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earth. host: john in new jersey. i will hear from chester next in west virginia, hi chester. er: yeah, when i was younger, my grade school teacher would teach us about the rotation of the earth. she said after so long, after so many years, the rotation of the earth and the actual tilt, we would be closer to the sun. she said that is what caused the ice age and stuff like that. what happened to that theory? host: all right, chester in west virginia. we believe it therefore now. we are going to take a short rake. when we come back, turn our attention to the resurgence of unions in this country. we talk with david madland, the center for american progress. later, kevin kiley joins us to talk about the coming battle over government spending and the justice department investigations of hunter biden and former president trump. we will be right back. ♪ >> sunday night on q&a, talking about desegregation following brown the board of education. >> a woman gets knocked down and her glasses break. kids try to rough up black teenagers who had nothing to do with desegregation and that nigh

virginia, just outside of washington, d.c.. harsh rain and hail pounded parts of western pennsylvania on the thursday, and this is the earth's temperaturey. monday was earth's hottest day in 125,000 years. tuesday was hotter. wednesday was halted than that, thursday was the hottest. in el paso, texas, 22 days in a row of 100 plus degree temperatures. but rising global temperatures is likely to recent heat waves around the world, and el niÑo, which is a weather pattern that unleashes surges of heat and moisture. all of this is directly linked to human behavior. behavior scientists have been warning about for years, but i think people operate under and i'll believe it when i see it mentality when it comes to climate change. many can't relate, unless it's directly affecting their lives, like those wildfires in canada. americans barely back and i unless the smoke, until the smoke from those fires fills our eyes and our skies. and our lungs. and it's all reminiscent of the dust bowl. in the 1930s, a murky cloud of dust originated in the drought field midwest and crept across half the nation. federal lawmakers were slow to act, until this hap

virginia, independent. . caller: thank you for letting me on. i am no bright bulb or short -- sharp knife. this whole earth been around in the best thing they can come up with is 4.5 billion, not million, we had dinosaur ages and ice ages. i don't pay any more attention than the man on the moon. to me, it is going to happen it is going to happen and if it ain't going to happen it ain't going to happen. host: according to our road data.org, to reach net zero we need innovation. here is a walk-through of the sectors and subsectors of where greenhouse gas emissions come from. energy use makes up 73.2% according to this website. iron and deal from manufacturing 7.2%. chemicals and petrochemicals 6%. food and tobacco 1%. metals, less than 1%. paper and machinery and other industries. transport makes up 16.62% of rehousing gas emissions. energy use in buildings 7.85% there and allocated fuel combustion 7.8%. into the chart, agriculture forestry, 18.4%. those sectors are the largest drivers of a greenhouse gas emissions. her -- earth hit unofficial record high temperatures this week here are getting your views on