should make way for smooth seas. if all goes well, she'll emerge from the waters in the florida keys after 40 to 60 hours of swimming. patrick ottoman, cnn, havana. >> that is one brave grandma, wouldn't you say? >> i'm scared to get in even half way in the ocean. >> i hear you on that one. that will do it for me today. cnn newsroom continues. hello. >> have a great day. >> thank you. >> hello, everyone. thanks for joining us. a lot of news. raging fires in the west. a blistering heat wave in the east and violent storms across a huge swath of the country. extreme weather is impacting tens of millions of people right now. we, of course, have reporters covering all angles of this story. we begin with those fierce thunderstorms. they ripped across nine states from the midwest to the eastern seaboard. two people were killed in virginia by falling trees. nearly four million homes without power. and that creates a very

dangerous situation for those suffering through record-breaking heat. triple digit temperatures are making life absolutely miserable for about 100 million americans this weekend. that's about a third of our population. here's a look at today's predicted highs across the united states. let's go first to cnn's reporter live in atlanta in a cooling center where the heat is expected, nick, to hit 106 degrees. that makes me think back to the record here in atlanta in 2007. let's talk about how dangerous this is and what officials are doing. i know there are officials in missouri investigating three deaths that may be caused by heat already. >> this is a massive situation across atlanta. 22 states affected by this heat advisory. we have everywhere from little rock, arkansas, to greensboro, north carolina. i believe we have video of greensboro, north carolina, under that excessive heat

warning. and in little rock, i'm sorry, tulgsa, oklahoma, they're handing out portable air-conditioners to keep the residents there cool. little rock, record water usage there. people are just hot. this is triple digit temperatures all across the united states. >> you know what? i think a lot of times people think it is hot and uncomfortable. they forget how incredibly dangerous this is, especially for the elderly, p em who are not as mobile and can't move as easily as others to move to somewhere cool. you're in atlanta. what are you seeing there as the temperature rises here in atlanta? >> reporter: as you mentioned, one in three americans, if you can believe it, a third of our population affected by this heat. this is just a tough situation to be in. heat is the biggest factor in terms of fatalities. a senior citizen said she is so thankful that atlanta opened this cooling center, otherwise, she wouldn't have known what to have done. >> they are really affected by

intense heat. a lot of them don't realize that they are suffering from dehydration. and so to come to a place that is cool, come to a place where there's water provided, come to a place where they don't have to worry about seven or eight hours in 106-degree temperatures is really wonderful. >> reporter: you can see behind me they're still delivering watter to the dozens of people inside that cooling center. this is a recreational center that doubles today as the cooling center. poppy, as you mentioned, of course, throughout the united states and especially in missouri those three death that's could potentially be heat related, investigators are still determining whether or not they were heat related. poppy? >> absolutely, nick. you stay cool. stay safe out there. everyone that's watching, please, please take care of yourself, drink a lot of water. i know it sounds obvious but this is dangerous heat. let's move on to colorado. firefighters are making progress on a fire that killed two people

and has destroyed nearly 350 homes. the waldo canyon fire in colorado springs is now -- this is good news -- 30% contained. the flames forced 32,000 people including this young woman from her home. city officials have organized bus tours for about 4,000 people whose neighborhoods are scorched. residents say they're thankful to the hundreds of firefighters on the front lines. >> i'm so sorry. i tried to tell him, no, it's okay. you're saving lives. you're saving other homes and memories. and that's what really counts. i appreciated them for trying. >> the cause of the fire is, of course, still under investigation. i want to bring in now francine hanson. she is one of the thousands of people who had to evacuate, escape the flames. she joins me on the phone from eagle veil, colorado, where she has basically found refuge with her sister.

thank you so much for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> how you doing, francine? >> um, you know, it's an emotional roller coaster. i was doing better until i just talked to the grandson that was living with us. >> right. >> and how he is feeling. it's an emotional loss for all of us. >> i want to explain to our viewers why that is. i mean you and your husband in retirement had built a dream home for yourselves there in the mountains. just a beautiful home. we're seeing pictures of it on the screen right now. you had to evacuate. i know your grandson shot some video of your home which you have now lost. i was wondering, you could please take us back to that moment, what this was like for you, for your husband, for your family getting out? what we're looking at is the video that your grandson shot as you lost your home. again, i'm so sorry. take us back to that moment. what was it like as you get in

