1 00:00:11,444 --> 00:00:18,385 >>> THE UNITEDSTATES IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A MATERNAL HEALTH CRISIS. TODAY, A WOMAN IN THE U.S. IS 2 00:00:18,451 --> 00:00:25,759 TWICE AS LIKELY TO DIE FROM PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS THAN HER MOTHER WAS A GENERATION AGO. >> YOU'VE LOOKED AT THIS AS A 3 00:00:25,825 --> 00:00:31,965 DOCTOR, AS A POLICYMAKER. WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE? >> WE HAVE TO PRIORITIZE MOTHERHOOD. 4 00:00:32,031 --> 00:00:39,172 AS A COUNTRY, WE HAVE, AND PARTICULARLY IN THE DEEP SOUTH, SAID THAT WE'RE PRO-BIRTH. IF WE'RE REALLY GOING TO BE 5 00:00:39,239 --> 00:00:50,250 PRO-BIRTH, WE NEED TO BE PRO-MOTHERHOOD AND PRO-FAMILY. >>> IT LOOKS AND SOUNDS A LITTLE LIKE SCIENCE FICTION. 6 00:00:50,316 --> 00:00:59,025 THIS IS THE FIRST CARBON REMOVAL PLANT ON EARTH, DESIGNED TO INGEST HARMFUL CO2 FROM THE ATMOSPHERE AND PUMP IT INTO THE 7 00:00:59,092 --> 00:01:05,432 EARTH, WHERE IT GETS TURNED TO STONE. >> AM I OPTIMISTIC? AS AN ENGINEER, I AM. 8 00:01:05,498 --> 00:01:14,374 AS A CITIZEN, MAYBE HALF-HALF. >> THIS GOAL CAN BE REACHED TECHNICALLY. IT'S JUST WHETHER WE HAVE THE 9 00:01:14,441 --> 00:01:20,947 POLITICAL AND SOCIAL WILL TO DO IT. >> I THINK THAT'S THE EXACT RIGHT WAY OF LOOKING AT IT. 10 00:01:21,014 --> 00:01:32,926 >>> COX ALREADY A BIG TARGET. >> THIS FOOTBALL PLAYER WASN'T JUST DRAFTED INTO THE NFL. BUT AT 6'11", HE'S THE TALLEST 11 00:01:32,992 --> 00:01:39,599 PLAYER, AND THE ONLY AMERICAN PLAYING PROFESSIONAL AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL. A FAST AND FIERCE GAME THAT 12 00:01:39,666 --> 00:01:48,808 MAKES OURS LOOKS LIKE A QUILTING BEE. HOW IN THE NAME OF WALTON MATILDA DID HE BECOME A STAR 13 00:01:48,875 --> 00:01:55,315 DOWN UNDER? THAT'S OUR STORY TONIGHT. >>> I'M LESLEY STAHL. >> I'M BILL WHITAKER. 14 00:01:55,381 --> 00:01:59,886 >> I'M ANDERSON COOPER. >> I'M SHARYN ALFONSI. >> I'M JON WERTHEIM. >> I'M SCOTT PELLEY. 15 00:01:59,953 --> 00:02:12,799 THOSE STORIES AND MORE TONIGHT ON "60 MINUTES." >>> THE UNITED STATES IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A MATERNAL HEALTH 16 00:02:12,866 --> 00:02:20,273 CRISIS. TODAY, A WOMAN IN THE U.S. IS TWICE AS LIKELY TO DIE FROM PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS THAN HER 17 00:02:20,340 --> 00:02:27,714 MOTHER WAS A GENERATION AGO. STATISTICS FROM THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SHOW THE UNITED STATES HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST 18 00:02:27,780 --> 00:02:33,553 RATES OF MATERNAL DEATH IN THE DEVELOPED WORLD. WOMEN IN THE U.S. ARE TEN OR MORE TIMES LIKELY TO DIE FROM 19 00:02:33,620 --> 00:02:41,528 PREGNANCY RELATED CAUSES THAN MOTHERS IN POLAND, SPAIN, OR NORWAY. SOME OF THE WORST STATISTICS 20 00:02:41,594 --> 00:02:47,934 COME OUT OF THE SOUTH IN PLACES LIKE LOUISIANA, WHERE DEEP POCKETS OF POVERTY, HEALTHCARE DESERTS AND RACIAL BIASES HAVE 21 00:02:48,001 --> 00:02:58,044 LONG PUT MOTHERS AT RISK. TONIGHT, YOU WILL HEAR FROM SOME OF THE WOMEN TRYING TO IMPROVE MATERNAL HEALTHCARE IN LOUISIANA 22 00:02:58,111 --> 00:03:06,085 AND WHY THEY SAY LAST SUMMER'S ABORTION BAN SET OFF A "DOMINO EFFECT," MAKING A BAD SITUATION, WORSE. 23 00:03:06,152 --> 00:03:11,925 >> THE STATE OF MATERNAL HEALTH IN THE UNITED STATES IS ABYSMAL. AND LOUISIANA IS THE HIGHEST MATERNAL MORTALITY IN THE U.S. 24 00:03:11,991 --> 00:03:17,297 SO, IN THE DEVELOPED WORLD, LOUISIANA HAS THE WORST OUTCOMES FOR WOMEN HAVING BABIES. >> GOOD MORNING. 25 00:03:17,363 --> 00:03:26,339 >> AS AN OB-GYN, LOUISIANA'S FORMER STATE SECRETARY OF HEALTH, AND FOUNDER OF NEST, A PRIMARY HEALTH SERVICE FOR 26 00:03:26,406 --> 00:03:33,246 FAMILIES, DR. REBEKAH GEE SPENT A CAREER ADVOCATING FOR BETTER MATERNAL CARE. RENOWNED FOR ITS RICH CULTURE 27 00:03:33,313 --> 00:03:39,619 AND LEGENDARY CELEBRATIONS, LOUISIANA ALSO HOLDS THE DISTINCTION OF BEING ONE OF THE RISKIEST PLACES IN THE COUNTRY 28 00:03:39,686 --> 00:03:48,127 TO GIVE BIRTH. 39 OUT OF EVERY 100,000 MOTHERS IN LOUISIANA DIE DURING OR SHORTLY AFTER CHILDBIRTH. 29 00:03:48,194 --> 00:03:54,500 >> HOW DID WE GET HERE? WHY IS LOUISIANA IN THIS POSITION? >> THE HIGH C-SECTION RATES HAVE 30 00:03:54,567 --> 00:04:00,440 CONTRIBUTED, THE LACK OF ACCESS TO WELL WOMAN CARE BEFORE AND AFTER PREGNANCIES. 50% OF THE TIME WOMEN DON'T GET 31 00:04:00,506 --> 00:04:07,914 THAT POSTPARTUM CARE WHICH MEANS THEY HAVE UNTREATED HYPERTENSION, UNTREATED DIABETES, UNTREATED DEPRESSION. 32 00:04:07,981 --> 00:04:14,253 THE FACT THAT WE HAVE RACIAL BIAS IN HEALTHCARE. AND, SO, ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE COMPOUNDED ESPECIALLY WORSE FOR 33 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:23,329 LOW-INCOME WOMEN. >> AS LOUISIANA'S SECRETARY OF HEALTH, DR. GEE HELPED EXPAND POSTPARTUM MEDICAID COVERAGE AND 34 00:04:23,396 --> 00:04:28,101 PUSHED THE STATE TO TRACK HOW RACE IMPACTED CARE AND MATERNAL OUTCOMES. >> WAS IT UNDER-REPORTED? 35 00:04:28,167 --> 00:04:36,075 >> ABSOLUTELY. IN THE PRIOR ADMINISTRATION, WHEN I WAS MEDICAL DIRECTOR, WE WERE TOLD WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO 36 00:04:36,142 --> 00:04:40,847 SHOW DATA THAT SHOWED HEALTH DISPARITIES. >> BECAUSE WHY? >> BECAUSE THE POLITICAL 37 00:04:40,913 --> 00:04:45,685 ESTABLISHMENT DIDN'T WANT TO ADMIT THAT THERE WERE DISPARITIES. A STATE BOARD NOW REVIEWS AND 38 00:04:45,752 --> 00:04:50,990 REPORTS EVERY MATERNAL DEATH IN LOUISIANA. DR. GEE WORKED WITH THAT BOARD AND FOUND THE RESULTS ESPECIALLY 39 00:04:51,057 --> 00:04:57,897 UPSETTING. DATA SHOWED 80% OF MATERNAL DEATHS IN THE STATE WERE POTENTIALLY PREVENTIBLE. 40 00:04:57,964 --> 00:05:05,471 >> YOU'VE LOOKED AT THIS AS A DOCTOR, AS A POLICYMAKER. WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE? >> WE HAVE TO PRIORITIZE 41 00:05:05,538 --> 00:05:11,878 MOTHERHOOD, RIGHT? AS A COUNTRY, WE HAVE, AND PARTICULARLY IN THE DEEP SOUTH, SAID THAT WE'RE PRO-BIRTH. 42 00:05:11,944 --> 00:05:16,683 IF WE'RE REALLY GOING TO BE PRO-BIRTH, WE NEED TO BE PRO-MOTHERHOOD AND PRO-FAMILY, RIGHT? 43 00:05:16,749 --> 00:05:22,522 >> WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? >> MAKING SURE THAT WOMEN HAVE TIME OFF TO GET THEIR MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS, MAKING SURE THAT 44 00:05:22,588 --> 00:05:31,064 WE HAVE AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE, MAKING SURE THAT WOMEN HAVE ACCESS TO WELL WOMAN CARE. >> ACCESS IS A BIG HURDLE FOR 45 00:05:31,130 --> 00:05:38,538 MANY WOMEN IN LOUISIANA. >> SO WHAT'S IT LIKE TO RAISE A FAMILY HERE? >> UH, A STRUGGLE. 46 00:05:38,604 --> 00:05:44,377 >> 28-YEAR-OLD THERESA DUBOIS AND 32-YEAR-OLD BRITTANY CAVALIER ARE BOTH MARRIED, AND MOTHERS OF TWO. 47 00:05:44,444 --> 00:05:50,717 THEY'RE EXPECTING THEIR THIRD BABIES THIS SUMMER. >> BRITTANY RUNS THE LOCAL DAYCARE THAT THERESA'S YOUNGER 48 00:05:50,783 --> 00:06:02,562 DAUGHTER ATTENDS. THEY LIVE IN ASSUMPTION PARISH, A RURAL COUNTY OF 21,000 WHERE SUGAR CANE IS PLENTIFUL. 