04/22/17 04/22/17 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: this is democracy now! welcome to our special five-hour broadcast from the march 1-washington, d.c. tens of thousands of people are rallying for science around the in seoul, south korea, london, and berlin, paris, australia. here it is an overcast day, but the spirits are high.

in a few moments, we will be going to the stage of the march for washington right next to the washington monument. a we're going to start off by talking with one of the organizers of today's event in d.c. becca is with the natural history of museum. what isan talk about happening right here and now this got organized. today, tens of thousands of scientists and supporters are turning out in the mall in d.c. to stand up for science, to champion the role that science plays in serving the common good. scientists are like real life heroes who protect the people and places we love. the attacks on science are attacks on our families, our collective future. amy: what attacks? >> right now the government threatens to muzzle scientists, defund basic research, removed mentions of climate change from websites, and threatens to

defund critical programs around environment will justice concerns. research,s health climate change, epa science letter in the crosshairs. amy: there is a major march organized by 350.org and others next saturday, april 29. what is the difference between the peoples climate march and this week? why did the scientists and science enthusiasts decide they want to make this on earth they a week before? we're seeing a lot of white coats as well. >> the answer is sort of boring a practical. earth day network has been holding events on this day every year for the last couple of decades. they have the permit all day on -ins.all for teach the science march is not just a march, but the largest global day of teach-ins in history.

people are wanting to champion science literacy and really communicate the value of science in society and the way it impacts our lives. amy: tell us some of the people are here. underperforming questlove and jon batiste and stay human -- but the scientists, like the science guy. >> bill nye the science guy, also the pediatrician in flint who broke the flint water crisis story. amy: she has a fascinating story. she is an iraqi american scientist. she says if she were not allowed into this country, she never would have been able to do what she did in flint. she is also talking about immigration and science. >> absolutely. science knows no borders. the natural world and rivers and the atmosphere in the air that we breathe is something that transcends boundaries. we have to protect. scientists are the ones that are

gaining insight about how we can safeguard a safe, collective future. amy: rush holt is one of the people, the former congressman. why rush holt? this is really unprecedented. scientists and science institutions don't generally do advocacy. there have been robust debates for decades about neutrality in science, is science political or not. it is really refreshing to see this coming out party for a new movement of scientists who are engaged in the public sphere, advocating on behalf of science and the communities who are going to be hurtist by these attacks on science. the you are the head of natural history museum. explain what that started as and what that has become. >> the natural history museum is a mobile and pop-up museum we founded in 2014.

we have a bus that takes the museum into communities. we partner with museums across the country. we started out with a bit of a provocation, teaming up with top scientists around the world and nobel laureates to urge signs in natural history museums to cut ties to the fossil fuel industry. fossil fuel companies have been spreading climate science disinformation for decades. many continue to do so. amy: and supported science museums. tell us about some of your successes. >> in the last year and a half, we have gotten eight resumes to cut ties to fossil fuels. amy: tell us some of the museums. >> chicago, san francisco, london science museum, fifth conservancy and botanical garden, american museum of natural history. amy: what happened in new york? >> david koch of the koch

brothers and coke industries, one of the top funders of climate science disinformation campaigns to the tune of $79 million over decades, was on the board of the american museum of natural history. the contradiction of having -- amy: he stepped down after 23 years. >> he did because of the outcry from scientists and visitors to the museum. the american museum of natural history also recently slashed their investments in the fossil fuel industry. down to all but 2%. this is really encouraging. museums are recognizing and asience institutions like aa are sponsors of this global march on science or march for science. that is a new thing that institutions are really stepping outside of their comfort zone to realize they need to play more active role. amy: your now helping to organize exhibits at museums.

can you talk about the one you're working on right now. >> we're developing one for the carnegie museum of natural history. it is in collaboration with an indigenous community nation in bellingham washington. --has been impacted threatened by fossil fuels. they really depend on salmon fisheries for their livelihood. in -- they successfully beat back the world's largest coal export terminal. they have been touring a totem pole for the last few years to communities across north america impacted by fossil fuels. we're doing an exhibition based on the totem pole journey. amy: we are here at the washington monument here in washington, d.c. we are bringing you five hours of programming. we will see what happens. the plans of the march organizers is there is a rally from now until 2:00. and then the march will begin.

people are holding signs. people are coming in from all over. it is overcast. it will be raining through the day. but i think what is really happening is people are raining their views down on the importance of respecting science. let's go to the stage, to the speakers, and to some of the programming that the march for science has been offering throughout the day. >> each and every one of us are making a difference. it is an honor and privilege to be with all of you today. thank you. [applause] good afternoon, d.c. thank you. questlove. [applause] obviously, i am no scientist, but i love science.

in my work as a musician, i use signs all the time. specifically, i use technology from recording technology to communication n technology. but today, we are here to talk about science more broadly. we're here to talk about what science is at its heart. the analytical approach, the respect for facts, research and the willingness to set aside outdated beliefs when new information appears. thoughtonal scientific gets us out of the h highest corners intoto the most open wie spaces. it is important to remember this -- that guy peoplee over there -- [cheers] by the way, he is actualally ovr there. , you know, many people

seseem to be forgetting, you kn, those facts. it is frustrating to watch as certain forces in our society try to squelch science or the refusal to believe in it or propose alternative realities and facts, alternative facts, whatever that bull-is. all of this works against science. we need to work for science. more than that, we need to make sure that science belongs to the people and so science teens to be out in the open, out in the streets. it should be -- it should not be confined to the ivory towers or once out of the political spectrum. or to one part of the world. we all need it. we need science to turn the president into the future. that is why i'm here today, to be part of this march on science on earthth day. itit is my pleasure to introduce

back to ththe stage, one of the hosts.t late-night band can i get a job? no, i am playing. this is jon batiste and stay human. thank you. ♪

peoeople, people keep on learning and the soldiers keep on warring world keeps on turning forflowers keep on dying

your people keep on dying powers keep on lying by your people keep on dying rob keep on turning because it gone on soo long darn glad he let me try it because i last time on earth out of the whole world of sin so glad that i know more than i knew then, going to keep on trying on until i reach my highest ground ♪ teachers keep on teaching preaching eep on on turning

ecause it won't be too long lovers keep on loving believers keep on believing sleepers just stop sleeping ecause it won't be too long >> i'm so glad he let me try again because the last time on earth i live the whole world of sin i'm so glad that i know more than i knew then going to keep on trying until i reach the highest ground

higher higher higher higher higher ♪ [applause] >> ♪

everybody who loves science, say yeah, yeah, yeah loves the truth, say yeah, yeah, yeah everybody that wants to see a change, say yes!

oh! nows break it down bring it down now soo do wop >> got to believe cut to come together got to come together stand up for the truth stand up for the truth say yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ h yeah [applause]

amazing?'t that now i want you to think about your first ever memory of science. like he was on a day today, digging around in the mud for worms. or skipping a rock across the pond, or flying a kite. but for many of us, our passion for science started in the classroom. like the first time you ever looked through a microscope or when you made a baking soda volcano. who better to kick us off than a science teacher? [applause] but before we welcome to the stage our first speaker of the

day, i would like to check out what our science communicator is up to over at the teach-in tent. >> that was good. thank you so much, derek. ac-in tent.tec people learn all about what is happening on the planet. we have amazing sessions today. >> tell me about some of those. >> we have astrophysicists talking about climate and the cosmos, signs moles will stuff for kids, we have all kinds of experiments. just really brilliant people talking about what people can do in their own communities. >> c can i participate? >> you can. did you register? >> maybe.

>> you can do that, too. to'm really h higher -- excited hear from our first speaker, dr. tyler dewitt. [applause] >> hello! what an honor to be here. let me be a buzz kill and tell you about why the most heartbreaking things i ever saw as a scientist. atis science outreach day university, ok after i see this little girl, she's probably six or seven years old. she is so excited. she even shows up wearing a tiny lab coat. , do you studysks bacteria here? i think they are awesome. they are so tiny, but they are alive. and a grad student looks at her and says, well, we do maintain

some bacterial cololter's in t lab, but we primarily use them as protein expression systems. and you should have seen the look on that girls face. learnedconds, she science is confusing, science is not friendly, and there might not be a place in science for someone who looks like her. for science, no doubt about it. as scientists, we need to communicate the tremendous value of what we do. but we can't talk like that grad student because that six-year-old girl might row of feeling alienated from science, and she might choose, as an adult, to reject it right back. if you care about science, if ,ou do science, i beg you

exexplain what you do and why it is important d. butitch the jargon. make an effort. make it understandable. make people care. talk to them, not at them. what their age, talk to them at the supermarket, at the dinner party. this stuff matters. cannot complain about slashed funding if we can't tell taxpayers why science matters. and we cannot criticize a public that refuses to accept scientific consensus if we cacannot explainin our work in y that others can understand. this.e depends on thank you.

♪ how are you doing today? [cheers] do you shohop online at amamazo? do you use google at least 100 times a day? do you share pictures on instagram." all of these technologieses would not be possibible without computer science. computer sciences the back bone of the technology we use today. old and a junior at thomas jefffferson high schol for science and techchnology. [cheers] i'm here today for the e futuref computer scicience. compututer scienence is at the forefront of every field. so why don't we have an emphasis on computer science education? only 40% of our schools offer

computer science, which means, you do the math, we are missing 60% of o our future locates and future innovation. we needte as a country, to compute. without computer science, our economy would come to a halt. innovation in medicine woululd seizize, our and wouldld not ex. hopepe for greener sciencece would be crushed. it is the future of robotics surgeries, driveverless cars, artificial intelligence, virtual reality. women should be e the future of this innovation. science is for all. that i is why i found the gigirs compmputing league, a nonprofit go intoowers girls to computer science. we need more girls in computer science. we need more d diversity in computer s science. in my future career, i don't want to be known as a girl that happened to be a computer

scientist. i want to be a computer sciences that happened to be a girl. today i am marching for computer science to be for all ages come all genders, and all races. today i am marching for computer science for all. thank you. thank you. >> h h i live inin jacksonville, florida. and i'm nots old just a black w wrote interestedn stem, but a girl who walks stem. i will be an engineer, scientist, an aststronaut andndl eventually g go to m mars. [c[cheers] i want allng because girls, especially girls of color come to know they can be partt f stamina and even be leadaders in stem. bubut like muhammad ali said,d,u better get used to me. yes, you better get used to girls and women because we are not going anywhere.

boy's game, not a girls game, it is in everyone's game. i want girls to know w we can educate each other and advococae for legislation to support scientist's engage others in o r community. i stand on the shoulders o of giants. women helped us go to the moon. , the firstntist african-american woman in space and won't be the last. thank you. [cheers] ♪ >> hello, kids and grown u up kids, too. i am andrea beaty and i am the author of "rosie revere engineer

." so, i just want to say hooray for every kid out here today. [cheers] bubut there is a job you need to do, and i hope adults will t try this, too, to start, you read. read everything. whatever you can find. yoyou will getet smarter and muh kinder as you expand your mind. then question, question everything. get in the act of seeking truth are learning how to sort fictionon from fact.t. then think. think, t think, think, think, think. then do them all again. read, question, think.

read, question, t think. that is your job, my friend. it is how you will find were superpower and your most amazing you, and how you will help other kids find their superpowers, too. question, think. read, questition, thing. imagine what you might be, a scientist or engineer, climatology pioneer. a teacher, a librarian -- yeah. an anthropologist. big anthropology crowd here today. a filmmaker, a judge from a chef, inin excel and just -- perhaps you wiwill be a poet writing songs about the stars. astronautu will be an dancing off to mars. but you will be a better citizen and perhaps a leader, to.

and who knows? you might live in that white house by the time that you are through. thank you. [applause] ♪ march for science. my name is jeane wong. we bring science in the classrooms. we are here today because we are pushing science forward. we are p passionate for pushing science and what science is. we are passionate about what science means to the future of everything. everything. we are passionate about facts. we are passionate about a data-driven society to deliver the best possible future.

i am here today to give you a call to action, to make this happen we are all needed. and we all have a role to play. for instance, i i am basically e bus driver for much bigger brainsns than my own. that is my job. in san diego, california, i bring local scientist and engineers right into the front of local classrooms to teach their passion for their kind of science. ing -- t thatsciencce- verb to get kidste to be e creative and innovative and deliver us into the bestt future possible. the solution is not external for us here tododay. the solulution is all of us. all of us here in d.c. all of us around the country. a shout out to san diego, california, march for science. wake up, guys. get off the surface and into the

march. this is the day we have been waiting for. to keep us, passionate marching this week and every week into the classrooms, into the classrooms and inspire the future. stay curious and keep on science-ing. [cheers] i'm a scientist anand i've devoted my life to environment issues like climate change were feedining the world without destroyingng it. but lately, i work at the california academy of sciences were we are working on showing the power and wonder of science and sustainability with people throughout the world. [applause] across the nation, hundreds of thousands of people arere marching today to show their

support for science. and to oppose the attacks on scientntists, those who work evy single day to keep us safe, healthy, and secure. some people are going toto say we're politicizing science, but we are not. we are defending it. [cheers] we are defendiding science becae scientists work every day to defend us. and what isis at stake here tody is bigger than science. it is about safeguararding our nation. it is abouout ensuring the h heh of our children. it is about building a better future. and for a lot of us, it is personal. it is about our friends, our neighbors, the people we love. now take a look at the science that i is under attackck. they're specifically targeting signs that protects our health, ouour safety, and the e environ. science that protects the mosost

horrible among this -- vulnerable among us. make no mistake, these attacks are serious. some people will suffer. some could even die. so when those politicians try to take away the science that protects people from harm, that is not ordinary politics. that is oppression. [cheers] mosul scientists, censoring their work and trying to keep us all in the dark, that is not politics,s, that is oppression. [cheers] and with the programs that keep our air clean, our water safe, our children and planet secure, when they are targeted for elimination, thahat is not politics, that is oppression. [cheerers] now, i know this seems like a dark time with science under attack and our health, safety, and security being compromised every day, but i believe that we

will avail and this will be our finest hour. yeah. and i believe that because of you. because right here today, hundreds of thousands of people are standing up for science in the rain in standing up for the people you love. ththanks to you, scienence will become stronger than ever and will become the light that guides us to a better world, a world where everybody is going to thrive. [cheers] buildanks to you, we can the better world, a world where hope, freedom, and science will win out over fear and oppression. thank you. [cheers] ♪ >> hello, everybody.

