and. i don't see that strategy will be successful to kill a guy who said. greetings and sal you. this rape here in the united states of america our congressional house of representatives voted for the impeachment of our very own brand name in chief the one and only us president donald trump they do this as the streets of washington d.c. are now closed off and the national guard stands in front of all of our government buildings and on our street corners with rifles in hand. i guess this is what the last democracy looks like here in the land of the free for the events of january

6th watching our 2 parties backed by their money donors and cheered on by their news channels as they fight over the scraps of our republic while at the same time refusing to take responsibility for their own actions that these actions that actually destroyed our republic i am reminded of the other great self-inflicted destruction of our time i'm talking of course about the environmental destruction of our small blue planet you know that little thing that gets in the way of watching t.v. buying things we don't need and. you know breathing you see while we quibble over the illusion of control we continue to ignore and destroy the environment around us in a new paper published in the front years of conservation science environmental scientists appear to be pulling no punches writing humanity is causing a rapid loss of biodiversity and with the earth's ability to support complex life but the mainstream is having difficulty grasping the magnitude of this loss despite

the steady erosion of the fabric of human civilization. lead author of the paper cory bradshaw of australia's flinders university he follows up that statements without hesitation writing in fact the scale of the threats to the biosphere and all its life forms is so great that it is difficult to grasp or even well informed experts the problem is combine compounded by ignorance and short term self-interest with the pursuit of wealth and political interests i mean the action that is crucial for survival. you know i almost almost you can almost hear r.e.m. ringing in your ear it's the end of the world as you know it but you know what i don't feel fine about that it's time to start watching this.

on a cd. player so let's see this is this joyce state . great see this least systemic deception is so much. so joe. the welcome 'd everyone the watching the hawks. and i'm obese across boy oh boy. too big papers kind of got lost in the shuffle of all the news of the fall elections and all that and that is the fact that boy a boy are planted despite lack of like you know despite not a lot of human beings moving around this past year due to covert is still a sensually on a collision course with the 6 the mass extinction so you mean a call out and shout out and weep on how well we were doing we're all and why oh well you know i should probably. speculate so i could come up with

a better excuse i mean it's really bad i mean the paper claims that while suggested solutions about the current scale of the implementation of these solutions does not match the relentless progression of biodiversity loss and other existential threats tied to the continuous expansion of the human empires i mean the authors state unequivocally that a 6th major extinction is now scientifically. undeniable unless we do something by the end of this decade not 2050 not 2040 but bored 2030 so the reinvigoration the parents the climate agreement i am looking into the green new deal. and all these other things that we've seen not only in america but globally specifically from nations who have managed their environmental awareness and precautions a lot stronger than us it seems like we are on a crash course unless we adopt the thing soon and full throated they were not going to be able to and we said no no there that's why they say they're kind of changing

the language in these papers to really reflect they're saying look we can have scientists anymore pull punches we can't be nice about this if if we're going to survive as a species we have to actually sound you know we have to make it dangerous sounding because it is that dangerous approach and people make fun of it when we heard on the democratic debate stage the primary stage the extension threat and there was so much laughter from republicans and you know voters but also republicans were at large and even some democrats didn't really understand or don't elevate environmental issues as the threat that they happen to be so i think that changing that language and showing people just what's happening is something that we definitely have to do what's interesting that you know you can see that chart there avoid how you know where this kind of damaged beyond repair and one of the interesting things that you find is in the last 2 years 10 percent of the world's population has actually come forward and declared that it's a climate emergency actually can board say we're treating this like an emergency

only 10 percent that's $859.00 jurisdictions and $33.00 countries that equals out to about $820000000.00 people nearly a 1000000000 but when you would get the u.s. it's 10 percent of the u.s. when it comes to like jurisdiction cities states you know whatever you have you could actually say hey we're in a crisis 90 percent still say not so much not officially the way we talked about this earlier i think from places where you see like in california where it's the while a blade when you're seeing 9 you know the flint water crisis for instance where you have this dirty water that people can't drink can't bathe in and things like that there has to be these large scale effects that people see in their daily lives before they fully recognize the problem i. would also argue that there were those climate deniers that the big case for them is that if you change certain things then all of a sudden jobs go away so they have done a very effective job of getting rid of people who would actually care about the environment because they're scared that the economy is going to tank or they won't be employable if we are to you know move in

