05/01/17 05/01/17 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from new york this is , democracy now! the climateis what day looks like. it is truly global as all of these incredible demonstrations have been, this resistance is not just about the white house. it is about the fossil fuel industry taking over governments around the world. people are not taking this quietly. amy: over 200,000 people took part in the people's climate march in washington and in solidarity rallies across the country. the protest marked donald trump's 100th day in office. we will air highlights from the

date and here from the state attorney general suing exxon mobil as well as u.s. senator's pushing for a fossil free future. >> the koch brothers must be sent a message that their science, which donald trump has adopted, is just as bogus as a jury agreed from trump in diversity. amy: we will also hear from indigenous leaders fighting to protect the planet. >> maybe we as original people of the united states and people in canada, alaska, maybe it is time to exercise our sovereignty and our self-determination and serve papers on this president to deport him from this country because the laws that he is representing are not the natural laws that we are taught as native people. amy: from the street of the people's climate march and washington, d.c., all that and more, coming up.

welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. hundreds of thousands, if not more than a million people poured into the streets around , the world on saturday for a global people's climate march, which coincided with president trump's 100th day in office. as temperatures topped more than degrees in washington, d.c., 95 tying the record for the hottest april 29 ever recorded in the capitol, more than 200,000 people filled 20 blocks of pennsylvania avenue, marching for climate, jobs and justice. the protesters decried president trump's steps to roll back environmental regulations, appoint climate change deniers as the heads of government agencies, and defined in a race climate change programs and research, including the move friday, only hours before the march, to scrub climate science pages from epa's website.

sister marches were held hundreds of u.s. cities, from new york city to the downpour in chicago, to the snow in denver, to boston, los angeles, miami, to dutch harbor, alaska. demonstrations were also held worldwide, including in japan, uganda, kenya, zambia, germany, greece, brazil, mexico, and costa rica. we will spend the rest of the hour bringing you highlights from democracy now!'s live five-hour broadcast at the people's climate march in washington, d.c. meanwhile on saturday, extreme climate change fueled storms, tornadoes, and floods swept across the united states, killing at least 13 people. tornados flattened homes, uprooted trees, and flipped trucks in texas and in neighboring states. historic flooding swept away cars, closed interstates, and inundated homes across missouri, where the governor declared a state of emergency.

>> it is important for everyone to recognize again that some of the flooding we are's being in parts of missouri has surpassed historic levels. there's certain places that have seen water levels several feet higher than any time in missouri press is recorded history. and go heat waves and south asia were temperatures in parts of india and pakistan are soaring above 100 degrees fahrenheit. 4620dia, heat waves killed people in the last four years. president trump held a rally in harrisburg, pennsylvania, on saturday night, during which he attacked immigrants, promised to build a wall on the border with mexico, and lambasted the news media. conferencethe instead of attending the correspondents dinner. pres. trump: there is a big gathering taking place tonight in washington, d.c. did you hear about it?

[boos] pres. trump: a large group of hollywood actors -- [boos] pres. trump: and washington media are consoling each other in a hotel ballroom in our nation's capital right now. they are gathered together for the white house correspondents dinner without the president. amy: president trump is the first president to skip the white house correspondent's dinner since 1981, when president ronald reagan didn't attend because he was recovering from an assassination attempt. on sunday, the day after the dinner, chief of staff reince priebus said the white house has looked into changing u.s. libel laws, which would make it easier

for the government to sue media over their reporting. trump's rally saturday came after he addressed the national rifle association convention friday, vowing to be a champion of gunowners. during trump's speech, connecticut democratic senator chris murphy took to twitter, decrying gun violence. he posted the names, ages, and faces of 11 people shot to death, including six-year-old ana marquez-greene, 17-year-old jordan davis, six-year-old benjamin wheeler, and 24-year-old alison parker. on capitol hill, lawmakers have reached a deal on a $1 trillion spending bill that will keep the government funded through september. the bill does not include a number of trump's key promises. for example, it does not include any cuts to sanctuary cities or planned parenthood and includes a smaller cut to the environmental protection agency then he promised. the bill also does not include

any money to go to trump's proposed expanded border wall. it actually increases funding for the national institutes of health. it also includes nearly $300 million in funding for puerto rico's medicaid program. meanwhile, in more news on capitol hill, republicans continue to wrangle over the terms of a new health care bill to repeal and replace the affordable care act. on sunday, president trump claimed the republican plan would guarantee coverage for people with pre-existing conditions. in fact, just the day earlier, republican lawmakers struck a deal that would not protect people with pre-existing conditions, instead allowing insurers to charge them significantly higher premiums. tensions continue to rise between north korea and the united states as the u.s. aircraft carrier the carl vinson arrived in waters off the korean peninsula and began military training drills with the south korean navy. the north korean military has threatened to sink the u.s. armada.

