ME. THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW STARTS
THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW STARTS NOW.
NOW. >> THANK YOU, MY FRIEND.
>> THANK YOU, MY FRIEND. MUCH APPRECIATED.
MUCH APPRECIATED. HAPPY TO HAVE YOU WITH US.
HAPPY TO HAVE YOU WITH US. THIS IS ALEXANDER FLEMING BORN
THIS IS ALEXANDER FLEMING BORN IN SCOTLAND IN 1881 WHO TRAINED
IN SCOTLAND IN 1881 WHO TRAINED AS A DOCTOR AND RESEARCH
AS A DOCTOR AND RESEARCH SCIENTIST.
SCIENTIST. IN 1914 HIS CAREER WAS
IN 1914 HIS CAREER WAS INTERRUPTED WHEN HE WENT OFF TO
INTERRUPTED WHEN HE WENT OFF TO SERVE IN WORLD WAR I FOR THE
SERVE IN WORLD WAR I FOR THE DURATION OF THE WAR.
DURATION OF THE WAR. HE RETURNED BACK IN 1918 WHERE
HE RETURNED BACK IN 1918 WHERE UPON HE BECAME A PROFESSOR AT
UPON HE BECAME A PROFESSOR AT ST. MARY’S MEDICAL SCHOOL IN
ST. MARY’S MEDICAL SCHOOL IN LONDON WHERE HE HAD DONE HIS OWN
LONDON WHERE HE HAD DONE HIS OWN MEDICAL TRAINING.
MEDICAL TRAINING. ALEXANDER FLEMING’S RESEARCH WAS
ALEXANDER FLEMING’S RESEARCH WAS ABOUT BACTERIA AND VIRUSS AND
ABOUT BACTERIA AND VIRUSS AND VACCINES AND IN 1928 IN HIS LAB
VACCINES AND IN 1928 IN HIS LAB AT ST. MARY’S, ALEXANDER FLEMING
AT ST. MARY’S, ALEXANDER FLEMING HAD A FORTUITOUS AND WORLD
HAD A FORTUITOUS AND WORLD CHANGING ENCOUNTER WITH DIRTY
CHANGING ENCOUNTER WITH DIRTY DISHES.
DISHES. HE HAD BEEN WORKING WITH A
HE HAD BEEN WORKING WITH A FAIRLY NASTY STRAIN OF STAPH
FAIRLY NASTY STRAIN OF STAPH BACTERIA IN HIS LAB WHEN HE
BACTERIA IN HIS LAB WHEN HE FOUND BY ACCIDENT THAT ONE OF
FOUND BY ACCIDENT THAT ONE OF THE CULTURE PLATES HE HAD BEEN
THE CULTURE PLATES HE HAD BEEN WORKING WITH, I GUESS HAD BEEN
WORKING WITH, I GUESS HAD BEEN NEGLECTED OR MAYBE SOMEHOW CROSS
NEGLECTED OR MAYBE SOMEHOW CROSS TON TAM NATED ED CONTAMINATE AND
TON TAM NATED ED CONTAMINATE AND GROWING MOLD.
GROWING MOLD. THAT MIGHT BE CAUSE FOR REGRET.
THAT MIGHT BE CAUSE FOR REGRET. OH, NO, YOU WOULD BE AT LEAST
OH, NO, YOU WOULD BE AT LEAST MILDLY GROSSED OUT AND THAT
MILDLY GROSSED OUT AND THAT WOULD BE CAUSE FOR THROWING IT
WOULD BE CAUSE FOR THROWING IT OUT OR CLEANING UP THE CULTURE
OUT OR CLEANING UP THE CULTURE PLATE.
PLATE. WHAT FLEMING NOTICED THAT DAY IN
WHAT FLEMING NOTICED THAT DAY IN 1928 AND WHAT ULTIMATELY CHANGED
1928 AND WHAT ULTIMATELY CHANGED THE WORLD AND SAVED LIVES IS ON
THE WORLD AND SAVED LIVES IS ON THAT CULTURE PLATE IN WHICH HE
THAT CULTURE PLATE IN WHICH HE HAD BEEN GROWING THAT STAPH
HAD BEEN GROWING THAT STAPH BACTERIA, THERE WAS A SPLOTCH
BACTERIA, THERE WAS A SPLOTCH AROUND THAT SPOT OF MOLD.
AROUND THAT SPOT OF MOLD. IN THAT SPLOTCH SPREADING OUT
IN THAT SPLOTCH SPREADING OUT FROM THE EDGES OF THE MOLD,
FROM THE EDGES OF THE MOLD, THERE WAS NO BACTERIA.
THERE WAS NO BACTERIA. THAT MEANT IT OCCURRED TO HIM
THAT MEANT IT OCCURRED TO HIM THAT THAT MOLD WAS KILLING THE
THAT THAT MOLD WAS KILLING THE BACTERIA.
BACTERIA. IN THAT MOMENT, ALEXANDER
IN THAT MOMENT, ALEXANDER FLEMING ASKED THE KEY
FLEMING ASKED THE KEY QUESTION -- HEY, WHAT’S IN THAT
QUESTION -- HEY, WHAT’S IN THAT MOLD?
MOLD? FLEMING ENDED UP WRITING A PAPER
FLEMING ENDED UP WRITING A PAPER ABOUT HIS SCORE OF AND PUBLISHED
ABOUT HIS SCORE OF AND PUBLISHED IN 1929 TO NOT MUCH ACCLAIM AND
IN 1929 TO NOT MUCH ACCLAIM AND NOT MUCH NOTICE.
NOT MUCH NOTICE. BUT YEARS LATER, ALMOST A DECADE
BUT YEARS LATER, ALMOST A DECADE LATER, SCIENTISTS WORKING AT A
LATER, SCIENTISTS WORKING AT A LAB AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
LAB AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD CAME ACROSS ALEXANDER PHLEGMFLEM
CAME ACROSS ALEXANDER PHLEGMFLEM PAPER.
PAPER. THEY DISCOVERED THIS DISCOVERY
THEY DISCOVERED THIS DISCOVERY ABOUT THE MOLD KILLING OFF THE
ABOUT THE MOLD KILLING OFF THE BACTERIA LOOKED LIKE IT MIGHT BE
BACTERIA LOOKED LIKE IT MIGHT BE PROMISING.
PROMISING. THEY STARTED TO WORK ON IT.
THEY STARTED TO WORK ON IT. IN 1939 AND 1940 AND 1941, THEY
IN 1939 AND 1940 AND 1941, THEY TURNED THAT INTO SOMETHING
TURNED THAT INTO SOMETHING PROMISING INDEED.
PROMISING INDEED. THE ANTI-BACTERIAL SUBSTANCE
THE ANTI-BACTERIAL SUBSTANCE THAT ALEXANDER FLEMING STUMBLED
THAT ALEXANDER FLEMING STUMBLED UPON IN THAT MOLDY DISH A DECADE
UPON IN THAT MOLDY DISH A DECADE EARLIER WAS SOMETHING HE CALLED
EARLIER WAS SOMETHING HE CALLED PENICILLIN.
