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Ms Lerner.
Hi, Beth.
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Right this way.
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I've got you
right down here.
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Excuse me, please.
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OK.
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He'll find you
for the first question.
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Then you're on your own.
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Hey, how are you?
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Press Secretary:
Ladies and gentlemen.
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Ladies and gentlemen,
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please.
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The president will begin
by addressing the nation.
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Please hold your questions
until he's finished his remarks.
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Ladies and gentlemen,
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the President
of the United States.
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Hello, everybody.
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- Mr President.
- Hello.
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Man: 10 seconds,
Mr President.
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5, 4.
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Good evening.
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A few minutes ago
the United States ambassadors
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to every country
in the world
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told the leaders
of those nations
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what I am about
to tell you.
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It's a bit complicated,
so it will take some time,
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so I hope
you will bear with me,
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hear what I have to say.
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A little over a year ago,
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2 American astronomers,
Marcus Wolfand Leo Biederman,
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working on a mountain top
in Arizona...
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Shh.
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Nobody say
anything.
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saw something
in the night sky
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that caused them
great concern.
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A comet.
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But the comet was, well...
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There was a remote possibility
that the comet was on a path
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that could bring it into
direct contact with the Earth.
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Now...
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we get hit all the time
by rocks and meteors,
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some of them the size of cars,
some no bigger than your hand.
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But the comet we discovered
is the size of New York City.
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From the north side
of Central Park to the Battery.
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About 7 miles long.
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Put another way,
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this comet is larger
than Mount Everest.