tensions have also been rising between the u.s. and south korea after trump claimed south korea would be forced to pay for the $1 billion thaad missile defense system the u.s. recently began installing. on sunday, national security adviser h.r. mcmaster assured south korea that the u.s. would pay for the missile system, as -- despite trump's claims last week. meanwhile, pope francis called for diplomacy to deescalate tensions in the korean peninsula warning a war between u.s. and , north korea could destroy a good part of humanity. >> i always appeal for solutions through diplomatic means because , a future of humanity today widened war would destroy. i don't say half of humanity, but a good part of humanity and a culture of everything. it would be terrible. i believe today humanity is not capable of bearing it. amy: meanwhile, pope francis is defending his use of the term

"concentration camps" to describe some refugee centers in europe, where thousands of people seeking asylum are imprisoned behind barbed wire. pope francis first made the comments a week ago, and then defended his use of the term on saturday. >> it was not a lapses link way, slip of the tongue. there are concentration camp's -- i'm sorry, meant refugee camps, which are real concentration camps. there are some maybe in italy, some other places. you think of people locked in a camp and cannot go out. think of what happened in northern europe when they wanted to cross the sea to go to england. they are locked inside. amy: in yemen, suspected u.s. drone strike killed five people sunday. the trump administration has escalated the u.s. drone war in yemen, launching at least 80 airstrikes over the last two months. this according to the pentagon. the pentagon says 25-year-old

u.s. soldier westin lee died in an elosion outside mosul, iraq, on saturday, marking the third death of a u.s. soldier in the last week. on friday, the pentagon released the names of two army rangers killed in afghanistan on wednesday -- 22-year-old joshua rodgers and 23-year-old cameron thomas. this comes as 300 u.s. marines have been deployed to afghanistan's helmand province, marking the first redeployment of u.s. troops to the area since 2014. the white house isonsidering sendinan additional 5000 more u.s.oldiers to afghanistan. the white house is defending president trump's decision to invite philippines president rodrigo duterte to visit the white house, despite criticism from human rights groups over duterte's so-called war on drugs, during which thousands of people have been extrajudicially killed by police and vigilantes. others have been held and tortured in a recently revealed secret jail in manila, where prisoners say police have

demanded bribes in exchange for freedom. human rights watch slammed trump's invitation, saying -- "by effectively endorsing duterte's murderous 'war on drugs', trump has made himself morally complicit in future killings." in brazil, tens of millions of people participated in the first general strike in more than two decades on friday, shutting down public transportation, schools systems, and airports in major cities to protest brazilian president michel temer's austerity measures. temer, who rose to power after the ouster of democratically elected leftist president dilma rousseff, currently has a popularity rating of only 4%. the turkish government has fired another 4000 public workers, shut down 45 civil society organizations and health clinics, and blocked access to wikipedia across the country saturday in the latest escalation of the government's crackdown. a total of 140,000 public and private workers have now been

fired since last summer's failed military coup. in russia, at least 120 demonstrators were arrested in st. petersburg on during a saturday nationwide day of protest against russian president vladimir putin. at least 30 cities participated in the protests during which , thousands of people lined up to formally present letters of dissent at government offices. back in the united states, the national security agency says it is curtailing one of its controversial mass surveillance programs known as the "upstream" program. on friday, the nsa admitted that an internal review found the program violated rules set by a secret surveillance court. under the program, the nsa collected en masse americans' communications with people abroad if the conversations simply imaging keywords designated by the agency. on friday, nsa whistleblower edward snowden said, "the truth changed everything."

