So outer space still remains almost impossibly far away. Thats very sad. But that wasnt the only option. He also offered one other next best option for humankind. He called it, quote, much more realistic than space travel. He declared that what we humans must do at this point in Human History is that we must move into the sea. We should become sea dwellers. Quote, between cyber space and outer space lies the possibility of settling the oceans. We may have reached the stage at which it is economically feasible or where it will soon be economically feasible. It is a realistic risk. I eagerly support this. The idea was that we should basically build new teeny, tiny personal cities, citystates, unlike Shipping Containers that are floating in the ocean. Impossible and the only way that human sorry, humans can ever be free again is to move into space, presumably with no girls allowed. If we cant move into space, we have to move into the oceans. Weird dude, right . That is why i thought it was weird when the Republican Party gave that dude a prime time Speaking Slot on the last night of the Republican National convention this summer. I remember covering the convention at the time. And everybody else involved in covering the convention is like, oh, yeah, this is where the internet Billionaire Guy is going to be talking, this early trump supporter from Silicon Valley. Okay, yes, those things are true, good to know those things about him. But also he really does want us all to form new countries on Shipping Containers floating in the ocean because democracy and freedom cant exist as long as women vote. Hes the guy with the
antidemocracy manifesto. How can the Republican Party be showcasing somebody who thinks we vul have to abandon this country and move into the sea in how can they be doing this . Sometimes in space no one can hear you scream. Its probably true in Shipping Containers on the open seas as well. But there he was at the rnc, which was freaking nuts, but there he was. And today we learn that, at his request, the trump folks have put two people from his hedge fund in charge of Transition Efforts at the department of treasury and the department of commerce. And beyond that the big one hes apparently going for in the new administration is the fda of all things, the food and drug administration, which is in charge of keeping our food safe and making sure that vaccines and drugs and stuff are not just safe but also effective. Peter thiel, this eccentric Silicon Valley billionaire who
is convinced that women voting killed the country and we need to abolish democracy and move into the sea. Hes suggested that one of the executives from his Financial Firms is the guy who the Trump Administration should appoint to run the fda. This guy is not a doctor. No medical background unlike every other fda director for the last half a century. But he does share two grand plans, at least two that we know of. He shares two grand plans with this Billionaire Eccentric who apparently has Donald Trumps ear. And who the rnc had speak at their convention. They apparently share at least two big ideas, two big plans. The first thing that we know theyre on the same page about is moving into the sea. Honestly, this guy is on the board of the let us live in Shipping Containers on the ocean group. Hes on the board of the sea studding organization that wants to give everybody their own country in the form of a Floating Island on the ocean. This is from the very start of peter thiels manifesto. He published right after obama was inaugurated in 2009. Quote, i stand against the ideology of the inevitability of the death of every individual. Did you know that was an ideology . Thats quite an ism. Some people inevitably have to die, but according to peter thiel not everybody has to die. I stand against the ideology of the inevitability of the death of every individual. That is part of thats the prologue of peter thiels manifesto why we shouldnt have democracy anymore, how women voting killed the country and how we have to move either into space or into the sea. Its something hes been working on as a secret plan for years. We dont know exactly how peter thiel is doing it but there have been multiple reports that hes involved in some sort of regimen he believes will prevent his death forever. Which makes me want to go mwahhaha, make you say hide the bats. His colleague, this person hes now having the trump transition consider as the leading candidate to run the food and drug administration. Heres that guy just two years ago giving a speech On Immortality and how Venture Capitalists and investors need to change the way theyre spending money and investing and stuff in order to get us there if we can only invent good new Business Models that will make us live forever. Ill play you a little clip. Ill warn you hes a very, very boring speaker, but immortality really is what this whole speech is about. What he calls rejuvenation and reversing aging. So at least the right people just dont have to die anymore. Rejuvenation and reversing aging does not fit the narrow definition of singularity. Theres no business model. Its scientifically achievable. I think most of us believe that. Scientifically achievable. Most of us believe that. When he says rejuvenation and reversing aging, to be clear, hes not talking about better skin care that makes your wrinkles disappear as if you have reverse aged. Hes literally reverse aging. So like youre 71. Youre never going to be 72 and thats not because youre going to die because next year youll be 68 or maybe 38, depends on how much you take. You can stay the same age forever or you can get even younger if you want to. The lucky ones who presumably can afford it or whatever can live forever with or without the Vampiric Feeding on others. So ahem, what do we make of this . You can see why peter thiel is putting this guy forward for a high ranking influential position in the new administration, right . This guy is right out of his Crazy Billionaire Wheelhouse moving into private Floating Islands in the sea for freedom. Also eternal hif. Life. But now heres Bloomberg News reporting him as the first named candidate for the position of fda administrator in