Al Roker: ‘When You Cut Grass, it Changes the Climate and the Environment’

we re back today ░░░░░░░░ White House released what ░░░░░░░░ s calling the most ░░░░░░░░ scientific assessment ever of ░░░░░░░░ change the report shows ░░░░░░░░ spiralling out of control ░░░░░░░░ every corner of this ░░░░░░░░ it predicts temperatures in ░░░░░░░░ U S soaring by ░░░░░░░░ degrees by 2100 increasing ░░░░░░░░ and rain in the ░░░░░░░░ and stronger hurricanes in ░░░░░░░░ southeast it s like ░░░░░░░░ movie NBC s al ░░░░░░░░ is at the White ░░░░░░░░ where he is going ░░░░░░░░ interview the president this ░░░░░░░░ afternoon ronan thank you ░░░░░░░░ much so they ve ░░░░░░░░ now this report it ░░░░░░░░ more than 150 pages ░░░░░░░░ s the U S ░░░░░░░░ climate assessment they ve ░░░░░░░░ doing it each year ░░░░░░░░ the fact of the ░░░░░░░░ is you go through ░░░░░░░░ and it breaks it ░░░░░░░░ nationally the bakts nationally ░░░░░░░░ climate change and regionally ░░░░░░░░ when you get to ░░░░░░░░ response pages what we ░░░░░░░░ do to pond to ░░░░░░░░ that s in this ░░░░░░░░ s interesting because let ░░░░░░░░ face it legislatively e ░░░░░░░░ a in the next ░░░░░░░░ or so have new ░░░░░░░░ new rules for carbon ░░░░░░░░ emissions available water abundance ░░░░░░░░ water a lack of ░░░░░░░░ going to be what ░░░░░░░░ talk about we re ░░░░░░░░ seeing extreme drought throughout ░░░░░░░░ of California there are ░░░░░░░░ number of rural towns ░░░░░░░░ least 30 rural towns ░░░░░░░░ California that are in ░░░░░░░░ of running out of ░░░░░░░░ municipal water supply city ░░░░░░░░ Santa Barbara is thinking ░░░░░░░░ taking their desalinization plant ░░░░░░░░ process that takes salt ░░░░░░░░ ocean water and turns ░░░░░░░░ into drinking water they ░░░░░░░░ one a couple of ░░░░░░░░ ago they kind of ░░░░░░░░ it they re thinking ░░░░░░░░ reactivating that plant water ░░░░░░░░ a big deal a ░░░░░░░░ of things in this ░░░░░░░░ deal with that we ░░░░░░░░ to sit down with ░░░░░░░░ president later this afternoon ░░░░░░░░ talk about it we ░░░░░░░░ t get a lot ░░░░░░░░ time with him but ░░░░░░░░ get some time and ░░░░░░░░ re going to put ░░░░░░░░ questions to him about ░░░░░░░░ we can be done ░░░░░░░░ America now more open ░░░░░░░░ dealing with climate change ░░░░░░░░ Americans more accepting of ░░░░░░░░ fact that yes there ░░░░░░░░ climate change it s ░░░░░░░░ to be an interesting ░░░░░░░░ of talking here some ░░░░░░░░ we ve got leaf ░░░░░░░░ here already talking about ░░░░░░░░ change you know because ░░░░░░░░ you cut grass you ░░░░░░░░ it changes the climate ░░░░░░░░ the environment i m ░░░░░░░░ really snifly right now ░░░░░░░░ back to you oh ░░░░░░░░ roker thank you for ░░░░░░░░ note about the allergies ░░░░░░░░ s the apocalypse will ░░░░░░░░ care probably not that ░░░░░░░░ things up for this ░░░░░░░░ of ronan farrow daly. ...