it's laura patterson is a major ologist who also happens to be the world major logical organization and representative and coordinator to the us. welcome to w, is that type of belief from the sticker terrace? what does that mean, global binding? well it's, it's, the truth is in the data i'm, you know, this is the point by far the hottest month that we've ever seen on record even facts that we could speak about this so confidently assigned to the community today before even the end of the month. is really an indication of, of how much warmer it's already been. so the, the, the data set that this depends on actually shows that the $21.00 health is days ever recorded of all taking place this month. so it really is quite exceptional. and through these record breaking temperatures, mean things all was then we thought they would be or is this what you'd have expected from a climate change going on, checked this, this is it consistent with what projections have been? i've been showing for some time. and so, as the scientists have been saying for many decades increasing the cleaners, guess gase

.— laura patterson is head of the world meteorological organisation, she joins us tonight from new yorkoal and oil, we are not close to meeting paris target or even restricting warming to 1.5. or even restricting warming to 1.5. or even 2 degrees at the moment, are we? ., ~' even 2 degrees at the moment, are we? ., ~ . , we? no, i think the latest estimations _ we? no, i think the latest estimations are _ we? no, i think the latest estimations are that - we? no, i think the latest estimations are that we . we? no, i think the latest. estimations are that we are we? no, i think the latest- estimations are that we are on we? no, i think the latest— estimations are that we are on track for about 2.8 degrees warming, and thatisif for about 2.8 degrees warming, and that is if all of the plans that are in place are actually implemented. so it is completely right, as you say, we are not on the right track, and this data today really reminds us really starkly that temperatures are increasing and increasing, and they will continue whether we act or not. ,, . . , , . they will continue whether we

patterson, three of the key libertarian thinkers in the mid century. but what is not as well-known about her is she was also the ghostwriter for her mother, laura ingalls wilder. the little house on the prairie series, the books, the television show many of us watched growing up were marketed as the true life stories of laura ingalls wilder as a young girl growing up on the american frontier whose families succeeded by dint of hard work, the strength of the nuclear family and, most importantly, with no help from the government . but the reality was, laura ingalls wilder did not write this books. her libertarian daughter did. and they were not true stories. laura made rough notes for the story but her daughter re-crafted them into libertarian parables. and they were misleading on many levels, but most importantly, the fact that the federal government through the homestead act and other initiatives to send the family to be there. the family was not a success. there story is one of mostly repeated disappointment and failure. but rose rewrote them a success stories to promote this individualistic libertarian he thousand. >> that is the cultural story but o