Dem Senators to NBC: Make First Debate About Climate Change

A trio of Democratic senators wrote a letter to the top official at NBC News on Thursday calling on the network to make climate change the primary focus of the first 2020 presidential primary debate, which the network is set to host next month.

“We are writing to strongly encourage NBC News and MSNBC to devote a significant amount of time to a discussion on climate action at the upcoming Democratic presidential primary debate,” reads the letter from Sens. Brian Schatz (D-HI), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) to NBC News Chairman Andy Lack.