the new Trump Administration. Incidentally, he said in that same speech, the sboring speech that i just showed you that clip from, he said that maybe when it comes to pharmaceuticals in this country we shouldnt have Clinical Trials for drugs anymore. We should just put drugs out on the open market, just sell them, let people use them. See what happens and the free market will sort it out. If anything got attention about this guy today, that proposal got attention. And i get that, i get that that would be a very intense change at the fda. That would be sort of undoing the whole process of the fda. Even as a person who kind of cares about the fda, i am a person who cares about the drug approval process, i find it hard to care about that statement from him. I find it hard to focus on that statement about the futility of Clinical Trials. When he made that statement in the context of a broader overall speech of how we really all can live forever, mwahhaha. This is not part of you get right with god and you can live forever. This is you get to live in san leandro for the rest of your life. You get to be 1,000 years old and look 30. Theyre working on it. Thats apparently who trump is considering to run the food and drug administration. That happened today. The Incoming Administration also announced today that Linda Mcmahon who is a wrestling
executive, also a very wealthy republican donor, she donated 6. 5 million to the trump for president effort. She was announced today as the Trump Administrations nominee to lead the Small Business administration. Transition also announced that the long serving republican governor of iowa, Terry Branstad will be the Incoming Administrations new choice to be the ambassador to china. The transition announced a name to head up the epa. Thats an interesting one. Well have more on him in just a moment. But the really big position that was announced today, not just floated like this epa guy but actually announced today was the designated nominee for the department of Homeland Security. The Largest Agency in government. In fact, i think, the Largest Organization of any kind in the world is the u. S. Department of defense. The second Largest Agency after that in our government is Veterans Affairs and the third Largest Agency after that is department of Homeland Security. After 9 11, 22 different
agencies, everything from Airport Security to the coast guard to the Secret Service to the plum island animal disease center, all these different organizations and agencies from all these different parts of the government were all cobbled together into a giant, giant new mega agency. It was the biggest reorganization of government since right after world war ii when we created the defense department. We created Homeland Security, it created this sort of mega domestic Security Remit under one cabinet official. We never had Something Like this before as a country. Something much more like having a Home Secretary in britain or in lots of other countries they call somebody in this position the Minister Of The Interior. Weve never had something this overarching in terms of domestic security. But because this kind of job is specifically a domestic job focused on things that happen at home, focused on things that happen at homeland as weve all learned to be comfortable saying. One thing that you see Around The World in democratic countries that have this kind of position is when you have a Home Secretary Type Position or you have a Minister Of The Interior Type Position in democracies all Around The World, one hallmark of that type of Government Position is that it is not held by somebody from the military. Because democracies dont use their militaries on their own soil, right . Democracies dont use their militaries to control their own people. They dont use Military Force for domestic security. In democracies you dont want the military becoming a political weapon used at home by the nations leader. You dont want the military becoming a separate political actor on their own terms with their own designs on domestic power, like egypt or the military took over after democracy had picked a bad leader. For all those big picture civics reasons, Military Leaders all over the world are kept pretty deliberately separate and apart
from this specific piece of domestic governing. When you have mennisters of the interior, secretaries of the interior, theyre not military officials, theyre not military officer. Around the world. Despite that norm and the reasons for it, the Incoming Administration announced for the fist time in the history of having a department of Homeland Security, the person they want to hd it will be a general who has been out of the service for less than a year. A general who has a 45year career in the armed services. And that does not speak at all to general john kellys good reputation and the high esteem people have for him inside and outside the serve,t doesnt say anything about whether he personally will be good for this job, but its just unprecedented to have three generals and counting in cabinet level leadership jobs in our civilian government. I mean, weve got a general as National Security adviser, a general heading up the department of defense, a general heading up department of Homeland Security and counting. Will there be more . It is unprecedented and even a little bit of an International Shock wave for a democracy like ours to put a Military Leader into this specific job. Because putting a Military Leader in charge of domestic security, thats something that nondemocracies do a lot of, but other democracies dont tend to do that. This is something that weve certainly never done before. But when the going gets weird, the going tends to get really weird. And things are getting weird and none of this is weird enough that i think we should start planning on living forever on floating Shipping Containers until all the democracies die and we can be free again. But the people who are counting on that and see that as the kind of solution that we ought to be thinking about for our nation and our world right now, im not