my name is dr. caroline solomon and i'm a biologist. when ipinal meningitis was 15 months old. i am lucky to be alive today, and i've science to thank for that. [cheers] the vaccine for that disease was developed after i had the disease. the only impact on my life was that i got -- not i'm thrilled to be today and honor of science. where celebrating signs and the fact that everyone brings her own unique perspective to how we do science. deaf people are visual learners. there are studies being done right now i just scientist on birdsong. they're not listening, they're looking at visual readouts on computer screens and studying the songs are visual technology. that is the con of impact that half scientists can have on our world. the person who is the father of the internet was a deaf person.

the person who developed the system for stars was a deaf person. their research scientists from all kinds of backgrounds. we're studying all, including the gal you to 11, who were deaf and therefore could not get motion sickness and studied by nasa and figured out how we could send people to space safely. these are the kinds of contributions that diverse people can make. jeff scienentists are studying basic sciencece. environ memental science, impact of humans on our climate, including my research on the river systems here. looking at how they reduce -- make our water system safe. we want to m make global change. we can do that through diverse perspectives in science. no matter who we are, no matter where we are, science benefits

from our entire community. science benefits from diverse perspectives and diversity beings. thank you. [cheers] ♪ >> as membmbers of the march f r science outreach team, we're sending an open letter to the school board members and a menace traders who run our education system. here is what we're are telling them. we recognize the importance of schools in fostering a place for students to build a strong background i in science. as high school students, we appreciate the role e of s schos in encouraging our growth as future scientists and people who appreciate scientific thinking.. in today's world, it is of paramomount impmportance that te value of signs a and fact-based educatation is not up for debat.

policy decisisions based on suspicion and prejudice and a refusal to see the world cannot be allowed in any domain of modern society. whether in the classroom or in congress. [cheers] encouraging these ideas is the responsibility of every school. several significant educational organizations have already stepped up and partnered with us. we now look to you, the heads of the schools that we attend, to join us. as we march, we ask for only three thinings from you. talk to your student bodody, stuff, andndrganizationsns about the march. and you reach out to your studentsts, faculty, and c commy memberers to encourage them to enengage in scientific leaearnig and advocacy. that youou allow and encourage discussion about how science affects all of our lives, including through policy.

>> we hope that you use your position to inform students and the motivivate them to exercise their r rights. this is an exceptional opportunity for students to apply the knowledge they learned in their science classes and their civics classes to take an active role in democracy. we cannot vote, not yet. >> but we will be heard! [cheers] ♪ >> how are you all doing? give it up for the march of signs teens -- david up for the march of science teens.

let's keep the energy going. we are feeling good. to help usus along, please put your hands together for some more music from jon batiste and stay human. and i still speaking? yes. we're going to bring this back to a time that is so ahead of its time is a clue that many still have not caught up in our this band from hip-hop to even country music. the bandartist joining is personally one of my all-time favorite foreign players. definitely one of the great bandleaders of all time. he is the forefather of funk. say funk, y'all.

he is still setting standards for us all. he is an american and jazz icon of funk trombonist, best known for his work with james brown's in the 1960's and 1970'0's, as .ell as parliament funkadelic in 2015, he was inducted into the alabama jazz hall of fame. everyone, please welcome to the stage the three greatest words in soul music, "hit me, fred." fredme to the stage, funky wesley. everybody come out to have a gogood time tonight? realverybody come to be tonight? let's have a funky good time. ♪

>> ♪ were going to have a funky good time were going to have a funky good time. hen have a funky good time then i have a funky good time time a take you highe then it take you higher higherake you time have a funky good time have a funky good

gonna have a funky good time higherake you highertake you fred fred fred fred ♪

>> fred wesley, everybody. the give a big round of applause for eddie. come on, get down for is. >> wait a minute, fred, i can't unless on in d. funky d dirty d ♪

>> all the way >> all the way >> all the way >> all the way ♪

♪ fred wesley, everybody! >> thank you very much. wrote, it really was a gift from god. i have nothing in my educational background or my psychic background to write this tune. this is a tune called peace feud.

-- peace fugue.

♪

♪

♪ ♪

♪ [applause] thank you very much. >> how is everyone feeling? [cheers] do you know what i love about science? it has made the modern world what it is. satellites, the internet, the device in your pocket that can take a picture and connects you to all human knowledge. and just maybe, allow you to make a phone call. that's right. and all of these technologies began with basic fundamental scientific research.

and all basic scientific research begins with a question. a question like how unique is our place in the universe? that led us to build a telescope and launch it into space. that's right. we needed science to know how to do that, right? then we discovovered thousands f planets orbiting distant stars. you know it. science literally allows us to discover new worlds, while simultaneously revolutionizing our own world. our next group of speakers and bodies that spirit. please, join me in welcoming each and every one of them starting with the third ever chief technology officer of the united states megan smith.

>> it is so awesome to be with all of you. my science people. it is a team sport that we play. let me see your signs. awesome. you know, it is people who do do science and technology. one thing i love to think about his history. churchill sayays, the farther bk you can look, the farther forward you will see. and here in washington, right next to o the washington monume, i want to bring president washington to us. because in his very first state of the union address in 1790, he said, there is nothing which better deserves your future and age and the promotion of science and literature. iswledge in evevery country the surest basis of public

happiness. so president washington and thomas jefferson and benjamin franklin, on the very first coin of the united states of america, what did they write? , science andberty industry. thee legacy, we are the inventos and makers of these things together with our colleagues around the planet. so today we are back on the mall with a march. i brought my pink hat. [cheers] labi also brought my pink glasses. so what are we doing? mike called to use -- faculty ss women andhe bada men, we have our youth here, our elders, our indigenous peeps. i want us to all know them and let's fight cynicism. let's lift each other up.

let's go solve the hardest problems in the world together that universe does not separate the subject. this not like our technical people and not technical people. it is just us, us connected. let's use the internet to work together, collaborate, and make sure we get his government to lift up and support science technology funding and all of you to solve the things that we would solve together. thank you. go science! ♪ >> hello, i am drdr. jessica wae representing rutgers university newark. -- an evolutionary biologist. biologygy and entomology, the study of insects can our disciplines for everyone.

to twoingle mom children. i'm a black female punk rocker with an lgbt family. my son and identical twin are transgender and i b belong here. i belong in science. i am part of a global community of entomologistss an evolutionary biologist. the study of insects by definition is international, global, and collaborative. insesects do not see borders and they can cross walls. the largest insect science orgaganization in the world. we seek to improve the lives of the world citizens by promotingg biological diversity in dedeveloping saferer food production. we'rere working to save popollinators while eliminating pests and factors of disease. t test management, anan aspect of entomology that ensures food safety for humanity. entomology is a vital science. we seek to unravel past and current patterns about

diversity, alleviate threats to human health like zika, yellow fever. evolutionary biologists seek to understand which species are found where and why. we need to continue to fund evolutionary studies through the maintenance and growth of natural history collections and museseums. funding field expeditions to describe new s species before ty go extinct.. amy: our five-hour broadcast covering the march for science and washington, d.c. stay with us. truly fascinating forms of life. they're always interesting, sometimes ugly, sometimes beautiful, b but never boring. thank you. ♪ ♪ hellolo, i am megan duffy from the universisity of michigagan.

[a[applause] die fromllion people fungal infections each year,r, three times the e number thahate frfrom breast cancer. options for r treating these infections are extxtremely limited. surprisiningly by studying tiny shrimp-like creatures that live in lakes, my lab may havee discovereded new ways to treat fungal infections. amy: democracynow.org we a are broadcasting from watching our -- washington, d.c. our broadcast is five hours until 3:00. next, the washingtonon monument. tens of thousands of people are here or trying to get in to say that facts matter, that science is important and must be respected. let's go back to the main stage. >> prevented fungal infections. we are now testing to see if

they also w work against fungi that cause devastating infections in humans. this is how basic research works. working on the topopic with no relevance to humans can lead to breakthroughs that havave enorms unanticipated impacts. [applause] this is not just a story about the value of basic research. it is also a story about the importance of diversity in science. my student who led this research is in a federally supported program that aims to train a more d diverse pool of scientis. she is addressing questions no one thought to ask before and getting incredibly exciting results. it is too early to know if my student's work will give us the next big drug to treat uncle infections in people, but it is already abundantly clear that science is stronger because of her ideas and research. [applause] paraphrase the presidentnt

of the universitity of michihig, talelent is evenly distributed n society. but at present, opportrtity is not.t. science will progress further and fasaster if participation is broad with people from all backgrounds able to contribute their ideas and challenge the science. thank you. [applause] ♪ >> hi, everybody. i am here representing public health. when i say public, you say health. public health! public health! we all know sciencnce is about data. we need to remember data tells stories. we all have a story. my story is i'm a public health geek and a policy wonk. i am also a career transgender man.

and sites helps make sure my community and i are counted and we count in decisions that affect our lives. science is about all of us. it is my friend who is working to break new ground in the treatment of diabetes. a citizen my mother, scientist who contributes the data from her backyard bird feeder to ornithology. anand science i is my fellow phd students a at the johns hopkins school of public health. they do research to inform policy decisions like the affordable care act! [applause] theo ensure we all have right to good health. it is not t enough t to collect data. we need to s share it. advocacy is not a dirty word. science is objective, but science is not neutral.

poett wrote the hottest places in hell our reserved for ththose who remain neutral in times of moral crisis. we cannot prpretend we are abobe the fray. science is objective, but it is not neutral. beings,s,sts, as human our message is clear. it is for each of us to stand up for what we know to be true! [applause] whend to stand together working to shape a future in which we can all thrive. thank you! public health! [applause] ♪ >> i am the proud executive director of nation of makers. as humans, we are born curious. hacke built to explore, to the world around us in an attempt to understand it. to try tour d.n.a.

use science to improrove our lives, to help one another, to make each generation better than the one before it. from birth, a spark is born within us that calls us to be makers, doers, agents of change. science, engineering, and art are the medium by which we make tens of this amazing world we live in. they are the medium by which we elicit this change. they allow us to observe, record, analyze, innovate, iterate, improve our world and communicate the power of our creations. without that media, we are drained of our spark. how do we set fire to our spark? how do we create a true nation of makers, doers, agents of change? we start by prioritizing funding for hands-on stem experiences for our youth, by supporting the

arts and creative thinking as a key component to inventing our future. and by prioritizing funding for research that will lead to the cures, the future technologies that will impact our world for years to come. the cautionary tale is this. if you do not prioritize these things, if you believe the road to a prosperous future for america and the human race is paved without the foundation of science, technology, engineering, arts, and math, you will find yourself with no road at all. if humanity runs out of its spark, innovation is impossible. if people are unable to conceive of solutions to sustain ourselves, our culture and earth will be lost. there will be no road to the future. let us stand today as members of the human race, a nation of scientists, innovators, and makers, in solidarity to

prioritize our future. science,y yes to technology, engineering, arts, and math. yes to federal funding and innovation. on this earth day, yes to the earth and yes to a brighter future! thank you! [cheers and applause] ♪ >> go, objective reality! otto,ans auto -- shawn author of "the war on science." thomas jefferson crafted the declaration of independence to createte a new form m of govern. being a scientist, j jefferson tuturned for inspiration to francis baconon, isaac newton, d john locke. he synthesized their thinking into a powerful but simple idea. discover theus can

truth of somethingng for him or pope,f, been no king, no and no wealthy lord is more entitled to goverern than we are ourselves. today tothered here defend this fundamental principle, to tell our elected leaders that attacking science is attacking democracy. denying science is denying democracy. rejectingg science is rejecting democracy. andgreatest freedom greatest equality come not from the p.r. campaigns of wealthy corporations, nor from the demands of impassioned ideologues. but from public policicies based on evidence.

so, we say to our elected leaders, the war on science must end. the evidence shows global vacciness real, that do not cause autism, research drives prosperity, that there are no such things as alternative facts. and that if you want america to succeed, donald trurump, you beat it with your brain tied behind your back. we ask you to heed the words of george washington, that there is nothing which can better deserve your patronage than the promotion of science and literatuture. knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness. we marched to challenge you t to reclaim america's role as the world leader of evidence-based

public pololicy and thereby morald the mark of the university back toward liberty and justice for all. thank you. ♪ >> hello, science lovers. special sago to american indians, observers of nature, water protectors, and defenders of mother earth. am a professor of chemistry at northeastern university, a mohawk, and a scientist. my research group and i work on interpreting thehe genome and understanding how enzymes work. where does this take us? to finding new ways to prevent

and treat disease, to developing renewable energy systems, to designing new ways to make chemicals that are friendlier to the planet. we are also training our young people for the jobs of today and tomorrow. there is growing global demand for solututions in medical technology, clean energy, environmental protection, and biological and cyberthreat detection. innovations mean new industries and new jobs. the united states can n and shod be the world leader in these innovations. but this depends on investment today in scientific research and nsf andn, in the nih. to all of the students of science, may be it is discouraging to know some of our national leaders today do not

believe in what we, as scientists, are doing. but i promise you, we will prevail! the need for science innovation is critical. we w will work to o elect leades who understand scientific discovery is vital to national security, health, job growth, and the planet. we, like my native ancestors, believe in science. and in sciencece, the truth win. thank you. [applause] ♪ >> bon jour! in the original languages of this country, i bring you greetings. me this morning the voices of nearly 2000 indigenous scientists, allies, scholars, elders are all over the globe who have signed thee indigenous science declaration.

let us remember that long before western science came to these shshores, there were e indigenos scientists here. native astronomers, botanists, engineerers. and d we are still h here. indigenousbrate scscience e that promotes the flourishing of both humans and the beings with whom we share the planet. indigenous science provides not only a wealth of factual knowledge but a powerful paradigm to understand the world and our relation to it. embedded in cultures of respect, a reciprocity -- of reciprocity and reverence, indigenous science couples knowledge to responsibility, supports society aligned with ecological principles, not against it. it is ancient and it is urgent. western science is a powerful

approach. it is not the only one. let's march not just for science but for sciences. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. ♪ >> ok. y'all still with me? what a great g group of speaker. let's give them all a round of applause. fan of thei am a sunshine. too, and and the snow, all the beautiful people that enable us to live on earth. one of those lovely creatures is the wonderfully talented, soulful, moses soprano vocalist, kim franklin. up for kim franklin.

