While the sunny West Coast doesn't have
to worry about snow, California is having some scary,
weather-related problems of its own.
Amazing new drone video shows where a chunk
of California's scenic Highway 1 collapsed
after heavy rainstorms last week.
Both lanes near Big Sur washed down
-into the Pacific Ocean. -NEWSWOMAN 2: Wow.
HODA KOTB: That landslide left a massive gap in the highway
and a deep ravine littered with fallen trees.
Thankfully, nobody was hurt there.
Transportation officials have no estimate
of how long it might take to actually fix that.
Merchants say that collapse, just another major blow
to the area's tourism industry.
Nah, man. If anything, I think
a big hole like that is gonna help the tourism industry.
I mean, just look at the Grand Canyon.
They were gonna patch that up years ago,
but it's so popular that they've never even bothered.
Now, luckily, nobody was on this road when it collapsed,
but they do have to fix this road ASAP
because since we all have GPS now,
I don't know how obvious that hole is gonna be, right?
People are just gonna be like...
I mean, yeah, it looks like a hole,
but Google says we should just go straight,
so, I mean, what's the worst that could ha...?!
And this does look scary, but you know who did enjoy it?
That panda from the National Zoo.
Oh. If only we all looked that adorable plunging to our deaths.
Let's move on now to the coronavirus pandemic,
the only thing with more mutations than Rudy Giuliani.
The big issue right now is getting people vaccinated
as quickly as possible.
And now, there's yet another thing
making that harder than it should be-- assholes.
NEWSWOMAN: The Los Angeles Times says
dozens of anti-vaccination protesters disrupted operations
at one of the largest vaccine sites in the country.
They blocked entrances and forced the inoculation center
at Dodger Stadium to close for about an hour Saturday.
Hundreds of people waited in their cars to get shots.
Some city officials are calling for increased security
at testing and vaccination locations.
Whoa!
These people in L.A. had to sit
in their cars for an hour!
How did they notice?
But on the real, though, what the (bleep), anti-vaxxers?!
If you don't want a vaccine, then don't get one.
I don't agree with you, but don't ruin it for everyone else.
Like, we don't come interrupt you
when you're busy dying of measles.
'Cause here's what I don't understand.
Why does it always have to be the most ridiculous people
who are the most fired up?
Like, why can't anti-vaxxers be
like those Instagram models were last summer, you know?
Where they just post a black square on Instagram for one day,
and then never bring up vaccines again.
But let's move on now to international news.
Ten years ago, the country of Myanmar emerged
from a half-century of military rule
to transition to civilian government.
But, yesterday, the military apparently decided
that they liked it better the old way.
Breaking overnight-- developments in Myanmar,
the country formerly known as Burma.
This morning, the military there announced
that it took control of the country in a coup against
the democratically-elected government.
It detained several politicians,
including the country's civilian leader,
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.
The raids came hours before a new session
of parliament was scheduled to open,
and members who won the November elections
were set to take their seats.
The military alleges voter fraud in the November election.
Oh, man. Trump must be kicking himself right now.
I don't know why I didn't think about using the military.
Can I have a coup-over?
And here's the thing. I know it's sometimes hard
to get Americans to care about another country's politics.
So if Myanmar wants to get the U.S. to pay attention,
they should change the country's name again,
this time to "The Capitol Building."
Yeah, because if Americans heard that there was a coup
at the Capitol building, then they'd at least
care about that for, like, two weeks.
But I am hoping for the best for the people of Myanmar.
And what this shows us is
that maintaining a civilian-led democracy isn't easy
and can't be taken for granted.
When you think about it,
civilians controlling the military
is an amazing accomplishment in the first place.
'Cause the military has way more power.
You know, it's like the political equivalent
of having a pet T. rex.
What did I say about jumping on the couch?
-Bad rex! Bad rex! -(growling)