DEUTSCH: What's the ultimate if we're going to get people to move? Because it always comes down to, they see it out there, it's still very scientific, and OK, the ice caps are melting. Let's put the dagger in the heart. What does it mean 10 years from now, 20 years, when we don't do--does this mean we lose a half a billion lives? What is the--put it to me in human terms so I, you know--now, the science is indisputable. Now you've said, `OK, now, these coastlines will be coming in New York so it'll look like this.' Other parts of the world will look like this. Is it a half a billion deaths? What is the--what's the absolute so that we can say to people, here's the end and this is why it's got to change?

Mr. GORE: Well, look at New Orleans after Katrina, the signs that say you can't attribute it to one event, to one cause, but they've said for years these hurricanes are getting stronger. One hundred and fifty thousand refugees, I hate the term when applied to American citizens in our own country--150,000. Even a one meter increase in sea level, and there--we could have a six to seven meter increase, a one meter increase would mean 100 million climate refugees forced to roam the Earth looking for a home. You've already seen some of the other predictions. Massive flooding in areas that never had it like this in in the past, massive droughts. Almost half—49 percent of the United States today is suffering from an extended drought. My Southeast United States is in that area. All these things have been predicted. They're now starting to unfold. It would be a different planet.

DEUTSCH: The world will go upside down. We don't have that much time, so I want to get to Live Earth. This is the biggest media event in--I can remember.

Mr. GORE: Yeah.

DEUTSCH: Now, talk to me about what's going to be happening because it is—it is beyond anybody's imagination what you could accomplish.

Mr. GORE: It's the big--well, I didn't accomplish it. Kevin Wall...

DEUTSCH: Kevin Wall, right.

Mr. GORE: ...the executive producer, is my partner and now close, close friend. We worked together on this. But Kevin's got the smarts and the expertise and the experience to do this. Unbelievable. Juggling so many balls in the air. I'm in awe of what they're doing. The team is great. A huge concert, two smaller concerts, one from Antarctica--by the way, the first time ever. Ten thousand other events in 130 countries. Two billion people, the largest entertainment event in the history of the world, with one message: Let's solve the climate crisis. Here's how to do it. liveearth.org, algore.com. Here are the ideas. Take the seven-point pledge. Be a part of the solution. We are using it to give a wake-up call, SOS. We're asking people to answer that call and we're launching a three-year massive campaign. Love you to be involved in it. Like to get your advice on marketing the ideas.

DEUTSCH: We're here. We're here.

Mr. GORE: And for three years, we're--and I hope it doesn't take three years, but we're prepared to do whatever is necessary over the next three years to get our world across that political tipping point. Live Earth, this Saturday, 24 hours, it's going to be unbelievable.

DEUTSCH: They're cutting me off, Mr. Vice President. I thank you, respect your privacy and I just want to say I hope everything goes OK with your son.

Mr. GORE: Thank you.

DEUTSCH: And keep up the good work, my friend.

Mr. GORE: Thanks, Danny. Thank you.

DEUTSCH: More BIG IDEA straight ahead.

Good stuff, man. Thank you. Good stuff.

Mr. GORE: That could be the best interview I've ever had.

DEUTSCH: Do we have that on tape, by the way?

Mr. GORE: Best interviewer. That was great. Thank you.



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