there's no bow tie wearer cooler than bill nye the science guy. >> oh, the coolest. >> bill, bill, billbill, bill! >> here is bill nye, the science guy, teaching to tie a tie. >> in this case, he's teaching chris hardwick. chris hardwick is a television personality known for shows like "attack of the show." >> left over right. you want the one that's dangling from the right to be just a wink longer, like a seam width. >> an actual scientific measurement. >> make an overhand knot. bring the one from the left over like this. just a knot. the same knot you'd start tying your shoe with. bring this one back. this is key. one thumb doing this. this one comes over the top. the other thumb is poking the middle of the bow back through there. >> they make it look so easy, but it's not. it's not. >> now we must, as we say, dress the knot. >> all right. >> you have to snug it by, pull it tight, pay attention. make it take on the bow tie iconic shape. >> i don't think i'll ever be able to do it. >> what we learned today is the way to tie a perfect bow tie in your own home is to have bill nye come ov

bill nye, the science guy. dr. nye, gd to have you with us. appreciate your time. this is fueling the conversation we haven't had a whole lot of in the media as of late. who's right, who's wrong? your thoughts? >> well, i strongly believe in climate change. not because it's my opinion, it's the opinion of a lot of professional people. further more, it's reasonable to me that the fires in colorado that is the dehydrating of the forest and the extreme temperatures across north america are consistent with all of the models of climate change. in washington, d.c. on friday, there was a 30 degree fahrenheit drop in temperature in less than a half hour. and this is evidence of extreme weather. this is a big storm. this is a storm that knocked out the power in the world's most influential city. and there's nothing to do about it. this is bigger than we are. so this is a chance for us all to pull together and address climate change, to all get together and work to make our energy distribution systems more efficient. >> what do you say to the critics? this is just one of tho

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but not bill nye. bill nye the science guy is in los angeles. morning, good morning. >> thanks for being here. bill, we were struck by this image. i'm sure you've seen it. it shows nearly all of greenland's ice sheet melting. nasa was so stunned by these images they thought they made a mistake. help us understand why this is so significant. >> well, the climate models, these are mathematil computer models of what happens to a planet like ours. you expect the poles near the north and south pole to show signs of this kind of warming first or sooner. and i think this is so extraordinary it took everybody off guard a little bit. but greenland always melts a little bit every summer but this year it melted almost completely and that was stunning or surprising. but what it means to me is that the climate models associated with climate change are true at least at this level and so we should all be very concerned. >> these pictures we're seeing now, this is what resulted from all of that ice melting. there was this bridge in greenland in an area around s

. >> and as bill nye says it, it must be true. they needed to find to justify the present understanding of why particles even have massed in the universe. if you understand that, you can stay after the show. >> now you can sleep well knowing that you know. >> the rumor mill is turning. >> when apple could start selling the long awaited apple ipad mini. >> and why your july 4th, out could cost less? >> great day for barbecuing along the coastline we have patchy fog out there, and that fog is going to pay a v,,,,,,,, [ female announcer ] safeway presents real big deals of the week. or how to keep from driving all over for the best deals. you don't need to run around. safeway gives you real big club card deals each week. this week, the farm comes to you. fresh sweet corn is an amazing 6 for a buck. arrowhead water is just $3.33 a case. and honey bunches of oats just $1.88 a box. real big deals this week and every week. >> but we are looking at lawrence karnow getting ready to do weather and >> if you start to see that green on the do

. >> bill nye, thank you for your time. a lot to talk about here, no question about it. thank you for your time. >> that's "the ed show." ezra klein is filling in for rachel maddow. good evening. >> good to see you. >> good to see you. >> thank you for sticking around for the next hour. rachel has the night off, but we have a really great show. in fact, we literally have a report that will change your understanding of the fundamental understanding of the universe. but we're going to begin with a smaller but still pretty important question. after republicans lost in the court and if they lose in november, can they still stop the affordable care act? and would they even want to? now, some say they can. they have come up with an exciting new plan to keep the affordable care act from stealing your freedom. they will fight it in the states. states can't actually overturn federal law, but they can maybe, possibly be convinced to refuse to go along with it. that's what the republicans are trying to do. michele bachmann has joined 12 republican senators and 60 republican house m

. >> well, what's got bill nye and the rest of the scientific universe so pumped?can't exactly show you but it's the best evidence yet of what one physicist calls the last missing piece of current understanding of the universe. we're talking about the higgs boson sub particle and it's been detected in this vast underground tube in europe and a smaller one in the u.s. here's what the collisions look like and here's atika schu bert on why it's the biggest thing since the big bang. >> as a lay maine would say i think we now have it. would you agree? >> reporter: until today the so-called god cart kl with our understanding of the university existed only in thee but not anymore. collecting data like this, scientists have announced the discovery with 99.999% certainty that the higgs boson does exist, the so-called god particle. professor peter higgs, now 83 years old who first theorized its existence in 1964 was in the audience to experience the moment. >> for me it's really an incredible thing that happened in my lifetime. >> reporter: so what is the god particle and ju

television personality, bill nye, the science guy says it creates the size and shape of all matter. >> we would be another step closer to knowing where we came from. we would be another step closer to understanding the universe itself which is a mystery to us. >> the announcement was made if ten million dollar atom facility in geneva. students and scientists at berkeley and uc santa cruz have collaborate on the research. >>> just in thyme for the 4th of july, the sun held its own firework show. this is a solar flair and it has disrupted radio communications across europe. it could bring a more vivid perspective of the northern and southern lights. >>> a man was arrested after firework were found in his house. police went to the home on 22nd street yesterday after receiving a tip inside they found 63 explosive devices and a handgun. >>> they arrested 44-year-old jerry lopez, a convicted felon charged with possession of explosives, fireworks and a firearm. police sent us a photo of some of the home made fireworks. overall the firework were the equivalent of 12-and-a-half sticks of dynam

if you understand that last one, that's like bill nye and the whole god particle thing coming up laterzed by technology, that we can take those type of pictures is impressive in and of itself. new concern the imf warning congress, you need to act sooner rather than later here or the u.s. could fall back into a recession. in its annual report on the u.s. economy, there could be a economic disaster if the automatic tax hikes and spending cuts take effect next year, saying failure to reach an agreement on near-term tax and spending policies would trigger a severe fiscal tightening with negative growth early next year and significant negative repercussions on an already fragile world economy. ali velshi is our chief business correspondent and talking a lot about this economic storm. first just to be clear, what is this $4 trillion in expiring tax cuts, spending reductions and here we are talking about this last couple of days. july 11th they are voting on repealing health care when really -- >> this is exactly it. conservatives accuse president obama of spending too much time on health car

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