PENICILLIN. BY 1941, THOSE RESEARCHERS AT
BY 1941, THOSE RESEARCHERS AT OFORDO
OFORDO OXFORD AND THEY FIGURED OUT HOW
OXFORD AND THEY FIGURED OUT HOW TO TURN IT INTO A MEDICAL
TO TURN IT INTO A MEDICAL TREATMENT AND IT WAS CLOSE TO A
TREATMENT AND IT WAS CLOSE TO A MIRACLE CURE THAT COULD SFOPTOP
MIRACLE CURE THAT COULD SFOPTOP KINDS OF INFECTIONS.
KINDS OF INFECTIONS. THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANT AT
THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANT AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME AND PLACE.
THIS PARTICULAR TIME AND PLACE. ENGLISH RESEARCHERS DEVELOPING
ENGLISH RESEARCHERS DEVELOPING THIS MIRACLE MEDICAL CURE IN
THIS MIRACLE MEDICAL CURE IN 1941.
1941. ENGLAND HAD JUST GONE TO WAR
ENGLAND HAD JUST GONE TO WAR AGAINST GERMANY IN 1939 AND
AGAINST GERMANY IN 1939 AND BECOME THE SECOND WORLD WAR.
BECOME THE SECOND WORLD WAR. BY 1941, THINGS WERE NOT GOING
BY 1941, THINGS WERE NOT GOING AWESOME TO SAY THE LEAST.
AWESOME TO SAY THE LEAST. THIS TEAM OF SCIENTISTS AT
THIS TEAM OF SCIENTISTS AT OXFORD HAD TAKEN ALEXANDER
OXFORD HAD TAKEN ALEXANDER FLEMING’S DISCOVERY AND PRODUCED
FLEMING’S DISCOVERY AND PRODUCED SOMETHING THAT COULD CHANGE
SOMETHING THAT COULD CHANGE EVERYTHING.
EVERYTHING. FOR THE WORLD AT LARGE IN THE
FOR THE WORLD AT LARGE IN THE LONG RUN, IT COULD CHANGE
LONG RUN, IT COULD CHANGE EVERYTHING.
EVERYTHING. FOR THE WAR IN THE SHORT RUN, IT
FOR THE WAR IN THE SHORT RUN, IT COULD CHANGE EVERYTHING, TOO.
COULD CHANGE EVERYTHING, TOO. PENICILLIN AS A MIRACLE CURE FOR
PENICILLIN AS A MIRACLE CURE FOR ALL KINDS OF INFECTIONS, IT
ALL KINDS OF INFECTIONS, IT WASN’T EXACTLY ON PAR WITH THE
WASN’T EXACTLY ON PAR WITH THE DISCOVERY OF THE ATOMIC BOMB,
DISCOVERY OF THE ATOMIC BOMB, BUT THE CLOSEST MEDICAL E85 LENT
BUT THE CLOSEST MEDICAL E85 LENT AT THE TIME.
AT THE TIME. IF THEY COULD ONLY FIGURE OUT
IF THEY COULD ONLY FIGURE OUT HOW TO MASS PRODUCE THIS MIRACLE
HOW TO MASS PRODUCE THIS MIRACLE CURE WHICH THE GERMANS DID NOT
CURE WHICH THE GERMANS DID NOT HAVE, ALLIED SOLDIERS WOULD HAVE
HAVE, ALLIED SOLDIERS WOULD HAVE A HUGE NEW ADVANTAGE IN THE WAR
A HUGE NEW ADVANTAGE IN THE WAR NOT IN TERMS OF THE ABILITY TO
NOT IN TERMS OF THE ABILITY TO KILL THE ENEMY, BUT THE ABILITY
KILL THE ENEMY, BUT THE ABILITY TO SURVIVE THEIR OWN WOUNDS AND
TO SURVIVE THEIR OWN WOUNDS AND THEIR OWN BATTLEFIELD ILLNESSES.
THEIR OWN BATTLEFIELD ILLNESSES. IF THEY COULD ONLY GET THIS
IF THEY COULD ONLY GET THIS STUFF MADE AND DISTRIBUTED IN
STUFF MADE AND DISTRIBUTED IN QUANTITY, THIS COULD ABSOLUTELY
QUANTITY, THIS COULD ABSOLUTELY BE A GAME CHANGER.
BE A GAME CHANGER. BUT HOW COULD THEY DO THAT?
BUT HOW COULD THEY DO THAT? WELL, 78 YEARS AGO TOMORROW ON
WELL, 78 YEARS AGO TOMORROW ON JULY 2nd, 1941, TWO SCIENTISTS
JULY 2nd, 1941, TWO SCIENTISTS FROM THAT OXFORD LAB FLEW ACROSS
FROM THAT OXFORD LAB FLEW ACROSS THE ATLANTIC TO THE UNITED
THE ATLANTIC TO THE UNITED STATES, CARRYING A VERY, VERY
STATES, CARRYING A VERY, VERY VERY PRECIOUS SUITCASE WHICH
VERY PRECIOUS SUITCASE WHICH CONTAINED A BUNCH OF CAREFULLY
CONTAINED A BUNCH OF CAREFULLY WRAPPED GLASS VIALS OF FREEZE
WRAPPED GLASS VIALS OF FREEZE DRIED PENICILLIN AND LANDED IN
DRIED PENICILLIN AND LANDED IN THE UNITED STATES TO SEE IF HERE
THE UNITED STATES TO SEE IF HERE IN THE UNITED STATES IT COULD BE
IN THE UNITED STATES IT COULD BE MASS PRODUCED INTO A MEDICAL
MASS PRODUCED INTO A MEDICAL TREATMENT THAT COULD BE USED IN
TREATMENT THAT COULD BE USED IN THE WAR EFFORT.
THE WAR EFFORT. THE REASON THEY CAME HERE WAS
THE REASON THEY CAME HERE WAS BECAUSE AMERICA HAD THE KNOW HOW
BECAUSE AMERICA HAD THE KNOW HOW AND THE CAPABILITY TO DO IT.
AND THE CAPABILITY TO DO IT. IN JULY OF 1941, AMERICA WAS NOT
IN JULY OF 1941, AMERICA WAS NOT YET IN THE WAR.
YET IN THE WAR. THE RESOURCES WERE THERE FOR NOT
THE RESOURCES WERE THERE FOR NOT STRAINED IN THE WAY THE ALLIED
STRAINED IN THE WAY THE ALLIED RESOURCES WERE FIGHTING THE WAR
RESOURCES WERE FIGHTING THE WAR ALREADY.
ALREADY. MORE IMPORTANTLY, AMERICA HAD
MORE IMPORTANTLY, AMERICA HAD THE SCIENTIST CAN DO CAPACITY
THE SCIENTIST CAN DO CAPACITY AND ACUMEN THAT THE ALLIES
AND ACUMEN THAT THE ALLIES NEEDED TO GET THIS CRUCIALLY
NEEDED TO GET THIS CRUCIALLY IMPORTANT JOB DONE.
IMPORTANT JOB DONE. AND SO THOSE OXFORD SCIENTISTS
AND SO THOSE OXFORD SCIENTISTS FLEW OVER HERE AND WENT TO THE
FLEW OVER HERE AND WENT TO THE U.S. GOVERNMENT.
U.S. GOVERNMENT. THEY WENT TO THE BEST PLACE IN
THEY WENT TO THE BEST PLACE IN THE WORLD TO TRY TO PULL OFF
THE WORLD TO TRY TO PULL OFF THIS BIG SCIENTIFIC LEAP.
