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Fareed Zakaria GPS

Former Vice President Al Gore joins Fareed to share his views, President Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris agreement, The broken politics that have become epidemic in Washington

Fareed Zakaria GPS

CNN

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4.23.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2017

⏱️ 39 minutes

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On GPS, former Vice President Al Gore joins Fareed to share his views on just how dire the climate crisis really is, President Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris agreement, and the broken politics that have become epidemic in Washington. Also, an all-star panel weighs in on the Republican revolt in Congress, the crisis in Venezuela and Trump's new immigration plan. Al Gore, Julia Ioffe, Dan Senor, Gideon RoseTo learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Climate change. Just how bad is it?

0:04.8

Former Vice President Al Gore on the State of the planet.

0:07.6

This is for real. Were we not to take a hold of it and solve it?

0:12.0

The consequences would be too catastrophic to even imagine.

0:18.1

We will also weigh in on the state of American politics.

0:21.3

From my point of view, the worst of it is that it's producing constant distractions.

0:26.9

Will he jump in to fix the mess?

0:29.2

Wouldn't it make sense for you to run for president?

0:33.6

Also, the weak in world affairs. Russia, Venezuela, North Korea.

0:39.2

And will America get a new immigration policy?

0:42.9

Have a great panel to discuss.

0:45.6

Finally, an American red state taking cues from a much-derided,

0:49.8

socialist Scandinavian country.

0:52.7

And the prisons of North Dakota is there a lesson for all of America.

0:56.9

I'll explore.

1:01.1

But first, here's my take.

1:03.0

In 1992, Pennsylvania's governor Robert Casey, a Democrat dedicated to the working class,

1:09.0

asked to speak at the National Convention in New York City.

1:12.4

He wanted to propose a pro-life plan for the party platform,

1:16.0

mostly as a way of affirming his Catholic beliefs.

1:19.3

He fully understood that the motion would be voted down.

1:22.2

But the Democratic Party refused to permit him even to air his views.

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