1 00:00:11,759 --> 00:00:14,033 >>> AN HOUR SOUTHWEST OF LAS 2 00:00:14,033 --> 00:00:17,396 >>> AN HOUR SOUTHWEST OF LAS VEGAS IN THE GUTS OF THE MOE 3 00:00:17,396 --> 00:00:20,066 VEGAS IN THE GUTS OF THE MOE MARIE SITS THE ONLY ACTIVE RARE 4 00:00:20,066 --> 00:00:23,561 MARIE SITS THE ONLY ACTIVE RARE EARTH MINE IN THE U.S. THE ONLY 5 00:00:23,561 --> 00:00:25,165 EARTH MINE IN THE U.S. THE ONLY BATTLEFIELD IN OUR TRADE WAR 6 00:00:25,165 --> 00:00:25,660 BATTLEFIELD IN OUR TRADE WAR WITH CHINA. 7 00:00:25,660 --> 00:00:28,231 WITH CHINA. WHEN BEIJING CHOKED OFF 8 00:00:28,231 --> 00:00:28,660 WHEN BEIJING CHOKED OFF SUPPLIES LAST YEAR. 9 00:00:28,660 --> 00:00:30,165 SUPPLIES LAST YEAR. JAMES AND HIS COMPANY GOT THE 10 00:00:30,165 --> 00:00:30,363 JAMES AND HIS COMPANY GOT THE CALL. 11 00:00:30,363 --> 00:00:32,363 CALL. >> WE GOT CALLED INTO THE 12 00:00:32,363 --> 00:00:33,594 >> WE GOT CALLED INTO THE PENTAGON AND-CLEAR THAT THERE 13 00:00:33,594 --> 00:00:34,693 PENTAGON AND-CLEAR THAT THERE WAS A DIRECTIVE FROM THE 14 00:00:34,693 --> 00:00:39,000 WAS A DIRECTIVE FROM THE PRESIDENT TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM 15 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:40,462 PRESIDENT TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. 16 00:00:40,462 --> 00:00:41,660 AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. >>> ON ANCIENT YESTERDAY IN 17 00:00:41,660 --> 00:00:44,759 >>> ON ANCIENT YESTERDAY IN LONDON, A VERY MODERN BATTLE IS 18 00:00:44,759 --> 00:00:45,033 LONDON, A VERY MODERN BATTLE IS BREWING. 19 00:00:45,033 --> 00:00:46,594 BREWING. >> IF WE DO A LEFT HERE. 20 00:00:46,594 --> 00:00:51,066 >> IF WE DO A LEFT HERE. >> BLACK CABS WILL SOON BE 21 00:00:51,066 --> 00:00:54,099 >> BLACK CABS WILL SOON BE COMPETING WITH ARTIFICIAL 22 00:00:54,099 --> 00:00:56,165 COMPETING WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE POWERED AUTONOMOUS 23 00:00:56,165 --> 00:00:57,330 INTELLIGENCE POWERED AUTONOMOUS TAXIS BUT LONDON’S CABBIES 24 00:00:57,330 --> 00:00:59,396 TAXIS BUT LONDON’S CABBIES AREN’T ABOUT TO HAND OVER THEIR 25 00:00:59,396 --> 00:00:59,594 AREN’T ABOUT TO HAND OVER THEIR KEYS. 26 00:00:59,594 --> 00:01:00,429 KEYS. YOUR KNOWLEDGE IS BETTER THAN 27 00:01:00,429 --> 00:01:02,000 YOUR KNOWLEDGE IS BETTER THAN WHAT A GOOGLE MAP WILL TELL YOU 28 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:02,363 WHAT A GOOGLE MAP WILL TELL YOU TO GO. 29 00:01:02,363 --> 00:01:06,330 TO GO. >> DON’T MAKE ME LAUGH. 30 00:01:06,330 --> 00:01:06,759 >> DON’T MAKE ME LAUGH. SERIOUSLY YOU KNOW. 31 00:01:06,759 --> 00:01:09,165 SERIOUSLY YOU KNOW. IT’S LIKE COMPARING A HOT DOG 32 00:01:09,165 --> 00:01:11,132 IT’S LIKE COMPARING A HOT DOG VENDOR TO GORDON RAMSAY. 33 00:01:11,132 --> 00:01:12,165 VENDOR TO GORDON RAMSAY. >>> IT LOOKS LIKE BASEBALL. 34 00:01:12,165 --> 00:01:13,363 >>> IT LOOKS LIKE BASEBALL. >> TAKES OFF FOR SECOND. 35 00:01:13,363 --> 00:01:14,330 >> TAKES OFF FOR SECOND. >> AND FEELS LIKE BASEBALL. 36 00:01:14,330 --> 00:01:16,693 >> AND FEELS LIKE BASEBALL. >> NOT IN TIME. 37 00:01:16,693 --> 00:01:20,495 >> NOT IN TIME. >> BUT THEN -- THERE’S THIS. 38 00:01:20,495 --> 00:01:24,165 >> BUT THEN -- THERE’S THIS. AN UMPIRE FEELING THE MUSIC? 39 00:01:24,165 --> 00:01:27,198 AN UMPIRE FEELING THE MUSIC? A BATTER ON NO, STILTS? 40 00:01:27,198 --> 00:01:29,627 A BATTER ON NO, STILTS? GYMNASTICS IN THE OUTFIELD? 41 00:01:29,627 --> 00:01:36,594 GYMNASTICS IN THE OUTFIELD? AND ON THE WAY HOME. 42 00:01:36,594 --> 00:01:38,033 AND ON THE WAY HOME. LONG TIME BASEBALL WRITER TIM 43 00:01:38,033 --> 00:01:39,693 LONG TIME BASEBALL WRITER TIM KURKJIAN CAME TO THE GAME AND 44 00:01:39,693 --> 00:01:41,825 KURKJIAN CAME TO THE GAME AND SAID THIS IS THE STUPIDEST 45 00:01:41,825 --> 00:01:43,891 SAID THIS IS THE STUPIDEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN. 46 00:01:43,891 --> 00:01:45,066 THING I HAVE EVER SEEN. I LOVED IT. 47 00:01:45,066 --> 00:01:45,462 I LOVED IT. I’M LESLEY STAHL. 48 00:01:45,462 --> 00:01:46,693 I’M LESLEY STAHL. >> I’M JOHN WERTHEIM. 49 00:01:46,693 --> 00:01:47,594 >> I’M JOHN WERTHEIM. >> I’M ANDERSON COOPER. 50 00:01:47,594 --> 00:01:50,858 >> I’M ANDERSON COOPER. >> I’M BILL WHITAKER, THOSE 51 00:01:50,858 --> 00:01:51,363 >> I’M BILL WHITAKER, THOSE STORIES TONIGHT ON "60 52 00:01:59,924 --> 00:02:00,066 STORIES TONIGHT ON "60 MINUTES." MINUTES." 53 00:02:00,066 --> 00:02:01,495 >>> IN MAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP 54 00:02:01,495 --> 00:02:03,462 >>> IN MAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP TRAVELED TO BEIJING FOR A 55 00:02:03,462 --> 00:02:05,627 TRAVELED TO BEIJING FOR A SUMMIT WITH HIS CHINESE 56 00:02:05,627 --> 00:02:06,198 SUMMIT WITH HIS CHINESE COUNTERPART XI JINPING. 57 00:02:06,198 --> 00:02:09,957 COUNTERPART XI JINPING. ONE AGENDA ITEM THAT FIGURED 58 00:02:09,957 --> 00:02:10,594 ONE AGENDA ITEM THAT FIGURED PROMINENTLY, RARER ELEMENTS. 59 00:02:10,594 --> 00:02:12,858 PROMINENTLY, RARER ELEMENTS. RIGHT NOW, CHINA HOLDS A NEAR 60 00:02:12,858 --> 00:02:14,264 RIGHT NOW, CHINA HOLDS A NEAR MONOPOLY OVER THESE STRATEGIC 61 00:02:14,264 --> 00:02:15,033 MONOPOLY OVER THESE STRATEGIC METALS THAT ARE KEY COMPONENTS 62 00:02:15,033 --> 00:02:16,429 METALS THAT ARE KEY COMPONENTS IN SO MUCH THAT MAKES THE 63 00:02:16,429 --> 00:02:19,231 IN SO MUCH THAT MAKES THE MODERN WORLD GO. 64 00:02:19,231 --> 00:02:20,363 MODERN WORLD GO. SMART PHONES, ROBOTICS, EVs, 65 00:02:20,363 --> 00:02:21,759 SMART PHONES, ROBOTICS, EVs, ALSO FIGHTER JETS, DRONES AND 66 00:02:21,759 --> 00:02:25,132 ALSO FIGHTER JETS, DRONES AND RADAR TECHNOLOGY. 67 00:02:25,132 --> 00:02:26,264 RADAR TECHNOLOGY. THAT IS, CHINA CONTROLS 68 00:02:26,264 --> 00:02:27,165 THAT IS, CHINA CONTROLS MATERIALS ESSENTIAL TO 69 00:02:27,165 --> 00:02:29,264 MATERIALS ESSENTIAL TO AMERICA’S ABILITY TO WAGE WAR. 70 00:02:29,264 --> 00:02:31,627 AMERICA’S ABILITY TO WAGE WAR. BUT TONIGHT, THE STORY OF THE 71 00:02:31,627 --> 00:02:32,231 BUT TONIGHT, THE STORY OF THE AMERICAN COMPANY CONFRONTING 72 00:02:32,231 --> 00:02:34,066 AMERICAN COMPANY CONFRONTING THIS ELEMENTAL CRISIS. 73 00:02:34,066 --> 00:02:35,792 THIS ELEMENTAL CRISIS. IT MINES RARE EARTH ELEMENTS, 74 00:02:35,792 --> 00:02:37,264 IT MINES RARE EARTH ELEMENTS, PROCESSES THEM, AND MAKES THEM 75 00:02:37,264 --> 00:02:38,726 PROCESSES THEM, AND MAKES THEM INTO SUPERPOWERED MAGNETS. 76 00:02:38,726 --> 00:02:41,231 INTO SUPERPOWERED MAGNETS. AND AS WE FIRST REPORTED IN 77 00:02:41,231 --> 00:02:43,759 AND AS WE FIRST REPORTED IN MARCH, IT’S PART OWNED BIASES. 78 00:02:43,759 --> 00:02:45,297 MARCH, IT’S PART OWNED BIASES. AMERICAN TAXPAYERS IN AN 79 00:02:45,297 --> 00:02:46,924 AMERICAN TAXPAYERS IN AN UNUSUAL DEAL CRAFTED BY THE 80 00:02:46,924 --> 00:02:48,891 UNUSUAL DEAL CRAFTED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 81 00:02:48,891 --> 00:02:50,429 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. IN OUR SOUTHWEST OF LAS VEGAS, 82 00:02:50,429 --> 00:02:54,198 IN OUR SOUTHWEST OF LAS VEGAS, IN THE GUTS OF THE DESERT, 83 00:02:54,198 --> 00:02:55,462 IN THE GUTS OF THE DESERT, MOUNTAIN PASS, CALIFORNIA MIGHT 84 00:02:55,462 --> 00:02:57,858 MOUNTAIN PASS, CALIFORNIA MIGHT BE THE ULTIMATE FRONT OF OUR 85 00:02:57,858 --> 00:02:58,825 BE THE ULTIMATE FRONT OF OUR TRADE WAR WITH CHINA. 86 00:02:58,825 --> 00:03:01,330 TRADE WAR WITH CHINA. THIS MASSIVE CAVITY IN THE 87 00:03:01,330 --> 00:03:02,132 THIS MASSIVE CAVITY IN THE GROUND BEHOLD THE ONLY ACTIVE 88 00:03:02,132 --> 00:03:05,099 GROUND BEHOLD THE ONLY ACTIVE RARE EARTH MINE IN THE U.S. 89 00:03:05,099 --> 00:03:05,528 RARE EARTH MINE IN THE U.S. THIS IS AN UNLUKELY 90 00:03:05,528 --> 00:03:07,231 THIS IS AN UNLUKELY BATTLEGROUND. 91 00:03:07,231 --> 00:03:10,033 BATTLEGROUND. ARE WE STEPPING ON RARE EARTHS 92 00:03:10,033 --> 00:03:11,231 ARE WE STEPPING ON RARE EARTHS AS WE SPEAK? 93 00:03:11,231 --> 00:03:11,495 AS WE SPEAK? >> YES. 94 00:03:11,495 --> 00:03:13,297 >> YES. EVERYONE WHERE YOU LOOK, IT’S 95 00:03:13,297 --> 00:03:13,627 EVERYONE WHERE YOU LOOK, IT’S RARE EARTHS. 96 00:03:13,627 --> 00:03:15,264 RARE EARTHS. >> IN MICHAEL ROSENTHAL AND 97 00:03:15,264 --> 00:03:18,066 >> IN MICHAEL ROSENTHAL AND JAMESLY TIN SKI ARE THE 98 00:03:18,066 --> 00:03:19,066 JAMESLY TIN SKI ARE THE UNLIKELY MEN IN CHARGE. 99 00:03:19,066 --> 00:03:21,561 UNLIKELY MEN IN CHARGE. TWO FLORIDIANS IN THE SNOW, TWO 100 00:03:21,561 --> 00:03:22,396 TWO FLORIDIANS IN THE SNOW, TWO FINANCE TYPES SUDDENLY 101 00:03:22,396 --> 00:03:25,462 FINANCE TYPES SUDDENLY TRAFFICKING IN MINING AND METAL 102 00:03:25,462 --> 00:03:25,891 TRAFFICKING IN MINING AND METAL YOU ARE JOY. 103 00:03:25,891 --> 00:03:30,165 YOU ARE JOY. YOU HAVE NO BACKGROUND IN 104 00:03:30,165 --> 00:03:30,429 YOU HAVE NO BACKGROUND IN GEOLOGY. 105 00:03:30,429 --> 00:03:31,000 GEOLOGY. AND NOW YOU ARE RUNNING THE 106 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:32,066 AND NOW YOU ARE RUNNING THE BIGGEST RARE EARTH MINE IN THE 107 00:03:32,066 --> 00:03:32,264 BIGGEST RARE EARTH MINE IN THE U.S. 108 00:03:32,264 --> 00:03:33,264 U.S. >> THIS IS JUST SUCH AN 109 00:03:33,264 --> 00:03:35,396 >> THIS IS JUST SUCH AN IMPORTANT SITE AND THE IDEA 110 00:03:35,396 --> 00:03:36,099 IMPORTANT SITE AND THE IDEA THAT THIS ENTIRE SUPPLY CHAIN 111 00:03:36,099 --> 00:03:37,693 THAT THIS ENTIRE SUPPLY CHAIN WAS, YOU KNOW, ON THE OTHER 112 00:03:37,693 --> 00:03:39,660 WAS, YOU KNOW, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD IN CHINA, IT 113 00:03:39,660 --> 00:03:40,594 SIDE OF THE WORLD IN CHINA, IT JUST OCCURRED TO US THAT 114 00:03:40,594 --> 00:03:43,264 JUST OCCURRED TO US THAT SOMEONE HAD TO HELP FIX THIS 115 00:03:43,264 --> 00:03:43,528 SOMEONE HAD TO HELP FIX THIS PROBLEM. 116 00:03:43,528 --> 00:03:45,165 PROBLEM. >> THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS 117 00:03:45,165 --> 00:03:47,957 >> THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS KEENLY AWARE OF THE PROBLEM OF 118 00:03:47,957 --> 00:03:49,693 KEENLY AWARE OF THE PROBLEM OF CHINA’S RARE EARTH DOMINANCE. 119 00:03:49,693 --> 00:03:51,165 CHINA’S RARE EARTH DOMINANCE. FLUSH DOUG BURGUM IS SECRETARY 120 00:03:51,165 --> 00:03:51,561 FLUSH DOUG BURGUM IS SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. 121 00:03:51,561 --> 00:03:53,429 OF THE INTERIOR. >> IF YOU HAVE A CELL PHONE, 122 00:03:53,429 --> 00:03:56,033 >> IF YOU HAVE A CELL PHONE, HAVE A LAPTOP, IF YOU DRIVE A 123 00:03:56,033 --> 00:03:58,528 HAVE A LAPTOP, IF YOU DRIVE A CAR, THEN YOU ARE TOUCHING RARE 124 00:03:58,528 --> 00:04:00,066 CAR, THEN YOU ARE TOUCHING RARE EARTH MINERALS AND NAG NETS. 125 00:04:00,066 --> 00:04:02,198 EARTH MINERALS AND NAG NETS. IT’S ESSENTIAL TO EVERYDAY LIFE 126 00:04:02,198 --> 00:04:04,825 IT’S ESSENTIAL TO EVERYDAY LIFE BUT ALSO ESSENTIAL TO AEROSPACE 127 00:04:04,825 --> 00:04:07,495 BUT ALSO ESSENTIAL TO AEROSPACE AND TELECOM AND DEFENSE 128 00:04:07,495 --> 00:04:07,759 AND TELECOM AND DEFENSE SYSTEMS. 129 00:04:07,759 --> 00:04:09,231 SYSTEMS. >> YES, DEFENSE SYSTEMS. 130 00:04:09,231 --> 00:04:11,957 >> YES, DEFENSE SYSTEMS. ACCORDING TO THE MILITARY, ONE 131 00:04:11,957 --> 00:04:13,693 ACCORDING TO THE MILITARY, ONE F-35 FIGHTER JET CONTAINS ABOUT 132 00:04:13,693 --> 00:04:16,660 F-35 FIGHTER JET CONTAINS ABOUT 100 POUNDS OF RARE EARTHS 133 00:04:16,660 --> 00:04:17,594 100 POUNDS OF RARE EARTHS INCORPORATED INTO ITS VARIOUS 134 00:04:17,594 --> 00:04:17,825 INCORPORATED INTO ITS VARIOUS PARTS. 135 00:04:17,825 --> 00:04:18,924 PARTS. JUST TO BE CLEAR THE U.S. 136 00:04:18,924 --> 00:04:21,231 JUST TO BE CLEAR THE U.S. DEFENSE INDUSTRY IS SUBJECT TO 137 00:04:21,231 --> 00:04:23,957 DEFENSE INDUSTRY IS SUBJECT TO THE WHIMS OF CHINA AND XI 138 00:04:23,957 --> 00:04:24,561 THE WHIMS OF CHINA AND XI JINPING FOR -- MILITARY 139 00:04:24,561 --> 00:04:24,858 JINPING FOR -- MILITARY TECHNOLOGY? 140 00:04:24,858 --> 00:04:26,825 TECHNOLOGY? >> WELL, THIS IS ONE OF THE 141 00:04:26,825 --> 00:04:28,792 >> WELL, THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY PRESIDENT TRUMP 142 00:04:28,792 --> 00:04:29,561 REASONS WHY PRESIDENT TRUMP TRADED THE NATIONAL ENERGY 143 00:04:29,561 --> 00:04:30,924 TRADED THE NATIONAL ENERGY DOMINANCE COUNCIL WITH THE 144 00:04:30,924 --> 00:04:31,462 DOMINANCE COUNCIL WITH THE BROAD SET OF OBJECTIVES. 145 00:04:31,462 --> 00:04:33,561 BROAD SET OF OBJECTIVES. ONE OF THOSE WAS TO MAKE SURE 146 00:04:33,561 --> 00:04:35,099 ONE OF THOSE WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD SECURE SUPPLY 147 00:04:35,099 --> 00:04:36,891 THAT WE HAD SECURE SUPPLY CHAINS FOR CRITICAL AND RARE 148 00:04:36,891 --> 00:04:37,264 CHAINS FOR CRITICAL AND RARE EARTH MINERALS. 149 00:04:37,264 --> 00:04:38,198 EARTH MINERALS. >> RIGHT NOW WE DON’T HAVE 150 00:04:38,198 --> 00:04:40,660 >> RIGHT NOW WE DON’T HAVE SECURE SUPPLY CHAINS OF RARE 151 00:04:40,660 --> 00:04:40,891 SECURE SUPPLY CHAINS OF RARE EARTHS. 152 00:04:40,891 --> 00:04:43,924 EARTHS. BECAUSE CHINA HAS CORNERED THE 153 00:04:43,924 --> 00:04:44,165 BECAUSE CHINA HAS CORNERED THE MARKET. 154 00:04:44,165 --> 00:04:44,759 MARKET. >> THEY ALSO WEAPONIZE IT 155 00:04:44,759 --> 00:04:46,858 >> THEY ALSO WEAPONIZE IT BECAUSE IF ANYBODY IN THE REST 156 00:04:46,858 --> 00:04:48,330 BECAUSE IF ANYBODY IN THE REST OF THE FREE WORLD SAID HEY 157 00:04:48,330 --> 00:04:49,660 OF THE FREE WORLD SAID HEY WE’RE GOING TO START MINING AND 158 00:04:49,660 --> 00:04:50,792 WE’RE GOING TO START MINING AND START REFINING, THEY WOULD 159 00:04:50,792 --> 00:04:51,792 START REFINING, THEY WOULD TARGET THAT PARTICULAR MINERAL 160 00:04:51,792 --> 00:04:53,759 TARGET THAT PARTICULAR MINERAL AND DUMP A QUANTITY ON THE 161 00:04:53,759 --> 00:04:54,858 AND DUMP A QUANTITY ON THE MARKET AND DRIVE THE PRICE 162 00:04:54,858 --> 00:04:55,066 MARKET AND DRIVE THE PRICE DOWN. 163 00:04:55,066 --> 00:04:59,231 DOWN. >> AND COMPANIES INCLUDING U.S. 164 00:04:59,231 --> 00:05:01,099 >> AND COMPANIES INCLUDING U.S. COMPANIES THAT WERE PROFITABLE 165 00:05:01,099 --> 00:05:01,660 COMPANIES THAT WERE PROFITABLE WERE UNPROFITABLE SUDDENLY. 166 00:05:01,660 --> 00:05:04,198 WERE UNPROFITABLE SUDDENLY. >> BEFORE WE PROCEED LET’S 167 00:05:04,198 --> 00:05:05,000 >> BEFORE WE PROCEED LET’S DISPENSE THE MISNOMER. 168 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:05,792 DISPENSE THE MISNOMER. RARE EARTHS AREN’T RARE. 169 00:05:05,792 --> 00:05:06,660 RARE EARTHS AREN’T RARE. HERE’S WHAT’S RARE. 170 00:05:06,660 --> 00:05:08,396 HERE’S WHAT’S RARE. SIGHTS WITH HIGH ENOUGH 171 00:05:08,396 --> 00:05:10,858 SIGHTS WITH HIGH ENOUGH CONCENTRATIONS OF RARE EARTHS 172 00:05:10,858 --> 00:05:11,891 CONCENTRATIONS OF RARE EARTHS AND ACCESSIBLE ENOUGH LOCATIONS 173 00:05:11,891 --> 00:05:13,561 AND ACCESSIBLE ENOUGH LOCATIONS TO MAKE EXTRACTION WORTHWHILE. 174 00:05:13,561 --> 00:05:16,726 TO MAKE EXTRACTION WORTHWHILE. IN THEIR PUREST FORM, RARE 175 00:05:16,726 --> 00:05:17,627 IN THEIR PUREST FORM, RARE EARTHS AREN’T ROCKS. 176 00:05:17,627 --> 00:05:18,693 EARTHS AREN’T ROCKS. BUT ELEMENTAL METALS. 177 00:05:18,693 --> 00:05:22,132 BUT ELEMENTAL METALS. DEEP CUTS ON THE PERIODIC TABLE 178 00:05:22,132 --> 00:05:25,099 DEEP CUTS ON THE PERIODIC TABLE NUMBERS 57 THROUGH 71 AND TWO 179 00:05:25,099 --> 00:05:29,858 NUMBERS 57 THROUGH 71 AND TWO OTHERS FOR THOSE SCORING AT 180 00:05:29,858 --> 00:05:30,066 OTHERS FOR THOSE SCORING AT HOME. 181 00:05:30,066 --> 00:05:30,429 HOME. >> SOME AREA. 182 00:05:30,429 --> 00:05:32,462 >> SOME AREA. >> JULIE K LINGER IS A 183 00:05:32,462 --> 00:05:34,660 >> JULIE K LINGER IS A PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF 184 00:05:34,660 --> 00:05:36,627 PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON AND A RARE 185 00:05:36,627 --> 00:05:38,660 WISCONSIN MADISON AND A RARE EARTHS EXPERT WHO’S VISITED 186 00:05:38,660 --> 00:05:39,924 EARTHS EXPERT WHO’S VISITED MINES WORLDWIDE AND WRITTEN 187 00:05:39,924 --> 00:05:40,891 MINES WORLDWIDE AND WRITTEN EXTENSIVELY ON THE SUBJECT. 