CNN: NYC’s Air Among the World’s Worst Due to Canada Fires

RUSH TRANSCRIPT Welcome to ░░░░░░░░ I m Jake Tapper ░░░░░░░░ ll begin today with ░░░░░░░░ health lead As much ░░░░░░░░ the eastern United States ░░░░░░░░ being choked right now ░░░░░░░░ a dangerous haze of ░░░░░░░░ caused by more than ░░░░░░░░ raging wildfires in Canada ░░░░░░░░ quality alert are out ░░░░░░░░ more than 55 million ░░░░░░░░ across the northeast midwest ░░░░░░░░ mid Atlantic The air ░░░░░░░░ so unhealthy in New ░░░░░░░░ City right now that ░░░░░░░░ actor stopped a broadway ░░░░░░░░ performance this afternoon because ░░░░░░░░ had difficulty breathing Throughout ░░░░░░░░ eastern coast people s ░░░░░░░░ sinusis throat irritated from ░░░░░░░░ exposure of the schools ░░░░░░░░ outdoor activities Health experts ░░░░░░░░ those in affected parts ░░░░░░░░ the country to wear ░░░░░░░░ if people have to ░░░░░░░░ outside If you ve ░░░░░░░░ checking your February s ░░░░░░░░ app getting the alerts ░░░░░░░░ seeing the unhill and ░░░░░░░░ some cases has Doug ░░░░░░░░ air quality numbers impacting ░░░░░░░░ from new England to ░░░░░░░░ Carolina the blankest of ░░░░░░░░ smoke swallowing up major ░░░░░░░░ such as New York ░░░░░░░░ making high rises disappear ░░░░░░░░ the haze It looks ░░░░░░░░ a star wars movie ░░░░░░░░ Officials say yesterday s ░░░░░░░░ quality in New York ░░░░░░░░ was the the worst ░░░░░░░░ the 1960s before the ░░░░░░░░ was created of the ░░░░░░░░ now it s currently ░░░░░░░░ the worst in the ░░░░░░░░ CNN s Athena Jones ░░░░░░░░ in New York with ░░░░░░░░ and tell us what ░░░░░░░░ re seeing and experiencing ░░░░░░░░ now Hi Jake of ░░░░░░░░ well this is remarkable ░░░░░░░░ ve about reporting on ░░░░░░░░ all day and several ░░░░░░░░ ago we were along ░░░░░░░░ hudson on the west ░░░░░░░░ of Manhattan It didn ░░░░░░░░ seem that bad You ░░░░░░░░ see the haze Now ░░░░░░░░ feels as though we ░░░░░░░░ living breathing working in ░░░░░░░░ giant cloud of smoke ░░░░░░░░ you can see a ░░░░░░░░ yards in front of ░░░░░░░░ but not much beyond ░░░░░░░░ This is the southern ░░░░░░░░ We re on the ░░░░░░░░ side of Manhattan You ░░░░░░░░ see some buildings a ░░░░░░░░ hundred yards in front ░░░░░░░░ see the big tall ░░░░░░░░ on the right Usually ░░░░░░░░ can see a lot ░░░░░░░░ skyscrapers beyond that This ░░░░░░░░ Manhattan a city known ░░░░░░░░ all of it tall ░░░░░░░░ Moving over here on ░░░░░░░░ 57th street this goes ░░░░░░░░ to west 57th street ░░░░░░░░ people call billion airs ░░░░░░░░ tops and tons of ░░░░░░░░ buildings can t see ░░░░░░░░ of it and finally ░░░░░░░░ of the most dramatic ░░░░░░░░ we have We re ░░░░░░░░ near the east river ░░░░░░░░ and you can still ░░░░░░░░ out the 59th street ░░░░░░░░ Here s the east ░░░░░░░░ You can see roosevelt ░░░░░░░░ but just past that ░░░░░░░░ can only see a ░░░░░░░░ of the build national ░░░░░░░░ queens Usually you can ░░░░░░░░ a lot more buildings ░░░░░░░░ that so that gives ░░░░░░░░ a sense of what ░░░░░░░░ Yorkers are dealing with ░░░░░░░░ and if you you ░░░░░░░░ the phone My phone ░░░░░░░░ me the air quality ░░░░░░░░ is 259244 way higher ░░░░░░░░ it was last night ░░░░░░░░ firms were freaking bought ░░░░░░░░ being the worst air ░░░░░░░░ we ve seen in ░░░░░░░░ neighborhoods this city and ░░░░░░░░ qualifies as very unhealthy ░░░░░░░░ that s very important ░░░░░░░░ Our own company warner ░░░░░░░░ discovery sent out an ░░░░░░░░ to any employees who ░░░░░░░░ want to go inside ░░░░░░░░ consider wearing a mask ░░░░░░░░ that s because of ░░░░░░░░ particulate matter in the ░░░░░░░░ This is among the ░░░░░░░░ most dangerous kind of ░░░░░░░░ and it s the ░░░░░░░░ of thing found in ░░░░░░░░ wildfire smoke These particles ░░░░░░░░ so small they can ░░░░░░░░ into your lungs when ░░░░░░░░ breathe them in Get ░░░░░░░░ the blame and cause ░░░░░░░░ kinds of health issues ░░░░░░░░ that s had we ░░░░░░░░ seeing the precautions taking ░░░░░░░░ in chappaqua in westchester ░░░░░░░░ They just dismissed school and