legislati legislation, more so than the push on health care. when i say anyone with a window can see what s going on, am i conflating weather with climate change? they re not one in the same. yes, you are conflating it it a little bit. it is true we re going to likely see more of these heat waves emerging over the next years as global warming increases. any single weather event, though, you can t pin on global warming. climate and weather are two different things. climate is global, hemispheric, weather is, of course, local. i m not as surprised as you michael, and perhaps erin, that the public doesn t seem as concerned as they used to be about global warming. politicians don t want to do anything about this because doing something about it would be difficult and the people who sponsor them are often from the extraction industries, who don t want them to do anything about it. and the media itself is usually reluctant to cover this, give it the coverage it deserves because it s scie
you know, in the last couple of years with haiti and chile, you would think you ve seen quite a bit. and it just seems to be getting worse. what we ve seen with this is a historic event, no doubt about that with what happened in japan. and then the hemispheric event, what happened across the entire hemisphere. this is truly extraordinary stuff. the amount of energy that came with this. and the devastation along the japan coast. and then propagating towards hawaii, the west coast of the u.s., and even now, piers, the waves should be hitting parts of chile and other coastlines on the west side of south america. so we re still not done with this event. sam champion, we re hearing a lot about the ring of fire. what is the ring of fire and what does it mean now going forward? incredibly active zone, piers. it s this horseshoe shaped area that goes up and around the entire pacific ocean, connects
rob, let me start with you. have you in your lifetime seen anything quite like what we witnessed in japan in the last 24 hours? no, definitely not. you know, in the last couple of years with haiti and chile, you would think you ve seen quite a bit. and it just seems to be getting worse. what we ve seen with this is a historic event, no doubt about that with what happened in japan. and then the hemispheric event, what happened across the entire hemisphere. this is truly extraordinary stuff. the amount of energy that came with this. and then propagating towards hawaii, the west coast of the u.s., and even now, piers, the waves should be hitting parts of chile and other coastlines on the west side of south america. so we re still not done with this event. sam champion, we re hearing a lot about the ring of fire. what is the ring of fire and
and then the hemispheric event, what happened across the entire hemisphere. this is truly extraordinary stuff. the amount of energy that came with this. and then propagating towards hawaii, the west coast of the u.s., and even now, piers, the waves should be hitting parts of chile and other coastlines on the west side of south america. so we re still not done with this event. sam champion, we re hearing a lot about the ring of fire. what is the ring of fire and what does it mean now going forward? incredibly active zone, piers. it s this horse shoe shaped area that goes up and around the entire pacific ocean, connects to the aluetian islands, comes down the west coast of the u.s., the alaskan coastline, the western coast of california, the mexican coast, down to chile. right in the center of it, where hawaii is, that s the pacific
unexpected return to haiti that the former dictator addressed the media, but he didn t say much about his plans. so what does his return mean for the impoverished nation? earlier i spoke with susan purcell, director of hemispheric policy at the university of miami. there s another theory that he came back in order to be able to gain access to $4.6 million that he has in a swiss bank. a new law is coming into effect that if he can prove he s not going to be charged, he can get access to that money. the deadline is february 1st, so that s one thing. the second is he s just thrown a monkey wrench of sorts into the efforts to resolve a kind of stand-off that came about from the first round of elections at the end of november, and the organization of american states is trying to sort out who s in the runoff, which two of the top three candidates. and suddenly he appears. do you see his presence as