donald trump's counterterrorism adviser, sebastian gorka, is reportedly being ousted from the white house amid reports about his links to a hungarian far-right, nazi-allied group. the jewish newspaper "the forward" has also reported gorka supported an anti-semitic and racist paramilitary militia in hungary while he served as a hungarian politician. to see our interviews, you can go to democracynow.org. the white house is reportedly considering tapping milwaukee county sheriff clarke for a top job at the department of homeland security. politico reports clarke could be appointed assistant secretary at dhs' office of partnership and engagement. this comes as one of clarke's jails is currently under investigation after news surfaced that prisoner terrill thomas died of extreme dehydration after guards cut off the water in his solitary confinement cell for seven days. thomas, who suffered from bipolar disorder, is one of four

people who died at the milwaukee county jail in only six months. a state judge in arkansas has ordered an autopsy for kenneth williams, the death row prisoner who was executed thursday, amid reports he suffered an unconstitutionally painful death. witnesses say during the execution williams was "convulsing, lurching jerking with sound." kenneth was the last of four prisoners killed by the state of arkansas over an 11-day period in april. they were trying to hit the deadline of the end of april when their supply of the execution drug the dazzle them expired. and today is may 1, known as may day, or international workers' day. around the world, protest have already begun with workers pouring into the streets in taiwan, bangladesh, indonesia, greece, iraq am a pakistan, russia, the philippines, turkey,

and beyond. in the united states, may day protests are planned in hundreds of cities. they will be led by immigrant workers, thousands of whom are expected to go on strike today to demand better working conditions and an end to president's crackdown against immigration and immigrant communities. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. as president trump marked his 100th day in office on saturday, up to 200,000 people took to the streets of washington to take part in the people's climate march. sister marches were also held across the country. the washington march took place in sweltering heat as temperatures rose into the 90's. the protesters decried president trump's steps to roll back environmental regulations, appoint climate change deniers

as the heads of government agencies, and defund any raise climate change programs and research, including the epa's move friday to scrub its climate the epa'sges from website. the people's climate march began at dawn on saturday with a water ceremony led by indigenous peoples at the capitol reflecting pool. >> my name is gabrielle. we're with indigenous peoples of this area, the potomac river in the chesapeake bay. we are right in front of the u.s. capital of washington, d.c. sits on very ancient ancestral land as well that the long to the people who were part of the chiefdom. so it is reminder that all of the things you see here are

actually part of thousands of years of continuous history and presence. >> my name is pam. i am from san francisco. i'm with the grassroots level justice. global justice. we are gathered here this morning for a water ceremony to bring together everybody's brought water from their local area. and each of the water has memory from the local area. we are bringing that together. we're going to have this ceremony and my water, i have brought from san francisco, the water that we drink. it is mixed with water from standing rock. the indigenous women are going to take that water to join with the local water here. >> if you have water that you brought from your community, the

will be instructions on how to bring it up. >> my name is michelle. i am from a wisconsin reservation. i brought water from michigan. i'm going to put it in with the rest of the water that is for the march today. there is a lot going on with sulfide mining and upper michigan. it is an honor to be here and be able to bring this all the way from michigan. >> i am from used chicago, indiana. from indiana,r east chicago. i thought it would be a good ceremony to try to see if we can combine our waters with the waters from all over the world to purify or pray for purity of the water in east chicago as well as all over the united states. we recently found out in august, the mayor gave us a letters thing we needed to relocate or find someone to move due to the high levels of lead. 32,000my own home was with led an 800 with arsenic. i have been there for many years with three children.

we have so much going on that people don't even know about. this has been going on for over 40 years. yes, i think we have a climate issue in east chicago, indiana. >> my name is mark. with interfaith power and lights and other organizations. i'm going to put a little in there and the rest in the reflecting pool. hopefully, it will reflect on our lawmakers. david the spirit of the lauder does water will reach their souls and minds and we will start doing what is right by our planet. cherie.ame is we are in an epic struggle to brought to usine by energy transfer partners, which is a horrible company. this would go from texas to st. james, louisiana. 700 bodies of water and distress