49 00:06:02,628 --> 00:06:08,501 AND DOCTORS ARE SCARCE. >> SO, TO GIVE US A SENSE OF KIND OF WHERE WE ARE, HOW CLOSE IS THE NEAREST PEDIATRICIAN? 50 00:06:08,568 --> 00:06:13,272 >> ALMOST 45 MINUTES. >> OB-GYN? >> AN HOUR AND 35 MINUTES. >> WHEN YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE 51 00:06:13,339 --> 00:06:17,543 OB-GYN AND IT TAKES YOU AN HOUR AND A HALF -- >> OH, IT'S A NIGHTMARE. IT'S A LOT. 52 00:06:17,610 --> 00:06:24,484 IT'S A LOT EMOTIONALLY. IT'S A LOT IN THE CAR. IT'S A LOT ON YOUR BODY, JUST WAITING THAT LONG TO GET HELP. 53 00:06:24,550 --> 00:06:32,992 >> A THIRD OF LOUISIANA PARISHES ARE MATERNAL HEALTH DESERTS, MEANING THEY DON'T HAVE A SINGLE OB-GYN, LEAVING MORE THAN 51,000 54 00:06:33,059 --> 00:06:40,933 WOMEN IN THE STATE WITHOUT EASY ACCESS TO CARE AND THREE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DIE OF PREGNANCY RELATED CAUSES. 55 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:47,874 THE ONLY HOSPITAL IN ASSUMPTION ISN'T EQUIPPED TO DELIVER BABIES, SO CAVALIER AND DUBOIS HAVE TO TRAVEL MORE THAN AN HOUR 56 00:06:47,940 --> 00:06:54,213 TO GET TO HOSPITALS IN BATON ROUGE TO GIVE BIRTH, A HARROWING JOURNEY WHEN THERE'S AN EMERGENCY. 57 00:06:54,280 --> 00:07:01,220 >> I MEAN, WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ONE OF THE BEST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD. AND YOU'RE JUST LEAVING THE 58 00:07:01,287 --> 00:07:08,227 WOMEN OUT THERE TO DRY. >> STARTING WITH THE MOST MARGINALIZED. >> LATONA GIWA SAW THOSE 59 00:07:08,294 --> 00:07:15,101 DISPARITIES WHEN SHE WORKED AS A DELIVERY ROOM NURSE. IN 2011, SHE CO-FOUNDED THE NEW ORLEANS BASED BIRTHMARK DOULA 60 00:07:15,168 --> 00:07:21,974 COLLECTIVE. >> HEY, TRINITY, HOW ARE YOU? >> DOULAS PROVIDE EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL SUPPORT BEFORE, DURING, 61 00:07:22,041 --> 00:07:31,050 AND AFTER CHILDBIRTH. LAST YEAR, THE COLLECTIVE WORKED WITH 2,000 MOTHERS. >> WE WORK WITH THE MOST 62 00:07:31,117 --> 00:07:36,956 MARGINALIZED FAMILIES WHO ARE MOST AT RISK FOR POOR BIRTH OUTCOMES, AND WE PRIORITIZE WORKING WITH BLACK AND BROWN 63 00:07:37,023 --> 00:07:43,863 FAMILIES, WITH LOW-INCOME FAMILIES. >> IN LOUISIANA, BLACK WOMEN ARE UP TO FOUR TIMES MORE LIKELY 64 00:07:43,930 --> 00:07:51,838 THAN WHITE WOMEN TO DIE DURING OR AFTER CHILDBIRTH. >> WHAT DO YOU SEE IN YOUR LINE OF WORK THAT BLACK AND BROWN 65 00:07:51,904 --> 00:07:57,743 WOMEN ARE FACING WHEN THEY'RE PREGNANT VERSUS A WHITE WOMAN? >> WE LIVE IN A COUNTRY THAT DOES NOT GUARANTEE INSURANCE 66 00:07:57,810 --> 00:08:04,150 COVERAGE AND HEALTHCARE TO EVERYONE, THERE IS DIFFERENT AND DISCRIMINATORY CARE. BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE ARE MORE 67 00:08:04,217 --> 00:08:10,623 LIKELY TO BE ON MEDICAID. THEY'RE GOING TO PRACTICES THAT ARE BUSIER, THAT TAKE MORE PATIENTS. 68 00:08:10,690 --> 00:08:15,928 AND THAT'S WHERE THE DOULA COMES IN. >> SO YOU HAVE YOUR BABY LAYING... 69 00:08:15,995 --> 00:08:20,700 >> STUDIES SHOW BETTER BIRTH OUTCOMES FOR BLACK WOMEN WHO'VE HAD DOULA CARE. >> THERE YOU GO. 70 00:08:20,766 --> 00:08:25,504 GOOD JOB! >> BIRTHMARK'S WORK IN LOUISIANA CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF EVERY MOTHER COUNTS. 71 00:08:25,571 --> 00:08:31,911 A MATERNAL ADVOCACY GROUP FOUNDED BY MODEL CHRISTY TURLINGTON AFTER SHE SUFFERED COMPLICATIONS WITH THE BIRTH OF 72 00:08:31,978 --> 00:08:37,216 HER DAUGHTER IN 2003. >> I HEMORRHAGED. THERE WAS A LOT OF BLOOD. THERE WAS A WHOLE SORT OF STREAM 73 00:08:37,283 --> 00:08:45,157 OF THINGS THAT NEEDED TO HAPPEN. >> REALLY SCARY. >> SCARY AND PAINFUL. BUT IT WAS WHEN I GOT HOME AND 74 00:08:45,224 --> 00:08:52,098 REALLY STARTED TO THINK. WHAT ABOUT EVERYONE ELSE IN THE WORLD THAT THIS HAPPENS TO BUT DOESN'T HAVE THAT TEAM OF CARE 75 00:08:52,164 --> 00:08:57,403 WORKING TOGETHER, UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S HAPPENING AND ACTIVELY MANAGING IT? >> THOSE QUESTIONS LED 76 00:08:57,470 --> 00:09:04,944 TURLINGTON AROUND THE WORLD TO DOCUMENT THE CHALLENGES WOMEN FACE GIVING BIRTH - STORIES OF MIDWIVES IN HAITI AND MOTHERS IN 77 00:09:05,011 --> 00:09:11,851 BATON ROUGE. >> HOW DO YOU COMPARE U.S. MATERNAL HEALTHCARE TO MATERNAL HEALTHCARE IN THE REST OF THE 78 00:09:11,918 --> 00:09:22,461 WORLD? >> WELL, THE U.S. IS ONE OF EIGHT COUNTRIES THAT HAVE ACTUALLY HAD AN INCREASE IN 79 00:09:22,528 --> 00:09:27,767 MATERNAL MORTALITY. SO WE'RE CERTAINLY AT THE BOTTOM RUNG. >> LAST YEAR, EVERY MOTHER 80 00:09:27,833 --> 00:09:33,072 COUNTS DISTRIBUTED MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS TO GROUPS FOCUSED ON STRENGTHENING MATERNAL CARE IN THE U.S., A 81 00:09:33,139 --> 00:09:40,546 MISSION THAT BECAME EVEN MORE DIFFICULT LAST SUMMER. >> AFTER ROE VERSUS WADE WAS OVERTURNED BY THE SUPREME COURT 82 00:09:40,613 --> 00:09:48,554 IN JUNE, LOUISIANA IMPLEMENTED A SWEEPING ABORTION BAN. THE BAN SET OFF A DOMINO EFFECT ACROSS THE STATE IMPACTING WOMEN 83 00:09:48,621 --> 00:09:53,859 LIKE KAITLYN JOSHUA, A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER. >> JOSHUA AND HER HUSBAND WERE THRILLED TO LEARN SHE WAS 84 00:09:53,926 --> 00:09:59,198 PREGNANT LAST SUMMER. THE COUPLE HAVE A 4-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER AND WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO EXPANDING THEIR 85 00:09:59,265 --> 00:10:03,936 FAMILY. >> WE STARTED EXPERIENCING CRAMPING. I, YOU KNOW, LOST A LOT OF 86 00:10:04,003 --> 00:10:11,911 BLOOD. >> SHE TOLD US SHE WENT TO WOMAN'S HOSPITAL IN BATON ROUGE WHERE THEY DID AN ULTRASOUND, 87 00:10:11,978 --> 00:10:16,182 EXAMINED AND MONITORED HER. JOSHUA SAYS, THAT'S WHERE THE TREATMENT ENDED. >> AND SO I SAID, OKAY, SO IS 88 00:10:16,248 --> 00:10:20,920 THIS A MISCARRIAGE? AND THE YOUNG LADY, SHE SAID, I -- I CAN'T REALLY TELL YOU THAT RIGHT NOW. 89 00:10:20,987 --> 00:10:25,191 I DON'T KNOW. AND I SAID, WELL, WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON'T KNOW? WE DID THE ULTRASOUND. 90 00:10:25,257 --> 00:10:29,462 I RECALL HER SAYING, WE'RE JUST SENDING YOU HOME WITH PRAYERS, WE'RE GOING TO HOPE FOR THE BEST. 91 00:10:29,528 --> 00:10:33,733 >> SO YOU'RE IN PAIN. >> UH-HUH. >> YOU THINK YOU'RE MISCARRYING, AND THEY SAY, WE'RE GOING TO 92 00:10:33,799 --> 00:10:39,038 SEND YOU HOME WITH PRAYERS? >> YES. YOU KNOW WE'RE CHRISTIANS, TOO, LIKE WE PRAY, BUT IT JUST WAS 93 00:10:39,105 --> 00:10:43,309 VERY INSULTING IN THE MOMENT JUST BECAUSE WOMEN COME THERE FOR ANSWERS. SO, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE TO 94 00:10:43,376 --> 00:10:50,249 GET A DEFINITE RESPONSE. >> WOMAN'S HOSPITAL TOLD "60 MINUTES," IT'S COMPLEX, WHEN DIAGNOSIS OF EARLY PREGNANCY 95 00:10:50,316 --> 00:10:58,190 LOSS IS UNCLEAR, THE STANDARD OF CARE IS TO WAIT. THE NEXT DAY KAITLYN JOSHUA TOLD US HER PAIN BECAME UNBEARABLE SO 96 00:10:58,257 --> 00:11:07,366 SHE SOUGHT CARE FROM A SECOND HOSPITAL, BATON ROUGE GENERAL, WHERE A DOCTOR ORDERED ANOTHER ULTRASOUND. 