how's it feel being in this
this national park well you know what uh
any time we get out of
the city and we're among trees
and woods and
critters
i feel better
for former president barack obama
national parks are the backdrop for some
of his favorite memories from his first
trip to yellowstone
to growing up in hawaii
the whole state almost is a is a
national park so the oceans the coral
reefs the mountains
the forest that was part of my everyday
life
now his new netflix series our great
national parks showcases some of the
world's most spectacular settings
this is a journey through the natural
wonders
of our shared birth rate the former
president serving as both executive
producer and narrator there's nowhere
else you'll see a hippo
in the atlantic ocean
the series not just a feast for the eyes
but a lesson on the importance of
protecting the parks and their wild
residents i'm hoping that we're going to
learn something not just about how to
maintain national parks but why it's so
important to deal with issues that like
climate change that threaten the entire
planet in fact we
we have
younger kids sasha malia this generation
right that demands us being better
caretakers will people seeing this heed
that call i think that
the the generation of our kids are more
mindful of
uh
how we haven't always taken care of the
planet and with climate change affecting
everything they are demanding action
nature is more resilient
than we think if
we are intentional about it in addition
to spending his time out in nature
former president obama has been
navigating some political terrain
returning to the white house for the
very first time just last week how did
that feel well you know it was wonderful
to see some of the old team the fact
that i could leave though was nice
vice president
biden vice president
when you made the vice president biden
joke were you a little surprised that
people are like hey what's up with that
no you know look president biden and i
have
an extraordinary friendship as well as a
professional relationship last month mr
obama became one of the more than 80
million americans who tested positive
for covet 19. how are you feeling i feel
fine i was fortunate that i did not get
it until i had
been vaccinated i had been boosted and i
barely had symptoms post-presidency how
has life changed for you michelle sasha
and malia there's nothing that compares
to the privilege and honor of serving
the american people in the highest
office of the land you know there are
times where
i miss
the work
i don't miss the hoopla though and you
know we're finding that we can be really
uh productive
uh contributing citizens in all kinds of
other ways on a personal note uh
our son nick is getting ready to go to
college you've been through it you got
any tips for us as far as empty nesting
michelle always said and she's
absolutely right about this our job as
parents is
to to
teach our kids not to need us
and it hurts but when you see them as
accomplished confident
kind thoughtful
responsible people
then you know you've done your job and
the former president is also hoping to
inspire the next generation to get
involved with national parks and share
his love of nature so we led some local
kids on a scavenger hunt we've got some
great kids what's going on guys from the
boys and girls club to greater
washington all right is this team rock
over here
let's see
how are we going to do this well you got
to set the expectation that this team is
going to win so obviously team obama
going to win
[Applause]
oh wow look at all those tadpoles so you
guys know what tadpoles turn into
they turn into frogs have we seen any
birds
you see anything so this is now spring
migration for birds does everybody know
what what uh ranger means when he says
uh migration is that they go to a
different place so i was in hawaii
and i saw a bunch of whales that migrate
although they swim all the way down from
alaska
and then they swim all the back i was
born in hawaii
yeah very good thank you see you know
more than some people about where i was
born
so this is skunk cabbage guys
oh my that's not good
that is stinky
everybody pouring at the cabbage
everybody good job way to go
you guys were outstanding on our
scavenger hunt
that was funny he couldn't resist i'm
telling you it was great and and the the
great thing have a big shout out uh to
the all the rangers at great falls
national including uh ranger aaron who
is on team obama and ranger for niece
who was on team right now we know the
former president is quite competitive so
who won the scavenger hunt when you are
out in nature everybody oh gosh maybe
you should run for august
and here's my junior ranger pins wow
very exciting
our great national parks premieres on
netflix today and the former president
isn't stopping with the show he's also
launching the wild for all initiative
encouraging folks to get outside and
learn more about conservation we'd like
to thank mr obama the boys and girls
clubs of greater washington as well as
the national park service and they were
fantastic i got to get me one of those
hats i love it
uh you can catch more of my conversation
with the former president coming up in
the third hour and we'll have the full
interview streaming later on today all
day the advice he gave you on
becoming an empty master yeah it really
moved you it did uh uh you know
we're we're going to share some more of
that coming up at nine but yeah i
started to get i started to tear up
because uh yeah courtney is lagaan leela
has left the nest but uh nick's my boy
yeah yeah that would be a tough one yeah
that was good
thank you thank you al we'll look
forward to more of that interview
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