188 00:05:40,891 --> 00:05:41,792 EXTENSIVELY ON THE SUBJECT. WHAT ARE THEIR QUALITIES. 189 00:05:41,792 --> 00:05:44,495 WHAT ARE THEIR QUALITIES. >> THE THING THAT DISTINGUISHES 190 00:05:44,495 --> 00:05:48,132 >> THE THING THAT DISTINGUISHES RARE EARTH ELEMENTS ARE THEIR 191 00:05:48,132 --> 00:05:48,858 RARE EARTH ELEMENTS ARE THEIR FANTASTIC MAGNETIC CONDUCTIVE 192 00:05:48,858 --> 00:05:49,363 FANTASTIC MAGNETIC CONDUCTIVE AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES. 193 00:05:49,363 --> 00:05:50,726 AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES. SO THEY’RE USED OFTEN THE WAY 194 00:05:50,726 --> 00:05:52,033 SO THEY’RE USED OFTEN THE WAY YOU MIGHT USE SPICES IN 195 00:05:52,033 --> 00:05:52,297 YOU MIGHT USE SPICES IN COOKING. 196 00:05:52,297 --> 00:05:53,957 COOKING. BECAUSE IF YOU ADD JUST A 197 00:05:53,957 --> 00:05:55,330 BECAUSE IF YOU ADD JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A CERTAIN RARE 198 00:05:55,330 --> 00:05:56,858 LITTLE BIT OF A CERTAIN RARE EARTH ELEMENT TO SAY TO A 199 00:05:56,858 --> 00:05:58,264 EARTH ELEMENT TO SAY TO A MAGNET, THAT ENABLES THAT 200 00:05:58,264 --> 00:06:01,825 MAGNET, THAT ENABLES THAT MAGNET TO BE ABLE TO VERY SMALL 201 00:06:01,825 --> 00:06:02,330 MAGNET TO BE ABLE TO VERY SMALL AND VERY POWERFUL. 202 00:06:02,330 --> 00:06:04,264 AND VERY POWERFUL. >> GEOLOGISTS FOUND RARE EARTHS 203 00:06:04,264 --> 00:06:06,660 >> GEOLOGISTS FOUND RARE EARTHS AT MOUNTAIN PASS IN 1949. 204 00:06:06,660 --> 00:06:08,858 AT MOUNTAIN PASS IN 1949. BY THE ’60s INDIVIDUAL RARE 205 00:06:08,858 --> 00:06:12,693 BY THE ’60s INDIVIDUAL RARE EARTHS WERE BEING MINED, 206 00:06:12,693 --> 00:06:14,066 EARTHS WERE BEING MINED, SEPARATED AND UTILIZED NOT 207 00:06:14,066 --> 00:06:16,297 SEPARATED AND UTILIZED NOT LEAST YOUR OPEN RUM WHICH 208 00:06:16,297 --> 00:06:17,792 LEAST YOUR OPEN RUM WHICH ENHANCED THE COLOR RED IN EARLY 209 00:06:17,792 --> 00:06:18,132 ENHANCED THE COLOR RED IN EARLY IT’S SETS. 210 00:06:18,132 --> 00:06:23,561 IT’S SETS. >> CBS PRESENTS THIS PROGRAM IN 211 00:06:23,561 --> 00:06:23,792 >> CBS PRESENTS THIS PROGRAM IN COLOR. 212 00:06:23,792 --> 00:06:25,099 COLOR. >> THEN IN 1982, RESEARCHERS 213 00:06:25,099 --> 00:06:26,429 >> THEN IN 1982, RESEARCHERS FOUND THAT ANOTHER STRENGTHENS 214 00:06:26,429 --> 00:06:26,693 FOUND THAT ANOTHER STRENGTHENS MAGNETS. 215 00:06:26,693 --> 00:06:28,066 MAGNETS. >> THESE SUPERHIGH POWERED 216 00:06:28,066 --> 00:06:29,627 >> THESE SUPERHIGH POWERED MAGNETS ARE USED IN EVERYTHING 217 00:06:29,627 --> 00:06:32,330 MAGNETS ARE USED IN EVERYTHING FROM, YOU KNOW, MAKING YOUR 218 00:06:32,330 --> 00:06:34,726 FROM, YOU KNOW, MAKING YOUR CELL PHONE BUZZ TO THE 219 00:06:34,726 --> 00:06:36,198 CELL PHONE BUZZ TO THE NAVIGATION COMPONENTS FOR 220 00:06:36,198 --> 00:06:37,330 NAVIGATION COMPONENTS FOR DRONES AND SENATOR BOMBS TO 221 00:06:37,330 --> 00:06:38,495 DRONES AND SENATOR BOMBS TO HIGH -- SMART BOMBS TO HIGH 222 00:06:38,495 --> 00:06:40,363 HIGH -- SMART BOMBS TO HIGH SPEED RAIL AND ELECTRIC 223 00:06:40,363 --> 00:06:40,627 SPEED RAIL AND ELECTRIC VEHICLES. 224 00:06:40,627 --> 00:06:41,627 VEHICLES. >> FOR DECADES, MOUNTAIN PASS 225 00:06:41,627 --> 00:06:42,297 >> FOR DECADES, MOUNTAIN PASS WAS THE WORLD’S RARE EARTH 226 00:06:42,297 --> 00:06:45,033 WAS THE WORLD’S RARE EARTH MINE. 227 00:06:45,033 --> 00:06:46,165 MINE. BUT GRADUALLY THEN SUDDENLY, 228 00:06:46,165 --> 00:06:47,759 BUT GRADUALLY THEN SUDDENLY, MINING AND MAGNET MAKING BEGAN 229 00:06:47,759 --> 00:06:49,528 MINING AND MAGNET MAKING BEGAN MOVING OFFSHORE. 230 00:06:49,528 --> 00:06:50,891 MOVING OFFSHORE. FAMILIAR STORY. 231 00:06:50,891 --> 00:06:52,165 FAMILIAR STORY. CHINA COULD DO IT CHEAPER. 232 00:06:52,165 --> 00:06:54,099 CHINA COULD DO IT CHEAPER. THE U.S. DISINVESTED IN RARE 233 00:06:54,099 --> 00:06:54,330 THE U.S. DISINVESTED IN RARE EARTHS. 234 00:06:54,330 --> 00:06:54,792 EARTHS. >> ABSOLUTELY. 235 00:06:54,792 --> 00:06:55,066 >> ABSOLUTELY. >> WHY? 236 00:06:55,066 --> 00:06:57,165 >> WHY? >> IT’S A DIRTY BUSINESS. 237 00:06:57,165 --> 00:06:58,924 >> IT’S A DIRTY BUSINESS. IT’S A RISKY BUSINESS. 238 00:06:58,924 --> 00:07:00,957 IT’S A RISKY BUSINESS. IT’S A DIFFICULT BUSINESS TO 239 00:07:00,957 --> 00:07:02,231 IT’S A DIFFICULT BUSINESS TO REALLY BREAK EVEN. 240 00:07:02,231 --> 00:07:04,099 REALLY BREAK EVEN. >> IN THE 1990s, MOUNTAIN PASS 241 00:07:04,099 --> 00:07:07,660 >> IN THE 1990s, MOUNTAIN PASS FELL VICTIM TO ECONOMICS AND TO 242 00:07:07,660 --> 00:07:08,198 FELL VICTIM TO ECONOMICS AND TO ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATORS. 243 00:07:08,198 --> 00:07:08,825 ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATORS. AFTER RADIOACTIVE WATER LEAKED 244 00:07:08,825 --> 00:07:10,033 AFTER RADIOACTIVE WATER LEAKED INTO THE DESERT. 245 00:07:10,033 --> 00:07:12,759 INTO THE DESERT. THE MINE LANGUISHED FOR A 246 00:07:12,759 --> 00:07:13,000 THE MINE LANGUISHED FOR A DECADE. 247 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:16,792 DECADE. UNTIL A NEW COMPANY, MOLYCORP 248 00:07:16,792 --> 00:07:18,132 UNTIL A NEW COMPANY, MOLYCORP TRIED UNSUCCESSFULLY TO COMPETE 249 00:07:18,132 --> 00:07:24,000 TRIED UNSUCCESSFULLY TO COMPETE WITH CHINA AND REVIVE THE 250 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:24,264 WITH CHINA AND REVIVE THE BUSINESS. 251 00:07:24,264 --> 00:07:27,528 BUSINESS. JAMES LIT TIN SKI WAS RUNNING. 252 00:07:27,528 --> 00:07:34,297 JAMES LIT TIN SKI WAS RUNNING. WHEN THEY FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY 253 00:07:34,297 --> 00:07:35,561 WHEN THEY FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY IN 2015 HE GLIMPSED 254 00:07:35,561 --> 00:07:35,891 IN 2015 HE GLIMPSED OPPORTUNITY.. 255 00:07:35,891 --> 00:07:36,726 OPPORTUNITY.. >> WHEN YOU ARE RUNNING A HEDGE 256 00:07:36,726 --> 00:07:37,693 >> WHEN YOU ARE RUNNING A HEDGE FUNDS I MADE THE MISTAKE OF 257 00:07:37,693 --> 00:07:39,528 FUNDS I MADE THE MISTAKE OF GOING OUT AND LOOKING AT SITE 258 00:07:39,528 --> 00:07:41,462 GOING OUT AND LOOKING AT SITE AND ACTUALLY SEEING IT -- YES, 259 00:07:41,462 --> 00:07:41,660 AND ACTUALLY SEEING IT -- YES, YES. 260 00:07:41,660 --> 00:07:44,528 YES. AND I WAS -- JUST BLOWN AWAY BY 261 00:07:44,528 --> 00:07:47,198 AND I WAS -- JUST BLOWN AWAY BY THE SCALE OF THE ASSETS. 262 00:07:47,198 --> 00:07:50,033 THE SCALE OF THE ASSETS. >> THE ASSETS? 263 00:07:50,033 --> 00:07:51,198 >> THE ASSETS? THIS MASSIVE OPEN PIT. 264 00:07:51,198 --> 00:07:52,363 THIS MASSIVE OPEN PIT. THESE CONSENTIC CIRCLES. 265 00:07:52,363 --> 00:07:53,099 THESE CONSENTIC CIRCLES. A MINE 3,000 FEET ACROSS, 600 266 00:07:53,099 --> 00:07:54,429 A MINE 3,000 FEET ACROSS, 600 FEET DEEP. 267 00:07:54,429 --> 00:08:00,000 FEET DEEP. WITH ONE OF THE WORLD’S RICHEST 268 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:00,264 WITH ONE OF THE WORLD’S RICHEST DEPOSITS. 269 00:08:00,264 --> 00:08:01,363 DEPOSITS. HE TURNED TO MICHAEL ROSENTHAL 270 00:08:01,363 --> 00:08:03,132 HE TURNED TO MICHAEL ROSENTHAL THEN WORKING FOR A NEW YORK 271 00:08:03,132 --> 00:08:03,429 THEN WORKING FOR A NEW YORK HEDGE FUND. 272 00:08:03,429 --> 00:08:05,033 HEDGE FUND. THE TWO WERE CLOSE FRIENDS 273 00:08:05,033 --> 00:08:09,132 THE TWO WERE CLOSE FRIENDS GROWING UP AND THEY DECIDED TO 274 00:08:09,132 --> 00:08:09,396 GROWING UP AND THEY DECIDED TO PARTNER. 275 00:08:09,396 --> 00:08:11,825 PARTNER. YOU APPRECIATE THE ABSURDITY OF 276 00:08:11,825 --> 00:08:12,132 YOU APPRECIATE THE ABSURDITY OF THE STORY. 277 00:08:12,132 --> 00:08:12,462 THE STORY. >> FOR SURE. 278 00:08:12,462 --> 00:08:14,858 >> FOR SURE. TWO HEDGE FUND GUYS BUY A MINE. 279 00:08:14,858 --> 00:08:16,000 TWO HEDGE FUND GUYS BUY A MINE. WHAT COULD GO WRONG? 280 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:17,231 WHAT COULD GO WRONG? >> FOR A WHILE, PLENTY. 281 00:08:17,231 --> 00:08:18,627 >> FOR A WHILE, PLENTY. IT WAS UNDERWATER IN 2017. 282 00:08:18,627 --> 00:08:22,363 IT WAS UNDERWATER IN 2017. FINANCIALLY AND LITERALLY. 283 00:08:22,363 --> 00:08:23,858 FINANCIALLY AND LITERALLY. 30MILLION GALLONS HAD PUDDED AT 284 00:08:23,858 --> 00:08:25,033 30MILLION GALLONS HAD PUDDED AT THE BOTTOM. 285 00:08:25,033 --> 00:08:26,231 THE BOTTOM. THERE WERE ONLY EIGHT 286 00:08:26,231 --> 00:08:26,528 THERE WERE ONLY EIGHT EMPLOYEES. 287 00:08:26,528 --> 00:08:27,561 EMPLOYEES. THEY CALLED THEIR NEW COMPANY 288 00:08:27,561 --> 00:08:29,429 THEY CALLED THEIR NEW COMPANY MT MATERIALS AND GOT THE MINE 289 00:08:29,429 --> 00:08:32,198 MT MATERIALS AND GOT THE MINE BACK UP AND RUNNING. 290 00:08:32,198 --> 00:08:33,561 BACK UP AND RUNNING. BLASTING EARTH, THEN CRUSHING 291 00:08:33,561 --> 00:08:35,891 BLASTING EARTH, THEN CRUSHING ROCKS INTO GRAVEL, THEN MILLING 292 00:08:35,891 --> 00:08:37,462 ROCKS INTO GRAVEL, THEN MILLING IT INTO FINE POWDER. 293 00:08:37,462 --> 00:08:40,495 IT INTO FINE POWDER. HE TOOK OVER THE BUSINESS AS 294 00:08:40,495 --> 00:08:40,693 HE TOOK OVER THE BUSINESS AS CEO. 295 00:08:40,693 --> 00:08:42,726 CEO. WHILE ROSENTHAL SPENT LONG DAYS 296 00:08:42,726 --> 00:08:44,627 WHILE ROSENTHAL SPENT LONG DAYS ON SITE BECOMING AN EXPERT ON 297 00:08:44,627 --> 00:08:46,627 ON SITE BECOMING AN EXPERT ON RARE EARTH MINING AND REFINING. 298 00:08:46,627 --> 00:08:48,198 RARE EARTH MINING AND REFINING. HOW DO YOU CHARACTERIZE THE 299 00:08:48,198 --> 00:08:49,231 HOW DO YOU CHARACTERIZE THE DIVISION OF LABOR HERE. 300 00:08:49,231 --> 00:08:52,627 DIVISION OF LABOR HERE. >> I GET DIRTY AND JIM EXPLAINS 301 00:08:52,627 --> 00:08:53,792 >> I GET DIRTY AND JIM EXPLAINS WHAT WE’RE DOING. 302 00:08:53,792 --> 00:08:56,957 WHAT WE’RE DOING. >> TODAY MOUNTAIN PASS EMPLOYS 303 00:08:56,957 --> 00:09:00,495 >> TODAY MOUNTAIN PASS EMPLOYS MORE THAN 700. 304 00:09:00,495 --> 00:09:01,429 MORE THAN 700. ROSENTHAL MANAGES THE 305 00:09:01,429 --> 00:09:01,726 ROSENTHAL MANAGES THE OPERATION. 306 00:09:01,726 --> 00:09:04,528 OPERATION. I CAN’T GET OVER HOW EXTENSIVE 307 00:09:04,528 --> 00:09:06,297 I CAN’T GET OVER HOW EXTENSIVE AND INTENSIVE ALL OF THIS 308 00:09:06,297 --> 00:09:08,825 AND INTENSIVE ALL OF THIS PROCESS IS ONCE YOU ARE DONE 309 00:09:08,825 --> 00:09:11,099 PROCESS IS ONCE YOU ARE DONE WITH THE ACTUAL MINING. 310 00:09:11,099 --> 00:09:11,363 WITH THE ACTUAL MINING. >> YEAH. 311 00:09:11,363 --> 00:09:14,132 >> YEAH. THE MINING IS REALLY THE 312 00:09:14,132 --> 00:09:14,462 THE MINING IS REALLY THE EASIEST PART. 313 00:09:14,462 --> 00:09:15,693 EASIEST PART. >> THE HARD PART? 314 00:09:15,693 --> 00:09:16,396 >> THE HARD PART? SEPARATING THE RARE EARTHS FROM 315 00:09:16,396 --> 00:09:19,297 SEPARATING THE RARE EARTHS FROM THE ROCK AND THEN EACH OTHER. 316 00:09:19,297 --> 00:09:22,099 THE ROCK AND THEN EACH OTHER. THREE YEARS AGO, MP REACHED A 317 00:09:22,099 --> 00:09:22,396 THREE YEARS AGO, MP REACHED A MILESTONE. 318 00:09:22,396 --> 00:09:23,000 MILESTONE. AFTER INVESTING HUNDREDS OF 319 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:25,231 AFTER INVESTING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, IT WAS 320 00:09:25,231 --> 00:09:28,693 MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, IT WAS ABLE TO REFINE TWO OF THE 321 00:09:28,693 --> 00:09:29,660 ABLE TO REFINE TWO OF THE ELEMENTS TO 99.9% PURITY. 322 00:09:29,660 --> 00:09:30,528 ELEMENTS TO 99.9% PURITY. THIS IS THE REFINED PRODUCT. 323 00:09:30,528 --> 00:09:31,363 THIS IS THE REFINED PRODUCT. >> THIS IS THE MONEY ROOM. 324 00:09:31,363 --> 00:09:32,495 >> THIS IS THE MONEY ROOM. >> THIS IS IT. 325 00:09:32,495 --> 00:09:34,132 >> THIS IS IT. >> THIS IS IT. 326 00:09:34,132 --> 00:09:38,825 >> THIS IS IT. >> EACH BAG WAS WORTH AROUND 327 00:09:38,825 --> 00:09:39,099 >> EACH BAG WAS WORTH AROUND $120,000. 328 00:09:39,099 --> 00:09:39,759 $120,000. THERE WERE 300 BAGS ROUGHLY $36 329 00:09:39,759 --> 00:09:40,858 THERE WERE 300 BAGS ROUGHLY $36 MILLION IN INVENTORY WHEN WE 330 00:09:40,858 --> 00:09:42,495 MILLION IN INVENTORY WHEN WE VISITED. 331 00:09:42,495 --> 00:09:44,000 VISITED. SO THIS FINE POWDER WILL END UP 332 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:44,165 SO THIS FINE POWDER WILL END UP -- 333 00:09:44,165 --> 00:09:45,561 -- >> COULD END UP IN YOUR POCKET. 334 00:09:45,561 --> 00:09:48,066 >> COULD END UP IN YOUR POCKET. >> COULD END UP IN THE IPHONE. 335 00:09:48,066 --> 00:09:49,726 >> COULD END UP IN THE IPHONE. >> MP NEEDED ONE LAST LINK TO 336 00:09:49,726 --> 00:09:50,792 >> MP NEEDED ONE LAST LINK TO BYPASS CHINA AND RECLAIM THE 337 00:09:50,792 --> 00:09:52,726 BYPASS CHINA AND RECLAIM THE SUPPLY CHAIN. 338 00:09:52,726 --> 00:09:54,726 SUPPLY CHAIN. MAKING THE FINAL PRODUCT THOSE 339 00:09:54,726 --> 00:09:55,231 MAKING THE FINAL PRODUCT THOSE HIGH POWERED RARE EARTH 340 00:09:55,231 --> 00:09:57,660 HIGH POWERED RARE EARTH MAGNETS. 341 00:09:57,660 --> 00:10:02,231 MAGNETS. SO IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS, MP 342 00:10:02,231 --> 00:10:03,264 SO IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS, MP BUILT THIS FACILITY WHERE PURE 343 00:10:03,264 --> 00:10:04,759 BUILT THIS FACILITY WHERE PURE RARE EARTH POWDER GETS MELTED 344 00:10:04,759 --> 00:10:06,231 RARE EARTH POWDER GETS MELTED AND COOLED AND COMPRESSED AND 345 00:10:06,231 --> 00:10:08,231 AND COOLED AND COMPRESSED AND DICED AND EVENTUALLY TURNED 346 00:10:08,231 --> 00:10:08,924 DICED AND EVENTUALLY TURNED INTO WELL, THESE. 347 00:10:08,924 --> 00:10:10,330 INTO WELL, THESE. IN A MATTER OF MONTHS MILLIONS 348 00:10:10,330 --> 00:10:15,033 IN A MATTER OF MONTHS MILLIONS WILL BE GOING INTO GM CARS INTO 349 00:10:15,033 --> 00:10:17,132 WILL BE GOING INTO GM CARS INTO APPLE PRODUCTS START NEXT YEAR. 350 00:10:17,132 --> 00:10:18,726 APPLE PRODUCTS START NEXT YEAR. THEY WERE FULFILLING THEIR 351 00:10:18,726 --> 00:10:19,528 THEY WERE FULFILLING THEIR BUSINESS PLAN TAKING RARE 352 00:10:19,528 --> 00:10:22,066 BUSINESS PLAN TAKING RARE EARTHS FROM MINE TO MAGNETS. 353 00:10:22,066 --> 00:10:24,693 EARTHS FROM MINE TO MAGNETS. IN THE SPRING OF 2025, IT CAME 354 00:10:24,693 --> 00:10:25,759 IN THE SPRING OF 2025, IT CAME FROM A VERTICALLY INTEGRATED 355 00:10:25,759 --> 00:10:26,594 FROM A VERTICALLY INTEGRATED BUSINESS INTO A PIVOTAL PLAYER 356 00:10:26,594 --> 00:10:29,660 BUSINESS INTO A PIVOTAL PLAYER IN OUR NATIONAL SECURITY. 357 00:10:29,660 --> 00:10:31,891 IN OUR NATIONAL SECURITY. >> WE WILL SUPERCHARGE OUR 358 00:10:31,891 --> 00:10:32,429 >> WE WILL SUPERCHARGE OUR DOMESTIC INDUSTRIAL BASE. 359 00:10:32,429 --> 00:10:35,264 DOMESTIC INDUSTRIAL BASE. >> LAST YEAR, PRESIDENT TRUMP 360 00:10:35,264 --> 00:10:36,198 >> LAST YEAR, PRESIDENT TRUMP UNVEILED HIS GLOBAL TARIFFS 361 00:10:36,198 --> 00:10:36,396 UNVEILED HIS GLOBAL TARIFFS PLAN. 362 00:10:36,396 --> 00:10:38,957 PLAN. SO-CALLED LIBERATION DAY. 363 00:10:38,957 --> 00:10:39,594 SO-CALLED LIBERATION DAY. CHINA RETALIATED TO DEVASTATING 364 00:10:39,594 --> 00:10:40,594 CHINA RETALIATED TO DEVASTATING EFFECT. 