kidding, those folks are helping make decisions right at the top right now in our country. This is not a time to stop paying attention. Well be right back. Thats why were hiring 10,000 members of the military community by the end of 2017. Im very proud of him. Male vo comcast. Lots of focus right now in the news on Whats Going On with the Incoming Administration. Tonight im here to tell you eres also really interesting news on the states that are digging in their heels and planning on not going along with the new direction of the country. Very interesting news on that front ahead. Plus music. Terrible, terrible music played by me straight ahead. Get involved in your schools because if our kids go down the tubes, we go with them. The more you know. And now to our offbrand Cable News Version of that called you know more now. [ laughter ] thank you, nick. So sometimes theres something in the news that ends in a bit of a cliffhanger. We dont know how its going to turn out. But then later we find out how it turned out. We find out more about how the whole situation resolved and the cliffhanger is essentially solved. We learn how it all worked out. When that happens, we call it you know more now. So on monday, one of the more unexpected stories in politics was that former vice presint
al gore showed up at trump tower, and he was not lost. He was there to meet with the President Elect. It was a weird thing, right . The guy whose Climate Change documentary won an oscar, the guy who made it his lifes work to convince people about Climate Change and get them to fight pit. There he is meeting with the guy who says Climate Change is a hoax invented by and for the chinese. So an interesting thing. Kind of a conundrum, if donald trump is willing to meet with somebody like al gore, what does this mean that we should expect from him on Environmental Policy . Well, you know more now. Because today we learned who donald trump plans to nominate to lead the Environmental Protection agency. And it turns out its the negative photo image of al gore. Its al gore backwards. Its erog la. Backwards al gore, erog la. Its scott pruitt. Heres a taste of scott pruitt on Climate Change. Global warming has inspired one of the major Policy Debates of our time. That debate is far from settled. Scientists continue to disagree about the degree and extent of Global Warming and its connection to the actions of mankind. He wrote this in 2016. In 2011 an oil and gas Company Called devon, says epa letter draft. Thats a threepage draft letter. And its addressed to then Epa Administrator lisa jackson. And it complains that the epa vastly overstated how much Air Pollution is coming out of drilling for natural gas in the state of oklahoma. Devon energy and this draft letter, they suggested letting the epa know how wrong they are about this issue. So devon energy drafted this
letter. But they did not send the letter to the epa. They sent that letter to the Oklahoma Attorney gp generals office. When scott pruitt got this, he selected select a, c copy, new document, control v, paste and then send. He forwarded the entire draft letter from devon energy directly to the epa. He only changed a couple words in the entire letter. He did take care to put it on his official Attorney General masthead as if he had written it. But it was, in fact, a letter written by the oil industry, directly written by devon industry. Mr. Pruitt has also sued the Environmental Protection agency several times. One of those cases is still going through the courts. So if he is confirmed as the new administrator of the epa on day one of his new job scott pruitt will inherit a lawsuit against the epa that he brought against the epa. And if you were not really sure about what he thinks about the epa, which is Trump Administration is going to put him in charge of, this is a line out of his official state bio. He brags, quote, scott pruitt is a leading advocate, scott pruitt is a leading advocate against the epas activist agenda. A leading advocate. Hell now be in charge of the epas activist agenda. You kind of have to admire the gumption on this one. But the cliffhanger is over. Your next Epa Administrator, not al gore. Well be right back. And if you provoke it and it weighs 1700 pounds, soon you will not have to play dead because yeah. Grizzlies live in the u. S. Now in parts of alaska, wyoming, montana, idaho and washington state. And theres one state that no longer has grizzly bears but they so identify with what a grizzly bear is like that theyve kept their variety of Ursus Horribilus as their state animal. Theyve been provoked and right now just starting to growl and that very interesting provocative story is next. Some people got hurt that day. But that disaster of a rally in texas, in dallas, it did give us these guys. Make texas mexico again. Because texas is amazing. Texas is amazing and pushy and creative and adorable. The official state Tourism Campaign in texas tells you straight up its like a whole other country. And thats not just a slogan. A significant number of texans think of their membership in the union as a little provisional. This past summer when asked if they would like to secede if Hillary Clinton won the white house, 40 said, yes, if clinton wins theyd like to secede. To that point you can find entertaining pockets of that sentiment all over the country whether seceding because of clinton or to go back to mexico. In Northern California tea party and libertarian types that have