THIS BIG SCIENTIFIC LEAP. THEY WENT TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT
THEY WENT TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO THE RESEARCH
OF AGRICULTURE TO THE RESEARCH LAB OF THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
LAB OF THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE AT THE USDA.
SERVICE AT THE USDA. THERE THEY UNPACKED THEIR FREEZE
THERE THEY UNPACKED THEIR FREEZE DRIED VIALS OF THIS MOLD AND
DRIED VIALS OF THIS MOLD AND THEY GOT TO WORK FIGURING OUT
THEY GOT TO WORK FIGURING OUT HOW TO DEVISE A METHOD FOR
HOW TO DEVISE A METHOD FOR INDUSTRIAL SCALE PRODUCTION OF
INDUSTRIAL SCALE PRODUCTION OF THIS MEDICAL TREATMENT THEY HAD
THIS MEDICAL TREATMENT THEY HAD JUST INVENTED EDED BASED ON
JUST INVENTED EDED BASED ON PENICILLIN.
PENICILLIN. THE SCIENTISTS GOT TO WORK ON IT
THE SCIENTISTS GOT TO WORK ON IT IMMEDIATELY.
IMMEDIATELY. THEY TRIED A GOZILLION DIFFERENT
THEY TRIED A GOZILLION DIFFERENT THINGS AND ULTIMATELY IN SHORT
THINGS AND ULTIMATELY IN SHORT ORDER, THEY DID IT.
ORDER, THEY DID IT. THEY WERE USING 10,000 GALLON
THEY WERE USING 10,000 GALLON VATS AND OBSCURE CORN SUGARS AND
VATS AND OBSCURE CORN SUGARS AND DIFFERENT TEMPERATURE AND
DIFFERENT TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY CONTROLS.
HUMIDITY CONTROLS. BY THE TIME U.S. SOLDIERS WERE
BY THE TIME U.S. SOLDIERS WERE JOINING THE ALLIED LAND INVASION
JOINING THE ALLIED LAND INVASION OF EUROPE ON D-DAY, JUNE OF
OF EUROPE ON D-DAY, JUNE OF 1944, PART OF WHAT THEY HAD ON
1944, PART OF WHAT THEY HAD ON THEIR SIDE IN THE WAR EFFORT
THEIR SIDE IN THE WAR EFFORT WERE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOSES
WERE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOSES OF PENICILLIN.
OF PENICILLIN. BY 1945, BRITISH NEWS REELS WERE
BY 1945, BRITISH NEWS REELS WERE REPORTING ON U.S. MASS
REPORTING ON U.S. MASS PRODUCTION OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
PRODUCTION OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MEDICAL ADVANCE OF THE WAR.
MEDICAL ADVANCE OF THE WAR. >> INDUSTRIAL MONUMENT TO THE
>> INDUSTRIAL MONUMENT TO THE MIRACLE DRUG.
MIRACLE DRUG. MASS PRODUCTION PENICILLIN PLANT
MASS PRODUCTION PENICILLIN PLANT OF TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA WHERE
OF TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA WHERE THE MEDICINE IS BEING
THE MEDICINE IS BEING MANUFACTURED WHOLESALE.
MANUFACTURED WHOLESALE. YOU SEE IT PROCESSED BY RAPID
YOU SEE IT PROCESSED BY RAPID FERMATION.
FERMATION. IT’S DEHYDRATED AND EACH BATCH
IT’S DEHYDRATED AND EACH BATCH OF 12,000 GALLONS USE ABOUT
OF 12,000 GALLONS USE ABOUT 15,000 GALLONS OF CONCENTRATED
15,000 GALLONS OF CONCENTRATED PENICILLIN.
PENICILLIN. >> SCIENTISTS MADE IT POSSIBLE
>> SCIENTISTS MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR AMERICA AND THERE BY THE
FOR AMERICA AND THERE BY THE ALLIES TO MASS PRODUCE
ALLIES TO MASS PRODUCE PENICILLIN IN WORLD WAR II.
PENICILLIN IN WORLD WAR II. SCIENTISTS WORKING FOR THE USDA.
SCIENTISTS WORKING FOR THE USDA. EVEN THAT DIVISION, THE
EVEN THAT DIVISION, THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE STILL EXISTS.
STILL EXISTS. IT IS STILL A WORLD LEADING
IT IS STILL A WORLD LEADING ELITE HEADQUARTERS FOR ALL TYPES
ELITE HEADQUARTERS FOR ALL TYPES OF PRACTICAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL
OF PRACTICAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH. IF YOU ARE FEELING A TREMOR IN
IF YOU ARE FEELING A TREMOR IN THE PLOT HERE IT’S BECAUSE AS
THE PLOT HERE IT’S BECAUSE AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, TODAY CUTTING
YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, TODAY CUTTING EDGE PRACTICAL SCIENTIFIC
EDGE PRACTICAL SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS HAVING TO
RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS HAVING TO DO WITH THE NATURAL WORLD AND
DO WITH THE NATURAL WORLD AND HOW TO GROW THINGS AND
HOW TO GROW THINGS AND AGRICULTURE AT EVERY SCALE IN
AGRICULTURE AT EVERY SCALE IN THIS DAY AND AGE, THAT
THIS DAY AND AGE, THAT INEVITABLEY MEANS TALKING ABOUT
INEVITABLEY MEANS TALKING ABOUT CLIMATE AND CLIMATE CHANGE EVEN
CLIMATE AND CLIMATE CHANGE EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE
IF YOU ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE CAUSES, YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT
CAUSES, YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT COPING AND PREDICTING IT AND
COPING AND PREDICTING IT AND MITIGATEING IT HOWEVER YOU CAN
MITIGATEING IT HOWEVER YOU CAN EVEN WHEN THAT TAKES PLACE
EVEN WHEN THAT TAKES PLACE WITHIN THE U.S. FEDERAL
WITHIN THE U.S. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LED BY A PRESIDENT
GOVERNMENT LED BY A PRESIDENT NAMED DONALD J. TRUMP.
NAMED DONALD J. TRUMP. ONE OF THE BIG TAKEAWAYS AT THE
ONE OF THE BIG TAKEAWAYS AT THE DEBATE BOTH SUBSTANTIVELY AND
DEBATE BOTH SUBSTANTIVELY AND STYLISTICALLY WAS THE DEGREE TO
STYLISTICALLY WAS THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE CANDIDATES WANTED TO
WHICH THE CANDIDATES WANTED TO BE SEEN TO BE COMPETING WITH
BE SEEN TO BE COMPETING WITH EACH OTHER IN PART ON THE BASIS
EACH OTHER IN PART ON THE BASIS OF WHOSE MOST SERIOUS ABOUT IT
OF WHOSE MOST SERIOUS ABOUT IT AND WHO IS MOST AGGRESSIVE ON
AND WHO IS MOST AGGRESSIVE ON THE NEED TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF
THE NEED TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF CLIMATE.
CLIMATE. THEY ARE FIGHTING OVER WHO
THEY ARE FIGHTING OVER WHO SHOULD BE SEEN AS HAVING THE
SHOULD BE SEEN AS HAVING THE BEST CLIMATE PLAN AND THE
BEST CLIMATE PLAN AND THE THREATS FROM CLIMATE CLIMATE
THREATS FROM CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE ABILITY TO GET
CHANGE AND THE ABILITY TO GET BIG THINGS DONE.
