“Tom Ridge, the first person to serve as Homeland Security secretary, said Wednesday that climate change is a “real serious problem” for the economy and national security.

“At the end of the day, is it a potential challenge for us? Yes. Is it a security challenge that would bring destruction and economic damage if we don’t appreciate the fact that it’s happening and try to do something in anticipation of it occurring? It’s a real serious problem,” Ridge said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”

Ridge was asked to counter arguments his fellow Republicans, such as Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, have made in recent weeks about climate change not being man-made.”* The Young Turks hosts John Iadarola (TYT University), Dave Rubin (The Rubin Report) and Jimmy Dore (The Jimmy Dore Show) break it down.

*Read more here from Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/206772-former-bush-official-climate-change-a-real-serious-problem