From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro. This is The Daily.

Today, from the moment it was unveiled, it has divided Democrats and given a weapon to Republicans.

The promise and the peril of the Green New Deal.

It's Thursday, March 7th.

Quarrel, where does the story of the Green New Deal begin?

Well, most recently we saw it kind of ignite on February 7th.

Coral Davenport covers energy and the environment for the times.

The day that representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who has, of course, skyrocketed in celebrity,

essentially, to become this iconic figure on the left, introduced.

It's called a non-binding resolution.

Thank you, thank you, Senator.

And thank you to all of my colleagues here that have joined us today.

This is so incredible.

Where she sort of came forward.

At this press conference on Capitol Hill, this freezing cold day, she wore green suits.

And I am so incredibly excited that we are going to transition this country into the future,

and we are not going to be dragged behind by our past.

And laid out this set of sweeping incredibly ambitious proposals about how to both tackle climate change

and solve social injustice all in one package.

So thank you all very, very much.

Thank you, Alexandria.

So how do Democrats react to this proposal from their new star freshman house colleague?

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