97 00:11:07,433 --> 00:11:11,537 >> SHE STRAIGHT UP SAID, THIS DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A BABY AT ALL. ARE YOU SURE YOU WERE EVER PREGNANT? 98 00:11:11,604 --> 00:11:15,808 THIS JUST LOOKS LIKE A CYST. >> WAIT, SHE -- >> YEAH. >> SHE QUESTIONED WHETHER YOU 99 00:11:15,875 --> 00:11:20,112 WERE PREGNANT OR NOT? >> ABSOLUTELY. AND THEY DISCHARGED ME MAYBE WITHIN AN HOUR AND A HALF OR SO 100 00:11:20,179 --> 00:11:24,884 AFTER MONITORING ME. AND ON THE PAPERWORK IT LITERALLY SAID, "POTENTIAL MISCARRIAGE" OR "POSSIBLE 101 00:11:24,950 --> 00:11:29,622 MISCARRIAGE," BUT NOTHING DEFINITE. >> KNOWING WHAT YOU KNOW NOW ABOUT WHAT YOUR BODY WAS GOING 102 00:11:29,688 --> 00:11:37,063 THROUGH, COULD YOU HAVE DIED? >> WHEN I FINALLY DID GET CARE FROM A MIDWIFE ON, LIKE, DAY FIVE, SHE SAID THAT YOU 103 00:11:37,129 --> 00:11:42,935 CERTAINLY COULD HAVE DIED. SHE SAID, THE AMOUNT OF BLOOD YOU LOST, THE AMOUNT OF FLUIDS THAT YOU WERE PASSING WAS A LOT 104 00:11:43,002 --> 00:11:49,742 FOR SOMEONE IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. >> WHY DO YOU THINK THERE WAS SUCH FEROCIOUS PUSHBACK FROM NOT 105 00:11:49,809 --> 00:11:56,682 ONE BUT TWO HOSPITALS? >> I JUST HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT IT IS JUST THE VAGUENESS OF THE ABORTION BAN IN THIS STATE 106 00:11:56,749 --> 00:12:02,088 THAT'S CAUSED SO MUCH FEAR AROUND PHYSICIANS DOING THEIR JOB. >> WE REACHED OUT TO BATON ROUGE 107 00:12:02,154 --> 00:12:07,960 GENERAL, THEY TOLD US, EVERY PATIENT IS DIFFERENT, AND THAT SINCE THE BAN THEY HAVE NOT CHANGED THE WAY THEY MANAGE 108 00:12:08,027 --> 00:12:14,366 MISCARRIAGES OR THE OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO TREAT THEM. THE HOSPITAL LEFT JOSHUA WITH ONE OPTION, TO TAKE TYLENOL AND 109 00:12:14,433 --> 00:12:21,774 MONITOR FOR WORSENING SYMPTOMS. >> IN LOUISIANA, SOME PHYSICIANS ARE NOW AFRAID TO OFFER METHODS TYPICALLY USED TO TREAT 110 00:12:21,841 --> 00:12:31,317 MISCARRIAGES BECAUSE THOSE SAME METHODS ARE USED IN ABORTION AND COULD BE SEEN AS ILLEGAL, POTENTIALLY LANDING HEALTHCARE 111 00:12:31,383 --> 00:12:36,122 PROVIDERS IN JAIL. >> TO BE CLEAR, YOU WERE NOT SEEKING ABORTION. >> UH-HUH. 112 00:12:36,188 --> 00:12:40,926 >> YOU WERE TRYING TO HAVE A HEALTHY BABY. YOU NEEDED CARE AND NOBODY WOULD TOUCH YOU. 113 00:12:40,993 --> 00:12:45,731 >> ABSOLUTELY. I THINK A LOT OF TIMES WE FAIL TO REALIZE THE INTERSECTIONALITY BETWEEN MATERNAL HEALTHCARE, 114 00:12:45,798 --> 00:12:53,639 REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE AND ABORTION CARE. UNTIL WE UNDERSTAND THAT ALL OF THOSE THINGS INTERCONNECT, WE 115 00:12:53,706 --> 00:12:59,011 PROBABLY WILL NOT SEE CHANGE ANY TIME SOON. >> WE TAKE AN OATH TO DO NO HARM, AND THAT'S REALLY OUR 116 00:12:59,078 --> 00:13:05,985 NORTH STAR AS A PHYSICIAN. BUT WHEN THE PROSPECT OF DOING THAT MIGHT CAUSE YOU TO BE BROUGHT UP ON CRIMINAL CHARGES, 117 00:13:06,051 --> 00:13:13,926 THAT'S A REALLY DIFFICULT PLACE FOR OUR PHYSICIANS TO BE. >> DR. JENNIFER AVEGNO HAS BEEN AN E.R. DOCTOR FOR 22 YEARS AND 118 00:13:13,993 --> 00:13:21,333 IS THE CURRENT DIRECTOR OF THE NEW ORLEANS HEALTH DEPARTMENT. >> LAST SUMMER, ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF LANDRY SENT A LETTER TO 119 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:28,807 DOCTORS ABOUT THE NEW ABORTION BAN THAT AVEGNO SAYS PARALYZED MATERNAL HEALTHCARE ACROSS THE STATE. 120 00:13:28,874 --> 00:13:36,248 >> THE LETTER WAS SOMETHING THAT I'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE AS A PRACTICING PHYSICIAN. A NONMEDICAL LAYPERSON INSERTING 121 00:13:36,315 --> 00:13:45,257 THEMSELVES INTO MEDICAL CARE. AND THERE WAS A DIRECT LINE ABOUT ANY PHYSICIAN WHO VIOLATES THIS WILL LOSE THEIR LIBERTY AND 122 00:13:45,324 --> 00:13:52,698 MEDICAL LICENSE. AND SO REALLY IT WAS A THREAT. >> WHAT KIND OF CRIMINAL PENALTIES DOES A DOCTOR FACE? 123 00:13:52,765 --> 00:13:57,503 >> AT LEAST ONE YEAR AND UP TO TEN YEARS OF IMPRISONMENT WITH HARD LABOR. >> THIS IS ABOUT GOING TO 124 00:13:57,570 --> 00:14:02,942 JAIL -- >> THIS IS ABOUT GOING TO JAIL. DOCTORS DON'T WANT TO BE IN A WAR WITH THEIR OWN STATE. 125 00:14:03,008 --> 00:14:08,247 THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO JUST PRACTICE. >> AS THE NEW ORLEANS HEALTH DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR, DR. AVEGNO 126 00:14:08,314 --> 00:14:13,052 HAS SEEN HOW DOCTORS ARE STRUGGLING TO INTERPRET THE LANGUAGE OF LOUISIANA'S NEW ABORTION BAN. 127 00:14:13,118 --> 00:14:23,128 >> WHAT THEY'RE BEING TOLD IS, WELL, YOU CAN CONSULT WITH THE HOSPITAL ATTORNEY. BUT I DON'T KNOW OF ANY OTHER 128 00:14:23,195 --> 00:14:28,400 DISEASE OR PROCESS WHERE ROUTINELY YOU'RE BEING TOLD, WE'LL GET THE HOSPITAL ATTORNEY INVOLVED. 129 00:14:28,467 --> 00:14:35,808 THAT ALSO BRINGS UP WHAT IF THE ATTORNEY ADVISES SOMETHING THAT THE PHYSICIAN REALLY FEELS IS HARMFUL. 130 00:14:35,874 --> 00:14:43,315 SO, REALLY, WHAT OUR PHYSICIANS ARE FACING IS A TERRIBLE CHOICE, TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT MIGHT NOT BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE 131 00:14:43,382 --> 00:14:51,190 PATIENT, OR RISK GOING TO JAIL. >> WE REACHED OUT TO THREE URBAN HOSPITALS, RURAL HOSPITALS, PROVIDERS. 132 00:14:51,257 --> 00:14:56,495 AND THEY SAID, WE'D LOVE TO TALK TO YOU, BUT WE'RE AFRAID. >> YES. THAT HAS BEEN THE CONSISTENT 133 00:14:56,562 --> 00:15:07,740 ECHO FROM PROVIDERS. THERE ARE SEVERAL PROVIDERS I THINK THAT WOULD LOVE TO SPEAK OUT, BUT WERE TOLD BY THEIR 134 00:15:07,806 --> 00:15:12,011 HOSPITALS THAT IT'S TOO RISKY. >> SO WHY ARE YOU SITTING HERE TODAY? >> I AM CONCERNED THAT WE ARE 135 00:15:12,077 --> 00:15:23,389 GOING TO SEE A WORSENING OF OUR MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY RATES SIMPLY BECAUSE OF ACCESS AND SIMPLY BECAUSE OF FEAR. 136 00:15:23,455 --> 00:15:30,829 >>> LAST MONTH, THE WORLD'S TOP CLIMATE SCIENTISTS DELIVERED A SOBERING WARNING. THEIR MAMMOTH REPORT TO THE U.N. 137 00:15:30,896 --> 00:15:40,873 BOILED DOWN TO ONE MESSAGE: ACT NOW BEFORE THE CLIMATE BREAKDOWN BECOMES UNSTOPPABLE. THE REPORT SAYS EXTREME WEATHER 138 00:15:40,939 --> 00:15:47,880 HAS FORCED MILLIONS OF PEOPLE FROM THEIR HOMES AND DEVASTATED FOOD SUPPLIES. OIL AND GAS EMISSIONS ARE AT A 139 00:15:47,946 --> 00:15:55,888 RECORD HIGH. THE U.N. REPORT CALLS FOR DRASTIC CUTS IN FOSSIL FUELS. BUT IF OUR OLD TECHNOLOGIES GOT 140 00:15:55,954 --> 00:16:03,462 US INTO THIS MESS, CAN NEW ONES GET US OUT? AMONG POLITICIANS, CORPORATIONS AND