during some of the rituals, bodies are so closely packed together that people s feet don t even touch the ground. that is how crowded. that s what a mass of humanity ends up. that is one of the things saudi authorities don t want. special little because of the rise in cases globally speaking of this highly contagious delta variant. the saudis are saying this is out of an abundance of caution to try to tamp down on the spread of covid-19. specially delta variant. now it s worth noting that the world health organization, especially in reference to the northeast and africa, has warned that some countries are being pushed toward a critical point. tune eastern, a for example, last week was reporting its
rolling a die, for example. but climate change is kind of loading the die and predetermining what s going to happen. i want to look at the devastation in western europe. i saw some articles blaming experts for not giving people enough advance warning. i mean, that may be true in sort of a hyper specific meteorological sense, but as you said from the outset there, the outcry from climateologists was deafening because they said they ve been predicting this effect for years. how do you translate the warnings of increased risk into better warning and infrastructure to cope with these growing extreme weather events? so, unfortunately if you re living on a flood plane in germany or belgium or the netherlands, you should be aware of this risk. the chance of flooding is increasing over time. the probability of those box cars, double 6s coming up is increasing as the years go by. their call forewarning system is
proof of climate change, but they are all everything we re seeing is consistent with the predictions of what climate change is giving us. it s that the extreme events are getting more extreme and more frequent. so when we talk about, you know, global warming and, you know, we go through a cold snap, for example, experts are quick to say it s hard to tie any one specific weather event to climate change. so how do you make that direct link in this case? right. so, what s happening is that climate change is altering the rules of the game. it s weighting the dice so that these kinds of events, double 6s, if you will, are coming up more and more frequently, and that s definitely at the hot end. it s at the dry end. it s wetter in some places, like right now in europe, dryer in other places like california. so that double 6s analogy, the way i heard it explained, is, you know, this is like
of pressure. and these kinds of tensions arise. i was surprised at the level of animosity that sometimes showed itself in the west wing of the white house. well, it s a great week. thank you so much. good to see you. thanks for joining us today. the book is kill or cap you are. at the kennedy center there was a celebration of courageous women around the world. chelsea clinton stood in her to her mother hillary clinton who sent a video message because of her sudden trip to syria. crisis meetings in turningy. also present, the no belt laureate from yemen. a most inspiring of all, the arab trail blazers from tune eastern, a libya, egypt and yemen. notably missing from the group of honorees, the saudi woman who led the protest. the saudi government would not let her leave the country to accept her award last night at the kennedy center last night.
the u.s. defense officials saying mistakes were made in a deadly attack and anyone traveling for the holidays, you have to listen up here. chad has some weather news for you. jessica yellin, the senior white house correspondent. we heard from you, the president putting the pressure on house leadership as he is really making this personal, personifying this ill pass to the american people. reporter: think about the stalemate the president faced earlier this summer where he was fighting with congress over a vague and confusing issue. the debt ceiling that didn t hit americans in any direct way. contrast that with this issue which hits americans directly in their wallet. if this isn t resolved by january 1, your average american family will see $40 less in their paycheck. it couldn t be more simple and a more clear argument for the president to be making, that congress should get its act together and resolve this one way or another. a very clear fight for the president to be h