An aerial survey shows that Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is 95 percent bleached, and half of it is expected to die in the next month. Conservation biologist Reese Halter joins ‘News With Ed’ to explain what caused the die-off, how damaging it is for the planet and whether that damage is reversible. Ed Schultz discussed this.

Ed Schultz is an American television and radio host, a liberal political commentator, and a former sports broadcaster. He was the host of The Ed Show, a weekday news talk program on MSNBC, and The Ed Schultz Show, a talk radio show, nationally syndicated by Dial Global. Ed has won three Eric Sevareid Awards and has managed and been lead talent for a broadcast team that has won two Marconis and a prestigious Peabody Award. Ed has been named one of the top ten radio hosts in the country by Talkers Magazine for a number of years. Ed Schultz has been a nominee by Syndicated News/Talk Personality of the year by Radio & Records.