american economy hostage. lifesaving health care denied or delayed, we will talk to one of the doctors behind a new study showing a pattern of serious health complications caused by post roe abortion ban. and a dire warning from the u.n. s top weather and climate scientist and what we can do about it. plus the velshi banned book club goes to court. this week we ll talk to two previously featured authors of banned books who have joined with free speech activists, parents and the largest publishing house in the country and hauling book banners to federal court. velshi starts now. good morning, it is saturday may 20th, i m ali velshi. as the old saying, goes if i don t succeed, stop following the republican playbook. you would think that after one bad election cycle the gop would have regrouped and reassessed its shortcomings so it could rebound. it s been nearly seven years since the republicans last truly significant wind. donald trump s electoral college victory in 2016. sinc
this latest report by the w. m o finds the earth will likely cross that threshold by 2027, but it will be temporary. it won t cross the long term threshold just yet. but this marks an alarming acceleration of the human impact on the global climate system. if you ve been at all concerned with the gradual human induced degradation of planet earth, then you are probably familiar with this figure. 1.5 degrees celsius. no, even though we re in america, and i know we re not switching to fahrenheit for this number because it s important that we all understand this exactly the same. way the temperature rise we ve all been warned to avoid for all costs. this is essentially the doomsday threshold for global warming. so let s remind ourselves, why this little number matters so much. when you think of climate change or global warming, you might think about those searing hot summer days when this temperature exceeds 100 degrees fahrenheit in new york. i would another degree make so much of a differ