the best seller. new york times, the best selling club. listen, you know i love your show, i love you. this climate clairesa s a huge thing. we did a report, on the 10:00 hour here eastern on cattle farmers and what they are facing as it comes to the climate crisis. this issue right now on the crisis, california is one of the places that s experiencing the worst of it. what made you want to take on this issue on your show? i mean, this was a home game, i live in northern california, even though, luckily my home and my family have never been threatened by wildfires. we ve been threatened by the toxic air that comes off it. i was here in september 2020, the red sky day, that only people in northern california can understand how crazy that was. it felt like a way to learn more about my state, and where i live, and how we continue to live here under the circumstances. we know that climate change is a factor, in making these wildfires worse. what else is contributing to this problem d
i have been here. is that the wildfires are affecting various swath of california. basically like ten times more areas burning per year now that there was in the 70s, or the 80s. why is that? those two things, the climate change issue, you know, that s a global problem. and it s going to continue to get warmer. and in the west. that means drier. and more conducive to fires. but also we have huge buildup of fuel because of fire suppression. so joining us now, the host of united shades of america, w. kamau bell, he s also the director of the emmy nominated series, we need to talk about cosby. and the new new york times, best selling coauthor, of: do the work, an anti racist activity book! available now. good evening sir. welcome to the club by the way. yeah, happy to be part of
the question came up yesterday and a friend of mine who clerks with me said that s not going to last long. is it that clear cut and could the concern about the court be the reason for the hesitation by the biden administration? it is troubling to hear some of the rhetoric in the last 48 hours. you have a u.s. senator say the chains are off president biden now. why? because congress didn t yield to his demands. you have others just today who moved the court packing bill forward to. the message seems to be that we support the system so long as it yields to our demands. you look at the climate change issue, the administration tried to go at this in a unilateral way with the epa case which was handed down by the supreme court. they lost by a considerable
fox news contributorey professor . the question came up yesterday and a friend of mine who clerked with me said that s not going to last long, butut is it that clear cut? and could the concern about the court be the reason for the hesitation by the administrationitat? well, it is troubling to hear some of the rhetoric in the last 48 hours. you know, you had a usns senator say that the chains are off. president. right. con and now why? did because congress didn t yieldn t to his demands.ave others you have others that just today moved to court packingth bill forward of the message seemse to be that we support the system so long as itit yiels to our demand. and when you look at the climate change issue, the administration tried to go at this in a unilateral way with the epa case, which was just handed down by the supreme court.
11 senators, splitting with the white house on 42. these people are in touch with the real world. a lot of them are from the border states. sinema from arizona, for instance, they understand this is an issue that is top of mind for voters coming up to the midterms, and you know, it s not just arizona, i mean. every state is now a border state, as you are having hundreds of thousands of people thrown around the country and smuggled into communities, into, you know, that aren t prepared in terms of schools and hospitals. this is a secret, this is a clandestine operation. it is the biden administration basically facilitating human trafficking, and without the permission of the american people. if they asked the american people you would find most of them would say no, stop doing this, secure the border and all those happening, it s not