hundred acres of our precious wetlands that protect us from storms, protect us from flooding. last august my house was flooded, partially due to climate change and partially due to the oil industry -- we lived through the bp oil disaster and we know what the oil is going to do to our shores. we have oil spills pretty much every day. we have to live with the fear. we have dolphins dying at increased rates and turtles. a lot of our people are still sick from the bp oil spill. i message is to president trump and i just want to say that come down and sit with our families who are suffering from our refinery communities, environmental justice communities, and the people dealing still with the bp oil spill. if you can look in their eyes and see their pain they are dealing with and still continue this road where you put money in a profit of these corporations over our people, then we will really know what kind of man you are. until then, we will continue to

fight and resist you because you are on a destructive path that puts my house and my family directly in line of destruction. i cannot allow it. amy: the water ceremony on saturday led by indigenous peoples at the capitol reflecting pool that began the epic people's climate march. a special thanks to democracy and renee lewis feltz. when we come back, we will our five hour special which you can see in its entirety at democracynow.org. ♪ [music break]

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as president trump marked his 100th day in office saturday, up to 200,000 people took to the streets of washington, d.c., to take part in the people's climate march. democracy now! was on the streets and aired a five hour special. these are some of the highlights of that day. >> i wanted to start by going to 350.org, one of the main organizations that is running this event. >> good morning. amy: you are standing here between the capital and the washington monument. your thoughts on this day and why so many people are gathered. >> it is an important day, the the trump administration. we have seen nothing but back news of the people on the planet -- bad news for the people on the planet. amy: who came up with this? >> this is truly a coming

together of labor, faith groups, environmenta;lists. changeere to show to everything, we need everyone. that is why we will see numerous people on the streets today. amy: talk about the schedule of the day. gatherle are starting to right now. we will assemble a different contingents raising -- ranging from fossil fuel, the front lines will lead off the march, youth will be in a front of the march. we're going to march to the capital and surround the white house. we will all sit down there. we will have a moment of silence, a moment of noise, and exultation of why we are here to resist. then we will go back to our communities and fight hard there because we know what is happening in washington is not good for any of us. it we can actually build what we need at the local level. that is what people are going to do. >> people are not only

converging on washington. how many protest and rallies do you expect about the country and around the world? >> last i heard, over 300 just around the u.s. in terms of sister marches. this morning i saw photos in sweden and the netherlands and the philippines. people are marching for clean energy to stop coal plants, to divest. it is really truly global as all of these incredible demonstrations have been. this is not just about the white house. it is about the fossil fuel industry taking over governments around the world. people are not taking this quietly. amy: you talked about the fossil fuel contingent. what do you mean? of wheres a group people from all over the country who are fighting fracking and pipelines, tar sands will be marching together, just like there is a faith contingent. amy: one second. there is someone taking your pictures secretly. i would like him to take responsibility for his act. ok. bill mckibben, you have just

photobombed this interview. we're interested in what you have to say for yourself. why are you here today? day and goingig to be an interesting one. washington dc is going to set a heat record today for the date. it is supposed to be 92 degrees. like planets, people are not well adapted to heat, especially this early in the season. people got to be really careful today. people who are watching this, coming out to march, water, hats warming up about because too much heat as a bad thing. today -- that is true today, too. amy: i am joined by two indigenous leaders. we're joined by tom gold 2, 1 of the founders of the indigenous environmental network. and kandi mossett.

, welast time i saw kandi were on a sacred burial ground in north dakota. the dakota access pipeline guards had been trying to excavate it when hundreds of native americans came on that property and demanded the bulldozers pulled back. kandi, that was quite a horrific scene. but that day, the native americans did. the bulldozers from excavating. >> it was women who wrote down the fence, tore it down, jumped in front of the bulldozers. we feel that pain when we see that machine digging. they did destroy some gravesites, but we stopped them from destroying more. it is important to note there is no oil flowing through the pipeline. they had damage occur when they dropped their equipment, stuff

nobody is reporting on. own pipeline.heir the spirits are still with us. i have a feeling they push the increment into the trench. -- equipment into the trench. amy: here you are nbc why? >> is important to do everything we can do. a marches one of the many tools in the toolbox. this is a good way to come to say we are not alone for this movement, for jobs, for climate justice. we need to do these things to show that number 45, we don't agree with your policies. we are going to be in your face until you listen to the people, the people that want a different way, which is towards renewable renewabl energy. amy: where are you from? >> i am from north dakota. they are fracking us to death. our babies are sick. our grandmothers are sick. we have been here join that redline of resistance.

