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Director of the hayden planetarium in new york and tonight fox will be premiering his series "cosmos." a prime time network television show about science. pretty amazing. neil, welcome to the program. >> thanks for having me. >> i want to talk all about "cos mos" in a moment but do you think there is a war on science and how do you think we can broker a peace? >> our civilization, our civilization is built on the innovations of scientists and technologists and engineers who have shaped everythin...

Understanding of what science is. there are people who already like science. we got them. and power to them. then the people who dont know they like science. all right. they have a little flame inside of them of curiosity which were going to fan that flame and it will rise up within them. then another category of people, the people who know they dont like science. they got no flame at all. so were going to go in there light it and show them the majesty and the beauty and glory of science and how...

Some of their hosts are flat out mean spirited towards tea party members, conservatives, whether congressmen or senators or pundits. >> do you hear nasty things about the president ob fox? do you feel the same language is used on fox as on msnbc? >> were going through a media moment who have republicans calling the president weak and feckless. to suggest the mean language is only coming from the liberal side of the ledger is absurd. we can all pull our favorite examples of outrageous things that...

Welcome back to "reliable sources." we know we live in a politically divided country, where almost anything is fair game for snipers on both sides. science, shouldnt science be immune? after all its called scientific facts for a reason and yet there are millions of climate deniers, evolution deniers, vaccine deniers. in a speech on climate change president obama summed up the war on science this way. i dont have much patience for anyone who denies this challenge is real. we dont have time for a ...

That its true whether or not you believe in it. all right. i guess you can decide whether or not to believe in it but that doesnt change the reality of an emergent scientific truth. >> give me an example of how you on this show tried to show the truth of science. >> no. i mean everything is the latest science tivg understanding of everything. thats just a given. the real messages of the show, now that you see the what the science is, how does it matter? how and why does it matter to you? what co...

Or a republican at msnbc? which is harder? whos meaner? an insiders account. also, a cosmic cure for the science war. climate deniers, evolution rejection, one man who may convince the up convinceble using tv. all that and much more ahead this morning. let me start with a big question for the media industry. who in the world would want to take on rogger aels. the king of talk news sits on the throne with killer ratings and a right wing agenda. every successful business seems to spawn imitatoimit...

Through it. and by the end of the program theres a tapestry woven and that tapestry has you in the center of it. >> what sort of pressure do you feel to make sure its entertaining, make sure people actually tune in for something like this. >> the nature of that question presumes that the real science and real entertainment cannot be the same thing unless one compromises to the other. >> thats fair. >> that -- the question presumes that. i can tell you that every night i look up at the universe, ...