IT SOUNDS LIKE RIGHT
NOW HE WILL%
STAY
IN
THE
SENATE HIMSELF,%
WE ARE
SEEING
IS
THAT HAS BEEN A
L REPUBLICAN BOARDS IS
MORE
THAN 20
REPUBLICANS AND MEMBERS
, MITCH MCCONNELL ASIDE CHANGES THE
AMNA: WE KNOW
THAT HUNTER BIDEN
TESTIFIED FOR SEVEN HOURS BEHIND
>> WE
NEED TO WAIT FOR THE RIPT.
A COUPLE OF THINGS. HUNTER
BIDEN DID NOT PLEAD THE H OUT
ALL EVEN THOUGH HE
AL CHARGES. IT
WAS HIGHLY
CONTENTIOUS, EVEN HE
BEGINNING , BOTH
H OTHER. DEMOCRATS
SAID REPUBLICANS WERE ASKING PERSONAL STATEMENTS.
HE TOLD MEMBERS
THAT HE WAS HERE TODAY TO
PROVIDE THE
FACT THAT E
PREMISE OF
I DID NOT INVOLVE
MY FATHER IN
HERE''S WHAT DEMOCRAT SAID.
>> WE JUST
WITNESSED A
DEEP-SEA FISHING
EXPEDITION BECAUSE THE REPUBLICAN
CASE HAS FALLEN
>> THIS HAS BEEN
A WASTE OF
THEY DON''T WANT US TO PAY
ATTENTION THAT THEY CANNOT
THAT WAS ACROSS THE BOARD.
NA: STAFFERS
SAY THEY FELT
HING NEW. HERE IS NANCY MAYS.
>> ''S
TESTIMONY IS IN DIRECT CONFLICT
WITH OTHER WITNESSES. THE
TRANSCRIPTS WILL BE OUT
, BUT SURPRISE AND NO SHOCK
HE WAY
AND IN SOME
ALL. AMNA:
HERE''S THE THING,
W E WANT
SELVES. THERE ARE WITNESSES THAT
SAY AND
TESTIMONY WE WILL WATCH
THAT BUT RIGHT NOW WE DO NOT
KNOW THERE IS THAT DIRECT
ONE THING WE HEARD
TODAY IS THEY EXPECT
T O HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
THAT IS THE NEXT STEP.
PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE THE NEXT STEP
BEFORE POTENTIAL ARTICLES
>>
THANK YOU SO MUCH. AMNA:
HIGH WIND PUSHED WILDFIRES
ANHANDLE. ONE GREW INTO THE SECOND LARGEST
HAN
OMES
DISASTER DECLARATIONS COVERED
S.
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WERE URGED TO
EXPECTED BY THE
AN APPEALS JUDGE IN NEW YORK
REFUSED TO LET DONALD TRUMP
VIL FRAUD
OST A N DOLLARS
WHILE HIS APPEAL CONTINUES.
BUT, THE JUDGE ALSO LIFTED, FOR
UMP ORK.
TRUMP
LAWYERS ARGUED
HE''LL NEED
E
GROUP WOULD CONSIDER MAKING
CONCESSIONS BUT SAID THE GROUP
IS EQUALLY READY TO CONTINUE
>>
ANY FLEXIBILITY WE ARE
IS
PEOPLE AND TO PUT AN END TO
CES
IN PARALLEL
, W E
ARE GOING TO
FAMILIES OF HOSTAGES
A MARCH
ALEM. THEY HELD SIGNS AND
PICTURES. LOVED ONES AND SUPPORTERS OF
ALEXEI NAVALNY
SAY THEY WILL
HIM AT A
IN FRANCE, HIS WIDOW TOLD THE
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT SHE IS
ABOUT ARRESTS AT THE
FUNERAL AND WARNED AGAINST
NEGOTIATING WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN.
>> PUTIN MUST
ANSWER FOR WHAT
HE DONE
AND PUTIN MUST ASK FOR
DONE. GEOFF:
NO VENUE WOULD HOST THE SERVICE ON THAT DAY.
BACK IN THIS COUNTRY, PRESIDENT
BIDEN HAD
HIS ANNUAL PHYSICAL DOCTOR
REPORTED HE IS IN
HE WAS
DESCRIBED AS A HEALTHY, ROBUST ACTIVATED ONE-YEAR-OLD
MAN WHO REMAINS FIT.
THE PHYSICAL DID NOT
INCLUDE A
HIS NEUROLOGIST DID
NOT BELIEVE
HE
SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER TO
K CHINA AND RUSSIA
FROM ONAL DATA.
THE GOAL
IS IT WOULD TAKE MONTHS
UP ENFORCEMENT
PILOT ZOOMED
AMOUNT -- AROUND
MARINA ATTACHING JET S.
ONE ENDED UP IN THE WATER
BUT HE
ON WALL
STREET , THE DOW JONES
VERAGE LOST 23
POINTS , THE
NASDAQ FELL 87
VOTES, THE S&P 500 WAS
DOWN
ICHARD LEWIS
HAS DIED PARKINSON''S
DISEASE. HIS SELF-PROCLAIMED
PARANOIA EVERYTHING
, RICHARD LEWIS
--
HOW SOME GOVERNORS ARE TRYING
SOLVE THE STATES PROBLEMS AT
TIME OF INTENSE POLITICAL
THIS IS THE PBS
NEWSHOUR FROM ETA
STUDIOS IN WASHINGTON.
>> PRESIDENT
BIDEN AND PRESIDENT
VICTORIES IN THE
PRESIDENT BIDEN
181% OF THE DEMOCRATIC VOTE IN THAT
STATE VOTERS CASTING
BALLOTS. FOR
ANALYSIS, WE TURN TO A BLICAN
STRATEGIST AND
STRATEGIST WHO SERVED
MANAGER. IT
IS GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE. LET''S
TALK ABOUT
THE NUMBER OF LLOTS.
I HAVE BEEN TALKING WITH
OFFICIALS AND THERE ARE THOSE WHO
SAY IT SHOWS PRESIDENT BIDEN
FIGHT TO KEEP THE COALITION
AND THERE ARE OTHER
O SAY
MICHIGAN HAS A TRADITION OF THESE.
THERE IS NOT ONLY
SOME STANDINGS ITH YOUNG
PEOPLE ,
LAST THAT HE CAN
YOU COULD
IMAGINE THE CANDIDATE
F-ARM. WHAT IS
MAINTAINED AS A POSTURE
I WANT YOU IN THIS COALITION
,
VALUED AND
MY YOU.
IF THEY CAN DO IT, I THINK IT
HELP SO MUCH. THE MOVANT HAS
SPECIFICALLY --
SHOW
THAT YOU FEEL OUR PAIN. >>
LET''S TALK ABOUT NIKKI HALEY.
WHAT IS THE ENDGAME? >>
THE ENDGAME IS A LONG GAME.
THERE IS A GREAT VALUE.
THEY SPENT A LOT OF
TIME ,
CAMPAIGN DONORS ARE STEPPING
UP
THINK THAT IS ONE
THING DO
. >>
CAN CHEAT SAY THIS ALL THE
CONVENTION? >>
IT''S HARD TO SEE BECAUSE THE
URCE QUESTION GETS MORE AND
DIFFICULT WHEN YOU DON''T REALLY
HAVE ANY DELEGATES TO
THAT WILL BECOME A DIFFICULT
CONSIDERATION WITH HALEY AND HER
SUPPORTERS OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
>> MEANWHILE, THE SUPER PAC THAT
SUPPORTS ROBERT F. KENNEDY, JR.