batiste is ajon legendary singer and bassist from the legendary meters, george porter, jr. let's take it away, y'all. [applause] >> ♪ >> but your hands in the air -- put your hands in the air! funk, get with the funk. come get with the funk -- on, get with the funk. >> ♪

>> yeah, yeah. 1, 2, 3, 4. whatever the weather i am not feeling so good myself the world is a l little bit undr the weather i'm not t feeling tooo good mymf world is a little bit under the weather i'm not feeling too good myself world is a littlele bit under the weather i'm not feeling too good myself revolution has got to be a solution

that has to be evolution in our nation >> ♪ bit the world is a little under the weather i'm not feeling too good myself the world is a little bit under the weather i'm not feeling too good myself [vocalizing] ♪

>> ♪ revolution there has to be a hip solution yeah, yeah! i'm not feeling too good myself the world is a little bit under the weather i'm not feeling too good myself [instrumental solo] >> get it, fred!

oh, oh, oh! solo]umental ♪ the world is a little bit under the weather oh, yeah i'm not feeling too good myself the world is a little bit under the weather i'm not feeling too good myself yeah, yeah, yeah the world is a little bit under the weather under the weather i'm not feeling too good myself yeah, yeah, yeah

the world is a little bit under the weather i'm not feeling too good myself not feeling too good myself i'm not feeling too well not feeling too good myself i'm not feeling too good myself ♪ [cheers and applause] >> yeah! [applause] [piano music] ♪

all laugh for you ♪ [instrumental music] ask for you ♪

you! are asking for >> ♪ we all ask for you they all ask for you they all ask for you they all ask for you [instrumental music]

guyi went up to the big they all ask for you all eyes o on you guynt up to the big and they all ask for you all ask for you everybody there they all ask for you they all ask for you they all ask for you everybody they're going nowhere they all ask for you on

get that keyboard, jonathan. [instrumental music] >> take it. [instrumental music] ♪

[cheers and applause] >> george porter, y'all! [applause] ♪ >> i love what i am seeing! here,you to everyone braving the rain to celebrate this march for science earth day.

you know what? some people say science should not be politicized. ok? but let me tell you something. science is inherently political. let me tell you why. because when science uncovers toxins in drinking water, policy must be made to fix it. pollutantse uncovers that destroy the ozone later, policy must be made to fix it. and when science uncovers that slightly more of a colorless and isless -- odorless gas causing us to track more heat from the sun changing the climate, policy must be made to fix it. that is why i am here. when policymakers make their decisions- base their on the most rigorous research, we all stand to benefit. is next group of speakers

striving to become more involved in the decision-making process all around the world. these decisions will benefit everyone here today, and most important for future generations. inspiring our youth to be more active and engaged in science at the earliest age possible will move our society forward. she is with some of our future decision-makers right now. guys, i really have faith in the future looking at all the inspirational kids that have come out today. i want to start with matthew. i.c.u. brought an important sign -- i see that you brought an important sign. tell me about it. >> these are yellowstone grizzlies because of climate change moving out of the yellowstone national park. people will be shooting them. i am trying to devote my life to stop animals being poached and climate change to be stopped. >> that is a really important cause. i am blown away.

we have diana here who built her own robot. tell me about this. >> i made a robot for battle bots. i'm going to enter the competition. i could lift its hand up. this is its weapon. it flips the robot up. you can go up and down. it can go up and flip over. that is my robot. f.s name is count ola >> i am so impressed. i want to be like these kids when i grow up. i am blown away. our next speaker will blow you away as well. here she is, lydia villa-komaroff. ♪ >> i'm a curious person. and i'm a scientist. a scienentist seeks to answer wy by seeking facac, facts that can

be tested and verified. we belieieve evidence must be reproducible. we belelieve in n the powower of doubt. we are c comfortable w with uncertainty. scscience touches all l aspectsf modern life. fundamenental, basic science has made posossible ththe cars we d, the housuses we liveve in, the clothihing we wear, our smartphones, our entertainment, the weapons that keep us safe. basic science underlies thehe medicall advances that allow us to lead longer, healthier lives. in the 1970's, i w was part of a diverse team that showowed insun could be made in bacteria. [cheers and applalause] >> today, anyone who takes insulin t takes insulin made by thee methods we and d our competitors developed. >this work was made possible

because in the 1 10's and 1 196s scscientists sought to l learn w certain bacteria resistant infection by certain viruses. that b basic research was supported by the american cancer sociciety and the e federal government, despite the fact that there was little indication it had any relevance to human health. but that work led to the discovery of restrictions enzymes. and that discovery made it possible to make insulin and other treatments in bacteria. and ththat made possible the bih of the biotechnology industry. that her h health. better jobs. and some of those jobs don't require a phd. this is one of many stories that illustrate the importance of science. supppport for science has been declining for decades. mrmr. president, membersrs of te house and senate, support our future. interest in science! -- in vast in science -- in

vest in science! >> i am very excited to introduce you to a very important guest, a pioneering woman in science. please join me in welcoming to dr. nancy roman. chief of was the astronomy and solar p physics at nasa in the 1960's. she was the first woman to hold an executive position at the space agency. [cheers and applause] >> over her career, dr. roman was instrumental in launching three solar observatories and three astronomical satellites.

played a central role in shaping the hubble space telescope, earning her the nickname " mother hubble." thank you, dr. nancy roman! thank you! [cheers and applause] ♪ >> good morning, everyone. rocock, don'tists they? i am from the american public health association. we represent thousands of public health professionals who practice s science every day to keep peoeople healthy and safafn our c communities. public health s science i is the heart of so many successes that

have prolonged o our lives and improve our wellll-being. thank you-- thanks to public health senence, we usese seatbts to prevent millions of crashsh fatalilities eachh year. we vacaccinate our kids to prott them from deadadly disiseases. thanks to public health scscien, we reduced the effectsts of secondhahand smoke. a strongng commitment to reseseh is essential to crcrafting evidence-based solutions that protect us from serious health threats. a nation that ignores science, that denies science, that under funds science does so at its own peril. we cannot allow this to happen. we need t to support public heah science and discovery that can deliverr answers t tthe question is to o improving our nation's health. nutrition data and evidence drive policymaking, not uninformed ideologies.

to appoint and leaders who are the leaders on national and public efforts. we need to support global research efforts. threats to public health do not recognize borders. neitheher should o our work to e these problemsms. america isis the innovation lear of the world, and we should continue to act like it. thank you. [cheers and applause] ♪ phd student at case western reserve university. and also a latina first-generation scientist in my family. as a scientist, i know that a

breakthrough in a lab can be a new way to help people. major institutions, including pharmaceutical companies, prioritize profits over life. the prices some companies charge for essential, life-saving medicines leave many people unable to live. we as scientists need to recognize our unique responsibility and take action. why i hope establishing organization called universities allied for essential medicines that pushes universities to ensure the cures the scientists discover are available at prices people can afford. at least 10 nine people died globally every year because they do not have access to the medicines they need. the suffering is preventable. no one should be sick because they are poor or poor because

they are sick. university, we have secured a massive price reduction in hiv medication allowing humanitarian organizations to treat people living with hiv in south africa for the first time. we successfully campaigned at johns hopkins university to ensure a new promising tuberculosis drug will be affordable for patients. universities are where at least 60% of the novel discoveries are made. they are funded by your taxpayer dollars. does not save lives if people cannot afford the results. join us this weekend and tomorrow. .org or find us on twitter. we are working t to ensure e acs to publicly funded medicine.

the system does not exist without us. we have the power to make it better. it is up to us. join us. if not us, who? thank you for your attention. [choose and applies] --[cheers and applause] ♪ andy name is erich jarvis, iming or a scientist. go, brains! i am glad to join with you today as we make history in the first ever march for science in our nation and in the world. it is science that has given us cures for disease, a better understanding of our planet, of our r university, and ouourselv. these scientific benefits to society would not have occurred without government support, yet when n thea time

support and fufundamentatal principles of science are being challenged, where ideological opinions override evidence, where you know something i is rereally wrong when pepeople frm around the world must form a protest march for science. and even in the rain! [cheers and applause]e] >> yes, science has alwayays receivived bipartisan congressional support. i am such anan example where suh support has made a difference. i am a professor of brain research and genetics at rockefeller university, hunter college, duke university, and the howard hughes medical institute. over 100ve advised students and staff in my career. many now run their own laboratories. somehow become politicians. some have gone into the pharmaceuticical industrieies to make the medicines that heal you.

others have become doctors and treat you and your loved ones in your hospitals. but i did not begin that way. i am african american raised in poor neighborhoods of new york city. it was diversity programs of congress to the national institutes of health that gave me the opportunity to become a scientist and give back to you. congress gave me and the people i traiain the opportunity to in theute to the society words of language i'm giving you here today. so, to wrap it up, because they are making the wrap it up. it for years or more goes by without this funding, we will miss the google years to train students and lose the scientists of tomorrow. you do not get a second chance. if four more years goes by without such funding, it will

end people's jobs and careers. ♪ [cheers and applause] immigrant. growing up in india, as a kid, i could not afford a microscope. so, one day i tried to make one by stealing my brother's eyeglasses. not a good idea. 30 years on, i am still making microscopepes. now i make affffordable scientic tools for everyone. last y year alonone, we shihippd 50,000 microscopes to kids around the world. with community workers, health workers fighting diseseases like malaria with absolutely no resources.

i sharare them with kids who are passionate and curioious about science, curious about why pollen flies, how far does a mosquito fly. we are all born curious. science gives us ththe athletets turn that curiosity in questions, questions anyone can ask, anyone can answer. today,elebrate and much i want us all to promise that we will make science accessible to everyone. let's make science and scientific literacy a human right. [cheers and applause] >> let's make it affordable to not just the people who can pay for it, but for one billion kids who can't. haveingling feeling you when you make your firstst discovery is worth passing on. it is worth passing on to the

kids because all of the problems we face, climate change, biodiverersity loss, and health care access to one billion people that is missing, the answers to them might lie in the lerinkle of the kids -- spark of the kids here today. thank you. [cheers and applause] ♪ >> hello, washington. with may have seen tv shows police in lab coats who quickly d easily develop new techniques to solve crimes. reality is a bit different from tv. i am here to talk to you about the importance of sound scienen in our criminanal justice sysys. the innocence project works to exonerate peoeople who have been wrongfully convicted of serious crimes. womene 1992,2, 349 menen and

have been exonerated usining d.n.a. evidence that proved their innocence. people who 4000 762ely served years in prison for crimes they did not commit. they are finally free. that is the power of science getting it right. cases have also taught us that it is problems in for an six science that contributed to 46% of these wrongful convictions. problems that include unreliable and invalid methods. exaggegerated and misleading testimony. simple mistakes and ououight fraud.d. that is almost half of the cases in which sometething that passes itselflf off as science gotot it wrong.

we c call upon our f federal government t to fund the scientific foundational validatition research needed to make sure forensic scicience is sounund science. criminal everyone in our justice systems, our police, prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges, injuries, to be able to make decisions make -- based on sound science. assistant seeking truth and justice -- a system seeking truth and justice to demanand nothing leless. we are proud to join with you in washington, new york, across the country, and around the nation as we all stand up for science. [cheers and applause] ♪ >> i love that walk on music. it is real for boating -- foreboding.

thank you, everyone. you are still here even though it is raining. raining is beautiful. give it up for linda. very interesting points. and for everyone who spoke earlier. without science, we are truly operating blindly. is my pleasure to welcome to the stage a very special artist who pioneered the new wave movement in the early 1980's. that doe millennials not know, that is pop music that incorporates electronic instruments. his work covers a wide range of musical styles and moods. he is also a technology entrepreneur in silicon valley. he is the musical director of the tech conference and a professor at johns hopkins university. the bottom line is he actually fits in with our lineup of talented musicians and accomplished scientists.

in fact, so much that he has us with his sounds for more than 20 years. ladies and gentlemen, please mr. thomasthe stage dolby. >> ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, it is hour!homas dolby ou >> ♪ science! science!

as deep as any ocean as sweet as any honey she blinded me with science she blinded me with science technology blinded me with science science! smell the chemicals

blinded me with science, science science motion poetry in and when she turned her eyes to me as deep as any ocean as sweet as any harmony science ed me with she blinded me with science geometry me in when she is dancing next to me blinded me with science, science science hear machinery

blinding me with science, science science huh, it's poetry in motion and now she's making love to me elements in harmony she's blinding me with science and hit me with technology i don't believe it

anything nd poetry in motion when she turned her eyes to me as deep as any ocean as sweet as any harmony but she blinded me with science blinded me with science me with science ♪ [cheers and applause] >> mr. thomas dolby, everybody! science."e with >> are you ready?