365 00:10:40,594 --> 00:10:42,396 EFFECT. CHOKING OFF RARE EARTHS TO THE 366 00:10:42,396 --> 00:10:43,957 CHOKING OFF RARE EARTHS TO THE U.S. 367 00:10:43,957 --> 00:10:46,792 U.S. FORD MOTORS FOR ONE SUDDENLY 368 00:10:46,792 --> 00:10:49,495 FORD MOTORS FOR ONE SUDDENLY WITHOUT MAGNETS HAD TO 369 00:10:49,495 --> 00:10:50,198 WITHOUT MAGNETS HAD TO TEMPORARILY STOP MAKING 370 00:10:50,198 --> 00:10:50,561 TEMPORARILY STOP MAKING EXPLORER SUVs. 371 00:10:50,561 --> 00:10:52,396 EXPLORER SUVs. AFTER A SERIES OF TRADE TRUCES 372 00:10:52,396 --> 00:10:54,132 AFTER A SERIES OF TRADE TRUCES BETWEEN THE U.S. AND CHINA, THE 373 00:10:54,132 --> 00:10:55,561 BETWEEN THE U.S. AND CHINA, THE RARE EARTHS SPIGOT CAME BACK 374 00:10:55,561 --> 00:10:57,066 RARE EARTHS SPIGOT CAME BACK ON. 375 00:10:57,066 --> 00:11:00,000 ON. HE SAYS FEW REALIZE HOW CLOSE 376 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:00,429 HE SAYS FEW REALIZE HOW CLOSE WE WERE TO ECONOMIC 377 00:11:00,429 --> 00:11:02,396 WE WERE TO ECONOMIC CATASTROPHE. 378 00:11:02,396 --> 00:11:04,297 CATASTROPHE. >> THERE WERE MAJOR 379 00:11:04,297 --> 00:11:05,726 >> THERE WERE MAJOR MANUFACTURERS THAT DIDN’T EVEN 380 00:11:05,726 --> 00:11:08,429 MANUFACTURERS THAT DIDN’T EVEN REALIZE THE EXTENT OF THE RARE 381 00:11:08,429 --> 00:11:09,099 REALIZE THE EXTENT OF THE RARE EARTH MAGNETS THAT THEY HAD IN 382 00:11:09,099 --> 00:11:09,561 EARTH MAGNETS THAT THEY HAD IN THEIR SUPPLY CHAIN. 383 00:11:09,561 --> 00:11:10,858 THEIR SUPPLY CHAIN. WE WERE SEEING THE ECONOMY ON 384 00:11:10,858 --> 00:11:13,033 WE WERE SEEING THE ECONOMY ON THE VERGE OF SHUTDOWN. 385 00:11:13,033 --> 00:11:16,429 THE VERGE OF SHUTDOWN. >> WITH MARKETS REELING, SENIOR 386 00:11:16,429 --> 00:11:17,066 >> WITH MARKETS REELING, SENIOR TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS 387 00:11:17,066 --> 00:11:17,594 TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS SOME SUMMONED THEM TO 388 00:11:17,594 --> 00:11:17,891 SOME SUMMONED THEM TO WASHINGTON. 389 00:11:17,891 --> 00:11:19,594 WASHINGTON. >> WE GOT CALLED INTO THE 390 00:11:19,594 --> 00:11:19,858 >> WE GOT CALLED INTO THE PENTAGON. 391 00:11:19,858 --> 00:11:21,363 PENTAGON. AND IT WAS CLEAR THAT THERE WAS 392 00:11:21,363 --> 00:11:22,726 AND IT WAS CLEAR THAT THERE WAS A DIRECTIVE FROM THE PRESIDENT 393 00:11:22,726 --> 00:11:23,693 A DIRECTIVE FROM THE PRESIDENT TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM AS 394 00:11:23,693 --> 00:11:25,033 TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. 395 00:11:25,033 --> 00:11:27,561 QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. >> WHAT DID THE GOVERNMENT WANT 396 00:11:27,561 --> 00:11:27,858 >> WHAT DID THE GOVERNMENT WANT FROM YOU? 397 00:11:27,858 --> 00:11:31,792 FROM YOU? >> THE PENTAGON WANTED A 398 00:11:31,792 --> 00:11:32,924 >> THE PENTAGON WANTED A MANHATTAN STYLE PROJECT TO 399 00:11:32,924 --> 00:11:34,132 MANHATTAN STYLE PROJECT TO ACCELERATE THE ENTIRE SUPPLY 400 00:11:34,132 --> 00:11:37,165 ACCELERATE THE ENTIRE SUPPLY CHAIN OF RARE EARTH MAGNETICS 401 00:11:37,165 --> 00:11:37,528 CHAIN OF RARE EARTH MAGNETICS IN THE COUNTRY. 402 00:11:37,528 --> 00:11:38,198 IN THE COUNTRY. >> THAT’S THE ANALOGY. 403 00:11:38,198 --> 00:11:40,231 >> THAT’S THE ANALOGY. >> EXACT WORDS WERE USED. 404 00:11:40,231 --> 00:11:41,495 >> EXACT WORDS WERE USED. MANHATTAN PROJECT OR OPERATION 405 00:11:41,495 --> 00:11:41,957 MANHATTAN PROJECT OR OPERATION WARP SPEED. 406 00:11:41,957 --> 00:11:44,198 WARP SPEED. WE’VE GOT TO WORK TO SCALE UP 407 00:11:44,198 --> 00:11:46,429 WE’VE GOT TO WORK TO SCALE UP EVERYTHING THAT YOU ARE DOING 408 00:11:46,429 --> 00:11:47,528 EVERYTHING THAT YOU ARE DOING AS QUICKLY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. 409 00:11:47,528 --> 00:11:49,924 AS QUICKLY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. >> A MANHATTAN PROJECT FOR RARE 410 00:11:49,924 --> 00:11:50,660 >> A MANHATTAN PROJECT FOR RARE EARTHS RESULTED IN AN UNUSUAL 411 00:11:50,660 --> 00:11:53,924 EARTHS RESULTED IN AN UNUSUAL DEAL. 412 00:11:53,924 --> 00:11:55,858 DEAL. THE PENTAGON AGREED TO INJECT 413 00:11:55,858 --> 00:11:58,330 THE PENTAGON AGREED TO INJECT $400 MILLION INTO MP MATERIALS 414 00:11:58,330 --> 00:12:01,000 $400 MILLION INTO MP MATERIALS AND TOOK A 15% OWNERSHIP STAKE. 415 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:02,297 AND TOOK A 15% OWNERSHIP STAKE. SO WE, AMERICANS ARE ALL IN THE 416 00:12:02,297 --> 00:12:04,726 SO WE, AMERICANS ARE ALL IN THE RARE EARTH BUSINESS NOW. 417 00:12:04,726 --> 00:12:06,726 RARE EARTH BUSINESS NOW. PLUS, CRITICALLY, THE DEAL CAME 418 00:12:06,726 --> 00:12:08,627 PLUS, CRITICALLY, THE DEAL CAME WITH A GUARANTEED TEN YEAR 419 00:12:08,627 --> 00:12:09,363 WITH A GUARANTEED TEN YEAR PRICE FLOOR FOR RARE EARTHS. 420 00:12:09,363 --> 00:12:11,066 PRICE FLOOR FOR RARE EARTHS. SO EVEN IF CHINA TRIES TO FLOOD 421 00:12:11,066 --> 00:12:13,957 SO EVEN IF CHINA TRIES TO FLOOD THE MARKET AGAIN, DRIVING DOWN 422 00:12:13,957 --> 00:12:16,165 THE MARKET AGAIN, DRIVING DOWN PRICES, MP IS COVERED. 423 00:12:16,165 --> 00:12:19,033 PRICES, MP IS COVERED. HAS THERE EVER BEEN ANYTHING 424 00:12:19,033 --> 00:12:20,495 HAS THERE EVER BEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS. 425 00:12:20,495 --> 00:12:22,660 LIKE THIS. >> EXACTLY LIKE THIS. 426 00:12:22,660 --> 00:12:27,792 >> EXACTLY LIKE THIS. MAYBE NOT BUT IF YOU LOOK BACK, 427 00:12:27,792 --> 00:12:29,858 MAYBE NOT BUT IF YOU LOOK BACK, THERE’S ACTUALLY A LONG 428 00:12:29,858 --> 00:12:30,825 THERE’S ACTUALLY A LONG TRADITION OF REALLY CRITICAL 429 00:12:30,825 --> 00:12:33,000 TRADITION OF REALLY CRITICAL INDUSTRIES WHERE OUR COUNTRY 430 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:33,759 INDUSTRIES WHERE OUR COUNTRY NEEDS TO BRING ONLINE 431 00:12:33,759 --> 00:12:35,429 NEEDS TO BRING ONLINE INFRASTRUCTURE AND I THINK THIS 432 00:12:35,429 --> 00:12:36,858 INFRASTRUCTURE AND I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THOSE INDUSTRIES. 433 00:12:36,858 --> 00:12:38,858 IS ONE OF THOSE INDUSTRIES. >> AND THE GOVERNMENT HAD ONE 434 00:12:38,858 --> 00:12:41,198 >> AND THE GOVERNMENT HAD ONE MORE STIPULATION FOR MP. 435 00:12:41,198 --> 00:12:42,528 MORE STIPULATION FOR MP. RAMP UP RARE EARTH MAGNET 436 00:12:42,528 --> 00:12:43,858 RAMP UP RARE EARTH MAGNET PRODUCTION TENFOLD. 437 00:12:43,858 --> 00:12:46,198 PRODUCTION TENFOLD. TO DO SO, MP IS BUILDING AN 438 00:12:46,198 --> 00:12:47,297 TO DO SO, MP IS BUILDING AN EVEN BIGGER RARE EARTH MAGNET 439 00:12:47,297 --> 00:12:49,000 EVEN BIGGER RARE EARTH MAGNET FACTORY ALSO IN TEXAS. 440 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:50,231 FACTORY ALSO IN TEXAS. THAT IT SAYS COULD PRODUCE 441 00:12:50,231 --> 00:12:51,033 THAT IT SAYS COULD PRODUCE ENOUGH TO MEET THE COUNTRY’S 442 00:12:51,033 --> 00:12:52,759 ENOUGH TO MEET THE COUNTRY’S NEEDS. 443 00:12:52,759 --> 00:12:53,924 NEEDS. IT’S EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETE IN 444 00:12:53,924 --> 00:12:56,297 IT’S EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETE IN 2028. 445 00:12:56,297 --> 00:12:56,561 2028. STILL -- 446 00:12:56,561 --> 00:12:58,231 STILL -- >> AS WE SIT HERE TODAY, WHAT 447 00:12:58,231 --> 00:12:59,231 >> AS WE SIT HERE TODAY, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE WORLD’S RARE 448 00:12:59,231 --> 00:13:02,264 PERCENTAGE OF THE WORLD’S RARE EARTH MAGNETS ARE MADE IN 449 00:13:02,264 --> 00:13:02,495 EARTH MAGNETS ARE MADE IN CHINA? 450 00:13:02,495 --> 00:13:02,957 CHINA? >> WELL NORTH OF 90%. 451 00:13:02,957 --> 00:13:06,495 >> WELL NORTH OF 90%. >> SO -- CHINA IN EFFECT CAN 452 00:13:06,495 --> 00:13:08,396 >> SO -- CHINA IN EFFECT CAN STILL HOLD THE WORLD HOSTAGE 453 00:13:08,396 --> 00:13:08,594 STILL HOLD THE WORLD HOSTAGE HERE. 454 00:13:08,594 --> 00:13:10,066 HERE. >> THEY CURRENTLY DO? 455 00:13:10,066 --> 00:13:10,891 >> THEY CURRENTLY DO? BACK IN WASHINGTON SECRETARY 456 00:13:10,891 --> 00:13:13,297 BACK IN WASHINGTON SECRETARY BURGUM HAS BEEN A VOCAL 457 00:13:13,297 --> 00:13:13,924 BURGUM HAS BEEN A VOCAL SUPPORTER OF STOCKPILING 458 00:13:13,924 --> 00:13:14,594 SUPPORTER OF STOCKPILING AMERICA’S CRITICAL MINERALS. 459 00:13:14,594 --> 00:13:16,231 AMERICA’S CRITICAL MINERALS. >> HE DEFENDS THE MP DEAL EVEN 460 00:13:16,231 --> 00:13:18,429 >> HE DEFENDS THE MP DEAL EVEN IF IT STRAYS FROM THE 461 00:13:18,429 --> 00:13:19,264 IF IT STRAYS FROM THE PRINCIPLES OF MARKET 462 00:13:19,264 --> 00:13:19,561 PRINCIPLES OF MARKET CAPITALISM. 463 00:13:19,561 --> 00:13:21,198 CAPITALISM. YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT EQUITY 464 00:13:21,198 --> 00:13:22,132 YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT EQUITY POSITIONS AND PRIVATE COMPANIES 465 00:13:22,132 --> 00:13:25,297 POSITIONS AND PRIVATE COMPANIES AND PRICE FLOORS AND IN THIS 466 00:13:25,297 --> 00:13:29,396 AND PRICE FLOORS AND IN THIS CASE, A DEMAND THAT PRODUCTION 467 00:13:29,396 --> 00:13:29,759 CASE, A DEMAND THAT PRODUCTION INCREASES TENX. 468 00:13:29,759 --> 00:13:30,033 INCREASES TENX. TENFOLD. 469 00:13:30,033 --> 00:13:31,330 TENFOLD. WAIT A SECOND, THAT HAS THE 470 00:13:31,330 --> 00:13:31,825 WAIT A SECOND, THAT HAS THE WHIFF OF SOCIALISM. 471 00:13:31,825 --> 00:13:35,462 WHIFF OF SOCIALISM. >> I WOULDN’T CALL IT 472 00:13:35,462 --> 00:13:35,759 >> I WOULDN’T CALL IT SOCIALISM. 473 00:13:35,759 --> 00:13:36,363 SOCIALISM. CERTAINLY CALL IT PRAGMATISM 474 00:13:36,363 --> 00:13:37,693 CERTAINLY CALL IT PRAGMATISM BECAUSE -- FREE MARKETS WORK. 475 00:13:37,693 --> 00:13:40,198 BECAUSE -- FREE MARKETS WORK. BUT THEY DON’T WORK IF YOU HAVE 476 00:13:40,198 --> 00:13:42,297 BUT THEY DON’T WORK IF YOU HAVE AN ADVERSARY THAT CONTROLS THE 477 00:13:42,297 --> 00:13:43,165 AN ADVERSARY THAT CONTROLS THE MONOPOLY THAT CONTROLSED THE 478 00:13:43,165 --> 00:13:43,396 MONOPOLY THAT CONTROLSED THE PRICE. 479 00:13:43,396 --> 00:13:44,231 PRICE. >> YOU ARE TALKING CHINA. 480 00:13:44,231 --> 00:13:45,561 >> YOU ARE TALKING CHINA. >> I’M TALKING ABOUT CHINA. 481 00:13:45,561 --> 00:13:47,264 >> I’M TALKING ABOUT CHINA. THERE’S NO MARKET SETTING THE 482 00:13:47,264 --> 00:13:47,495 THERE’S NO MARKET SETTING THE PRICE. 483 00:13:47,495 --> 00:13:49,165 PRICE. IT’S CHINA SETTING THE PRICE. 484 00:13:49,165 --> 00:13:50,429 IT’S CHINA SETTING THE PRICE. TO GET THIS INDUSTRY STARTED 485 00:13:50,429 --> 00:13:52,231 TO GET THIS INDUSTRY STARTED AGAIN, WE HAVE TO DO SOME 486 00:13:52,231 --> 00:13:53,693 AGAIN, WE HAVE TO DO SOME THINGS TO KICK START THE 487 00:13:53,693 --> 00:13:54,099 THINGS TO KICK START THE PRIVATE CAPITAL. 488 00:13:54,099 --> 00:13:56,462 PRIVATE CAPITAL. >> THIS KIND OF INDUSTRIAL 489 00:13:56,462 --> 00:13:57,264 >> THIS KIND OF INDUSTRIAL POLICY YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT, 490 00:13:57,264 --> 00:13:59,924 POLICY YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT, DOES THIS HAPPEN BUT FOR 491 00:13:59,924 --> 00:14:00,495 DOES THIS HAPPEN BUT FOR CHINA’S RETALIATION TO LAST 492 00:14:00,495 --> 00:14:00,726 CHINA’S RETALIATION TO LAST APRIL? 493 00:14:00,726 --> 00:14:03,924 APRIL? >> I THINK IT WAS A -- IT WAS A 494 00:14:03,924 --> 00:14:04,198 >> I THINK IT WAS A -- IT WAS A CATALYST. 495 00:14:04,198 --> 00:14:06,759 CATALYST. >> FRANKLY, WE PROBABLY NEEDED 496 00:14:06,759 --> 00:14:07,297 >> FRANKLY, WE PROBABLY NEEDED A CRISIS TO WAKE UP. 497 00:14:07,297 --> 00:14:09,165 A CRISIS TO WAKE UP. AND SO I THINK IF THERE’S A 498 00:14:09,165 --> 00:14:11,264 AND SO I THINK IF THERE’S A SILVER LINING IN THE SENSE, 499 00:14:11,264 --> 00:14:14,396 SILVER LINING IN THE SENSE, WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR, WAS A 500 00:14:14,396 --> 00:14:15,627 WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR, WAS A BIG TIME CRISIS THAT WE NEEDED. 501 00:14:15,627 --> 00:14:18,594 BIG TIME CRISIS THAT WE NEEDED. >> I’M STRUCK BY HOW QUICKLY 502 00:14:18,594 --> 00:14:19,132 >> I’M STRUCK BY HOW QUICKLY THE ECONOMICS BLEED INTO 503 00:14:19,132 --> 00:14:19,462 THE ECONOMICS BLEED INTO GEOPOLITICS. 504 00:14:19,462 --> 00:14:21,627 GEOPOLITICS. IF CHINA SAYS LISTEN, WE’RE 505 00:14:21,627 --> 00:14:23,429 IF CHINA SAYS LISTEN, WE’RE GOING TO GO INVADE TAIWAN. 506 00:14:23,429 --> 00:14:26,462 GOING TO GO INVADE TAIWAN. AND IF YOU STAND IN OUR WAY, 507 00:14:26,462 --> 00:14:28,726 AND IF YOU STAND IN OUR WAY, WE’RE SHUTTING OFF OUR RARE 508 00:14:28,726 --> 00:14:29,132 WE’RE SHUTTING OFF OUR RARE EARTH MAGNETS. 509 00:14:29,132 --> 00:14:30,033 EARTH MAGNETS. >> THAT’S THE RISK. 510 00:14:30,033 --> 00:14:31,726 >> THAT’S THE RISK. AS IT STANDS TODAY WE NEED 511 00:14:31,726 --> 00:14:32,561 AS IT STANDS TODAY WE NEED PERMISSION FROM THE CHINESE 512 00:14:32,561 --> 00:14:34,429 PERMISSION FROM THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT TO MAKE THINGS. 513 00:14:34,429 --> 00:14:38,429 GOVERNMENT TO MAKE THINGS. WE NEED PERMISSION FROM THE 514 00:14:38,429 --> 00:14:39,693 WE NEED PERMISSION FROM THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT TO MAKE 515 00:14:39,693 --> 00:14:40,099 CHINESE GOVERNMENT TO MAKE MILITARY THINGS. 516 00:14:40,099 --> 00:14:41,825 MILITARY THINGS. AND THE PRACTICAL REALITY IS 517 00:14:41,825 --> 00:14:43,759 AND THE PRACTICAL REALITY IS THAT IT’S NOT AN ACCEPTABLE 518 00:14:43,759 --> 00:14:45,924 THAT IT’S NOT AN ACCEPTABLE CONDITION AND SO WE HAVE TO 519 00:14:45,924 --> 00:14:48,429 CONDITION AND SO WE HAVE TO CHANGE THIS DYNAMIC. 520 00:14:48,429 --> 00:14:50,660 CHANGE THIS DYNAMIC. >> THE CURRENT U.S. AND CHINA 521 00:14:50,660 --> 00:14:52,429 >> THE CURRENT U.S. AND CHINA TRADE TRUCE WILL EXPIRE IN 522 00:14:52,429 --> 00:14:52,693 TRADE TRUCE WILL EXPIRE IN NOVEMBER. 523 00:14:52,693 --> 00:14:54,759 NOVEMBER. ABSENT A NEW DEAL, OUR RARE 524 00:14:54,759 --> 00:14:55,957 ABSENT A NEW DEAL, OUR RARE EARTH SUPPLY SHORT TERM ANYWAY, 525 00:14:55,957 --> 00:14:57,561 EARTH SUPPLY SHORT TERM ANYWAY, REMAINS VULNERABILITY. 526 00:15:06,825 --> 00:15:06,957 REMAINS VULNERABILITY. VULNERABILITY -- VULNERABLE. VULNERABILITY -- VULNERABLE. 527 00:15:06,957 --> 00:15:09,165 >>> ON ANCIENT ROADS AND IN 528 00:15:09,165 --> 00:15:11,693 >>> ON ANCIENT ROADS AND IN MEDS EVALALLEYWAYS IN LONDON, A 529 00:15:11,693 --> 00:15:12,627 MEDS EVALALLEYWAYS IN LONDON, A VERY MODERN BATTLE IS BREWING. 530 00:15:12,627 --> 00:15:13,957 VERY MODERN BATTLE IS BREWING. BLACK CABS WHICH ARE AS 531 00:15:13,957 --> 00:15:14,825 BLACK CABS WHICH ARE AS SYNONYMOUS WITH THAT CITY AS 532 00:15:14,825 --> 00:15:18,099 SYNONYMOUS WITH THAT CITY AS BUCKINGHAM PALACE WILL SOON BE 533 00:15:18,099 --> 00:15:20,396 BUCKINGHAM PALACE WILL SOON BE COMPETING WITH ARTIFICIAL 534 00:15:20,396 --> 00:15:21,726 COMPETING WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE POWERED AUTONOMOUS 535 00:15:21,726 --> 00:15:21,957 INTELLIGENCE POWERED AUTONOMOUS TAXIS. 536 00:15:21,957 --> 00:15:22,627 TAXIS. TECH COMPANIES PROMISE THESE AI 537 00:15:22,627 --> 00:15:25,132 TECH COMPANIES PROMISE THESE AI INVENTIONS SOME OF WHICH ARE 538 00:15:25,132 --> 00:15:25,726 INVENTIONS SOME OF WHICH ARE ALREADY OPERATING IN SEVERAL 539 00:15:25,726 --> 00:15:27,297 ALREADY OPERATING IN SEVERAL AMERICAN CITIES, ARE SAFER AND 540 00:15:27,297 --> 00:15:28,792 AMERICAN CITIES, ARE SAFER AND SMARTER THAN HUMAN DRIVERS. 541 00:15:28,792 --> 00:15:31,066 SMARTER THAN HUMAN DRIVERS. BUT AS WE FIRST TOLD YOU 542 00:15:31,066 --> 00:15:31,957 BUT AS WE FIRST TOLD YOU EARLIER THIS YEAR, LONDON’S 543 00:15:31,957 --> 00:15:33,858 EARLIER THIS YEAR, LONDON’S CABBIES AREN’T ABLE TO HAND 544 00:15:33,858 --> 00:15:34,561 CABBIES AREN’T ABLE TO HAND OVER THEIR KEYS. 545 00:15:34,561 --> 00:15:36,594 OVER THEIR KEYS. AFTER ALL, JUST TO GET A 546 00:15:36,594 --> 00:15:37,660 AFTER ALL, JUST TO GET A LICENSE, THEY’RE ALREADY PROVEN 547 00:15:37,660 --> 00:15:41,000 LICENSE, THEY’RE ALREADY PROVEN THEIR OWN KIND OF INTELLIGENCE. 548 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:45,891 THEIR OWN KIND OF INTELLIGENCE. STUDYING OFTEN FOR YEARS TO 549 00:15:45,891 --> 00:15:46,495 STUDYING OFTEN FOR YEARS TO PASS 161-YEAR-OLD TEST CALLED 550 00:15:46,495 --> 00:15:49,396 PASS 161-YEAR-OLD TEST CALLED THE KNOWLEDGE. 