NOW
SAY THEY HAVE ENOUGH
TO GET HIM ON THE
THERE WERE
STATES THAT JOE BIDEN
NARROW MARGIN. WHAT
DOES THAT
TO HIS CAMPAIGN? HOW DO THEY COURSE
CORRECT?
IT IS UNCLEAR WHERE HIS VOTES
MY
IMPRESSION IS PEOPLE KNOW
AND IF YOU ARE IN THE CAMPAIGN
. LAST
TIME TRUMP
GOT ABOUT 2.6
MILLION , WHAT THEY NEED TO
DO IS DOWN BIDENS NUMBERS.
MY IMPRESSION COMING INTO THIS
MORE BALLOTS THAT COME
UP HURT AND I''M CONCERNED
ABOUT IT. >>
LET''S ABOUT ENTHUSIASM.
DONALD TRUMP
IS LOSING
20% TO
BASE WHO
--
>> IN THE
PRIMARY, HE IS RUNNING PRIME --
DOMINANT CAMPAIGN. IF
YOU LOOK BACK TO 2016
, HE IS
AN
IN 2016. THE
PROFILE IS CRUCIAL.
THE NIKKI HALEY VOTER IS MORE
MODERATE, MORE PRAGMATIC.
IF YOU LOOK AT MICHIGAN, A LOT OF
THOSE COUNTIES AROUND DETROIT
RAPIDS, THOSE ARE THE L
AREAS FOR WINNING THE
DONALD TRUMP
HAS SOME WORK TO
HE CAN''T LET
VOTERS STAY HOME. THEY MAY NOT
LIKE DONALD
TRUMP ,
CHARGE
>> IS GOING TO BE
QUITE THE CA
N DEMOCRATS IN THIS ELECTION
CYCLE CONTRIBUTE TO THE POLLING
ADVANTAGE? >> I
F IT IS AN IMMIGRATION
ELECTION, I DON''T THINK IT WILL
WELL FOR JOE BIDEN. THE POLLS
INDICATE THIS IS BECOMING A GREATER
CONCERN
BECAUSE OF REALITY. THEY
ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOUSING
, ALL TYPES OF EMPLOYMENT
IT
IS BECOMING A SERIOUS LEM.
ONE THING DEMOCRATS ARE TALKING
ABOUT --
HOWEVER, THEY ARE TO
DECREASE SALIENCE.
BY GOING TO
-- I AM ON IT.
EVERY STATE IS A BORDER STATE.
>> IT''S THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE.
ONE OF THE
THINGS IS AN EIGHT
SURGE JUST OVER THE LAST
YOU''RE RIGHT.
IT BECOMES A REFERENDUM. IN
PARTICULAR , THE SWING
AREAS ,
SUBURBS ATLANTA
, MARICOPA
, THOSE SUBURBS, BORDER
SECURITIES ARE A .
>> THANK
YOU BOTH, GREAT
AMNA:
A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
APPEARS TO
BE AVERTED FOR NOW. EARLIER TODAY, I SPOKE TO JANET
YELLEN AND ASKED
HER FOR HER RESPONSE TO THE NEWS.
>> I''M PLEASED WITH THE NEWS.
SHUTTING DOWN THE
GOVERNMENT
EXTREMELY DISRUPTIVE
,
ON , LOW
UNEMPLOYMENT AND INFLATION. >>
THERE ARE
MORE FUNDING
THE THREAT OF A SHUTDOWN HAS
BEEN BECOME PART OF THE PROCESS.
HAVE LONG-TERM
, DAMAGING
>> IT IS DISTURBING, WE LIVE
AN EPISODE
WHERE THE CONGRESS TO RAISE
CEILING WAS IN DOUBT. IT
WAS IMPORTANT TO INVESTORS
ND THE WORLD TO
KNOW THAT WE HAVE
A WELL-FUNCTIONING NT.
MY HOPE
IS THAT
THIS WOULD UKRAINE
WITH THE
MONEY ED.
>> LET
ME ASK YOU
ABOUT THE DICATORS.
HOW DO
YOU VIEW THE PESSIMISM?
>> THE
PANDEMIC HAD SIGNIFICANT
IMPACTS ON LIFESTYLES
, SOME
PRICES THAT ARE IMPORTANT
TO SO MANY AMERICANS. THEY ARE
HIGHER THAN
THEY WERE PANDEMIC.
PEOPLE WILL REMEMBER PRICES ARE
LOWE R
AND WE ARE DOING WE
CAN TO BRING DOWN
COSTS .
>> WE SHOULD
MENTION YOU ARE AT
THE SUPPORT FOR
UKRAINE IS HIGH NDA.
THIS WEEK, YOU SUGGESTED
G. UNFREEZING
ABOUT $300 BILLION
ASSETS AND GETTING THAT
MONEY WHEN GOING TO UKRAINE.
IT''S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT
CONGRESS APPROVE THE
AID AND NO
ACTION COULD
SUBSTITUTE FOR THAT
OVEREMPHASIZE THE
URGENCY
THAT ATTACHES
TO THE HOUSE
PASSING WITH
RESPECT TO RUSSIAN
OBJECTS --
OPTIONS, IT''S
ONE POSSIBLE STRATEGY
. I
THINK WHAT IT WOULD SAY TO
PUTIN''S HE FEELS
WE WILL OUTLAST
IF WE CAN USE THESE
ASSETS TO
STREAM ,
WE ARE IN THIS
>> IF I MAY,
BASED ON WHAT YOU SEEN
, THE FACT THAT WE ARE
YEAR , ARE YOU
CONFIDENT THAT THE U.S. WILL
MORE AID TO
UKRAINE? WE HAVE A
PROBLEM THAT THE
SPEAKER HAS BEEN
UNWILLING TO
R A WE
ARE --
>> I CAN SEE THEY ARE VERY
ERNED. IF WE DON''T
TO DO EVERYTHING
CONCEIVABLE TO
PROVIDE THIS AID.
AND WITHOUT IT WE
EXPECT THEM TO
>>
MADAM SECRETARY, THANK YOU
SPENDING THE TIME TO BE WITH
>> AT A TIME OF
INTENSE POLARIZATION
, SOME GOVERNORS
. >>
REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC LEADERS
SITTING DOWN FOR A MEAL. LIKE
ANY GOOD NEIGHBOR, WE
CONTINUE TO DISAGREE
ON
ENCOURAGING AMERICANS TO
ENGAGE UE.
>> THE SERIES
. THE FIRST
TERM, REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR FOR
UTAH WILL
DISAGREE >>
THIS COUNTRY IS DEEPLY DIVIDED.
WE SEE
DEEP POLARIZATION
, HAVING IDEA THAT WE CAN FOCUS
DISAGREEING BETTER
AND HOW
TO SOLUTIONS
. >> I
MET THE FIRST TERM DEMOCRAT
WHY
THEY ARE
OW. >> I
T HAS BEEN A FANTASTIC
OPPORTUNITY TO
REMEMBER THAT
AMERICAN HATING
AMERICANS. OUR ABILITY TO BE
PRODUCTIVE MEANS
WE HAVE TO WORK ACROSS THE AISLE AND BE
ABLE TO MEET WITH PEOPLE WHO
EVEN AT THE END OF PROCESS
DISAGREE WITH THE CONCLUSION BUT
WILL AT LEAST
UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY CAME FROM.