♪ >> science! thomas dolby, everybody! all right, guys. i really, really excited to be here today. i think i want to do a little experiment with you for my own selfish reasons. i am standing here in front of an incredible crowd of science lovers, here on the national mall in d.c. in the pouring rain, you came out to support this cause. i can see the white house in the background. i think what i want to do is i want to take the biggest selfie

ever. do you think you guys could smile for me? all right. now i want you to do the same thing. everybody, take out your phones. the incredible technology you have in your hand, these many built and based on science. take yourselves a huge group selfie. let's do it. yeah! tag those photos march for science and earth day 2017. and remember, guys, nothing is untouched by science. it is everywhere and it pops up in places you would least expect. art is at the root of much of

our understanding about science. yeah. it is da vinci's illustrations of the human body. sketchesrles darwin's of biodiversity in the galapagos. and science has produced great , , as our next speaker, the poet jane hirshfield, can attest to. ♪ hi. i am jane h hirshfield. on januauary 25 when the federal scientists were told to be silent, this march was firsrst conceived that afternoon. by that afternoon, i b began wrwriting the poem i am about to read to you. on the fifth day. scicientists who

stududy the rivers were forbrbin to spepeak or to study the rivi. the scientiststs who study the r were told not to speak of the air. end ththe ones who work for th farmers were silenced and the ones who worked for thehe bees. thosose fromom the badlalands bn posting facts. the. fats were told not to speak and taken away. now it was only the rivers that spoke of the rivers and only the rivers that spoke of the bees. assignmentss spoke loudly of sisilence anand the rivers s ket spspking of rivers, of boboulde, and air. gravity, the untested rivers kept speakinin writers,vers, code machiniststs, accountants, cellisists kept speaking. theyey spoke the fifth day of

silence. [cheers and applause] ♪ >> hello, science lovers. i am from a nonprofit organization that my husband and i founded in 2015 to help individuals reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. our story begins with dr. james hansen. here we are today and we are hearing things like climate change is a hoax. global warming is not real. do you believe that? >> no! >> what we do about it? we don't believe it. threree things.

keep using advanced science to find innovations -- innovative solutions. doing what each one of us can like riding a bike or putting solar in our houses. and three, supporting technologies scientifically proven to reduce emissions. that b brings meme to our story. honduras,go in rural we saw lots of women and children suffering from respiratory illness and becauseg on nebulizers they cooked food over wood fires and were breathing toxic smoke. we found a scientifically engineered cook stove that removed smoke from homes. and they burned less wood, thereby reducing co2 emissions. this gave rise to our stone project. which helped000

500,000 people breathe less smoke. we verifiably reduced over one million tons of co2. science at work! now it is your turn! happy earth day. remember cool effect. celebrate this with actions, not frustration. thank you. ♪ >> hi. k kirshenbabaum with science debate. i l looked down at my newborn sn as he was placed in my arms and wondered what the world d woulde like when he was my age. will he be protected from mercury to ststay healthy into adulthood? willll he become accustomed to coconflict in the face of climae change? will we be so used to alternative factsts that they wl go unchallenged? i truly hope not. but maybe, we will invest in

education, medicine, technology, we will cure diseases. we will curb deforestation. we will save species. potential if we invest in what matters most -- our future. i am so glad you are here today. what is most important is not the march. it is what happens next. our real work starts now. are you ready? we have so much to do over the coming years. when you go back home, stay involved. visiting your local schools, community centers, story,es, telling your sharing life science is so crucial l to who we are, how we live. and please take time to listen.

i know a bright future is possible for my baby and his big brother and every child in america and around the wororld. our kids are counting on us. they cannot wait for a different time or different administration. they are counting on us so get to work. [cheers and applause] amy: you are tuned to democracy now! our five-h-hour broadcast cocovg the march for science in washington, ♪

♪ [music break] amy: this isis democracy now!,!, dedemocracynow.org, ththe war ad peace repoport. i'm m amy goodman. broadcasting from the march for science and washington, d.d.c. ouour broadcast t is for five h. we arare next to ththe washingtn monument. tens of f thousands s of peoplee here or trying t to t in toto sy that facts matter, science is important anand must be respect. let's go back to the main stage. >> america should be leading, not lagging in this space.

informn science must public policy, notot the other y around. unfortunately, too often, that is the case. publicrch needs to inform policy. our food system, health, safety, economy, and the government rely upon it. thank you for standing up. [cheers] ♪ hello, i'm executive director of firefighters united for safety, ethihics, and ecology. i want to talk about the critical importance of science in wildfire management. 50 years ago, we creatated somef the first research labs to study fire. + to big research in fire management. since then, we have made amazing

discoveries about the vital ecological role of fire. we have developed powerful technology to map, model, and monitor wildfires. improving safety for firefighters. challenge,ce a new climate change. it makes wildfdfires ignite more easily, burn much more rapidly, and burn longer throughout the year. firefighters are now increasingly caught between the unstoppable force of wildfire in the immovable objects of homes and communities. in this explosive matter, antimatter mix, predictable tragedies, firefighter fertility's, destroyed homes happen. themore than ever, we need best available climamate science and firere ecology reseaearch because we know that wildfire policies devoid of or in defiance of ecological science puts firefighters at greater risk and harms america's wildlands. but instead, we have an administration in congress to reject scientific findings that

conflict with her ideology or special interests. they want to slash funding for research and tries but fails to silence scientitists. [cheers] should need no defense, but it is great to see so many science defenders willing to stand up, speak out, and march for science. as smokey bear says, "only you can prevent" science from being silent. thank you very much. ♪ [cheers] >> greetings. greetings, fellow citizens. [cheers] today to remind

people everywhere are lawmakers, especially, of the significance of science for our health and prosperity. the process of signs enables humankind to discover the laws of nature. this understanding has enabled us to feed and care for the world's billions, build great cities, establish effefective governments, great global transportation systems come explore outer space, and know the cosmos. [cheers] the framers of the constitution of the united states, which has become a model for constitutional governments everywhere, included article one section eight, which refers to promoting the progress of science and useful arts. its intent is to motivate innovators and drive the economy by means of just laws.

they knew without the progress of science and useful arts of engineering, our economy would falter. without scientifically literate citizens, the united states, any country in fact, cannot compete on the world stage. yet today, we have a great many lawmakers, not just year, but around the world, deliberately ignoring and actively suppressing science. their inclination is misguided and in no one's best interest. our lives are in every way improved by having clean water, reliable electricity, and access to electronic global information. each is a product of scientific discoveries, diligent research, and thoughtful engineering. these final services are connected to policy issues, which can only be addressed confidently for understanding

the natural laws in p play. [cheers] some may consider science the purview of a special or separate type of citizens, one who pursues natural fax and generate numerical models for their own sakes. but our numbers here today -- [cheers] show the world that science is for all. our lawmakers must know and accept that science serves everyone of us. every citizen of every nation in society. science must shape policy. it is universal. science brings out the best in us with an informed optimistic view of the future together, we can, dare i say it, save the world! [cheers]

thank you. science! >> yeah. now, that is what you call dropping science. give it a for bill nye, ladies and gentleman. i have been told t to keep it brief because we're running behind time a little bit. i want t to say, comingg up nex, amazing, amazing, amazing singer and comparable -- one of the best -- she has worked with so many of the greats for the late prince rogers nelson and also chosen to sing with michael jackson during his "this is it"

run. give it up, ladies and gentlemen, for judith -- are you ok? i did not mean to blast you like that. she signed it, too, that is amazing. give it up, ladies and gentleman -- that is not funny. for judith hill. >> ♪ welcome to your life there's done turning back.

acting on your best behavior, turn your back on mother nature. once to rule the world. it's my own desire it's my own remorse help me to decide help me make the most of freedom and of pleasure nothing ever lasts forever everybody wants to rule the world there's a room where the light won't find you holding hands while the walls come tumbling down when they do, i'll be right behind you

so glad we've almost made it so sad they had to fade it everybody wants to rule the world i can't stand this indecision

married with a lack of vision everybody wants to rule the world say that you'll never, never, never, need it one headline, why believe it? everybody wants to rule the world ♪ freedom freedom freedom stand up for the truth truth sets you free, yeah one break i

break it down we got to make a difference in this world, everybody. we're powerful. all of you guys matter. us coming together is what is going to make that change. we can roll the world. we can. we will. we will. give love to the station. give love to our planet, the planet earth. freedom freedom freedom freedom yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

♪ god bless you. ♪

♪

♪

♪

[applause] ♪ >> wow, that was fantastic. happy earth day! let me hear it, happy earth day! [cheers] today marks the 47th anniversary earth day. --

it began in 1970. we are about to hear from the man who made it happen. that man is dennis hayes. not only did he lead the first earth day, he was an early supporter of solar back when jimmy carter was president. in fact, he headed the federal energy and solar energy research institute. and now he is ahead of the bullitt foundation and has just built what has been called the greenest building in the world in seattle, washington. he is considered one of the most influential people in america. i am really proud to introduce him, but first, we're going to watch a short clip of his achievements. let's take a look. >> mayor l lindsay had shut down fififth a avenue and basically filled it all up. demonstrations

began in practically every cities and towns in the u.s.s., the first massive nationwide protest against the pollution of the environment. withtionally, earth day the largest demonstration ever in amemerican histstory. we had an estimated 20 m milli acacross the country. >> we're challenging the eththis of a a society that only 6% of e worlds population accounts for half of its utilization of resources. systematically destroying our land, our streams, and our seas. >> it was a huge, high adrenaline effort. before t there are people thatat closed freeways, the more people worried about pesticides. they did not think of themselves as having anything in common. after earth day, they're all part of an environmental movement. [cheers]

>> this is a science march, so i assume you all knew there was going to be a quiz. this is about last november's election. meltmerica s somehow votote to the polarized caps and kill the coral reefs s and set asidide te oceaeans? >> no. >> do we vote to reduce the epepa's budget by whopping 42%? >> no. nd c cleanefu drinkiking water by one third? to eliminate or contested the bay and san francisco bay and puget sound and the gulf of mexico and the great lakes? >> no. >> well, that is what we got. [boos] >> 47 years agogo on thee first

earth day, 20 million regular everyday americans, including millions of angry students, rose up and stormed the political stage anand demand it -- demandd a clean, healthy, just, resilient envivironment. later, to my astonishment, we are back in the same spot. president, a vice president in a cabinet, and the leadership of both houses of congress who are all climate deniers. [boos] they are scrubbing climate change from four webebsites and ordering federal emploloyees not use the woss "global warming" in any communication. this is not conservative politics. this is the inquisition, gunning for galileo. it is now crystal clear that the man who lives right there did

thecome here to drain swamp. he is filling the swamp to overflowing with conflicts of interest with the white house that reeks of greed and sleaze and mendacity. [cheers] america has had 4545 presidenen, bubut we have never before had a president who was completely indifferent to the truth. donald trump makes richard nixon look like diogenes. we are racing now toward a climatate clip and our coaoal-lg president is punchining the of usrator, so milillions are e marching a across amamerid arouound the w world. [cheers] .ur job is clear today is the first step in a long-term battle for scientific integrity, a b battle for transparency, a battle for

survival. so do not leave here thinking --t you came out in the rain all of you, this awesome crowd, standing in the rain freezing and thinking now you have done your part. you haven't. not yet. like that first earth day, this earth day is juju the begininni. [cheers] in t that battle,e, losing is nn optionon becauause if lose thts fight, w we will p pass on a desolate, impoverished planet for the next 10100 generaration. i amam old enough ththat i can remember when people allll over the earth saw america as the world's best hope. today, right here, right now, all of you, let's emit ourselves to becoming the world's best hope again. [cheers]

>> dennis hayes, everyone. [cheers] our next speaker is an artist, a sculptor, an architect, and educator. her naname is myelin. aya lynn. she constructed the vietnam veterans memorial. the civil rights memorial. the women's table at yale. her works have moved audiences around t the world with her usef natural elements to spark intimate conversations, her passion and dedication to the environment are highlighted in her exhibit, what is missing,

multimedia, multilocation project that focuses on habitat loss, endangered species, and extinction. that's right. everyone, please join me in welcoming presidential medal of lynn.m recipient maya [cheers] >> happy earth day. i'm an artist and environment alisist. i rereveal a aspects of the natl world d that youou may not be ae

of. in my y memorials, i want the viewer to remembmber and leaearn from o our past in ordrder to hp shape a better tomorrow. this earth dayay, i want to take about what wilill be my lastst memorial. it is called "what is missssing" introducuced in the video you jt saw. it is a wake-up call and a call to action to what scientists are labeling the sixth mass extinction of species now underway. it r raises awarareness of whahe are losing, but a also imagines plausible future scenarios that balance our needs with that of nature. imagine by protecting g and rerestoring forests, wetlalandsd other habitats, we can both protect species and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. and with science and tecechnolo, we can make huge strides in reducing e emissions in n count, communities, and companies around the globe and fulfill the prpromise of the 2015 paris

climate agreement. [c[cheers] but we are at a dangerous moment in our nation's history whehen science and scientists are under attack. we are the -- were the very words "climate c change" arere g censored and what shouould be or best defense againinst, changegr incredible abilility to use e or miminds andd increrediblee probm-m-solving alities are beining supported and d defunde. let's s make sure that the answr to what is missing is not science. let's demand this earth day that our country uses its vast scieientific resources to creata future that is safe for us and the rest of the species sharing this wondrous planet. thank you. [cheers] ♪

>> howow is everybodody doing t? i am f from neyorkrk. i'm here to o talk about knowlee sharing and communityty engagement. a friend of mine loves plants. she nonoticed these little green things on the leaves of the plants. she looked them up in a book. there got aphids and they are pests. she has some ladybugs. shshe knew from previous resear, the lalady is bug -- the ladybus eat aphids. she put them on the plants. bad news for the aphids, but really good news for the p plans and ladydybugs. that is knowledge in action. then she told me about it and told her friends. when y you read stuff and learn something, telell someonone els. theree is no click rate in book. community engagement.

i'm preaching to the converted. you are here. but when you go back to wherever you came from, go to city hall and make sure that your drininkg water is healthy. making the world a better place requires persistence. speaking of making the world a better place, a lot of people want to change the world. i am glad some of them didn't napoleon. stalin andd making thehe world a better plpe is what matters. commicate in your community. whatat can you do about all of e fossil fuels and the drought? you can do this -- turn off your computer's befofore youou go to sleep at night. do not put your computer to sleep. it is not sleepingng. this sucking the energy out of the world. turn off the water when you brusush your teeeeth. no toe and just say plastic bags.

on their d death beds, people don't wish they had spepent more time o on instagram. they wish they had done more stuff, like you all being here today is wonderful. but wawait. march for science? shshouldn't itit havbeen in mar? it is in april because it is later than you think. , but every dayaday is earth day because that is where we are every day. so i want you to share more, learn more, and think more. keep on marching and keep on dancing. [c[cheers] ♪

>> happypy earth day, eveverybo. think rain forest, right? so w when i was pretty young, i wawa interested, mostly in thins like skunks and snakes. 15, i learnedas about the variety of life on earth. and i have never beeeen able to get enouough of it evever since. that is s what we call biodiversityty. the millions of specieses with whom we share this planet. and before the first earth day, i actually had a chance to go to the amamazon rain f forest. one of the m most logically rich places on the planet -- biologicically rich places on te planet.

