today msnbc joins all our plat fors in providing special coverage of what s become one of the worst droughts ever in the u.s. a new report issued today shows it s the worsts in more than 50 years and covers more than 57% of the lower 4 states. think about that, shows no signs of easing centered in the nation s midwest farm belt. expected to result in higher food and other prices in the months ahead because crops, particularly corn and soybean crops have dried up. farmers struggling to feed their animals and barge traffic banned or restricted in parts of the mississippi river because of near record low water levels. increasing transportation costs. jay gray joins us live from lowly var, missouri, to tell us about the plight of one farmer there. jay? hey there we re at the family dairy farm. it s milking time right now.
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early and brutal drought. if the forecasts are accurate, this drought could become one of the nation s worsts. it comes on the heels of a string of severe weather systems in recent months, from that rare and remarkable dust storm in phoenix to the devastating and deadly tornadoes that stunned the midwest. so just why are we seeing these extreme systems? damon morgland is with friends of the earth, and he joins us this afternoon. good afternoon, damon. we add the flooding in north dakota, a string of poppy .tornadoes, are we seeing the beginning of climate change? it certainly seems to be the case. scientists have long been telling us these kind of intense, ferocious storms, floods, droughts and wildfires were exactly the kind of thing we ll be seeing. you know, as we pump tens of millions of tons of atmosphere-warming gases into the atmosphere every day, we can
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