WEBVTT 00:06.000 --> 00:12.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> MORE THAN 700 MILLION PEOPLE 00:08.666 --> 00:13.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% STRUGGLE TO LIVE ON LESS THAN $2 00:10.466 --> 00:15.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15% A DAY. 00:12.033 --> 00:16.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% BUT RICK STEVES SAYS THERE ARE 00:13.866 --> 00:19.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS ACROSS THE 00:15.100 --> 00:20.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% GLOBE THAT ARE CHANGING THAT. 00:16.833 --> 00:22.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% IN HIS DOCUMENTARY, "HUNGER AND 00:19.800 --> 00:24.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% HOPE: LESSONS FROM ETHIOPIA AND 00:20.533 --> 00:26.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% GUATEMALA", STEVES LOOKS AT WAYS 00:22.400 --> 00:26.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% THE TWO COUNTRIES ARE INCREASING 00:24.266 --> 00:28.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% ACCESS TO WATER, EDUCATION AND 00:26.533 --> 00:31.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:12.5% FOOD. 00:26.966 --> 00:33.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THE DOCUMENTARY IS AIRING HERE 00:28.800 --> 00:34.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% MARCH 26TH AT 9:00 P.M. 00:31.133 --> 00:36.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% STEVES STOPPED BY TO RECORD A 00:33.133 --> 00:38.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% CONVERSATION WITH US. 00:34.066 --> 00:39.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% I BEGAN BY ASKING HIM ABOUT HOW 00:36.166 --> 00:41.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% CORONAVIRUS IS AFFECTING HIS 00:38.033 --> 00:43.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% PERSONAL TRAVELS AS WELL AS HIS 00:39.866 --> 00:44.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% TRAVEL BUSINESS? 00:41.600 --> 00:46.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> ANYBODY WHO IS IN TOURISM IS 00:43.333 --> 00:48.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% HAVING A MISERABLE TIME. 00:44.833 --> 00:49.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% WE TOOK 30,000 TO PEOPLE TO 00:46.633 --> 00:49.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% EUROPE ON MY BUS TOURS LAST 00:48.700 --> 00:50.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:12.5% YEAR. 00:49.566 --> 00:52.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% 30,000. 00:49.900 --> 00:53.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% AND IT WAS GREAT. 00:50.900 --> 00:55.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% WE WERE ON TRACK TO DO BETTER 00:52.633 --> 00:55.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:25% THIS YEAR. 00:53.566 --> 00:57.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% IN THE LAST MONTH SALES HAVE 00:55.600 --> 00:58.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20% STOPPED. 00:55.933 --> 01:00.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% AND I CAN UNDERSTAND. 00:57.666 --> 01:02.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% PEOPLE ARE NERVOUS. 00:58.733 --> 01:04.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THE THING ABOUT CORONAVIRUS WE 01:00.233 --> 01:05.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO BE 01:02.200 --> 01:08.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% OLD NEWS IN TWO MONTHS OR WORSE 01:04.100 --> 01:12.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% IN TWO MONTHS. 01:05.200 --> 01:14.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% WHAT I'M HOPING TO GO TO 01:08.566 --> 01:15.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% ISTANBUL I HAVE THE FLIGHT IN 18 01:12.366 --> 01:17.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% BUT I'M GOING TO WAIT UNTIL IT 01:14.800 --> 01:18.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% GETS CLOSER. 01:15.733 --> 01:20.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% AND I WILL MAKE MY DECISION WHEN 01:17.266 --> 01:22.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:25% I HAVE TO. 01:18.433 --> 01:24.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST I'VE 01:20.866 --> 01:25.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% BEEN AT THIS FOR 30 YEARS TAKING 01:22.800 --> 01:28.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% PEOPLE TO EUROPE AND TALKING 01:24.033 --> 01:29.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% ABOUT TOURISM. 01:25.700 --> 01:32.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% AND CRISES COME AND CRISES GO. 01:28.033 --> 01:33.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ARE GOING 01:29.833 --> 01:35.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% WITH THIS ONE BUT MY HUNCH IS 01:32.200 --> 01:36.