BIG THINGS DONE. AT THE HIGH LEVEL OF AMERICAN
AT THE HIGH LEVEL OF AMERICAN ELECTORAL POLITICS FOR THE FIRST
ELECTORAL POLITICS FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A BIG
TIME, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A BIG CONTEST FOR NATIONAL LEADERSHIP
CONTEST FOR NATIONAL LEADERSHIP THAT CENTERS ON THE ISSUE OF
THAT CENTERS ON THE ISSUE OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND WHAT WE ARE
CLIMATE CHANGE AND WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO ABOUT IT AS A
SUPPOSED TO DO ABOUT IT AS A COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. THAT IS A LANDMARK THING AND
THAT IS A LANDMARK THING AND THAT CONTEST AMONG THE DEMOCRATS
THAT CONTEST AMONG THE DEMOCRATS IS GOING TO BE FASCINATING TO
IS GOING TO BE FASCINATING TO WATCH.
WATCH. THEY WANT TO NOT ONLY DO
THEY WANT TO NOT ONLY DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, BUT WE GET
SOMETHING ABOUT IT, BUT WE GET TO SEE THEM ALL COMPETE AS TO
TO SEE THEM ALL COMPETE AS TO WHO CAN SET THEMSELVES APART AND
WHO CAN SET THEMSELVES APART AND CONNECT THE MOST WITH VOTERS ON
CONNECT THE MOST WITH VOTERS ON THE ISSUE AND PROVE THE ABILITY
THE ISSUE AND PROVE THE ABILITY TO GET PRACTICAL THINGS DONE ON
TO GET PRACTICAL THINGS DONE ON THAT ISSUE.
THAT ISSUE. THAT’S HAPPENING IN DEMOCRATIC
THAT’S HAPPENING IN DEMOCRATIC ELECTORAL POLITICS.
ELECTORAL POLITICS. SIMULTANEOUSLY WITHIN THE
SIMULTANEOUSLY WITHIN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LED BY DONALD
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LED BY DONALD TRUMP, THERE IS ALREADY SUPER
TRUMP, THERE IS ALREADY SUPER HIGH LEVEL PRACTICAL RESEARCH
HIGH LEVEL PRACTICAL RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS HAPPENING AT A
AND ANALYSIS HAPPENING AT A WORLD CLASS LEVEL ON HOW TO
WORLD CLASS LEVEL ON HOW TO PREDICT AND COPE WITH AND E
PREDICT AND COPE WITH AND E MELIORATE CLIMATE CHANGE.
MELIORATE CLIMATE CHANGE. THAT IS HAPPENING AT POLICES
THAT IS HAPPENING AT POLICES LIKE USDA ARE LEADING THE WORLD
LIKE USDA ARE LEADING THE WORLD IN THAT RESEARCH.
IN THAT RESEARCH. THAT IS HAPPENING DESPITE THE
THAT IS HAPPENING DESPITE THE BEST EFFORTS OF THE TRUMP
BEST EFFORTS OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO SHUT ALL OF
ADMINISTRATION TO SHUT ALL OF THAT DOWN.
THAT DOWN. POLITICO ROUNDED UP FINDINGS
POLITICO ROUNDED UP FINDINGS FROM SCIENTISTS AT USDA
FROM SCIENTISTS AT USDA INCLUDING FROM AGRICULTURAL
INCLUDING FROM AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE THAT DEVELOPED
RESEARCH SERVICE THAT DEVELOPED THE ABILITY TO MASS PRODUCE
THE ABILITY TO MASS PRODUCE PENICILLIN IN WORLD WAR II.
PENICILLIN IN WORLD WAR II. SCIENTISTS AT THAT AGENCY TODAY
SCIENTISTS AT THAT AGENCY TODAY HAVE PRODUCED A WHOLE LITANY OF
HAVE PRODUCED A WHOLE LITANY OF SUPER CONSEQUENTIAL SUPER
SUPER CONSEQUENTIAL SUPER PRACTICAL STUFF ABOUT CLIMATE
PRACTICAL STUFF ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE THAT THE TRUMP
CHANGE THAT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN TRYING
ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN TRYING TO KA BOSH AND ENSURE THAT THE
TO KA BOSH AND ENSURE THAT THE FINDINGS FROM SCIENTISTS NEVER
FINDINGS FROM SCIENTISTS NEVER GET DISTRIBUTE AND NEVER GET
GET DISTRIBUTE AND NEVER GET PUBLICIZED.
PUBLICIZED. THIS IS PRACTICAL STUFF.
THIS IS PRACTICAL STUFF. CONSEQUENTIAL STUFF THAT
CONSEQUENTIAL STUFF THAT SCIENTISTS WORKING FOR THE
SCIENTISTS WORKING FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAVE FIGURE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAVE FIGURE THE OUT AND PRODUCED TO A
THE OUT AND PRODUCED TO A PEER-REVIEWED LEVEL AND READY TO
PEER-REVIEWED LEVEL AND READY TO GO.
GO. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN TRYING TO KEEP IT ALL
BEEN TRYING TO KEEP IT ALL QUIET.
QUIET. EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT A SCIENTIST
EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT A SCIENTIST OR NOT PARTICULARLY WELL VERSED
OR NOT PARTICULARLY WELL VERSED IN THIS FIELD, YOU LOOK AT THE
IN THIS FIELD, YOU LOOK AT THE SUBJECTS OF THIS RESEARCH AND
SUBJECTS OF THIS RESEARCH AND YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY IT MIGHT
YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY IT MIGHT BE IMPORTANT TO GET THIS STUFF
BE IMPORTANT TO GET THIS STUFF OUT THERE.
OUT THERE. IN APRIL OF LAST YEAR, FOR
IN APRIL OF LAST YEAR, FOR EXAMPLE, A USDA SCIENTIST LOOKED
EXAMPLE, A USDA SCIENTIST LOOKED AT PRAIRIE GRASSES THAT ARE
AT PRAIRIE GRASSES THAT ARE IMPORTANT FOR GRAZING CATTLE.
IMPORTANT FOR GRAZING CATTLE. AS THE LEVEL OF CARBON DIOXIDE
AS THE LEVEL OF CARBON DIOXIDE GOES UP IN THE ATMOSPHERE, THAT
GOES UP IN THE ATMOSPHERE, THAT SUPER CHARGES THE PHOTO
SUPER CHARGES THE PHOTO SYNTHESIS PROCESS AND THE
SYNTHESIS PROCESS AND THE PRACTICAL CONSEQUENCES FOR THE
PRACTICAL CONSEQUENCES FOR THE COWS THAT EAT THOSE CRASSES IS
COWS THAT EAT THOSE CRASSES IS THAT THE PROTEIN CONTENT DROPS.
THAT THE PROTEIN CONTENT DROPS. IF YOU ARE INVOLVED IN RANCHING
IF YOU ARE INVOLVED IN RANCHING OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT HAS TO DO
OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT HAS TO DO WITH CATTLE PRODUCTION, LEARNING
WITH CATTLE PRODUCTION, LEARNING THAT INCREASED C02 AND THE
THAT INCREASED C02 AND THE HALLMARK OF CLIMATE CHANGE
HALLMARK OF CLIMATE CHANGE DECREASES THE PROTEIN CONTENT OF
DECREASES THE PROTEIN CONTENT OF WHAT YOUR KOUS ARE EATING.