i am always on my way to the amazon. we now know much more how frfragile these forests are. it has b been fabulous t to work with scicientists worlrldwide to increase our knowowledge of biodiversity. i have been delighted to work with scientists of every discipline to encourage effective action to protect our environmentt. it is clear that american leadership in science has made a real difference. and there are many other obviously important efforts going on worldwide. i i know we can save the rain forest and a planet that can continue to o nurture humans and other forms of life.e. im dismayeded by the unprecedented level of disdain for science and the environment we have seenen recently,y, but'm so encououraged i seeieing all f you u here today statanding up r science. [chcheers]

scscience is essential for a grt america and for ouour shared fufuture. we need more science, not less. more science. [cheers] ♪ >> how is everyone doing? i am from flint, michigan. it is great to be here. i am here to tell you that the flint water crisis is not over. we still cannot to rank unfiltered water from our cap's.

our taps. when we what happens dismiss science. flint is what t happens when we dismiss experts. flint is what happens when we dismiss people. flint is what happens when saving money is more important than public health. pediatrician, and every day, i use science to protect and restore the health of my patients, my kids. and about a year ago, my research proved that are contaminated water in flint was leaching lead into the bodies of our children. i took a risk. i walked out of my clinic just be got publicly for my kids. [cheers]

and i was attacked. but when you are fighting for children, you fight back. [cheers] and i was allowed and i was stubborn, and science spoke truth to power. not an alternative fact. it is time for all of us to fight back against those whoho deny science and those who do grade science. it is time for all of uss to stp out of our clinics, our classrooms, and labs. we need to make ourselves known into the halls of government. we need to hear all of your voices. [cheers] i march for science. and today, i march for our flint kids. i am marching for our smart, are

strong, our resilience, our beautiful flint kids. they inspire me to continue to use science every day to make sure that there tomorrows are bright as ever. i want you to meet one of our amazing flint kids. i hope that she and little girls just like her become scientists. but this little one has her eyes on that house, the white house -- [cheers] in 2044. so i want you guys to give a to little miss flint. [cheers]

>> thanknk you, dr. mona. thank yoyou, dr. mona. my name is mari. i am a flint kid and i believe in science. becaususe flint kidsds are smard we arere brarave, and most of a, we are strong. we knew something was wrong with our water. it was brown. and it smelleded weird and tastd gross. it wasas b burning my skin and giviving me and my family rashe. my family and mymy neighborsrs w something wass wrong, but the ststate did not want to believen signs. they did n not want to l listeno us. they said we were wrorong. finally, scientists proved our

bad and that kids just like me were getting hurt. over 8000 kids under age six exposed to lead. listen to me. when we don't believe in science , and especially when our government doesn't t believe in signs, k kids get hurt. ththat is what happened in flin. for the sake of flint kids and for all over this world, i march for science. [cheers] >> hi, everyone. i am dan abrams. i am the global director of earth day.

i am also a six-year veteran of epa. [cheers] and what is happening out of that building and at epa pisses me off. [cheers] and to myrsonal to me 15,000 former colleagues who i admire immensely. .arth day is all about action it is 2017. we need to move beyond changing our lightbulbs and recycling our junk mail. your participation in actions like this today is exactly what we need. we need more of these and we need to stand strong. if there is one man who understands the power of science and action, it is our next speaker. he is a pioneer in harnessing technology and citizizen science to crowd source e new discoveris in our world. he has traveled d to the most

remote corneners of the planet d developed incredible new ways so use science and technology to understand, preserve, and protect our common home. science marchers, please welcome dr. albert human land. science!raining i am albert lynn and i'm a scientist. what does that mean? >> to me, it means being that explorer. going into the unknown and trying to make sense of things. standingould not be here in front of you t today ift was not for science. science.n is why is that important? , our oceans,omes

our atmosphere's are the tipping point. how we innovate now, the decisions we make now, they don't just determine the near future, they will determine life on planenet earth f for the next 10,000 years or more. some polls they run 50% of americans don't believe in climate change. or that humans are responsible. we can do better. battle for science literacy, and that battle will be won or lost in our clasassrooms. need to inspire the next generation of scientists to take on the show just, to be the innovators. kids love science, right? [cheers] seen byhow, we have middle school, they start losing interest. we can do better.

these days, i am honored because i work with video game designers, filmmakers, storytellers, educators, kids, scientists to try to reinvent the way that we teach science. using current technologies, create virtual worlds that allow you to get the frontier of discovery sovereign real-world problems like ocean health, claimant change, energy prproduction. we have an opportunity, maybee more of a respopoibility, to make ours the baddest -- the best scientific generation this planet has ever seen. and it won't be easy. it will be for t the faint o of heart. from galileo to jane goodall, scientists have put their lives on the line. they have been risktakers, rebels, adventurers. explore discovered the titanic once said, science is a full

contact sport.. at this juncture in our history, the glovoves must come off.. you for science and for our planet. [cheers] ♪ >> hello, everyone!

years, iast several had the most incredible honor to work with president obabama to protect more of the ocean than an president in history. [cheers] him to thewith middle of the pacific ocean to visit in an almost blue park -- enormous blue park. yes, i can say it three times fast. being there, i felt just like mauana. as she says, see that line where the sky meets the sea, it calls me. no one knows how far it goes. well, science tells us how far it goes. while the president was trying to decide whether or not to protect the blue park, scientists discovered d the oldt marine organism, black coral, at

1500 years old. and with all of the challenges that the ocean faces right now, we need to support science. that is how we will answer the question of f whether we can sae the wild salmon runs in the pacific northwest. that is how we will determine if wewe can stop p bleaching in the great barrier reef, and d how we will find ththe keys to protect our oceans and all of us from the worst impacts of climate change. i am a mother. i have a son, charlie, and a daughter, caroline. for them and for all of our children, the most powerful nation in the world cannot turn its back on science. today we march to say that science holds the a answers to r future, and we will not be ignored. thank you for being here. let's make some noise! ♪

>> hello, everyone. thank you for being here. earth day supporters and marchers for science, my name is leland melvin. when i was in sixth grade, my mother gave me an asian appropriate, mistry said. i created the most incredible explosions in heher living room, blowing up her living room. that is what got me hooked on science. becoming but dream of a national, i dreamt of becoming an athlete. for charlie, i got to do both. i went to space two times and i played with the detroit lions. they cut make, but you know, that is ok.

looked back2008, i at the planet from the vantage point of space. i knew that data and signs are important to ensure that we have sustainable climate, sustainable planet. we cannot put our heaeads in the sand and act like it is not there. i realize what matters are not racial or geographical boundaries, not our money or power, but what matters is taking care of our planet, of each other, a and of all life. and d we need science to lighghr path and guide our steps forward. that i is why i'm here today. let's work together as one team on this s spatial we call eart's -- spatitial we call earth. i want to turn it over to one of incredible jamie rappaport clark who is the president of defenders for wildlife. thank you, jamie. >> hello, everybody. thank you, leland.

i am a scientist. i am fiercely committed to protecting our beautiful blue marble and the entire web of life. it is so great to be here today. speaking out, speaking up, and marching for science has never in more important to saving endangered wildlife. because extinction is forever. the endangered species act important law thatat has been hugely effective at saving endangered wildlife. the bald eagle, the california condor, and the florida manatee. science,hy we say no no chance. because science is vital to saving wildlife and habitats they depend on. today the endangered species act is endangered by a congress and administration more hostile to wildlife, more hostile to science than any in our memory.

our government leaders want to substitute politics for science. that is very dangerous for wildlife and for our future. while love, the endangered species act, and strong science are worth standing up for. they are worth fighting for. worth marching for. it is time to tell our government when it comes to extinction, science and facts are literally a matter of life and death. help us join in a call for action. i am here today on behalf of 1.2 million members and activists, crowds of march for science today and to support sciencece evevery day. without science, there is no polar bears, no monarch .utterflies, no red wolves so goes nature, so goes us. say it with me. no science, no chance. no science, no chance!

no science, no chance! thank you.u. [cheers] ♪ >> good afternoon, everyone. good afternoon, everyone! [cheers] i am about to take it to jamaica. i want everyone to say, get up, stand up. stand up for your rights. it is time to stand up like the legend bob marley said, stand up for your rights. carolina,go in north a small but committed african-american community decided to stand out and say no more. they decided to stand d up agait dangerous pcb, cancer-causing substance in their neighborhood. they decided to stand up to protect their lives, their neighbors, and the lives of the

next generation. today we stand against in a administration that places profits over people, and tells us that science is not real. that rolls back regulations of her decades has protected and given peoplele a fighting chance for clean air, clean water, and clean land. today we must stand for community-based programs i give marginalized communities traction to address the disinvesestment that limited the opportunities for popositive change. today we must support our most vulnerable commumunities on ther journey from surviving to thriving. up for standing rock to protecect and support - [cheers] that's right. cultures that honor mother earth and the lives of our people. today we stand up for flint. today we stand up for baltimore wil.

today we stand up for eaeast chicago, where the devastating effects of have a long-term impact. today wewe stand with 71% ofof african-americanans who live in counties that violate federal air pollution standards and the 60% of african-americans who live within 30 miles of a coal-fired power plant. today we stand with latinos who are 165% more likely to live in counties with unhealthy levels of power pollution. a 24 milliond with americans suffering from asthma and are disproportionally at risk. today we hold our public officials accountable. today we stand for justice and make our collective voices heard. today we stand up and we march. everyone join me. up,yone say, get up, stand stand up for your rights! [cheers] ♪

>> i am the bee guy. i just realized that if allll of the bees disappeared, there is tons of an applied scientists. here's how it works. these are all of the flowering plants in the world, thousands and thousands of them. they have a relationship, sometimes one-on-one, with thousasands and thousands of different bee species. there are more than honeybees out there. you lose some of these plants

species, you lose all chunk of bee species. the system m works s like this. they encapsulate the earth, the bees, and plans. without them, you will do nothing to live for. here's what you need to do. you need to harbor all of the natural areas that are the bank of plant biodiversity with their bees that keep together. and personally, this is what you need to do. you are an activist. you probably have a lawn. wnify theto de-la world. lawns contribution is is zero to negative -- i will do a paper on that later -- but you can make a difference in just those small different ways. my favorite quote from emerson's "the world laughs in flowers."

thank you. ♪ and redees s green

roses too bloom for me and you and i think to myself i see wonderful world skies of blue and clouds of white the bright blessed day, the dark sacred night and i think to myself what a wonderful world

♪ the colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky and also on the faces of people going by i see friends shaking hands saying how do you do they're really saying i love you

♪ amy: o our five-hour broroadcast coveringng the march f for sciee in washington, d.c. stay with us. ♪ [music break]

amy: the march f for science in washington, , d.c., i am a amy goodman. f five hours.s.is for we are nexext to theashington monument. tetens of thousands of people ae here, or trying g to get in to y that facts matter, that science is important, and must be respected. let's go back to the main stage. ♪

♪

>> ♪ grab your coat get your hat leave your worries s on the doorstep just direct your feet to the sunny side of the street pat t you hear the pitter can be so tune life street -- so s sweet on thehe sunny side ofof the s t , walk in thek shades with my blues on parade this am not afraid because rover has done crossover

shift --ver have a red red cent i will be rich as the rockefellers with gold dust at my feet let me hear you ♪ blow your horns everybody put it right here ♪ jon batiste: everybody say oh!

♪ john baptiste -- jon batiste: ♪ i used to walk in the shade with them blues on parade now i'm not afraid

now w if i never made e one cent i willll be rich as donald trump there will be gold dust at my feet on the sunny side the sunnnny side the sunny side of the street ♪ [applause] jon: yes, indeed.

♪

♪

when i say science, you say rocks -- science >> rocks. >> science. >> rocks.

>> i want to givive yourselves a big round of applause because -- for saying through this rain. i see people streaming into thee mallll. it is incredible, and we e are just about to march 4 sides. this is our last speaker set coming up, so of course we have to deal with the biggest issue right now, which is climate change, and to lead off the set, we have a pioneering climate scientists, or vessel -- professor michael mann. mann was amongngst the first researchers to produce the hockey stick graph of global temperatures, and he has been a tireless advocate for communicating climate sciences to the public, and that has brought him under fire from doubters and deniers.

so, please, give a big warm welcome for professor michael mann. ♪ michael mann: allllight, thank you. thank you very much. i am a climate scientist. i am also an author.r. my most recent book, co-authored with "washington posost" cartoonistst tom tolls is entitd "the madhouse affffect," -- how can change nile is affecting a planet, desestroying our popoli, and d driving us crazy. to berkeley,ed off a hotbed of activism, not to

demonstrate or protest, but to study applied math and physics among some of the world'ss leading scieientists. ironically, that path was the one that led m me to become a combatant in a fierce political fight. i went on to study physics in graduate school and then climate research. my pathth of disiscovery led meo publish the now iconic hockey 90's.s.rve in the latate-19 the hockey stick curve telells a visual story t that ththe curret warming spike is unprecedented, as far back as we can go, and it is our continued burning of fossil fuels that is the culprit. fossil fuel interests, along with front groups and politicians doing their bidding attacked it and me, despite independent confnfirmations of y findings from the natational academies of sciences and many others, the efeffort to discredt this research and discredit me personally continues. i was initially reluctatant to e

the cent off a fracture with comedy fractururing publblicebae ---- fracturing public debate, t have come to embrace the role. i have come t to learn that thee is no o more noble pursuit thann seeking to ensure that p policys informed by an objective assessment of scientifific evidenence. [apppplause] march for scscience -- mr. mann: and so here we are at a crossroads -- nevever before have we witnessedd science and needed it more to deal with a changing climate. all of us that care about science and our planet must now make our voices h heard, and indeed, today, the entire world is listening. thank you. [applause]

♪ balog: good afternoon. i'm a patriot. i fight for spacious skies, amber waves of grain. for purple mountains majesty. you all are patriots. but i do that by doing a photographer -- being a fit -- by b being a filmmaker, photographer, , and scientist. we h have mett what a grereat be for the mind, s soul of this country isis being fought. among otheher things, it is a battle between objective reality and ideological fiction..

