I AM EMILY HERE WITH MY CO-HOST
HARRIS FAULKNER AND KAYLEIGH
MCENANY AND JOINING US JESSICA.
DISASTER IN THE MAKING IN
CALIFORNIA MONSTER HEAT WAVE
PUTTING EXTRA PRESSURE ON THE
STATE’S ELECTRIC GRID.
HOW MUCH WORSE WILL THIS GET
ONCE THE STATE BAN OF SALES OF
GAS CARS GOES INTO EFFECT?
THERE ARE MORE ELECTRIC VEHICLES
SUCKING UP POWER.
EVEN NOW GOVERNOR NEWSOM IS
TELLING DRIVERS NOT TO CHARGE
THEIR CARS UNTIL 9:00 AT NIGHT
BECAUSE OF ROLLING OUTAGES.
WATCH.
>> EVERYONE HAS TO DO THEIR PART
TO STEP UP FOR A FEW MORE DAYS.
EARLY MORNING HOURS PARTICULARLY
TOMORROW AND NEXT DAY OR SO,
PRE-COOL YOUR HOME.
RUN AIR CONDITIONING EARLIER
WHEN MORE POWER IS AVAILABLE.
CLOSE WINDOWS AND BLINDS TO KEEP
YOUR HOME COOL.
AFTER 4:00 P.M., IN PARTICULAR,
4:00 P.M. TURN THERMOSTAT UP TO
78 OR HIGHER.
>> CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS BRACING
FOR BLACKOUTS FOUR DAYS AFTER
PRESENT BIDEN ENERGY SECRETARY
PRAISED GREEN POLICY THEY COULD
BECOME A MODEL FOR THE REST OF
THE NATION.
WATCH.
>> I LOVE THE FACT THAT
CALIFORNIA IS UNABASHEDLY BOLD
ABOUT ENERGY POLICY.
LEADER, LEADING INDICATOR FOR
THE REST OF THE COUNTRY.
CALIFORNIA’S BOLDNESS HAS, I
THINK, SHAPED OUR WILLINGNESS IN
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO MOVE
FURTHER AND FASTER.
>> OH THE UNABASHEDLY BOLD
POLICIES, KAYLEIGH MCENANY, YOU
HAVE TO BE KIDDING ME.
YOU CAN’T CHARGE YOUR ELECTRIC
VEHICLE UNTIL AFTER 9:00.
>> Kayleigh: YOU ARE EXACTLY
RIGHT.
GAVIN NEWSOM MODEL MAY NOT HAVE
ELECTRICITY OR RON DESANTIS, MY
FELLOW FLORIDIANS WILL BE ABLE
TO TURN ON THE LIGHTS.
UTOPIA FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY.
THEY ARE RELYING ON SOLAR,
HYDRAULIC POWER, JEREMY WHITE IS
POLITICAL REPORTER FROM
CALIFORNIA, 27% RENEW L ENERGY.
WHAT HAPPENS IN 2045 WHEN 100%
CALIFORNIAS ARE RENEWABLE AND
SUN DOESN’T SHINE AFTER 4:00
P.M. YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE ROLL
OUTS IN THE ENTIRETY OF THE
STATE.
UTOPIA DOESN’T WORK.
I KNOW MY CHOICE.
>> THAT’S RIGHT, I KNOW HARRIS,
YOU LIVED IN CALIFORNIA.
>> Harris: YEAH.
>> YOU HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF
PEOPLE IN THE INTERIM AND IMAGES
OF PEOPLE COOLING THEMSELVES
WITH ICE ON THEIR HEAD AFTER A
FIRE TO BE TOLD BY PGSHGS&E AND
GOVERNOR SAYS WITH HIS LONG
SLEEVED SHIRT TURN YOUR AIR
CONDITIONING TO 78°.
>> Harris: LOOK AT THE HOMELESS
POPULATION IN CALIFORNIA WHAT
ARE THEY DOING?
AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT ELECTRIC
CARS, NOT EVERYBODY HAS THE
PLUG-IN AT THEIR HOUSE.