amy: you are a member of what tribe? dakota -- you before well, actually, i saw you in paris after north dakota. >> i told you about the abuses occurring to our women. it is an extra coupling between the rate of the earth that happens to the women as well when these extractive industries come into our community's. north,ot just be for the we speak for our brothers and sisters to the south. look at what happened to our sister berta. it is important we get the message out it is not ok for our women to die simply because we want to protect water. standgoing to continue to up and hold our relatives in our hearts and our minds. amy: you're holding up a sign for berta caceres, who knew she was on a death list, but continued her work until she was gunned down in her own home. >> that's right. if berta can do these things and

her spirit can live on, there's no reason we can't continue to fight and this colonized united states. we need to stand strong with our brothers and sisters. amy: had you ever met berta caceres? >> not a person. it was after we were able to go to hundreds and learn about her legacy. i cried tears that are not about sadness, but the joy that her spirit continues to live on and created strength and a lot of us women. amy: you're reading a t-shirt that says "defend the sacred." >> because everything we believe in humidityneeded is sacred. the air, the water, and the soil with which we cannot live without. common sense dictates defend the sacred. amy: who will you be marching with? >> i will be marching with my ancestors today and my three-year-old daughter ayanna. she is here not fully

understanding what it is about, but it is all about her. amy: tom goldtooth, you are standing beside kandi right now. talk about your activism that has led to this day, april 29, that it looks like it promises to be one of the hottest ever and washington, d.c., history. you have been listening to some of the voices out in the streets, this by the reflecting pool. kandi mossett, well known indigenous rights leader. we will go to tom goldtooth later in the show. before the march began, a group of elected leaders held a news conference right there at the reflecting pool. this is democratic senator ed markey of massachusetts. people were unhappy with slavery, the abolitionist movement came here and stood

, no, that they wanted a revolution. when women wanted to have the right to vote, the severed jets came here where we are standing to say that that must change. when the civil rights movement from a martin luther king, wanted a change in the laws so that african-americans and all minorities had the same rights as white people in our country, .hey came here and stood here and they were all saying the same thing, free at last, free at last, thank god almighty, free at last. and that, ladies and german, is what the green revolution is now saying about fossil fuels. free at last, free at last, thank god almighty, free at last. they will not stop this wind and solar revolution. they will not stop this all electric vehicle revolution.

they will not stop this energy efficiency revolution. they will not tell the green generation any longer that they are not going to have a planet that isafe and clean and nonpolluting. the planet is running a fever. rooms forno emergency planets. the only way to do this correctly is to put the preventative programs in place, with the renewable energy revolution that will save the planet from the worst, most catastrophic effects. you know what? the green movement does not agonize. the green movement organizes. and that is what is happening here today. not just here in washington, but all across the country. because there is one thing that is separating the oil and coal industry on every one of these

issues from the green movement, on every single issue we are right and they are wrong. the koch brothers must be sent a message that their science, which donald trump has adopted, is just as hope is as a degree from trump university. we have to make sure that they is what thisence country is all about, and that we are going to fight for science. every single day. until donald trump is no longer the president of the united states. thank you all for being here. let's go out there into the jobless of amy: that was democratic senator ed markey of massachusetts standing with other democratic elected leaders , senators, and congress members. i later spoke to democratic senator jeff merkley, the kind of master of ceremonies of this press conference. jeff merkley, the senator from

oregon. what are you doing right now in congress around this issue of climate change? classic yesterday, in partnership with social justice groups and environmental groups, introduced a phrase and when everyone in the country to hear and times, 100% clean renewable energy by the year 2050. it is a goal that we have to get completely off also fuels. no more burning in any sector of the economy. it is a timeline. we have to move urgently, passionately, quickly. time is not on our side. amy: you introduce this with senator sanders? markey and senator cory booker. prepare for the moment you can get it through. we have a coke brother cartel, oil, coal, and gas industry as blocking abdominal action. but for the federal level to lay out the -- is a cold action.

