACIFIC CORE HAS BEEN WORKING FOR MANY YEARS.

ONE OF THE BENEFITS THEY'VE HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO LINE UP REPLACEMENT POWER.

THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE AN ISSUE.

PLUS WHEN WE'VE SEEN HYDROPOWER IS NOT THE KIND OF BEDROCK RELIABLE WATER SUPPLY OR POWER SUPPLY THAT IT USED TO BE.

WE'RE SEEING MAJOR HYDROPROJECTS THAT ARE NOT MAKING POWER RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THE DROUGHT.

WE APPRECIATE.

HYDROPOWER AND THAT HAVE SOUT LIVED THEIR USEFULLESS.

>> DO YOU THINK THERE'S ANYTHING WE'VE SEEN IN THIS PROCESS THAT NEEDS TO BE REFORMED THAT MAKES IT NOT SO MUCH PROTRACTED.

OR DO YOU THINK IT ENDED UP WESTBOUND A BENEFIT.

>> THE PROCESS SHOULD BE ALWAYS BE FASTER.

I THINK THAT THE SCRUTINY THAT PROCESS BROUGHT WAS A GOOD THING.

IT HELPED TO GET TO A GOOD PROJECT.

THIS DAM REMOVAL IT'S GOING THERE'S BEEN METICULOUS PLANNING AND SCRUTINY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SEDIMENT DOESN'T CONCONTINUE TOXIC MATERIAL.

THERE'S STAGED DEMOLITION AND REMOVAL OF THIS INFRASTRUCTURE SO IT DOESN'T CAUSE PROBLEMS DOWNSTREAM.

ALL OF THAT VERY CAREFUL PLANNING IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO MAKE THIS A SUCCESSFUL DURABLE PROJECT.

>> I FIBBED A LITTLE BIT.

I HAVE ONE MORE: WHAT ABOUT PRE PRECEDENT.

>> I THINK SO.

I THINK EVERY TIME YOU REMOVE A MAJOR DAM THAT'S OUTLIVED ITS USEFULNESS.

THEY THINK THERE IS SOME INTRINSIC VALUE IN DAMS AND THEY SHOULD NEVER BE REMOVED.

THE TRUTH IS A BUNCH OF DAMS SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN BUILT AND ARE CREATING MORE HARM THAN BENEFIT AT THIS STAGE OF THEIR LIVES.

THERE'S MORE DAMS THAT NEED TO COME OUT IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES.

WE'VE GOT SUCCESS STORIES IN NORTHERN WASHINGTON STATE FURTHER DOWN IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA THERE'S A DAM IN VENTURA AND A VERY SUCCESSFUL STORY THERE.

NEAR SALINAS, AND NOW THIS KLAMATH WILL BE THE BIGGEST OF ALL.

I THINK THESE ARE GOING TO BE HELPFUL PRECEDENTS FOR THE ALL F OF THE OTHER DAMS THAT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED.

AND THIS MAKES THAT EASIER.

>> SO WE JUST HAD AN ELECTION OBVIOUSLY, AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE PREDICTING THE INFAMOUS RED WAVE THAT.

IT DIDN'T COME TO PASS.

FIRST OFF HOW DO YOU GRADE THE PERFORMANCE OF THIS PGAS 2002 YEARS.

>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE THREAD BARE WE HAD THE MAJORITY.

IN THE SENATE WHEN YOU HAVE TO DO KIRSTIN CINEMA, AND GENTLEMEN MANCHIN.

AND IS REALLY NOTHING SHORT OF REMARKABLE.

I THINK THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO THE LEADERSHIP OF SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI FIRST AND FOREMOST.

SHE HELD A VERY DIVERSE AND FRACTIOUS CAUCUS TOGETHER.

I THINK IT SPEAKS TO THE STEADY HAND OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE A LOT OF THE ANGST.

WE'RE DEFINITELY BEING HURT BY INFLATION.