a certain direction and then moving in that direction is getting off of fossil fuels will stop industrial missions and maybe some of that that's going to jobs as we know when really it's not the green economy is there to fill in those jobs and that's one of the big problems that i've been democrats about is that they don't know how to communicate that without boring the hell out of people with science well let's try scaring the hell out of people with the truth. just maybe it'll work . we've learned a bit more about the $24.00 to flint michigan water crisis former governor rick snyder and other excellent with officials may be indicted on criminal charges for their walls in connection with the crisis this could happen as soon as thursday parties trying to shove it is as the latest on this story. the flint michigan water crisis may have started in 2014 but still many continue to deal with the impacts of that disaster to this day and now more than 6 years later a new investigation may lead to the arrests of several former state officials people work for me that let us all down today former michigan governor rick snyder

and other exhibitions are facing possible state criminal charges in connection with the flint water scandal according to the associated press 2 people with knowledge of the plan prosecution said the attorney general's office has informed defense lawyers about the indictments in flint and told them to expect initial court appearances as soon as thursday night or a republican who has been out of office for years would be charged by the state attorney general's office along with several others including former health director nick lyon well the nature of the charges are unknown at this time a sniper's attorney calls the report a smear campaign in a written statement he said quote it is outrageous to think any criminal charges would be filed against governor snyder any charges that would be meritless. water problems began back in 2014 when city and state officials switched its string water source from the detroit minister pull system into the toxic waters of the flint river all in an effort to save money the tragedy only revealed after the general

motors engine plant noticed corrosion caused by high levels of chloride in the water coming from the flint river the decision to switch the water source eventually exposed residents in the most block in lower income communities to high levels of blood and prompted more than a dozen lawsuits against those involved at the same time bacteria in the water was blamed for an hour. of legionnaires' disease that left 12 and others it was snyder's administration who was in charge during that water crisis now i spoke to michigan's attorney general's office and while they aren't releasing anything at this time they did tell me they are working diligently on 2 types of investigations one is the civil side which the a.g.'s effort and the other is the criminal side which is being led by the solicitor general and special prosecutor reporter going to york trinity child as r.t. . or a boy a boy criminal and civil they're not holding back on the governor's been a long time coming governor snyder not only be he divert interest when it came to

a lot of the questions involving the flint wider crisis originally but we also know that he took some kickbacks from a lot of private sector organizations particularly looking at the automotive industry that had water diverted so that they would actually have clean water out of body else did not and he knew the effects early on of what was going to happen to specific communities of color and did not care because they were low income communities of color so i think that you know it is high time for him as well as those staffers that he had other elected officials to see to see this through to see what actually happens when you can get punished even when you leave office it works yes well you know we you hear a lot the this week everyone's talking about you know we have to punish that we don't see this repeated in the future and you know we're talking about the present in the impeachment but when you look at a case like flint it's gone far too long without any kind of real punishment and if you're going to hold people crocus to me flint represents a lot of the problems of american troops leave in the one spot you get the economic

depression from corporate greed you've got the race issues and things like that from under-representation and like well we just don't care about this because it's predominantly poor and black and then you also have the you know the greed in the mess a politician's and how they just don't care because it doesn't anything to do with their donors and they're willing to sacrifice lives and make people sick just for the sake of their own selves. personally if no one is held accountable and flynn of snyder is not held accountable then like we just go away the whole system at that point and i give credit to the community organizers and the folks on the ground who held to the fire years now on this because it fell out of major media fell out of almost every every media outlet it after was no longer front page news and i think that it goes to show what happens when communities actually get together and continue to make noise even when it has been pushed to the sidelines by so many other events because there isn't an arab erin brockovich coming to say what's happening in flint there are black people who are going to have to fight for the black people who still cannot drink that water today and flint uncover

a big problem the it's not like isolated to just the city of flint the issue of lead in the issue of poisons in our waters in our soil and elsewhere around us that's across the country when you see lead levels in california in los angeles they're obscene louisiana obscene you know this isn't a problem that you know flint for a lot of the larger but the term is kind of a canary in a coal mine it really showed us the how just how dangerous our environment is because we have so much greed nor corporations and so much what you say was a attitude about you know our politicians absolutely and i think that to your point about what's going on with the president right now but also you know it. putting it on on this case we're going to see that punishments do happen in these people if you can follow through with these things even after they're out of office because the crimes that they committed are so heinous people died people are now living with these life threatening and long term health issues that are going to go away any time soon and someone needs to be held accountable but in this case it's going