the real point is, let's paint that picture nationally, but then let's take action at the grassroots level. that is what this march is about today. grassroots action. folks going to the local place of worship and send it out 100 by 50 plan. doing the same with the city council, with their club, with their neighbors, and so forth. amy: what exactly does that mean? you have sketched it out. what would 100% renewable by 2050 mean? >> a complete and burning any form of fossil fuels. that is coal, natural gas, and oil. amy: and how would you achieve this? >> in the bill, we lay out every sector of the energy economy because each is a little different. one of the big strategies is to make sure every electron on the grid is a green electron. second of all, move much of it under the grid as possible. there will be other difficult areas like commercial airplanes

where we will probably have to go to some form of biofuel. left to work on every sector. amy: you mentioned koch brothers cartel. what do you mean? >> there is a very rich people who own a whole lot of fossil coal and oil and natural gas. they want to keep extracting it and burning it. then no concern for what it is doing to the planet. climate disruption is affecting us everywhere. it is affecting our forests, oceans, grow reefs, farmers, immigration for farming across the country. america.ct onrural this is not an urban issue, this is an everywhere issue. you, to say the least, were very critical of rex tillerson. ashis confirmation process secretary of state. rex tillerson, the former ceo of exxonmobil come the largest

private oil corporation in the world. concerns thenr and now that he is the secretary of state, what you are seeing. >> he has spent his life traveling the world negotiating deals to pull fossil fuels out of the ground in order to burn them. that is not the leadership we need to address the biggest threat facing our planet. in his confirmation hearings, we were pressing him on the understanding of the threat of climate disruption. he basically gave platitudes like, well, we need to think about and perhaps we need to be at the table list of but no sense of the understanding of the damage, no understanding of the urgency, no understanding of the impact of human health. it is not the leadership we need in order to address this grave threat to the claimant -- planet. amy: you also questioned scott pruitt, the oklahoman attorney general has become the head of the epa. he said he did not want the environmental protection agency to be the polluter protection agency. >> scott pruit has been his

career working with the fossil fuel or tell to take down , whichmental regulations contribute to asthma and lung cancer, taking down the standards are mere greek and near kerry is about persistent neurotoxin that affects the developing brains of our children. he's doing everything he can, scott pruitt, everything he can , lesse americans sicker healthy, and more damaging to the environment. amy: we're here on the 100th day of the trump presidency. your evaluation? >> 100 disastrous days. terrible days. one of the things that occurred during this 100 days was that the confirmation of president trump's nominee for the supreme court. this is a stolen supreme court's seat.

damageoing to be a huge for decades to come. amy: explain how it is related -- how the supreme court is related to climate change. court decision called citizens united, 5-4 decision, that allow start money to be spent on unlimited numbers and without identity in campaigns throughout the nation. 2014money was used in together republicans control of the u.s. senate. and ever since then, the republican majority have been the province and the koch brothers have been the puppeteers. is important is industry that coal, oil, natural gas industry, that they keep the start money flowing, which means keeping a supreme court that does not understand we the people. we the people, and here we are at the people's climate march, this is the foundation of our government. it is the vision the founders laid out in the first three words of the constitution.

they put it in supersized font so when you look at it, you see it standing out. -- this fivebout to four decision of citizens united is by and for the powerful, for the privileged, and the polluters. amy: that was oregon senator democratic senator jeff merkley at the people's climate march. i also spoke to maura healey, who participated in the elected leaders days conference, attorney general of massachusetts. i asked her about her role in a suit filed by coalition of attorneys general against exxonmobil. >> it was just a year ago when we sent subpoenas to exxon to ask them a simple question. abouts what you knew when climate change and the impact that burning fossil fuels is going to have on the environment . based on widely reported publicly available in formation, we had concern that exxon may not have told the truth to the public, to consumers, to its shoulders about what it knew.