551 00:15:49,396 --> 00:15:50,429 THE KNOWLEDGE. NOTHING ARTIFICIAL ABOUT. 552 00:15:50,429 --> 00:15:52,462 NOTHING ARTIFICIAL ABOUT. THEY HAVE TO MEMORIZE 25,000 553 00:15:52,462 --> 00:15:53,132 THEY HAVE TO MEMORIZE 25,000 STREETS AND THOUSANDS OF 554 00:15:53,132 --> 00:15:54,792 STREETS AND THOUSANDS OF LANDMARKS AND BUSINESSES AND 555 00:15:54,792 --> 00:15:58,165 LANDMARKS AND BUSINESSES AND KNOW THE SHORTEST ROUTES 556 00:15:58,165 --> 00:16:00,198 KNOW THE SHORTEST ROUTES BETWEEN THEM ALL. 557 00:16:00,198 --> 00:16:03,495 BETWEEN THEM ALL. >> WE’RE THE OLDEST FORM OF 558 00:16:03,495 --> 00:16:04,165 >> WE’RE THE OLDEST FORM OF TRANSPORT IN THE WORLD. 559 00:16:04,165 --> 00:16:04,363 TRANSPORT IN THE WORLD. FACT. 560 00:16:04,363 --> 00:16:06,231 FACT. WE COME BEFORE BUSES AND TRAINS 561 00:16:06,231 --> 00:16:06,759 WE COME BEFORE BUSES AND TRAINS AND STUFF. 562 00:16:06,759 --> 00:16:10,462 AND STUFF. YEAH, WE ARE THE ICONS OF 563 00:16:10,462 --> 00:16:10,693 YEAH, WE ARE THE ICONS OF LONDON. 564 00:16:10,693 --> 00:16:16,660 LONDON. IF WE DO A LEFT HERE, THE 565 00:16:16,660 --> 00:16:17,858 IF WE DO A LEFT HERE, THE GOLDSMITHS’ HALL. 566 00:16:17,858 --> 00:16:18,891 GOLDSMITHS’ HALL. >> WHAT’S THE WEIRDEST REQUEST 567 00:16:18,891 --> 00:16:22,231 >> WHAT’S THE WEIRDEST REQUEST YOU HAVE GOTTEN FROM A 568 00:16:22,231 --> 00:16:22,528 YOU HAVE GOTTEN FROM A PASSENGER? 569 00:16:22,528 --> 00:16:23,297 PASSENGER? >> WHAT, THIS WEEK? 570 00:16:23,297 --> 00:16:24,858 >> WHAT, THIS WEEK? OR -- 571 00:16:24,858 --> 00:16:25,396 OR -- >> YOU WOULDN’T BELIEVE. 572 00:16:25,396 --> 00:16:27,000 >> YOU WOULDN’T BELIEVE. THERE’S A GUY IT’S A REGULAR 573 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:30,033 THERE’S A GUY IT’S A REGULAR RIDE, AND HE’S GOT AN IRISH 574 00:16:30,033 --> 00:16:30,330 RIDE, AND HE’S GOT AN IRISH WOLF HOUND. 575 00:16:30,330 --> 00:16:30,528 WOLF HOUND. DOG. 576 00:16:30,528 --> 00:16:32,627 DOG. BECAUSE -- WHERE THE DOG LIVES. 577 00:16:32,627 --> 00:16:33,693 BECAUSE -- WHERE THE DOG LIVES. DOG JUMPS IN THE BACK. 578 00:16:33,693 --> 00:16:34,726 DOG JUMPS IN THE BACK. ONE OF THE BEST CUSTOMERS I 579 00:16:34,726 --> 00:16:36,891 ONE OF THE BEST CUSTOMERS I HAVE GOT AND NEVER SAYS A WORD. 580 00:16:36,891 --> 00:16:40,231 HAVE GOT AND NEVER SAYS A WORD. NEVER COMPLAINS ABOUT IT RIGHT? 581 00:16:40,231 --> 00:16:43,198 NEVER COMPLAINS ABOUT IT RIGHT? BUT WE GET PEOPLE I UNDERSTAND 582 00:16:43,198 --> 00:16:43,693 BUT WE GET PEOPLE I UNDERSTAND MOANING -- TO SCHOOL. 583 00:16:43,693 --> 00:16:44,759 MOANING -- TO SCHOOL. NEVER SEEN THEM BEFORE IN MY 584 00:16:44,759 --> 00:16:46,000 NEVER SEEN THEM BEFORE IN MY LIFE AND PROBABLY NEVER SEE ME 585 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:46,231 LIFE AND PROBABLY NEVER SEE ME AGAIN. 586 00:16:46,231 --> 00:16:47,660 AGAIN. THAT’S THE TRUST WE GET. 587 00:16:47,660 --> 00:16:50,627 THAT’S THE TRUST WE GET. >> THE TRUST AND CONFIDENCE IN 588 00:16:50,627 --> 00:16:53,066 >> THE TRUST AND CONFIDENCE IN CABBIES HERE DATES BACK TO 589 00:16:53,066 --> 00:16:53,264 CABBIES HERE DATES BACK TO 1865. 590 00:16:53,264 --> 00:16:57,033 1865. WHEN THE KNOWLEDGE EXAM WAS 591 00:16:57,033 --> 00:16:58,825 WHEN THE KNOWLEDGE EXAM WAS FIRST INTRODUCED TO LONDON’S 592 00:16:58,825 --> 00:17:01,792 FIRST INTRODUCED TO LONDON’S HORSE DRAWN CABMEN. 593 00:17:01,792 --> 00:17:03,363 HORSE DRAWN CABMEN. DO YOU HAVE RIDERS TESTING YOUR 594 00:17:03,363 --> 00:17:03,660 DO YOU HAVE RIDERS TESTING YOUR KNOWLEDGE. 595 00:17:03,660 --> 00:17:04,033 KNOWLEDGE. >> EVERY RIDE. 596 00:17:04,033 --> 00:17:05,495 >> EVERY RIDE. GOOGLE SAYS THIS AND GOOGLE 597 00:17:05,495 --> 00:17:05,792 GOOGLE SAYS THIS AND GOOGLE SAYS THAT. 598 00:17:05,792 --> 00:17:07,495 SAYS THAT. YOU NEVER GOING TO BEAT THE 599 00:17:07,495 --> 00:17:07,792 YOU NEVER GOING TO BEAT THE KNOWLEDGE. 600 00:17:07,792 --> 00:17:08,528 KNOWLEDGE. >> YOUR KNOWLEDGE IS BETTER 601 00:17:08,528 --> 00:17:11,165 >> YOUR KNOWLEDGE IS BETTER THAN WHAT A GOOGLE MAP WILL 602 00:17:11,165 --> 00:17:12,792 THAN WHAT A GOOGLE MAP WILL TELL YOU TO GO. 603 00:17:12,792 --> 00:17:15,528 TELL YOU TO GO. >> OH, DON’T MAKE ME LAUGH 604 00:17:15,528 --> 00:17:15,957 >> OH, DON’T MAKE ME LAUGH SERIOUSLY YOU KNOW. 605 00:17:15,957 --> 00:17:19,066 SERIOUSLY YOU KNOW. IT’S LIKE COMPARING A HOT DOG 606 00:17:19,066 --> 00:17:21,132 IT’S LIKE COMPARING A HOT DOG VENDOR TO GORDON RAMSAY. 607 00:17:21,132 --> 00:17:24,231 VENDOR TO GORDON RAMSAY. >> AT THE TRANSPORT FOR LONDON 608 00:17:24,231 --> 00:17:24,759 >> AT THE TRANSPORT FOR LONDON OFFICE, NERVOUS ASPIRING 609 00:17:24,759 --> 00:17:25,924 OFFICE, NERVOUS ASPIRING CABBIES DRESS UP IN SUNDAY BEST 610 00:17:25,924 --> 00:17:29,033 CABBIES DRESS UP IN SUNDAY BEST TO TAKE A SERIES OF ORAL EXAMS 611 00:17:29,033 --> 00:17:29,495 TO TAKE A SERIES OF ORAL EXAMS KNOWN AS APPEARANCES. 612 00:17:29,495 --> 00:17:33,429 KNOWN AS APPEARANCES. WHENEVER YOU ARE READY SIR 613 00:17:33,429 --> 00:17:34,528 WHENEVER YOU ARE READY SIR WE’LL GO FROM SOHO HOUSE TO THE 614 00:17:34,528 --> 00:17:34,924 WE’LL GO FROM SOHO HOUSE TO THE CHANCERY ROAD. 615 00:17:34,924 --> 00:17:36,726 CHANCERY ROAD. >> CANDIDATES ARE QUIZZED ON 616 00:17:36,726 --> 00:17:37,363 >> CANDIDATES ARE QUIZZED ON HOW TO GET BETWEEN TWO RANDOM 617 00:17:37,363 --> 00:17:39,132 HOW TO GET BETWEEN TWO RANDOM POINTS. 618 00:17:39,132 --> 00:17:43,000 POINTS. >> LEFT GREEK STREET. 619 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:44,297 >> LEFT GREEK STREET. RIGHT AVENUE AND LEFT GREAT 620 00:17:44,297 --> 00:17:47,792 RIGHT AVENUE AND LEFT GREAT WINDMILL STREET AND FORWARD HEY 621 00:17:47,792 --> 00:17:48,033 WINDMILL STREET AND FORWARD HEY MARKET. 622 00:17:48,033 --> 00:17:48,561 MARKET. >> EXAMINERS MEASURE THE 623 00:17:48,561 --> 00:17:50,099 >> EXAMINERS MEASURE THE DISTANCE ENSURING THEY’RE 624 00:17:50,099 --> 00:17:50,891 DISTANCE ENSURING THEY’RE CALLING THE SHORTEST ROUTE. 625 00:17:50,891 --> 00:17:51,561 CALLING THE SHORTEST ROUTE. >> UNFORTUNATELY SIR I CAN’T 626 00:17:51,561 --> 00:17:53,099 >> UNFORTUNATELY SIR I CAN’T SCORE YOU TODAY. 627 00:17:53,099 --> 00:17:54,264 SCORE YOU TODAY. >> HE FAILED THIS ROUND BUT FOR 628 00:17:54,264 --> 00:17:56,792 >> HE FAILED THIS ROUND BUT FOR THOSE WHO DO PASS THE 629 00:17:56,792 --> 00:17:57,561 THOSE WHO DO PASS THE KNOWLEDGE, THIS MEMORIZATION 630 00:17:57,561 --> 00:17:59,000 KNOWLEDGE, THIS MEMORIZATION HAS PROVEN TO BE SO CHALLENGING 631 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:00,594 HAS PROVEN TO BE SO CHALLENGING IT CAN CHANGE THE STRUCTURE OF 632 00:18:00,594 --> 00:18:02,363 IT CAN CHANGE THE STRUCTURE OF THEIR BRAINS. 633 00:18:02,363 --> 00:18:06,462 THEIR BRAINS. A STUDY FROM UNIVERSITY COLLEGE 634 00:18:06,462 --> 00:18:08,924 A STUDY FROM UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON FOUND CAB DRIVERS 635 00:18:08,924 --> 00:18:11,363 LONDON FOUND CAB DRIVERS POSTERIOR HIPPOCAMPI LINKED TO 636 00:18:11,363 --> 00:18:12,033 POSTERIOR HIPPOCAMPI LINKED TO MEMORY GOT BIGGER THROUGHOUT 637 00:18:12,033 --> 00:18:13,495 MEMORY GOT BIGGER THROUGHOUT THEIR CAREERS. 638 00:18:13,495 --> 00:18:15,594 THEIR CAREERS. >> EVERYONE IN THEIR PROFESSION 639 00:18:15,594 --> 00:18:17,033 >> EVERYONE IN THEIR PROFESSION HAS HAD TO TRAIN THEIR SELF 640 00:18:17,033 --> 00:18:18,198 HAS HAD TO TRAIN THEIR SELF WITH KNOWLEDGE TO BE THE BEST 641 00:18:18,198 --> 00:18:23,528 WITH KNOWLEDGE TO BE THE BEST THEY ARE AND ASK THAT’S WHAT 642 00:18:23,528 --> 00:18:23,858 THEY ARE AND ASK THAT’S WHAT WE’RE DOING. 643 00:18:23,858 --> 00:18:25,000 WE’RE DOING. >> STEVEN FAIRBRASS HAS BEEN 644 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:29,429 >> STEVEN FAIRBRASS HAS BEEN TRYING TO PASS FOR TEN YEARS. 645 00:18:29,429 --> 00:18:30,033 TRYING TO PASS FOR TEN YEARS. ANSHU MOORJANI FOR FIVE. 646 00:18:30,033 --> 00:18:31,726 ANSHU MOORJANI FOR FIVE. THEY SHOWED US THE BLUE BOOK. 647 00:18:31,726 --> 00:18:33,198 THEY SHOWED US THE BLUE BOOK. >> POINTS OF INTEREST. 648 00:18:33,198 --> 00:18:34,297 >> POINTS OF INTEREST. >> ANY PAYING CUSTOMER -- WOULD 649 00:18:34,297 --> 00:18:36,330 >> ANY PAYING CUSTOMER -- WOULD WANT YOU TO TAKE THEM TO. 650 00:18:36,330 --> 00:18:38,924 WANT YOU TO TAKE THEM TO. >> I MEAN, THERE’S THOUSANDS OF 651 00:18:38,924 --> 00:18:39,132 >> I MEAN, THERE’S THOUSANDS OF THEM. 652 00:18:39,132 --> 00:18:39,363 THEM. >> YES. 653 00:18:39,363 --> 00:18:40,726 >> YES. 6,000 OF THEM. 654 00:18:40,726 --> 00:18:41,825 6,000 OF THEM. >> I CAN’T BELIEVE THIS. 655 00:18:41,825 --> 00:18:44,627 >> I CAN’T BELIEVE THIS. THE LAST JUDGMENT, THE LAW 656 00:18:44,627 --> 00:18:44,957 THE LAST JUDGMENT, THE LAW SOCIETY HALL. 657 00:18:44,957 --> 00:18:45,891 SOCIETY HALL. THE LONDONER HOTEL. 658 00:18:45,891 --> 00:18:47,066 THE LONDONER HOTEL. THE MARQUEE, THE MON HIGH BAY 659 00:18:47,066 --> 00:18:47,264 THE MARQUEE, THE MON HIGH BAY AREA. 660 00:18:47,264 --> 00:18:49,363 AREA. THIS IS CRAZY THAT YOU HAVE TO 661 00:18:49,363 --> 00:18:49,792 THIS IS CRAZY THAT YOU HAVE TO KNOW ALL THIS. 662 00:18:49,792 --> 00:18:53,660 KNOW ALL THIS. YOU HAVE TO LEARN INDIVIDUAL 663 00:18:53,660 --> 00:18:54,000 YOU HAVE TO LEARN INDIVIDUAL RESTAURANTS? 664 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:54,561 RESTAURANTS? >> INDIVIDUAL RESTAURANTS. 665 00:18:54,561 --> 00:18:54,957 >> INDIVIDUAL RESTAURANTS. >> PUBLIC HOUSES. 666 00:18:54,957 --> 00:18:55,627 >> PUBLIC HOUSES. >> WHATEVER RESTAURANT GOES OUT 667 00:18:55,627 --> 00:18:55,957 >> WHATEVER RESTAURANT GOES OUT OF BUSINESS. 668 00:18:55,957 --> 00:18:56,561 OF BUSINESS. >> IT CHANGES NAMES AND THEN 669 00:18:56,561 --> 00:18:57,495 >> IT CHANGES NAMES AND THEN YOU LEARN A NEW NAME IT. 670 00:18:57,495 --> 00:18:58,396 YOU LEARN A NEW NAME IT. >> COMES ON THE LIST. 671 00:18:58,396 --> 00:18:58,957 >> COMES ON THE LIST. [ LAUGHTER ] 672 00:18:58,957 --> 00:19:00,066 [ LAUGHTER ] >> COMES ON THE LIST. 673 00:19:00,066 --> 00:19:01,000 >> COMES ON THE LIST. >> GOES ON THE LIST. 674 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:04,198 >> GOES ON THE LIST. >> NOW THEIR KNOWLEDGE IS BEING 675 00:19:04,198 --> 00:19:06,462 >> NOW THEIR KNOWLEDGE IS BEING TESTED LIKE NEVER BEFORE. 676 00:19:06,462 --> 00:19:07,693 TESTED LIKE NEVER BEFORE. AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES HAVEN’T 677 00:19:07,693 --> 00:19:09,858 AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES HAVEN’T BEEN APPROVE TODAY PICK UP 678 00:19:09,858 --> 00:19:10,792 BEEN APPROVE TODAY PICK UP PASSENGERS IN LONDON YET. 679 00:19:10,792 --> 00:19:11,363 PASSENGERS IN LONDON YET. BUT SEVERAL COMPANIES ARE 680 00:19:11,363 --> 00:19:13,231 BUT SEVERAL COMPANIES ARE ALREADY TRYING OUT THEIR CARS 681 00:19:13,231 --> 00:19:15,528 ALREADY TRYING OUT THEIR CARS HERE. 682 00:19:15,528 --> 00:19:19,297 HERE. WAYVE A BRITISH START-UP BACKED 683 00:19:19,297 --> 00:19:20,858 WAYVE A BRITISH START-UP BACKED BY NVIDIA AND MICROSOFT HOPES 684 00:19:20,858 --> 00:19:22,627 BY NVIDIA AND MICROSOFT HOPES TO BE IN OPERATION THIS YEAR AS 685 00:19:22,627 --> 00:19:24,792 TO BE IN OPERATION THIS YEAR AS DOES WAYMO WHICH IS OWNED BY 686 00:19:24,792 --> 00:19:30,759 DOES WAYMO WHICH IS OWNED BY GOOGLE’S PARENT COMPANY 687 00:19:30,759 --> 00:19:31,033 GOOGLE’S PARENT COMPANY ALPHABET. 688 00:19:31,033 --> 00:19:33,165 ALPHABET. TEKEDRA SAYS PUTTING MORE OF 689 00:19:33,165 --> 00:19:35,594 TEKEDRA SAYS PUTTING MORE OF THE ROBO TAXIS ON THE ROAD CAN 690 00:19:35,594 --> 00:19:37,363 THE ROBO TAXIS ON THE ROAD CAN SAVE LIVES EACH YEAR. 691 00:19:37,363 --> 00:19:38,462 SAVE LIVES EACH YEAR. YOU BELIEVE DRIVERLESS CARS ARE 692 00:19:38,462 --> 00:19:40,099 YOU BELIEVE DRIVERLESS CARS ARE SAFER THAN A HUMAN DRIVEN 693 00:19:40,099 --> 00:19:40,363 SAFER THAN A HUMAN DRIVEN VEHICLE. 694 00:19:40,363 --> 00:19:42,396 VEHICLE. >> IN THE CASE OF WAYMO, WE 695 00:19:42,396 --> 00:19:43,759 >> IN THE CASE OF WAYMO, WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE DATA SHOWS US 696 00:19:43,759 --> 00:19:46,330 ACTUALLY HAVE THE DATA SHOWS US THAT WE’RE FIVE TIMES SAFER 697 00:19:46,330 --> 00:19:47,297 THAT WE’RE FIVE TIMES SAFER THAN A HUMAN DRIVER. 698 00:19:47,297 --> 00:19:49,429 THAN A HUMAN DRIVER. >> WAYMO HAS ALREADY MADE 699 00:19:49,429 --> 00:19:51,297 >> WAYMO HAS ALREADY MADE SIGNIFICANT INROADS IN THE U.S. 700 00:19:51,297 --> 00:19:52,759 SIGNIFICANT INROADS IN THE U.S. IT FIRST BEGAN OFFERING RIDES 701 00:19:52,759 --> 00:19:55,891 IT FIRST BEGAN OFFERING RIDES TO CUSTOMERS IN A PHOENIX 702 00:19:55,891 --> 00:19:56,594 TO CUSTOMERS IN A PHOENIX SUBURB IN 2020. 703 00:19:56,594 --> 00:20:01,396 SUBURB IN 2020. NOW MILLIONS OF RIDERS ACROSS 704 00:20:01,396 --> 00:20:04,264 NOW MILLIONS OF RIDERS ACROSS 11 MAJOR U.S. CITIES ARE BEING 705 00:20:04,264 --> 00:20:05,198 11 MAJOR U.S. CITIES ARE BEING DRIVEN BY WAYMOS EVERY MONTH. 706 00:20:05,198 --> 00:20:06,000 DRIVEN BY WAYMOS EVERY MONTH. >> SEND THE LAST EMAIL THEY 707 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:07,957 >> SEND THE LAST EMAIL THEY DIDN’T GET TO SEND AND CHECK ON 708 00:20:07,957 --> 00:20:08,957 DIDN’T GET TO SEND AND CHECK ON THE KID THAT’S SCREAMING BUT 709 00:20:08,957 --> 00:20:12,330 THE KID THAT’S SCREAMING BUT WE’RE TRYING TO DRIVE AND DO 710 00:20:12,330 --> 00:20:12,528 WE’RE TRYING TO DRIVE AND DO THAT. 711 00:20:12,528 --> 00:20:13,231 THAT. THIS GIVES THE CHANCE TO TAKE 712 00:20:13,231 --> 00:20:15,891 THIS GIVES THE CHANCE TO TAKE CARE OF THE THINGS AND LET THE 713 00:20:15,891 --> 00:20:19,132 CARE OF THE THINGS AND LET THE WAYMO DRIVER GET YOU FROM POINT 714 00:20:19,132 --> 00:20:19,825 WAYMO DRIVER GET YOU FROM POINT A. TO POINT B. 715 00:20:19,825 --> 00:20:22,495 A. TO POINT B. >> YOU CALL IT A DRIVER BUT 716 00:20:22,495 --> 00:20:23,462 >> YOU CALL IT A DRIVER BUT THERE’S NO DRIVER. 717 00:20:23,462 --> 00:20:26,396 THERE’S NO DRIVER. >> WE THINK OF IT AS IMPORTANT 718 00:20:26,396 --> 00:20:29,825 >> WE THINK OF IT AS IMPORTANT IT’S TO THINK THERE’S A DRIVER. 719 00:20:29,825 --> 00:20:30,693 IT’S TO THINK THERE’S A DRIVER. THIS DRIVER IS THE MOST 720 00:20:30,693 --> 00:20:32,132 THIS DRIVER IS THE MOST EXPERIENCED IN THE WORLDS. 721 00:20:32,132 --> 00:20:34,858 EXPERIENCED IN THE WORLDS. WE TRAVEL OVER 2 MILLION-MILES 722 00:20:34,858 --> 00:20:35,099 WE TRAVEL OVER 2 MILLION-MILES A WEEK. 723 00:20:35,099 --> 00:20:36,561 A WEEK. HUMANS DRIVE ABOUT 700,000 724 00:20:36,561 --> 00:20:37,561 HUMANS DRIVE ABOUT 700,000 MILES IN A LIFETIME. 725 00:20:37,561 --> 00:20:39,066 MILES IN A LIFETIME. THIS IS ALMOST THREE LIFETIMES 726 00:20:39,066 --> 00:20:41,957 THIS IS ALMOST THREE LIFETIMES PER WEEK THAT OUR FLEET IS 727 00:20:41,957 --> 00:20:42,231 PER WEEK THAT OUR FLEET IS DRIVING. 728 00:20:42,231 --> 00:20:43,792 DRIVING. >> BECAUSE IT’S BEEN TRAINED ON 729 00:20:43,792 --> 00:20:46,726 >> BECAUSE IT’S BEEN TRAINED ON EVERY OTHER RIDE THAT WAYMO HAS 730 00:20:46,726 --> 00:20:46,957 EVERY OTHER RIDE THAT WAYMO HAS GIVEN. 731 00:20:46,957 --> 00:20:49,000 GIVEN. >> THE WHOLE FLEET, YES. 732 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:51,132 >> THE WHOLE FLEET, YES. >> WAYMO’S AI ALSO DRIVEN 733 00:20:51,132 --> 00:20:51,891 >> WAYMO’S AI ALSO DRIVEN BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN 734 00:20:51,891 --> 00:20:52,231 BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN SIMULATIONS. 735 00:20:52,231 --> 00:20:54,726 SIMULATIONS. TO TRAIN FOR THE COUNTLESS RARE 736 00:20:54,726 --> 00:20:58,099 TO TRAIN FOR THE COUNTLESS RARE SCENARIOS IT MIGHT FACE ON 737 00:20:58,099 --> 00:20:58,330 SCENARIOS IT MIGHT FACE ON ROADS. 