Andrew Cuomo spoke to Diane Sawyer last night, a his first time speaking to a national tv outlet since becoming governor in 2011.

As his chief of staff Larry Schwartz said, it was for the purpose of helping New Yorkers.

In the interview with Sawyer, who works at the same network as Cuomo’s brother, Chris, the governor sided with Al Gore, in what may be causing extreme weather conditions that are becoming increasingly more common these days.