BILLIONAIRES, ONE NEW 141 00:16:03,529 --> 00:16:12,471 TECHNOLOGY IS GAINING TRACTION. IT'S CALLED DIRECT AIR CAPTURE THAT VACUUMS CARBON DIOXIDE OUT OF THIN AIR AND LOCKS IT AWAY 142 00:16:12,538 --> 00:16:20,279 UNDERGROUND. SOUND LIKE SCIENCE FICTION? WE THOUGHT SO TOO UNTIL WE WENT TO ICELAND TO SEE THE WORLD'S 143 00:16:20,346 --> 00:16:31,490 FIRST COMMERCIAL DIRECT AIR CAPTURE PLANT IN OPERATION. HERE ON A FRIGID PLAIN NEAR THE ARCTIC CIRCLE, WORRIES ABOUT AN 144 00:16:31,557 --> 00:16:43,235 OVERHEATING PLANET SEEM FAR AWAY. YET, TINY ICELAND HAS PUT ITSELF ON THE FRONT LINE, WITH A NEW 145 00:16:43,302 --> 00:16:51,710 KIND OF MACHINE THAT WILL FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE BY SUCKING CARBON DIOXIDE OUT OF THE AIR. THIS IS ORCA, THE FIRST 146 00:16:51,777 --> 00:16:56,448 COMMERCIAL DIRECT AIR CAPTURE PLANT ON EARTH. >> WHAT ARE THESE FANS? HOW DOES THIS WORK? 147 00:16:56,515 --> 00:17:03,489 >> HERE YOU SEE THE BACK SIDE OF THESE COLLECTORS WHERE THE AIR IS BEING PULLED THROUGH THE SYSTEM BY AID OF THESE FANS. 148 00:17:03,555 --> 00:17:10,929 >> CARLOS HAERTEL IS CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER FOR CLIMEWORKS, THE SWISS COMPANY THAT BUILT ORCA. 149 00:17:10,996 --> 00:17:29,548 HE TOLD US, AS THE FANS DRAW AIR IN, THE CARBON DIOXIDE IS TRAPPED BY A SPECIAL FILTER INSIDE THESE GIANT COLLECTORS, 150 00:17:29,615 --> 00:17:34,887 EACH THE SIZE OF A SHIPPING CONTAINER. THE CAPTURED CO2 IS THEN SIPHONED OFF TO STORAGE TANKS. 151 00:17:34,953 --> 00:17:40,225 WE HAD TO SHOUT OVER THE POWERFUL FANS AS A BITTER WIND WHIPPED AROUND US. >> SO, YOU DIDN'T COME FOR THIS 152 00:17:40,292 --> 00:17:47,366 WONDERFUL WEATHER? >> NO, WE DID NOT. [ LAUGHTER ] WE KNEW THAT THE WINTERS WERE 153 00:17:47,433 --> 00:17:52,671 HARSH, BUT IT'S A GOOD REAL-LIFE TEST AS WELL AS FOR THE PLANT. >> WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE SCIENCE FICTION, BUT 154 00:17:52,738 --> 00:17:57,443 WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY DO THIS? >> PEOPLE NEVER DOUBTED THE FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS OR CHEMISTRY 155 00:17:57,509 --> 00:18:02,848 OF IT. BUT REALIZING IT UNDER THE REAL-LIFE CONDITIONS IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT MATTER. 156 00:18:02,915 --> 00:18:07,085 AND THAT'S WHAT THIS SYSTEM SHOWS. IT CAN BE DONE. >> CLIMEWORKS IS NOW BUILDING A 157 00:18:07,152 --> 00:18:13,492 NEW PLANT IN ICELAND TEN TIMES THE SIZE OF ORCA THAT WILL LOOK LIKE THIS, A MODULAR DESIGN THAT HAERTEL TOLD US CAN BE EASILY 158 00:18:13,559 --> 00:18:19,298 ASSEMBLED. BUT CAPTURING THE CO2 IS ONLY HALF OF THE STORY. >> SO THIS IS WHERE THE MAGIC 159 00:18:19,364 --> 00:18:26,705 HAPPENS. >> THE SECOND HALF STARTS HERE IN THESE METAL IGLOOS, WHERE THE CO2 IS SENT TO BE BURIED IN THE 160 00:18:26,772 --> 00:18:34,146 POROUS VOLCANIC ROCK OF ICELAND. >> SO THIS PIPE IS ACTUALLY FILLED WITH WATER. >> SANDRA OSK IS A GEOLOGIST 161 00:18:34,213 --> 00:18:39,985 WITH CARBFIX, AN ICELANDIC COMPANY THAT PIONEERED THE GROUND-BREAKING INJECTION METHOD. 162 00:18:40,052 --> 00:18:44,857 >> HERE WE HAVE THE CO2, AND THE CO2 IS ACTUALLY DISSOLVED IN WATER. SO IT'S ACTUALLY JUST FIZZY 163 00:18:44,923 --> 00:18:50,128 WATER. >> JUST FIZZY WATER? >> YEAH. AND THIS FIZZY WATER IS BEING 164 00:18:50,195 --> 00:18:54,833 INJECTED HERE INTO THE INJECTION WELL. THIS IS -- >> HOW FAR DOWN DOES IT GO? 165 00:18:54,900 --> 00:19:00,205 >> IT ACTUALLY REACHES OVER A MILE DOWN. >> A MILE DOWN? >> YEAH. 166 00:19:00,272 --> 00:19:05,511 >> THE FIZZY WATER IS SHOT LIKE A SODA STREAM INTO ICELAND'S BASALTIC ROCK WHERE IT REACTS WITH THE MINERALS AND HARDENS TO 167 00:19:05,577 --> 00:19:11,850 STONE IN LESS THAN TWO YEARS. >> SO THE FIZZY WATER TURNS INTO THIS? >> YES. 168 00:19:11,917 --> 00:19:19,291 >> IN JUST A MATTER OF YEARS? >> SO YOU -- SO YOU TAKE THIS GAS THAT YOU CAN'T SEE, WE TURN IT INTO FIZZY WATER, AND THEN IT 169 00:19:19,358 --> 00:19:25,664 TURNS TO STONE, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT. >> TURNED INTO STONE, THAT'S QUITE AMAZING. 170 00:19:25,731 --> 00:19:33,138 >> CARBFIX DIDN'T INVENT THE PROCESS. NATURE DID. BUT NATURE TAKES MILLENIA. 171 00:19:33,205 --> 00:19:41,046 AFTER YEARS OF EXPERIMENTING IN ICELAND'S GRUELING OUTDOOR LABORATORY, CARBFIX FIGURED OUT HOW TO SPEED THINGS UP. 172 00:19:41,113 --> 00:19:49,021 AEROSPACE ENGINEER CARLOS HAERTEL TOLD US ORCA WAS A MILESTONE. NOW, THE HARD PART STARTS, 173 00:19:49,087 --> 00:19:55,394 SCALING UP FAST ENOUGH TO SLOW CLIMATE CHANGE. >> WHETHER WE ARE TAKING THE RIGHT DIRECTION WILL DEPEND AS 174 00:19:55,460 --> 00:20:00,198 MUCH ON SOCIETAL THINGS THAN ON TECHNICAL MATTERS. AM I OPTIMISTIC AS AN ENGINEER? I AM, ABSOLUTELY. 175 00:20:00,265 --> 00:20:06,638 AM I OPTIMISTIC AS A CITIZEN? MAYBE HALF-HALF. I HAVEN'T MADE UP MY MIND YET. >> THIS GOAL CAN BE REACHED 176 00:20:06,705 --> 00:20:14,079 TECHNICALLY. IT'S JUST WHETHER WE HAVE THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL WILL TO DO IT. 177 00:20:14,146 --> 00:20:22,120 >> I THINK THAT'S THE EXACT RIGHT WAY OF LOOKING AT IT. >> THERE'S BEEN A STAMPEDE OF INVESTMENT. 178 00:20:22,187 --> 00:20:31,930 MICROSOFT, AIRBUS, INSURANCE GIANT SWISS RE, HAVE POURED IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. BUT IT'S A STUPEFYING CHALLENGE. 179 00:20:31,997 --> 00:20:39,838 ORCA IS BUILT TO TAKE OUT THE EMISSIONS OF ABOUT 800 CARS, OR 4,000 TONS OF CO2 A YEAR, A TINY FRACTION OF THE ANNUAL 10 180 00:20:39,905 --> 00:20:47,346 BILLION TONS SCIENTISTS SAY WE NEED TO REMOVE FROM THE ATMOSPHERE. >> IT'S THE PROBLEM OF OUR 181 00:20:47,412 --> 00:20:53,719 GENERATION. IT'S LIKE A MOON SHOT. >> KARI HELGASON IS AN ASTROPHYSICIST WITH CARBFIX. 182 00:20:53,785 --> 00:21:03,362 HE TOLD US STUDYING SPACE HELPED HIM TO THINK BIG. WE MET HIM ON A BARREN STRETCH OF ROCK THAT COULD HAVE BEEN 183 00:21:03,428 --> 00:21:09,201 MARS, BUT HELGASON TOLD US HE SAW POTENTIAL. >> WE NEED BIG SOLUTIONS. WE NEED TO RETURN THE CARBON 184 00:21:09,267 --> 00:21:13,438 BACK TO WHERE IT CAME FROM, WHICH IS THE EARTH. >> TELL ME WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE. 185 00:21:13,505 --> 00:21:18,744 >> THIS WILL BE A FIRST OF A KIND CARBON MINERAL STORAGE TERMINAL, WHICH MEANS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BRING IN CO2, 186 00:21:18,810 --> 00:21:29,354 TRANSPORT IT FROM INDUSTRIAL POINT SOURCES IN EUROPE, AND SHIP IT HERE, AND INJECT IT FOR FULL MINERAL STORAGE. 