THERE'S A HUGE AMOUNT OF ANXIETY AROUND OVER THE WAR IN UKRAINE AND WHAT'S IT'S DOING TO THE GLOBAL ECONOMY.

AND IN DEALING WITH THESE PROBLEMS AND WE'VE BEEN BEEN ABLE TO NOTCH A GOING TO PUTTINGS US FOR THE WELL.

CHIPS AND SCIENCE ACT.

IT'S GOING TO RECAPTURE GLOBAL LEADERSHIP ON SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, SEMI CONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING.

A LOT OF THE PEOPLE AREN'T AWARE WE DID IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.

WE STEPPED OUTED WITH THE LARGEST VACCINE ROLLOUT IN THE NATION.

AND WE DID THIS BIG INFRASTRUCTURE PLAY AND THEN FINALLY THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT WHICH IS SO BIG ON THE PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES, AND GIVEN THE HAND WITH THE THREAD BARE MAJORITIES IT'S PRETTY REMARKABLE.

>> YOU TALKED ABOUT NANCY PELOSI.

SHE'S GOING TO REMAIN IN CONGRESS BUT NOT IN LEADERSHIP.

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS IN THE CHANGE OF LEADERSHIP AND WHO DO YOU THINK MIGHT BE THE FUTURE LEADER.

I'VE HEARD HAKIM JEFFRIES AS SOMEONE THAT MAY TAKE UP THE TORCH.

HOW SCARY IS IT TO MOVE AHEAD WITH NANCY.

>> SHE HAS DONE AN AMAZING AMOUNT.

SHE'S HISTORIC.

YOU KNOW I WAS IN 27 IN EGYPT WITH SPEAKER PELOSI.

ON ONE OF THESE EVENINGS WE WERE HAVING A PRETTY INTIMATE DINNER WITH AL GORE WHO IS A PRETTY BIG DEAL WHEN THIS COMES TO THIS COUNTRY AND CLIMATE.

AND YOU COULD TELL AL GORE HAD A SENSE OF NANCY MAY BE WRAPPING IT UP HERE, AND SOME OF THE THINGS HE SAID ABOUT HER.

JUST VERY MUCH FROM THE HEART, AND VERY INFORMAL.

THERE WERE NO CAMERAS ROLLING.

BUT HE REGARDS HER AS ONE OF THE MOST HISTORIC FIGURES IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

THE BEST AND MOST EFFECTIVE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

I CERTAINLY AGREE WITH IT WITH MYSELF.

>> HOW DO YOU THINK THAT THE HISTORY BETWEEN NANCY PELOSI WHO REPRESENTS AND DONALD TRUMP WHO REPRESENTS SORT OF THE POLAR OPPOSITE.

HOW DO YOU THINK HISTORY IS GOING TO LOOK AT THAT.

>> THERE WERE SOME ICONIC MOMENTS.

CALLING HIM OUT POINTING OUT JUST THE CRAZINESS OF WHAT HE WAS SAYING.

AND DEMONSTRATING THAT SHE WAS IN CHARGE.

HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THAT.

HE WAS INCREDIBLY RATTLED BY NANCY PELOSI.

SHE KNOWS HOW TO WIELD POWER FOR GOOD.

ALL HE KNOWS ABOUT IS FRANKLY BEING A NARCISSIST.

I THINK THE CONTRAST BETWEEN DONALD TRUMP AND NANCY PELOSI.

CERTAINLY HER STANDING AND TEARING UP HIS STATE OF UNION SPEECH WHICH WAS AN ATROCITY AND A COMPLETE BLACK MARK ON THE HISTORY OF THAT INSTITUTION THAT SPEECH THAT SHOULD BE FULL OF STATESMANSHIP.

YOU KNOW, IT WAS A PROVOCATIVE THING SHE DID.

I DON'T THINK SHE DID IT LIGHTLY.

THOSE THAT WERE SITTING IN THE CHAMBER DEMEAN ALL OF US AND OUR COUNTRY FELT A LITTLE BIT VALIDATED BY WHAT SHE DID.

