It's the Brian Laris Show on WNYC. Good morning again, everyone.

Now a follow-up on the climate section of the presidential debate.

You could be forgiven for asking what climate section, as it came

right at the end before the closing arguments, and was really short. And what's more, the moderator's

question was about climate, but the candidate's answers turned into an exchange about manufacturing

jobs, not protecting the world from potentially catastrophic warming.

Here's the full exchange, beginning with the question from ABC's Lindsey Davis.

We have another issue that we'd like to get to that's important for a number of Americans,

in particular younger voters, and that's climate change.

President Trump, with regard to the environment, you say that we have to have clean air and clean water.

Vice President Harris, you call climate change an existential threat.

The question to you both tonight is,

what would you do to fight climate change?

And Vice President Harris, we'll start with you,

one minute for you each.

Well, the former president had said the climate change is a hoax.

And what we know is that it is very real.

You ask anyone who lives in a state who has experienced these extreme weather occurrences

who now is either being denied home insurance or is being jacked up.

You ask anybody who has been the victim of what that means in terms of losing their home, having nowhere to go.

We know that we can actually deal with this issue.

The young people of America care deeply about this issue.

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