>> I WANT TO ASK
YOU ABOUT HOW
THROUGH SOME OF THE MOST
DIVISIVE MEMBERS. >>
THE ONE THING WE CAN ENTALLY AGREE
TO IS THE
SYSTEM IN PLACE
DOES NOT WORK. WE ARE URGING
CONGRESS TO MOVE
THIS , A BILL THAT WAS WORKED
ON WITH
SENATOR LANGFORD TO
GO
WHY WAS IT SO FRUSTRATING?
THAT IS WHY WE
NEED A MEASUREMENT OF ACTION.
>> YOU HAVE
SEEN WHAT HAPPENED.
WHAT I
S A WAY THROUGH THIS? >>
WE NEED CONGRESS TO START
>> O
F COURSE, THERE ARE REAL AND
SUBSTANTIVE DIFFERENCES ON HOW
FORWARD ON
DIVISIVE UCTIVE
RIGHTS, TRANSGENDER POLICY.
JUST RECENTLY, THE GOVERNOR
SIGNED
LAWS BANNING DDI
PROGRAMS, PROHIBITING
--
PEOPLE CAN USE BATHROOMS.
BOTH EMPHASIZE
THAT DISAGREE
MEAN REAL >>
THE WAY WE TREAT
HELPING EVERYONE
, HOW WE USE THE
POWER THAT IS
THAT
IS WHERE THERE IS SOME
MENTS. SOMETIMES THERE IS TOO
MUCH IN, AND
UNDERSTANDING THE BEHIND
IT IS REALLY
YES, THERE ARE MAJOR DISAGREEMENTS AND AT THE END OF
THE DAY, WE
ARE SEEKING THE SAME
EVERYONE FEELS
INCLUDED AND HAS OPPORTUNITY, THAT THE
S NOT
STACKED AGAINST
IT REALLY MATTERS TO ME. HISTORIC REDLINING.
>> NET, ANOTHER
ISSUE LEADERS
REAL DIFFERENCE IN
DOWN .
>> LEGAL
ALLEGATIONS HAVE SHOWN.
WE CAN SURROUND OURSELVES
, OUR BIASES INSTEAD OF ACTUAL
TRUTH .
SAYING
>> WE ARE ALL ABOUT TRYING TO
GET PEOPLE TO LISTEN TO THE
R TIME
. I AM NOT DOING THIS
WORK
NST
I DON''T GET UP IN THE MORNING
IF
THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION
EVERY SITE SHOULD BE
OUR COUNTRY IS BIGGER AND
WE HAVE
50 STATES WERE WE ARE
AMERICA IS SO MUCH BETTER.
I BELIEVE IN US AND THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE THE
CALL TO ALL AMERICANS
I''M JUDY WOODRUFF IN WASHINGTON.
>> THE MUSIC
TEACHER .
>> FIRST, TAKE A MOMENT TO
HEAR
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>> THOUGH THE ROOTS ARE IN
MEXICO, MARRIOTT SHE MUSIC
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ON THE
GROWTH AND
IMPACT IN THE AUSTIN
>> IT IS FOLK MUSIC.
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CONNECTED TO SOME TYPE OF
PROGRAM ,
EVEN IF IT IS AN AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM.
>> GOING
TO MEXICO A
ND LISTENING
GOING TO SLEEP,
SO IS GOING TO EMORY
MEET. >>
THEY SPECIALIZE IN TEACHING
STUDENTS THAT DON''T HAVE
GOOD >> ADAM HAVE ANY
HERITAGE TO A MEXICO
, IT''S REALLY FASCINATING.
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-There's a strange animal living in the creek
ng in the creek that runs through our city.
One of the most extraordinary
creatures on Earth...
the platypus.
For some reason -- it's not
really a reason I understand --
it's like I've been granted
this window into their world.
Sometimes, I think they live
in paradise.
[ Thunder crashes ]
Other times, it looks like hell.
Over the next year,
I'll try to get to know some i
ndividual platypus.
If I can understand their se
cret world,
I might be able to help them.
Sometimes in life, you have t
hose moments.
You realize you just can't keep
taking from nature.
It's now time to give someth
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7 O0 C1
) -I love living in Hobart.
There's nowhere else in Austr
alia like it.
It's a small city, surrounded
by water,
nestled in the foothills of a s
tunning mountain.
And somehow, in spite of itself,
it's remained connected to n
ature.
I think destiny probably drew me
to the waterway.
It was a challenging time in m
y life.
I'd had a cracking headache fo
r over a year.
I didn't feel right.
An escalation of X-rays...
scans...
ultrasounds...
and blood tests followed.
The doctors found numerous les
ions in my brain.
At some point, I won't be abl
e to do anything.
[ Heart beating ]
It's a feeling that you're re
ceding from your own life.
I go to the rivulet to reconnect
with something
that I feel I'm losing.
Everyone has tough times in life.
In one of these moments -- it
was the middle of summer --
she first appeared.
♪♪
I couldn't believe it the fi
rst time
that this platypus just zoomed
right up to me and put her bill
out of the water and started wigg
ling it,
as if she was trying to say so
mething.
The more I saw her, the more
she'd zoom up to me.
I named her Zoom.
Hey, Zoom.
Throughout that summer, I'd
go down to the waterway,
and she'd just be there.
And she would always come up
and raise her bill
out of the air and wiggle it
around.
I'm not sure what she was sayi
ng,
but I did feel connected to her.
I didn't really understand it,
but it felt like a doorway had
opened,
a magical portal into the wo
rld of the platypus.
♪♪
The more I watched Zoom,
the more I realized what an inc
redible animal she is.
She's an aquatic mammal, a bit
like an otter,
but she lays eggs like a bird.
Platypus are famous for that w
onderful bill.
But it's not hard, like a duc
k's bill.
It's soft and rubbery.
It's extremely sensitive
and filled with thousands of ele
ctrical receptors.
So when she hunts, she shuts her
eyes and ears and her nostrils,
using electricity to find her pr
ey.
Her feet have webbing like a
frog
to propel her through the water.
And she uses her tail, like a b
eaver, to steer.
When she dives, she can slow
her heartbeat
right down, holding her breath
for up to 10 minutes.
♪♪
Platypus don't have any teeth,
but Zoom can grind up her prey
between rigid plates in her b
ill.
The males have spurs on their
back legs...
that can inject venom into t
heir opponent.
Most people have never even s
een a platypus,
so it's incredible to think Zoom
lives on the edge of the city.
But that also creates problems.
One day, I came across Zoom,
and everything changed.
She was tangled in plastic.
[ Camera shutter clicking ]
I knew I couldn't help her wi
thout adding to her distress.
Luckily, she was able to break
free.
She had dodged a bullet.
It was as if the natural world
was trying to deliver a message.
"You have to do something to h
elp the platypus."
There was so much rubbish in t
hat part of the waterway.
I realized one person would
never change everything.
And I wanted to learn more ab
out the platypus.