your car and escape? >> well, i guess i didn't tell you, we left early. colorado springs is having a heat wave and our air conditioning wasn't working. i had allergies. and we saw the flames at the original fire. they looked like they were two miles away. they were moving quickly in our direction. and having sort of really maybe overprepared, we packed up and left. and then when i heard the evacuation notice, i got on the phone and said run, run, run. and they ran up there. i was on the phone with his mom who's just come back from korea. and we were all on the phone screaming, they're trying to save stuff. and i told them to get out. get out. >> and stuff is not the thing to save. you and your husband were prepared. you protected yourselves. i'm wondering, francine, have you talked to your neighbors? have you talked to them about how they're doing? did they all evacuate? we talked about getting pets outs of the home. what have you heard from those

around you? >> i've talked to many, many neighbors. there are some people that were heroes. i mean the lady next door said that she never got the evacuation notice and the guy across the street who lost his home came screaming at their garage, get out! get out! they all started calling each other. i started calling everybody i knew to make sure that they were evacuating. everybody was trying to pull together. that fire was right behind where our house was. >> francine? i know you've gone to stay with your twin sister in eagle veil, colorado. i want to ask you what do you do next? do you stay there? do you leave colorado? do you rebuild? tell us what you're thinking right now. >> i think until we see the house on monday, we're getting a better picture that it's just the front wall is standing. i really like to understand how we got taken out by this fire.

we had a steel roof. we had a brick house. we had mitigated. my husband has been leading the mitigation effort. we had the firemen up there. so, you know, first i got to know that it's a safe place. even if i live there and rebuild, is it safe for next person? that's question number one. >> it sounds like you and your husband did everything you could to protect and prevent something like this. francine, again, we're sorry for what you lost. we're glad you're safe. please keep us posted. >> thank you. >> for everyone watching, to find out more about how you can help those affected by the wildfires, please go to cnn.com/impact. we have a whole list of reliable organizations there that are working with victims, many, many different ways that you can help. again, right there on the cnn website i impact your world. please help out if you can. the weather is critical to containing the wildfires, of course. our meteorology sift live in eie

weather center. is there any good news? >> there's not good news and we don't have definitive bad news other than the winds are going to be light, variable. but in the mountainous regions, the winds can really change around very quickly. it's quite a bit of elevation. 1400 foot peaks. pikes peak is located around here. this is where the fire is. this is interstate 25 running north and south, extending from denver to the south. it's already burned in excess of 18,000 acres. several fatalities reporting and thousands of fire fighting methods now being taking place to control that fire which is now 30% contained. well, as we go into the forecast, this is what we're expectsing. only about a 20% chance of a shower. that means hit or miss. that means the winds may kick up every now and again. we might see a thunderstorm. it may produce rainfall. a lot of times in these regions all you get are the dry thunderstorms. as far as the heat is concerned for firefighters, it's going to

remain in the 90s. that's fairly typical. so not a lot of a break as far as the temperatures go. but, poppy, we're looking at just a weather situation that's not going to be dramatic. but it's not going to help either. >> all right. and karen, i want to move now to the east coast. we just got new video in from our affiliate wjla of intense storm damage in montgomery county, maryland. just look at that. what is happening there? >> we watched this yesterday afternoon. a strong line of storms moved across ohio, indiana and through kentucky. made its way to the mid-atlantic. these are pictures coming out of montgomery county, maryland. they had wind gusts up to about 90 miles an hour. there you see the downed trees. there are downed power lines. virginia was a hard hit area with hundreds of thousands of people reported without power. but there you can see it's going to be a while before they can turn the power back on. parts of kentucky may not see

power until wednesday. the reason i bring that particular thing up is because we're seeing triple digit temperatures across this region. >> karen, looking at this video, it looks like a tornado ripped through there, ripping off the tops of trees, completely massive trees down. this is a severe storm. couple that with the heat we're feeling across the country. let's talk about that for the broader united states. how hot is it going to get today and the long term forecast here? >> i want to take you back a couple days. let's go from wednesday. this ridge of high pressure across the interior west at norton dam in kansas, they had 118 degrees. that's not the humidity factored in. that is not a heat index number. but this ridge of high pressure is now shifting. we still got this dome of very hot air. it's going to take something to really break that down. in the meantime, we're stuck with this triple digits for the next three to five days. the trend, poppy, is downward.

we go from the triple digits like atlanta, 104. forecast high for today. we go through tuesday, we're looking at temperatures in the low 90s. we're going to see a difference, it's not going to be dramatic. yesterday nashville, all time record high, 109 degrees. >> unbelievable. you almost think those numbers are mistakes but they're not. we're living it and feeling it here. karen, you'll be with us throughout the hour. thank you. let's move to syria now where the bloodbath continues. 33 people were killed alone today. 150 killed on thursday. now the race is on for a diplomatic solution.