SOME ARE GOING UP THE STREET.
WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR BATTERY ON
YOUR PHONE IN EXTREME
TEMPERATURES?
THEY DON’T WORK AS EFFICIENTLY.
THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF REASONS
WHY THEY NEED TO RETHINK THIS.
CALIFORNIA IN PARTICULAR, THAT
HUMAN ELEMENT.
WHEN I LIVED THERE, HIGH SCHOOL,
COLLEGE, MY DAD WAS IN THE
MILITARY, I LIVED IN THE BAY.
I WAS IN ARIZONA LAST COUPLE OF
WEEKS, 114-15° TO US IS NOT AS
BIG OF A DEAL IN CALIFORNIA.
THEY ARE GETTING INTO THE TEENS.
CAN’T IMAGINE WHAT THAT IS LIKE
FOR THEM.
THAT IS GOING TO BE REALLY
TOUGH.
I HEAR HIM SAYING DON’T PLUG
STUFF IN.
HE IS NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT
HUMAN ELEMENT.
>> THAT’S RIGHT TO HER POINT
SACRAMENTO AREA GOT UP TO 112.
THIS IS ON THE HEELS, I THINK
WHAT IS HARD TO STOMACH AS A
CALIFORNIAN, TOO.
THIS IS A GOVERNMENT THAT ASKS
SO MUCH OF THEIR CITIZENS, SO
BANKRUPT.
THEY ASK FOR SO MANY MORE TAXES
AND STRICT AND CURB BEHAVIOR AND
FAIL CONSISTENTLY AS FUNDAMENTAL
BASIC NEEDS PROVIDING ELECTRICAL
GRID SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES FOR
AIR CONDITIONING DURING THE HEAT
WAVE.
>> THEY WANT TO TRANSITION INTO
A WORLD IT IS ALL CLEAN ENERGY.
I TALK TO MY SISTER SHE LIVES IN
LOS ANGELES?
>> Harris: SHE IS OKAY?
>> SHE IS HOT.
SWEATING ON FACE TIME.
SHE IS SWEATING AT 78°.
HER SON IS JUST TWO YEARS OLD.
THIS IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE THE
WAY THEY FEEL ABOUT THESE LOFTY
GOALS, A PLACE WE DO HAVE TO
GET.
I FIND IT ASTOUNDING
CONVERSATION HAVE MISSED THE
MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENT: WHICH
IS THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
AND HEAT WAVES AND DROUGHTS.
YOU MENTIONED HYDRO POWER.
CALIFORNIA DOWN 48% OF AVAILABLE
HYDRO POWER BECAUSE OF DROUGHTS.
>> WHY NOT USE NUCLEAR?
>> HE KEPT OPEN, HE DID WHAT
PEOPLE ASKED.
KEPT OPEN LAST NUCLEAR PLANT.
HE IS USING MORE FOSSIL FUEL
ENERGY.
CALIFORNIA IMPORTED 25% FROM
FIVE NEIGHBORING STATES.
FOUR OF THE FIVE STATES CAN’T
PROVIDE IT.
IGNORING CLIMATE CHANGE, WE ARE
BURNING TOO MANY FOSSIL FUELS
MISSES THE POINT.
IT ISN’T COMFORTABLE IN
CALIFORNIA.
>> IT IS A LITTLE FALLACIOUS TO
SAY PEOPLE ELECTED THIS.
>> REALLY?
THEY WENT TO THE POLLS.
LARRY ELDER RAN THIS WHOLE
RECALL CAMPAIGN I AM GOING TO
TAKE IT BACK.
GAVIN NEWSOM IS HATED.
HE WON BY BIGGER ELECTIONS.
>> THAT IS A GREATER REFLECTION
OF HIM -- THE FACT THAT THEY RUN
A BULLY PULPIT THERE.
THERE IS NO WAY SOMEONE THAT HAS
REAL LOGICAL FUELS CAN WIN.