738 00:20:58,330 --> 00:20:59,825 ROADS. LIKE SNOW ON THE GOLDEN GATE 739 00:20:59,825 --> 00:21:01,330 LIKE SNOW ON THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE OR EVEN THE ELEPHANT 740 00:21:01,330 --> 00:21:01,759 BRIDGE OR EVEN THE ELEPHANT STOPPING TRAFFIC. 741 00:21:01,759 --> 00:21:02,726 STOPPING TRAFFIC. >> START THE RIDE WHENEVER YOU 742 00:21:02,726 --> 00:21:03,066 >> START THE RIDE WHENEVER YOU ARE READY. 743 00:21:03,066 --> 00:21:04,165 ARE READY. >> IN SAN FRANCISCO, WE TOOK A 744 00:21:04,165 --> 00:21:09,000 >> IN SAN FRANCISCO, WE TOOK A TRIP IN ONE OF ITS ROBO TAXIS 745 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:11,264 TRIP IN ONE OF ITS ROBO TAXIS WITH PRODUCT MANAGER CHRIS 746 00:21:11,264 --> 00:21:11,528 WITH PRODUCT MANAGER CHRIS LUDWICK. 747 00:21:11,528 --> 00:21:12,693 LUDWICK. >> HAPPY FRIDAY. 748 00:21:12,693 --> 00:21:13,957 >> HAPPY FRIDAY. >> IT’S A LITTLE FREAKY NOT TO 749 00:21:13,957 --> 00:21:14,792 >> IT’S A LITTLE FREAKY NOT TO TO HAVE A DRIVER. 750 00:21:14,792 --> 00:21:17,396 TO HAVE A DRIVER. >> YOU HEAR THIS ALL THE TIME. 751 00:21:17,396 --> 00:21:19,792 >> YOU HEAR THIS ALL THE TIME. BUT LIKE I’M WATCHING THE WHEEL 752 00:21:19,792 --> 00:21:20,297 BUT LIKE I’M WATCHING THE WHEEL VERY, VERY CAREFULLY. 753 00:21:20,297 --> 00:21:21,297 VERY, VERY CAREFULLY. >> AFTER FEW MINUTES, THE RIDE 754 00:21:21,297 --> 00:21:22,726 >> AFTER FEW MINUTES, THE RIDE FELT STRANGELY NORMAL. 755 00:21:22,726 --> 00:21:26,396 FELT STRANGELY NORMAL. >> FEELS LIKE A VERY CAREFUL 756 00:21:26,396 --> 00:21:26,627 >> FEELS LIKE A VERY CAREFUL DRIVER. 757 00:21:26,627 --> 00:21:30,495 DRIVER. >> OUR GOAL IS KIND OF 758 00:21:30,495 --> 00:21:30,924 >> OUR GOAL IS KIND OF BLISSFULLY BORING. 759 00:21:30,924 --> 00:21:34,033 BLISSFULLY BORING. >> THE CAR’S OUTFELTED WITH 29 760 00:21:34,033 --> 00:21:37,198 >> THE CAR’S OUTFELTED WITH 29 CAMERAS AND SIX RADARS AND FIVE 761 00:21:37,198 --> 00:21:39,528 CAMERAS AND SIX RADARS AND FIVE SENSORS WHICH ALWAYS PULSE TO 762 00:21:39,528 --> 00:21:40,132 SENSORS WHICH ALWAYS PULSE TO MEASURE DISTANCES AND OBJECTS 763 00:21:40,132 --> 00:21:41,594 MEASURE DISTANCES AND OBJECTS AND PEOPLE AS FAR AS THREE 764 00:21:41,594 --> 00:21:43,429 AND PEOPLE AS FAR AS THREE FOOTBALL FIELDS AWAY. 765 00:21:43,429 --> 00:21:45,264 FOOTBALL FIELDS AWAY. INSIDE, A SCREEN SHOWS RIDERS 766 00:21:45,264 --> 00:21:47,429 INSIDE, A SCREEN SHOWS RIDERS WHAT THE CAR IS SEEING. 767 00:21:47,429 --> 00:21:48,660 WHAT THE CAR IS SEEING. IT SEES AN INTERSECTION AND I 768 00:21:48,660 --> 00:21:49,726 IT SEES AN INTERSECTION AND I DON’T KNOW 300 FEET AWAY. 769 00:21:49,726 --> 00:21:51,132 DON’T KNOW 300 FEET AWAY. BUT BECAUSE THERE’S OTHER CARS 770 00:21:51,132 --> 00:21:51,495 BUT BECAUSE THERE’S OTHER CARS I CAN’T SEE IT. 771 00:21:51,495 --> 00:21:53,594 I CAN’T SEE IT. BUT IT SEES AROUND THESE OTHER 772 00:21:53,594 --> 00:21:53,792 BUT IT SEES AROUND THESE OTHER CARS. 773 00:21:53,792 --> 00:21:54,198 CARS. >> THAT’S RIGHT. 774 00:21:54,198 --> 00:21:55,858 >> THAT’S RIGHT. AND THAT’S PARTLY THE DESIGN OF 775 00:21:55,858 --> 00:21:57,594 AND THAT’S PARTLY THE DESIGN OF THE PLACEMENT OF THE SENSORS. 776 00:21:57,594 --> 00:21:59,660 THE PLACEMENT OF THE SENSORS. MAKES IT SUPER HUMAN COMPARED 777 00:21:59,660 --> 00:22:00,957 MAKES IT SUPER HUMAN COMPARED TO WHAT A HUMAN WOULD BE ABLE 778 00:22:00,957 --> 00:22:01,198 TO WHAT A HUMAN WOULD BE ABLE TO DO. 779 00:22:01,198 --> 00:22:02,528 TO DO. >> WAYMO SAYS THE DATA GATHERED 780 00:22:02,528 --> 00:22:04,429 >> WAYMO SAYS THE DATA GATHERED FROM THE SENSORS ENABLES THE AI 781 00:22:04,429 --> 00:22:06,594 FROM THE SENSORS ENABLES THE AI TO RESPOND FASTER THAN A HUMAN. 782 00:22:06,594 --> 00:22:08,693 TO RESPOND FASTER THAN A HUMAN. WE SAW THIS WHEN A WOMAN 783 00:22:08,693 --> 00:22:10,462 WE SAW THIS WHEN A WOMAN TALKING ON HER PHONE CROSSED 784 00:22:10,462 --> 00:22:12,066 TALKING ON HER PHONE CROSSED RIGHT IN FRONT OF US. 785 00:22:12,066 --> 00:22:14,132 RIGHT IN FRONT OF US. IT’S KIND OF CRAZY TO -- SEE A 786 00:22:14,132 --> 00:22:17,264 IT’S KIND OF CRAZY TO -- SEE A PERSON CHANGE THEIR MIND AND 787 00:22:17,264 --> 00:22:18,264 PERSON CHANGE THEIR MIND AND HOW QUICKLY THE WAYMO RESPONDED 788 00:22:18,264 --> 00:22:19,957 HOW QUICKLY THE WAYMO RESPONDED TO LIKE -- SLIGHT MOTION OF 789 00:22:19,957 --> 00:22:20,429 TO LIKE -- SLIGHT MOTION OF THEM MOVING FORWARD. 790 00:22:20,429 --> 00:22:20,759 THEM MOVING FORWARD. >> EXACTLY. 791 00:22:20,759 --> 00:22:22,429 >> EXACTLY. THE SYSTEM HAS LEARNED TO REACT 792 00:22:22,429 --> 00:22:25,759 THE SYSTEM HAS LEARNED TO REACT TO THOSE SALT L CUES BECAUSE 793 00:22:25,759 --> 00:22:26,297 TO THOSE SALT L CUES BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT’S NECESSARY. 794 00:22:26,297 --> 00:22:27,957 THAT’S WHAT’S NECESSARY. >> WAYMO’S AI MAY HAVE A LOT OF 795 00:22:27,957 --> 00:22:29,594 >> WAYMO’S AI MAY HAVE A LOT OF TRAINING, BUT IT’S STILL MAKING 796 00:22:29,594 --> 00:22:30,693 TRAINING, BUT IT’S STILL MAKING SOME ROOKIE MISTAKES. 797 00:22:30,693 --> 00:22:31,066 SOME ROOKIE MISTAKES. >> OH MY GOD. 798 00:22:31,066 --> 00:22:33,132 >> OH MY GOD. WHAT THE [ BLEEP ] IS THAT 799 00:22:33,132 --> 00:22:33,462 WHAT THE [ BLEEP ] IS THAT WAYMO DOING. 800 00:22:33,462 --> 00:22:35,693 WAYMO DOING. >> IN LOS ANGELES, A WAYMO 801 00:22:35,693 --> 00:22:38,033 >> IN LOS ANGELES, A WAYMO DROVE THROUGH AN ACTIVE POLICE 802 00:22:38,033 --> 00:22:38,264 DROVE THROUGH AN ACTIVE POLICE SCENE. 803 00:22:38,264 --> 00:22:38,528 SCENE. >> WAYMO. 804 00:22:38,528 --> 00:22:38,792 >> WAYMO. COME ON. 805 00:22:38,792 --> 00:22:40,363 COME ON. >> THERE IS ALSO BEEN INCIDENTS 806 00:22:40,363 --> 00:22:43,561 >> THERE IS ALSO BEEN INCIDENTS OF THE ROBO TAXIS GETTING IN 807 00:22:43,561 --> 00:22:45,528 OF THE ROBO TAXIS GETTING IN THE WAY OF EMERGENCY RESPONDERS 808 00:22:45,528 --> 00:22:46,660 THE WAY OF EMERGENCY RESPONDERS AND ILLEGALLY PASSING STOPPED 809 00:22:46,660 --> 00:22:49,198 AND ILLEGALLY PASSING STOPPED SCHOOL BUSES LEADING TO A 810 00:22:49,198 --> 00:22:49,792 SCHOOL BUSES LEADING TO A SOFTWARE RECALL AND A FEDERAL 811 00:22:49,792 --> 00:22:51,792 SOFTWARE RECALL AND A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION. 812 00:22:51,792 --> 00:22:53,132 INVESTIGATION. BACK IN LONDON, WAYMO’S ROBO 813 00:22:53,132 --> 00:22:54,429 BACK IN LONDON, WAYMO’S ROBO TAXIS HAVE BEEN DRIVING THE 814 00:22:54,429 --> 00:22:56,792 TAXIS HAVE BEEN DRIVING THE STREETS TO BUILD A DETAILED 3D 815 00:22:56,792 --> 00:22:59,033 STREETS TO BUILD A DETAILED 3D MAP TO TRAIN ITS AI. 816 00:22:59,033 --> 00:23:01,132 MAP TO TRAIN ITS AI. THE COMPANY STANDARD BEFORE 817 00:23:01,132 --> 00:23:03,066 THE COMPANY STANDARD BEFORE OPERATING IN A NEW AREA. 818 00:23:03,066 --> 00:23:03,825 OPERATING IN A NEW AREA. BUT IT DOES HAVE COMPETITION. 819 00:23:03,825 --> 00:23:06,957 BUT IT DOES HAVE COMPETITION. >> WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR AI 820 00:23:06,957 --> 00:23:09,462 >> WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR AI UNDERSTANDS EVERY CONCEPT IT 821 00:23:09,462 --> 00:23:09,825 UNDERSTANDS EVERY CONCEPT IT AND MIGHT FIND. 822 00:23:09,825 --> 00:23:13,099 AND MIGHT FIND. >> AT EXDEN CAL IS WAYVE’S CEO. 823 00:23:13,099 --> 00:23:15,363 >> AT EXDEN CAL IS WAYVE’S CEO. UNLIKE WAYMOS HIS ARTIFICIAL 824 00:23:15,363 --> 00:23:16,561 UNLIKE WAYMOS HIS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DOESN’T MAP OUT A 825 00:23:16,561 --> 00:23:17,759 INTELLIGENCE DOESN’T MAP OUT A CITY BEFORE DRIVING IN IT. 826 00:23:17,759 --> 00:23:18,957 CITY BEFORE DRIVING IN IT. HOW IS IT POSSIBLE YOU DON’T 827 00:23:18,957 --> 00:23:20,825 HOW IS IT POSSIBLE YOU DON’T NEED TO MAP A CITY ENTIRELY 828 00:23:20,825 --> 00:23:22,231 NEED TO MAP A CITY ENTIRELY BEFORE GETTING THE VEHICLES TO 829 00:23:22,231 --> 00:23:23,231 BEFORE GETTING THE VEHICLES TO DRIVE AUTONOMOUSLY IN IT? 830 00:23:23,231 --> 00:23:24,858 DRIVE AUTONOMOUSLY IN IT? >> WELL, THINK ABOUT HOW YOU 831 00:23:24,858 --> 00:23:26,000 >> WELL, THINK ABOUT HOW YOU AND I LEARN HOW TO DRIVE. 832 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:27,858 AND I LEARN HOW TO DRIVE. LEARN HOW TO GO THROUGH A FEW 833 00:23:27,858 --> 00:23:29,660 LEARN HOW TO GO THROUGH A FEW TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND THAT -- 834 00:23:29,660 --> 00:23:31,165 TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND THAT -- TAUGHT ME HOW THE CONCEPT OF 835 00:23:31,165 --> 00:23:31,957 TAUGHT ME HOW THE CONCEPT OF TRAFFIC LIGHTS WORKS. 836 00:23:31,957 --> 00:23:33,693 TRAFFIC LIGHTS WORKS. AND A SIMILAR WAY, THAT’S HOW 837 00:23:33,693 --> 00:23:35,759 AND A SIMILAR WAY, THAT’S HOW OUR AI LEARNS, WE TRAIN IT ON 838 00:23:35,759 --> 00:23:39,000 OUR AI LEARNS, WE TRAIN IT ON MILLIONS OF HOURS OF EXPERIENCE 839 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:41,495 MILLIONS OF HOURS OF EXPERIENCE DRIVING ALL AROUND THE WORLD. 840 00:23:41,495 --> 00:23:42,627 DRIVING ALL AROUND THE WORLD. IT’S NEVER SEEN BEFORE OR NEVER 841 00:23:42,627 --> 00:23:43,462 IT’S NEVER SEEN BEFORE OR NEVER BEEN MAPPED IT CAN UNDERSTAND 842 00:23:43,462 --> 00:23:46,891 BEEN MAPPED IT CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT’S IN FRONT OF IT AND MAKE 843 00:23:46,891 --> 00:23:48,033 WHAT’S IN FRONT OF IT AND MAKE DECISIONS IN REALTIME. 844 00:23:48,033 --> 00:23:49,792 DECISIONS IN REALTIME. >> WAYVE’S ROBO TAXIS ARE STILL 845 00:23:49,792 --> 00:23:51,264 >> WAYVE’S ROBO TAXIS ARE STILL IN TESTING AND NOT YET 846 00:23:51,264 --> 00:23:51,792 IN TESTING AND NOT YET AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. 847 00:23:51,792 --> 00:23:54,033 AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. >> THE PRODUCTS THAT WE’RE 848 00:23:54,033 --> 00:23:55,891 >> THE PRODUCTS THAT WE’RE BUILDING WILL USE INBUILT 849 00:23:55,891 --> 00:23:56,165 BUILDING WILL USE INBUILT SENSORS. 850 00:23:56,165 --> 00:23:56,825 SENSORS. >> KENDALL BELIEVES THE AI WILL 851 00:23:56,825 --> 00:23:58,693 >> KENDALL BELIEVES THE AI WILL BE ABLE TO MORE EASILY ADAPT TO 852 00:23:58,693 --> 00:23:59,099 BE ABLE TO MORE EASILY ADAPT TO NEW ENVIRONMENTS. 853 00:23:59,099 --> 00:23:59,594 NEW ENVIRONMENTS. LET’S GO FOR A DRIVE. 854 00:23:59,594 --> 00:23:59,924 LET’S GO FOR A DRIVE. >> OKAY. 855 00:23:59,924 --> 00:24:02,825 >> OKAY. >> HE TOOK US TO WESTMINSTER. 856 00:24:02,825 --> 00:24:04,198 >> HE TOOK US TO WESTMINSTER. A DISTRICT IN LONDON THAT’S 857 00:24:04,198 --> 00:24:06,198 A DISTRICT IN LONDON THAT’S HOME SOME OF THE CITY’S MOST 858 00:24:06,198 --> 00:24:07,858 HOME SOME OF THE CITY’S MOST HISTORIC LANDMARKS TO SHOW US 859 00:24:07,858 --> 00:24:09,363 HISTORIC LANDMARKS TO SHOW US WHERE HE’S BEEN TRAINING HIS 860 00:24:09,363 --> 00:24:12,066 WHERE HE’S BEEN TRAINING HIS FLEET SINCE WAYVE’S EARLY DAYS 861 00:24:12,066 --> 00:24:12,693 FLEET SINCE WAYVE’S EARLY DAYS IN 2019. 862 00:24:12,693 --> 00:24:14,099 IN 2019. GROW FOOT IS NOT -- 863 00:24:14,099 --> 00:24:15,726 GROW FOOT IS NOT -- >> I’M NOT TOUCHING CONTROLS. 864 00:24:15,726 --> 00:24:16,495 >> I’M NOT TOUCHING CONTROLS. THE AI IS CONTROLLING THE 865 00:24:16,495 --> 00:24:17,891 THE AI IS CONTROLLING THE STEERING AND THE SPEED AND 866 00:24:17,891 --> 00:24:18,858 STEERING AND THE SPEED AND INDICATORS AND THE BRAKE. 867 00:24:18,858 --> 00:24:20,891 INDICATORS AND THE BRAKE. >> UNTIL ROBO TAXIS ARE 868 00:24:20,891 --> 00:24:21,858 >> UNTIL ROBO TAXIS ARE APPROVED BY THE GOVERNMENT 869 00:24:21,858 --> 00:24:24,660 APPROVED BY THE GOVERNMENT HERE, A HUMAN HAS TO SIT IN THE 870 00:24:24,660 --> 00:24:25,594 HERE, A HUMAN HAS TO SIT IN THE DRIVER SEAT FOR SAFETY. 871 00:24:25,594 --> 00:24:29,033 DRIVER SEAT FOR SAFETY. >> HERE’S ONE OF THE BUSIER 872 00:24:29,033 --> 00:24:31,660 >> HERE’S ONE OF THE BUSIER ROUNDABOUTS IN FRONT OF 873 00:24:31,660 --> 00:24:32,000 ROUNDABOUTS IN FRONT OF WESTMINSTER. 874 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:35,561 WESTMINSTER. RIGHT IN FRONT OF PARLIAMENT. 875 00:24:35,561 --> 00:24:36,330 RIGHT IN FRONT OF PARLIAMENT. LOTS OF TOURISTS AROUND AND 876 00:24:36,330 --> 00:24:38,429 LOTS OF TOURISTS AROUND AND DIFFERENT VEHICLES. 877 00:24:38,429 --> 00:24:39,660 DIFFERENT VEHICLES. >> THIS GUY JUST CROSSED INTO 878 00:24:39,660 --> 00:24:40,000 >> THIS GUY JUST CROSSED INTO -- OUR LANE. 879 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:43,693 -- OUR LANE. >> NOW BACK TO ANOTHER LANE. 880 00:24:43,693 --> 00:24:45,627 >> NOW BACK TO ANOTHER LANE. AS A BIKE THAT WE HAVE TO WAIT 881 00:24:45,627 --> 00:24:46,924 AS A BIKE THAT WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR BEFORE MAKING THE LANE 882 00:24:46,924 --> 00:24:48,891 FOR BEFORE MAKING THE LANE CHANGE. 883 00:24:48,891 --> 00:24:51,561 CHANGE. JUST SUCH A LONG LIST OF THINGS 884 00:24:51,561 --> 00:24:53,660 JUST SUCH A LONG LIST OF THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN ON THE ROAD. 885 00:24:53,660 --> 00:24:55,264 THAT CAN HAPPEN ON THE ROAD. I THINK THAT’S THE MAIN 886 00:24:55,264 --> 00:24:56,627 I THINK THAT’S THE MAIN ADVANTAGE OF AN AI DRIVER HERE 887 00:24:56,627 --> 00:24:59,330 ADVANTAGE OF AN AI DRIVER HERE IS THAT IT CAN HAVE THE 888 00:24:59,330 --> 00:24:59,957 IS THAT IT CAN HAVE THE INTELLIGENCE TO DEAL WITH 889 00:24:59,957 --> 00:25:03,000 INTELLIGENCE TO DEAL WITH THINGS THAT YOU MAY NEVER 890 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:03,462 THINGS THAT YOU MAY NEVER EXPECT ON THE ROADS. 891 00:25:03,462 --> 00:25:05,594 EXPECT ON THE ROADS. >> I’LL GO -- 892 00:25:05,594 --> 00:25:06,660 >> I’LL GO -- >> ASPIRING CABBIE STEVEN 893 00:25:06,660 --> 00:25:07,495 >> ASPIRING CABBIE STEVEN FAIRBRASS DIDN’T SEEM TOO 894 00:25:07,495 --> 00:25:08,726 FAIRBRASS DIDN’T SEEM TOO CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. 895 00:25:08,726 --> 00:25:13,132 CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. DO YOU WORRY ABOUT THE FUTURE 896 00:25:13,132 --> 00:25:13,396 DO YOU WORRY ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THIS? 897 00:25:13,396 --> 00:25:14,165 OF THIS? YOU KNOW, AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES 898 00:25:14,165 --> 00:25:14,528 YOU KNOW, AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES DRIVING AROUND? 899 00:25:14,528 --> 00:25:14,825 DRIVING AROUND? >> NO. 900 00:25:14,825 --> 00:25:15,759 >> NO. >> WHY DON’T YOU WORRY? 901 00:25:15,759 --> 00:25:19,132 >> WHY DON’T YOU WORRY? >> TO ME, THE HUMAN BRAIN WILL 902 00:25:19,132 --> 00:25:21,165 >> TO ME, THE HUMAN BRAIN WILL ALWAYS BE THE STRONGEST TOOL. 903 00:25:21,165 --> 00:25:23,330 ALWAYS BE THE STRONGEST TOOL. CAN YOU IMAGINE YOU ARE TRYING 904 00:25:23,330 --> 00:25:25,429 CAN YOU IMAGINE YOU ARE TRYING TO HOLD DOWN A VEHICLE WITH NO 905 00:25:25,429 --> 00:25:25,792 TO HOLD DOWN A VEHICLE WITH NO DRIVER IN IT? 906 00:25:25,792 --> 00:25:27,957 DRIVER IN IT? YOU ARE STANDING THERE IN THE 907 00:25:27,957 --> 00:25:29,561 YOU ARE STANDING THERE IN THE RAIN, TRYING TO GET HOME. 908 00:25:29,561 --> 00:25:30,726 RAIN, TRYING TO GET HOME. AND THAT VEHICLE JUST DRIVES 909 00:25:30,726 --> 00:25:31,891 AND THAT VEHICLE JUST DRIVES STRAIGHT PAST YOU BECAUSE IT 910 00:25:31,891 --> 00:25:33,627 STRAIGHT PAST YOU BECAUSE IT HASN’T GOT A SENSOR OR A HUMAN 911 00:25:33,627 --> 00:25:36,627 HASN’T GOT A SENSOR OR A HUMAN BRAIN OR AN EYE TO TURN. 912 00:25:36,627 --> 00:25:41,264 BRAIN OR AN EYE TO TURN. SO TO ME, HUMAN BEINGS DRIVERS, 913 00:25:41,264 --> 00:25:42,429 SO TO ME, HUMAN BEINGS DRIVERS, ALWAYS GOING TO BE NEEDED. 914 00:25:42,429 --> 00:25:42,660 ALWAYS GOING TO BE NEEDED. ALWAYS. 