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these are new pictures from montgomery county, maryland. those shots coming from wjla. severe weather across the united states. we'll keep a close eye on it for you throughout the afternoon. now turning to syria and the race to find a diplomatic solution to end the deadly violence there. opposition activists say 33 people were killed today alone, 150s were killed on thursday. children, of course children are among the dead. meanwhile, in geneva, switzerland, secretary of state hillary clinton and other world diplomats are meeting to discuss ways to try to stop the carnage. itn correspondent bill kneely is following developments in syria throughout. he reports from duma which is really just outside of the capital of damascus. >> reporter: at the edge of syria's capital, proof of a war that is now claiming more lives

than ever. [ bombing ] this is duma. the tight streets, dozens, perhaps hundreds are dying. there is intense fighting here. the signs of shelling and artillery rounds almost constant. beneath the smoke, the rebel targets syrian troops are attacking. but not just the army, for the first time in this conflict i heard twice the unmistakable sound of a warplane high above then this -- [ explosion ] president assad is using everything in his armory to break this up. the fighting is very close to us. all around us and all across this suburb of douma. this is the first time that we can categorically say the syrian air force has been deployed here. president assad is now using

warplanes against his own people in this built up area. one man filmed a helicopter gunship firing at a target beneath. activists say shelling has killed almost 100 civilians in douma in two days and they claim there's been a massacre. in a basement, a whole family lie dead. among them, a little girl in pink still clutching her pink bunny rabbit. what did this girl do to be shelled asks the man? to be killed holding her toy. another victim, a 7-year-old girl, is cradled by a man who says she was shot in cold blood. one resident told us there's been more than one mass killing. >> they killed all people, 22 people from this area. they killed all people, small children. 3 years, 5 years, woman and all

the men. >> reporter: it's not clear who killed the civilians. syrian troops told me today only that they are in a very dangerous battle. it's a battle that lasts here for 25 days, though none as deadly as the last two. tens of thousands of people here have fled. from our position, the battle was only getting closer and more intense. at one point directly beneath us. it was time to go. we left safely. those left behind in this deadly suburb of the capital are very far from safe. bill neily, itv news, douma. >> you have to remember how many children have been affected in all of this. a stunning report. we almost become immune to seeing the images. we've seen them now for months and months and months.

but it's escalating and it's getting worse. our jill dougherty has an interview secretary of state hillary clinton today. we'll bring that to you later on today as soon as we have it. let's also move on to egypt. there is a new leader in egypt. a very big day for this country. we'll take you live. fiber one. uh, forgot jack's cereal. [ jack ] what's for breakfast? um... try the number one! [ jack ] yeah, this is pretty good. [ male announcer ] half a day's worth of fiber. fiber one. [ jack ] yeah, this is pretty good. male spirit present.trong it's the priceline negotiator. >>what? >>sorry. he wants you to know about priceline's new express deals. it's a faster way to get a great hotel deal without bidding.

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the country's first democratically elected president. the ceremony took place amid tight security. it was overseen by egypt's military rulers. our dan rivers is live in cairo. dan, obviously a huge moment, momentous for this country. but this is so interesting. this comes a day after mohamed morsi addressed his supporters and he said, i quote, "there is no authority above the authority of the people." this was clearly a swipe directly at the military which holds more power right now in egypt than he does. >> reporter: absolutely. yeah. he also in his speech subsequently after the oath pointedly said although he said the army is the shield and soul of the nation, he then said that the elected institutions will have to come back and take their role. that was a direct message to the army to say, look, you may have dissolved parliament and snatched some of my power as president before i was sworn in, but putting them on warning.