I started reaching out to sci
entists and filmmakers.
-Hello. Good to see you. It's
been a while.
-How are you? -Good, good.
My name's Chadden Hunter.
I'm an Australian wildlife bio
logist.
And I've been fascinated by the
platypus for many, many years.
Yeah, I mean, it is a beautiful
little section of waterway.
-Gorgeous.
-I first met Pete Walsh a few
years ago.
He's almost a local legend ar
ound here.
-Whoa. [ Laughs ]
-He's very quietly spoken, ha
s no ego at all.
So, my goal was to find out
if Pete's platypus
were just random sightings or
whether there really was
a population on this creek th
at could sustain itself.
The health of the creek is t
he critical thing.
I felt like we had about 12 mon
ths to work with.
Unless those platypus could
reproduce on that waterway,
they were really in trouble.
I think, for Pete, his medica
l diagnosis
was a real wake-up call.
It gave him this heightened
sense of awareness
and, through that, a deeper con
nection with nature.
-If there's a platy hiding ov
er there somewhere,
like deep under the bank, that
might just be the tiniest
sort of smoke signal.
-Yeah.
-Like, the tiniest thing that
wouldn't be there otherwise.
-Yep.
Pete started noticing things
that even us wildlife biologists
weren't noticing.
-I've loved taking photos my w
hole life.
[ Camera shutter clicking ]
When I'm looking through the ca
mera,
everything starts to happen
in slow motion.
It's an extension of your body
and of yourself.
It focuses your mind on that pl
atypus.
-As researchers, we realized th
at this waterway
was in trouble.
If these platypus were going t
o survive,
we needed to engage the comm
unity
and really change our ways.
Oh, wow.
This is the outfall from the
city tip.
So, in heavy rain, this is full
of rubbish.
And, you know, the rubbish gets
pounded by the water
and forced out of the net.
-Mm.
-And quite often, the net brea
ks.
I guess it's the short-sightedn
ess of humanity,
really, you know, where, "Let's
make a tip.
Let's make it in a valley abov
e a city,
on top of a waterway, and it
'll all be okay."
-Yeah.
-Everything like that. -Yeah.
-And that.
All the stuff you see in there
ends up out here.
Obviously, someone's gonna eat
that,
whether it's a platypus or f
ish or whoever.
There's so much of it. -I know.
It's a miracle anything lives
down here.
-Yeah.
Hobart's a fairly average-size
d town.
But it's had a lot of heavy
industry over the years --
logging and whaling and tann
eries.
This one waterway was so importa
nt
to the history of the town.
Sadly, it became an open sewer.
But if you look close enough
and spend enough time,
there's surprising life down
here.
I think people associate the pres
ence of platypus
with pristine environments.
So when I first saw a new pl
atypus
in this urban drain, I couldn
't believe it.
What was it doing there?
♪♪
It wasn't moving about like Z
oom,
so we knew it was a different
animal.
It looked like a young male.
He's just up there.
His territory seemed to be ce
ntered behind
the city brewery, in a foamy poo
l.
[ Whispering ] Try and get so
me video of him.
It was the way this male
Platypus moved -- he never sat
still.
I decided to name him Scoot.
Oh.
Oh, dude, you're so close.
He's over there. [ Laughs ]
That's actually pretty cool.
[ Laughs ]
Platypus aren't designed for co
ncrete.
You can just see how vulnerable t
hey feel.
They sort of cower as they wa
lk along it.
It's just an area they need to
transit.
Males, during the breeding seaso
n,
are extremely territorial.
Scoot doesn't like anything in
his territory.
He even goes after the local du
cks.
♪♪
[ Ducks quacking ]
♪♪
Oh! That's pretty funny.
While we were watching Scoot
chase the ducks around,
we noticed a second male platyp
us in this pool.
Scoot might be territorial,
but he usually avoids other
males.
Venom from this intruder could
leave him paralyzed.
The males swim parallel to one
another, sizing each other up.
The other male pinned Scoot
under a metal ladder
and seemed to ram his spur in.
Perhaps there's not enough food
in this territory for two males.
I wanted to learn more about wh
at platypus eat,
so I got in touch with an expert
who might be able to help.
Today's all about learning mo
re about the health
of the Hobart rivulet,
and one great way to do that
is by counting water bugs,
because as well as being the pl
atypus' main food source,
they're also a really accurate
indicator of waterway health.
We're really lucky to have John
here help us today.
He is the water-bug wizard.
He runs the national water-bu
g database.
-Oh, how could you say no if y
ou were a platypus?
Just got one chomp, and, you
know, that's brekky.
♪♪
-Water bugs themselves are fasc
inating.
[ Crunch ]
There's a whole miniature wo
rld down there.
Some build their home from san
d grains.
Some build their homes from s
ticks.
Zoom and Scoot's survival depend
s on them.
Bizarrely, you have this little
furry creature
who is the apex predator of the w
aterway.
The platypus is like the shark.
They can detect electricity gi
ven off
by the tiniest muscle movement,
like the flick of a water bug
's tail.
But I think water bugs know
they're in trouble
when there's a platypus in t
he area.
When you see underwater foot
age of a platypus foraging,
what you do see is water bugs
just bailing in every direction,
trying to escape it.
-There's lots in the main river u
p there,
and there's not so much here.
It's that simple.
And I guess it's just going to
get worse as we go
in towards town.
It's going to get less and less
bugs, less and less food.
Alright, go, go, go.
Give me some slime.
-Nice. -Alrighty. How's that?
-That's heaps of slime.
The nutrients and the sunlight
and everything means
that all we've got here really
is lots and lots of green slime.
From the water testing I've done
here with John this afternoon,
you know, we found one water
bug, you know, in total.
The quality of the waterway
degrades the further you travel
from the mountain down towards
the city.
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BY THESE ENVIRONMENTAL
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OUT THERE THAT ARE
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-It was clear that Scoot's ho
me range
was a hard place for a platypus
to live.
Further upstream, it was like
platypus paradise.
I love autumn in Tasmania.
[ Bird chirping ]
There's a lot of animal activity.
♪♪
I hadn't seen Zoom in a while,
so I headed upriver.
♪♪
The moment Zoom leaves the water
directly in front of you,
your heartbeat just goes up s
traightaway.
You're trying to stay calm.
It's like, "What is she going t
o do?
Is she just coming out for a
look?"
But then, you know, she keeps
getting closer and closer
and closer, till she's right
beside you.
And then does a poo.
It's pretty awesome.
It's kind of weird and awesome
at the same time.
Did you get that?
After spending so many hours
with Zoom,
I'm guessing that she's beginn
ing to trust me.
I wanted so desperately to re
main in that platypus bubble.
But sometimes, there are star
tling reminders
that the city is never far away.
♪♪
So, up until a few days ago,
this was a beautiful pond,
full of leaf litter and bran
ches,
somewhere the platypus would
often come and rest and forage
before they headed upstream.
And now, basically, it's a m
assive gravel pit.
But to actually see it in the w
aterway,
it's a catastrophic amount of
gravel.
♪♪
It's difficult to understand.
You know, it's so distressing.
Really, there's no words for it.
Just when you think nothing
else can happen...
[ Chainsaws whirring ]
...we hear chainsaws in the dis
tance.
Massive willow trees were being
chopped down.