been pushing to secede from the rest of california. They want to break off and be in their own state called jefferson. They want to be jeffersonians. Since donald trump was elected president , not Hillary Clinton, but donald trump, certain pockets of liberals in california have started to talk texas style by seceding. But they dont want to secede from california. They want california to secede from the United States. Theyre calling it calexit, like brexit but west coast lefty style. I dont think they actually would like to take the right wing jeffersonians when they seceded, but presumably that would be up for negotiation once the articles of confederacy are filed. The jeffersonians and everybody else in that huge state they are all lumped together in what is a definitely blue state, Hillary Clinton won california nearly 21. California in that same election also just elected the nations second ever africanamerican female u. S. Senator in Camilla Harris. They wont supermajorities in the California Legislature. Californians voted to legalize recreational pot after having medical marijuana for years. They voted to ban plastic bags in stores and voted for new Gun Safety Laws on top of ones that the governor already signed this year. California has been a Real Laboratory of Progressive Social policy for a while, no matter who is in charge 2500 miles away in washington, d. C. Well now that the president is going to be donald trump, california has a lot to lose. If the federal government decides to come after california for its progressive governance, california will prove to be a rich target field for an activist federal government that wants to change california to be more like the Trump Administration wants it to be. On the flip side, because of its size and its economic might and the sheer dominance of its democrats, california is also particularly well situated for a fight. If California Democrats want one or if the Trump Administration wants one. Turns out from the california side, they seem that they maybe do want to fight. This is from Democratic Leaders in the california statehouse the morning after the trump election, quote, we will maximize the time during the president ial transition to defend our accomplishments using every tool at our disposal. We will not be dragged back into the past. Well lead the resistance to any effort that would shred our social fabric or our constitution. California was not part or this nation when its history began butty clearly now the keeper of its future. If thats the case, what California Democrats want, what would that look like . How would they do that . How does california plan to hold a president at bay . Could they take a cue, say, from texas . Thats the view from the l. A. Times, the leading opponent of the administration was texas. Texas sued the Obama Administration 40 times, epa, gender rights, affirmative action. You name it. Frequently texas has lost those suits but sometimes theyve won. They stopped the administration from putting policies into effect. When they couldnt top the president they at least made his job that much harder and slower and make things cost more Political Capital than they would have. Thats what texas did during the obama era. If theres a state from the trump era, its unarguable that california would be that state. If california is going to fight
the Trump White House in court, that might will be brought by the California Attorney general. And the Attorney General he just had just won a u. S. Senate seat. Nobody would say that Camilla Harris would shrink from any fight, but shes off to a whole new arena. If not her, then who will defend california and their progressive policies . Who will fight this fight for california but also make this stand. If it will be may in court, who will make the stand for the nations future that California Democrats say they intend to make. We have a best guess about that. Joining us now is democratic congressman. Hes just been nominated for the california state Attorney General. He has accepted. He told reporters, if you want to take on a forward leaning state thats prepared to defend its rights and issue, then come at us. Congressman becerra, thank you
for being here. Rachel, what a leadin. Does it strike you wrong . Do you object at all to this idea that california might have a role visavis the Trump Administration something akin to what texas has done to the Obama Administration . Well have a role because were california. More often than not as goes california, so goes the nation. I dont think california is looking to pick a fight. Were just ready to fight if someone tries to stop us from moving forward some progressive values that have helped so many californians. Nearly 39 Million People strong. Were a growing economy. Sixth economic power in the world. And were not going to stop. Were not interested in having folks try to stop us. Well look at the constitution of the United States and our California Constitution and recognize that as any other state, we will do whatever the u. S. Constitution allows us to do to protect our people and advance our interests. One of the flashpoints already is clearly going to be the issue of immigration. This week Democratic Leaders in your state announced a bill that would ban state and local Law Enforcement from helping the ferg round up undocumented immigrants. Another bill would require President Trump to get approval from california voters before building a wall along the Mexican Border with california. If things like this get passed, if they get signed by the governor, if they become california law, do you expect youll be defending these things in court . I would hope that the federal government would recognize that states have the purview to take on the protection of their people, the advancement of their economy. So long as were not doing something thats against the u. S. Constitution, we should have the right to move forward. If we dont want to see walls built along our southern border, well do everything we can to
make sure that our people understand that we have a good working relationship with mexico. We have a lot of folks that go back and forth. Im the son of mexican immigrants. We recognize about 40 years ago we went through this fight that so many people in this country are going through on immigration. Weve gone well beyond that. I remember pete wilson and prop 187 in 1994. At that point we were seen as a purple state, in some eyes a red state. Today were a blue state because of prop 87. I remember talking to you about the veepstakes when Hillary Clinton was considering Vice President ial running mates. I talked to you what it might be to be the top ranking latino in the house of representatives. Can you tell me about your decision to leave the house. Many thought you were on track for bigger things. Possibility of you being Speaker Of The House in the pooch. Why did you decide to leave washington and go back home to california . Rachel, i think youll recall at that stage what i said was i would like to be able