915 00:25:42,660 --> 00:25:46,759 ALWAYS. >> ANSHU MOORJANI HOWEVER 916 00:25:46,759 --> 00:25:47,957 >> ANSHU MOORJANI HOWEVER DIDN’T SEEM SO SURE. 917 00:25:47,957 --> 00:25:49,000 DIDN’T SEEM SO SURE. >> EVERY -- PROFESSION IS BEING 918 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:49,396 >> EVERY -- PROFESSION IS BEING AFFECTED BY AI. 919 00:25:49,396 --> 00:25:50,660 AFFECTED BY AI. I DON’T KNOW WHAT IT’S GOING TO 920 00:25:50,660 --> 00:25:52,594 I DON’T KNOW WHAT IT’S GOING TO DO IN NEAR FUTURE. 921 00:25:52,594 --> 00:25:55,231 DO IN NEAR FUTURE. AND BUT IT’S ALWAYS THERE ON 922 00:25:55,231 --> 00:25:56,330 AND BUT IT’S ALWAYS THERE ON YOUR MIND THAT YES. 923 00:25:56,330 --> 00:25:58,858 YOUR MIND THAT YES. YOU ARE -- YOU CARRY INTO A 924 00:25:58,858 --> 00:25:59,759 YOU ARE -- YOU CARRY INTO A CAREER NOT KNOWING WHAT. 925 00:25:59,759 --> 00:26:00,627 CAREER NOT KNOWING WHAT. >> Reporter: THE FUTURE IS. 926 00:26:00,627 --> 00:26:01,726 >> Reporter: THE FUTURE IS. >> THE FUTURE IS. 927 00:26:01,726 --> 00:26:04,132 >> THE FUTURE IS. >> OVER THE LAST DECADES, 928 00:26:04,132 --> 00:26:05,858 >> OVER THE LAST DECADES, LONDON’S BLACK CAB INDUSTRY HAS 929 00:26:05,858 --> 00:26:06,891 LONDON’S BLACK CAB INDUSTRY HAS SEEN A STEEP DECLINE. 930 00:26:06,891 --> 00:26:10,099 SEEN A STEEP DECLINE. THE NUMBER OF DRIVERS HAS 931 00:26:10,099 --> 00:26:10,693 THE NUMBER OF DRIVERS HAS FALLEN FROM 25,000 TO 16,000 932 00:26:10,693 --> 00:26:12,759 FALLEN FROM 25,000 TO 16,000 TODAY. 933 00:26:12,759 --> 00:26:14,231 TODAY. SO HAS THEIR INCOME. 934 00:26:14,231 --> 00:26:16,396 SO HAS THEIR INCOME. AS UBER AND OTHER RIDE HAILING 935 00:26:16,396 --> 00:26:17,000 AS UBER AND OTHER RIDE HAILING COMPANIES HAVE BEEN CUTTING 936 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:21,726 COMPANIES HAVE BEEN CUTTING INTO THEIR BUSINESS. 937 00:26:21,726 --> 00:26:23,231 INTO THEIR BUSINESS. >> MR. FAIRBRASS. 938 00:26:23,231 --> 00:26:23,726 >> MR. FAIRBRASS. >> EVEN SO. 939 00:26:23,726 --> 00:26:26,033 >> EVEN SO. >> THERE YOU GO SIR. 940 00:26:26,033 --> 00:26:26,231 >> THERE YOU GO SIR. PASS. 941 00:26:26,231 --> 00:26:26,957 PASS. >> THIS WAS STEVEN FAIRBRASS’ 942 00:26:26,957 --> 00:26:27,132 >> THIS WAS STEVEN FAIRBRASS’ 20th 943 00:26:27,132 --> 00:26:29,198 20th ATTEMPT. 944 00:26:29,198 --> 00:26:33,099 ATTEMPT. >> GOING TO GO TO THE RIGHT ON 945 00:26:33,099 --> 00:26:33,759 >> GOING TO GO TO THE RIGHT ON HOUSE CAFE SIR. 946 00:26:33,759 --> 00:26:36,957 HOUSE CAFE SIR. >> THAT’S ON GREAT TITCHFIELD 947 00:26:36,957 --> 00:26:38,858 >> THAT’S ON GREAT TITCHFIELD STREET SIR. 948 00:26:38,858 --> 00:26:39,198 STREET SIR. >> OKAY SIR. 949 00:26:39,198 --> 00:26:40,759 >> OKAY SIR. GO RIGHT INTO -- MORTIMER 950 00:26:40,759 --> 00:26:46,429 GO RIGHT INTO -- MORTIMER STREET RIGHT INTO -- LEFT INTO 951 00:26:46,429 --> 00:26:46,726 STREET RIGHT INTO -- LEFT INTO THE STREET. 952 00:26:46,726 --> 00:26:47,660 THE STREET. LEFT INTO -- PORTLAND PLACE. 953 00:26:47,660 --> 00:26:49,198 LEFT INTO -- PORTLAND PLACE. I SAID THAT. 954 00:26:49,198 --> 00:26:49,495 I SAID THAT. ALL RIGHT. 955 00:26:49,495 --> 00:26:49,792 ALL RIGHT. >> OKAY. 956 00:26:49,792 --> 00:26:50,726 >> OKAY. ALL RIGHT. 957 00:26:50,726 --> 00:26:51,033 ALL RIGHT. SORRY SIR. 958 00:26:51,033 --> 00:26:52,495 SORRY SIR. I CAN’T REMEMBER THAT OTHER 959 00:26:52,495 --> 00:26:54,891 I CAN’T REMEMBER THAT OTHER NAME OF THE PORTLAND PLACE. 960 00:26:54,891 --> 00:26:56,759 NAME OF THE PORTLAND PLACE. >> ALL RIGHT. 961 00:26:56,759 --> 00:26:57,066 >> ALL RIGHT. CALM DOWN. 962 00:26:57,066 --> 00:26:57,264 CALM DOWN. OKAY? 963 00:26:57,264 --> 00:26:57,627 OKAY? DEEP BREATHS. 964 00:26:57,627 --> 00:26:57,825 DEEP BREATHS. YEAH? 965 00:26:57,825 --> 00:26:58,528 YEAH? >> FAIRBRASS FAILED THIS ROUNDS 966 00:26:58,528 --> 00:27:02,165 >> FAIRBRASS FAILED THIS ROUNDS AND WILL HAVE TO TRY AGAIN. 967 00:27:02,165 --> 00:27:06,825 AND WILL HAVE TO TRY AGAIN. FOR ANSHU MOORJANI. 968 00:27:06,825 --> 00:27:09,297 FOR ANSHU MOORJANI. THIS WAS HIS 41st TRY. 969 00:27:09,297 --> 00:27:13,297 THIS WAS HIS 41st TRY. >> LADY BIRD STATION PLEASE. 970 00:27:13,297 --> 00:27:14,297 >> LADY BIRD STATION PLEASE. >> LEFT ADELAIDE AVENUE. 971 00:27:14,297 --> 00:27:16,033 >> LEFT ADELAIDE AVENUE. COME DOWN -- LADYWELL ROAD AND 972 00:27:16,033 --> 00:27:16,297 COME DOWN -- LADYWELL ROAD AND RIGHT -- 973 00:27:16,297 --> 00:27:16,594 RIGHT -- >> UH-HUH. 974 00:27:16,594 --> 00:27:18,165 >> UH-HUH. TODAY I’M GOING TO SCORE YOU. 975 00:27:18,165 --> 00:27:18,363 TODAY I’M GOING TO SCORE YOU. OKAY? 976 00:27:18,363 --> 00:27:20,726 OKAY? >> OH, THANK YOU SIR. 977 00:27:20,726 --> 00:27:21,660 >> OH, THANK YOU SIR. >> HE PASSED. 978 00:27:21,660 --> 00:27:22,033 >> HE PASSED. >> THANK YOU. 979 00:27:22,033 --> 00:27:24,066 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 980 00:27:24,066 --> 00:27:24,561 THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 981 00:27:24,561 --> 00:27:26,957 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> IN MAY -- DELL DELL [ BELL 982 00:27:26,957 --> 00:27:31,396 >> IN MAY -- DELL DELL [ BELL DINGING ] AFTER FIVE YEARS OF 983 00:27:31,396 --> 00:27:31,924 DINGING ] AFTER FIVE YEARS OF TRYING, MOORJANI FINALLY 984 00:27:31,924 --> 00:27:33,660 TRYING, MOORJANI FINALLY COMPLETED THE KNOWLEDGE. 985 00:27:33,660 --> 00:27:35,231 COMPLETED THE KNOWLEDGE. HE’LL NOW EARN HIS LICENSE. 986 00:27:35,231 --> 00:27:36,066 HE’LL NOW EARN HIS LICENSE. THERE’S PROBABLY SOME PEOPLE 987 00:27:36,066 --> 00:27:37,528 THERE’S PROBABLY SOME PEOPLE GOING TO BE WATCH WHO CAN THINK 988 00:27:37,528 --> 00:27:39,594 GOING TO BE WATCH WHO CAN THINK YOU KNOW, WHY SPEND YEARS OF 989 00:27:39,594 --> 00:27:42,957 YOU KNOW, WHY SPEND YEARS OF YOUR LIFE STUDYING FOR THE EXAM 990 00:27:42,957 --> 00:27:44,231 YOUR LIFE STUDYING FOR THE EXAM WHEN YOU CAN BE UBER DRIVERS 991 00:27:44,231 --> 00:27:44,561 WHEN YOU CAN BE UBER DRIVERS MUCH FASTER. 992 00:27:44,561 --> 00:27:47,924 MUCH FASTER. >> DO YOU WANT TO DRIVE AROUND 993 00:27:47,924 --> 00:27:49,330 >> DO YOU WANT TO DRIVE AROUND IN ONE OF THEM FAMOUS CABS OUT 994 00:27:49,330 --> 00:27:49,561 IN ONE OF THEM FAMOUS CABS OUT THERE? 995 00:27:49,561 --> 00:27:51,627 THERE? IT MEANS A LOT TO PEOPLE OF 996 00:27:51,627 --> 00:27:51,858 IT MEANS A LOT TO PEOPLE OF LONDON. 997 00:27:51,858 --> 00:27:53,165 LONDON. IT’S LIKE LONDON WITHOUT THE 998 00:27:53,165 --> 00:27:54,033 IT’S LIKE LONDON WITHOUT THE QUEEN I’D SAY. 999 00:27:54,033 --> 00:27:56,198 QUEEN I’D SAY. >> YOU CAN’T HAVE A LONDON 1000 00:27:56,198 --> 00:27:57,528 >> YOU CAN’T HAVE A LONDON WITHOUT A KING OR QUEEN. 1001 00:27:57,528 --> 00:27:58,957 WITHOUT A KING OR QUEEN. NOT WITHOUT A BLACK CAB. 1002 00:27:58,957 --> 00:27:59,264 NOT WITHOUT A BLACK CAB. >> CORRECT. 1003 00:28:12,957 --> 00:28:13,099 >> CORRECT. >> IMPOSSIBLE. >> IMPOSSIBLE. 1004 00:28:13,099 --> 00:28:14,594 >>> THERE’S BEEN SOMETHING 1005 00:28:14,594 --> 00:28:17,330 >>> THERE’S BEEN SOMETHING UNUSUAL GOING ON IN A WHOLE LOT 1006 00:28:17,330 --> 00:28:17,891 UNUSUAL GOING ON IN A WHOLE LOT OF MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1007 00:28:17,891 --> 00:28:18,528 OF MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL STADIUMS LATELY AND IT’S NOT 1008 00:28:18,528 --> 00:28:20,462 STADIUMS LATELY AND IT’S NOT BASEBALL. 1009 00:28:20,462 --> 00:28:22,330 BASEBALL. WELL, AT LEAST NOT EXACTLY. 1010 00:28:22,330 --> 00:28:23,660 WELL, AT LEAST NOT EXACTLY. IT’S BANANA BALL. 1011 00:28:23,660 --> 00:28:26,363 IT’S BANANA BALL. AND IF YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD OF 1012 00:28:26,363 --> 00:28:28,198 AND IF YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD OF IT, GET READY FOR SOMETHING, 1013 00:28:28,198 --> 00:28:29,957 IT, GET READY FOR SOMETHING, WELL, BANANAS. 1014 00:28:29,957 --> 00:28:33,231 WELL, BANANAS. AS WE FIRST REPORTED LAST YEAR, 1015 00:28:33,231 --> 00:28:34,957 AS WE FIRST REPORTED LAST YEAR, IT’S A CLASSIC AGAINST THE ODDS 1016 00:28:34,957 --> 00:28:37,561 IT’S A CLASSIC AGAINST THE ODDS STORY THAT STARTED WITH A 1017 00:28:37,561 --> 00:28:39,924 STORY THAT STARTED WITH A SCRAPPY COLLEGE SUMMER LEAGUE 1018 00:28:39,924 --> 00:28:43,825 SCRAPPY COLLEGE SUMMER LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAM IN SAVANNAH, 1019 00:28:43,825 --> 00:28:44,825 BASEBALL TEAM IN SAVANNAH, GEORGIA LOVINGLY NAMED THE 1020 00:28:44,825 --> 00:28:46,165 GEORGIA LOVINGLY NAMED THE SAVANNAH BANANAS WITH 1021 00:28:46,165 --> 00:28:49,627 SAVANNAH BANANAS WITH UNORTHODOX OWNER WHO DREAMED OF 1022 00:28:49,627 --> 00:28:50,165 UNORTHODOX OWNER WHO DREAMED OF MAKING AMERICA’S PASTIME 1023 00:28:50,165 --> 00:28:54,099 MAKING AMERICA’S PASTIME LIVELIER AND MORE FUN. 1024 00:28:54,099 --> 00:28:55,330 LIVELIER AND MORE FUN. WITH DANCING PLAYERS, TRICK 1025 00:28:55,330 --> 00:28:56,132 WITH DANCING PLAYERS, TRICK PLAYS, AND NONSTOP 1026 00:28:56,132 --> 00:29:00,759 PLAYS, AND NONSTOP ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE FANS. 1027 00:29:00,759 --> 00:29:02,891 ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE FANS. THINK HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS, 1028 00:29:02,891 --> 00:29:03,231 THINK HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS, ONLY MORE SO. 1029 00:29:03,231 --> 00:29:05,891 ONLY MORE SO. TAKE A LOOK. 1030 00:29:05,891 --> 00:29:07,231 TAKE A LOOK. >> DAN OBERST, THAT ONE CHOPPED 1031 00:29:07,231 --> 00:29:08,627 >> DAN OBERST, THAT ONE CHOPPED UP THE MIDDLE. 1032 00:29:08,627 --> 00:29:09,858 UP THE MIDDLE. >> IT LOOKS LIKE BASEBALL. 1033 00:29:09,858 --> 00:29:10,924 >> IT LOOKS LIKE BASEBALL. >> TAKES OFFS FOR SECOND. 1034 00:29:10,924 --> 00:29:13,330 >> TAKES OFFS FOR SECOND. >> AND FEELS LIKE BASEBALL. 1035 00:29:13,330 --> 00:29:16,825 >> AND FEELS LIKE BASEBALL. BUT THEN -- ♪ ♪ 1036 00:29:16,825 --> 00:29:17,627 BUT THEN -- ♪ ♪ THERE’S THIS. 1037 00:29:17,627 --> 00:29:20,561 THERE’S THIS. AN UMPIRE FEELING THE MUSIC? 1038 00:29:20,561 --> 00:29:25,198 AN UMPIRE FEELING THE MUSIC? A BATTER ON -- NO, STILTS? 1039 00:29:25,198 --> 00:29:26,132 A BATTER ON -- NO, STILTS? GYMNASTICS IN THE OUTFIELDS. 1040 00:29:26,132 --> 00:29:27,561 GYMNASTICS IN THE OUTFIELDS. >> CATCHES THE BALL. 1041 00:29:27,561 --> 00:29:28,132 >> CATCHES THE BALL. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? 1042 00:29:28,132 --> 00:29:30,495 ARE YOU KIDDING ME? >> AND ON THE WAY HOME. 1043 00:29:30,495 --> 00:29:31,363 >> AND ON THE WAY HOME. >> THE BANANAS HAVE WON THE 1044 00:29:31,363 --> 00:29:33,495 >> THE BANANAS HAVE WON THE INNING. 1045 00:29:33,495 --> 00:29:36,000 INNING. >> BANANA-BALL IS THE CREATION 1046 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:38,693 >> BANANA-BALL IS THE CREATION OF JESSE COLE WHO DRESSES IN 1047 00:29:38,693 --> 00:29:39,264 OF JESSE COLE WHO DRESSES IN BANANA YELLOW DAILY. 1048 00:29:39,264 --> 00:29:39,891 BANANA YELLOW DAILY. >> GOT THOSE HANDS. 1049 00:29:39,891 --> 00:29:40,561 >> GOT THOSE HANDS. HERE WE GO. 1050 00:29:40,561 --> 00:29:42,264 HERE WE GO. >> HE’S THE OWNER AND 1051 00:29:42,264 --> 00:29:44,429 >> HE’S THE OWNER AND RINGMASTER OF THIS CIRCUS. 1052 00:29:44,429 --> 00:29:45,264 RINGMASTER OF THIS CIRCUS. IT’S NOT BASEBALL. 1053 00:29:45,264 --> 00:29:46,066 IT’S NOT BASEBALL. OR IS IT BASEBALL? 1054 00:29:46,066 --> 00:29:47,462 OR IS IT BASEBALL? >> OBVIOUSLY IT STARTED FROM 1055 00:29:47,462 --> 00:29:47,957 >> OBVIOUSLY IT STARTED FROM THE IDEA OF BASEBALL. 1056 00:29:47,957 --> 00:29:52,165 THE IDEA OF BASEBALL. BUT NOW LET’S JUST TURN IT UP A 1057 00:29:52,165 --> 00:29:52,462 BUT NOW LET’S JUST TURN IT UP A LITTLE BIT. 1058 00:29:52,462 --> 00:29:52,891 LITTLE BIT. >> HEY, HEY BABY. 1059 00:29:52,891 --> 00:29:56,759 >> HEY, HEY BABY. >> TURNING IT UP A LITTLE BIT. 1060 00:29:56,759 --> 00:29:57,495 >> TURNING IT UP A LITTLE BIT. SAVANNAH BANANA STYLE. 1061 00:29:57,495 --> 00:29:59,165 SAVANNAH BANANA STYLE. MINES THE SHOW STARTS HOURS 1062 00:29:59,165 --> 00:30:02,528 MINES THE SHOW STARTS HOURS BEFORE THE GAME WITH FANS AND 1063 00:30:02,528 --> 00:30:03,693 BEFORE THE GAME WITH FANS AND PLAYERS DANCING OUTSIDE BEFORE 1064 00:30:03,693 --> 00:30:06,330 PLAYERS DANCING OUTSIDE BEFORE THE DOORS OPEN. 1065 00:30:06,330 --> 00:30:08,528 THE DOORS OPEN. THEN ON THE FIELD, GYMNASTS, 1066 00:30:08,528 --> 00:30:11,132 THEN ON THE FIELD, GYMNASTS, THE BANANA SPLITZ. 1067 00:30:11,132 --> 00:30:16,066 THE BANANA SPLITZ. A DANCE TEAM MADE UP SOFT 1068 00:30:16,066 --> 00:30:16,330 A DANCE TEAM MADE UP SOFT GRANDMAS. 1069 00:30:16,330 --> 00:30:17,528 GRANDMAS. THE BANANA-NANAS. 1070 00:30:17,528 --> 00:30:19,165 THE BANANA-NANAS. AND INSTEAD OF CHEERLEADERS, 1071 00:30:19,165 --> 00:30:20,099 AND INSTEAD OF CHEERLEADERS, THESE GUYS, THE MAN-NANAS. 1072 00:30:20,099 --> 00:30:21,462 THESE GUYS, THE MAN-NANAS. >> IT’S ALL INTENTIONAL SO THIS 1073 00:30:21,462 --> 00:30:22,462 >> IT’S ALL INTENTIONAL SO THIS IS THE SCRIPT. 1074 00:30:22,462 --> 00:30:24,396 IS THE SCRIPT. >> YOU HAVE A SCRIPT? 1075 00:30:24,396 --> 00:30:25,825 >> YOU HAVE A SCRIPT? >> THERE’S ALMOST 50 THINGS 1076 00:30:25,825 --> 00:30:27,066 >> THERE’S ALMOST 50 THINGS THAT HAPPEN BEFORE THE GAME 1077 00:30:27,066 --> 00:30:27,297 THAT HAPPEN BEFORE THE GAME STARTS. 1078 00:30:27,297 --> 00:30:30,297 STARTS. >> THE IDEA IS TO HAVE 1079 00:30:30,297 --> 00:30:31,165 >> THE IDEA IS TO HAVE SOMETHING ENTERTAINING FOR 1080 00:30:31,165 --> 00:30:32,033 SOMETHING ENTERTAINING FOR EVERYONE LIKE THE 6-YEAR-OLD 1081 00:30:32,033 --> 00:30:34,000 EVERYONE LIKE THE 6-YEAR-OLD LEADING A CROWD WARM-UP. 1082 00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:37,462 LEADING A CROWD WARM-UP. TO APPEAL TO ALL AGES. 1083 00:30:37,462 --> 00:30:38,132 TO APPEAL TO ALL AGES. BASEBALL FANS OR NOT. 1084 00:30:38,132 --> 00:30:39,660 BASEBALL FANS OR NOT. HOW LONG IN THE CAR? 1085 00:30:39,660 --> 00:30:40,066 HOW LONG IN THE CAR? >> TEN HOURS. 1086 00:30:40,066 --> 00:30:43,330 >> TEN HOURS. >> YOU DROVE HERE FOR TEN 1087 00:30:43,330 --> 00:30:43,561 >> YOU DROVE HERE FOR TEN HOURS? 1088 00:30:43,561 --> 00:30:45,792 HOURS? THE GAME ITSELF, BETWEEN THE 1089 00:30:45,792 --> 00:30:48,165 THE GAME ITSELF, BETWEEN THE BANANAS AND THEIR MAIN BANANA 1090 00:30:48,165 --> 00:30:49,891 BANANAS AND THEIR MAIN BANANA BALL RIVALS, THE PARTY ANIMALS, 1091 00:30:49,891 --> 00:30:52,198 BALL RIVALS, THE PARTY ANIMALS, ALSO OWNED BY COLE, IS A REAL 1092 00:30:52,198 --> 00:30:53,726 ALSO OWNED BY COLE, IS A REAL BASEBALL COMPETITION. 1093 00:30:53,726 --> 00:30:55,825 BASEBALL COMPETITION. WITH SOME RULE TWISTS. 1094 00:30:55,825 --> 00:30:59,165 WITH SOME RULE TWISTS. THERE’S A TWO HOUR TIME LIMIT. 1095 00:30:59,165 --> 00:30:59,627 THERE’S A TWO HOUR TIME LIMIT. NO MOUND VISITS. 1096 00:30:59,627 --> 00:31:01,099 NO MOUND VISITS. NO WALKS OR BUNTS. 1097 00:31:01,099 --> 00:31:04,726 NO WALKS OR BUNTS. AND IF A FAN CATCHES A FOUL 1098 00:31:04,726 --> 00:31:05,132 AND IF A FAN CATCHES A FOUL BALL IT’S AN OUT. 1099 00:31:05,132 --> 00:31:08,660 BALL IT’S AN OUT. >> WHAT A SNAG BY THAT GUY. 1100 00:31:08,660 --> 00:31:10,495 >> WHAT A SNAG BY THAT GUY. >> TRICK PLAYS LIKE BETWEEN THE 1101 00:31:10,495 --> 00:31:15,033 >> TRICK PLAYS LIKE BETWEEN THE LEG THROWS TO MAKE AN OUT AND 1102 00:31:15,033 --> 00:31:15,495 LEG THROWS TO MAKE AN OUT AND BACK FLIP CATCHES ARE 1103 00:31:15,495 --> 00:31:16,528 BACK FLIP CATCHES ARE ENCOURAGED. 1104 00:31:16,528 --> 00:31:18,858 ENCOURAGED. AND A FEW TIMES A GAME, PLAYERS 1105 00:31:18,858 --> 00:31:23,693 AND A FEW TIMES A GAME, PLAYERS GO TO BAT WITH LIP SYNCED, 1106 00:31:23,693 --> 00:31:28,165 GO TO BAT WITH LIP SYNCED, CHOREOGRAPHED PRODUCTIONS LIKE 1107 00:31:28,165 --> 00:31:28,759 CHOREOGRAPHED PRODUCTIONS LIKE THIS ONE FEATURING INFIELDER 1108 00:31:28,759 --> 00:31:33,132 THIS ONE FEATURING INFIELDER JACKSON OLSON. 