They're not native trees,
so I understand why they need
to be removed.
But the river was looking like a
war zone.
♪♪
[ Wind howling ]
[ Thunder rumbling ]
♪♪
[ Thunder crashing ]
♪♪
-Another thing that happens
to this river in autumn is,
we get heavy rain, causing se
vere flash floods.
They wash logs down and they
create dams,
debris gets built up.
All of a sudden, the platypus wil
l wake up
with a very, very different ha
bitat around them.
The water level can rise 2 mete
rs overnight,
and you realize what a struggle
this is for the platypus.
♪♪
[ Thunder crashes ]
♪♪
All this floodwater rushes down
stormwater drains
and under the city.
But for us, the single most
dramatic thing about this flood
is that Zoom went missing.
Zoom might've been washed unde
rneath the city,
maybe out into the harbor, we
don't know,
but I think Pete just couldn't
let this go,
and he had to go looking for her.
This is really where our creek
changes personalities
from heaven to hell.
This is like entering the under
world.
♪♪
-I'm looking for two things.
I'm looking for places where
platypus might shelter
in an emergency.
And the second thing I'm look
ing for is any sign of
Platypus scats just by the wa
terway.
For Platypus, there's very lit
tle food
and there's very few places t
o shelter.
It's not really where they wan
t to be.
♪♪
Amongst all of these plaster
baby heads,
it's almost like a tombstone
or memorial to the platypus,
which is kind of cool and kind
of bizarre at the same time.
I'm not sure exactly what the in
tention was of the artist.
And this is an example
of how great our disconnect i
s with nature,
where we turn what was a beautifu
l waterway into a drain,
just out of our own convenience,
with no regard
to anything that was,
you know, whether that was platy
pus
or just whatever the habitat th
at would've been here.
This really is the graveyard
of the Hobart Rivulet.
We're only really here to look
for Zoom.
She could've been washed out.
She could've drowned.
She could be injured somewhere.
You know, that's just the re
ality of this situation.
It was clear the flood
threw a lot more than rubbish i
nto the mix.
-He's coming towards the hole.
-The first platypus I saw afte
r the flood wasn't Zoom.
-Oh, you got him?
-It was a female, and she was
tangled in twine.
Hey, buddy, we got you safe.
-Ooh, there's a bit of blood.
-Oh, it's cut right in, hasn
't it? It's cut into it.
Once we'd caught the platypus
and started removing the twine,
you could really see the dept
h of the injuries.
-Can we see the muscle? The red?
-Yeah. -Yeah, we can.
-Yes.
-It really took a community
to catch one animal.
The care was incredible there.
Took the platypus in.
They took X-rays and checked he
r over,
gave her a physical, cleaned
out the wounds,
put in fluids, painkillers, ant
ibiotics,
and then put her to bed.
-Yeah, we'll start sort of pu
tting some stitches in this
and get it closed up.
-Over a couple of hours, they sti
tched up the two wounds.
[ Laughs ]
It really did take the animal
quite a while to wake up.
I think there were a couple
of concerned looks.
There's a yawn. -Did you get
that?
-I got that.
-Finally, her eyes opened, and
she started wriggling around.
You know, that was a relief.
Come on, bubba. Wake on up,
please.
-A bit woozy.
-So, we're down here at the r
ivulet
to collect some goodies to m
ake the platypus
feel like it's at home.
We're getting some fine gravel,
some pebbles, leaf litter.
Hopefully there'll be some w
ater bugs
amongst all of that, as well.
Alright.
-It was a phenomenal thing to
see
how much passion was burning in
side him at this stage
to really try and help the p
latypus
in a much more proactive way.
-Oh, look at that.
So, what I'm doing with my hand
the platypus
does with its rubbery bill,
except after just a couple of m
inutes,
my hand is getting ground down.
Yeah, I think that's probabl
y enough.
I might just start loading th
is stuff in the car
so we can get this stuff to the p
latypus.
♪♪
-It's just such a lovely thing
to come in here
and find her curled up asleep.
-I'm surprised at how kind of
slow her breathing is and deep.
-It's kind of -- -Yeah.
-She's had a good 10 hours' s
leep,
so it'll be safe to let her fee
d now.
-Yep.
Okay.
♪♪
-Straightaway, there's that
behavior of nosing around.
She's had a big operation, an
d even we wouldn't eat well
for the next couple of days.
The main thing is to just offer
her as much as she'll take
and give her as much time as s
he needs to feed.
-Yeah. That was amazing.
Yeah. That's been a beautiful
thing, you know, this morning.
♪♪
-Come on, guys.
Hey. Look at that, little plat.
You know where you are.
Good to be back, I reckon.
We'd released the platypus in
to a downstream flow,
and while we were talking, I ha
d half an eye on her,
and she sort of kept popping in
and out of the waterway,
which was really peculiar.
And then she did seem to dis
appear.
I guess that was goodbye.
Standing around, sort of being
like a successful release.
Yeah, she's really getting in
and out a lot.
And then her little head popped o
ver the concrete.
And she hobbled past us, clearly
not able to walk properly.
So we followed her.
Why's she doing that, mate?
That's a really unusual behavi
or.
She doesn't want to be in there.
And every time she'd touch th
e water,
it was almost like she was re
pelled by it.
Whether that was pain or the
cold or not being able to swim.
Why is she walking so broken?
Is it actually injured, mate
, or...
Clearly, she was much worse
than all of us thought.
-I think probably the best thi
ng for her
at this point would be to take
her back into care again,
as hard as that is.
-Luke took the platypus back
to Bonorong that night
and actually spent a bit of tim
e checking her over.
And he noticed, like, she'd re
ally lost control
of that right claw, like she
couldn't knuckle down.
[ Dog whimpers ]
And then, the next day, Luke m
essaged me
letting me know that she'd died.
I think even just the response
has been
sort of really beautiful,
you know, that people were tou
ched...
you know, by it.
Sorry.
It's a waste of an amazing life.
It's like, you know, this can
't be for nothing.
Yeah, I think we have to honor
her life
and the lives of all of the ot
her animals
that have died in that way and
do something.
♪♪
[ Wind howling ]
It was a tough winter.
When we lost that one platypus,
it was a real turning point
for me.
-...and these incredible animals
that are in the waterway that h
ave somehow...
-I'm normally a shy guy,
but I realized I needed to step
out of my comfort zone.
So, I'd like to introduce Pete
Walsh
for our next section of the e
vening.
So thanks, Pete. [ Applause ]
-I started to talk to the public
about the challenges
platypus face in our city.
So, are we the greatest enemy
of the platypus?
And if we are, are we okay wi
th that being our story?
Sadly, Australia's treatment
of the natural world
continues to make news for al
l the wrong reasons.
The community reacted in a way
I'd never seen before.
More and more people wanted
to help save the platypus.
To raise more awareness, we manag
ed to get
a big mural of Zoom painted
on a coffee-shop wall.
I even started getting calls ab
out pollution in the waterway.
I mean, that spill, at a bad
time of the year,
in a bad spot.
That's pretty awful, whatever t
hat is.
With this kind of pollution an
d rubbish,
the best way to understand it is
not just see it, but to feel it,
put your hands in it.
That's what the animals are
doing.
You know, that's what we're fo
rcing them to do.
If no one reports a spill, from
the point of view of the people
who manage the waterway, the spil
l never happened.