LOOK PEOPLE WILL REMEMBER HER SOME WILL HATE HER.

SOME WILL THINK SHE WAS TOO COMBATIVE.

SHE WIELDED POWER LIKE NO ONE I'VE EVER SEEN.

SHE WAS ALWAYS IN COMMAND.

YOU SAW BEHIND-THE-SCENES OF JANUARY 6th.

THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE VICE PRESIDENTS, PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE.

NANCY PELOSI WAS THE ONE IN COMMAND IN THAT DIFFICULT MOMENT AND THAT'S ALWAYS WITH HER.

>> PRETTY REMARKABLE STORY.

YOU KNOW GUYS HAVE GONE FROM A NARROW MAJORITY TO A NARROW MINORITY WITHOUT NANCY.

IS THERE SOME CONCERN THERE MAY BE INCREASED FRACTIOUSNESS BECAUSE OF THAT AND DEMOCRATS ARE MOSTLY UNIFIED COMING INTO THE NEXT CONGRESS?

>> WELL, TRANSITIONS CAN EASILY BE MESSY AND CONTENTIOUS.

IF YOU CONTRAST WITH WHERE WITH THERE'S A FULL-BLOWN FOOD FIGHT AND KEVON McCARTHY IS MAKING ALL MARIJUANA TREE TRAITOR GREEN AND OTHER EXTREME ELEMENTS WITHIN HIS MAGA CAUCUS.

AND IT IS A MESS, AND NO ONE KNOWS HOW IT'S GOING TO GO.

IT'S GOING TO BE CHAOS, AND EXTREMISM.

MEANWHILE ON OUR SIDE IT'S AN INCREDIBLY SMOOTH TRANSITION.

THERE'S ABSOLUTELY THAT HAKIM JEFFRIES IS GOING TO BE THE NEXT DEMOCRATIC LEADER AND PETE AGUILAR.

I'M KIND OF AMAZED THAT OUR CAUCUS COALESCED AROUND THAT TRANSITION.

THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING.

IT'S A GOOD TEAM OF YOUNG LEADERS.

I THINK YOU'LL BE IMPRESSED BY WHAT THEY BRING TO THE TABLE.

ONE THING CLEAR AFTER THE ELECTION WITHOUT GERRYMANDERING IN FLORIDA, IT DOESN'T APPEAR THAT THE REPUBLICANS WOULD HAVE GAINED THE MAJORITY.

THEY GOT FIVE SEATS JUST FROM FLORIDA.

IS THERE ANYTHING THAT PEOPLE CAN DO TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE.

THE SUPREME COURT IS TAKING A HANDS OFF APPROACH HOW DISTRICTS ALLOCATE THEIR VOTES.

WHEN DISTRICTS ARE PURPOSELY PLANNED IN ORDER TO ENSURE A PARTICULAR POLITICAL OUTCOME.

AND CALIFORNIA SEEMS TO HAVE A SYSTEM THAT THREADS THAT NEEDLE.

WHAT ABOUT BE DONE?

>> WELL INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING WORKS.

WE'VE SHOWN IT IN CALIFORNIA.

AND THERE ARE A GROWING NUMBER OF STATES.

GERRYMANDERING YOU'RE RIGHT CERTAINLY HELPED REPUBLICANS IN FLORIDA.

IT ALSO HURT DEMOCRATS IN NEW YORK BECAUSE QUITE FRANKLY THE NEW YORK LEGISLATURE OVERREACHED AND JOINED TO BE VERY DEMOCRATIC GERRYMANDER AND LOST.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE SEATS WE LOST IN NEW YORK THAT HOLDING THE HOUSE MAJORITY AND LOSING IT.

IT WAS BOTH AN EFFECTIVE GERRYMANDER IN FLORIDA BY REPUBLICANS AND AN OVER REACHING WITH A BACKLASH IN NEW YORK THAT COST US THE HOUSE, AND I DO AGREE WITH THE PREMISE OF YOUR QUESTION.