WHAT YOUR KOUS ARE EATING. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS COVERING IT UP.
COVERING IT UP. 2017.
2017. SUPER PRACTICAL FINDINGS FOR
SUPER PRACTICAL FINDINGS FOR FARMERS DEALING WITH NUTRIENT
FARMERS DEALING WITH NUTRIENT RUN OFF AND AGRICULTURAL
RUN OFF AND AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION IN THE MISSISSIPPI
POLLUTION IN THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA.
DELTA. SCIENTISTS STUDY HOW FARMERS CAN
SCIENTISTS STUDY HOW FARMERS CAN MAKE RELATIVELY SIMPLE VERY
MAKE RELATIVELY SIMPLE VERY PRACTICAL CHOICES THAT CAN HAVE
PRACTICAL CHOICES THAT CAN HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON THAT.
A BIG IMPACT ON THAT. NOT ROTOTILLING THEIR SOIL AND
NOT ROTOTILLING THEIR SOIL AND PLANTING COVER CROPS.
PLANTING COVER CROPS. QUANTIFYING THE EFFECT STEPS
QUANTIFYING THE EFFECT STEPS LIKE THAT CAN HAVE.
LIKE THAT CAN HAVE. INCREASED POLLUTION AND RUN OFF
INCREASED POLLUTION AND RUN OFF PROBLEMS.
PROBLEMS. LAST SUMMER, A PROMISING FINDING
LAST SUMMER, A PROMISING FINDING FROM USDA SCIENTISTS THAT COFFEE
FROM USDA SCIENTISTS THAT COFFEE CAN BE A SORT OF CANARY IN THE
CAN BE A SORT OF CANARY IN THE COAL MINE TEST SUBJECT FOR
COAL MINE TEST SUBJECT FOR SCIENTIST WHO IS ARE TRYING TO
SCIENTIST WHO IS ARE TRYING TO MONITOR AND ANTICIPATE HOW PEST
MONITOR AND ANTICIPATE HOW PEST BIOLOGY WILL CHANGE AS LEVEL
BIOLOGY WILL CHANGE AS LEVEL GUESS UP.
GUESS UP. COFFEE IS BEING AFFECTED BY C02.
COFFEE IS BEING AFFECTED BY C02. SCIENTISTS HAVE BEEN STUDYING
SCIENTISTS HAVE BEEN STUDYING HOW COFFEE SPECIFICALLY MIGHT
HOW COFFEE SPECIFICALLY MIGHT HELP WHEN IT COMES TO STUDYING
HELP WHEN IT COMES TO STUDYING INSECTS AND WEEDS AND GROWTH
INSECTS AND WEEDS AND GROWTH PATTERNS AND OTHER STUFF THAT
PATTERNS AND OTHER STUFF THAT MIGHT CHANGE AS LEVELS OF CARBON
MIGHT CHANGE AS LEVELS OF CARBON DIOXIDE IN THE ATMOSPHERE GO UP.
DIOXIDE IN THE ATMOSPHERE GO UP. THEN THERE IS THIS ONE.
THEN THERE IS THIS ONE. EVEN IF THIS IS NOT YOUR FIELD.
EVEN IF THIS IS NOT YOUR FIELD. STEP BACK AND APPRECIATE THE
STEP BACK AND APPRECIATE THE BIBLICAL CONSEQUENCE OF THIS
BIBLICAL CONSEQUENCE OF THIS RESEARCH.
RESEARCH. ARGUABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT FOOD
ARGUABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT FOOD CROP ON PLANET EARTH IS RICE.
CROP ON PLANET EARTH IS RICE. MORE THAN 600 MILLION PEOPLE ON
MORE THAN 600 MILLION PEOPLE ON EARTH GET MORE THAN HALF OF
EARTH GET MORE THAN HALF OF THEIR CALORIES OR PROTEIN FROM
THEIR CALORIES OR PROTEIN FROM RICE ON A DAILY BASIS.
RICE ON A DAILY BASIS. EARLIER THIS YEAR, USDA
EARLIER THIS YEAR, USDA SCIENTISTS CAME TO A POTENTIALLY
SCIENTISTS CAME TO A POTENTIALLY EARTH-SHAKING CONCLUSION ABOUT
EARTH-SHAKING CONCLUSION ABOUT RICE.
RICE. THEY FOUND THAT AS CARBON
THEY FOUND THAT AS CARBON DIOXIDE INCREASES IN THE
DIOXIDE INCREASES IN THE ATMOSPHERE, RICE LOSES ITS
ATMOSPHERE, RICE LOSES ITS VITAMINS.
VITAMINS. THAT MEANS THE CROP THAT MORE
THAT MEANS THE CROP THAT MORE THAN 600 MILLION HUME ONANS COUN
THAN 600 MILLION HUME ONANS COUN IS GOING TO GET LESS NUTRITIOUS
IS GOING TO GET LESS NUTRITIOUS AS CARBON DIOXIDE LEVELS RISE.
AS CARBON DIOXIDE LEVELS RISE. THINK ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF
THINK ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT.
THAT. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION BURIED
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION BURIED THAT.
THAT. THEY EVEN TRIED TO BLOCK OUTSIDE
THEY EVEN TRIED TO BLOCK OUTSIDE SCIENTISTS WHO WORKED AT OTHER
SCIENTISTS WHO WORKED AT OTHER INSTITUTIONS.
INSTITUTIONS. SCIENTIST WHO IS WORKED FROM
SCIENTIST WHO IS WORKED FROM OTHER INSTITUTIONS WITH THE USDA
OTHER INSTITUTIONS WITH THE USDA SCIENTISTS ON THAT STUDY, THE
SCIENTISTS ON THAT STUDY, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TRIED TO
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TRIED TO BLOCK THEIR OUTSIDE INSTITUTIONS
BLOCK THEIR OUTSIDE INSTITUTIONS FROM PUTTING OUT ANY PRESS
FROM PUTTING OUT ANY PRESS RELEASES OR STATEMENTS
RELEASES OR STATEMENTS ANNOUNCING THESE FINDINGS AND
ANNOUNCING THESE FINDINGS AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO KEEP THEM
WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO KEEP THEM QUIET.
QUIET. YOU ARE ONLY DEALING WITH
YOU ARE ONLY DEALING WITH POTENTIAL STARVATION OF 600
POTENTIAL STARVATION OF 600 MILLION PEOPLE OR MASSIVE
MILLION PEOPLE OR MASSIVE CHANGES IN NUTRITIONAL NEEDS FOR
CHANGES IN NUTRITIONAL NEEDS FOR 600 MILLION PEOPLE.
600 MILLION PEOPLE. WHY WOULD ANYONE NEED TO KNOW
WHY WOULD ANYONE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THAT?
