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And trustworthy. he wins it 64 -- two-thirds of people say he wasn't honest and trustworthy. he won that election. this one is stunning to me, 38% of people saying he is qualified to serve as president. these are not current numbers, folks. these are not from a recent cnn poll. this is from the 2016 exit poll, people who had just voted. we knew what we were getting. so how does he win is the question. he wins because people want radical change and they are willing to vote for him, putting aside all of those concerns. >> chris cillizza, thank you, sir. appreciate it. >> thank you, my friend. ...

With a world facing a worsening climate crisis, we could be on the verge of scientists say wildfires are ranging across the amazon rainforest at a record rate. environmentalists blame ranchers and loggers who want to clear and use the land. let's talk about this with wildlife biologist jeff corwin. jeff, it's so good to have you on. appreciate it. >> thanks, don. >> explain why what's going on in the amazon right now is so disturbing and what the potential effects are for the entire planet. >> great question. first of all, you just said we're on the verge of an environmental catastrophe. corre...

For a limited time, come to t-mobile and for each iphone ten r you get, get a second one on us. with a world facing a worsening climate crisis, we could be on the verge of a massive environmental disaster in brazil. scientists say wildfires are ranging across the amazon rain forest at a record rate. environmentalists blame ranchers and loggers who want to clear and use the land. let's talk about this with wildlife biologist jeff corwin. jeff, it's so good to have you on. thank you so much. appreciate it. >> thanks, don. >> explain why what's going on in the amazon right now is so disturbing ...

To emit carbon instead, right? >> well, not only is it the lungs, the respiratory organ for planet earth, don, it is a natural carbon reservoir. we take carbon and we the rain forest down that is locked. the carbon is liberated into the atmosphere as a greenhouse gas. we are literally taking a natural solution as climate change remedy and we are turning it in to the problem. >> i am looking at the beautiful pictures, and it is hard to believe that it is happening when you have that with the climate picture. many green the rain forests are one of the best defenses for the threat of climate chan...

Well, rain forests take up about 5% of our planet's surface and they contain 60% to 70% of all life and on a good day, don, we lose 3,000 acres of rainforest every hour. >> wow. >> so this catastrophic loss of life is really unprecedented. and right now with the -- with the onslaught of climate change mixed with homesteading and mining and all that contributes deforestation, brazil is on the verge to lose probably 60% of its remaining habitat with or in under a decade. >> listen, you mention all those things but the amazon rain forest produces about 20% of the world's oxygen.s 20% of the world...