WE SHOULD TRY TO PUT AN PARTISAN GERRYMANDERING, AND HAVE INDEPENDENT AREA REDISTRICTING.

>> I WAS WATCHING A NEWS PROGRAM AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE REVENGE THAT McCARTHY IS PROMISING AGAINST PARTICULAR DEMOCRATIC.

ADAM SCHIFF AND ERIC SWAUL WELL ARE GOING TO BE BOOTED OFF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEES.

THERE'S NO DUE PROCESS FOR THAT KIND OF THING.

THE LOUISIANA DER THE SPEAKER GETS TO DETERMINE WHO'S ON WHAT COMMITTEE NO METEOROLOGIST WHAT.

HE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A VOTE OF THE ENTIRE HOUSE, AND SO LOOK, THE REPUBLICANS HAVE TO DECIDE HOW THEY WANT TO WIELD THEIR VERY NEW VERY NARROW PARTY.

AND PANDER TO THE FOLKS ON NEWS MAX AND "FOX NEWS" I GUESS THEY SHOULD GO AFTER SOME OF THESE HIGH PROFILE THEY HAVE SMEARED ADAM SCHIFF AND ELEVATED HIM INTO THIS PARTISAN STRAW MUST NOT THEY HAVE TO ALWAYS HATE.

ADAM SCHIFF IS A GOOD MEMBER OF CONGRESS AND HE DOES BELONG ON THE INTEL COMMITTEE.

THEY'VE BLOWN UP THIS EPISODE ABOUT A CHINESE OPERATIVE IN ERIC SWAUL WELL'S SOMEHOW INSINUATED HERSELF INTO HIS OPERATION.

HE DID NOTHING WRONG.

BUT NEVERTHELESS THEY'VE BLOWN THAT INTO SOME BIG FAKE SCANDAL.

WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO IS SETTLE SCORES FOR ACTUAL SCANDALS FROM REPUBLICANS WHO DID THINGS THAT LEGITIMATETIVELY CAUSED THEM TO BE REMOVED FROM THE COMMITTEES.

AND IT'S GOING TO MAKE THEM LOOK BAD.

IT'S GOING TO BE MORE CHAOS.

THAT'S WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT THE NEXT TWO YEARS.

I HOPE THEY DON'T GET THE VOTES TO DO IT.

BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO PROBABLY AS WELL AS SLAY SALACIOUS INVESTIGATIONS INTO HUNTER BIDEN'S LAPTOP.

THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.

I HOPE THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT WHAT THESE PEOPLE AND IN 2024 BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A CHOICE BETWEEN THE CIRCUS, AND FOLKS THAT WANT TO GIVEN AND MAKE THEIR LIVES BETTER.

>> YOU MENTIONED COP 24.

>> GET SOME FUNDS THEY MAY NEED TO GET SOME REMEDIATION FOR THEIR SYSTEMS.

AT ONE 5 CELSIUS DEGREE MAY BE SLIPPING.

OUT OF OUR GRASP.

IS LIMITING THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE IS THAT A THING OF THE PAST DO YOU THINK?

>> IT CAN'T BE A THING OF THE PAST BECAUSE IF WE ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN JAMES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RUN AWAY WARMING AND LARGE SWATHS OF THIS PLANET BECOMING UNLIVABLE AND ALL OF THE CALAMITY THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT.

REFUGEE CRISIS THAT WILL MAKE UKRAINE ANDth REFUGEE LOOK LIKE A WALK IN THE PARK.

WE'VE GOT TO REDIRECT.

I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT COPP CAN'T OF PHASING DOWN FOSSIL FUEL AND STRONGER NATIONAL GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION COMMITMENTS FROM A BUNCH OF COUNTRIES.

WE NOW SHIFT TO THE G-7 AND G-20.

LOOK WHAT STOOD IN THE WAY OF US GETTING THAT STRONGER IN COPP27 WAS THE SAUDI ARABIA, CHINA WAS NOT HELPFUL AS WELL.

WE'RE GOING TO KEEP AT IT.