-- shareholders about what a new. we said the subpoenas and they turned round ensued as to try to stop us from investigating. we have been fighting it out in court and so far we have been winning. i hope soon we will get the documents from exxon so that we can have our questions finally answered. that is where we are right now. we want --won in massachusetts and new york. recently, texas dismissed it and moved it back to new york and we had a good hearing the other day and we are awaiting a decision from the court. hopefully, we will be in a position similar we can continue to go forward with our investigation so xm will finally have to answer the questions we have asked. amy: explain what was the smoking gun. why did you get involved with the exxon probe? >> there was information publicly reported that details some of what exxon's executives and scientists knew decades ago that what the effect of burning fossil feels would be on the environment.

based on that information, and those other information about wheel executives flying in regularly to meet with one another, to talk about how they were going to handle this as a public relations matter, and concern were cover-up about this information. we were then led to do what we always do, which is when you are faced with that kind of information, you ask russians as a state attorney general. this is a question about was therefore odd perpetrated on the perpetrated on the public come on the shareholders? that is what this investigation has been about. and fourthly, exxon has taken stateg to try to stop us ag's from investigating post of amy: how? subpoenas,r asking which is something that we do regularly as state ag's come our job, to ask questions to investigate, go where the facts

take us. instead, they sued us, climbing our investigation interfered with exxon's corporate free speech rights. but that is the theory that advance. they have tried to use congress to shut us down as state ag's. committee has been led by lamar smith, has been very aggressive in attempting to subpoena me and really attempting to bully us into stopping us from doing our work. these are questions that need to be asked and they need to be answered. amy: that is massachusetts attorney general maura healey. to see our full interview, you can go to democracynow.org. i also spoke to tom goldtooth. talk about your activism that has led to this day, april 29, that it looks like it promises to be one of the hottest april

29th's and washington, d.c., history. >> i've been at the united nations climate negotiation and the world social forums, and in our local community's building the movement of consciousness. this is where it is coming to, this moment where we are breaking down the silos that basically capitalism, industrial mindset has created a divide of people for mother earth. we have to break that and be able to talk to humanity, that we need to come back to understanding where we're at right now. and this president right now represents tyranny. this president represents a system that is old and has to change. as indigenous peoples -- we have been talking about this moment. a.b. we as original people of the united states and our people, canada, alaska, maybe it is time to exercise our sovereignty and our self-determination and serve

papers on this president, to deport him. to deport him from this country because the laws that he is representing are not the natural laws that we are taught as date of people, to have respect for the sacredness of water. that is why we're here. we are bringing frontline communities who are fighting to keep fossil fuels in the ground. that is part of our campaign. indigenous, itas for all people to come to the consciousness that we have to change a system. we have to move to a new reality. that reality is part of mother earth. amy: tom goldtoth from the indigenous environmental network , just as the people's climate march was about to begin. we will be back to the streets of washington, d.c. for this epic people's climate march. stay with us. ♪ [music break]

amy: "the lonely cry of space and time" by anna coogan. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. as president trump marked his 100 day in office on saturday, up to 200,000 people took to the streets of washington, d.c., to take part in the people's climate march. it was boiling. overnight he degrees. democracy now! was on the streets and aired a five hour special. ahead of the march, democracy now!'s to meet shaikh spoke to the african environmental activist kumi naidoo. the new african white social movement extremely concerned about the fact right now we are already expensing the first must brutal impacts of climate change. we think it is a terrible injustice that even though the people of africa collectively contribute it the least to emissions, we're the ones paying the most vital price or we have climate refugees, land trying

up, water sources trying up and so on which is already creating quite a catastrophic situation. we are extremely heard that in fact the countries that carry the biggest responsibility continue to deny their responsibility, but also continues to deny the fact that science is absolutely clear that we have to get off dirty energy. we're here to bring a voice, to say to the people of the united states to continue to put pressure on the government, to recognize it we continue on the path we are that when history is recorded, the united states will go down as the country that has the biggest power to everett had a topic climate change but abused the power and carried the biggest spots ability for the crisis that we are currently heading toward. people must be very clear on the we are five minutes to midnight in terms of the amount of time we had to reverse things. it still can be done, but we

need political will and trump and trump's policies to be strong. we need to break away from the idea that addressing climate change should be about advantage in competition. we have to have a greater sense of common shared purpose. if you look at the appointments he has made in terms of the kinds of people in the tax records, the huge investments in the fossil fuel industry, it is clear that i president george w. bush appointed several people that did the bidding for the fossil fuel industry, trump has done even more. to cut the wants environmental agency he is doing signs.forth, is worrying it has implications not only for the people of the united states, but for the people of the world as a whole. that is why it is important trump must recognize and the republicans that support him must recognize that it is not only a groundswell an increasing