1109 00:31:33,132 --> 00:31:35,924 JACKSON OLSON. LONGTIME BASEBALL WRITER TIM 1110 00:31:35,924 --> 00:31:37,132 LONGTIME BASEBALL WRITER TIM KURKJIAN CAME TO THE GAME AND 1111 00:31:37,132 --> 00:31:38,363 KURKJIAN CAME TO THE GAME AND HE SAID THIS IS THE STUPIDEST 1112 00:31:38,363 --> 00:31:39,792 HE SAID THIS IS THE STUPIDEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN. 1113 00:31:39,792 --> 00:31:41,165 THING I HAVE EVER SEEN. I LOVED IT. 1114 00:31:41,165 --> 00:31:42,132 I LOVED IT. >> SO GRATEFUL HE FINISHED WITH 1115 00:31:42,132 --> 00:31:43,561 >> SO GRATEFUL HE FINISHED WITH THE I LOVE IT. 1116 00:31:43,561 --> 00:31:44,561 THE I LOVE IT. >> EXACTLY RIGHT. 1117 00:31:44,561 --> 00:31:46,858 >> EXACTLY RIGHT. BUT YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE 1118 00:31:46,858 --> 00:31:48,858 BUT YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE OFFENDED THAT YOU 1119 00:31:48,858 --> 00:31:49,363 WHO WOULD BE OFFENDED THAT YOU ARE CHANGING BASEBALL. 1120 00:31:49,363 --> 00:31:51,231 ARE CHANGING BASEBALL. >> I BELIEVE IF YOU ARE NOT 1121 00:31:51,231 --> 00:31:53,066 >> I BELIEVE IF YOU ARE NOT GETTING CRITICIZED YOU ARE 1122 00:31:53,066 --> 00:31:56,231 GETTING CRITICIZED YOU ARE PLAYING IT TOO SAFE. 1123 00:31:56,231 --> 00:31:59,462 PLAYING IT TOO SAFE. >> SAFE IS NOT HIS STYLE. 1124 00:31:59,462 --> 00:32:00,825 >> SAFE IS NOT HIS STYLE. HIS EARLY DREAMS OF PLAYING FOR 1125 00:32:00,825 --> 00:32:02,660 HIS EARLY DREAMS OF PLAYING FOR THE HOMETOWN RED SOX ENDED WITH 1126 00:32:02,660 --> 00:32:04,759 THE HOMETOWN RED SOX ENDED WITH A SHOULDER INJURY IN COLLEGE 1127 00:32:04,759 --> 00:32:06,726 A SHOULDER INJURY IN COLLEGE THAT SENT HIM INTO COACHING AND 1128 00:32:06,726 --> 00:32:07,561 THAT SENT HIM INTO COACHING AND A DISCOVERY HE WAS NOT 1129 00:32:07,561 --> 00:32:07,858 A DISCOVERY HE WAS NOT EXPECTING. 1130 00:32:07,858 --> 00:32:09,462 EXPECTING. >> I’M SITTING IN THE DUGOUT 1131 00:32:09,462 --> 00:32:10,033 >> I’M SITTING IN THE DUGOUT AND I REALIZED SOMETHING. 1132 00:32:10,033 --> 00:32:12,396 AND I REALIZED SOMETHING. I’M BORED OUT OF MY MIND. 1133 00:32:12,396 --> 00:32:14,033 I’M BORED OUT OF MY MIND. AND IF I’M BORED, THERE’S GOT 1134 00:32:14,033 --> 00:32:15,132 AND IF I’M BORED, THERE’S GOT TO BE OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE 1135 00:32:15,132 --> 00:32:15,858 TO BE OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE PROBABLY BORED WITH BASEBALL AS 1136 00:32:15,858 --> 00:32:17,132 PROBABLY BORED WITH BASEBALL AS WELL. 1137 00:32:17,132 --> 00:32:21,528 WELL. >> HE GOT A JOB MANAGING A 1138 00:32:21,528 --> 00:32:22,660 >> HE GOT A JOB MANAGING A FAILING COLLEGE SUMMER LEAGUE 1139 00:32:22,660 --> 00:32:24,759 FAILING COLLEGE SUMMER LEAGUE TEAM IN GASTONIA, NORTH 1140 00:32:24,759 --> 00:32:25,462 TEAM IN GASTONIA, NORTH CAROLINA CALLED THE GRIZZLIES. 1141 00:32:25,462 --> 00:32:26,132 CAROLINA CALLED THE GRIZZLIES. WHERE HE STARTED SHAKING THINGS 1142 00:32:26,132 --> 00:32:28,000 WHERE HE STARTED SHAKING THINGS UP. 1143 00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:29,297 UP. WITH DANCING AND SILLINESS. 1144 00:32:29,297 --> 00:32:31,561 WITH DANCING AND SILLINESS. >> THE FIRST TIME I SAW JESSE, 1145 00:32:31,561 --> 00:32:33,693 >> THE FIRST TIME I SAW JESSE, HE’S THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE 1146 00:32:33,693 --> 00:32:33,891 HE’S THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE TEAM. 1147 00:32:33,891 --> 00:32:34,594 TEAM. KEEP IN MIND. 1148 00:32:34,594 --> 00:32:36,462 KEEP IN MIND. >> EMILY McDONALD WAS WORKING 1149 00:32:36,462 --> 00:32:37,231 >> EMILY McDONALD WAS WORKING FOR A MINOR LEAGUE TEAM IN 1150 00:32:37,231 --> 00:32:38,330 FOR A MINOR LEAGUE TEAM IN AUGUSTA AT THE TIME. 1151 00:32:38,330 --> 00:32:40,264 AUGUSTA AT THE TIME. >> HE IS ON THE FIELD. 1152 00:32:40,264 --> 00:32:42,924 >> HE IS ON THE FIELD. TEACHING HIS PLAYERS HOW TO DO 1153 00:32:42,924 --> 00:32:43,396 TEACHING HIS PLAYERS HOW TO DO THE THRILLER DANCE. 1154 00:32:43,396 --> 00:32:44,561 THE THRILLER DANCE. >> YOU GET THE ARMS INTO IT AND 1155 00:32:44,561 --> 00:32:44,825 >> YOU GET THE ARMS INTO IT AND THE HEAD. 1156 00:32:44,825 --> 00:32:46,660 THE HEAD. >> YOU SAID OH, THAT GUY IS FOR 1157 00:32:46,660 --> 00:32:46,825 >> YOU SAID OH, THAT GUY IS FOR ME. 1158 00:32:46,825 --> 00:32:48,264 ME. >> WE NAILED THAT DANCE. 1159 00:32:48,264 --> 00:32:50,033 >> WE NAILED THAT DANCE. WE NAILED THAT DANCE. 1160 00:32:50,033 --> 00:32:52,066 WE NAILED THAT DANCE. >> EMILY JOINED THE GRIZZLIES 1161 00:32:52,066 --> 00:32:53,594 >> EMILY JOINED THE GRIZZLIES AND THREE YEARS LATER. 1162 00:32:53,594 --> 00:32:54,594 AND THREE YEARS LATER. >> WILL YOU MAKE ME THE 1163 00:32:54,594 --> 00:32:56,396 >> WILL YOU MAKE ME THE LUCKIEST GUY IN THE WORLD AND 1164 00:32:56,396 --> 00:32:58,660 LUCKIEST GUY IN THE WORLD AND WILL YOU MARRY ME, EMFULLY. 1165 00:32:58,660 --> 00:32:59,297 WILL YOU MARRY ME, EMFULLY. >> JOINED JESSE, PERMANENTLY 1166 00:32:59,297 --> 00:33:02,231 >> JOINED JESSE, PERMANENTLY AND YES HE WAS ALREADY WEARING 1167 00:33:02,231 --> 00:33:05,726 AND YES HE WAS ALREADY WEARING THAT YELLOW TUX INSPIRED BY HIS 1168 00:33:05,726 --> 00:33:07,957 THAT YELLOW TUX INSPIRED BY HIS IDOLS SHOWMEN PT BARNUM AND 1169 00:33:07,957 --> 00:33:08,297 IDOLS SHOWMEN PT BARNUM AND WALT DISNEY. 1170 00:33:08,297 --> 00:33:08,858 WALT DISNEY. >> SOMETHING I BELIEVE IN. 1171 00:33:08,858 --> 00:33:10,528 >> SOMETHING I BELIEVE IN. IT’S STANDING OUT AND BEING 1172 00:33:10,528 --> 00:33:12,099 IT’S STANDING OUT AND BEING DIFFERENT AND IF YOUR OWNER IS 1173 00:33:12,099 --> 00:33:15,693 DIFFERENT AND IF YOUR OWNER IS DRESSED UP IN A YELLOW TUXEDO 1174 00:33:15,693 --> 00:33:17,066 DRESSED UP IN A YELLOW TUXEDO THAT GIVES PERMISSION TO 1175 00:33:17,066 --> 00:33:17,726 THAT GIVES PERMISSION TO EVERYONE ELSE TO HAVE FUN. 1176 00:33:17,726 --> 00:33:19,297 EVERYONE ELSE TO HAVE FUN. >> WERE YOU ABLE TO TURN THE 1177 00:33:19,297 --> 00:33:19,693 >> WERE YOU ABLE TO TURN THE GRIZZLIES AROUND? 1178 00:33:19,693 --> 00:33:20,528 GRIZZLIES AROUND? >> THE TEAM THAT WAS PROBABLY 1179 00:33:20,528 --> 00:33:21,693 >> THE TEAM THAT WAS PROBABLY THE WORST IN THE COUNTRY IN 1180 00:33:21,693 --> 00:33:22,462 THE WORST IN THE COUNTRY IN ATTENDANCE WE CLIMBED UP TO BE 1181 00:33:22,462 --> 00:33:24,660 ATTENDANCE WE CLIMBED UP TO BE FOURTH IN THE COUNTRY IN 1182 00:33:24,660 --> 00:33:24,957 FOURTH IN THE COUNTRY IN ATTENDANCE. 1183 00:33:24,957 --> 00:33:26,561 ATTENDANCE. >> WHAT ABOUT PLAYING? 1184 00:33:26,561 --> 00:33:26,957 >> WHAT ABOUT PLAYING? >> OH. 1185 00:33:26,957 --> 00:33:27,759 >> OH. WE WON CHAMPIONSHIPS. 1186 00:33:27,759 --> 00:33:30,957 WE WON CHAMPIONSHIPS. WHEN YOU HAVE FUN, YOU PLAY 1187 00:33:30,957 --> 00:33:31,198 WHEN YOU HAVE FUN, YOU PLAY BETTER. 1188 00:33:31,198 --> 00:33:33,429 BETTER. >> IN 2015, THE NEWLYWEDS 1189 00:33:33,429 --> 00:33:34,825 >> IN 2015, THE NEWLYWEDS LAUNCHED THE BANANAS AS A NEW 1190 00:33:34,825 --> 00:33:38,000 LAUNCHED THE BANANAS AS A NEW COLLEGE SUMMER LEAGUE TEAM IN 1191 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:38,264 COLLEGE SUMMER LEAGUE TEAM IN SAVANNAH. 1192 00:33:38,264 --> 00:33:40,363 SAVANNAH. BUILDING FANS WITH ALL YOU CAN 1193 00:33:40,363 --> 00:33:41,561 BUILDING FANS WITH ALL YOU CAN EAT FOOD AND ALWAYS UPPING THE 1194 00:33:41,561 --> 00:33:43,924 EAT FOOD AND ALWAYS UPPING THE FUN. 1195 00:33:43,924 --> 00:33:46,759 FUN. THEY WON TITLES, BUT SOMETHING 1196 00:33:46,759 --> 00:33:47,858 THEY WON TITLES, BUT SOMETHING KEPT GNAWING AT JESSE. 1197 00:33:47,858 --> 00:33:48,924 KEPT GNAWING AT JESSE. SOME FANS WERE LEAVING THE 1198 00:33:48,924 --> 00:33:50,132 SOME FANS WERE LEAVING THE STADIUM BEFORE THE GAME WAS 1199 00:33:50,132 --> 00:33:52,165 STADIUM BEFORE THE GAME WAS OVER. 1200 00:33:52,165 --> 00:33:52,825 OVER. EVEN WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON? 1201 00:33:52,825 --> 00:33:55,066 EVEN WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON? >> IT WAS EATING ME UP INSIDE. 1202 00:33:55,066 --> 00:33:56,429 >> IT WAS EATING ME UP INSIDE. BUT THEN I REALIZED THAT MEANS 1203 00:33:56,429 --> 00:33:58,132 BUT THEN I REALIZED THAT MEANS THERE’S A FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM 1204 00:33:58,132 --> 00:34:00,033 THERE’S A FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM WITH THE ACTUAL GAME. 1205 00:34:00,033 --> 00:34:03,165 WITH THE ACTUAL GAME. >> HE BEGAN VIDEOTAPING THE 1206 00:34:03,165 --> 00:34:03,726 >> HE BEGAN VIDEOTAPING THE CROWD AND STUDYING. 1207 00:34:03,726 --> 00:34:05,330 CROWD AND STUDYING. >> WHEN ARE FANS LOOKING AT 1208 00:34:05,330 --> 00:34:06,066 >> WHEN ARE FANS LOOKING AT THEIR PHONE? 1209 00:34:06,066 --> 00:34:06,693 THEIR PHONE? MOUND VISITS, BATTERS STEPPING 1210 00:34:06,693 --> 00:34:07,165 MOUND VISITS, BATTERS STEPPING OUT TAKING FOREVER. 1211 00:34:07,165 --> 00:34:08,099 OUT TAKING FOREVER. ALL RIGHT IF YOU STEP OUT. 1212 00:34:08,099 --> 00:34:09,363 ALL RIGHT IF YOU STEP OUT. >> I HATE THAT THEY PLAY WITH 1213 00:34:09,363 --> 00:34:09,825 >> I HATE THAT THEY PLAY WITH THEIR GLOVES AND -- 1214 00:34:09,825 --> 00:34:12,066 THEIR GLOVES AND -- >> WE SAID WHAT ARE ALL THE 1215 00:34:12,066 --> 00:34:13,660 >> WE SAID WHAT ARE ALL THE NORMAL RULES OF A BASEBALL 1216 00:34:13,660 --> 00:34:13,858 NORMAL RULES OF A BASEBALL GAME? 1217 00:34:13,858 --> 00:34:15,528 GAME? WHAT WOULD BE THE EXACT 1218 00:34:15,528 --> 00:34:15,792 WHAT WOULD BE THE EXACT OPPOSITE. 1219 00:34:15,792 --> 00:34:17,363 OPPOSITE. >> STARTED STREAMING UP IDEAS 1220 00:34:17,363 --> 00:34:18,462 >> STARTED STREAMING UP IDEAS FOR A FASTER, MORE EXCITING 1221 00:34:18,462 --> 00:34:21,165 FOR A FASTER, MORE EXCITING GAME. 1222 00:34:21,165 --> 00:34:22,660 GAME. >> THINK ABOUT THIS IN A 1223 00:34:22,660 --> 00:34:24,297 >> THINK ABOUT THIS IN A BASEBALL GAME THERE’S A PLAY 1224 00:34:24,297 --> 00:34:25,264 BASEBALL GAME THERE’S A PLAY CALLED A WALK. 1225 00:34:25,264 --> 00:34:26,198 CALLED A WALK. IT’S CALLED A WALK. 1226 00:34:26,198 --> 00:34:29,132 IT’S CALLED A WALK. SO WE SAID WHAT WOULD BE THE 1227 00:34:29,132 --> 00:34:29,891 SO WE SAID WHAT WOULD BE THE EXACT OPPOSITE? 1228 00:34:29,891 --> 00:34:31,198 EXACT OPPOSITE? A SPRINT. 1229 00:34:31,198 --> 00:34:33,759 A SPRINT. >> AND SO WAS BORN THE BALL 4 1230 00:34:33,759 --> 00:34:35,627 >> AND SO WAS BORN THE BALL 4 SPRINT WHERE THE BATTER TAKES 1231 00:34:35,627 --> 00:34:37,198 SPRINT WHERE THE BATTER TAKES OFF AND CAN’T BE TAGGED OUT 1232 00:34:37,198 --> 00:34:38,033 OFF AND CAN’T BE TAGGED OUT UNTIL EVERY FIELDER HAS TOUCHED 1233 00:34:38,033 --> 00:34:38,627 UNTIL EVERY FIELDER HAS TOUCHED THE BALL. 1234 00:34:38,627 --> 00:34:40,495 THE BALL. >> HE’S GOING TO BE REWARDED 1235 00:34:40,495 --> 00:34:40,891 >> HE’S GOING TO BE REWARDED WITH TWO BASES. 1236 00:34:40,891 --> 00:34:44,396 WITH TWO BASES. >> SO NOW A WALK BECOMES ONE OF 1237 00:34:44,396 --> 00:34:45,198 >> SO NOW A WALK BECOMES ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING PLAYS IN 1238 00:34:45,198 --> 00:34:46,132 THE MOST EXCITING PLAYS IN SPORTS WHAT ABOUT BUNTING. 1239 00:34:46,132 --> 00:34:48,000 SPORTS WHAT ABOUT BUNTING. >> I KNOW THIS IS 1240 00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:48,363 >> I KNOW THIS IS CONTROVERSIAL. 1241 00:34:48,363 --> 00:34:49,429 CONTROVERSIAL. BUT IF YOU BUNT IN BANANA BALL 1242 00:34:49,429 --> 00:34:51,264 BUT IF YOU BUNT IN BANANA BALL YOU ARE THROWN OUT OF THE GAME. 1243 00:34:51,264 --> 00:34:52,792 YOU ARE THROWN OUT OF THE GAME. >> WHAT’S WRONG WITH BUNTING. 1244 00:34:52,792 --> 00:34:53,165 >> WHAT’S WRONG WITH BUNTING. >> NO BUNTING. 1245 00:34:53,165 --> 00:34:54,099 >> NO BUNTING. >> I LIKE BUNTING. 1246 00:34:54,099 --> 00:34:54,693 >> I LIKE BUNTING. >> SOME TRADITIONALISTS DO. 1247 00:34:54,693 --> 00:34:57,198 >> SOME TRADITIONALISTS DO. AT THE PLATE THE FIRST TIME AS 1248 00:34:57,198 --> 00:34:58,660 AT THE PLATE THE FIRST TIME AS A 35-YEAR-OLD MY DAD SAID JUST 1249 00:34:58,660 --> 00:35:00,330 A 35-YEAR-OLD MY DAD SAID JUST SWING HARD IN CASE YOU HIT AND 1250 00:35:00,330 --> 00:35:01,660 SWING HARD IN CASE YOU HIT AND I BELIEVE IN BASEBALL, BANANA 1251 00:35:01,660 --> 00:35:03,858 I BELIEVE IN BASEBALL, BANANA BALL, COME UP AND SWING THE BAT 1252 00:35:03,858 --> 00:35:05,363 BALL, COME UP AND SWING THE BAT TRY TO YET SOMETHING REALLY 1253 00:35:05,363 --> 00:35:10,264 TRY TO YET SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL INSTEAD OF THE BUNT. 1254 00:35:10,264 --> 00:35:14,297 SPECIAL INSTEAD OF THE BUNT. >> COACHES ADAM AND TYLER 1255 00:35:14,297 --> 00:35:16,099 >> COACHES ADAM AND TYLER HELPED CREATE THE NEW GAME AND 1256 00:35:16,099 --> 00:35:17,726 HELPED CREATE THE NEW GAME AND RECRUIT PLAYERS TO TRY IT OUT. 1257 00:35:17,726 --> 00:35:19,891 RECRUIT PLAYERS TO TRY IT OUT. YOU WERE LOOKING FOR REALLY 1258 00:35:19,891 --> 00:35:20,429 YOU WERE LOOKING FOR REALLY STRONG BASEBALL PLAYERS. 1259 00:35:20,429 --> 00:35:20,792 STRONG BASEBALL PLAYERS. >> EXCLUSIVELY. 1260 00:35:20,792 --> 00:35:22,033 >> EXCLUSIVELY. >> I WAS PUSHING A WHEELBARROW 1261 00:35:22,033 --> 00:35:23,066 >> I WAS PUSHING A WHEELBARROW FULL OF CONCRETE AND MY PHONE 1262 00:35:23,066 --> 00:35:25,660 FULL OF CONCRETE AND MY PHONE WENT OFF AND IT WAS MY MAMA. 1263 00:35:25,660 --> 00:35:27,231 WENT OFF AND IT WAS MY MAMA. >> DAKOTA ALBRITTON PLAYED HIGH 1264 00:35:27,231 --> 00:35:29,066 >> DAKOTA ALBRITTON PLAYED HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL IN HIS GEORGIA 1265 00:35:29,066 --> 00:35:29,693 SCHOOL BASEBALL IN HIS GEORGIA HOMETOWN, THEN GOT A JOB IN 1266 00:35:29,693 --> 00:35:31,132 HOMETOWN, THEN GOT A JOB IN CONSTRUCTION. 1267 00:35:31,132 --> 00:35:34,099 CONSTRUCTION. >> SHE SAID HEY WE HAVE A 1268 00:35:34,099 --> 00:35:34,693 >> SHE SAID HEY WE HAVE A BASEBALL TRYOUT THIS WEEKEND. 1269 00:35:34,693 --> 00:35:35,231 BASEBALL TRYOUT THIS WEEKEND. I SAID HYDE DOUGH THAT? 1270 00:35:35,231 --> 00:35:38,066 I SAID HYDE DOUGH THAT? YOU KNOW, I AIN’T PLAYED BALL 1271 00:35:38,066 --> 00:35:40,693 YOU KNOW, I AIN’T PLAYED BALL IN TWO YEARS AND SHE SAID I 1272 00:35:40,693 --> 00:35:42,825 IN TWO YEARS AND SHE SAID I TOLD THEM YOU COULD WALK ON 1273 00:35:42,825 --> 00:35:43,066 TOLD THEM YOU COULD WALK ON STILTS. 1274 00:35:43,066 --> 00:35:45,132 STILTS. I ASKED HER AGAIN, WHY DID YOU 1275 00:35:45,132 --> 00:35:45,396 I ASKED HER AGAIN, WHY DID YOU DO THAT? 1276 00:35:45,396 --> 00:35:47,033 DO THAT? I HADN’T DONE THAT IN TEN 1277 00:35:47,033 --> 00:35:47,264 I HADN’T DONE THAT IN TEN YEARS. 1278 00:35:47,264 --> 00:35:49,165 YEARS. >> YOU HADN’T WALKED ON STILTS 1279 00:35:49,165 --> 00:35:49,528 >> YOU HADN’T WALKED ON STILTS IN TEN YEARS? 1280 00:35:49,528 --> 00:35:53,132 IN TEN YEARS? IN TEN YEARS. 1281 00:35:53,132 --> 00:35:54,264 IN TEN YEARS. >> THEY’D BEEN A CHRISTMAS 1282 00:35:54,264 --> 00:35:54,759 >> THEY’D BEEN A CHRISTMAS PRESENT WHEN HE WAS 10. 1283 00:35:54,759 --> 00:35:55,363 PRESENT WHEN HE WAS 10. >> AS A MATTER OF FACT I 1284 00:35:55,363 --> 00:35:56,396 >> AS A MATTER OF FACT I REALIZED THE STRAPS THAT HELD 1285 00:35:56,396 --> 00:35:58,066 REALIZED THE STRAPS THAT HELD THEM ON MY LEGS WERE DRY ROTTED 1286 00:35:58,066 --> 00:36:00,198 THEM ON MY LEGS WERE DRY ROTTED AND WE STOPPED BY TRACTOR 1287 00:36:00,198 --> 00:36:01,396 AND WE STOPPED BY TRACTOR SUPPLY AND GOT DOG COLLARS. 1288 00:36:01,396 --> 00:36:08,924 SUPPLY AND GOT DOG COLLARS. [ LAUGHTER ] THEY WERE HELD ON 1289 00:36:08,924 --> 00:36:09,429 [ LAUGHTER ] THEY WERE HELD ON THE LEG BY DOG COLLARS. 