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Joining me now to go head-to-head, bill nye, science educator and ken hand president and founder of answers in genesis u.s. and the croatian museum. welcome to you. very high profile and much talked about debate on creationism versus evolutionism. so ken hand, let me start with you. who is responsible for this massive snowstorm raging across america? god or science? >> actually, the bible tells us the whole of creation is running down because of mans pull. and so we do have extremes in weather p...

These communities are. how carefully they planned and budgeted for these somewhat unpredictable weather patterns, but still, you have to -- its a public safety issue. but the bottom line is now the storm is tapering off. were getting rain, plain rain. not even freezing rain. the roads are clear. so things will be probably back to normal, quote unquote, tomorrow. as you can see, as you look out here, stores, businesses are closed don. people stayed at home. heeding those warnings. but again, ther...

Very high profile and much talked about debate on creationism versus evolutionism. so ken hand, let me start with you. who is responsible for this massive snowstorm raging across america? god or science? >> actually, the bible tells us the whole of creation is running down because of mans pull. and so we do have extremes in weather patterns today. but theres been climate change ever since the flood of noahs day, we would say, massive climate change. so it all depend on the weather patterns. its ...

The dog. another from krur refrom georgia institute of technology. she says openly you cannot control weather by reducing emissions. that seems to be the entire premise of the united nations somehow if we speak emissions we can alter weather patterns. you open up with tornadoes and barbara boxer she went down to the senate floor and applied a carbon tax would help prevent future foreitornado out breaks. this is medieval witchcraft. >> every time theres a weather extreme some say the cause was ma...

Are destructive to the environment, they have to be balanced because of all the money they bring into the political equation, you have a difficult road to hoe. and i think thats the road hes trying to hoe and i think thats tough. >> can i ask you one wonky last question? >> wonky? >> since were both into journalism? i wonder what you think of the medias coverage of climate change. is it the kind of topic where you think theyve failed in general to educate the public? >> i do. i think its now fin...

>> well, weve had surf thats been well -- locations in hawaii right now well over 50 feet. there could be 60, 70-foot chases or more in certain areas. >> how rare is that for this area? >> you know, its become more and more rare, not as rare as in the past. i feel like the changes in the weather patterns and some of the stuff thats been happening on the earth has affected it. but its not rare that we can have 80-foot, 70 to 80-foot bases during our winters in hawaii. that can be as common as onc...

Nye the science guy. so nice to have you. >> its so good to be had. >> indeed, it is. bill, will it me start with you. can you explain in the simplest terms possible how it is possible for cold weather to be the result of global warming? >> well its a shift in weather patterns, so many of us are familiar with the jet stream. it dipped especially low this time of year. that dice to a change of the whirlpool or circular wind above the north pole. so as the arctic ice melts, as the extent of ice ch...

Thats so subtle. this is to say this effect lasts just a few days. so tying it directly but with a computer model or with the satellite data tying it directly to a much larger fe nonnonof global climate change is difficult. >> yeah. >> however, it is consistent with what youd expect as the ice melts, as theres more heat in the atmosphere and as weather patterns children. >> part of what i appreciate about what youre talking about, its complicated. not just that the words are words that we may no...

Weak, little system, demeaning the weather patterns moving this way. >> sorry, yeah. little guy. >> indra, appreciate it. >> thanks. coming up, freedom finally coming to an american thrown behind bars for posting a parody on youtube. the very latest on this developing story from abu dhabi. were live when we come back. for the first time, you can use nicorette... even if you slip up... so you can reach your goal. [ male announcer ] now, quit on your own terms with nicorette or nicoderm cq. [ ma...

Change or global change to describe what we believe or predict will the future, where the warming of the earths atmosphere, more energy held in the earths atmosphere will create nontraditional weather patterns. and so this -- in this case is very reasonable that this polar vortex or arctic whirlpool, whirlwind is dipping so far south because the motion of large air masses in the northern hemisphere have changed the weather over north america, especially for a few days. i think many people back e...