ABOUT THAT? POLITICO INTERVIEWED ONE
POLITICO INTERVIEWED ONE SCIENTIST WHO SPOKE ON THE
SCIENTIST WHO SPOKE ON THE CONDITION OF ANONYMITY TO AVOID
CONDITION OF ANONYMITY TO AVOID THE POSSIBILITY OF RETALIATION
THE POSSIBILITY OF RETALIATION AND HE SAID WHY THE HELL IS THE
AND HE SAID WHY THE HELL IS THE U.S. WHO IS THE LEADER IN
U.S. WHO IS THE LEADER IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, WHY ARE
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, WHY ARE THEY IGNORING THIS?
THEY IGNORING THIS? IT’S NOT LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING
IT’S NOT LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING ESOTERIC.
ESOTERIC. THIS HAS DIRE CONSEQUENCES FOR
THIS HAS DIRE CONSEQUENCES FOR THE ENTIRE PLANET.
THE ENTIRE PLANET. YOU CAN ONLY POSTPONE REALITY
YOU CAN ONLY POSTPONE REALITY FOR SO LONG.
FOR SO LONG. I KNOW EVERYBODY DECRIES
I KNOW EVERYBODY DECRIES PARTISANSHIP AND THE TWO PARTIES
PARTISANSHIP AND THE TWO PARTIES ON TWO PLANETS.
ON TWO PLANETS. I KNOW.
I KNOW. THERE IS ONLY ONE EARTH AND HERE
THERE IS ONLY ONE EARTH AND HERE ON EARTH ONE, THE PARTISAN
ON EARTH ONE, THE PARTISAN DIVIDE ON THIS SUBJECT IN
DIVIDE ON THIS SUBJECT IN PARTICULAR AND THE DIFFERENT
PARTICULAR AND THE DIFFERENT PARTISAN EXPERIENCE RIGHT NOW OF
PARTISAN EXPERIENCE RIGHT NOW OF THIS SUBJECT IN WASHINGTON IS
THIS SUBJECT IN WASHINGTON IS NUTS.
NUTS. HERE’S THE DEMOCRATS RIGHT NOW.
HERE’S THE DEMOCRATS RIGHT NOW. IN A 20-WAY NO HOLDS BARRED
IN A 20-WAY NO HOLDS BARRED FULL-SCALE WRESTLING MATCH
FULL-SCALE WRESTLING MATCH TRYING TO APPEAR TO BE THE MOST
TRYING TO APPEAR TO BE THE MOST AGGRESSIVE AND INVESTED AND THE
AGGRESSIVE AND INVESTED AND THE MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE AND THE MOST
MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE AND THE MOST COMMITTED TO TAKING CLIMATE
COMMITTED TO TAKING CLIMATE CHANGE SERIOUSLY AND DOING
CHANGE SERIOUSLY AND DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
SOMETHING ABOUT IT. WHILE THE REPUBLICAN
WHILE THE REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATION IN WASHINGTON
ADMINISTRATION IN WASHINGTON OVERSEES A WORLD RENOWNED
OVERSEES A WORLD RENOWNED INCREDIBLY CAPABLE AND ADVANCED
INCREDIBLY CAPABLE AND ADVANCED SCIENTISTS WHO ARE ALREADY
SCIENTISTS WHO ARE ALREADY WORKING ON THE MOST PRACTICAL
WORKING ON THE MOST PRACTICAL STUFF POSSIBLE WHEN IT COMES TO
STUFF POSSIBLE WHEN IT COMES TO DEALING WITH CLIMATE CHANGE.
DEALING WITH CLIMATE CHANGE. PEER-REVIEWED WORLD CLASS
PEER-REVIEWED WORLD CLASS SCIENCE WHICH IS ALREADY
SCIENCE WHICH IS ALREADY HAPPENING WITH U.S. TAXPAYERS
HAPPENING WITH U.S. TAXPAYERS HAVE ALREADY PAID FOR AND READY
HAVE ALREADY PAID FOR AND READY TO BE PUBLISHED AND THE TRUMP
TO BE PUBLISHED AND THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS TAKING THAT
ADMINISTRATION IS TAKING THAT STUFF AND ACTIVELY SHUTTING IT
STUFF AND ACTIVELY SHUTTING IT DOWN.
DOWN. REFUSING TO RELEASE THAT
REFUSING TO RELEASE THAT RESEARCH.
RESEARCH. AS WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE
AS WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE OF TIMES HERE ON THE SHOW, THE
OF TIMES HERE ON THE SHOW, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS ALSO
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS ALSO RIGHT NOW TRYING TO DISMANTLE A
RIGHT NOW TRYING TO DISMANTLE A BIG CHUNK OF THE CAPACITY AT
BIG CHUNK OF THE CAPACITY AT THAT PIONEERING AGENCY.
THAT PIONEERING AGENCY. "THE WASHINGTON POST" SAID IT
"THE WASHINGTON POST" SAID IT SEEMS LIKE IT’S GOING TO HAPPEN
SEEMS LIKE IT’S GOING TO HAPPEN WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. THE USDA EMPLOYEES FACE A STARK
THE USDA EMPLOYEES FACE A STARK CHOICE.
CHOICE. MOVE OR BE FIRED.
MOVE OR BE FIRED. SCIENTISTS AT USDA WERE GIVEN A
SCIENTISTS AT USDA WERE GIVEN A DOCUMENT WITH TWO BLANK BOXES ON
DOCUMENT WITH TWO BLANK BOXES ON IT AND TOLD THEY NEEDED TO CHECK
IT AND TOLD THEY NEEDED TO CHECK ONE OF THE TWO BOXES.
ONE OF THE TWO BOXES. OPTION A, ACCEPT A FORCED
OPTION A, ACCEPT A FORCED TRANSFER OUT OF WASHINGTON AWAY
TRANSFER OUT OF WASHINGTON AWAY FROM USDA TO A CITY WHERE THERE
FROM USDA TO A CITY WHERE THERE ARE NOT EVEN OFFICES FOR THEM.
ARE NOT EVEN OFFICES FOR THEM. NO BUILDING TO MOVE THEM INTO.
NO BUILDING TO MOVE THEM INTO. OR OPTION B, AGREE TO BE FIRED.
OR OPTION B, AGREE TO BE FIRED. FOR THE CRIME OF REFUSING TO BE
FOR THE CRIME OF REFUSING TO BE MOVED HALFWAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY
MOVED HALFWAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOR NO REASON.
FOR NO REASON. THESE ARE SCIENTISTS WHO DO
THESE ARE SCIENTISTS WHO DO ANALYSES OF GLOBAL COMMODITY
ANALYSES OF GLOBAL COMMODITY PRODUCTION AND TRADE AND
PRODUCTION AND TRADE AND AGRICULTURE POLICIES.
AGRICULTURE POLICIES. THESE ARE THE SCIENTIST WHO IS
THESE ARE THE SCIENTIST WHO IS LOOK AT THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE
LOOK AT THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON AGRICULTURE.
CHANGE ON AGRICULTURE. AS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS
AS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS CLAMPED DOWN ON THEIR WORK AND
CLAMPED DOWN ON THEIR WORK AND NOW ANNOUNCED THAT HUNDREDS OF
NOW ANNOUNCED THAT HUNDREDS OF THEM WILL BE RELOCATED ON ZERO
THEM WILL BE RELOCATED ON ZERO NOTICE ON A MANDATORY BASIS TO
NOTICE ON A MANDATORY BASIS TO KANSAS CITY AND IF YOU DON’T
KANSAS CITY AND IF YOU DON’T MOVE, YOU WILL BE FIRED.
