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WEATHER CHANNEL.
HE JOINS ME NOW.
GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE.
CAN'T BE A BIGGER GIG FOR THE
WEATHER CHANNEL.
>> IT'S VERY EXCITING.
AND I HOPE YOU'RE RIGHT.
THE WEATHER CHANNEL FOR ME, I
WAS ALWAYS A FAN.
THAT'S WHERE THE REAL WEATHER
INFORMATION WAS.
THE REST OF US ARE DOING LITTLE
BITS OF IT.
30 SECONDS, 1 MINUTE AT A TIME.
BUT THE WEATHER CHANNEL IS THE
PLACE TO GET THE REAL
UNDERSTANDING AND THE REAL
INDEPTH.
>> THE THING I LEARNED ABOUT
AMERICA IS THAT I THOUGHT THE
BRITS WERE OBSESSED WITH
WEATHER.
WE ARE AT FIRST BASE.
YOU GUYS ARE OBSESSED WITH IT.
IT'S BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY
EXTREMITIES IN AMERICAN WEATHER.
THERE IS ALWAYS A HURRICANE,
TORNADO, HAIL STORMS, IT ALWAYS
SEEMS TO BE FREAKISH.
>> YEARS HAVE BEEN CALM AND
QUIET AND SOMETIMES YEARS THERE
WASN'T MUCH OF A WEATHER
PATTERN.
IT'S JUST THAT CERTAINLY THIS
LAST YEAR HAS BEEN WILD.
THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS
HAVE BEEN WILD AND THE WEATHER
HAS BEEN AT EXTREMES.
>> WHEN I HAVE HAD CLIMATE
CHANGE ARGUMENTS, IT TENDS TO
FOLLOW A FAMILIAR PATTERN.
THE SCIENTISTS SAY IT'S CLEAR
SCIENCE THAT GLOBAL WARMING,
CLIMATE IS CHANGING AND SO ON.
BUT SKEPTICS SAY IF YOU LOOK
OVER THOUSANDS OF YEARS WE
ALWAYS HAVE THIS CYCLICAL CHANGE
IN WEATHER.
>> THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS WE
ONLY HAVE A SMALL AREA OF
KNOWLEDGE OF THE PLANET THAT WE
LIVE IN.
WE DON'T DEVOTE ENOUGH TIME,
ATTENTION OR MONEY IN STUDYING
OUR WORLD OR PLANET OR PATTERN.
IT'S LIKE A DOCTOR LOOKING AT
YOUR PINKIE NAIL AND TELLING YOU
THE RECORD OF THE HEALTH OF YOUR
BODY.
SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE LEARNING
SOMEWHERE ABOUT THE PLANET.
I HAVE TO TELL YOU BASED ON MY
EXPERIENCE WHAT I'M SEEING ISN'T
SOOTHING.
I HAVE TO LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE CLIMATOLOGISTS.
WHEN THEY SAY THERE'S CHANGE, I
BELIEVE THEM.
AND WHEN OTHERS SAY THERE IS NOT
CHANGE FOR POLITICAL OR MONEY
BORNE REASONS I DON'T TEND TO
BELIEVE THEM.
>> WHEN WE LAST SPOKE, YOU
ANNOUNCED YOU ENGAGED TO YOUR
LONG-TIME PARTNER, RUBEN.
YOU ARE HAPPILY MARRIED MEN NOW.
WITH ALL THE DEBATE ABOUT GAY
MARRIAGE AND SO MANY STATES
EMBRACING IT WHERE WILL WE BE IN
TEN YEARS TIME IN AMERICA?
>> I HOPE IT'S JUST A REGULAR
CONVERSATION.
I HOPE YOU ARE ABLE IN THIS
COUNTRY AND IN THE WORLD TO
PROUDLY TALK ABOUT THE PERSON
YOU ARE IN LOVE WITH AND SHARE
YOUR LIFE WITH AND HAVE NO ONE
BAT AN EYE.
LOVE IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS I
NEVER IMAGINED HAPPENING IN MY
LIFE.
I CANNOT IMAGINE BEING UNHAPPY
FOR SOMEONE WHO IS IN LOVE.
I CAN'T.
IT'S BEYOND ME.
IT'S AN ARGUMENT I CAN'T LAUNCH
TO MAKE BECAUSE I DON'T
UNDERSTAND THE OTHER SIDE.
>> AGREE WITH YOU.
>> SAN CHAMPION NEW SHOW
PREMIERS MARCH 17th ON THE
WEATHER CHANNEL.
>> YOU HAVE BEEN FANTASTIC.
THANK YOU FOR EVERY OPPORTUNITY
TO BE ON YOUR SHOW FOR EVERY