to serve my country and my state wherever i can make the biggest dins. I worked very hard for the last 25 years as a member of congress, very fortunate privilege. I hoped that Hillary Clinton could be our president but we move forward and when they opportunity game from Governor Brown and im thrilled that hed give me the confidence to be the next ag in california, i believe i can make a difference nor not just my state but the country. As goes california, so goes the nation. I hope youll keep lines of communication with us. Lots of people all over the country whether or not they have a stake in california are really thinking about californias leadership in the country and i hope youll stay in touch with us about Whats Going On in the state and your state plans. Stay tuned. Javier becerra will be taking over as california ag. One of the things to keep an eye on in terms of the california fight, one of the other bills that the democrats in the California Legislature have proposed would be banning State Agencies from helping the federal government compile a reggistry of muslims in this country. Thats one thing that donald trump has threatened. If you see California Go with things like that, expect to see other blow states all around the country join in with california in fights that become more collective than just one state even if california does take point on this stuff. Superinteresting politics right now. Aye. See ya next year. This season, start a new tradition. Experience the power of infiniti now, with leases starting at 319 a month. Infiniti. Empower the drive. I thought my Bladder Leakage meant my social life was over. Wearing depend underwear has allowed me to fully engage in my life and im meeting people. Unlike the bargain brand, depend fitflex underwear is more flexible to move with you. 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Literally in transition, even though its hard, i think its important to try to stay focused on what is important, on what is truly a big deal, and not just small and novel. The next story that were going to do tonight, our final story tonight is what i think is the biggest deal that so far is being treated as a curiosity. The thing that i think needs a lot of very serious attention, even though its so far being dismissed. And thats next. Have you now crossed any of those names off your list . Well, i think i have in my own mind. I dont want to say which ones. But i think i have in my own mind. And there are other, great, great gentlemen, the boss over at exxon. And he has built a tremendous company over a period of years with great style. Let me go back to mitt romney. Is he still under consideration . Yes. Everybody wants to talk about mitt romney and these other political figures. But the President Elect himself goes out of the way to say actually you should ask me about this guy, who really is in consideration for Secretary Of State. This guy who runs exxon. Here he is receiving the highest award that russia gives to nonrussian citizens. Hell be our new Secretary Of State . He is in the running for that . I know there is a lot to keep up with the transition. But i keep sticking a pin in this for a reason. If this is real, its astonishing. Here is part of why. You know how there is this huge possible deal between at t and
time warner right now, one of the huge mega mergers that is running into static on capitol hill because in part, it would be such a huge deal. At ttime warn worry be an 85 billion deal. Thats an almost unphatbly large number. 85 billion. But if trump goes ahead with this exxon guy, its not 85 billion. Its 500 billion. Exxon for a long time was the biggest, Richest Company on earth. Even when apple got bigger than them, they were still the Biggest Oil Company on earth which lasted until putin started jailing the heads of the other Oil Companies in russia and taking over those companies. Then and only then did exxon get beat as the Largest Oil Company on earth when it was surpassed by the russian Governments Oil company, which is called rozneft. Then what happened is those two giant companies, the mother of all Oil Companies and the mother of mother of all Oil Companies, those two giants got together to do a joint exploration deal. The Biggest Oil Deal in the
history of deals. It was so big, it was expected to change the historical trajectory of russia. It was the deal that got the exxon ceo russias highest award. That deal between exxon and rusnef was said to be a 500 billion deal. And that was before they discovered a new oil field. So 500 billion deal between two of the Largest Companies in modern history, the two largest Oil Companies ever, half trillion deal. And that was before they discovered a new billion barrels of oil they werent expecting. And then the whole thing fell apart. Right after they discovered the billion barrel field, the whole thing got stopped in its tracks because of sanctions. That messed with ukraine. The Obama Administration punched them in the face with sanctions. And the biggest deal anybody had ever heard of, one of the biggest commercial deals in the history of deals was stopped. You know who would be in an excellent position to undo those sanctions . Well, you would expect the american Secretary Of State to be in a good position to do that. Rex tillerson, the ceo of exxon personally holds more than 150 million in exxon shares. You want to know what happened to those shares alone if the sanctions went aware and that 500 russia deal went back on . Do you know what would happen to the value of exxon to the power of exxon if that got turned on right now . It would be great for exxon. It would be great for russia. It would not be so great for the United States. Those sanctions are there for a reason. But hey, who is calling the shots around here anyway . Exxon ceo Rex Tellerson has never worked anywhere else in his adult life. He joined exxon in 1975. He has never had another job. So obviously his next job should be Secretary Of State. For the United States. I wonder where he would take his first trip abroad. I wonder who would be the first world lead theyre he would call after he was sworn in
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