my team and i have collected visual evidence of the epic changes sweeping the earth today. i have seen how burning coal, oil, and gas cooks the air that we breathe. i have seen how the altered air heats our forest until they explode in fireballs and homes burned down. i hahave seen through more thana million frames of time left photography how trillions of tons of glacier ice are melting. i hahave seen that and to the ss and flood the coastlines of america. nature is not natural anymorore. all 7.5.5 bilillion of us are chchanging the clima. it is with theheeal-worldd evidence s says. you knowow, there is gooood new, toto -- e each one ofof us can e our voices and our choices to take us down the road to a better f future. i submit too you that we, the people, have an inalienable right, not just t to life,

liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, but to clean air, clean water, and a stable climate. [applause] demandsg: our survival it, and our children deserve it. and, so, empmpowered by y evidee an reaeal-world truthths, we shl fight for spacious s skies, ambr waves of grain, majejestic mountains, and we shall march on the streets. we shall never, ever, surrender. [applause] mr. balog: thank you. [applause] ♪

hello, everybody. thank you for being here today. it is great to be here with all of you celebrating and defending the role of science, and making ththe world a better place.. anand it is great t to be here n capitol hill at the nature conservancy -- we say shot -- why should science the bipartisan issue. sides protects everyone -- science provides us the clean air we breathe, the what we

drink, the soil that grows our food, the coastlines that protect us from storms, and the tools to address the biggest challenge of all, climate change. this is no time to reduce investments in science. and, by the way, there is reason for hope. anybody who is my age will remember the 1970's. we had a real air pollution issue. today, the air is clean. badhe 1970's, the was so the clean air act was introduced. the auto industry said this will never work. it will cost billions of dollars. it will cost millions of jobs, but thanks to political pressure -- that means you, and today, too, the clean air act was passed, and then science and industry got to work. unleaded gasoline was clean -- quickly develoloped. the catalytic converter was invested. today's cars are 99% cleaner than they were in 1970, and we

enjoy clean-a-air. we can do that again. we can do it now, but we need to do it here in capitol hill, and we need to ask all of you to engage in politics. some people don't like politics ananymore -- they say the government is dysfunctional. get over that. i don't like politics either, but i have learned our elected officials really will listen to you. please, speak up. vote. call your congressman speak up. we can do it. thank k you very m much. go scienence. show of hands, how many of you guys believe global warming is actually real -- ththe temperateses are increasing question therere were scientists -- increasing? there e were scientists that carbon dioxide was this thermostat -- you crank up

carbon dioxide, you crank up the temperature. hello.rching -- >> i am marching in the rain today because i believe scientist something we need to defend. we need to defend science because sides protects us. trading.ientist by i got my start at the weather channel where we created the first tv show focused on climate. we want to help people understand why climate change is a problem, but we also wanted to look at how to solve it. that is what silence -- science is all about -- eloquently solving problems. case in point, our countries deadliest national disaster hits galveston texas, a hurricane in the year 1900. back then, the problem was we did not have the tools to see it coming. as a result, our country made a commitment to invest in science

and technology, and build the best scientific structure in the world, and today, that science, that technology saves lives. there are many more e problems o solve -- urgent problems like climate change. climate change brings with it many threats. the most immediate and costly is extreme weather -- floods, hurricanes, , droughts, wildfirs -- we need to be able to predict those changing extremes, but we can't predict what we don't observe and study, and that is why we must protect the agencies, the scientists, and the engineers who are working to protect the air we breathe and the oceans we fish in, that keep check, and beauty in

really keep our communities and families safe, because strong science means a strong american .conomy it makes our world more livable and more beautiful for our children, and it keeps all of us safe. i am so proud to march with all of you today. thank you. dr. brookbank: i am dr. brookbank -- i i am dr. brooke bateman: and i love science. i grew up visiting my grandparents in northern wisconsin and i lolove the scene bald eagles. i remember wondering whyhy i cod not see balald eagles everywher.

was tellinghe eagle us that our actions were e king a totoll on our wildldlife and d places. our is because birds are messengers. they show us what our world is changing. at the time of the first earth day, toxic pesticides and the destruction of habitats took a toll on the bald eagle and other majestic words. scientists and other concerned community members woworking together made our leaders pay attention to science. our environment got healthier, and the e eagle and the other birds came back. so, what are the birds telling us today? the birds i study, like the eastern meadowlark are telling us that our grasslands, our coastlines, our rivers, the arctic -- our other critical ecosystetems are in dangnger. the common loon is telling us that environmental pollution is

once again taking its toll, and birds like the with rust are tellingg us that our climamate s changing. rananges are already shshifting and shrieking, and seasonal timimings are unraveli. birds don'n't have a political party. it is time, once again, fofor scientists and communities to come together and to listen to what the birds are telling us. we must embrace our values, and demand that our government use science to protect birds, other wildlilife, and the places they live, as are a for our future generations. birds are our messengers, we need to be their voice to keeeep science fororeft in our policies. we know when we protect the birds, we protect the earth that we all share. thank you. [applause] ♪

>> good afternoon, everyone. i am a lawyer who loves science. did you know you have a constitutionally protected right to a climate system capable of sustaining human life? it is thanks and to 20 why young people from around the country who are suing the trump administration and the entire fossil fuel industry. [applause] >> what could be the trial of the c century will start in federal court this year in eugene oregon, and we are asking a judge to order the implementation of a national plan aimed at r returning carbon

dioxide levels to 350 parts per million. climate science will get its day in court where facts are facts, and where alternative facts are perjury. we need you all to stand with us, get your family, friends, favorite scientist to stand with us. this case is julianna versus the united states of america. thank you. [applause] >> hello. because you value science, and i'm here because i

value science for everything it has done to bring us to this moment enemy think it will bring to us in the next 30 to 50 years on this planet more clinic at i'm here because of my son and daughter, and because both of their grandfathers are engineers. science shows usushe way forward. the bedrockus with upon which we create the opportrtunities s so that we can understand the risks. science has made it possible to provide renewable energy to people who live close to two dollars a day across the world. science has made it possible to capture emissions from steel and cement plants, and to grow stone from that carbon dioxide. science has made it possible to grow peanuts that can withstand heat, drought, and which could provide nutrition with added vitamins and minerals. science has mamade it possible o

travel in safe, driverless electric cars in cities -- cities where building store energy. science makes it possible to get a health consultation over your cell phone 1000 miles from a doctor. science is going to make it possible to have decentralized, d carbonized, digitalized energy that provides energy access for everyone. possible thatit we don't leave anyone behehind when wee build the cleaner, fairer, future for all. we should derive confidence from science, confidence to make decisions now that will spare us forward. sustainable energy for all is dignity for all. science will provide a pathway for dignity. thank you. [applause]

♪ >> am an athlete for the earth. i have beeeen traveling as a prprofessional snowboarder for 4 years. growing up in the mountainins, i have been blessed to have alway beenonnenect to thth enviroent. what ieen ov the past cade is wters getng short, snowll d decasining,nd strgege weatr patrns. we are eher sese raiain, drop, or very large amounts of snowfall. for me andnd oer snowboarders, we provide - -- rely onon snow r our passssion, love e of the sp, and d our careers. we are verery connecteted to hot huhuman footprint affects the earth. it is a huge discussion in my commute. my commitment to the environment s ies out in theife choice

make -- - i do myy best toto usa rerefillable w water bottle and police have them with me. everything makes a big difference. all of the little things add up. we need the big things, too. we need our leaders to understand how importatant the rtrth isndnd whatheyey can do to help the crisis. i am an athlete for the earth. join me. [applause] >> welcome, fellow nerds to nerd heaven -- nerd asgard, and home of the department of energy where i worked for five years on clean energy, what i like to call nerd power. nerd power is a solution to climate change. from, --- joseph ro mm.

my mottoto is science is my papassion, polititics my duty. that quote i is from o one of te three nerd presesidents remembed on the m mall, butut it is not m lincoln, the only presisident nerdy enough to receive a patent. he even created the national academy of sciences to give him nerd advice. nor is it from george washington, a math and geometry nerd, whatat we would call todaa stem of fafashion,n, who at t a7 became a america's first county surveyor. as president he said jobs like surveyor generalal needed "scientific qualificationons." he was s so nerdy. in the first-ever ststate of the union address, he told conongres ththere was nothing which can better deserve your patronage than the promotion of science and literature. it is thomas jefferson who said

science is my passion, politics my duty. he was president of america's oldest scientific society for during thecades entire time he was vice president and president. he was so nerdy he wrote a letter pointing out a mass error in newton's pring campy a, and you can google it, and it is the nerdiest thing you have ever seen. one historian calls the declaration of independence a scientific paper whose open is not tony -- we hold these truths to be self-evident. they were evident because you could see them and you could use yoyour reason n to figure them . foundingg crucial to anand buildiding ts countrtry. nerds s can do anyththing if wek together. we can save the climate with nerd power, but only i if we defend s science f from attack. afteter all, climate changee is

reality, not reality tv. [applause] so, the next time someone tells you science and politics don't mix, tell them about washington, lincoln, and jefferson. i am here with my daughter antonia who was here on earth day with me seven years ago when i could pick her up, and her friend is civil -- isabel. i will leave by saying live long and prosper, nerds. thank you. thank you very much. nerd power. 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 --

[applause] >> hi, everyone. thank you for r being here. as you know, i w was born a lon, long time ago in a country far, far away in iran, and i loved going to sprayay -- space. i imagine myself flying through the galaxy on the starship enterprise as a science officerr and i wanted to meet those aliens and prayed ththey would comeme and object me. i am still here. my purse of not been answered yet. when i came to the u.s. i did not speak english. the only class i enjoyed in high school was calculus because they spoke the universal language of math. my education in science is what opened up a whole new world to

me. it a allows me to be an enginee, entrepreneur, and eventually to realize mymy biggest dreream of, to go to space and be an astronaut. knows noguage of science race, no gender, no religion. it doesn't discriminate based on where you live in or based onon whether you are poor or wealthy. the apple falls from the tree under the same laws and accelerates t the same e way, whether it is in the u.s. or in iran. love science.e. ththat is why i chose e to be an engineer, to find solutions, to solve puzzles, and to find solutions for the greatest challenges that humanity faces. i had the privilege of spending 11 glorious days on board t the international space station, and to see our planet frfrom up the. i can tell you there is no worod

ththat can describe it. our blue e planet is so beautifl in t the dark background ofof te universe, and it allows you to really truly believe and seeee that there are no borders, , but we have one home, a very fragile home thahat we need d to protec, and it takes all of us to protect it. to testteaches us how and find t the truth. it gives us power to b break various, to reacach beyond the stars. i am here todayay, supporting ts march, because i wanant to makae susure our future e generation n hahas better opppportunities to reach ththeir dreams, and that e have a b beautiful planet and a great future for all of them. thank you for being here. [applause] ♪

>> you look great. i i am the ceo of the american association for the advancement science, the world's largest general science organization. we march today to affirm to all the world that science is relevant, useful, exciting, andd bebeautiful. that science is too important to people's lives to be denied or downgraded. as a professor of physics, and later administrator of a national lab, i learned that scientist is the -- science is

the cleverest way ever invented to learn how things actually work. the stars, the earth, biological systems and people -- and i learned that science needs certain conditions to thrive. free exchange of ideas. freedom to travel and collaborate. diversity of people and perspectives, and ample public funding. these conditions are threatened today, a and we must defend the. 20 years ago i did something my science colleagues called crazy. i ran for congress. over 16 years working down the evidence, i saw that should not be optional. good policies start with an understanding of how things actually are. today, thousands of people from all walks of life, all over the world are saying that evidencece

verified b by science is the ony reliable way to make public policy -- policy that touches our lives in every way -- health, economics, environment, transportation, and security. replacedoes not personal fave, humane studies, where poetry, but in all public mamatters, decisions should be wishful evidence, not ththinking, or rigid ideology. -- science is society's best friend. science is our g government'ss t friend. science is civilization's best friend. science belongs to all people. going forward, let's multiply the benefits thahat come f from thinkingike a a scientist. when w we engagege with public

leaders, let us all ask this question -- what is the evidence? thank you. [applause] ♪ amy: i am an aththlete for the earth. evever since i wasas little i ie beenen a huge advovocate for the enviroronment. it is ouour home. i am a snowboardrder, so i amam always looking at the weather. i am aware when there is no snow when there is supposed to be or when there is certainly a huge amount of snow. i have to be aware. i am aware of the trash that we produce as humumans, so i am trying to be conscious in minimizing the amount of crash we create i live in the momountains, s so if i seeee trn the siside of the road, i pick t up and i i recycle i it. it is easy t to be awarere. it i is about making s smart decisions. itit is up to o us to takeke caf our enviroronment.

let every person, i could leave a negative or a positive footprint. i try to make my positive. it is not that hard to think on a bigger scale and not just think of ourselveses. we need to think of our planet, we need to think of our home. i am an athlete for the earth. join me. ♪ >> hey, are you almost ready to march? [applause] >> are you sure? ok, we have e one more speaker. her naname is christiana figuei. climamatehe mother of chanange. she ran the u.s. -- u.n. agency that created the climate agreed. today is the one-year anniversary of the climate agreement, and here is the person who brought climate change and our future altogether

in one place. figueira's -- ms. figueres: so, hi, guys. you heard a lot this morning. i have three questions for you -- are you ready -- listen up, because they are not easy questions. not everybody can answer them. question number 1 -- do you understand that the earth is round and orbits around the sun? >> yes. ms. figueres: question number 2 -- do you understand the gravity is exerting its physical poll on all of us and everything on the susurface of the eararth? > yes. ms. figueres: question number 3 -- the understand climate change is already upon us, and if we don't do something about it, it is only going to get worse for everybody -- everyone? >> yes. ms. figueres: all right, then we understand we actually are at

one of the most daunting crossroads in the evolution of human history. we are at the point where we must decide are we going to ignore sciencece, or are we goig to rise to the call of history and forge a new l lifon earth paradigm? this life on earth paradigm is where nanature and humanity support each other. can we do that? this is where energy is forever renewable and accessible to all. can we do that? [applause] ms. figueres: this is where transportation is clean, shared, and smart. can we do that? >> yes! ms. figueres: this is wherere te land is s stored and p producine food we need to provide food security for those that don't have it today. can we do that?

the good news is you know that we can do that, but i have to tell you we are already doing it. it is not a fairytale. it is not a fairytale. we already have more than 50% of the energy installed in the fantastic country with renewable energy last year. did yoyou know that kentucky jut decideded to put the largest sor farm in the whole state on top of a coal mine? [applause] ms. figueres: did you know that china just closed its last coal plant around beijing? [applause] ms. figueres: and did you know that india has already announced it will be at 60% renewable energy within the next 10 years? so, we a are getting there. we do have the technology, we do have the finance at all we need is the collective intentionality, but my friends from a swallow the alarm clock. we cannot be late. science has established that we

must bend the curve of emissions by 2020. that is the challenge of science, and we wiwill rise to e challenge. we must bend the c curve by 202. [applause] ,nd we will do that because frankly, we don't have another option. now, my friends, for many years i had a recurrent dream. i had a dream of seven little pairs of eyes, black eyes, always, that looked at m me and asked me what did you do? i want to tell you that question i have understood after many years is not a question to me. it is a question to all of us are alive today. what did you do? and the answer, my friendsds, mt be ththat we worked together to answer that question in just one way -- not that we did

everything that we thought was possible, but that we did everything that we knew was necessary because in that difference lies the future of mankind. thank you. >> well, i was wrong -- we have one less person who wanted to say something to us. us, francis just tweeted at tweeted at you. there he is. we will let him have the last word for now. thanks. [applause]

>>. time.almost march.marchch, march, so, in wrapping up, i would like to thank all of you for coming out here in the weather to hear derekazing speakers mueller, carla santa maria -- my wonderful cohosts. we will start a band after this is done. we would like to thank the national park service -- especially them. we would like to thank the national park service for especially putting us right here who.oximity of you know

lastly, ladies and gentlemen, please give it up one more time for jon batiste and stay human. march. actually, we are going to wing something. i hear a great drummer is in the house. i don't know. we might do something. ♪

.> everybody stand together ♪

♪ jon: everybody get your dancing shoes on. all -- we areyou going to become a family right now. are you ready to march? get a soul clap going right here, and i want to see the whole crowd sway. we are going to sway like this here -- left, and then a right.

right ♪d then a indeed. keep it going. i want to see just how low can you go? how low can you go >> ♪ how low can you go go: how low can you jump ♪

♪

jon: yeah.