MOVE, YOU WILL BE FIRED. THEY ARE WARNING THAT THIS IS
THEY ARE WARNING THAT THIS IS GOING TO DECIMATE THE RANKS OF
GOING TO DECIMATE THE RANKS OF SCIENTISTS AT ONE OF AMERICA’S
SCIENTISTS AT ONE OF AMERICA’S PREMIER SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS.
PREMIER SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS. THESE AGENCY ARE GOING TO LOSE
THESE AGENCY ARE GOING TO LOSE 80, 90, OR 100% OF THEIR
80, 90, OR 100% OF THEIR SCIENTISTS ALL AT ONCE.
SCIENTISTS ALL AT ONCE. TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY.
TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY. IN THE RESOURCE AND RURAL
IN THE RESOURCE AND RURAL ECONOMICS DIVISION, MORE THAN
ECONOMICS DIVISION, MORE THAN 90% OF EMPLOYEES WHO STUDY
90% OF EMPLOYEES WHO STUDY CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT
CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE ECONOMY MAY LEAVE.
AND THE ECONOMY MAY LEAVE. THE FOOD ECONOMICS DIVISION THAT
THE FOOD ECONOMICS DIVISION THAT STUDIES FOOD SAFETY AND PRICING
STUDIES FOOD SAFETY AND PRICING COULD REACH AS HIGH AS 89%.
COULD REACH AS HIGH AS 89%. THESE SCIENTISTS WERE TOLD FOR
THESE SCIENTISTS WERE TOLD FOR THE FIRST TIME ON JUNE 13th THAT
THE FIRST TIME ON JUNE 13th THAT THEY WERE GOING TO NEED TO MOVE
THEY WERE GOING TO NEED TO MOVE THEIR FAMILIES IMMEDIATELY OR
THEIR FAMILIES IMMEDIATELY OR QUIT.
QUIT. THEY WERE GIVEN ONE MONTH TO
THEY WERE GIVEN ONE MONTH TO MAKE THE DECISION.
MAKE THE DECISION. THEY NEEDED TO TELL THE AGENCY
THEY NEEDED TO TELL THE AGENCY WHICH IT’S GOING TO BE.
WHICH IT’S GOING TO BE. MOVE 1,000 MILES ON NO NOTICE
MOVE 1,000 MILES ON NO NOTICE WITH YOUR FAMILY IMMEDIATELY OR
WITH YOUR FAMILY IMMEDIATELY OR BE FIRED.
BE FIRED. THEY WERE GIVEN ONE MONTH TO
THEY WERE GIVEN ONE MONTH TO MAKE THE DECISION.
MAKE THE DECISION. THE DECISION IS DUE AT 11:59
THE DECISION IS DUE AT 11:59 P.M. EASTERN TIME ON MONDAY JULY
P.M. EASTERN TIME ON MONDAY JULY 15th, TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY.
15th, TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY. THERE IS NO BUILDING OR OFFICE
THERE IS NO BUILDING OR OFFICE TO MOVE THESE PEOPLE INTO IN
TO MOVE THESE PEOPLE INTO IN KANSAS CITY.
KANSAS CITY. THE AGRICULTURAL AND APPLIED
THE AGRICULTURAL AND APPLIED ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION THINKS
ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION THINKS THIS MOVE WILL COME AT A COST TO
THIS MOVE WILL COME AT A COST TO TAXPAYERS TO 80 TO $180 MILLION.
TAXPAYERS TO 80 TO $180 MILLION. FOR THAT LOW PRICE, WE FIRE ALL
FOR THAT LOW PRICE, WE FIRE ALL OF THESE SCIENTISTS.
OF THESE SCIENTISTS. CONGRATULATIONS.
CONGRATULATIONS. WHAT ELSE CAN WE GET YOU FOR
WHAT ELSE CAN WE GET YOU FOR THAT MONEY?
THAT MONEY? WE HAVE BEEN COVERING THIS SINCE
WE HAVE BEEN COVERING THIS SINCE THE SCIENTISTS HAVE BEEN
THE SCIENTISTS HAVE BEEN SOUNDING THE ALARM SINCE THE
SOUNDING THE ALARM SINCE THE SCIENTISTS WERE TOLD ALL OF A
SCIENTISTS WERE TOLD ALL OF A SUDDEN OUT OF NOWHERE, NO PUBLIC
SUDDEN OUT OF NOWHERE, NO PUBLIC COMMENT AND NO CHANCE TO GO SEE
COMMENT AND NO CHANCE TO GO SEE THE SITE.
THE SITE. THEY NEED TO UPROOT THEIR
THEY NEED TO UPROOT THEIR FAMILIES AND MOVE OR GET FIRED.
FAMILIES AND MOVE OR GET FIRED. WE HAVE BEEN COVERING THIS AND
WE HAVE BEEN COVERING THIS AND THINK THERE WAS AN EXPECTATION
THINK THERE WAS AN EXPECTATION FROM EVERYBODY WHO TALKED ABOUT
FROM EVERYBODY WHO TALKED ABOUT IT THAT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
IT THAT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WAS GOING FOR IT AND TRYING THIS
WAS GOING FOR IT AND TRYING THIS GAMBIT USING THIS FORCED
GAMBIT USING THIS FORCED RELOCATION THING AS A WAY TO TRY
RELOCATION THING AS A WAY TO TRY TO EMPTY OUT THIS PART OF THE
TO EMPTY OUT THIS PART OF THE SCIENTIFIC CAPACITY OF THE U.S.
SCIENTIFIC CAPACITY OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT.
GOVERNMENT. THERE WAS SOME EXPECTATIONS WE
THERE WAS SOME EXPECTATIONS WE TALKED TO ABOUT THIS STORY THAT
TALKED TO ABOUT THIS STORY THAT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WOULD
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WOULD BE BLOCKED FROM GOING AHEAD WITH
BE BLOCKED FROM GOING AHEAD WITH THIS.
THIS. I AM HERE TO TELL YOU THAT IT
I AM HERE TO TELL YOU THAT IT NOW LOOKS LIKE TIME IS RUNNING
NOW LOOKS LIKE TIME IS RUNNING OUT AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE
OUT AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE GOING TO DO IT UNLESS SOMETHING
GOING TO DO IT UNLESS SOMETHING CHANGES IN SORT ORDER.
CHANGES IN SORT ORDER. THE SCIENTISTS ARE DOING
THE SCIENTISTS ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN AND THEN
EVERYTHING THEY CAN AND THEN SOME.
SOME. THEY THEMSELVES VOTED RECENTLY
THEY THEMSELVES VOTED RECENTLY TO FORM A UNION ONLY BY FORMING
TO FORM A UNION ONLY BY FORMING A UNION AND MAKING A FORMAL
A UNION AND MAKING A FORMAL DEMAND AS A NEWLY UNIONIZED
DEMAND AS A NEWLY UNIONIZED WORKFORCE THAT THEY GET AN
WORKFORCE THAT THEY GET AN AGREEMENT FROM TO TALK FOR THE
AGREEMENT FROM TO TALK FOR THE FIRST TIME ABOUT THIS MOVE TO
FIRST TIME ABOUT THIS MOVE TO START NEGOTIATING ABOUT IT FOR
START NEGOTIATING ABOUT IT FOR THE FIRST TIME.