MOST CALIFORNIANS I KNOW ARE
DEEPLY DISAPPOINTED WITH THE
PEOPLE IN ELECTED OFFICE.
UNFORTUNATELY THEY ARE NOT GIVEN
A CHOICE.
YOUR SISTER WITH THE
TWO-YEAR-OLD SON THRIVING, ALL
OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT DON’T HAVE
CHOICES IN THE INNER CITIES.
THEY CAN’T KEEP REFRIGERATION.
>> Harris: IT IS NOT JUST THE
THOUSANDS OF HOMELESS, I JUST
ABOUT THE NUMBER NOT THE PEOPLE.
IT IS ABOUT RESOURCES, TOO,
JESSICA.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE LEARNING GAP,
FOR CHILDREN IN THOSE INNER
CITIES LIKE COMPTON.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT, IT IS
ACROSS THE BOARD RESOURCE
SUCKING FOR THEM.
NOW AT THIS TIME IT IS ABOUT AIR
CONDITIONING.
IF WE WERE BACK ON DIGITAL IT
WOULD BE ABOUT EDUCATION AGAIN.
THOSE HAVE TO BE PLUGGED IN,
TOO.
THIS IS ABOUT HAVING A BLIND
SPOT FOR TRANSITION.
EVEN ELON MUSK TALKED ABOUT
THIS.
WE HAVE TO TRANSITION 20% OF
ELECTRICITY COMING FROM COAL.
ANOTHER CHUNK, 50-60% COMING
FROM FOSSIL FUELS.
WE ARE NOT READY YET! IF
CALIFORNIA GRID DOESN’T PREACH
IT TO US.
IF THAT BULLY PULPIT CAN’T SHOW
US.
I AM GLAD YOUR SISTER AND NEPHEW
ARE NOT SUFFERING.
WONDERFUL.
A LOT OF PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA
REALLY FEELING THIS.
>> I WASN’T TRYING TO SAY THERE
WAS NO SUFFERING.
THIS IS NOT GOING TO LEAD TO
REVERSAL IN THE WAY PEOPLE FEEL
ABOUT REACHING THESE GOALS AND
WE NEED TO BE SMART.
>> Harris: MAYBE LEAVE
CALIFORNIA.
>> LET’S GET CHARLIE IN HERE.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE
TRANSITION.
20% OF ALL POWER SUPPLIED BY
COAL.
FIVE COAL MINERS HELPED OUT
ELECTRIC VEHICLE THAT BROKEN
DOWN.
STATE SENATOR SMITH SAID FIVE
COAL MINERS PUSHING A BATTERY
CAR.
THEY SAID WE ARE GOOD PEOPLE.
THEIR JOBS MATTER FOR THE
TRANSITION.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THIS IS A GOOD REMINDER.
EVEN THOUGH GAVIN NEWSOM
OUTLAWED GAS ENGINES.
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS ZERO
EMISSIONS CAR.
EITHER EMIT THEM DRIVING DOWN
THE ROAD OR CHARGING THEIR
BATTERIES.
PART OF MY CONCERN MOVING
EVERYBODY OVER TO ONE SINGLE
ELECTRIC GRID IN CALIFORNIA IS
THAT IT STARTS TO MAKE YOU
WONDER IS THIS ABOUT POWER?
EVERYBODY IS IN FAVOR OF
CLEANING ENVIRONMENT AND
RENEWABLE SOURCES OF POWER.
ALL KIND OF STUFF.
IS THIS MORE ABOUT POWER?
WHEN YOU HAVE EVERYBODY PLUGGED
INTO ONE SINGLE GRID.
CONSPIRACY THEORY IN ME MAKES ME
WONDER: DO THEY WANT TO PLUG US
ALL INTO ONE POWER GRID SO THEY
CAN SAY YOU HAVE TO SET YOUR
THERMOSTAT AT THIS?
>> Harris: OF COURSE THEY DO.
>> VERY WORRISOME.
>> Harris: THAT IS WHERE THE 78°
CAME FROM.
ION, ITHROUGH.
WHATEVER IT IS.
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IS