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% WE'LL GET OVER IT AND IT WILL 01:33.766 --> 01:38.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% SETTLE DOWN AND WE WILL BE 01:35.566 --> 01:40.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% TRAVELING AGAIN. 01:36.766 --> 01:41.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% LET'S HOPE WE FIGURE IT OUT. 01:38.300 --> 01:43.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> IS THAT THE ADVICE YOU'RE 01:40.066 --> 01:45.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% FOLLOWING AND WHAT ADVICE ARE 01:41.800 --> 01:46.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% YOU GIVING YOUR CUSTOMERS? 01:43.966 --> 01:48.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> DO NOT PANIC UNLESS YOU ARE 01:45.666 --> 01:49.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% LEAVING IN THE NEXT MONTH. 01:46.833 --> 01:51.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% HOLD ON AND SEE WHAT IS 01:48.466 --> 01:54.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% HAPPENING AS TIME GOES BY. 01:49.966 --> 01:57.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% IT COULD BE A DIFFERENT STORY IN 01:51.466 --> 02:00.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% A MONTH AND IT WOULD BE A SHAME 01:54.466 --> 02:01.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% TO FOLD UP YOUR TENT AND END 01:57.066 --> 02:03.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% YOUR TRAVEL FEEDS NEED -- 02:00.700 --> 02:04.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% DREAMS NEEDLESSLY. 02:01.833 --> 02:06.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS TO 02:03.233 --> 02:08.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% WORRY ABOUT. 02:04.200 --> 02:10.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% ARE YOU GOING TO GET IT? 02:06.800 --> 02:11.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% IS IT ETHICAL TO TRAVEL IN THE 02:08.366 --> 02:13.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% TIME YOU MIGHT SPREAD IT? 02:10.033 --> 02:15.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% DO YOU WANT TO GO WHEN THE 02:11.900 --> 02:17.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% MUSEUMS ARE CLOSED AND YOU MIGHT 02:13.966 --> 02:18.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% NOT GET FLIGHTS OUT. 02:15.533 --> 02:19.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% >> ON TO YOUR DOCUMENTARY. 02:17.766 --> 02:20.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% "HUNGER AND HOPE: LESSONS FROM 02:18.466 --> 02:21.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% ETHIOPIA AND GUATEMALA" WHY DID 02:19.200 --> 02:23.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% YOU WANT TO CREATE THIS? 02:20.400 --> 02:25.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> I HAVE A WONDERFUL JOB OF 02:21.933 --> 02:26.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% GOING OUT IN THE WORLD AND 02:23.333 --> 02:30.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% GETTING TO KNOW PEOPLE AND 02:25.300 --> 02:32.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% LEARNING THINGS. 02:26.566 --> 02:33.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% AND I FIND IMPORTANT TOPICS THAT 02:30.500 --> 02:34.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% CARING SMART AMERICANS MAY NOT 02:32.566 --> 02:35.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% FULLY UNDERSTAND BECAUSE THEY 02:33.333 --> 02:37.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO 02:34.900 --> 02:40.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% TRAVEL. 02:35.233 --> 02:42.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% AND ONE THING THAT HAS BEEN IN 02:37.033 --> 02:45.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% MY CONCERNS FOR DECADES IS WHAT 02:40.766 --> 02:46.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% ARE THE STRUCTURES OF POVERTY 02:42.700 --> 02:47.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% WHY ARE THERE HUNDREDS OF 02:45.133 --> 02:49.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% MILLIONS PEOPLE LIVING IN 02:46.933 --> 02:51.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20% POVERTY? 02:47.266 --> 02:53.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% AND THIS IS THE YEAR I DECIDED I 02:49.166 --> 02:55.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% WANT TO EXPLAIN THAT YOU CAN 02:51.433 --> 02:58.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% FIGHT HUNGER, YOU CAN FIGHT 02:53.600 --> 02:59.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% EXTREME POVERTY BECAUSE YOU LOVE 02:55.033 --> 03:01.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% YOUR NEIGHBOR OR YOU CAN IGNORE 02:58.033 --> 03:02.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THAT ETHIC AND FIGHT IT BECAUSE 02:59.533 --> 03:03.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% YOU WANT THE WORLD TO BE STABLE 03:01.566 --> 03:06.