Official Transcript...looks like Roberts got his word in as well off camera:
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CHETRY: A British judge may ban Al Gore’s film “An Inconvenient Truth” from schools. He says it’s unfit for schools because it’s politically biased and contains scientific inaccuracies and sentimental mush. The case stems from a father who accused the government of brainwashing kids with propaganda by showing Gore’s film in the classroom. Schools may have to issue a warning before they show students the controversial movie about global warming.
ROBERTS: Finally, somebody ... CHETRY: So, you don’t agree.
ROB MARCIANO, AMS, METEOROLOGIST: There are definitely some inaccuracies. And you know, the Oscars, think about awards for fictional films as well. The biggest thing I have a problem with is his implication that Katrina was caused by global warming and there’s a number of studies that have been out and really the jury is still out — global warming does not conclusively cause stronger hurricanes like we’ve seen. By the end of this century, we might get about 5% increase, but that’s by the end of the century. (INAUDIBLE) seen that yet.
CHETRY: And this year, in fact, we’ve had a relatively quiet hurricane season.
MARCIANO: It’s been relative. Well, we had 13 named storms but two or three of those storms have been, you know, kind of toss-away storms. They haven’t been that strong. This guy right here in the Gulf of Mexico, waters there are about average. So, we’re not really looking at too much as far as the long-term average is concerned.
Here it is. You see the circulation. Not a whole lot going on right there. Let’s move over to the Bahamas where this, this is a little bit more impressive circulation here. A larger cloud mass, we got high pressure at the upper levels of the atmosphere, which is important. You kind of see the swirl through there. And they may send a hurricane hunter aircraft into this system later on today.
All right, let’s move along and show you the next graphic, which I forgot what we have lined up. Oh yes, the showers that are rolling into Georgia and the Carolinas. These are not really getting to where we really need the action. Up here is where the drought is, most of the rain is staying across the southeast coastlines of Georgia.
CHETRY: Where is the lake you were at a couple days ago?
MARCIANO: Altoona. Right there, pretty much.
CHETRY: So, they’re not getting rain in this system?
MARCIANO: Not enough. Most of the heavy rain is going to stay in the south and east. We got a little bit up to where we need it, but Tennessee and Kentucky really seeing most of the drought conditions. Warm temperatures across the northeast, I don’t have to tell you that. It is soupy out there this morning. Temperatures in the upper 60s, had a fog in some areas and temperatures today can easily get into the lower 80s.
CHETRY: So, you go to the pumpkin patch with shorts and a tank top on, I guess — Rob.
MARCIANO: Global warming.
CHETRY: Thank you — John.