Super-important -- if you see
something bad happening,
you know, let somebody know so
there's a written record of it.
It was clear these urban plat
ypus
were living right on the edge.
It was such a relief to see S
coot again.
But his behavior seemed to be c
hanging.
He seemed more energetic...
more adventurous.
We watched him climb up and
out of his cement world.
There must be something draw
ing him up the waterway.
He's on, like, a supercharged
patrol.
♪♪
When Scoot travels up a conc
rete slab in the water,
he creates this amazing effect,
like a giant bow wave.
He's like a dinosaur crossed
with a Formula 1 car.
It's just this beautiful fan
of water.
Scoot was clearly on a mission.
During the breeding season,
male platypus virtually give
up on feeding.
They can travel miles out of t
heir home range.
♪♪
It's amazing to see an animal
that's built for swimming
actually try to climb a water
fall.
Scoot tucks away the webbing
on his feet
and uses his claws to climb u
p rocks.
It doesn't always go to plan.
♪♪
-There we go.
Right on the edge.
-It was a relief to see Scoo
t finally make it
into the pristine part of the
waterway,
you know, above the suburbs,
above the city.
The only problem was that Scoot
had wandered into the territory
of a much bigger male.
♪♪
The males twist and turn to avo
id each other's weaponry.
♪♪
Scoot managed to wedge his spur
into the other male's rump.
♪♪
This was the first fight we'd s
een Scoot win.
I was following Scoot upriver,
and we came across a female g
rooming.
She was lying back, scratching,
releasing her scent into the
water.
And then I realized...
it was Zoom.
All that time she was missing,
but here she was upriver.
Scoot had been following the sm
ell of a female
he'd never met.
And he'd taken me along as h
is wingman.
♪♪
Mating doesn't happen immedi
ately.
There's a fair bit of foreplay
for platypus.
The females are really testin
g the males.
Scoot might've been from the wr
ong side of the tracks,
but it felt like Zoom had fi
nally met a male
that she was happy to mate with.
♪♪
They put their bill on each
other's tail,
like they're in a trance.
I call it the platypus love do
ughnut.
♪♪
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UNDERSTAND IT,
BECAUSE IT'S COMING
RIGHT TO YOU,
EXPLAINED AT A
LEVEL THA
T IT
DOESN'T INSULT
YOUR INTELLIGENCE
BY ANY
MEANS, BUT
IT CHALLENGES
YOU AND
IT BRINGS
YOU ALONG, RIGHT?
IT MAKES
IT ACCESSIBLE.
AND THAT'S
AVAILABLE TO
LITERALLY ANYBODY IN THE STATE OF WISCONSIN
RIGHT NOW
WHO JUST
TURNS ON
THEIR TELEVISION AND
WANTS TO
LEARN SOMETHING
NEW. AND,
FRANKLY, THERE'S
NO BETTER
USE FOR MEDIA
THAN THAT.
AND THAT'S
WHAT, YOU KNOW, THE
ENTIRE PUBLIC TELEVISION MOVEMENT HAS
ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT,
IS FIGURING
OUT THE
BEST WAY
TO USE
THIS INCREDIBLE
INVENTION HUMANITY
MADE, BROADCAST
TELEVISION, AND TURN IT
INTO A FORCE
FOR GOOD.
THAT'S POSSIBLE
BECAUSE OVER THE
YEARS WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY
GOTTEN SUPPORT
FROM VIEWERS LIKE
YOU THAT MAKE THIS
POSSIBLE. SO WE ARE
ASKING FOR
YOUR SUPPORT
NOW. THE
NUMBER IS
THERE ON
YOUR SCREEN.
WE ARE
GOING TO GO BACK
TO THE
PROGRAM.
HERE'S A QUICK
REVIEW OF
THOSE THANK YOU GIFTS.
ENJOY THE
REST OF THE SHOW.
It's now the height of spring,
the peak of the breeding season.
It was soon after mating
that Zoom seemed to go on her ow
n mission.
She's trying to find a burrow
that is high enough
to be above the flood levels.
She might dig up to 10 meters
into the dirt
to find a safe place to lay her
eggs.
♪♪
She has to get it exactly righ
t for the young to survive.
♪♪
This is the first time
I've discovered a nesting burr
ow.
The nest building is like a mi
racle of nature,
in my opinion.
I didn't know that Zoom could
curl up her tail like that.
Her grip needs to be strong
to hold on to that vegetation.
♪♪
To see Zoom come out of the w
ater
with her full load of nesting
materials
and then disappear into a tiny
burrow, it's incredible.
How does all that stuff even
fit in the burrow?
The platypus can hardly fit
through that hole.
Well, she's constructing that n
est in 100% darkness.
♪♪
We were super-fortunate to f
ind Zoom's burrow,
so my strategy is to place a nu
mber of trail cameras around
that burrow, out of her way,
and just leave them running.
When they see something happen,
they'll send me an alert.
So many people had heard of Zoo
m by now.
This one platypus was really
inspiring the whole community.
Locals were now coming out to
help protect the platypus' home.
-It's just really inspiring
to see you all out here
today to help regenerate this a
rea.
-Seeing the community come t
ogether
to do the replanting along th
e rivulet,
you know, was a beautiful thing.
It takes a community to care.
-If you want to look after nati
ve wildlife,
plant Tasmanian native plants.
-One person can never do it all.
And, also, one person won't be
around forever.
That is the critical thing --
that the community takes owners
hip of their waterway
and caring for their waterway.
If the work that I've done wi
th platypus
has sparked something in people
and driven them to act,
I think that's a great thing.
When I woke up one morning an
d looked at my phone,
I saw two or three alerts
from the trail cameras around
that nesting burrow.
It was like, "Something's gone
down."
Mm-hmm.
Alright. The moment of truth.
To a see a youngster come out o
f Zoom's burrow
was such a magical feeling.
[ Laughs ]
And the next day, I'd come down
to the pond here,
and I've just been walking arou
nd for a few minutes
looking for him.
There's me walking around, lo
oking for him everywhere,
but the whole time, he'd bee
n behind me.
Young platypus are so vulnera
ble...
and so clumsy.
But Zoom's work as a mother
is done.
Now her baby's out of the bur
row,
he'll have to find his own way
in the world.
Zoom's youngster gives me hope
that platypus can continue li
ving in this city.
You know the odds are stacked up
against a young
platypus surviving, really.
Like, he has to find his home
in the platypus world.
But you really want to do what
ever you can...
to give him the best chance
of surviving.
♪♪
It's been a beautiful journey.
If I died tomorrow, I'd be p
retty sweet, you know?
♪♪
I think the rivulet's come a
long way from what it once was.
But if we were to come back in,
say, five years' time,
hopefully we'd see a much clean
er waterway.
So, when you look back at you
r own life...
is your legacy that you lived
and enjoyed nature...
or lived and cared for nature?
♪♪
I thought I was going there
to look after nature,
but, really, it was nature look
ing after me.
%
>> WELL,
THERE'S
NOTHING
THAT
MELTS THE
HEART LIKE A
BABY PLATYPUS.
HI. I'M DAVID
HOFFERT, A VOLUNTEER
HERE AT PBS
WISCONSIN. I
CAN'T EVEN
TALK. I'M
JUST SO
GLOAN !
