. >> reporter: at the scripps institution of oceanography, dr.nifer brandon found more evidence deep in the ocean floor off santa barbara. >> these are all sediment cores. >> reporter: her sediment samples date micro plastics back to the 1940s. >> we can look at how has plastic changed in the sediment. >> reporter: and it gets there in many ways. >> these fibers are coming off fishing rope, but a lot of them are coming off our own clothes. so as you're washing your clothes they're washing down the drain. they're too small to get caught at the waste water treatment plant and they're washing right out into the ocean. >> reporter: these micro plastics seem to be in everything. i mean, tea bags, you name it. clothing? >> the majority of the clothing we wear is synthetic. we drink out of plastic water bottles. we use straws and all of those things break down into smaller pieces. >> reporter: on the road, there's trouble, too. >> tire particles. >> reporter: from discarded >>rom res frear ashe car is being driven along the road. there are small particl

that started with the scripps acquisition and we have strengthened our brand or folio.e seeing the synergies come in, we are seeing revenue growth in the mid digit range and high single digits in the third quarter. most importantly, from my perspective, we drove free cash flow. this was before the acquisition of scripts, and now we are .railing at 2.9 billion dollars that put us into a comfortable range from a leverage perspective. we were in the market buying back stocks in the third quarter in the first few weeks of the fourth quarter. us a lot of flexibility. to your question and additional catalysts, we have to do the work. a big shout out to the people doing the work that allows us to deliver on these promises. launched some director -- direct consumer products. food network launched online and we are very happy. guy: ok. do you think the market fully appreciates that business? do you think it understands what you could potentially do with golf question mark to think that communication is getting across at this point in time? the value within those two segments? gu

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. >> reporter: at the scripps institution of oceanography, dr.e ocean floor off santa barbara. >> these are all ed sediment cores -- >> reporter: the sediments dates microplastics to the 1940s. >> we can look at how has plastic changed -- >> reporter: it gets there in many ways. >> these fibers are coming off fishing rope, but a lot are coming off our clothes. as you're washing your clothes, washing down the drain, they're too small to get caught at the wastewater treatment plants and are washing into the ocean. >> reporter: the microplastics seem to be in everything, tea bags, you name. it clothing? >> the majority of the clothing we wear is synthetic. we drink out of plastic water bottles, we use straws, and all of those things break down into smaller pieces. >> reporter: on the road, there's trouble, too. >> tire particles. >> reporter: from discarded tires? >> from tires from wear. the car's being drinch along the road, there are small particles wearing out the tires and getting into the watersheds, getting into the air even. >> reporter: a s

john, he brought it from 23 to 20, this is going to be like that >> different ogt platform and the scrippe numbers were low >> they're only a handful of companies that traded five times earnings they tend to be in the auto business and this not like viacom is falling apart. >> no. it is a very -- >> very low multi. >> how come paramount is not a great thing to own they have a great -- paramount used to be the best. >> they did. that's a long time ago >> yeah. >> talking back -- the godfather years. >> yeah. >> did you see the reports of ianniello's comp >> yeah, doing well. >> he's doing well. >> he's not going to be there for the long-term. i hear that from many people, he'll be there maybe for a number of months after close and then it will be -- he'll be moving on and bob bakish, the ceo of the combined company will be -- >> they need to pay people less and make more money for shareholders >> is that what you think? >> i think so. the question for viacom, cbs is one of scale and if they're large enough to compete in the world we have been discussing with the launch of disney plus, all

that is why many democrats did vote in support of this inquiry, saying it is time to release a 10 scripps and for the to -- transcripts and for the public to see what democrats have collected. >> sarah ferris on capitol hill, thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having me. announcer: where making it easy for you to follow the impeachment inquiry on c-span.org. search video-on-demand of all the congressional briefings and hearings as well as the administration's response during the inquiry -- impeachment inquiry process. log onto our website at c-span.org/impeachment, you're fast and easy way to watch c-span's unfiltered coverage anytime. republicanhouse leaders reacted to the impeachment inquiry resolution passing in the house and shared their thoughts on how the inquiry process has played out so far. from capitol hill, this is 25 minutes.