187 00:21:29,421 --> 00:21:38,363 >> IT WILL BE THE WORLD'S FIRST INDUSTRIAL-SCALE UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL SITE FOR CO2, CAPABLE OF HANDLING 3 MILLION TONS A 188 00:21:38,430 --> 00:21:46,905 YEAR. HELGASON SKETCHED OUT A NEW WORLD WHERE TANKERS, RUNNING ON GREEN METHANOL, WOULD TRANSPORT 189 00:21:46,972 --> 00:21:53,311 CARBON CARBON MONOXIDE FROM EUROPEAN BUSINESSES TO ICELAND. >> IS THIS GOING TO HAPPEN FAST ENOUGH TO HELP US WITH CLIMATE 190 00:21:53,378 --> 00:22:03,021 CHANGE? >> I DON'T KNOW. TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST, WE ARE DEMONSTRATING THE FIRST MINERAL 191 00:22:03,088 --> 00:22:08,360 STORAGE HUB HERE AT THE MEGATON SCALE. WHETHER THAT WILL HAPPEN IN TIME, THAT IS NOT ENTIRELY UP TO 192 00:22:08,427 --> 00:22:14,733 US. THIS IS UP TO POLITICIANS, GOVERNANCE, FINANCIERS, SOCIETIES AND, QUITE FRANKLY, WE 193 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:22,174 ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME. >> DIRECT AIR CAPTURE AS IT NOW EXISTS IS EXPENSIVE AND ENERGY-INTENSIVE. 194 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:31,783 IN ICELAND, THAT ENERGY IS GEOTHERMAL, RENEWABLE AND GREEN. THAT'S NOT THE CASE ELSEWHERE. SO, GOVERNMENTS IN EUROPE AND 195 00:22:31,850 --> 00:22:38,724 THE U.S. HAVE DANGLED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF TAX BREAKS TO ENCOURAGE COMPANIES TO TAKE THE PLUNGE. 196 00:22:38,790 --> 00:22:50,402 BUT THERE'S A BIGGER QUESTION THAN JUST WHO WRITES THE CHECK. >> DO YOU FEAR THAT PEOPLE WILL THINK, OH, WELL, WE CAN NOW 197 00:22:50,469 --> 00:22:56,274 CLEAN THE AIR, WE CAN JUST TAKE THE CO2 OUT OF THE AIR, SO WE CAN CARRY ON WITH BUSINESS AS USUAL. 198 00:22:56,341 --> 00:23:02,748 >> ALL THE TIME, YEAH. BUT THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS. WE MUST STOP THE EMISSIONS AND WEAN OURSELVES OFF OF FOSSIL 199 00:23:02,814 --> 00:23:10,722 FUELS. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO RIGHT NOW. ON TOP OF THAT, WE ALSO MUST 200 00:23:10,789 --> 00:23:15,560 TAKE DOWN THE CARBON THAT WE'VE ALREADY PUT UP IN THE ATMOSPHERE. ONLY THEN WILL WE REACH OUR 201 00:23:15,627 --> 00:23:25,704 CLIMATE GOALS. SO, CARBON CAPTURE CAN NEVER BE AN EXCUSE FOR CONTINUING BUSINESS AS USUAL. 202 00:23:25,771 --> 00:23:34,746 >> BUT IT'S THAT "BUSINESS AS USUAL" THAT CRITICS ARE WARNING AGAINST, AS DIRECT AIR CAPTURE EXPANDS TO THE U.S. 203 00:23:34,813 --> 00:23:39,551 THAT'S BECAUSE HERE, OIL COMPANIES ARE ONE OF THE TECHNOLOGY'S BIGGEST BOOSTERS. THEY HAVE BEEN CAPTURING CO2 TO 204 00:23:39,618 --> 00:23:45,891 INJECT INTO OIL WELLS FOR DECADES. NOT TO BURY IT, BUT TO FLUSH OUT MORE OIL. 205 00:23:45,957 --> 00:23:51,730 FOR KARI HELGASON OF CARBFIX, AND MANY OTHERS, THAT'S A NONSTARTER. >> WE DON'T SEE THE NEED TO WORK 206 00:23:51,797 --> 00:24:01,406 WITH THE OIL AND GAS SECTOR. >> WELL, IF THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY COULD HELP WITH THE FINANCING OF THE DIRECT AIR 207 00:24:01,473 --> 00:24:10,448 CAPTURE, WHY NOT TEAM UP WITH THEM? >> WE DON'T NEED THEM FOR DIRECT AIR CAPTURE. 208 00:24:10,515 --> 00:24:19,457 AND QUITE FRANKLY, WE DON'T WANT THERE TO BE AN OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY IN 40, 50 YEARS. >> THERE WILL STILL BE AN OIL 209 00:24:19,524 --> 00:24:24,763 INDUSTRY IN 50 YEARS. I HAVE NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. I THINK OUR COMPANY, THOUGH, WILL BE A DIFFERENT COMPANY BY 210 00:24:24,830 --> 00:24:33,805 2050. >> THAT COMPANY IS OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM, AND VICKI HOLLUB IS CEO. 211 00:24:33,872 --> 00:24:39,644 SHE WANTS TO TURN OXY INTO WHAT SHE CALLS A CARBON MANAGEMENT COMPANY. IT HAS SET ASIDE MORE THAN A 212 00:24:39,711 --> 00:24:46,518 BILLION DOLLARS TO BUILD WHAT WILL BE THE WORLD'S LARGEST DIRECT AIR CAPTURE PLANT IN TEXAS. 213 00:24:46,585 --> 00:24:52,958 >> SO THIS WOULD REPRESENT THE CO2 THAT'S EQUIVALENT TO TAKING 200,000 CARS OFF THE ROAD. >> HOLLUB SHOWED US THE TEXAS 214 00:24:53,024 --> 00:25:00,432 VERSION OF HOW CO2 WOULD BE SUCKED OUT OF THE AIR. >> THESE ARE AIR CONTACT TOWERS. >> SOME OF THE CAPTURED CO2 WILL 215 00:25:00,498 --> 00:25:07,405 BE LOCKED AWAY UNDERGROUND, JUST AS WE SAW IN ICELAND. SOME WILL STILL BE USED TO EXTRACT MORE OIL. 216 00:25:07,472 --> 00:25:16,414 BUT HOLLUB TOLD US USING CARBON SUCKED OUT OF THE AIR MEANS THE NEW OIL PRODUCED IS WHAT SHE CALLS CARBON NEUTRAL. 217 00:25:16,481 --> 00:25:23,355 THAT WAS HARD TO WRAP OUR HEADS AROUND. >> BUT YOU'LL BE USING CARBON THAT YOU'RE CAPTURING AND TAKING 218 00:25:23,421 --> 00:25:34,032 OUT OF THE AIR TO PRODUCE MORE OIL THAT WILL THEN GENERATE MORE CARBON? >> BUT THE OIL WILL EMIT LESS 219 00:25:34,099 --> 00:25:41,473 CARBON THAN THE CO2 WE'VE INJECTED TO GET IT. SO WE'VE PUT MORE -- AT LEAST THE EQUIVALENT -- AND SOMETIMES 220 00:25:41,539 --> 00:25:49,981 MORE CO2 IN THE GROUND TO GET THAT OIL THAN THE OIL WILL EMIT WHEN USED. >> HOLLUB TOLD US PRODUCING OIL 221 00:25:50,048 --> 00:25:59,090 THIS WAY IS ESSENTIAL IN THE TRANSITION TO A GREEN ECONOMY. AIRLINES AND SHIPS, FOR EXAMPLE, WOULD NEED TO RUN ON FOSSIL 222 00:25:59,157 --> 00:26:06,564 FUELS UNTIL A SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVE IS FOUND. THAT COULD TAKE YEARS. UNTIL THEN, HOLLUB ARGUES, USING 223 00:26:06,631 --> 00:26:16,641 CO2 TO GET THAT OIL HELPS KEEP A LID ON EMISSIONS. >> YOUR CRITICS WILL SAY, "YOU CAN'T TRUST AN OIL COMPANY 224 00:26:16,708 --> 00:26:24,115 TALKING ABOUT REDUCING CO2," THAT YOUR MISSION HERE IS TANTAMOUNT TO GREENWASHING. >> I WOULD FIRST SAY THAT WE 225 00:26:24,182 --> 00:26:32,157 WOULD NEVER SPEND $1.2 BILLION FOR GREENWASHING. SO WE'VE GOT A MONUMENTAL TASK AHEAD OF US. 226 00:26:32,223 --> 00:26:42,767 THE WAY THAT THE CO2 ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY PROCESS WORKS IS THAT WE CAN REDUCE MORE OUT OF THE ATMOSPHERE THAN WHAT OUR 227 00:26:42,834 --> 00:26:51,876 PRODUCTS WILL EMIT WHEN USED. AND, SO, IF THAT'S NOT A CONCEPT THAT PEOPLE CAN GET, THEN WE -- WE WILL NO -- WE WILL NOT HAVE A 228 00:26:51,943 --> 00:26:57,182 CHANCE TO ACHIEVE WHAT WE NEED TO ACHIEVE. >> NO MORE COAL! NO MORE OIL! 229 00:26:57,248 --> 00:27:03,655 >> HOLLUB TOLD US SHE KNOWS CRITICS OF BIG OIL ARE SUSPICIOUS AND THAT MANY FEEL INDUSTRY ISN'T MOVING FAST 230 00:27:03,722 --> 00:27:09,995 ENOUGH TO AVOID A CLIMATE CATASTROPHE. ON THAT POINT, HOLLUB DOESN'T DISAGREE. 231 00:27:10,061 --> 00:27:18,570 SHE TOLD US, WITH THE HELP OF TAX INCENTIVES, OCCIDENTAL PLANS TO BUILD 130 MORE DIRECT AIR CAPTURE PLANTS BY 2035. 232 00:27:18,636 --> 00:27:23,875 >> WE KNOW HOW TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. WE KNOW HOW TO DRILL THE WELLS. WE KNOW HOW TO SAFELY SEQUESTER 233 00:27:23,942 --> 00:27:30,281 IT. >> WE WERE IN ICELAND, AND WE WERE TALKING TO SOME OF THE DIRECT AIR CAPTURE COMPANIES. 