BLOWN
AWAY BY
WHAT WE'VE
JUST WATCHED
TOGETHER. WHAT
AN INCREDIBLE
EXPERIENCE. AND WHAT
AN INCREDIBLE
MESSAGE, RIGHT?
A MESSAGE
OF, YOU KNOW,
HERE I
ENJOYING THE
VIEW OF THE
PLATYPUS AND
THEN PETE'S
LIKE DON'T
JUST ENJOY
IT, TAK
E CAR
E OF
IT, RIGHT?
WHAT AN
IMPORTANT MESSAGE
YOU'RE ONLY GOING T
O HEAR
ON A STATION
LIKE PBS WISCONSIN. THAT'S WHY
WE'RE COMING TO
YOU RIGHT NOW
TO ASK
FOR YOUR PLEDGE
OF FINANCIAL
SUPPORT, TO
MAKE WONDERFUL TELEVISION
LIKE THIS
POSSIBLE. THE
NUMBER IS
THERE ON THE BOTTOM OF
YOUR SCREEN,
1-800-236-3636. KNOW, THINK
FOR A MOMENT.
I MEAN, I
HAVE A WALL
CALENDAR WITH
GREAT NATURE
PHOTOS, BUT
NATURE IS SO
MUCH MORE THAN
JUST THE
FOOTAGE. IT'S
STORYTELLING. AND, YOU
KNOW, WE
HUMANS ARE
ANIMALS, TOO.
WE'RE ANIMALS
THAT ARE
WIRED FOR
STORYTELLING AND
"NATURE" IS
DESIGNED FOR US.
KEEP THAT COMING
BY MAKING A PLEDGE OF
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
RIGHT NOW. >>
WELL, I'M KERMAN
ECKES, AND I
HAVE TO
SAY THAT I
WAS SO
TOUCHED BY
THE ENTIRE
DOCUMENTARY, BUT ESPECIALLY THE
END AND
THOSE POWERFUL
STATEMENTS OF PEOPLE
COMING FORWARD AND
TAKING ACTION
TO HELP
THINGS. AND
I KEEP
THINKING, TOO,
ABOUT THE
FACT THA
T PETE
SAID REPEATEDLY ONE PERSON
CAN'T DO IT
ALONE, BUT
IF WE
ALL BAND
TOGETHER, WE ALL
CAN DO
WHAT WE NEED TO
DO. IT'S KIND
OF THAT
WAY HERE
AT PBS WISCONSIN.
EACH DONATION,
EACH PLEDGE OF
SUPPORT THAT COMES IN
IS SO
VALUABLE. WE KNOW
THAT ONE PERSON CAN'T
DO EVERYTHING FOR
US, BUT
TOGETHER WE CAN
HELP MAKE A
DIFFERENCE AND
KEEP SHOWS
LIKE "NATURE"
ON PBS WISCONSIN. IF
YOU CALL
AND SUPPORT
US IN
THAT WAY THIS
EVENING, WE HAV
E SOME
WONDERFUL DONATION
OPTIONS FOR YOU.
IF YOU CALL
AND MAKE A
DONATION OF
$20 A MONTH,
YOU CAN
DECIDE TO
ELECT TO HAV
E THE
PLATYPUS THANK YOU
DONATION MADE,
AND WHAT
WILL HAPPEN IS
THAT THE
FRIENDS
OF PBS WISCONSIN
WIL L
MAKE A DONATION TO
AN ENVIRONMENTAL
GROUP IN
HOBART, AUSTRALIA
THAT'S WORKING IN
THE EXACT SAME PLACE
THAT WE'VE
BEEN SEEING IN
THE DOCUMENTARY.
AND THAT DONATION WILL BE
THE VALUE
OF A THANK YOU GIFT.
SO THAT'S
AN AMAZING
OPTION FOR
YOU TO
HELP SUPPORT
THIS GROUP
THAT'S WORKING TO
MAKE SURE
THE WATER QUALITY
IS GOOD,
THAT THE
LITTER AND
ENTANGLEMENTS ARE OUT OF THE
RIVER, TO
MONITOR THE
WATERBUGS, ALL THE THINGS THAT
ARE SO IMPORTANT FOR
THE PLATYPUS.
THAT'S ONE THING
YOU CAN
SUPPORT WHEN YOU
JOIN US
HERE AT PBS
WISCONSIN. YOU
CAN MAKE A
DONATION AND
TAKE HOME A
WONDERFUL "NATURE"
HAT OR
GET THE
PBS WATER BOTTLE.
SO MANY
THINGS FOR
YOU TO
DECIDE UPON.
TALK
WITH ONE OF
OUR VOLUNTEERS
AND THEY'LL FILL
YOU IN
WITH MORE
DETAILS. BUT
IT STARTS WITH YOU
GOING TO THAT
PHONE AND
DIALING 1-800-236-3636.
OU'RE WATCHING
"NATURE" FOR THE FIRST
TIME THIS
EVENING OR YOU'VE BEEN
WATCHING FOR
MANY, MANY
YEARS, DECADES,
EVEN, WE KNOW
THA T
THESE PROGRAMS
ARE VERY
MOVING AND VERY
INSPIRING. WE
ARE ALL
VERY MOVED AND
INSPIRED WATCHING
BOTH THESE
INCREDIBLE CREATURES, THE
HUMANS WHO
DO GOOD
WORK TO
ENSURE THAT
THEY GO
ON AND
THE ENVIRONMENT
AROUND THAT. AND
SO WE
KNOW YOU
ARE ALL INCREDIBLE
HUMANS. YOU
WANT TO SEE PBS
WISCONSIN GO
ON IN
THE SAME WAY.
SO WE
KNOW YOU'RE
WATCHING NOT ONLY
TO ENTERTAIN
YOU, BUT
TO TRULY
ENRICH YOUR LIVES
AND
OGRAMS LIKE
"NATURE" DO JUST
SO THAT.
SO PLEASE IF YOU'RE
INSPIRED GIVE
US A CALL
THIS EVENING
AT 1-800-236-3636
. >> YOU
KNOW, WHEN
THE TEAM
HERE WAS
DECIDING WHAT
"NATURE" TO
SHOW DURING
PLEDGE WEEK, YOU
KNOW, WE KNEW IT
WAS GOING TO
BE IN THIS
SLOT, IN
THE "NATURE"
SLOT, BUT
THERE'S ANY
NUMBER OF
"NATURE" EPISODES
TO CHOOSE
FROM, RIGHT? THE VOTE
WAS UNANIMOUS TO HAVE
IT BE THE
PLATYPUS GUARDIAN.
AND I THINK
YOU CAN
SEE WHY.
WHAT AN
INCREDIBLY COMPELLING
STORY. AND
WHAT A C
OMPELLING REASON TO
MAKE SURE
THAT PROGRAMS
LIKE THIS
ARE AVAILABLE TO YOU AND
YOUR FAMILY AND
YOUR NEIGHBORS AND PEOPLE
THAT YOU
DON'T EVEN
KNOW, RIGHT?
YOU KNOW,
WE'VE BEEN
TALKING TONIGHT ABOUT
HOW WE
WANT YOU
TO MAKE A DONATION
TO PBS WISCONSIN.
BUT I ACTUALLY
WANT TO
REFRAME THAT.