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5% AND SAFE. 03:02.166 --> 03:08.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% IT DOESN'T MATTER BUT WE CAN 03:03.900 --> 03:10.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% FIGHT HUNGER WE ARE NOT TALKING 03:06.766 --> 03:13.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% ABOUT RID OF POVERTY. 03:08.400 --> 03:14.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% THAT IS THE WAY IT IS. 03:10.000 --> 03:15.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% BUT 10% OF HUMANITY IS LIVING IN 03:13.200 --> 03:17.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% DISEXTREME POVERTY. 03:14.033 --> 03:18.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% AND IT'S VERY REAL FOR THE 03:15.666 --> 03:21.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% UNITED STATES TO CONTINUE TAKING 03:17.100 --> 03:25.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% A LEAD IN FIGHTING THAT. 03:18.300 --> 03:28.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% AND WHAT I WANTED TO DO WAS GO 03:21.466 --> 03:31.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% TO EGHT YEAH AND GUATEMALA, EGHT 03:25.933 --> 03:33.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% YEAH AND ETHIOPIA AND GUATEMALA, 03:28.866 --> 03:35.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% A LOT OF AMERICANS ARE CYNICAL 03:31.400 --> 03:36.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% ABOUT DEVELOPMENT AID IN THE OLD 03:33.566 --> 03:37.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% DAYS DEVELOPMENT AID DID MAKE 03:35.633 --> 03:38.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% PEOPLE DEPENDENT. 03:36.800 --> 03:40.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% TODAY'S DEVELOPMENT AID IS 03:37.900 --> 03:41.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15% SMART. 03:38.300 --> 03:43.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% IT MAKES PEOPLE INDEPENDENT IT 03:40.033 --> 03:45.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% EMPOWERS WOMEN. 03:41.300 --> 03:47.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% IT'S GOT CLIMATE SMART 03:43.466 --> 03:49.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% AGRICULTURE WOVEN INTO IT IT 03:45.800 --> 03:51.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% EMPOWERS PEOPLE TO WORK AND SELL 03:47.533 --> 03:53.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THINGS TO BE PART OF THE GLOBAL 03:49.566 --> 03:55.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% ECONOMY RATHER THAN TO ABANDON 03:51.200 --> 03:55.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% THEIR FARMS AND MOVE INTO THE 03:53.000 --> 03:57.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% CITIES OR GET INTO THE WEALTHY 03:55.300 --> 04:00.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:25% COUNTRIES. 03:55.666 --> 04:01.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% WE WANTED TO MAKE A ONE-HOUR 03:57.700 --> 04:03.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% SHOW AND ON WTTW WE CAN RESPECT 04:00.066 --> 04:06.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% PEOPLE'S INTELLIGENCE AND ASSUME 04:01.600 --> 04:07.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% AN ATTENTION SPAN AND BRING 04:03.500 --> 04:09.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% CONTENT TO PEOPLE DRIVEN NOT BY 04:06.366 --> 04:11.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% A PASSION OF KEEPING ADVERTISERS 04:07.733 --> 04:14.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% HAPPY BUT A PASSION FOR TAKING 04:09.966 --> 04:16.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% CARING SMART PEOPLE EXPOSING 04:11.366 --> 04:17.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% THEM TO IMPORTANT ISSUES AND 04:14.100 --> 04:19.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% INSPIRING THEM TO BE ENGAGED AN 04:16.333 --> 04:20.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 04:17.300 --> 04:24.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% >> GIVE US A SENSE OF THE 04:19.133 --> 04:25.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% POVERTY THAT YOU SAW? 04:20.966 --> 04:28.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> I WANTED TO HUMANIZE WHAT IS 04:24.366 --> 04:30.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% EXTREME POVERTY. 04:25.233 --> 04:31.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% THIS SHOW IS FIVE MINUTES OF 04:28.033 --> 04:34.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% DESPERATION AND 55 MINUTES OF 04:30.700 --> 04:36.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:12.5% HOPE. 04:31.000 --> 04:38.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% EXTREME POVERTY IS DIRT FLOOR, 04:34.733 --> 04:39.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% THATCHED ROOF, NO WINDOWS A FIRE 04:36.500 --> 04:41.