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They are far smarter than i am on their. >> bill: do you have a name of a scientists who will say on this program tomorrow sandy was caused by global warming? do you have one name? no, you don't. >> i will get a name for you, yeah. i can tell you that chris christie isn't going to say obama is great after super storm sandy or mayor bloomberg say we need to address climate change. others on the right. >> bill: we're getting away from the issue and al gore, me, is confused. let's have matt lauer refocus. go. >> the critics jumped and they said here is the guy who just sold current tv to al jazee...

Crusade. >> you are getting funding from a country that bases its wealth on fossil fuels and fossil fuels are the enemy, you targeting climate change. isn't there a bit of hypocrisy in that? >> i get the criticism, but i just disagree with it because this network has established itself, it's objective, it has won major awards in countries around the world. and its climate coverage has been outstanding and extensive. >> speaker, what do you think? i should note "objective." i don't think they are trying to hide -- governor of michigan, democratic governor of new york -- you had joy bahar, and i...

>> it bases it's wealth and you targeting climate change, isn't there a bit of hypocrisy in it? >> the criticism, i agree with, because this network has established itself. it's objective. it's one major awards in countries around the world. it's climate coverage has been outstanding and extensive. >> greta: what do you think. i don't think they tried to hide the political point of view, granholm, democratic governor of michigan and democratic governor of new york and joy hehar made their objectives recently. >> i don't think it's al-jazeera. first of all, it's oil money. so here you have al g...

Question. >> sure. >> you just sold current tv to al jazeera which is funded by qatar, which is funded by oil. is it okay, then, for you personally to -- i'd say profit from oil? >> well, i see it differently. i understand the criticism, of course, but al jazeera has long since established itself as a really high-quality news-gathering network. and i think the addition of al jazeera to the u.s. media landscape will be a big net plus. and by the way, their climate coverage is far more extensive and high quality compared to any other network in the u.s. >> but isn't there a moral question there ...

Environment is not threatened. the critics jumped here is the guy who just sold current tv to al-jazeera getting undetermined amount of funding from the country of qatar that gets money from oil reserves. >> isn't there a contradiction in that. >> i understand the criticism. i disagree with that. al-jazeera has long since established itself as a really distinguished and effective news gathering organization. >> but funding from a company that bases its wealth on fossil fuels and fossil fuels are the enemy you target in climate change. isn't there a bit of hypocrisy in that. >> i get the critic...