I THINK
IT' S A
N INVESTMENT.
IT'S AN INVESTMENT
IN EDUCATION
AND IN
COMMUNITY VALUES
AND IN
JUST COMMUNITY
BUILDING ALL
ACROSS THE STATE OF WISCONSIN.
MAKING A PLEDGE OF SUPPORT
RIGHT NOW IS
ONE OF THE
BEST INVESTMENTS YOU
CAN MAKE.
BUT DON'T
TAKE MY WORD
FOR IT.
HERE ARE
SOM E
VERY TRUSTWORTHY
MESSENGERS FOR YOU ABOUT
THE VALUE
OF INVESTING
IN "NATURE."
>> WELL, IF YOU
ARE SOMEONE
THAT HAS STEPPED FORWARD
THIS EVENING
AND MADE A
DONATION TO
PBS WISCONSIN IN
SUPPORT OF
THIS WONDERFUL "NATURE"
PROGRAMMING, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I
JOI N
THOSE ANIMALS
IN SAYING THANK
YOU TO YOU.
IF IT'S
SOMETHING YOU'VE BEEN
THINKING ABOUT, NOW
IS THE
PERFECT TIME. YOU
STILL HAVE
TIME TO
SUPPORT THE
PLATYPUS PROGRAM
WE JUST
SAW HERE
ON PBS WISCONSIN
AND SUPPORT
ALL OF THE
PROGRAMS WE
OFFER HERE ON PBS
WISCONSIN. WHEN YOU
DO, DON'T
FORGET YOU HAVE
SOME W ONDERFUL
OPTIONS THAT YOU
CAN TAKE PART
IN. IF
YOU MAKE A
DONATION AT THE
$20 A MONTH LEVEL,
YOU CAN
DECIDE TO
TAKE PART
IN THE
PLATYPUS DONATION.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN
IS THAT PBS
WISCONSIN WILL
SEND A CERTAIN
AMOUNT TO AN
ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP
IN HOBART,
AUSTRALIA, THE
EXACT SAME PLACE
THAT WE'VE
BEEN SEEING IN
THE DOCUMENTARY,
EXACTLY ON
THAT RIVULET
IS WHERE
THEY WORK,
AND THEY WILL
SEND THE AMOUNT
EQUAL TO A THANK
YOU GIFT. SO YOU'RE
SUPPORTING NOT
ONLY PBS WISCONSIN, BUT
YOU'RE ALSO SUPPORTING THE
PLATYPUS AND
THAT ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY
LIVE SO
THAT GROUP IS THERE
TO MONITOR
WATER QUALITY
AND TO
PLANT NEW
VEGETATION ALONG
THE BANKS
AND HELP
PROTECT THE
PLATYPUS AND THE WORLD
IN WHICH
THEY LIVE. YOU CAN
ALSO CALL
AND SELECT THE
OPTION TO
NOT ONLY
MAKE THAT
DONATION, BUT YOU
CAN ALSO
TAKE THIS
WONDERFUL "NATURE"
HAT HOME WITH YOU OR
YOU CAN
MAKE THE
DONATION AND
GET THE PBS
WISCONSIN WATER BOTTLE.
SO WE HAVE MANY
WAYS TO
SAY THANK YOU. BUT FIRST
YOU NEED TO
GO TO
THE PHONE
AND DIAL
THE NUMBER
ON YOUR
SCREEN, 1-800-236-3636
. >>
SO THIS
EPISODE OF
"NATURE" HAS
REALLY INSPIRED
YOU AND
YOU'VE BECOME A MEMBER
THIS EVENING,
WE THANK YOU
SO VERY
MUCH. IF
YOU'RE ALREADY A
MEMBER AND IF
YOU'RE A DIRECTORS
CIRCL E MEMBER
WHO ARE
MEMBERS WHO
GIVE $1,000
OR MORE
PER YEAR,
WE THANK
YOU SINCERELY
FOR YOUR
GENEROSITY. IF YOU HAVE
THE MEANS
AND THAT'S A GIFT
YOU WOULD
LIKE TO
CONSIDER GIVING,
CONSIDER $1,000
OR MORE PER
YEAR OR
$100 PER
MONTH AS A
SUSTAINER. WE
HAVE VOLUNTEERS WHO
CAN TAKE
YOUR CALL
AND WOULD
GRACIOUSLY ACCEPT THAT
VERY GENEROUS GIFT.
BUT AGAIN
ALL GIFTS
AT ALL
LEVELS ARE SO
IMPORTANT TO
MAKE THESE
PROGRAMS LIKE
W HAT
YOU'RE WATCHING THIS
EVENING WIT
H "NATURE" POSSIBLE.
THEY INSPIRE.
THEY ENTERTAIN.
AND THEY
REALLY AND
TRULY ENRICH
YOUR LIVES. SO
WE HOPE
YOU'RE ENJOYING
THE PROGRAM.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR
GENEROUS SUPPORT
AT ANY
LEVEL. GIVE
US A
CALL AT
1-800-236-3636 IF YOU
HAVEN'T JOINED
YET OR
VISIT US
ONLINE ANYTIME
AT pbswisconsin.org.
>> FUNDAMENTALLY THE
PROGRAM THAT
WE'VE JUST
BEEN WATCHING
TOGETHER IS
ABOUT CARE
TAKING AND MOST
DIRECTLY IT'S
ABOUT TAKING
CARE OF
NATURE AND KIND
OF DOING
OUR PART
TO NOT
JUST ENJOY
NATURE, BUT
PROTECT IT
AND, YOU KNOW, ROLL
UP OUR
SLEEVES AND GET
OUR HANDS
DIRTY AND PROTECT IT.
BUT IT'S
ABOUT CARETAKING MORE
BROADLY AND A
COMMUNITY RESOURCE
LIKE PBS WISCONSIN,
THAT'S ALSO
WORTH TAKING CARE
OF. IT'S WORTH
TAKING CARE
OF SO
THAT IT CAN
BE EDUCATIONAL
OR YOUNG CHILDREN AND
OLDER ADULTS AS
WELL WHO ARE
CURIOUS ABOUT
THE WORLD. IT'S WORTH
PROTECTING AS A
COMMUNITY RESOURCE THAT
BRINGS US
TOGETHER AND GIVES
US KIND
OF A
SHARED UNDERSTANDING OF
OUR PLACE
IN THAT
WORLD. AND IT'S
WORTH PROTECTING
AS A
VALUE STATEMENT
ABOUT WHAT
MATTERS IN THE
WORLD AND
HOW WE
ENGAGE WITH IT.
SO I
HOPE THAT
THIS PROGRAM
HAS INSPIRED YOU
TO TAKE
CARE OF
NATURE, WHETHER IT'S IN
YOUR BACKYARD
OR BY
MAKING SOME
KIND OF
DONATION. I ALSO
HOPE THAT
YOU'RE INSPIRED
TO TAKE
CARE OF PBS
WISCONSIN AND TO
DO THAT
TOGETHER WITH
US RIGHT NOW.
I'M HEARING A
LOT OF
OUR VOLUNTEERS ON THE PHONE
TALKING. THAT'S GREAT.
IF YOU
HAVEN'T CALLED YET,
IT'S NOT
TOO LATE.
HERE'S A REVIEW OF THE THANK
YOU GIFTS AVAILABLE.
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