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% ON THE FLOOR, DARK ENVIRONMENT 04:38.400 --> 04:42.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% FILLED WITH SMOKE. 04:39.800 --> 04:44.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% IT IS NO RUNNING WATER. 04:41.266 --> 04:45.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% IT'S NO ELECTRICITY. 04:42.566 --> 04:47.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% NO ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE. 04:44.066 --> 04:50.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% AND NO EDUCATION. 04:45.833 --> 04:52.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% NO UNDERSTANDING ON THE PART OF 04:47.700 --> 04:52.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THE MOTHER OF THE IMPORTANCE OF 04:50.133 --> 04:55.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% HYGIENE AND GOOD NUTRITION FOR 04:52.200 --> 04:57.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% THE CHILDREN. 04:52.766 --> 04:59.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% IF WE CAN TEACH MOTHERS THE 04:55.000 --> 05:00.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% IMPORTANCE OF GETTING ENOUGH 04:57.300 --> 05:02.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% CALORIES AND THE RIGHT CALORIES 04:59.033 --> 05:05.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% IN THE FIRST THOUSAND DAYS THAT 05:00.800 --> 05:07.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% CHILD WILL GROW UP NOT STUNTED. 05:02.900 --> 05:09.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% IF THEY CHILD GOES NOT GET THE 05:05.400 --> 05:11.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% NUTRITION THAT CHILD GROWS UP 05:07.200 --> 05:11.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% STUNTED AND NEVER REACH THEIR 05:09.633 --> 05:12.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% POTENTIAL AND PRODUCE AS THEY 05:11.100 --> 05:14.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% SHOULD. 05:11.433 --> 05:18.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% THAT IS AN EXAMPLE. 05:12.700 --> 05:18.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% THE IDEA OF EMPOWERING WOMEN, 05:14.800 --> 05:21.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% ACROSS THE BOARD NGO, 05:18.066 --> 05:23.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% NONGOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS 05:18.933 --> 05:24.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% PEOPLE WORKING IN THE DEVELOPING 05:21.100 --> 05:25.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% WORLD LIFT THEMSELVES OUT OF 05:23.033 --> 05:27.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% POVERTY ACROSS THE BOARD PEOPLE 05:24.233 --> 05:29.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% ARE RECOGNIZING IT IS WOMEN WHO 05:25.400 --> 05:31.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% ARE THE RESPONSIBLE ONES AND 05:27.333 --> 05:34.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% THEY NEED TO BE EMPOWERED AND 05:29.166 --> 05:34.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% GIVEN EDUCATION, AND THEY ARE 05:31.033 --> 05:36.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% THE ONES THAT CAN SPEARHEAD THIS 05:34.166 --> 05:37.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% DEVELOPMENT. 05:34.866 --> 05:39.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% HISTORICALLY THE MEN PISS IT 05:36.900 --> 05:40.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:12.5% AWAY. 05:37.866 --> 05:42.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% ALL OVER THE PLACE WOMEN ARE 05:39.233 --> 05:44.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% TAKING THE LEAD. 05:40.133 --> 05:46.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% WE ARE NOT JUST GIVING PEOPLE 05:42.600 --> 05:49.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% TECHNOLOGY WE ARE LETTING 05:44.600 --> 05:51.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% COMMUNITIES OWN THIS AND BE GOOD 05:46.733 --> 05:53.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% STEWARDS OF IT AND THERE'S LOW 05:49.166 --> 05:56.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% HANGING FRUITS THAT MAKE A HUGE 05:51.766 --> 05:58.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% DIFFERENCE IF A POOR PERSON HAS 05:53.766 --> 06:00.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% A FIRE AN OPEN FIRE ON A DIRT 05:56.533 --> 06:02.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% FLOOR THEY ARE CONSUMING TRIPLE 05:58.066 --> 06:03.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% THE WOOD THEY NEED TO TO COOK 06:00.766 --> 06:05.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5% THEIR FOOD. 06:02.000 --> 06:08.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% IF THEY CAN GET AN ELEVATED 06:03.733 --> 06:10.