basically gently saying to them at some point you're going o to hand them back. >> and along with this goes pretty serious line of controversy. he has recently said he would work to free rahman, he is serving a life sentence in the united states for his connection to the 1993 world trade center bombing. his camp backtracked off that. they say, no, we really want him extradited to egypt to serve out his term. that is getting a lot of attention. what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: we have gone back to his people to say what is the actual position here? you're right. he did mention sheikh rahman's case. they're saying he should be released on humanitarian grounds. that he can -- he only has seven years left to serve on his sentence. he poses no threat to the u.s. because the group he was with disbanded their military arm. but let's not forget what this man was accused of. he was accused of plotting to blow up two road tunnels, two

bridges and a federal building in new york. so, you know, i think the u.s. would kind of say there's absolutely no way they're going to hand this man back to egypt. >> and he's going to be fascinating to watch. i mean this is someone who vowed to push for women's rights while at the same time as he was campaigning said that women should not be president. he is someone put it very aptly, a study in contrast. a lot of focus going to be on how much islamist rule there will be. how much democratic rule there will be. dan, thank you for staying on top of this story. great reporting there. thank you, dan. back now in the united states, health care reform stands that ruling handed down by the nation's highest court this week. so how could it impact other major laws moving forward? our legal guys standing by as always. great to have you guys. we'll be right back with them. time is running out to get the hottest deal on a new mattress.

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there are so many legal questions about the health care decision handed down by the supreme court. we learn to our legal guys. guys, i sat last night and read through roberts' opinion. fascinating stuff. obviously, this is historic for him personally. but let's talk first about the ruling on the individual mandate. this is what confused people at the outset. it's what a lot of people are still trying to get their heads around now. it is not legal under the commerce clause. it is legal under the taxation authority of the federal government. give it to me, richard, in lehman's terms. >> in layman's terms, at fordable health care law passes the individual mandate.

it is deemed constitutional not on the grounds it was argued. not on the grounds it was arked by t argued by the government but the grounds to tax. it's a broad overreaching power that congress has to enact taxation laws and statutes. that's what the roberts' court relied upon. not on the commerce clause to dismay of many of the judges who were in agreement with the majority. still this ruling severely impacts future laws where congress has enacted them by virtue of the congress clause. again, legal scholars will be debating this for a long time to go. >> avery, let's get to that. i think in many ways you can see this ruling as liberal and conservative. what justice roberts wrote in his opinion is that if you enacted the individual mandate under the commerce clause, you would be making people do something. not just regulating what they

buy, but forcing them to buy something. that's really the base of this. so what do you take? obviously don't agree with richard on this, do you? >> i agree on the conclusion that it is constitutional. i think the conventional wisdom, of course, was that the likelihood of the constitutionality of affordable health care had about as much chance as son in a tollbooth. i think what justice roberts did is rope-a-dope. he took a footnote argument. the government did argue taxing power. there were some scholars that said, yeah. he split the baby. why? because he wanted to look as if for the millions of americans who were affected by this, what is the legacy of the supreme court? what is the legacy of the chief justice? interestingly enough and today these times you saw a juxtaposition of chief justice

marshal with roberts but both of them had very different views on the commerce clause. that's going to affect the future. >> i do want to talk about something, guys. it's very important for anyone that lives in the 26 republican-led states that opposed this. the ruling on the expansion of medicaid. okay, this is really seen as a win for those states that the federal government, as chief justice roberts put it, can't hold a gun to the heads of these states. it can't take away the medicaid funding if they don't participate in expanding their medicaid eligibility and spending more money to do this. what is your take on that, richard? >> that's right, poppy. it cannot be a penalty. congress cannot impose a penalty upon states. they have to give them the option to participate or not. and this, i believe, is the most significant feature of the supreme court decision. this alone is going to hamper this particular law. and you really to focus on this

portion of the decision because this is what's going to impact the majority number of people, 26 states now going to be very hard for them to vote for this if they're truly republican and going to go along the party lines. >> and avery, we can tell you, you disagree with that? address that. >> i actually disagree. i mean the part of necessary and proper. every american should pull out the constitution. look at the laundry list. on the head ok'd portimedicaid t cannot be a penalty. there is no question in my mind. even with the republican governors and republican state legislators, there is no choice. legislators are going to have to deal with this. they are not going to be able to cut sides. it's going to be a variation on what the aca is. look for congress to modify that. there is no way that that's going to cut off medicare for the states that oppose i had.

>> congress would have the only power that would be able to do that. now it's important to keep in mind as people listen to both kanld dates on this, guys. thank you very much. we'll have you back near 20 minutes to talk about this interesting case, a woman suing a little league player after she got hit in the face with a ball. kid was 11. >> right. >> that's next. interesting story coming up for you as well. more than a billion people depend on these beautiful coral reeves. we're going to tell you why next. what ? customers didn't like it. so why do banks do it ? hello ? hello ?! if your bank doesn't let you talk to a real person 24/7, you need an ally. hello ? ally bank.

