MSNBC Guest on Travel Ban: ‘Biggest National Security Threat Is Climate Change’

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HENNESSEY: “Look, for the Trump administration’s sort of focus on refugees, the single national security threat is climate change. We’ve seen the ways in which climate change has either sparked conflicts or has made existing conflicts worse again and again. This has been a major DOD —“ [crosstalk] 
MATTHEWS: “What’s the deal with the weather two weeks ago?
HENNESSEY: “Right. So, we’ve seen this –”
MATTHEWS: “What do you mean? Do you think it has to do with the weather we’ve been having?” 
HENNESSEY: “I don’t think that that necessarily has sparked conflict —“ 
MATTHEWS: “Hottest year on record, years in a row now, the hottest years in record.” 
HENNESSEY: “Right, so again and again, we’re seeing a more intense sort of conflict for resources, and we’re seeing more and more displaced people. That causes, that has spillover effects with really dramatic security.”