THANK YOU FOR SPENDING PART
OF YOUR THURSDAY WITH US HERE
ON MID-MORNING.
THE DEBATE OVER DAYLIGHT SAVING
TIME IS HEATING UP AGAIN WITH
MOST AMERICANS SPRINGING
FORWARD ON SUNDAY, MARCH 8th.
TALKING ABOUT CHANGING THE
CLOCKS AND THE WEATHER, THE TWO
MOST POPULAR TOPICS FOR
OPINIONS.
A NEW SURVEY SHOWS 55% OF
AMERICANS FEEL TIRED AFTER THE
TIME CHANGE IT MAY BE BECAUSE
IT'S MONDAY, BUT MAYBE IT'S THE
TIME CHANGE.
ANOTHER SURVEY FROM THE
ASSOCIATED PRESS SHOWS 70% OF
AMERICANS ARE OVER IT, AND THEY
WANT TO STOP SWITCHING THE
CLOCKS.
I SAY IF WE DON'T WANT TO DO
IT, WHY NOT STOP DOING IT?
WHY ARE WE STILL DOING THIS?
WE DON'T NEED TO ADJUST OUR
CLOCKS BECAUSE OF CANDLES.
WE HAVE LIGHTS.
IT'S A DEBATE EVERY YEAR.
LET'S BE DONE.
THE IDEA IT WOULD SAVE
ENERGY, AND WE HAVE FOUND IT
DOES NOT SAVE ANY ENERGY.
LET'S GO!
WHAT'S THE HANGUP THEN?
IF PEOPLE WILL BE HAPPY?
YOU HAVE LITTLE KIDS, HOW IS
PARENTING WITH THAT?
I AM FINE GETTING RID OF IT
BECAUSE OF MY LITTLE KIDS!
I WILL TELL YOU, IT TOOK A
MONTH TO GET BACK ON TRACK
AFTER NOVEMBER, A FULL MONTH.
MY KIDS ARE TIED TO THE CLOCK,
AND I WAS SURPRISED BECAUSE I
THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE TIE TO
THE LIGHT, AND IT'S THE CLOCK.
YEAH, AND I DON'T THINK OUR
ROUTINE CHANGED.
KIDS IN BED AT 7:00 EVERY
NIGHT, WAKING UP BETWEEN 6 AND
7 EVERY DAY, AND MAYBE I WAS
TIRED AND DON'T REMEMBER,
HONESTLY, BUT HERE'S THE THING,
I REALLY DON'T CARE.
IF IT'S GOING TO STAY THAT WAY
FOREVER, I HAVE BEEN DEALING
WITH IT FOR 42 YEARS.
KIDS WILL ADJUST.
DID YOUR LITTLE ONE HAVE?
I DON'T HAVE SCHOOL-AGED
CHILDREN, AND WE HAVE TALKED
ABOUT THE CONCERN ABOUT BEING
LIGHT OUTSIDE, BUT I WILL BE
HONEST, IT WAS NO PROBLEM TO ME
BEFORE I HAD A KID, AND NOW IT
WAS THE WORST THING EVER.
HE'S ALREADY AN EARLY RISER,
AND TO GET UP AN HOUR EARLIER,
I WAS LIKE, WE ARE NOT DOING
THIS.
I WILL CHANGE MY MIND WHEN
MY KIDS ARE OLDER AND NEED TO
BE AT THE DARK BUS STOP.
RILEY, YOU MONITOR WHEN THE
SUNRISE AND SUNSET IS, AND IF
WE DIDN'T CHANGE THE CLOCK IN
MINNESOTA, NOT TRUE IN ALL
STATES, BUT THERE WOULD BE A
STRETCH OF WINTERTIME WHERE YOU
WOULD HAVE PITCH BLACK DARKNESS
AT 8 IN THE MORNING.
WHATEVS!
[ LAUGHTER ]
IT FEELS LIKE THAT ALREADY.
IN THE SUMMERTIME, PEOPLE
ARE COMPLAINING, THE SUN IS
SETTING AT WHAT TIME?
IT'S DARK LATE.
ESPECIALLY FOR ME WHO GOES TO
BED AT 7-ISH, THE SUN IS
BRIGHT, BRIGHT, BRIGHT.
I LOVE THAT.
I DO, TOO.
FOR ME, IT'S HARD.
WE SHOULD CHANGE THE CLOCKS.
I LOVE SUMMERTIME.
JUST ADJUST TO IT.
THERE ARE BILLS PENDING IN
THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
NOT GETTING ANYWHERE.
THE LEGISLATORS LOVE TO
PANDER, AND NOTHING MORE
PANDERING THAN THIS RIDICULOUS
CONVERSATION.
IF IT WILL ALLOW US TO GET
MORE SLEEP?
IF WE CHANGE IT, YOU CHANGE
ONCE, NEVER CHANGE THE CLOCKS.
A TRIAL YEAR?
LIKE, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
WE WOULD HAVE TO CHANGE THE
SUPER BOWL TO SATURDAY.
OH, MY, OCTOBER, CHANGE
HALLOWEEN.
YOU HAVE TO CHANGE THE
DAYTONA 500 WEEKEND TO A
DIFFERENT WEEKEND.