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monday due to a technicality of a new law passed back in april. now the law goes into effect starting tomorrow. the governor of the state has vowed to make mississippi abortion free. we've got george howl live in jackson, mississippi, around the story for us. george, let's first talk about the clinic that is open today. what could happen when this law takes effect? and what are you hearing from people there today? >> reporter: poppy, this clinic could very well close its doors come monday when this law takes effect sunday. keep in mind the clinic is closed tomorrow, first day of business would be monday. and that is when we could see impact the last day of this clinic. i spoke to the person who sponsored the law. he says this is simply a health issue to protect women's health. he says the law is basically this, to make sure that any physician in the state of mississippi who performs an abortion to make sure they have permissions with local hospitals to admit patients. he says sounds simple enough. but i also talked to the president of this clinic.

she said she's been trying to get those permissions now for the last several weeks for the last few months since this law was signed in april. she says she has a fear, a concern that many of the hospitals here are bowing to political pressure. if this clinic is not in compliance with that law come monday, it could very well close its doors. now i spoke to both sides on this issue to get an understanding of what they had to say on it. take a listen. what would it mean for people in mississippi if this clinic was to close? >> absolute tragedy. no one wants to talk about abortion or think about abortion until they're there. you know, there are three reasons you have an abortion, rape, incest, and now it's my kid, my mother, now it's my grandmother. >> i think the intent is to make sure that folks, women who are receiving abortions are receiving abortions by a professional physician who is certified. and then if something goes

wrong, which it might. we hope it doesn't. but it could. that physician could follow that patient to a local hospital. that's the intent. and what happens afterwards, we'll have to see what happens. >> reporter: the president of this clinic has sued -- filed for temporary restraining order against this law to give her time to try to get these permissions. but, again, the law takes effect their first day of business monday. if the clinic is found in violation, the people that work here, the nurses, physicians, management, they could face civil and criminal penalties. >> this is an important story. one we'll keep our eye on all weekend. i want to make clear to people, there are two technicalities in this law in order for a doctor to perform an abortion, that doctor have to be an ob/gyn and admitting privileges at a local hospital. and that has been the sticking point for doctors there. george, thank you. we'll keep an eye on this all weekend. keep us posted. former waitress at a los

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in new jersey, a woman is suing a 13-year-old boy for hitting her with a baseball

during a little league game almost two years ago. matthew migliasio told his dad he was warming up in the bull pen when the ball slipped out of his hands, sailed over the fence and hit the woman. matt's dad believes what his son told him and that was an unfortunate accident. >> he said we weren't screwing around. the ball slipped out of my hand. i threw it back. it went over his head. to him this happens every day. i want people to come to their senses and drop the case. >> all right. our legal guys are back. avery, want to go to you first. what does the plaintiff, miss lloyd, what does she need to prove here? i assume damages and liability, right? >> she has to show both. clear think are damages all over the place. elizabeth lloyd who got hit by matthew's pitch has had reconstructive surgery, other continuing headaches that, type of problem. it's the real thing. the problem is the liability issue. i mean clearly this was

unintentional. elizabeth's lawyer claims that matthew who is 11 at the time said he did it on purpose. that is nonsensical. i think there is a real question whether there will be liability. clear think is negligence along the line. was it foreseeable? i don't think so. >> interestingly, this case was filed just two weeks before the statute of limitations ran out in new jersey. civil lawsuits for personal injuries have to be filed within two years. that's an interesting point. richard, the plaintiff, elizabeth lloyd, wants $500,000. there is actually precedent going back to a 1935 case in california's supreme court, right? about the assumption of risk if you're at a game. >> right. that's for professional baseball. that's where assumption and risk is applicable. here, though, the alleged assault and battery which is an intentional tort. i think lawyer that brought the lawsuit missed the boat on this. if you sue for intentional tort that, is it usually a disclaimer

on any insurance policy. number two, he was 11 years old. and to think that he could form the mental intent to throw and intentionally hurt someone and yet hit someone in the face at the distance he was, i mean the yankees would have signed this kid up already. this is a ridiculous lawsuit. >> that's right. >> it's going nowhere. >> watch out, jeter. >> i like that. >> guys, quickly before i move on to the next case, how does this play out, dismiss go, to trial, settlement? >> dismiss. >> settlement. >> going to resolve. >> next case. this one is wild. all right. so you got this former waitress, courtney scarmello. filed a lawsuit against a bar where she used to work. she claims she had to wear a urine form, that plaid skirt she thought was inappropriate. she claims that fans were placed on the floor to blow up waitresses skirts. she called it embarrassing, uncomfortable. her response, they said, look, the suit has no merit. she was not fired.

