amy: we go now to raleigh, north carolina, where we are joined by peter kalmus.imate activist and a climate scientist at nasa's jet propulsion lab. he is joining us today speaking on his own behalf and not on -- as a spokesperson for nasa. explain why you locked yourself to the jpmorgan chase building, how that relates to your climate science work and what the south and east of the country is experiencing right now, even raleigh getting the tail end as the storm moves north. >> thank you. the public just does not understand in my opinion what a deep emergency we are in. this is the nearest beginning of what you're going to see in coming years. to me, it is horrifying. i don't think people fully appreciate how irreversible these impacts are. we can't just reverse this. it is not like cleaning up trash in a park. how hot the planet gets is how hot it will stay for a very long time. i feel like climate scientist have been at ward for decades by world leaders. they don't seem to get this, either. i'm glad to hear president biden finally using a little bit to try to w