Hurricane season. For many states,
it's one of the most dangerous times of the year,
even more dangerous
than when the Philadelphia Eagles come to town.
Yeah, that was them when they were winning.
And with Hurricane Florence barreling toward the East Coast,
everyone is preparing for the worst.
NEWSMAN: Breaking news. Potentially catastrophic,
Hurricane Florence barreling toward the Carolinas.
20 million people in the danger zone.
And officials are warning, if you don't get out by tonight,
well, it might be too late.
NEWSWOMAN: Nearly 3,000 National Guard troops
are being activated, with orders to preserve life
and safety when Florence hits.
This has the potential to be the costliest storm
ever to hit the U.S.
The worst-case scenario
estimated at more than $170 billion of damage.
That is insane.
This hurricane could cause up to $170 billion in damage.
You realize that that amount means,
if you multiply that by all of the people who live--
look at that, it says "boobs."
(laughter)
Anyway, the point is, that's a lot of money.
And although everyone from Jake Tapper
to the Coast Guard is warning people to evacuate,
there's always that one guy, one guy,
who thinks he's stronger than the storm.
Jim Darling, in fact, is one of those residents
who's gonna wait it out here.
Why, uh, what gives you the confidence?
No confidence. It's just, I've been through them before here,
and... I'd rather just be at home.
There's always people who don't leave, and they stress to you
that you might even put first responders in jeopardy
if they need to come help you out.
The congressman I just spoke to says there's not gonna be
people here to help you out in case you need help.
I'm... Like I said, I'm not really worried about it.
I won't be calling anybody to help me out.
I can take care of myself.
Okay, so... so we're just gonna do this whole interview
like there isn't a parrot crawling around
all over this guy? Because for me,
the hurricane just became the second biggest story.
I want to know what's going on over there.
And also, this isn't even about the parrot,
but I'm always suspicious of people
who don't want to evacuate in a disaster.
Like, I feel like there's a 50-50 shot
they've got someone kidnapped in their basement.
Yeah. 'Cause this could be the biggest storm ever,
and this guy's like, "Oh, don't send first responders.
"No, don't-don't. We'll be fine...
"I mean, I'll be fine, I'll be fine, I'll be fine.
Yeah, don't look in my basement."
Anyway, this storm is looking really dangerous,
and it doesn't really matter what some random dude
in a parking lot thinks about it.
What matters is what the random dude in the Oval Office
thinks about it.
We have something, it could very well be very similar to Texas
in the sense that it's tremendous amounts of water.
It's tremendously big and tremendously wet.
(laughter, applause)
Mm.
So elokent.
So, so, so elokent.
Trump sounds like he's doing a book report on hurricanes,
and he forgot to read the book.
He's like, "Tremendously big and tremendously wet.
"Uh, oh, and a lot of people don't know this,
the rain is coming from the top, from the top, high up."
Now, look, all hating aside,
at least President Trump knows there's a storm coming.
And it looks like he's planning to do his best.
The only problem is, he thinks Puerto Rico is his best.
I think that Puerto Rico was an incredible unsung success.
Texas, we have been given A-pluses for.
Uh, Florida, we've been given A-pluses for.
I think, in a certain way the best job we did was Puerto Rico,
but nobody would understand that.
Yeah, you're right.
Nobody would understand that.
Because calling Puerto Rico an "unsung success" is crazy.
3,000 people died. Right?
Power wasn't fully restored for almost a year.
And even the director of FEMA, who, by the way,
was standing next to Trump in that same press conference,
wrote a report saying that the government
was "sorely unprepared" for Hurricane Maria.
Yeah. So if that's a success,
what does Trump consider a failure?
He's gonna be like, "Folks, Puerto Rico
"was literally blown off the face of the Earth,
"and it was launched into the sun
"where it vaporized immediately.
"I'm giving it my lowest grade, B-plus.
B-plus, folks. B-plus."
I mean, let's face it, Trump is just incapable
of admitting failure. Like, ever.
Think about it. Even after he had Don, Jr.,
he still thought it was a good idea to have four more kids.
And now, and now, if you're one of those people
who pays attention to storms, you probably noticed
that Florence looks to be the strongest hurricane ever
to hit this far north on the east coast.
And scientists have said that as the climate keeps warming,
we can expect even more of these storms, right.
But instead of trying to mitigate greenhouse gases,
Trump is just throwing more fuel on this tremendously wet fire.
TV REPORTER: The EPA wants to weaken
an Obama-era requirement that companies monitor
and repair methane leaks from oil & gas wells.
Energy companies say the rules requiring them
to test for emissions are costly and burdensome.
The Environmental Protection Agency today issued new rules
making it easier for oil & gas companies to release methane,
which is a a particularly potent greenhouse gas.
Yeah, that's right. The Trump administration
is making it easier for oil & gas companies
to leak methane into the air.
Yes. Apparently methane leaks are the only kind of leaks
that Trump doesn't want to stop.
Like, the only way we're gonna get Trump to care about them
is for a broken pipe to write an anonymous op-ed
in The New York Times. Then he'd be like,
(mimics Trump): "We got to stop these leaks, folks.
Where is that pipe?"
(normal voice): So the bad news is
Hurricane Florence could be one of the worst natural disasters
America has ever faced, and we have a president
who has proven he's not great at handling natural disasters.
The good news is,
thanks to that president's climate change policies,
he'll get a lot more disasters to practice on.