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- Do you get why I brought you here?
Unsustainable way of living.
Hard decisions, but ultimately an incredible impact
that changes everything for the good.
Sound familiar?
I thought you might want to meet some people
that were around Pittsburgh's transition
and they happen to be my family.
- What do you want?
- [All] Hey!
(women laughing)
- Look at her.
- Oh, thank you.
It's laundry. - Yeah.
- Please. - Oh, yes.
- Please.
Oh my God, this looks so good.
It's a Pittsburgh specialty right there.
- [Arleen] Oh, it smells great.
- Oh, and I've brought a jacket.
I lost a button.
- Yeah, I'll do it. - I have it.
Okay, I can do that real quick.
- And I grew up proud of this city.
Super proud of this city.
Born and raised in an industrious town
that was a part of not only revolutionizing
the United States of America, but revolutionizing
places outside of the United States of America.
For the first time ever I came home
and I was like I think I'm gonna, like,
make out with some Pittsburgh guys.
(audience laughs)
Which is like something no one has ever said before.
(John laughs) - Cheers, cheers.
- And Pittsburgh's perfect now for,
I mean, it's full of culture.
- Mm-hm. - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- When we left town it wasn't.
Quite a bit different.
- The steel mills were still there,
they were still pumping out black smoke.
I remember when it would snow, first snowfall
was just beautiful but then within six hours
all that beautiful snow was covered with black ash.
- Yeah, I remember that too.
- The ash from the steel mills.
- From the steel mills.
- And when you saw that as a kid
with the pride that people had
for the industry that they were doing that for.
- Right. - That was the way of life.
- It was. - Right.
- It didn't seem wrong.
It was ugly, but it didn't, it was just a fact of life.
That's what happened. - Right.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
- With the climate you don't have to fight
Republican, Democratic, Liberal, Libertarian.
It doesn't matter because it's
the planet overall that matters, right?
And I know that's philosophical and that's very, like,
LA hippy does she have cannabis on her?
The answer is always yes. (audience laughs)
And thank you for dinner.
Thank you.
- Oh honey, this is, you know it's our pleasure.
- And I would love to give you a cheers with water.
- Yes, not a problem.
- So I'm not tipsy when I meet the Mayor.
Where else did we go?
We traveled in this Bolt.
Four people in a Chevy Bolt, just like together.
You know who had the most chargers?
Walmart parking lots.
And we all shit on Walmart and we shouldn't,
but we'll get to that (audience laughs)
on the next New American Road Trip.
And the push is to get more charging stations up.
That creates more jobs, right?
And it's super fun to drive an electric car.
Truthfully, it feels like The Jetsons.
You're just in a puff of air. (laughter)
- Yeah, right.
- It is just a puff of air and it's just like
(vocal engine noises)
- [Arleen] Is there a different engine sound to it?
- There is-- - No sound.
- No sound. - It's quiet.
- It's like your dishwasher. (dishwasher pings)
- It's so quiet.
And I can tell you, as a girl from Pittsburgh
who grew up not wealthy, even though now
super rich as you can see. (audience laughs)
I've been in these clothes for 17 days.
When it comes to being a smart, strong woman
we got that because of how we had to move up in the world.
Badass women like the Mayor.
Who is the Mayor?
Somebody tell me the Mayor.
The Mayor with the cool haircut.
- Jones. - Mayor Jones.
You said Mayor Peduto?
The Mayor with the cool haircut.
Does Peduto have a good haircut?
(audience laughs)
Peduto got one of them nice haircuts?
You tell me Peduto gets his hair done real nice?
You thought I lost it? (blows raspberry)
- I feel so honored to be here
(audience applause)
ad it could only be better if a cool cat walked in.
Ladies and gentleman, my man,
give it up for Mayor Bill Peduto.
- I am so happy I didn't wear the same sweater today.
(JC laughs)
We have this great opportunity
and Pittsburgh's right at the heart.
Why are we at the heart?
Because we know our past and we're proud of our past,
but we also know that our future doesn't
have to be wedded to our past and we've seen
a city transform in 35 years and be able
to break into a whole new industry.
And leadership coming at the local level of seeing now
more people employed in Allegheny County in renewable energy
than coal, oil, and gas combined.
(audience applause) So...
- Hell yeah.
- Yinz guys have a great time in New York.
Watch our beloved Steelers in any place you want to tonight.
To the team, thank you for your visit
to our beloved hometown. - Thank you.
Thank you. - Alright.
- My name is JC Coccoli, The New American Road Trip.
Thank you all so very much.
(audience applauds and cheers)
I crisped my hair to death with hairspray.
Oh my God.
Wow.
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