she quit her job. and to note here, when she complained about this uniform, they changed the policy and took the uniform away. then they cut her hours back and goes on and on. so what's her take on this? does she have grounds for a case here? >> yeah. it's a vintage classic retaliation under employment law. look, i don't though what it is with men. how do they come up with these ideas about a short skirt. that was britney spears when she used to be cute. then they attach velcro to it so drunken slob can rip it off of her. what a terrible, terrible idea. how demeaning. how humiliating for women. again, allegations, poppy. allegations. >> absolutely. >> if they can be proven, then i think she is very, very strong in the outcome. it's a very serious matter of violation of federal and state law. >> richard, i was reading some of the comments on news reports that people were writing in when they write about this case.

one of them said free country, get another job. it's a very hard economy. so that's easier said than done. i don't know. what is your take? >> it's not -- it's a ridiculous case. it's not a serious case. >> what? >> it's ridiculous. listen, the woman is working there for four years. a change of ownership takes over. they're strug unwilli they're struggling, was she going to contribute to the owners to help them? they had to come up with an idea to generate sales. they implemented this. she did not have to work there. she could have left and got another job. yet, she chose to stay. she chose to wear the skirt. she chose to check out of the cash year with the wind blowing. she wrote the letter. they stopped it. this case, poppy, is a stupid as the little league case. it's going nowhere. >> shameful. that's a shameful conclusion, richard. >> that's the facts. >> i want to see -- >> violates federal and state law. >> i want to see you go to trial together and battle this one out. that would be entertaining. >> you'd be the judge. >> i'm not adjudicating this

case, guys. thank you, as always. pleasure to be with you. i watch you every saturday. so pleasure to be with you. thanks, guys. >> great working with you. have a great weekend. >> yeah, wonderful. take care. you know his love of music from his legendary work on the keyboard. chuck lavelle's love for the environment is just as deep. we're goug to talk with the man ma tlad with the almond brothers, eric clapton, rolling stones, amazing guy. ♪ how are things on the west coast? ♪ ♪ i hear you... ♪ rocky mountain high ♪ rocky, rocky mountain high ♪ ♪ all my exes live in texas ♪ ♪ born on the bayou [ female announcer ] the perfect song for everywhere can be downloaded almost anywhere. ♪ i'm back, back in the new york groove ♪

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today we go face-to-face with a famous musician who is dedicating his life to saving the environment. he has played piano and keyboard for the rolling stones and other impressive groups like the almond brothers, he played with eric clapton. his passion extends well beyond the stage. we caught up with chuck at the new orleans jazz festival recently. >> reporter: so great to see you. so you are as well known a conservationist as you are a musician, playing with eric clapton, rolling stones, almond brothers. what is it about being so connected to the environment and making that commitment to your tree farm and wildlife? how did that come to be? >> you know, the first connection people ask me about what in the world it seems like

a dichotomy. but the very first connection is the fact that that marvelous instrument called a piano that has given me my career and livelihood comes from what? resource of wood. ♪ and so there's a direct connection in that way. but deeper than that, my wife's family is connected to the land for generations as farmers and tending forest land and tending cattle and just being good stewards of the land. so that began to rub off on me a long time ago. and eventually we acquired our on tree farm and we've been managing that now for 30 years. >> what do you want to see in -- back to conservation, what do you want to see in wildlife conservation and forestry conservation that is not being done right now? >> well, i have a concern and i wrote a book about this recently about what i call the invisible forest health crisis. the loss of land, natural lands to growth and development.

chief tom tidwell shared a statistic with me that in the u.s. we lose 6,000 acres a day. >> to development? >> yes. to growth and development. and so, you know, you are not going to stop it. but you can guide it and can you do it intelligently. and that was the subject matter of my book. it is called "growing a better america." focus on the word growing. we are going to grow. we can do it better. we can do it smarter. >> individuals, are you talking, you know, the big corporations, companies, developors? >> all of the above. absolutely all of the above. individuals can do things. question walk more. leave that car sitting. you can walk to the office if you're close enough or take -- walk the kids to school or whatever. i mean those are small things that we can do. this is america. we can do this. >> we're supposed to be able to do anything. >> that's right. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. really great to talk with you. >> fantastic. thank you. >> appreciate it. >> for the record, i met chuck leavell and he rocks. let us know what you think about

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