234 00:27:30,348 --> 00:27:36,654 AND, TO BE BLUNT, THEY DON'T QUITE BELIEVE YOU. >> WE'RE GOING TO WALK THE TALK. THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THAT DOES 235 00:27:36,721 --> 00:27:41,459 IT. WORDS WILL NEVER CONVINCE ANYBODY. WE NEED TO GET THE DIRECT AIR 236 00:27:41,526 --> 00:27:47,832 CAPTURE UP AND WORKING. WE NEED TO MAKE IT BETTER, MAKE IT MORE ECONOMICAL AND START HAVING IT DEVELOPED ALL AROUND 237 00:27:47,899 --> 00:27:55,807 THE WORLD. >> THE NEXT DECADE WILL BE CRITICAL IF THE DIRECT AIR CAPTURE INDUSTRY IS TO GROW BIG 238 00:27:55,874 --> 00:28:03,915 ENOUGH TO MAKE AN IMPACT. BOTH CARBFIX AND CLIMEWORKS TOLD US THEY WILL BE EXPANDING TO THE U.S. 239 00:28:03,982 --> 00:28:08,153 NEITHER PLANS TO WORK WITH THE AMERICAN OIL INDUSTRY. 240 00:28:19,664 --> 00:28:26,504 >>> DON'T BE FOOLED BY THE NAME. THEY CALL AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL "FOOTY," WHICH SOUNDS CUTE AND PRECIOUS. 241 00:28:26,571 --> 00:28:32,343 BUT FOOTY IS A SPORT THAT MAKES AMERICAN FOOTBALL LOOK LIKE A QUILTING BEE. IT'S A GAME OF ALMOST 242 00:28:32,410 --> 00:28:38,750 CARTOONISHLY VIOLENT COLLISIONS, WITHOUT THE BENEFIT OF PADS. IT FEATURES NONSTOP TRASH TALK AND IS PLAYED ON A FIELD 243 00:28:38,817 --> 00:28:46,157 PRACTICALLY THE SIZE OF A SPEEDWAY. AS THE NAME DOES SUGGEST, AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL IS THE 244 00:28:46,224 --> 00:28:54,165 NATIONAL SPORT DOWN UNDER, WITH GAMES THAT DRAW 100,000 FANS AND TV AUDIENCES THAT, PER CAPITA, OFTEN OUTRATE THE NFL. 245 00:28:54,232 --> 00:29:01,673 SO WHY IN THE NAME OF WALTZING MATILDA DO CROWDS IN MELBOURNE SOMETIMES BREAK INTO CHANTS OF "USA-USA"? 246 00:29:01,739 --> 00:29:08,546 THE ANSWER: THEY'RE CHEERING MASON COX, A TEXAN WHO STANDS NEARLY 7 FEET TALL, RANKS AMONG THE BEST FOOTY PLAYERS OUT 247 00:29:08,613 --> 00:29:17,021 THERE, AND MIGHT BE THE MOST UNLIKELY SUCCESS STORY IN GLOBAL SPORTS TODAY. >> SETS IT UP. 248 00:29:17,088 --> 00:29:23,928 COX AGAIN. I CANNOT BELIEVE IT. >> AT FIRST GLANCE, ANYWAY, MASON COX COMES ACROSS AS THE 249 00:29:23,995 --> 00:29:36,808 QUINTESSENTIAL AUSSIE RULES, OR AFL, PLAYER. AT AGE 32, HE'S LOGGED ALMOST 108 GAMES. 250 00:29:36,875 --> 00:29:44,883 THE AFL'S EQUIVALENT OF THE DALLAS COWBOYS. AND HE IS AN EVANGELIST FOR HIS SPORT, ONE PLAYED ON AN OVAL 251 00:29:44,949 --> 00:30:04,035 SURFACE ALMOST DOUBLE THE SIZE OF AN NFL FIELD. FOOTY ENTAILS PLAYERS RUNNING ABOUT 10 MILES A GAME, JUKING. 252 00:30:04,102 --> 00:30:09,874 >> A DOUBLE STEP FROM MASON. >> ZORKO -- >> TACKLING. >> OHHHHH. 253 00:30:09,941 --> 00:30:15,213 >> PASSING BY PUNCHING THE BALL AND SCORING BY KICKING THE BALL THROUGH GOALPOSTS. >> BANG. 254 00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:19,984 >> SIX POINTS FOR SPLITTING THE CENTER UPRIGHTS, ONE POINT FOR THE SIDE ONES. >> ARMS IN THE AIR. 255 00:30:20,051 --> 00:30:25,323 CHEERS. THAT HAS GONE THROUGH. >> IT'S UNLIKE ANYTHING ELSE YOU'VE EVER SEEN. 256 00:30:25,390 --> 00:30:30,662 IT'S PROBABLY THE ROUGHEST SPORT IN THE WORLD I'D SAY. IT'S A MIX OF BASKETBALL, FOOTBALL. 257 00:30:30,728 --> 00:30:35,967 IT'S A MIX OF SOCCER, CRICKET, EVEN. THERE'S REALLY NO RULES. A FEW STICKS AT EACH END. 258 00:30:36,034 --> 00:30:40,772 JUST TRY TO KICK IT THROUGH THOSE, AND THEN WHOEVER DOES MORE THAN THE OTHER TEAM WINS. >> SOUNDS LIKE FUN. 259 00:30:40,838 --> 00:30:45,577 >> YEP. [ LAUGHTER ] >> FOR THREE STRAIGHT GOALS, MASON COX DELIVERS. 260 00:30:45,643 --> 00:30:49,814 >> COX PLAYS LIKE A HUMAN BLOWTORCH, NOT ONLY CATCHING AND KICKING, BUT MASTERING THE ART OF THE SPECCY, A TACTIC THAT 261 00:30:49,881 --> 00:30:54,652 TRANSFORMS AN OPPONENT'S BACK INTO A STEP LADDER. YES, IT'S LEGAL. >> IT IS ONE OF THE MAJOR THINGS 262 00:30:54,719 --> 00:30:59,424 OF AFL THAT PEOPLE LOOK AT AND THEY GO, OH, MY, GOSH, THAT IS INSANITY. TO STICK YOUR KNEES ON SOMEONE 263 00:30:59,490 --> 00:31:03,761 ELSE'S SHOULDER, LAUNCH YOURSELF UP TO 15 FEET IN THE AIR, TAKE A GRAB, COME DOWN AND THEN BE LOOKING AT THIS GUY, GOING, YEP, 264 00:31:03,828 --> 00:31:08,566 I JUST LITERALLY JUMPED ON TOP OF YOU. [ LAUGHTER ] >> IT'S LIKE GETTING DUNKED ON. 265 00:31:08,633 --> 00:31:13,404 >> YEAH, IT'S VERY SIMILAR. >> COX ALREADY A BIG TARGET AND THOSE ARE GOOD HANDS. >> BUT MASON COX IS THE MOST 266 00:31:13,471 --> 00:31:17,642 UNLIKELY PLAYER IN THE HISTORY OF THE SPORT. NEVER MIND THAT, AT 6'11", HE'S THE TALLEST PLAYER EVER TO SUIT 267 00:31:17,709 --> 00:31:23,014 UP. OR THAT HE'S THE ONLY AMERICAN IN THE LEAGUE. HE LIVED THE FIRST 23 YEARS OF 268 00:31:23,081 --> 00:31:27,852 HIS LIFE WITHOUT KNOWING THE SPORT OF FOOTY EVEN EXISTED. HE MAY BE AN AUSSIE CELEBRITY. AND MAY RECENTLY HAVE STARRED IN 269 00:31:27,919 --> 00:31:34,158 THE AFL'S EQUIVALENT OF THE SUPER BOWL, BUT IS STILL MASTERING THE SPORT'S NUANCES. AND HE'S STILL FUZZY ON BASIC 270 00:31:34,225 --> 00:31:39,430 FOOTY FACTS, AS WE OBSERVED AT PRACTICE. >> KANGAROO BRAND. WHAT'S THIS MADE OUT OF? 271 00:31:39,497 --> 00:31:44,269 >> KANGAROO SKIN. >> NO, IT'S PIG SKIN. >> PIG SKIN. >> OH, IS IT PIG SKIN? 272 00:31:44,335 --> 00:31:49,073 I SHOULD PROBABLY LEARN A FEW THINGS. >> STAY IN YOUR LANE, MATE. STAY IN YOUR LANE. 273 00:31:49,140 --> 00:31:54,412 >> THINK THEY GIVE HIM GRIEF ABOUT THAT? YOU SHOULD HEAR THEM RIBBING HIM ABOUT HIS ACCENT. 274 00:31:54,479 --> 00:31:59,217 HERE'S COLLINGWOOD CAPTAIN, DARCY MOORE. >> HE'S KIND OF THIS WEIRD FUSION BETWEEN SOUTHERN DRAWL 275 00:31:59,284 --> 00:32:03,588 AND AUSSIE ACCENT. >> THAT'S AN INTERESTING MASHUP. [ LAUGHTER ] >> HE DEFINITELY LOVES PUTTING 276 00:32:03,655 --> 00:32:08,359 IT ON IN THE LOCKER ROOM, THAT'S FOR SURE, THE TEXAS DRAWL. >> HE PUTS THE AUSSIE ON FOR US. [ LAUGHTER ] 277 00:32:08,426 --> 00:32:13,164 >> YOU THINK THE FOOTBALL - MADE OF COWHIDE BY THE WAY - TRAVELS IN STRANGE TRAJECTORIES? GET A LOAD OF COX'S STORY. 278 00:32:13,231 --> 00:32:18,469 >> WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE SAID THE ODDS OF SUCCESS WERE GOING TO BE? >> OH, YOU COULD COMFORTABLY SAY 279 00:32:18,536 --> 00:32:27,478 ONE IN A MILLION. >> ONE IN A MILLION? >> BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY TALENTED PLAYERS ALL AROUND THE 280 00:32:27,545 --> 00:32:33,351 COUNTRY THAT JUST NEVER MAKE IT. AND THE ODDS OF SUCCEEDING ARE JUST SO -- IT'S SO DIFFICULT. LIKE ANY PROFESSIONAL SPORT, 281 00:32:33,418 --> 00:32:38,656 THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS SEEN AND UNSEEN THAT MAKE IT REALLY HARD TO SUCCEED. >> NO SKILLS, NO TRACK RECORD. 282 00:32:38,723 --> 00:32:43,428 >> YEAH, NO KNOWLEDGE. >> NO KNOWLEDGE. >> LIVING, YOU KNOW, THOUSANDS OF MILES FROM HOME BY HIMSELF. 