GIVING UP IS NOT AN OPTION.

NOW THE CHALLENGING TO MAKE PROGRESS IN THOSE OTHER PROBLEMS.

>> INTERESTED IN THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE UNITED STATES TO SAUDI ARABIA.

>> THEY ARE LIMITING OUR PROGRESS IN CLIMATE.

WE'VE JUST BM THAT THE CROWN PRINCE IS SHIELDED FROM THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE KILLING OF KAW SHOW GEE.

ARE WE GIVING UP A NOT GETTING ANYTHING IN RETURN?

>> THAT'S A FAIR DESCRIPTION OF OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SAUDIS.

THE SAUDIS ARE NOT OUR FRIENDS.

AND HISTORICALLY IN RETURN FOR FRANKLY A RELIABLE SUPPLY OF OIL WE WERE WILLING TO HOLD OUR NOSE AND DO ALL KINDS OF THINGS TO ADVANTAGE THE SAUDIS.

I REALLY THINK WE HAVE TO RE-VALT THAT SWIR PARADIGM.

WE DO NOT NEED THEIR OIL ANYMORE.

IF WE'RE INTERESTED IN THE CLIMATE CRISIS WE NEED TO WIND DOWN FOSSIL FUEL.

YOU'RE LEFT WITH A PETROL STATE WITH SOME OF THRASHL TRACK RECORD RELATIVE TO OUR COUNTRY AND MANY OTHER COUNTRIES.

SO I THINK IT'S TIME TO RE-VALT OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SAUDIS.

IT SHOULD NOT BE A SWEETHEART WHERE WE LOOK PAST ALL OF THE BAD CONDUCT.

THE COPP27 BAD BEHAVIOR WAS JUST AN EXAMPLE.

THERE SEEMS TO BE A PATTERN THAT DEAL PRIMARILY IN GAS AND OIL FOR THEIR ECONOMIC WELL-BEING, AND OFTEN MALEVOLENT CONSEQUENCE OF THEIR BUSINESS PRACTICES OR WHATEVER.

AND I DON'T KNOW WE GET A HANDLE ON THAT.

IT SEEMS SELF-EVIDENT.

I THINK IT'S INHERENT IN FOSSIL FUEL.

THE RESOURCE CURSE THAT AFLICKED ALL OF THESE DEVELOPING WHERE THEY FIND DEPOSITS OF FOSSIL FUEL.

AND THEY BRING IN THESE MULTI-NATIONAL COMPANIES TO EXTRACT.

AND IT NEVER WORKS OUT VERY WELL.

IT ALWAYS LEADS TO CORRUPTION AND WARS AND ALL KINDS OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE PROBLEMS.

THERE IS A BETTER WAY AND THAT IS CLEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY WHERE NO NATION NEEDS TO RELY ON ANY OTHER NATION.

THE SAUDIS OR EVEN US.

ALL NATIONS HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE TOTALLY SELF-SUFFICIENT.

IT'S GOING TO BRING MORE PROSPERITY.

AND IT'S GOING TO AVOID THIS RESOURCE CURSE AND IT'S GOING TO HELP US SAVE THE PLANET AND REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF WARS WE FIGHT OVER OIL AND GAS.

>> CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THAT DAY.

>> ONE THING THAT'S INTERESTING TO WATCH AS WE COME OUT OF THE COPP27.

ONCE THAT PASSED A BUNCH OF AMBITIOUS AND NOW WE'RE GOING BACK TO A REPUBLICAN HOUSE.

SO THAT PROGRESS IS GOING TO STOP FOR THE TIME BEING.

HOW FRUSTRATING TO OUR PARTNERS IN OTHER COUNTRIES TO SEE AMERICA'S POLITICAL WILL YO-YO BACK AND FORTH AND DOES IT IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO MARSHALL A COALITION IN ORDER TO GET PROGRESS MADE?

>> IT'S NOT HELPFUL BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN ALL PROGRESS STOPS.

WE'VE STILL GOT THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.

THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF REGULATORY STANDARDS AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD.

WE'VE GOT THE SENATE AND FRANKLY A NEAR MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SUPPORT THE ADMINISTRATION IN THOSE THINGS.

BUT YOU'VE GOT ALL OF THE SUBNATIONAL PROGRESS THAT WILL CONTINUE IN THE UNITED STATES.

SO I'M TALKING ABOUT STATES LIKE CALIFORNIA AND THE HALF-DOZEN AND OTHER STATES THAT FOLLOW OUR LEAD ON THINGS LIKE CLEAN CAR STANDARDS.

YOU'VE GOT ALL OF THE INVESTMENTS FROM THE INFRASTRUCTURE ACT.

AND EVERY MANY OF THOSE INVOLVING CLEAN ENERGY AND CLIMATE ACTION.

AND THE HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO STOP THAT.

THEN YOU'VE GOT LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR, AND I THINK MOMENTUM FOR CLIMATE ACTION AT ALL OF THOSE LEVELS.

THIS BY NO MEANS MEANS THAT PROGRESS IS STOPPED.

THEY'LL SEE THE TOTALITY OF CLIMATE PROGRESS FROM THE U.S.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE GOING TO BE ENOUGH TO KEEP US IN A GTION POSITION.

JACK SMITH APPOINTED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.

DO YOU THINK THAT MOVE WAS NECESSARY, AND HOW LIKELY EVEN GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF APPOINTING SOMEONE WHO OSTENSIBLY TO THE FORMER PRESIDENT.

DO YOU THINK HOW REPUBLICANS INTERPRETER HIS WORK?

>> NOTHING WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF HOW REPUBLICANS INTERPRETER ANY OF THIS.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE AGGRIEVED YOU KNOW, DAU CRIERS OF WITCH HUNTS.

NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS.

IT'S MERRICK GARLAND WAS A FAIR-MINDED KIND OF PONDEROUS JUDICIALLY DISPOSED LEADER.

HE WANTED TO ERR ON THE SIDE OF I GUESS PLACATING PUBLIC PERCEPTION, AND UNDERSCORING HIS FAIRNESS.

BUT IT WON'T WORK.

"FOX NEWS" AND EVERYONE ELSE WILL TEAR THIS NEW GUY AWAY.

THEY WILL ATTACK THIS AS PARTISAN EVEN THOUGH THAT'S NOT.

AND I'M GOING TO LET THAT PLAY OUT.

AND TRUST THAT FOLKS THAT SPENT THEIR CAREERS WORKING ON THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, AND I HOPE THAT THE CHIPS WILL FALL WHERE THEY WILL.

NO ONE SHOULD SHY AWAY FROM PROSECUTORING DONALD TRUMP.

BUT NO ONE SHOULD PURSUE BECAUSE HE BELONGS TO THE OTHER PARTY.

I HAVE A FEELING THIS WILL SORT ITSELF OUT.

>> LAST QUESTION ABOUT THE JANUARY 6th COMMITTEE.

AND THEY'VE DELIVERED OBVIOUSLY THE FINAL REPORT IS YET TO COME OUT.

THEY CHANGED THE CONVERSATION.

HOW DO YOU THINK HISTORY WILL VIEW THAT BODY?

YEAH I AGREE I THINK THEY DID CHANGE THE CONVERSATION.

THEY BROUGHT OUT WITNESSES THAT REALLY WERE QUITE REVELATORY IN WHAT THEY SHARED.

HISTORY IS GOING TO WHAT LED UP TO AND WHAT HAPPENED ON THAT DAY.

AND I THINK THEY ALSO SET IN MOTION SOME WHEELS OF ACCOUNTABILITY THAT SHOULD CONTINUE TO TURN EVEN THOUGH REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO TURN THE LIGHTS ON THIS COMMITTEE.

I'M SUPER IMPRESSED BY THEIR WORK.

>> THAT'S ALL WE HAVE.

I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE IN AND TALKING TO US.

>> HAVE A HAPPY THANKS GIVING.