♪ [c -- [crowd chanting]

[applause] jon: are you ready to march? [applause] jon: are you ready to march? this land is our land. this land is our land. go. land -- here we ♪ ♪ this land is your land his land is my land

from california o the new yoyork island rom the redwood forest to the gulf stream waters i tell you this land was made or you and me walking down that ribbon of highway that endlesse skyway

i saw below me the golden valley and i said this land was made for you and me i was walking hey tried to tie me ♪ was made for you and me

a bright, sunny morning i saw my people i was wondering this land was made for you and me this land is your land, this land is my land

from california to the island ♪ this land this land this land this land this land this land this land this land this land this land this land this land

♪ this land was made for you and me ♪ [applause] amy: you are tuned to democrcray nonow, our five-hour broadcast covering the march for science in washington, d.c. .tay with us ♪ [music break]

amy: we are here at the march d.c.,ience in washington, behind me, the washingngton min. neneil degrasssse > how did america rise e up m a backwoods countryry to be onef the grgreatest nations thehe wod has s ever knonown? we pioneered industries. requiredd the greatest nevisians in science and technology in the world.

-- innovations in scieience and technology in the world. science is part of the country we are. whwhen it comemes time t to make dedecisions about science, it seems toto me people have lost e ability y to judge what is true and d what is not. what is reliabable and what is t rereliable. which would you bebelieve in should you not believe. -- what should you believe and what shohould you nott believe. standing in denial of scienence and rising thehe power, that isa recipe for the compplete this mn playing of our informed democracy. -- disismantling of our infoford democracy. > teach evolutition not as s, but as theory. >> increasing number of parents showowing skepepticism for imimmunization --

>> that is not the country i remember growing up in. not that we don't have chalallenges. i'm old enough to remember the 1960's.s. the hot war in thehe cold war ad the civil rights movement. time whereer a people were standing in denial of what science was. when of the great things about scscience, it is an entitire exercise in finding g what i is trututh. a hypoththesis, you test it.t. i get aa result. a rival ofof mine -- it. -- dble chehecks i it. this experiment matchches. oh, my gosh, we are onto sosomething here. out of t this rises the new emergentnt truth.

it does itit better thanan anytg else we have ever cocome up with as human beings. science. it's s not someththing to playy. to say i imeththing choose not to belilieve equalslc -- ththe sooner you understand that, the faster we can get on witith the poliliticl coconversations about hohow to e the problems that face us. so, oncece you undnderstand that huhumans a are warming the plan, you u can then havave a politicl conversation about that. this?doo we put a tariff - -- do we fundd

commitittee w, dodo we subsidiz? when someone i is in denial, you are delayingng the political solution that should have been established years ago. as a motor and as a cititizen, scieientific issues will c come before you. isn't it worth it to say at least let me become scscientifically literatate so n think about these issues and act intelligently upon them? recognize what science is and allow it to be what it can a and shouldld be in the service o of civililization. itit is in our hands.

to: you've been listening drdr. neil degrasse tysonn. ,e is the chief astrophysicist head of the hayden planetarium in new york. he prepared that vidideo for ths march for science in washington, d.c. there's a lot of music behind me. the main stage speakers are through. tens of thousands of people are now beginning their march on this earth day, on this april 22 come on this dayay that we also heard thhat the surgeon general has been fired by president trump. we are joined right now by anotherr doctor -- she is a doctor in flint, michigan who blew the polluted water scandal right open with her scientific testing of the water and

its effects on the children because of the lead contamination. mona spoke on the main stage. why did you come to washington? >> how could you not be part of the marcrch for science? i am moved by science, i've science.d by theook science to unravel tragedy. we believe in science, we need to invest in science. amy: explain what you did. how you used science to uncover what t took place. >> i w was doing m my job as a pediatrician and researcher when i heard about the possibility of lead in the water. let is a potent committee reversible neurotoxin. it is damaging for children and

for generations to come. i put on my research have to see if that lead was getting into the bodies of our children and it was. findings.nced these our kids do not have a day to spare. kids.cated for my scientists need to o come out of our classrooms and clinics and ivory towers to use our science to better our community. amy: the governor of michigan trieied to disiscredit you. >> i was dismissed in a long line of folks who were dismissed. ththe people of flint were didismissed for 18 monthths. the moms come of the activists, the journalists. researcht with the

that our children were being poisoned, i was called an unfortunate researcher cauausing hysteria. after a few weeks, they looked backck at the numbers and said r numbers do match up with your numbers. they realized we do have a massive crisis. amy: what is happening tododay? >> today, we are almlmost in our fourth year of the ongoing crisis. the people of flint must still use filters and bottled water. we have a a new settlement that will guarantee pipe replacement. that will take years to happen. investing in day health care and education -- we have not yet begun the long-term recovery for these kids.

research for decades to mitigate this crisis. amy: the men who made this decision have been indicted. >> there've been 18 criminal charges, including fofolks who work in our wawater quality department and health department. you are here in washington, d.c. iraqi-american doctor. t trump's first immigration ban were in effect, i would not be here. we a are doing our privilege to seserve our r communities here n the states. for the global partnerships we

have in scienence and the future of our -- amy: you wrote a piece in "the new york times." will we e lose the doctor who stops the next flint? >> i thought it was my duty to raise my voice in regards to the immigration man. -- i immigration ban. his policies are totallyy contrary to evererything our country was based d on. if those were in place, i would not be here. i hohope somebody else would hae done the same thing i did. i began by saying that onn this day, wewe just learned thts on the g groundsds of the mall,e surgeon general has been fired. they are saying resigned, but it's pretty clear he was fired.

>> h he was a greatt physician,a great supporter of flint. to flint in support of our efforts to trtry to advocatete for more resosourcese us. met with our phyhysicians. he's been a great advocate of publicic health in geneneral, te need for support and investment in public health. it was heartbreakiking to hear. i sent him a message on twitter. amy: the a also spoke out againt gun violencnce. >> gunun violence is a public health crisis. it is a public health issue and we need to treat i it as suchh d increaea regulatioions on gun violence to protect our r most vuvulnerable populations. i think k that is why he wasas fired. amy: can you tell us about little miss flint?

she came with you on the stage right here in the march for science to speak. she is a gorgeous nine-year-old from flint. she's a perfect example of our flint kids who are strong and smart and brave who clearly symbolize the hope and beauty of recovery. job -- she is running for president. she will take over that house in 2044. amy: i want to thank you for being with us and for all of your work back in flint. mona hanna-attisha is the pediatrician who broke the crisis in flint. this is "democracy now!"

the rain is starting to come down. in a moment, we will hear from some of the people in the march. we've been seseeing people from all overer the country.. "democracy now!" is beginning a many city tour. we will be in new jersey on sunday we are going t twesley in college on monday and then heading up t to cambridge, massachusetts and beyond. ,or now, we e will turn to renee who is talking to people in the march. >> ima science fiction writer. forign says "george or well warned us -- "george orwell warned us."

famous dystopian novel lists and best sellers now, because we are scared. the flip side of my sign says "look down. do you have velcro can glasses come a computer, a phone? if you do, you should thank a scientist." i've had people on facebook are you typing this on a keyboard? hello. it's enough to drive you nuts. that's why i made this sign. "democracy now! >> are you a science fiction writer? >> i am a science fiction writer. i have been a supporter of science for years.

i live and move and it. i write in it. we spent all or time thinking the thoughts that real scientists bring to life. before we went to the moon, someone wrote about it. we wrote about it. before nanotechnology happened, we wrote about it. us, for our life, for our art. >> ima nurse practitioner. a nurse practitioner. >> what is your sign say? -- what does your sign say? >> "mr. president, you will hear from medical research." a direct statement to him about his ideas for our country. i don't necessarily agree at all. >> can you talk about why you

are here today? >> i'm here to be the voice behind medical research. i don't one person, but do research myself, but i use research. i fully support research to practice being a care provider. --rovide evidence-based care i am a nurse practitioner. you can't just provide care based on a whim. you have to use evidence of what has worked in the past. cutting $6 billion from research a year is quite a bit of money. a lot of research could be done with that. -- it is asays picture of benzene on it. thequite frustrated with administration that doesn't importantnce and the

role it plays in society. >> are you a scientist? >> i am. i am a chemist. go where the facts lead you and --'t approach things with don't approach things thinking you will already know where it goes. is a rick and morty sign. focus on science. i thought it was applicable. >> can you explain your sign a bit more and talk about why you're here today? it's a popular adult swim show that stars a scientist. i thought it was a funny way to get people to notice it. i support science and with all the funding cuts for science come i'm really scared for the

with all the climate change cututs, especially. >> do you think you will be impacted by cuts to science? >> mine is drinking what occurred usually, that should be protected. -- mine is drinking water. usually, that should be protected. >> i am a scientist, a professor at penn state. i'm here today because i think it's really important for the public to be more aware of hugece and realize what a role it has played in their lives and how we continue that role. just because you don't believe in something, if it is a fact, it is a fact. my sign says "the sky is not blue, the grass is not green, there is no globalmi

warming." >> can you talk about the connection you make there? >> there's a lot of scientific data that says global warming is real and it's happening. the oceanperatures of have already risen one degree from a one degree per millimeter of water is one calorie. -- one degree per milliliter of water is one calorie. i think global warming is very much linked to science because sciencnce is telling us it is happening and it's going to get worse if we don't do something to fix it. in fact, it may be too late. >> do you have a message for presidident trump? >> he needs to get some science advisors and listen to them. i'm not sure he can listen.

listening doesn't seem to be his strong point. >> i'm from minnesota. >> what hat are you wearing? >> it is a rain hat. the things that look kind of curly and all squished together represent the fact that this is science -- our brain. i am a nurse. i've had lots of experiences with the human body. it is to represent who i am and what i think is important. >> did you make your hat? >> i did. colorsots of different to represent different parts of the brain and stuck them with double-sided tape. it is wonderful to be here. do you have a message for president trump? >> it's important to listen to

everybody and especially important to listen to people who are experts in their field. there's nothing that can be accomplished if that can't be accomplished if we all work together and are aware of each other's contribution. nothing that can't bebe accomplished if we all work together and are aware of each other's contribution. amy: the rain is coming dodown, but the spirits aren't dampened. thank you for joining us for this five hour broadcast. thousands of people are not only on the grounds next to the washington monument, but the lines are around the block to get in. we've just bumped into a very intereresting group of young people. why don't you introduce yourself? why you are with this group of youngsters.