THE FIRST TIME. THE AGENCY TOLD THE SCIENTISTS
THE AGENCY TOLD THE SCIENTISTS THAT THEY ARE HAPPY TO START
THAT THEY ARE HAPPY TO START NEGOTIATIONS AND THE DISCUSSIONS
NEGOTIATIONS AND THE DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM ON JULY 16th.
WITH THEM ON JULY 16th. THAT’S THE DAY AFTER ALL THE
THAT’S THE DAY AFTER ALL THE SCIENTISTS WILL BE FIRED IF THEY
SCIENTISTS WILL BE FIRED IF THEY DON’T MOVE.
DON’T MOVE. THE DAY AFTER IS WHEN THEY ARE
THE DAY AFTER IS WHEN THEY ARE WILLING TO START TALKING ABOUT
WILLING TO START TALKING ABOUT IT.
IT. THE OTHER PATH HERE IS THAT
THE OTHER PATH HERE IS THAT DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS HAVE BEEN
DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS HAVE BEEN TRYING TO BLOCK WHAT THE TRUMP
TRYING TO BLOCK WHAT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS DOING HERE,
ADMINISTRATION IS DOING HERE, BUT AS "THE WASHINGTON POST"
BUT AS "THE WASHINGTON POST" REPORTS TODAY, YOU SEE IN THE
REPORTS TODAY, YOU SEE IN THE HAD THE LINE, DEMOCRATS ARE
HAD THE LINE, DEMOCRATS ARE RUNNING OUT OF OPTIONS TO STOP
RUNNING OUT OF OPTIONS TO STOP TRUMP FROM DOING THIS.
TRUMP FROM DOING THIS. THE MEMBER OF CONGRESS FROM THE
THE MEMBER OF CONGRESS FROM THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ELEANOR
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ELEANOR HOLMES NORTHER IS SUGGESTING AS
HOLMES NORTHER IS SUGGESTING AS A LAST ACT OF DESPERATION, THEY
A LAST ACT OF DESPERATION, THEY SHOULD GO TO COURT AND SUE TO
SHOULD GO TO COURT AND SUE TO TRY TO STOP THEM FROM DOING IT.
TRY TO STOP THEM FROM DOING IT. SHE IS SUGGESTING THAT MAYBE
SHE IS SUGGESTING THAT MAYBE LITIGATION IS THE ONLY BEST LAST
LITIGATION IS THE ONLY BEST LAST HOPE HERE.
HOPE HERE. THE OTHER DYNAMIC AT WORK HERE
THE OTHER DYNAMIC AT WORK HERE IS NOW A ROBUSTLY JOINED
IS NOW A ROBUSTLY JOINED DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN IN WHICH THE BIGGEST NAMES IN
IN WHICH THE BIGGEST NAMES IN DEMOCRATIC POLITICS IN WHICH
DEMOCRATIC POLITICS IN WHICH THESE CANDIDATES ARE COMPETING
THESE CANDIDATES ARE COMPETING TO SEE WHO CAN BE THE MOST
TO SEE WHO CAN BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE ON THE ISSUE OF
EFFECTIVE ON THE ISSUE OF CLIMATE.
CLIMATE. THAT’S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
THAT’S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. WHILE THE TIP OF THE SPEAR
WHILE THE TIP OF THE SPEAR SCIENTISTS WORKING ON THE MOST
SCIENTISTS WORKING ON THE MOST PRACTICAL IMAGINAL CHALLENGES
PRACTICAL IMAGINAL CHALLENGES THAT COME FROM CLIMATE CHANGE
THAT COME FROM CLIMATE CHANGE ARE ALL GETTING FIRED TWO WEEKS
ARE ALL GETTING FIRED TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY.
FROM TODAY. THAT PART OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT
THAT PART OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT IS ESSENTIALLY BEING SHUT DOWN
IS ESSENTIALLY BEING SHUT DOWN UNLESS SOMEBODY CAN FIGURE OUT A
UNLESS SOMEBODY CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO STOP IT.
WAY TO STOP IT. SO IT IS THIS REMARKABLE
SO IT IS THIS REMARKABLE CONFLUENCE OF DYNAMICS AND
CONFLUENCE OF DYNAMICS AND EVENTS.
EVENTS. CLIMATE CHANGE IS IMPORTANT TO
CLIMATE CHANGE IS IMPORTANT TO DEMOCRATIC VOTERS.
DEMOCRATIC VOTERS. CLIMATE CHANGE IS IMPORTANT TO
CLIMATE CHANGE IS IMPORTANT TO YOUNG VOTERS OF ALL STRIPES.
YOUNG VOTERS OF ALL STRIPES. CLIMATE CHANGE SEEMS BIG AND
CLIMATE CHANGE SEEMS BIG AND OVERWHELMING FOR SOMETHING LIKE
OVERWHELMING FOR SOMETHING LIKE HUMANS CAN WORRY ABOUT IT, BUT
HUMANS CAN WORRY ABOUT IT, BUT NOT DO MUCH ABOUT IT.
NOT DO MUCH ABOUT IT. WHAT CAN YOU DO?
WHAT CAN YOU DO? WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE SCALE
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE SCALE OF THE EARTH.
OF THE EARTH. WHAT CAN YOU DO?
WHAT CAN YOU DO? HERE’S A THING OUR GOVERNMENT IS
HERE’S A THING OUR GOVERNMENT IS DOING RIGHT NOW OVER THE NEXT 14
DOING RIGHT NOW OVER THE NEXT 14 DAYS.
DAYS. TO DECIMATE THE MOST ADVANCED
TO DECIMATE THE MOST ADVANCED AND PRACTICAL CLIMATE SCIENCE IN
AND PRACTICAL CLIMATE SCIENCE IN THE WORLD AND DISASSEMBLE THE
THE WORLD AND DISASSEMBLE THE GOVERNMENT’S ABILITY TO EVER DO
GOVERNMENT’S ABILITY TO EVER DO IT AGAIN.
IT AGAIN. THOSE SCIENTISTS ARE GOING TO BE
THOSE SCIENTISTS ARE GOING TO BE FIRED TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY.
FIRED TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WILL
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WILL EITHER BE STOPPED OR THEY WILL
EITHER BE STOPPED OR THEY WILL NOT.
NOT. IF THEY ARE NOT STOPPED, THIS
IF THEY ARE NOT STOPPED, THIS WORLD LEADING CAPACITY THAT WE
WORLD LEADING CAPACITY THAT WE HAVE BUILT AND PAID FOR AS
HAVE BUILT AND PAID FOR AS AMERICAN TAXPAYERS FOR
AMERICAN TAXPAYERS FOR GENERATIONS HELPED THE ALLIES
GENERATIONS HELPED THE ALLIES WIN WORLD WAR II.
WIN WORLD WAR II. THAT IS CAPACITY THAT WILL BE
THAT IS CAPACITY THAT WILL BE REALLY HARD TO EVER GET BACK,
REALLY HARD TO EVER GET BACK, EVER.
EVER. AFTER YOU FIRE HUNDREDS OF
AFTER YOU FIRE HUNDREDS OF SCIENTISTS ALL WORKING AT THE
SCIENTISTS ALL WORKING AT THE TOP OF THEIR GAME.
