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>> the population explosion was unstoppable and pesticides were going to shorten our life, the ice age was coming back. acid rain was killing forests. the desert was advancing. the y 2 k computer bug. that is what everybody said to me about the future. so i was surprised when i grew up that things had been getting much better for most people most of the time. >> some people call this possess mitchell porn or fear porn. it sells in the media. people like to be scared. >> one example of that is the hysteria over global warming. i think the globe may be warming and partly because of man. climate ...

Residues. i covered hundreds of scares and finally wised up. in england, a journalist smarter than i quickly realized he was focusing on the wrong things that led to this book. "the rational optimist." matt ridley gives lectures around the world explaining why he's an optimist. >> back in the 1970, the future was bleak, the population explosion was unstoppable. famine was inevitable. bird flu is going to kill us, the ice age is coming back. all these, the desert was advancing. y2k computer bug, all these things were going to go wrong. that's what everybody said about the future. i was surprise...

Styles. >> you have to deal with the adults if you want to remain the adult in the situation. >> no doubt about it. >> here's what's really interesting. >> investigators say if it is true she probably went after the wrong kid. >> i know, right. you just never know. >> terrible. >> don't do it. >> don't do it. moving on to this now, a population explosion in albuquerque this spring of grasshoppers. there are millions of them in new mexico city because conditions are favorable right now. albuquerque is having a mild spring with recent rainstorms. residents are told not to overuse pesticides, w...

Summer swag. poppa manning made an appearance in the video. hilarious. >> that reminds me of that famous justin timber lake schedule. >> "something in a box." >> same humor. all right. thank you so much, betty. >> it's one of the most popular summer spots in the u.s. cape cod, massachusetts. traditionally known for beautiful beaches and tranquil waters. but as katie tur reports, there are growing concerns over a population explosion and the hidden danger it's attractsing. >> reporter: crowds by the dozen, seals by the hundreds. at least right here. on any given day on cape cod, thousands of th...

When i look at the sort of numbers in terms of how often people eat these foods in terms of the price point a lot of them are at, i always wonder if there's not a tension in the kind of argument curtis makes. i think you hear a lot in the food community, a preference for going back to things we can recognize. foods our grandmothers would recognize. and the sort of way americans eat and i often wonder if the answer to a lot of the problems curtis identified like diabetes and related health issues and some of the cost issues too with getting healthy food won't have to be solved also technologica...