283 00:32:43,494 --> 00:32:49,834 IT'S AN EXTRAORDINARY THING. >> "HOME" FOR COX WAS SUBURBAN DALLAS, WHERE IN HIGH SCHOOL, HE HAD TO DUCK UNDER DOORWAYS BUT 284 00:32:49,901 --> 00:32:55,673 PLAYED SOCCER...TO THE GREAT ANNOYANCE OF CLASSMATES WHO PLAYED HOOPS. >> THERE'S NO WAY THAT HE'S NOT 285 00:32:55,740 --> 00:33:01,546 ON THE BASKETBALL TEAM AT 7-FOOT. WHAT ELSE COULD YOU POSSIBLY DO AT 7 FEET TALL OTHER THAN PLAY 286 00:33:01,612 --> 00:33:10,088 BASKETBALL, RIGHT? AND MASON IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF THAT THERE'S WHOLE POSSIBILITY OF THINGS YOU CAN DO AT 7-FOOT. 287 00:33:10,154 --> 00:33:15,460 >> THAT'S MARCUS SMART, NOW A BOSTON CELTICS STAR, WHO WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH COX. >> YOU EVER HEAR HEIGHT IS 288 00:33:15,526 --> 00:33:20,798 WASTED ON THE TALL? >> THAT'S THE OLD SAYING. YOU KNOW, ALL HIS HEIGHT IS WASTED ON THIS TALL DUDE FOR 289 00:33:20,865 --> 00:33:25,670 NOTHING. BUT, AS WE'VE SEEN, IT'S NOT WASTED AT ALL. >> AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, COX WENT 290 00:33:25,737 --> 00:33:30,341 TO OKLAHOMA STATE, MAJORING IN ENGINEERING. AS A SOPHOMORE, HE WAS APPROACHED ABOUT AN UNUSUAL 291 00:33:30,408 --> 00:33:36,147 ON-CAMPUS JOB, PRACTICING WITH THE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM AND SIMULATING TALL OPPOSING PLAYERS, INCLUDING BRITTNEY 292 00:33:36,214 --> 00:33:43,087 GRINER. WHEN THE MEN'S TEAM WAS SHORT ON HEIGHT, THEY, TOO, CALLED ON COX, WHICH REUNITED HIM WITH 293 00:33:43,154 --> 00:33:50,561 SMART, THEN THE TEAM STAR. >> MASON COX BACK INTO THE GAME. >> A WALK-ON, COX SPENT PART OF THREE SEASONS AS THE LAST OPTION 294 00:33:50,628 --> 00:33:58,536 OFF THE BENCH FOR OSU. >> SAYS HE DID GUARD EMBIID FOR A LITTLE BIT. >> HE DID GUARD EMBIID FOR A 295 00:33:58,603 --> 00:34:03,908 LITTLE BIT. >> YOU REMEMBER THAT. >> WHEN EMBIID WAS AT KU, HE DID GUARD EMBIID FOR A LITTLE BIT. 296 00:34:03,975 --> 00:34:08,713 >> YES, WHEN OSU ONCE PLAYED KANSAS, COX MATCHED UP AGAINST JOEL EMBIID, NOW ONE OF THE NBA'S BEST PLAYERS. 297 00:34:08,780 --> 00:34:14,118 AND COX HELD HIS OWN. >> HE'S ALWAYS HAD A LITTLE SPUNK, A LITTLE FIRE TO HIM. HE HAD MOMENTS WHERE, YOU KNOW, 298 00:34:14,185 --> 00:34:20,892 YOU'D BE LIKE, MASON, LIKE, WOW, I DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAD THAT IN YOU. LIKE, IS EVERYTHING OKAY? 299 00:34:20,958 --> 00:34:25,730 >> YOU KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BEING A PHYSICAL ATHLETE. >> JUST A LITTLE BIT. JUST A LITTLE BIT. 300 00:34:25,797 --> 00:34:31,569 >> SHORTLY BEFORE GRADUATING IN 2014, COX LINED UP A SIX-FIGURE ENGINEERING JOB AT EXXONMOBIL. THEN CAME AN INTRIGUING 301 00:34:31,636 --> 00:34:37,408 OPPORTUNITY. A SCOUT HUNTING FOR GRADUATING COLLEGE ATHLETES CONTACTED OSU TO SEE IF COX MIGHT WANT TO 302 00:34:37,475 --> 00:34:44,348 ATTEND A COMBINE IN LOS ANGELES FOR THIS THING CALLED "AFL." >> YOU'D NEVER HEARD OF IT? >> OH, NO. 303 00:34:44,415 --> 00:34:49,153 I'D NEVER HEARD OF IT. NEVER ONCE HAD I -- A WORD HAD BEEN SPOKEN ABOUT IT IN MY LIFE. SO WE GOOGLED IT, AS EVERYONE 304 00:34:49,220 --> 00:34:53,891 DOES, AND THEN THIS THING COMES UP, AND IT'S LIKE, "AFL'S BIGGEST HITS." AND IT IS LITERALLY PEOPLE 305 00:34:53,958 --> 00:34:58,729 GETTING KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS. >> AND YET YOU GO TO THIS COMBINE? >> I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M 306 00:34:58,796 --> 00:35:03,568 GETTING MYSELF INTO. I LAND IN L.A. I GET PICKED UP IN AN UNMARKED WHITE VAN. 307 00:35:03,634 --> 00:35:08,339 [ LAUGHTER ] THROWN IN THE BACK. AND HE GOES, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE HOTEL, AND WE'RE GOING TO 308 00:35:08,406 --> 00:35:13,110 DO THREE DAYS OF TRAINING. >> HAND PASS IN LESTER-SMITH TO MATTHEWS WHO STEADIES, SHOOTS AT GOAL. 309 00:35:13,177 --> 00:35:19,484 >> IF AMERICANS KNOW AUSSIE RULES FOOTBALL AT ALL, IT'S UNLIKELY BECAUSE IN THE 1980s, BEFORE IT COULD AFFORD NBA OR 310 00:35:19,550 --> 00:35:24,856 NFL RIGHTS, ESPN AIRED AFL GAMES. BUT THE SPORT WAS FOUNDED IN THE 1800s, AS A WAY FOR CRICKETERS 311 00:35:24,922 --> 00:35:32,830 TO STAY IN SHAPE IN THE OFF-SEASON. IT'S ESPECIALLY POPULAR IN MELBOURNE, WHERE THE MCG -- AT 312 00:35:32,897 --> 00:35:38,736 NEARLY 100,000 CAPACITY, THE LARGEST STADIUM IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE -- WILL ROUTINELY FILL FOR GAMES. 313 00:35:38,803 --> 00:35:45,076 AFTER THE COMBINE, COX WAS SUMMONED TO MELBOURNE, WHERE HE IMPRESSED AUSTRALIAN COACHES WITH HIS HEIGHT AND HIS 314 00:35:45,142 --> 00:35:51,449 SURPRISING AGILITY. SOON AFTER, HE DECLINED HIS JOB AT EXXON AND SIGNED WITH COLLINGWOOD. 315 00:35:51,516 --> 00:35:57,822 >> WE GET THE INITIAL TASTE OF WHAT HE'S CAPABLE OF. CAN'T KICK, CAN'T HANDBALL, BUT 7-FOOT TALL. 316 00:35:57,889 --> 00:36:04,829 >> CRAIG McRAE IS NOW THE TEAM'S HEAD COACH. IN 2014, HE WAS THE HEAD OF DEVELOPMENT AND ASSIGNED TO 317 00:36:04,896 --> 00:36:10,134 TUTOR COX. >> HE'D FINISHED COLLEGE, HE WANTED TO TRAVEL EUROPE. BUT HE TOOK THE FOOTBALL WITH 318 00:36:10,201 --> 00:36:14,405 HIM. I GET THIS VIDEO LATE AT NIGHT OF MASON KICKING THE BALL IN SOME FOREST IN SCANDINAVIA 319 00:36:14,472 --> 00:36:20,244 SOMEWHERE. >> AND THERE'S MASON RUNNING REALLY AWKWARDLY CARRYING THE BALL LIKE THIS, AND THEN 320 00:36:20,311 --> 00:36:27,652 DROPPING THE BALL ONTO HIS FOOT. THERE WAS PROGRESSION, BUT THERE WAS STILL A LONG WAY TO GO. >> COX APPROACHED HIS 321 00:36:27,718 --> 00:36:32,456 DEVELOPMENT LIKE THE ENGINEER HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE. >> AND THAT'S WHY THEY PAY HIM THE BIG BUCKS. 322 00:36:32,523 --> 00:36:40,398 >> MAKING STEADY AND DELIBERATE PROGRESS, SOLVING THE PHYSICS OF USING HIS HEIGHT AS AN ADVANTAGE, NOT A LIABILITY. 323 00:36:40,464 --> 00:36:45,703 >> AND HE'S DOING ALL OF THIS WITH GUYS THAT HAVE BEEN PLAYING THEIR WHOLE LIVES? >> YEAH, WELL, WE GREW UP, YOU 324 00:36:45,770 --> 00:36:51,475 KNOW, SLEEPING WITH LITTLE FOOTBALLS. WE SLEPT AND BREATHED IT AND IDOLIZED THE GAME. 325 00:36:51,542 --> 00:36:57,348 MASON HAD NONE OF THAT. >> WHAT MADE YOU THINK HE COULD PULL IT OFF? >> HE'S GOT THAT CHIP, THAT, 326 00:36:57,415 --> 00:37:11,963 "HEY, I'M GOING TO PROVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WRONG." ♪ ♪ 327 00:37:12,029 --> 00:37:18,936 >> COX MADE HIS BIG-LEAGUE DEBUT IN APRIL 2016 ON THE HALLOWED GROUND OF THE MCG, AN ANNUAL RIVALRY GAME HELD ON ANZAC DAY, 328 00:37:19,003 --> 00:37:25,843 A NATIONAL HOLIDAY. >> I REMEMBER SITTING IN THIS LOCKER ROOM, JUST THINKING TO MYSELF, HOLY SMOKES, LIKE, THIS 329 00:37:25,910 --> 00:37:31,649 HAS HAPPENED PRETTY QUICKLY. YOU'RE SITTING HERE ABOUT TO PLAY IN FRONT OF THE MOST PASSIONATE FANS PROBABLY IN THE 330 00:37:31,716 --> 00:37:37,488 WORLD, ON ONE OF THE BIGGEST DAYS, AND YOU BARELY KNOW WHAT THIS SPORT IS. [ LAUGHTER ] 331 00:37:37,555 --> 00:37:43,995 I STILL HAD QUESTIONS ON RULES AT THAT POINT. LIKE, I DIDN'T 100% KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON. 332 00:37:44,061 --> 00:37:49,367 ♪ >> HE WAS STANDING ARM IN ARM WITH HIS TEAMMATES WHEN AUSTRALIA'S NATIONAL ANTHEM 333 00:37:49,433 --> 00:37:55,239 STARTED. >> I THINK TO MYSELF, I GO, I DON'T KNOW A WORD. AND EVERYONE ELSE IS BELTING 'EM 334 00:37:55,306 --> 00:37:59,977 OUT NEXT TO ME. SO I KIND OF JUST LAUGH TO MYSELF AND JUST KIND OF HUM ALONG. 