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>> i say a heart. >> is it a whales tail or heart. >> thats what nasa is calling it, a whales tail. >> what an incredible story. we have learned more in the past five day s than the last 85 years in the risry books. it was in an observatory i went top flagstaff, arizona. incredible because to think the images and the way they have advanced and we learned there are ice caps on there and parts of the southern hemisphere dont see sunlight but once every 100 years. >> we take the pictures and it tak...

As of a few days ago, 4 million miles away and july 12th 1.5 million and as of the last two days or so 500,000 miles away. what we know inside the next 6 1/2 hours, nasa will release the images at a distance of 7,0007800 miles. the distance from new york city to mumbai. expansive when you put it on our planet and bring it to the surface. if it were centered over the united states it would take up 1400 miles. expansive region of europe as well. and then go to asia. it would stretch beijing to hon...

Mission? >> well, we just wanted to learn as much as we can about pluto. it is so far out, we didnt know very much at all. so in the past five days, weve learned more than weve ever learned before. we know that its got the five moons, we know that its got icecaps on it, we know that its got an atmosphere made of nitron. and portions of pluto only sees a little bit of daylight every one hundred years. it has been such a mystery. and only a little speck out there in space until now weve seen some ...

And we get closer and closer and the details on july 12th and a couple days ago now, 476,000 miles away. and the whales tail region at the bottom of the dwarf planet. its about 18% of the surface area of our planet. of much of the your seen continent and eastern china from beijing over to hong kong. and this is something that has been many many years in the works and you look at pluto and charon and you look at our moon luna is 50% larger than pluto itself. what we have learned in recent months ...

Disappearing and melting ice caps. this is about protecting and it is about protecting our homes. >> but if you ask house speaker john boehner, it is insane. thats his official assessment. the presidents plan is nuts. theres really no more su succinct way to describe it. mitch mcdonnell said it was a dagger through the heart of the american middle class. a dagger through the heart. it is enough to make you long for the days of drill, baby, drill and the time when republicans, like sarah palin, t...

Apa administrator gina mc r mccarthy announced that she along with the obama administration plans to protect the public health with new rules to keep the environment cleaner and that includes curbbing carbon pollution and she says that the risks to the our health are clear. >> this is not just about disappearing polar bears and melting icecaps, although, i like polar bears and i know about melting ice caps. this is about protecting our health, and it is about protecting our homes. >> mccarthy sa...

By 2030 the nations power plants must cut emissions 30% from where they were in 2005. epa administrator gina mccarthy delivered the message. >> this is not just about disappearing polar biz and melting ice caps. this is about protecting our health and it is about protecting our homes. >> reporter: inaction means dire consequences, according to a white house climate report. rising sea levels will threaten millions of people in coastal areas. heavy drought, heatwaves, and wildfires will scorch com...

With a lot on their political plate the white house is making the big pivot to climate change. this morning e.p.a. administrator announced a proposal for toughest new rules on carbon pollution in the nations history. >> this is not just about disappearing polar bears and melting ice caps, although i like polar bears and i know about melting ice caps. this is about protecting our health and it is about protecting our homes. >> the plan calls for a 30% cut from 2005 levels on carbon emissions from...

Efforts? >> everything in search is on station time devoting effort into covering an area and looking, looking, looking. it takes hours to get to the search area to begin with so aircraft only have a certain endurance. that means they have less time to spend on station. >> aircraft endurance, a function of fuel. humans also. you had to deal with thane air france. what about that. >> most difficult surge, youre staring, looking at icecaps. if you look away for one second to sneeze you might miss ...

>> there is -- >> regulation of industry. >> they think that quote, capitalism is destroying the planet, raping and pillaging the planet for profit, and this is really a socialist agenda. you agree? >> yeah, absolutely. you have identified an interesting theme. democrats are in the process of identifying two major problems that will shape their agenda, which have been problems since the dawn of time, inequality. and the weather, and those two things are never going away. the way they justify an ...