it was alex epstein debating general wesley clarke and you can find both of those debates on steamboat institutes youtube channel today. we have alex epson, but we have a different debate opponent and let me briefly introduce. i will read their bios, and then i believe they are going to come up to the stage after i introduce them. we're very pleased to have with us this morning professor andrew desler. he's a professor of atmospheric science at texas a&m university. professor destler is a climate scientist who studies both the science and politics of climate change. he is the rita a heinz chair in geosciences at texas a&m in 2022. he was named director of texas a&m's, texas center for climate studies. professor destler also served in the clinton administration during the the last year he served as a senior policy analyst in the white house office of science and technology policy his latest book introduction to modern climate change won the 2014 american meteorological societies louis j. batten authors award. we are also pleased to have alex epstein he is the president and founder of th

we had an incredibly difficult time finding anyone willing to debate alex epstein. the question is the question was should america rapidly eliminate fossil fuel use to prevent climate catastrophe. and especially notable response from a pulitzer prize-winning author who declined our invitation to debate was this there's no room for debate on these issues. well, we could not disagree more. real and robust debate is urgently needed to ensure that the impacts on freedom prosperity and our standard of living are included in any discussion of energy policy and climate change. steamboat institute is proud to offer today's program as a substantial contribution to the national discourse on these critical issues. as a 501c3 nonprofit educational organization steamboat institute relies on the support of individuals and foundations to carry out our mission of promoting america's first principles and inspiring active involvement in the defense of liberty. i would like to thank our many sponsors of today's program including our title sponsor liberty energy and thank you chris wri

alex sp -- alex epstein -- i global -- not less. a book -- an offer with the offer of false alarm. -- author with the author of false alarm. dr. deborah birx provides her firsthand account of the trump administration's response to the covid-19 help cap -- crisis -- health crisis. she's interviewed by the director of the institute of national and global health laws. find the full schedule on your program guide or watch online every time -- anytime on book tv.org.

address my slide deck just a few minutes ago after hearing some of andrew desler's comments with alex epstein then i'm going to talk about the eu and what has happened in the eu because the texas and eu cases are very important because they are so similar. okay, so i'm not going to read this slide to you. i'll let you read it 700 people died. not all of them because of lack of electricity. but i want underscore this point. the urcott grid came this close that close. from a complete meltdown bill magnus said on february 25th in the emergency board of directors meeting that the ercott grid was within about four and a half minutes of a complete shutdown. now, i'm not going to spend much time on this but think for just a minute. 26 million texans plunged into darkness when it was snowing sideways. the temperatures were falling and you couldn't travel the roads were impassable. had that happen, texas would have had what biologists call a mass mortality event. it wouldn't have been 700 people died. it would have been tens of thousands maybe hundreds of thousands of people died. and it would have ha

alex sp -- alex epstein -- i global -- not less. and a book -- an offer with the offer of false alarm. -- author with the author of false alarm. dr. deborah birx provides her firsthand account of the trump administration's response to the covid-19 help cap -- crisis -- health crisis. she's interviewed by the director of the institute of national and global health laws. find the full schedule on your program guide or watch online every time -- anytime on book tv.org. >> let me thank the witnesses for agreeing to appear today before our strategic forces subcommittee. you offer your service. the purpose of today's hearing is to examine the processes and procedures of how the nuclear weapons council coordinates department of defense requirements for nuclear weapons within the department of energy 's national security administration and their budgets. you have the principles of the nuclear weapons council except for the secretary of defense policy. his hearing is a historic one, dressing is routes to actions that occurred 76 years ago th

going to address i'd advise my slide deck a few minutes ago after hearing andrew's comments'with alex epstein and then i'm going to talk about the eu and what has happened in the eu because those cases are very important because they are so similar. okay, so i'm not going to read this slide to you. i'll let you read it. 700 people died, not all of them because of lack of electricity but i want to underscore this point. the grid came this close from a complete meltdown. bill magnus said on february 25 in the emergency board of directors meeting the gridwas about 4 and a half minutes from a completeshutdown . think for just a minute , 26 million texans plunged into darkness when it was snowing sideways and temperatures were falling and you couldn't travel. theroads were impassable . had that happened texas would have had a mass mortality event. it wouldn't have been 700 peopledied, maybe hundreds of thousands of people died . and it would have had ramifications throughout the rest of the country because texas i'm from oklahoma, i'm not yourwriting about texas . texas accounts for about 10 perce

eastern, from the steamboat institute energy conference discussions on climate change with alex epstein , the author of "fossil future." andrew densely with his book "introduction to modern climate change." and the author of "false alarm." 10 of 5 p.m. eastern on afterwards, deborah birx provider first-hand account of the trump administration's response to the covid-19 health crisis with your book silent invasion. she's interviewed by the director of the institute for national and global health. watch book tv every sunday on c-span2, and find a full schedule on your program guide or watch online anytime at book tv.org. >> ukrainian ambassador to the u.s. talks about the current state of the war waged by russia. she talked about what victory for ukraine looks like and thanked na

eastern, from the steamboat institute conference, discussions on climate change with alex epstein, authorssil future, why the future requires more oil, coal, and natural gas. the author of false alarm, how climate change panic cost us trillions, hurts the poor, and fails to fix the planet. at 10:00 p.m. eastern, dr. deborah birx provides her first-hand account of the trump administration's response to the covid-19 crisis. she is interviewed by the director of the institute for national and global health law. watch book tv every sunday on c-span2. find the full schedule on your program guide or watch online at booktv.org. host: good morning. it is saturday, may 7, 2022. the un-employment rate stayed the same at 3.6%. today, we are asking you about your job situation. the phone lines are looking for a job, not looking for a job, employers, and recently retire