Bill Burr | Sen. Bernie Sanders Takes on Fossil Fuel Lobby in Fight Over Climate Change: A Closer Look
Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast
NBC
4.3 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 23 September 2021
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Seth takes a closer look at progressives in Congress pushing forward with a transformative $3.5 trillion spending plan that would invest heavily in climate infrastructure amid historic wildfires, droughts and flooding.
Then, Bill Burr talks about recording his comedy album Live from Madison Square Garden, speaks his mind about Mr. Potato Head and dishes on F Is for Family and Reservation Dogs.
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| 0:00.0 | According to a new book, Russian President Vladimir Putin told President Biden on a phone call |
| 0:08.0 | that he was quote-up set that Biden called him a killer and an old interview. |
| 0:12.4 | Putin was apparently so upset that two of his aides committed suicide. |
| 0:39.7 | Progressives in Congress, including Senate budget chairman Bernie Sanders, are pushing |
| 0:44.0 | forward with the transformative $3.5 trillion spending plan that would invest heavily in |
| 0:49.5 | climate infrastructure and historic wildfires droughts and flooding. |
| 0:52.8 | And now, centrist with ties to the fossil fuel industry are trying to water it down for |
| 0:56.9 | |
| 0:57.9 | It's time for a closer look. |
| 1:03.3 | If you've been living pretty much anywhere in the U.S., I don't have to tell you that |
| 1:06.2 | the effects of climate change are here and they're real. |
| 1:09.6 | You can see it everywhere from wildfires and droughts across the West to intense storms |
| 1:14.4 | and the Gulf to flooding in New York City. |
| 1:17.2 | The bootleg fire in southern Oregon scorching more than 280,000 acres. |
| 1:21.5 | Dozens of Western wildfires burning out of control sending smoke as far east as New |
| 1:26.3 | York City. |
| 1:27.6 | Records setting low temperatures, lots of areas, particularly across the South, not used |
| 1:31.5 | to serious winter weather getting absolutely buried under snow. |
| 1:34.6 | The remnants of hurricane Ida dumped billions of gallons of water with stunning speed on communities |
| 1:40.8 | from New York to Maryland. |
| 1:42.3 | The National Weather Service in New York City for the first time in its history is showing |
| 1:46.4 | a flash flood emergency. |
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