Over the past few weeks we've seen a series of punishing hurricanes once again

illustrate the consequences of climate change. Climate policy is one of the many

issues we're covering in our promises and policy segments in the run-up to election day.

The divide between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris on climate change is as stark as any

issue the country is facing. William Bringham has been covering this closely and I spoke

with him about it earlier this week. William it's great to see you. So as Vice

President Kamala Harris helped pass the largest government investment in clean energy and climate initiatives.

On the trail she often talks about climate change as a pocketbook issue like the soaring

insurance costs that many homeowners face due to extreme weather help us understand her approach.

I think on one level she sees the polls that says the economy is the most important

thing hence that focus.

Secondarily I think on the issue of climate change and why she doesn't drill into it that much is that I think her campaign believes that if you're a climate change voter and that really matters to you, you're already in her camp because of the things you mentioned, historic legislation, first of its

kind in American history, and her opponent has said climate change is a hoax and we

don't have to really deal with that. So as you mentioned she does talk about it but for instance in

her DNC speech climate change was one clause in one sentence and that was it.

She often talks about it as you say as an economic issue. She has said it's a crisis.

She has said it is urgent that we deal with it. But let's take a listen to how she couches this issue.

We have invested a trillion dollars in a clean energy economy

while we have also increased domestic gas production

to historic levels.

So she's merging clean energy and fossil fuels there into one answer. You

mentioned Donald Trump who has famously said that climate change is a hoax. How is

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