335 00:38:00,044 --> 00:38:04,815 [ HUMS ] [ LAUGHTER ] IT WAS LIKE, I HAD NO IDEA. AND THAT KIND OF TOOK THE NERVES 336 00:38:04,882 --> 00:38:09,620 AWAY. >> THAT SETTLED YOU. >> THAT SETTLED ME. >> THE GAME STARTED AS IF 337 00:38:09,687 --> 00:38:14,425 SCRIPTED. CUE THE SPORTS MOVIE MUSIC. A BALL SPILLED OUT. DARCY MOORE GOT THE BALL AND SAW 338 00:38:14,492 --> 00:38:18,596 COX IN THE DISTANCE AND PUNTED IT TO THE ROOKIE. >> OH, THIS COULD BE A FAIRYTALE. 339 00:38:18,663 --> 00:38:23,934 >> WHO CAUGHT IT AND SCORED WITH HIS VERY FIRST KICK. >> HE RIDES IT HOME. WHAT A BEAUTY. 340 00:38:24,001 --> 00:38:28,739 >> CAN YOU BELIEVE AN AMERICAN IN HIS FIRST GAME HAS JUST KICKED THE FIRST GOAL ON ANZAC DAY? 341 00:38:28,806 --> 00:38:33,544 >> THAT DAY I THINK WAS ONE OF THOSE DAYS THAT SOLIDIFIED THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS MIGHT BE SOMETHING I DO FOR QUITE A LONG 342 00:38:33,611 --> 00:38:38,315 TIME. >> COX WAS, LITERALLY, OFF AND RUNNING. HIS BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE TWO 343 00:38:38,382 --> 00:38:43,587 SEASONS LATER IN THE PRELIMINARY FINAL -- LIKE THE NFL'S CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME -- SUGGESTED HE COULD BE A STAR. 344 00:38:43,654 --> 00:38:48,325 HAVING CROSSED 15 TIME ZONES, COX'S PARENTS WERE IN THE STANDS THAT DAY AS HE SCORED THREE TIMES. 345 00:38:48,392 --> 00:38:56,233 >> CAN HE GUIDE IT THROUGH? YES, HE CAN. THREE OF THE VERY BEST. IT'S ONE OF THE GREATEST STORIES 346 00:38:56,300 --> 00:39:05,376 I RECKON IN AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL UNFOLDING BEFORE OUR VERY EYES. >> AS MASON COX BECAME A FAN FAVORITE, HE ALSO DEVELOPED INTO 347 00:39:05,443 --> 00:39:11,749 WHAT LOCALS WOULD CALL A FAIR DINKUM AUSSIE. >> THIS COUNTRY HAS REALLY GOT MY HEART, I THINK. 348 00:39:11,816 --> 00:39:16,053 >> I'M STILL MARVELING AT YOUR ACCENT. ARE YOU THE MOST AMERICAN AUSTRALIAN OR THE MOST 349 00:39:16,120 --> 00:39:21,325 AUSTRALIAN AMERICAN? >> PROBABLY THE MOST AUSTRALIAN AMERICAN. I STILL LOVE AMERICA, AND I'M 350 00:39:21,392 --> 00:39:25,629 STILL AMERICAN. BUT I'M -- I'M HALF-AND-HALF NOW. >> FLANKED BY HIS CAPTAIN, HIS 351 00:39:25,696 --> 00:39:30,401 COACH AND HIS PARENTS, HE GOT HIS AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP TO PROVE IT. AND HE'S SEEN MORE OF THE 352 00:39:30,468 --> 00:39:36,240 COUNTRY'S EXQUISITE LANDSCAPE THAN MOST NATIVES. BUT, AS IN ANY SPORTS MOVIE, THERE WERE SETBACKS. 353 00:39:36,307 --> 00:39:41,078 IN THIS PLAY, HE RESEMBLED A BASKETBALL PLAYER, WHO HEADED DOWNCOURT, FORGETTING TO DRIBBLE. 354 00:39:41,145 --> 00:39:47,418 >> HE'S GONE, HE'S GONE. OH, BOY. >> WHEN COX WAS A ROOKIE NEW TO THE SPORT, THESE BLOOPERS WERE 355 00:39:47,485 --> 00:39:52,256 PART OF THE NOVELTY ACT... >> DROPS WHAT HE SHOULD HAVE TAKEN. >> WHEN COX WAS A VETERAN THE 356 00:39:52,323 --> 00:39:56,961 PASSIONATE COLLINGWOOD FANS WERE LESS FORGIVING. >> YOU'VE SEEN THAT? >> YEAH, THE JUDGMENT, THE 357 00:39:57,027 --> 00:40:04,435 CRITICISM. >> ADDING INJURY TO INSULT, IN 2019, COX WAS RAKED ACROSS THE EYE IN A GAME, AND DIAGNOSED 358 00:40:04,502 --> 00:40:12,843 WITH TWO TORN RETINAS, LEAVING HIM TEMPORARILY BLINDED. THAT, HE SAYS, WAS WHEN HE FELT THE DISTANCE FROM HOME. 359 00:40:12,910 --> 00:40:18,182 >> I'D LOST ONE OF MY SENSES, ALL WITHIN 48 HOURS. AND HAD TO FIGURE OUT IF I EVER WAS GOING TO PLAY AFL AGAIN, IF 360 00:40:18,249 --> 00:40:22,920 WAS EVER GOING TO SEE AGAIN. >> WHAT'S THAT INTERNAL CONVERSATION GOING LIKE? >> YOU KNOW, DID I DO THE RIGHT 361 00:40:22,987 --> 00:40:28,259 THING, COMING HERE? NOW I HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO AFFECT ME FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE. 362 00:40:28,325 --> 00:40:32,496 WAS IT WORTH IT? UM, AND YOU FEEL QUITE ISOLATED AND ALONE. >> MASON COX. 363 00:40:32,563 --> 00:40:39,403 >> SIX SURGERIES LATER, HE REGAINED MOST OF HIS VISION BUT WAS A DIMINISHED PLAYER AND THE GREAT AMERICAN EXPERIMENT LOOKED 364 00:40:39,470 --> 00:40:46,877 TO BE FIZZLING. THEN, COX MADE AN EQUIPMENT CHANGE, ADDING ANOTHER DISTINGUISHING FEATURE, BECOMING 365 00:40:46,944 --> 00:40:51,715 THE FIRST AFLer TO WEAR PRESCRIPTION GOGGLES. HE HAD ONE OF THE BEST YEARS. THIS YEAR, COX'S COACHES SAY 366 00:40:51,782 --> 00:40:57,521 HE'S NEVER LOOKED BETTER. >> THAT'S PRETTY DAMN GOOD. >> I'M WATCHING YOUR PRACTICE THINKING, AMERICANS WOULD LOVE 367 00:40:57,588 --> 00:41:03,961 THIS. >> OH, WOULD GO CRAZY FOR IT. >> SO, IN 20 YEARS, IF THERE ARE A DOZEN AMERICANS PLAYING IN THE 368 00:41:04,028 --> 00:41:08,766 AFL, HOW DOES THAT GO OVER WITH YOU? >> I WOULD LOVE AN AMERICAN TO BREAK EVERY SINGLE RECORD I'VE 369 00:41:08,833 --> 00:41:13,571 DONE BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT I'VE LEFT A MARK, YOU KNOW? >> YOU KNOW HOW EXTRAORDINARY AND UNLIKELY THIS STORY IS. 370 00:41:13,637 --> 00:41:23,080 >> I'M GOING TO LOOK BACK AND THINK, YOU HAD THE MOST RIDICULOUS LIFE YOU COULD POSSIBLY THINK OF THAT MAKES NO 371 00:41:23,147 --> 00:41:27,885 SENSE. AND I TOOK IT BY THE HORNS AND I MADE THE MOST OF IT. 372 00:41:30,521 --> 00:41:46,670 >>> LEARN THE RULES, OR LACK THEREOF, OF AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL. >> IT'S A CHAOTIC SPORT THAT 373 00:41:46,737 --> 00:41:52,810 >>> NOW, "THE LAST MINUTE" OF "60 MINUTES." >> BRITAIN'S KING CHARLES III WILL BE CROWNED THIS COMING 374 00:41:52,877 --> 00:42:00,217 SATURDAY IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY, COMPLETE WITH SCEPTERS, ORB AND ANOINTINGS - ALL THE ROYAL REGALIA. 375 00:42:00,284 --> 00:42:08,893 WHEN OUR STEVE KROFT JOINED HIM 18 YEARS AGO, HE WAS PRINCE OF WALES, BUT IN DESCRIBING HIS RESPONSIBILITIES, CHARLES WAS 376 00:42:08,959 --> 00:42:15,799 ALREADY SOUNDING LIKE THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING. >> I WOULD LIST IT AS WORRYING ABOUT THIS COUNTRY AND ITS 377 00:42:15,866 --> 00:42:25,376 INHABITANTS. THAT'S MY PARTICULAR DUTY. I FIND MYSELF BORN INTO THIS PARTICULAR POSITION, I'M 378 00:42:25,442 --> 00:42:31,782 DETERMINED TO MAKE THE MOST OF IT AND TO DO WHATEVER I CAN TO HELP, AND, I HOPE, LEAVE THINGS BEHIND A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN 379 00:42:31,849 --> 00:42:38,155 I FOUND THEM. >> SO IT'S HARD TO SAY IT'S A PROF -- BUT I THINK IT IS A PROFESSION, ACTUALLY DOING WHAT 380 00:42:38,222 --> 00:42:42,426 I'M DOING. BECAUSE IF YOU TRIED IT FOR A BIT, YOU MIGHT FIND OUT HOW DIFFICULT IT IS. 381 00:42:42,493 --> 00:42:55,906 >> I'M BILL WHITAKER. WE'LL BE BACK NEXT WEEK WITH ANOTHER EDITION OF "60 MINUTES." >>> HI, I'M NORAH O'DONNELL. 382 00:42:55,973 --> 00:43:05,215 JOIN ME TOMORROW AS WE MAKE SENSE OF THE DAY'S TOP STORIES AND HOW THEY IMPACT ON THE CBS EVENING NEWS.