number of american peoples resisting, they are actually the ones now that are the best and most eloquent supporters of terrorism, the best and most eloquent supporters of promoting anti-american is a him, and that is something they need to be revisiting in terms of changing policy. otherwise, the unit states will become more -- it is important that people realize that the environmentalists like me say things like save the planet, save the environment. if we continue on the path we will be gone as a species. the planet will still be here. if we become extinct as a species, the oceans and forests will recover. the struggle we are engaged in is whether humanity can coexist come.ure for centuries to

this struggle is fundamentally about securing our children and their children's futures. therefore, opportunities like this for a parents and grandparents and people planning to be parents can out and say, not in my name. it is important, but let's be honest. we're going to need about 1000 of these marches on an ongoing basis if we're going to be able to wrestle power from and to have the kind of policy -- you know, trump must recognize that the nihilism is not a policy. you cannot have people saying different things. the one thing talked about in interviews is we must protect the paris declaration. let me say this clearly. itm it african perspective, simply give us a chance to live to fight another day. it is far from a perfect solution to the problem.

it is still not as ambitious as it needs to be. and a have now the white house and president trump saying they're going to mess with even the best agreements that the politics allowed us to get is so irresponsible. and people like donald trump must understand they have blood on their hands now. they drag taking action, they're responsible for the murder of people around the world. this is what the climate day looks like. the people'st climate march. it is historic. it is here in washington, d.c. the weather? it is about 90 degrees. it is expected to be one of the hottest days in washington, d.c., in history. you know, that is part of why people are out here marching. have come not only from every corner of the country, but of the globe. what is happening behind us, we're on pennsylvania avenue post up thousands of people have

begun to march. they're going to encircle the white house. then sit down. i am amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. we are here bringing you the voices of the march. nermeen: we're joined by two guests. eres' sister. cac i'm happy to tell you about my sister. bertaet me just say, caceres was gunned down in her home in honduras. she was a golden of our mental prizewinner -- environmental prizewinner. where do you live? >> in arlington, virginia. i came here in 1972. was veryvery hard this hurt the arm a sister was killed. billy the i can ask is to tell the government of honduras to do

just is going to do the right thing and find the killer of my sister. they have a people in jail, but they won to kill her. they pulled a gun on her. i asked the government of honduras to do something about it and put the people responsible for her death. president hernandez. amy: and he is? >> the president of honduras. nermeen: you have also been working on what is happening in honduras. >> my name is melissa cox. i'm a latin american solidarity worker. we are calling for justice in the case of berta, inmates galling caceres it is for suspension of your security aid to honduras, $18 billion in

security aid. right now -- it was introduced by representative johnson. the a 51 cosponsors currently and we're asking people called the representatives and urge them to sponsor the bill. the bill will call versus pension until which time honduran government can -- the honduran security forces steep human rights violations, bring the perpetrators to justice of human rights violations, including intellectual authors nine the assassination of berta caceres. berta caceres's sister had to flee in 1972 because of the violence. we've not had policy shifts for a decade. that is what we're seeing so many people come here. we're asking for people to support this bill as well as call for an independent investigation. hundreds of organizations in the u.s. as well as latin america are calling for an independent investigation into the murder of berta caceres. amy: can you tell us about why

berta does so interested in the environment? >> since she was 17 years old, she's due -- my mother is a midwife in the country. she was only 17 years old when she saw the misery, which the people were going through that they had no dust they were the people.area, the lenca she got involved in that when she was 17 years old. she is a founder of the copinh, have helped the people who -- who are very poor and they cannot have a voice in the government of honduras. amy: that is the sister of berta activist melissa cox speaking at the people's climate march and washington, d.c.

to see our full five-hour broadcast from the streets of washington, d.c., one of the hottest days -- one of the hottest april 29th's in d.c. history, you can go to democracynow.org. that does it for our show as we continue our community media and book tour around the country. all these begin tonight and drum, north carolina. on tuesday, in miami. the knot to wednesday in tampa. on thursday in atlanta. friday, in minnesota. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. e-mail your comments to outreach@democracynow.org or mail them to democracy now! p.o. box 693 new york, new york 10013. [captioning made possible by democracy now!]

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