Speaker A
8:13 - 8:34
"with today's action, we're officially reopening nearly half a million square miles. Wow. Of water around northwestern Hawaiian Islands, northern Mariana Islands, and America. American Samoa."
“with today's action, we're officially reopening nearly half a million square miles. Wow. Of water around northwestern Hawaiian Islands, northern Mariana Islands, and America. American Samoa.”
- Speaker
- Speaker A
- Timestamp
- 8:13 – 8:34
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
- June 11, 2026
From the transcript
But with today's action, we're officially reopening nearly half a million square miles. Wow. Of water around northwestern Hawaiian Islands, northern Mariana Islands, and America. American Samoa. I mean, we'll ask you in a second, but why the hell did they close it?
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