coming up, what you've seen -- have you seen the amazing show "cosmos" with neil degrasse tyson? i got to talk to him today about the show and a whole lot of other stuff. we'll have part of that interview next. >> this is what the earth looks like in the infrared.

. >> neil degrasse tyson shares hopes for science ahead with me. in america, 80% of them have added sugar. >> your brain lights up with sugar like it does with cocaine or heroin. you'll become an addict. >> you end up with one of the great public health epidemics. >> "fed up" from laurie david tells the story of big food and how it manipulates the political system to benefit its bottom line, particularly at the cost of kids. and seems like the movie couldn't have been at a better time considering we just got a lesson in how that relationship between politics and big food works yesterday when the house of representatives, backed by some of the big food players voted to allow some schools to testimony testimony -- temporarily opt out of nutritional standards that first lady michelle obama has been fighting so hard for. >> i think schools are supposed to set an example for what a healthy diet is and you would think that anyone who was suggesting that kids eat healthier in schools would be applauded but that's not how the economic system works and ther

degrasse tyson. i'm going to go over and hear the keys to the universe." and then come back and be like, "they're talking about ladies." [ laughter ] >> there's a lot of keys to the universe. >> seth: yeah, that's true. >> by that i mean, neil and i talk about astrophysics and space exploration -- quite a bit. we're just trying to change the world here, people. >> seth: that's great. [ cheers and applause ] now -- you're very accomplished. a very eclectic career. bill nye the science guy. but you also, for a while, you were applying to nasa every year. is this true? >> oh, yeah. i'm going to say it was four times -- to be an astronaut. >> seth: right. >> i mean, i didn't just apply to nasa, like, as an engineer which would be - - >> seth: you went -- you went straight to the astronaut. did you have to write essays? like, what do you do to be an astronaut? >> i think flying in space would be fun. no, you have to be -- [ laughter ] no. i'm a mechanical engineer. well, i'm human but i pitched them on us

coming up, what you've seen -- have you seen the amazing show "cosmos" with neil degrasse tyson? i got to talk to him today about the show and a whole lot of other stuff. we'll have part of that interview next. >> this is what the earth looks like in the infrared. >>> neil degrasse tyson is one of the most famous scientists in america and the host of the critically acclaimed reboot of "cosmos." got a chance to sit down with him today to talk about science, politics, the planet, the universe, a whole host of other things, including the climate change denialism currently practiced by the republican party. >> abe lincoln would turn in his grave if he knew that his descendants, his political descendants, if i remember correctly, abe lincoln was republican, if he knew his political descendants were cherry-picking scientific results. i don't know what he would say. i'm pretty sure he'd be disappointed. what you should be doing is recognize the scientific results, then let the political conversations be about -- >> that's exactly right. >> -- what kind of legislation you might need to p

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