you speak specifically about the wolves in yellowstone.don't know. in yellowstone, they were struggling with overpopulation of deer. the deer were eating everything. they had no predator to they said we need to introduce wolves. >> the river stop running. the scientists decided thailtd reintroduce wolves into the national yellowstone park ecosystem and soon enough the wolves displaced the deer through hunting and then the vegetation grew back and the river banks started to strengthen and then the river started to run again and, so, when i was giving the speech at barnard last may, i was hopele these barnard graduates would get the connection between what the wolves were experiencing -- you know, wolves were a threat to the system, and they ended up being the salvation of this dying ecosystem, and so, too, can we, as women, be the salvation of what's happening in our system right now. ( cheers and applause ) >> trevor: it's a really beautiful message. it's a powerful book. i'm excited for the journey that you're going to be on. thank you so

the first national park yellowstone, established in 1872. the yellowstone valley grant act did more than preserve land in california but established the idea that the federal government would play a role in preserving and managing the natural environment. federal governments had managed land through the homestead act passed in 1862, but that legislation had given away, not preserved, federal land to individuals and to railroad companies for development. when his life tragically ended in 18 city five, abraham lakin -- in 1865, abraham lincoln was thinking about healing and nation action by war, the nature -- the nation would have to be healed politically, economically, spiritually, and perhaps environmentally, and in his final day signals that abraham lincoln may have been considering the damaging effects of four years of civil war and what it had done to the american landscape. in her autobiography, mary lincoln's seamstress and companion, a former slave, reported an incident that took place in petersburg, virginia in april of 1865, near the

personnel in the cleanup just as they were involved previously in fighting forest fires in the yellowstone. i don't know enough yet this morning to be able to say to you these are the specific tasks that they will perform. we will do our best. >> reporter: which military branch? nearly everybody is involved at this point. obviously admiral yost is, head of the operation. general mcinerney, and chairman of the joint task force in alaska, who will be in the area. the army will be involved. the director of military support , general smith, will be involved in coordinating the response to the extent additional support is needed there. it is a unique incident in alaska in terms of the environmental disaster. this kind of military support to deal with a domestic problem has occurred often before. i've a long list of examples of anyone is interested. that is what we will do now. >> reporter: how many people are you talking about? i don't have an answer to that. >> reporter: who is in charge? is it exxon, or the federal government? >> i turn that over to sam -- >> [ laughter ] >> as you know, one

more specific to my state, you helped to protect an area right outside of yellowstone national park, paradise valley. it's named that for a reason. you protected that from large-scale mining. in fact, we recently enacted the yellowstone gateway protection act, that came through this committee with my support with bipartisan support to permanently withdraw these lands from development. but in october 2018, then secretary zinke issued an administrative withdrawal to protect this area for 20 years. you acted in the 20-year protection followed by the legislation that allowed permanent protections. the longest time possible for administrative action. i want to thank you for your leadership in that regard. could you share with this committee the implementation of that withdrawal and why you saw that as an important act to take? >> i really appreciate that. i went to paradise valley. that was my first trip at deputy secretary at the department. i went out there, first it's spectacular. it's location. it's absolutely critical. we need to look at these on a case by case basis. we have partner

i was say i'm grateful didn't happen with a proposed opening yellowstone to grizzly bear hunting for the first time in 40 years. something that has never been on the table regardless of administration. thankfully, that effort was stopped. so i remain bewildered the president continues to be so obsessed with my mom. i'm far more upset every day by what he is doing to attack the most vulnerable among us instead of doing what i think he should be doing which is to prioritize protecting the most vulnerable. [applause] >> i will do you think conservation efforts is most important? is at the international level local public works what you think people should be focusing most of their energy? >> i think we need all. i think the international level, we seek the countries that are actively participating, pushing to meet their obligations. i think it's also important, the organization and mechanism that helps negotiate on things like restricting trafficking and endangered species products, that is really important. i think we ultimately fight, change of the national level, kind of went countri

they tried to relegalize grizzly bear hunting in yellowstone national park.re than 40 years. so they're reay, you know, pushing back on endangered species wherever they can. >> sh: and how do you even t to explain to people how serious this is when it strikes me that, e u know -- you've lived in the white house, this ems pretty chaotic. >> yeah, you think? >> seth: yeah. >> yeah. >> seth: i mean, i would imagine because of your experience, you would say that certain people pe who have an ation of what happens during a presidency, like, trust me it's a lot harder than you t there's a lot more going on. are you constantly taken aback, however, by extly how chaotic this one seems? >> yes. >> seth: okay. >> andy the new levels of cruelty -- >> seth: yeah. >> that this administration seems to find, whether it's with the children being separated from their families at the border, or it's with the endanged species act, which had never really been controversial before. >> seth: yeah. >> i mean passed likty unanimously, signed by president richard nixon, of all people

we have concerns for snow because in the mountainous region we could get over 30 inches of snow, yellowstone colorado. this is a concern for blizzard conditions. that would be bad enough but this storm is connected to even more woes and problems because it's also going to produce -- that's just the back half we talked about. now we look for a mix that's going to push across nebraska into south dakota. this rain here actually indicating flooding that's expected throughout portions of iowa once again, and then severe thunderstorms moving to the south. look at these accumulations, 12 to 24 inches throughout south dakota, portions of minnesota, and then look at the winds gusting at 50 to 60 miles per hour. janai, kenneth? >> our thanks to paul. >>> attorney general william barr is bracing for another round of questions about the mueller report as he returns to capitol hill today this time facing senators. >> barr told house members that he'll release a redacted version of the report in a matter of days, but he clashed with democrats who are demanding to see the entire report with nothing blacked