1290 00:36:09,429 --> 00:36:10,330 THE LEG BY DOG COLLARS. >> PROBABLY WASN’T GOING TO 1291 00:36:10,330 --> 00:36:10,693 >> PROBABLY WASN’T GOING TO MAKE THE TEAM. 1292 00:36:10,693 --> 00:36:12,066 MAKE THE TEAM. HE SAID I BROUGHT THE STILTS. 1293 00:36:12,066 --> 00:36:13,264 HE SAID I BROUGHT THE STILTS. DO YOU WANT ME TO WEAR THEM? 1294 00:36:13,264 --> 00:36:14,693 DO YOU WANT ME TO WEAR THEM? I SAID NO, UNLESS YOU CAN HIT 1295 00:36:14,693 --> 00:36:14,957 I SAID NO, UNLESS YOU CAN HIT IN THEM. 1296 00:36:14,957 --> 00:36:16,099 IN THEM. >> I GOT UP THERE -- I HAD NO 1297 00:36:16,099 --> 00:36:16,594 >> I GOT UP THERE -- I HAD NO IDEA I COULD DO IT. 1298 00:36:16,594 --> 00:36:19,660 IDEA I COULD DO IT. BUT I WAS NOT GOING TO BACK 1299 00:36:19,660 --> 00:36:22,132 BUT I WAS NOT GOING TO BACK DOWN FROM A CHALLENGE. 1300 00:36:22,132 --> 00:36:22,726 DOWN FROM A CHALLENGE. >> THE ENTIRE TRYOUT STOPS. 1301 00:36:22,726 --> 00:36:23,396 >> THE ENTIRE TRYOUT STOPS. >> I WONDER WHY? 1302 00:36:23,396 --> 00:36:24,165 >> I WONDER WHY? >> IT’S DEAD QUIET. 1303 00:36:24,165 --> 00:36:26,429 >> IT’S DEAD QUIET. >> DID YOU HIT THE BALL? 1304 00:36:26,429 --> 00:36:26,726 >> DID YOU HIT THE BALL? >> I DID. 1305 00:36:26,726 --> 00:36:28,660 >> I DID. I SURPRISED MYSELF JUST AS MUCH 1306 00:36:28,660 --> 00:36:30,363 I SURPRISED MYSELF JUST AS MUCH AS I SURPRISED EVERYBODY ELSE. 1307 00:36:30,363 --> 00:36:30,792 AS I SURPRISED EVERYBODY ELSE. [ LAUGHTER ] 1308 00:36:30,792 --> 00:36:33,660 [ LAUGHTER ] >> THE COACHES WERE STILL GOING 1309 00:36:33,660 --> 00:36:35,363 >> THE COACHES WERE STILL GOING TO CUT HIM TILL JESSE 1310 00:36:35,363 --> 00:36:35,660 TO CUT HIM TILL JESSE INTERVENED. 1311 00:36:35,660 --> 00:36:37,726 INTERVENED. >> HE SAYS BY THES YOU TONIGHT 1312 00:36:37,726 --> 00:36:38,099 >> HE SAYS BY THES YOU TONIGHT SEE THE VISION. 1313 00:36:38,099 --> 00:36:39,627 SEE THE VISION. THE VISION IS -- THINGS BEING 1314 00:36:39,627 --> 00:36:40,660 THE VISION IS -- THINGS BEING DONE ON A BASEBALL FIELD NOBODY 1315 00:36:40,660 --> 00:36:45,330 DONE ON A BASEBALL FIELD NOBODY HAS EVER SEEN. 1316 00:36:45,330 --> 00:36:47,528 HAS EVER SEEN. >> OTHER PLAYERS LIKE 1317 00:36:47,528 --> 00:36:49,858 >> OTHER PLAYERS LIKE ROBERTANTHONY CRUZ RAC FOR 1318 00:36:49,858 --> 00:36:52,264 ROBERTANTHONY CRUZ RAC FOR SHORT JOINED THEM WITH STRONGER 1319 00:36:52,264 --> 00:36:52,594 SHORT JOINED THEM WITH STRONGER CREDENTIALS. 1320 00:36:52,594 --> 00:36:53,693 CREDENTIALS. HE’D BEEN SIGNED BY WASHINGTON 1321 00:36:53,693 --> 00:36:54,000 HE’D BEEN SIGNED BY WASHINGTON NATIONALS. 1322 00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:55,066 NATIONALS. THIS VIDEO OF HIM SHARING THE 1323 00:36:55,066 --> 00:36:55,528 THIS VIDEO OF HIM SHARING THE NEWS WITH HIS DAD -- 1324 00:36:55,528 --> 00:36:59,660 NEWS WITH HIS DAD -- >> OH MY GOD. 1325 00:36:59,660 --> 00:37:00,363 >> OH MY GOD. CONGRATULATIONS SON. 1326 00:37:00,363 --> 00:37:00,726 CONGRATULATIONS SON. >> WENT VIRAL. 1327 00:37:00,726 --> 00:37:02,594 >> WENT VIRAL. BUT AS WITH SO MANY PLAYERS. 1328 00:37:02,594 --> 00:37:06,759 BUT AS WITH SO MANY PLAYERS. >> ONE YEAR LATER, I GOT 1329 00:37:06,759 --> 00:37:07,363 >> ONE YEAR LATER, I GOT RELEASED BY THE NATIONALS. 1330 00:37:07,363 --> 00:37:11,264 RELEASED BY THE NATIONALS. AND MY WIFE AND I MOVED BACK IN 1331 00:37:11,264 --> 00:37:12,099 AND MY WIFE AND I MOVED BACK IN WITH MY PARENTS. 1332 00:37:12,099 --> 00:37:13,561 WITH MY PARENTS. >> BANANAS PLAYERS TOLD US 1333 00:37:13,561 --> 00:37:17,660 >> BANANAS PLAYERS TOLD US THEY’D ALL DREAMED OF PLAYING 1334 00:37:17,660 --> 00:37:18,429 THEY’D ALL DREAMED OF PLAYING IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES. 1335 00:37:18,429 --> 00:37:20,132 IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES. RAISE YOUR HAND WHEN BASEBALL 1336 00:37:20,132 --> 00:37:21,891 RAISE YOUR HAND WHEN BASEBALL DIDN’T WORK, DID YOU ALL THINK 1337 00:37:21,891 --> 00:37:22,495 DIDN’T WORK, DID YOU ALL THINK YOU WERE DONE? 1338 00:37:22,495 --> 00:37:23,264 YOU WERE DONE? >> YEAH. 1339 00:37:23,264 --> 00:37:24,264 >> YEAH. >> BIG TIME. 1340 00:37:24,264 --> 00:37:26,594 >> BIG TIME. >> 100%. 1341 00:37:26,594 --> 00:37:28,330 >> 100%. >> THEY SAY BANANA BALL IS A 1342 00:37:28,330 --> 00:37:29,363 >> THEY SAY BANANA BALL IS A SECOND LIFE AND THEY’RE STILL 1343 00:37:29,363 --> 00:37:31,957 SECOND LIFE AND THEY’RE STILL PRACTICING THAT OLD GAME. 1344 00:37:31,957 --> 00:37:35,099 PRACTICING THAT OLD GAME. PLUS ONE UPPING EACH OTHER ON 1345 00:37:35,099 --> 00:37:35,429 PLUS ONE UPPING EACH OTHER ON COOL TRICKS. 1346 00:37:35,429 --> 00:37:37,825 COOL TRICKS. AND SMOOTH MOVES. 1347 00:37:37,825 --> 00:37:41,198 AND SMOOTH MOVES. THAT ELABORATE BATTER WALK UP 1348 00:37:41,198 --> 00:37:41,462 THAT ELABORATE BATTER WALK UP ROUTINE? 1349 00:37:41,462 --> 00:37:41,957 ROUTINE? ALSO PART OF AFTERNOON 1350 00:37:41,957 --> 00:37:42,759 ALSO PART OF AFTERNOON PRACTICE. 1351 00:37:42,759 --> 00:37:44,396 PRACTICE. >> I LITERALLY -- LIKE FOUR 1352 00:37:44,396 --> 00:37:47,198 >> I LITERALLY -- LIKE FOUR HOURS BEFORE THE GAME. 1353 00:37:47,198 --> 00:37:48,495 HOURS BEFORE THE GAME. >> OH MY GOD. 1354 00:37:48,495 --> 00:37:48,759 >> OH MY GOD. >> HEY. 1355 00:37:48,759 --> 00:37:51,693 >> HEY. >> SO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 1356 00:37:51,693 --> 00:37:52,693 >> SO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON, THEY ARE LEARNING A 1357 00:37:52,693 --> 00:37:55,462 AFTERNOON, THEY ARE LEARNING A DANCE FOR THAT NIGHT FOR THE 1358 00:37:55,462 --> 00:37:55,759 DANCE FOR THAT NIGHT FOR THE FIRST TIME. 1359 00:37:55,759 --> 00:37:57,132 FIRST TIME. >> I MEAN PLAYERS THE TALENT 1360 00:37:57,132 --> 00:37:57,363 >> I MEAN PLAYERS THE TALENT LEVEL. 1361 00:37:57,363 --> 00:37:59,627 LEVEL. THEY LEARN A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT 1362 00:37:59,627 --> 00:38:00,825 THEY LEARN A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF STEPS FOR ABOUT 20, 30 1363 00:38:00,825 --> 00:38:01,825 OF STEPS FOR ABOUT 20, 30 MINUTES OF REHEARSAL AND THEN 1364 00:38:01,825 --> 00:38:03,693 MINUTES OF REHEARSAL AND THEN DOING IT IN FRONT OF THE 1365 00:38:03,693 --> 00:38:04,066 DOING IT IN FRONT OF THE SOLDOUT CROWD. 1366 00:38:04,066 --> 00:38:05,297 SOLDOUT CROWD. >> SOMETIMES PRACTICING IN 1367 00:38:05,297 --> 00:38:05,858 >> SOMETIMES PRACTICING IN FRONT OF THE CROWD. 1368 00:38:05,858 --> 00:38:06,726 FRONT OF THE CROWD. >> YOU WERE DOING THE DANCE TOO 1369 00:38:06,726 --> 00:38:08,066 >> YOU WERE DOING THE DANCE TOO AND TRYING TO LEARN IT. 1370 00:38:08,066 --> 00:38:11,264 AND TRYING TO LEARN IT. ALL TRYING TO LEARN THIS STUFF 1371 00:38:11,264 --> 00:38:14,495 ALL TRYING TO LEARN THIS STUFF DURING THE GAME. 1372 00:38:14,495 --> 00:38:14,792 DURING THE GAME. >> FRESH. 1373 00:38:14,792 --> 00:38:17,957 >> FRESH. >> BANANA BALLPLAYERS HAVE FOUR 1374 00:38:17,957 --> 00:38:20,561 >> BANANA BALLPLAYERS HAVE FOUR YEAR CONTRACTS AND PAID 1375 00:38:20,561 --> 00:38:24,330 YEAR CONTRACTS AND PAID SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN MOST 1376 00:38:24,330 --> 00:38:25,264 SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN MOST MINOR LEAGUERS. 1377 00:38:25,264 --> 00:38:26,066 MINOR LEAGUERS. THE SALARIES HAVE RISEN EVERY 1378 00:38:26,066 --> 00:38:27,297 THE SALARIES HAVE RISEN EVERY YEAR AS HAS THEIR FAN BASE. 1379 00:38:27,297 --> 00:38:31,132 YEAR AS HAS THEIR FAN BASE. THIS WAS THE HOME STADIUM OF 1380 00:38:31,132 --> 00:38:34,033 THIS WAS THE HOME STADIUM OF THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES ON A 1381 00:38:34,033 --> 00:38:34,594 THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES ON A SATURDAY NIGHT IN SEPTEMBER 1382 00:38:34,594 --> 00:38:38,891 SATURDAY NIGHT IN SEPTEMBER 2024. 1383 00:38:38,891 --> 00:38:41,594 2024. A COMPLETELY SOLD OUTSTANDING 1384 00:38:41,594 --> 00:38:43,462 A COMPLETELY SOLD OUTSTANDING ROOM ONLY CROWD OF 45,000. 1385 00:38:43,462 --> 00:38:46,594 ROOM ONLY CROWD OF 45,000. IT WAS ONE OF SIX MAJOR LEAGUE 1386 00:38:46,594 --> 00:38:47,264 IT WAS ONE OF SIX MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL STADIUMS THE BANANAS 1387 00:38:47,264 --> 00:38:51,033 BASEBALL STADIUMS THE BANANAS SOLD OUT THAT SEASON. 1388 00:38:51,033 --> 00:38:52,066 SOLD OUT THAT SEASON. INCLUDING FENWAY PARK. 1389 00:38:52,066 --> 00:38:54,825 INCLUDING FENWAY PARK. WITH CLIPS OF DANCES LIKE THIS 1390 00:38:54,825 --> 00:38:57,231 WITH CLIPS OF DANCES LIKE THIS GOING VIRAL, THE BANANAS NOW 1391 00:38:57,231 --> 00:38:59,165 GOING VIRAL, THE BANANAS NOW HAVE MORE TIKTOK FOLLOWERS THAN 1392 00:38:59,165 --> 00:39:02,726 HAVE MORE TIKTOK FOLLOWERS THAN ALL 12 OF LAST YEAR’S MLB 1393 00:39:02,726 --> 00:39:05,330 ALL 12 OF LAST YEAR’S MLB PLAYOFF TEAMS COMBINED. 1394 00:39:05,330 --> 00:39:08,429 PLAYOFF TEAMS COMBINED. >> ARE YOU READY? 1395 00:39:08,429 --> 00:39:11,099 >> ARE YOU READY? >> AS IN SAVANNAH, CROWDS 1396 00:39:11,099 --> 00:39:12,330 >> AS IN SAVANNAH, CROWDS GATHER HOURS EARLY AND BANANA 1397 00:39:12,330 --> 00:39:13,429 GATHER HOURS EARLY AND BANANA BALL IS NOW A MULTIMILLION 1398 00:39:13,429 --> 00:39:16,462 BALL IS NOW A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR PRIVATE BUSINESS. 1399 00:39:16,462 --> 00:39:19,231 DOLLAR PRIVATE BUSINESS. JESSE TURNS AWAY INVESTORS TO 1400 00:39:19,231 --> 00:39:21,891 JESSE TURNS AWAY INVESTORS TO BUILD FANS, HE REINVESTS AND 1401 00:39:21,891 --> 00:39:24,726 BUILD FANS, HE REINVESTS AND KEEPS TICKET PRICES LOW, $60 1402 00:39:24,726 --> 00:39:28,528 KEEPS TICKET PRICES LOW, $60 MAX, AND BROADCASTS ALL GAMES 1403 00:39:28,528 --> 00:39:29,693 MAX, AND BROADCASTS ALL GAMES FREE ON YOUTUBE. 1404 00:39:29,693 --> 00:39:32,198 FREE ON YOUTUBE. PLAYING IN AN MLB STADIUM 1405 00:39:32,198 --> 00:39:34,759 PLAYING IN AN MLB STADIUM PLAYERS TOLD US, IS THRILLING. 1406 00:39:34,759 --> 00:39:35,792 PLAYERS TOLD US, IS THRILLING. EVEN FOR SOMEONE ALREADY TEN 1407 00:39:35,792 --> 00:39:37,726 EVEN FOR SOMEONE ALREADY TEN FEET TALL. 1408 00:39:37,726 --> 00:39:39,627 FEET TALL. >> JUST THIS SECTION RIGHT HERE 1409 00:39:39,627 --> 00:39:41,561 >> JUST THIS SECTION RIGHT HERE AS BIG AS MY WHOLE ENTIRE 1410 00:39:41,561 --> 00:39:41,825 AS BIG AS MY WHOLE ENTIRE HOMETOWN. 1411 00:39:41,825 --> 00:39:42,792 HOMETOWN. >> STILTS TOLD US HE’D BE 1412 00:39:42,792 --> 00:39:43,429 >> STILTS TOLD US HE’D BE PITCHING THIS GAME. 1413 00:39:43,429 --> 00:39:45,594 PITCHING THIS GAME. DO YOU REALLY THROW STRIKES. 1414 00:39:45,594 --> 00:39:46,033 DO YOU REALLY THROW STRIKES. >> OH ABSOLUTELY. 1415 00:39:46,033 --> 00:39:46,693 >> OH ABSOLUTELY. IT COMING STRAIGHT DOWN LIKE 1416 00:39:46,693 --> 00:39:49,528 IT COMING STRAIGHT DOWN LIKE THAT, THEY HAVE TO HIT IT JUST 1417 00:39:49,528 --> 00:39:50,330 THAT, THEY HAVE TO HIT IT JUST PERFECT THEY’RE GOING TO GROUND 1418 00:39:50,330 --> 00:39:52,165 PERFECT THEY’RE GOING TO GROUND OUT OR POP UP. 1419 00:39:52,165 --> 00:39:55,033 OUT OR POP UP. >> SURE ENOUGH? 1420 00:39:55,033 --> 00:39:56,495 >> SURE ENOUGH? >> THE WORLD’S TALLEST PITCHER. 1421 00:39:56,495 --> 00:39:59,594 >> THE WORLD’S TALLEST PITCHER. >> IN THE TOP OF THE SIXTH, 1422 00:39:59,594 --> 00:40:00,792 >> IN THE TOP OF THE SIXTH, FACING THE PARTY ANIMALS’ 1423 00:40:00,792 --> 00:40:01,528 FACING THE PARTY ANIMALS’ VERSION OF A SWITCH-HITTER. 1424 00:40:01,528 --> 00:40:06,693 VERSION OF A SWITCH-HITTER. >> GOING TO SHOW OFF HIS SWITCH 1425 00:40:06,693 --> 00:40:07,066 >> GOING TO SHOW OFF HIS SWITCH HITTING SKILLS. 1426 00:40:07,066 --> 00:40:12,132 HITTING SKILLS. >> THERE WAS ONE OF THOSE 1427 00:40:12,132 --> 00:40:12,363 >> THERE WAS ONE OF THOSE STRIKE. 1428 00:40:12,363 --> 00:40:15,231 STRIKE. WITH THE PRESSURE ON. 1429 00:40:15,231 --> 00:40:15,891 WITH THE PRESSURE ON. >> BOUNCER, GRABBED, 3-6. THE 1430 00:40:15,891 --> 00:40:16,759 >> BOUNCER, GRABBED, 3-6. THE OLSON, BOUNCES IT TO FIRST. 1431 00:40:16,759 --> 00:40:19,033 OLSON, BOUNCES IT TO FIRST. >> GOT THE THIRDS OUT. 1432 00:40:19,033 --> 00:40:20,528 >> GOT THE THIRDS OUT. >> STILTS CONTINUES TO SHINE. 1433 00:40:20,528 --> 00:40:21,396 >> STILTS CONTINUES TO SHINE. >> THEN IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 1434 00:40:21,396 --> 00:40:23,924 >> THEN IN THE BOTTOM OF THE CENTER -- WITH A RUNNER ON 1435 00:40:23,924 --> 00:40:28,066 CENTER -- WITH A RUNNER ON FIRST, AND THE BANANAS DOWN BY 1436 00:40:28,066 --> 00:40:28,264 FIRST, AND THE BANANAS DOWN BY ONE. 1437 00:40:28,264 --> 00:40:31,033 ONE. JACKSON OLSON TOOK OFF ON A 1438 00:40:31,033 --> 00:40:32,429 JACKSON OLSON TOOK OFF ON A BALL FOUR SPRINT. 1439 00:40:32,429 --> 00:40:41,429 BALL FOUR SPRINT. THEN WITH MEN ON THE CORNERS, 1440 00:40:41,429 --> 00:40:42,264 THEN WITH MEN ON THE CORNERS, THE FORMER NATIONALS’ SIGNEE 1441 00:40:42,264 --> 00:40:43,528 THE FORMER NATIONALS’ SIGNEE RAC WAS UP. 1442 00:40:43,528 --> 00:40:45,198 RAC WAS UP. >> SEE YOU LATER. 1443 00:40:45,198 --> 00:40:45,396 >> SEE YOU LATER. CRUZ. 1444 00:40:45,396 --> 00:40:46,627 CRUZ. >> A THREE RUN HOMER. 1445 00:40:46,627 --> 00:40:49,858 >> A THREE RUN HOMER. AS FAR AS WE CAN SEE, NOBODY 1446 00:40:49,858 --> 00:40:53,000 AS FAR AS WE CAN SEE, NOBODY LEFT EARLY. 1447 00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:53,957 LEFT EARLY. LAST SEASON, BANANA BALL 1448 00:40:53,957 --> 00:40:54,825 LAST SEASON, BANANA BALL OFFICIALLY BECAME A LEAGUE WITH 1449 00:40:54,825 --> 00:40:56,858 OFFICIALLY BECAME A LEAGUE WITH TWO MORE TEAMS. 1450 00:40:56,858 --> 00:41:00,594 TWO MORE TEAMS. AND THEY WERE SET TO PLAY NOT 1451 00:41:00,594 --> 00:41:03,264 AND THEY WERE SET TO PLAY NOT JUST AT 17 MLB STADIUMS, BUT AT 1452 00:41:03,264 --> 00:41:04,264 JUST AT 17 MLB STADIUMS, BUT AT THREE NFL FOOTBALL STADIUMS AS 1453 00:41:04,264 --> 00:41:06,000 THREE NFL FOOTBALL STADIUMS AS WELL. 1454 00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:08,198 WELL. WILL YOU FILL THOSE STADIUMS? 1455 00:41:08,198 --> 00:41:10,231 WILL YOU FILL THOSE STADIUMS? >> THEY’RE SOLD OUT. 1456 00:41:10,231 --> 00:41:11,000 >> THEY’RE SOLD OUT. >> ALREADY. 1457 00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:11,363 >> ALREADY. >> IT’S CRAZY. 1458 00:41:11,363 --> 00:41:15,957 >> IT’S CRAZY. >> ALL OF IT IS CRAZY. 1459 00:41:15,957 --> 00:41:17,726 >> ALL OF IT IS CRAZY. [ LAUGHTER ] 1460 00:41:17,726 --> 00:41:20,363 [ LAUGHTER ] >> SOME MIGHT EVEN SAY 1461 00:41:20,363 --> 00:41:23,000 >> SOME MIGHT EVEN SAY -- BANANAS. 1462 00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:25,429 -- BANANAS. THIS SEASON, THE BANANAS SIGNED 1463 00:41:25,429 --> 00:41:29,000 THIS SEASON, THE BANANAS SIGNED A BROADWAY MUSICAL STAR AS A 1464 00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:29,396 A BROADWAY MUSICAL STAR AS A SINGING PITCHER. 1465 00:41:29,396 --> 00:41:30,891 SINGING PITCHER. AND UPPED THE NUMBER OF BANANA 1466 00:41:30,891 --> 00:41:33,792 AND UPPED THE NUMBER OF BANANA BALL TEAMS TO SIX. 1467 00:41:33,792 --> 00:41:35,858 BALL TEAMS TO SIX. THEY’LL PLAY IN 75 STADIUMS 1468 00:41:35,858 --> 00:41:38,594 THEY’LL PLAY IN 75 STADIUMS INCLUDING TWO THAT SEAT MORE 1469 00:41:38,594 --> 00:41:42,264 INCLUDING TWO THAT SEAT MORE THAN 100,000 FANS. 1470 00:41:45,099 --> 00:41:47,858 >>> SEE HOW BANANAS FOSTER 1471 00:41:47,858 --> 00:41:49,429 >>> SEE HOW BANANAS FOSTER CELEBRATES FOSTER FAMILIES. 1472 00:41:58,495 --> 00:41:58,627 CELEBRATES FOSTER FAMILIES. >> THERE’S SO >> THERE’S SO 1473 00:41:58,627 --> 00:41:59,363 >>> I’M LESLEY STAHL. 1474 00:41:59,363 --> 00:42:00,891 >>> I’M LESLEY STAHL. WE’LL BE BACK NEXT WEEK WITH 1475 00:42:00,891 --> 00:42:01,396 WE’LL BE BACK NEXT WEEK WITH ANOTHER EDITION OF "60 1476 00:42:01,396 --> 00:42:17,693 ANOTHER EDITION OF "60 MINUTES."