> i am julia olson, the executive director of our children -- i'm representing 21 young people w with a lawsuit against the government. they are sng the trurump admin's ration for violatiting their fundamenental constitututional rights to a climate system that will protect them and their future. we broadcast from stanford university, you are suing the obama administration. >> that's right. now, we have a new administration denying the facts of climate change. it's a very interesting situation. obama admittedhat these e kids are facing a crisisis. administrationn woworking hand-in-hand with the industry to fight them. >> on what gunds are you suing? > this is about the e fifth amendment. it's their riright to have their forblic r resources protected them and for their kids and grandkids.

amy: why don't you introduce us to some of the plaintiff's right here? we are passing a sign that says president trump and also feel industry, see you in court. >> this is hazel. she is one of our younger plaintiffs. she is from eugene, oregon. amy: can you talk about why you're here t today? >> i'm from oregon. in o oregon, all it does is r r. it's s extremely importrtant fos young people to stand upup to or government where t the adults se doing nothining to prevent c cle change and to stop the harmful effectcts of ocean acidication and sea lelevel rising. i'm 12 years oldld. amy: how d did you getet involvd wiwith this? >> i went to a camp. i met kelsey and i becamame very

inspirired by her and mamany ofe other plaintntiffs now on this case. i bebelieved in n this c cause. we have hope and we have the power toto change. amy: what dodo you think i is getting in t the way? , whor p president currerently i fefeel is one of the biggest climimate denieiers, wiwith a py substantial control of power, he does not believe that t sciences real. he thinks it is a hoax made up by t the chinese. we havave the signss to prove hm wrong we will see him in court and we will win. >> what is your name? >> i'm avery. amy: how old are you? >> 11. amy: where are you from? >> eugene, oregon. amy: tell us why you are here holding g this sign.n. >> i believe we need to stand up

against our goverernment. we can vote. -- we can't vote. our r on shot to m make a difference is through the courts. that had an effect on our sign.. it's verery important for r us e he.. about the government's actions -- they will out fracking and drilling and that has caused so many impacts around the world today. amy: tell me what your name is. >> i i'm nathan. i'm 17. amamy: why are you here? >> i l lived in alalaska my ente life. i am completely in winter person -- a winter person. i couldn't nordrdic ski by thee time i wasas able to walalk. i'm m here because i''m proteteg those mememories i cherished.

right now, those abilities a are reatened.. climate change is having adverse afaffects on alaska righght nowt in my backyard. just around fairbanknks, the arctic is wawarming g twice as t as thehe rest of the united states. our r winters are getting g sho. the wildldfire season n is gettg longer, ravaging foreststs. the effects we are seseeing now will only be amplified by the current administration. amy:hat grade e are you in? > i'm a junior in high s sch. amy: where to o your senatatorsd commerce member stand - -- where do your senators and c congressn were stand? stand?ressss members murkowswski is one ofof the most l likely mbers of t the congressnal stataff to take this

isissue seriously. representative dan young -- there is some potential and i'm looking forward to making bridges. amy: what is your name? >> sahara valentine. amy: how old are you? >> 12. i'm here bececause there are a t of client s scientists -- climae who arets out there being ignorored. i'm hehere to supporort their science. here.ally happy to be amy: what is your n nam >> nick banner. i'm from colorado. i'm 15 yearsrs old. amymy: what is h happening in denver? >> i'm here in washington because wewe are out of time too

fix this impmportant issue. we are trying to de-carbonized our lolocal electricityy s sour. wewe are trying g to follow ol's lead -- boulder's lead. amy: do you have faith in your popoliticians ththat represent ? >> yes, i i do. actow they will want to slowly, but we don't have time to act slowly. >> i go o to columbia in new yok city. oregon. up in we are already f facing devastating climate chan imimpacts. anand my family's fararm, we hat the three hottest summers ever rerecorded in three yes inin a row.

we are seeing massive forest fires s and o ocean acidification. amy: what do you t think you can accomplish here? >> i think we e can bring our message decision-n-makersrs hee in washington, d.c. our constitutional rights are on the line. our leaderers have anbligation to srt reducucin carbon emissions s to protectct our ri. we havave three e branches of government in thisountry. congress is not taking this seriously. the president thinksks it's a hx invented by china. the courts can look at the evidence and the signs and make a decision to protect our fund mental righthts. amy: president trump talks about so-called judges. referringrney general to a judge in hawaii said how can a person on an island in the pacific stop the president from doinwhat he wawants to do?

>> t thankfully, we lilive in a cocountry of laws, n not a government of individuals.s. to courtrtse subject that look at the signs in the constitution and make legal decisions to protect us. amy: thank you very much. descbe now whehere the case stands. trial.rere preparing f for we are in the discovery ocess ananwe are buildining our case d working with eerts and we will be ready and we will win this case amy:hank you for joini us. looks like you want to get to the main stage. this is "democracy now!" we are broadcasting live from the march for science in washington, d.c. tens of thousands of people are gathering, there's long lines to get here to the e washington monument.

this is a march that is happening a week before another march plan for washington n and all over the world, the people's climate march. they very y much have the same message. let's go back to the main stage. amy: we are at the march for science in washington. your name is? >> gloria. uaem is based in d.c. we are a nonprofit led by students. we originally started at yale law. amy: what is your issue? >> high drug prices. access to science. we are students at public research universities. we are really upset about how

people in low and middle income countries for decades have had trouble accessing hiv medications. now, the chicken is coming home to roost in the united states. look at how we are licensing our university funded of biomedical drugs come out of universities. we are here to remind our universities to stand up and make these drugs more affordable. they can do that by making sure when they license their drugs to pharmaceutical companies and startup companies that there are specific provisions that ensure the final drug will be affordable. allowing generic competition, licensing to other companies to lower drug prices. there are many different ways we can make drugs more affordable. we need to hold our universities to government accountable

drive down high drug prices. amy: how does this bit into the public health care and insurance debate? >> hepatitis c is a really important example right now, we have a cure for hyp hepatitis c. that does --ate the price is $84,000. that's more than the cost of a gram of gold. the families can't afford that. , we canrk together reveal the problem of hepatitis c -- we have to work together with ouour university technology

officers and the nih. we need to have them realize that there's ways to work together. we don't need to just give more handouts to pharmaceutical companies all the time. yes, we need to work together to bring drugs to market. we need to set limits. we will work with you, but we are going to make sure that these final products allow for competition. this is a competition issue. is is an issue where we need more competitors to drag on the prices. prices.the amy: do you think president trump poses a unique threat? >> he poses a unique opportunity. that heons have shown has said that drug prices are

high, but we see people in his cabinet and in other meetings that he has that push the other way. he things businessmen and their priorities are more important than the people and the patients who can't access these drugs. it is an all-american issue. competition drives down prices, donald trump. do you think this kind of resistance matters? >> yes, i think it does. one of the most important things we are doing as an organization is empowering g students. yale lawted with students telling their university to stand up to the drug companies they were licensing their drugs to. they can stand up now and say they are holding you accountable. amy: we are hearing voices here

at the march for science on the national mall. thank you for joining us. just behind the main stage on the national mall, next to the washington monument -- i don't know how many people are here. thousands, tens of thousands. i do know that thousands of people have been demonstrating around the planet today for science. among those who addressed the washington crowd, professor eric jarvis. a professor of neuroscience at rockefeller university in new york. welcome to "d"democracycy now!" talk about why you're here. >> i'm here to support science. also, to inform everybody that

what has driven prosperous science in the united states and around the world is a government support of science. that government support is being threatened. also, the fundamental principles of science. political leaders and others are telling scientists how we should be doing things and how we should think. they're making opinion based decisions that go against the evidence that science has come up with. amy: can you give us an example? >> the classic example is climate change. practically all scientists know what is going on there. there's other things, such as how we actually do research and understand the evolution of species. or even cures for certain diseases. people are challenging the scientists' methods. amy: you talked about the importance of diversity. >> government supported science has helped me achieve what i

have achieved today because i did not have the means to do so. i'm an african american raised in a poooor neighborhood in new york city. ie matter how much hard work would have done, i wouldn't have had the financial means to become a scientist. it made it possible for me to become a scientist and that funding is being threatened. amy: they are talking about slashing the budget for nih by 30%. >> between 18 and 30%. when that happens, the first things to go are programs that train students of all backgrounds. if you miss a generation of students being trained for years or more, you don't get a second chance. amy: they basically believe in slashing government and turning to the private sector for solutions. >> what they have to understand

is that the private sector, all those funds -- they don't have the means to fund science of at the level that government has. that is what has made united states prosperous and eight help your country. that's a healthier country. the private foundations will not be able to do that. amy: what t do you see if president trump continues on the track he has begun? >> give trump continues down the track he is going now -- in trump continues down the track , it willng now decrease our scientific prosperity in this country. amy: what difference does resistance make? >> resistance not only informs trump -- i'm more worried about the people who support him. those people need to hear from the scientists.

what are the fundamental science is both that have led to the prosperous nation we have today. they will be feeling the brunt of these cuts to science. jarvis is a professor of neuroscience at rockefeller university in new york. this is "democracy now!" our special five hour broadcast at the march for science. we are here at the march for science in washington, d.c. just behind the stage, this media tent is packed. what is your name? >> i am megan smith. we are helping the administration and the president accelerate data methodology --

data and technology on behalf of the american people. amy: you have a pin that says "sciencet silence -- not silence." pieces comeifferent including science and technology, the best we have as americans, as citizens of the world. it's interesting to be next to the washington monument here. it's very important that we have sure weinistration make thatscience and accelerate -- president lincoln had a patent. fdr, you see the national academy -- they tolerated the national science foundation.

-- they accelerated the national science foundation. we were the team for president obama. working on things like climate change and stem education. you think of president trump saying that climate change is a chinese oaks -- what do you think of president trump saying that climate change is a chinesese hoax? >> it's very important that advising continues with the administration. especially today, with the science budgets and technology budgets -- i brought up a great quote. from the first state of the union. president washington is s speakg to congress. there's nothing which can better deserve your patriots than the promotion of science and literature. first penny ever

liberty is the parent of science and industry. franklin.om that is from jefferson. that is from washington. the founding of our country use that. i brought my pink hat and lab glasses. put hissident trump son-in-law in charge of innovation. your thoughts on that? >> he has a background in real estate development.

to back thoseg teams. important that we get the right kinds of americans who have scientific and all backgrounds into cyber security phrase "t.qcoined a ." like tech iq. when we are doing cyber security, when we are doing net neutrality. there'this argumument about net neutrality t thinking that is a busisiness argument. that is the architecture of how the internet works. ce need to make sure our fc chairman has the right crew advising them so they are not hearing things that are incorrect.

amy: that is megan smith, here at the march for science in washington, d.c. special"democracy now!" coverage on this earth day. next week, we will be here for the people's climate march. are here at the march for science on the national mall. in a very crowded media center with some of the people who have spoken on the main stage. start off by talking about your name. these are indigenous scientists and professors from throughout the united states. the bestmember of professor of -- professor of in my m mental biology. prorofessor of environmental biology.

i'm one of the co-authors of the indigenous sign statement, which was signed by more than 2000 indigenous scientists, scholars, students and our allies. to remember that we have multiple ways of knowing that western science is not the only way of knowing. indigenous science as well. our goal here is to elevate and illuminate indigenous science in the public attention. amy: what do you think -- why do you think this year, this march for science is so important? >> it's one of the first times that we've had such major challenges to evidence-based knowledge about the future of life on the planet. it is a pivotal moment in which the threat is great, so the response has to be great as well. to call attention to the fact that we need all the best science. we need all the best minds.

pluralism and cultural diversity. amy: what about what is happening in north dakota? the dakota access pipeline, the enormous resistance against it and yet com come ultimately, president trump gave it the go-ahead. >> it is tragic and shortsighted. amy: why? >> because we know that we are at the end of the fossil fuel era. we cannot continue taking from other earthen this way. --t mother earth in this way we cannot continue taking from mother earth in this way. we cannot keep taking. with sacredngage land and water.

tens of thousands of people gather around the world to talk about the importance of science. i'm a professor at northeastern university. i'm a member of mohawk nation. to shout outs everyone from the american indian science and engineering society. i spoke about the work of my research group where we do copy additional biology and genomici. health, tolates to improving the environment. to national security, to job creation. how important science is. science is innovation come innovation breeds new industry and new jobs. we need to support science to train the next generation and create jobs that grow the economy. amy: why this sense of alarm

under the trump administration? what are you most concerned about in this new era of president trump? >> what he says and what he does are almost diametric opposites. he says he's going to create jobs, but then, his funding priorities show he doesn't care. change.nying climate denying all kinds of scientific facts. about him saying it's just political opinion? >> my opinions are based on scientific facts. we need scientific backs to guide policy. science is neutral. we've learned from the data and the facts. we test those observations. our conclusions are based on repeated tests of controls. amy: let me ask you why you come to the march today.

i am an associate professor at the university of montana in environmental studies. i'm a visiting professor this year at the -- i'm on the national steering committee for the march for science. i've been involved since january, helping organize this event. co-authorse of the along with melissa nelson and kyle white of indigenous sign statements robin presented today as a speaker. -- the indigenous science statement robin presented today as a speaker. scholars, community members, elders and our allies signed off on it. amy: this march is one-of-a-kind.

many are asking why didn't just converge with the people's climate march next week. >> this march really is supposed to be a march for science. we are advocating for science as part of public policymaking in the united states and worldwide. -- some of the questions we are often asked, if this is a protest. it is not a protest against something, but advocacy for something. and part ofcience the decision-making process in the united states, science as a part of the community decision-making process, part of our democracy here in the united states must of that people come native american communities, have the information and the knowledge to make decisions at a committee level that community

.evel -- a community level school --inity harvard in general is very open-minded. that ising on a project looking at the intersection of science and religion and looking at how indigenous people view asence or indigenous science having both of those parts of the academic world within indigenous science. indigenous people don't separare science from religion. they keep those two things together. i'm working on a project, working on a book looking at that. of course, they are very open-minded their.

.- very open-minded there amy:y: where does the dakota access pipeline, houston neck so really fit into this picture? bothe of the things that of those pipelines and other problems as well in the united states and canada can -- indigenous communities are interested in information. they want to know what types of potential in my mental harm -- and environmental harm it may be occurring in their communities. one of the things that has happened, especially with the dakota access pipeline, there has been -- we were never able to get an environmental impact statement.

the eis provides that information. it is something where scientists work on a project together to provide the information to both the community and the government itself. those are the missing elements. ann we don't have environmental impact statement, we don't have signs working with the community to provide information they need to address some of these issues. science working with community to provide information they need to address some of those issues. amy: some of the voices here at the march for science in washington, d.c. "his is "democracy now! out special five our live coverage from washington, d.c. wiwith protests also happening d fromers around the world south korea to paris, france to berlin, germany with australia, to new zealand and

beyond. with mustafa ali, the senior vice president -- we last spoke to him when he quit as the head of an by division of the environmental protection agency. welcome back to "democracy now!" >> thank you for having me. this is extremely significant science is the foundation of this is built on -- extremely significant science is tht. science is the foundation that policies are built on. amy: you were at the epa for decades. >> i work on environmental justice issues.

those communities need to make true that science is in place to make sure that folks are able to explain the impact they are having inside of their community. our we began to dismantle programs, we heard our most -- hurt our most vulnerable communities. amy: they forced the resignation of the surgeon general of united states. howust another example of they don't value the expertise that exists. it shows another example of how they don't value those professionals who have dedicated their lives to helping thing our country. helping protect our country. resistance means standing up. it means getting engaged, getting educated and getting motivated and making sure your voices heard. amy: have you felt any

repercussions for resigning from the epa? >> a little bit, but have also been surrounded with love and people who've been very supportive. andgo to the airport before, never had a problem getting off late. there have been some challenges. -- never had a problem getting a flight. sometimes, i have to spend hours before i can get onto a plane. amy: because you are being stopped by the people at the front? >> yes, that is correct. first time that's ever happened. it happens twice. are you surprised by that her now even in this down for -- are you surprised by the turnout , even in this downpour? >> we will push to make her the

right things are happening in our country. amy:

coral reefs are the most diverse ecosystems on the planet. while they cover less than 2% of the ocean floor, reefs provide livelihoods, food, and shoreline protection, as well as being