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% STOVE THAT IS EFFICIENT THEY 06:05.133 --> 06:11.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% WILL BE LESS DEFORESTTATION AND 06:08.666 --> 06:13.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% LESS DISEASES AND A COMMUNITY 06:10.666 --> 06:13.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% THAT CAN GROW. 06:11.733 --> 06:15.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% >> WE ARE JUST ABOUT OUT OF 06:13.200 --> 06:17.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:12.5% TIME. 06:13.900 --> 06:18.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% YOU'VE BEEN A LONGTIME ADVOCATE 06:15.833 --> 06:20.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% OF MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION AND 06:17.400 --> 06:22.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% IT'S LEGAL IN ILLINOIS HOW DO 06:18.700 --> 06:24.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% YOU THINK IT'S PLAYING HERE? 06:20.633 --> 06:25.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> WE DID THIS EIGHT YEARS AGO 06:22.466 --> 06:26.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% IN WASHINGTON STATE AND STATES 06:24.200 --> 06:29.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% EVERY TWO YEARS HAVE BEEN 06:25.566 --> 06:31.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% BUILDING ON THIS. 06:26.566 --> 06:33.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% I'VE LOOKED AT ILLINOIS LAW IT 06:29.100 --> 06:35.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% IS A CONSERVATIVE SMART LAW AND 06:31.866 --> 06:36.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% THE TRACK RECORD IS THERE AS 06:33.900 --> 06:38.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% YOUR GOVERNOR KNOWS AND 06:35.500 --> 06:40.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% LEGISLATORS HAVE KNOWN. 06:36.266 --> 06:43.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% I WAS HERE A YEAR AGO HELPING 06:38.200 --> 06:47.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% OUT RAISING AWARENESS BUT WE ARE 06:40.800 --> 06:49.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% TALKING ABOUT IS NOT A PRO POT 06:43.500 --> 06:52.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% LAW IT'S SMART PUBLIC HEALTH LAW 06:47.866 --> 06:55.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% AND GET RID OF THE BLACK MARKET 06:49.800 --> 06:57.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% AND TURN IT INTO A LEGAL MARKET 06:52.400 --> 06:59.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% THAT GENERATES TAX REVENUE. 06:55.333 --> 07:01.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% MY GOVERNOR WAS NOT IN FAVOR 06:57.100 --> 07:03.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% EIGHT YEARS AGO AND NOW HE SAYS 06:59.300 --> 07:07.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% HEY I'M GLAD WE DON'T ARREST 07:01.333 --> 07:10.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% 8,000 PEOPLE A YEAR. 07:03.133 --> 07:13.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% I'M GLAD WE TOOK A BILLION 07:07.166 --> 07:15.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% DOLLAR BLACK MARKET AND TURNED 07:10.000 --> 07:17.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% IT INTO A TAXED LEGAL MARKET AND 07:13.066 --> 07:19.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% MY GOVERNOR IS GETTING $300 07:15.033 --> 07:20.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% MILLION A YEAR OUT OF THIS TAX 07:17.466 --> 07:21.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% REVENUE FROM WHAT WAS AN ILLEGAL 07:19.266 --> 07:23.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% BLACK MARKET AND WE ARE 07:20.400 --> 07:24.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% INVESTING THAT IN HEALTH 07:21.533 --> 07:26.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% PROGRAMS AND IN DRUG AWARENESS 07:23.200 --> 07:27.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% PROGRAMS AND I KNOW ILLINOIS IS 07:24.566 --> 07:29.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% DOING THE SAME THING. 07:26.833 --> 07:31.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% >> RICK STEVES HOT TAKE. 07:27.733 --> 07:33.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> YOU HAVE A GREAT PROGRESSIVE 07:29.433 --> 07:33.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% APPROACH TO EXPUNGEMENT WHICH IS 07:31.333 --> 07:35.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% A BEAUTIFUL PART OF YOUR LAW. 07:33.000 --> 07:36.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> RICK STEVES THANK YOU FOR 07:33.733 --> 07:39.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% JOINING US AS ALWAYS. 07:35.300 --> 07:40.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% >> GREAT TO BE HERE.