to be former governor rick snyder can't wait i can't wait to see him squirm in that courtroom. all right as we go to break remember that you can also start watching the hawks on demand for the brand new portable t.v. which is available on all platforms as you can see here definitely picked up coming up it appears that on the way out the door of the trumpet ministration has. decided to throw one last shot at tearing apart good relations between the united states of america and cuba we delve into that story next you don't want to miss of states to watch in the hopes. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest in the

world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. talk about a word that means different things at different people depending on where you live what. school you went to that word is inflation. i can't show you. what i'm going to do. in 9093 this man was sentenced to death. charged with capital murder even though he didn't have the gun didn't pull the trigger didn't intend to kill anybody imagine living in your bathroom for that week with his son of a 23. confined within 4 gray walls the front it's using. to leave defense room.

outgoing us president donald trump is continuing to stain america day by day on monday his administration re designated cuba as a state sponsor of terror i won it considering this was just days after a domestic terrorism attack led by trump laid siege of the nation's capitol. the latest round of sanctions on cuba though will no doubt be felt moreover they present woe blocks for the incoming biden administration that pledged to renew

relations with cuba secretary my comp aoe announced the latest wrinkle in u.s. cuban relations citing that cuba harbors u.s. fugitives refused to extradite guerrilla commanders and painted in the overall picture of the island nation as one of terrorists sympathizers in a breeding ground for militias. though there is no formidable evidence that would place cuba at the height of the anti-terrorism efforts the chilcot ministration continues to pursue them in fact destroying relations with cuba made their outgoing to do list not because of any significant threats cuba poses but because president obama made it a policy goal to bring cuba back into the fold president elect joe biden plan to carry out what obama started in restoring full diplomatic relations with cuba but trump the ever so anxious isolationists draw a line in the sand with cuba unfortunately on the wrong side trump has a habit of reversing obama era decisions we saw this with iran and now cuba is the next target even though few u.s.

allies believe cuba is a terrorist threat to the trumpet ministration continues to move forward cuban foreign minister bruno rodriguez condemned the u.s. action. the us political opportunism is recognized by those who are honestly concerned about the storage of terrorism and its victims he said on twitter and rodriguez isn't alone u.s. representative gregory meeks the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee echoes cuban leadership said this is a nation of cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism with less than a week to go in his presidency and after he incited a domestic terror attack on the u.s. capital that's hypocrisy. so what will cuba american relations actually look like can we establish a fresh start here tell us more is professor of politics and international ations at holy names university and author of raul castro in the new cuba a close up view of change. letty what. is a pleasure. what other than trying to stick it to the obama era policy what do you

think is driving the top administration's final hour push to label cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism and apply heavy thinking and what does this mean for the future of cuban american diplomatic relations. very good questions deferred into question will tell you is the most important rober of this issue these late meaning this issue of the drug administration is this report that they have received from extreme right wing excited in southern florida that's basically in the 40 ball you see me do a lot should do and people to look at. it those are supposed to be that way but that's the way he did it drop onto the street who has taken the huge thing. to paul each year what. little this brought out of people who are there

for seems to have been in the past in mystical question about whether it will have been repaired will be some of the possibilities. i think it depends a lot on by the. league it therefore it seemed a big should not do is to normalise what the house but they basically a bill last minute we're after is meant to launch an attack on government to the you all these are sitting in the in the destruction. weenie and stayed in make sure it didn't secure what the house and. i think if i did the city has only one of the interests of the us. he said it did give dore gold little preview of the young ladies until evening can shoot so we going to be

sure to do well in release on release a student and then there are conditions all they can do well out of the least by the latest if you really want to i think the idea of the white house all go to these not to be diminished and. it's not needed immediately. even of god's children are over so here you can build at least rooting for literally blue can you you know i want to bring you the united states as i think but actually the biggest perpetrator of terror on the island of cuba in the last 405060 years than cuba could ever dream of possibly doing to the united states i want to ask you you know what what are the you know obviously you're not there but what are the expectations of the of the cuban people when they look at the by the ministration coming in especially in light of what trump just did is there any hope of monks the cuban people or most of the leadership in cuba that maybe we can kind

of change this moving forward or after 60 years of facing the united states constantly breathing down their throat and constantly you know for lack of a better term laying siege to that island nation do you believe the cuban leadership and the people have hope of a change in policy in the future. i think you know i am not they're not too much from the east. and i you and i would pick you up almost. this year because of. a well. i think many people has all the goals but is it an obama chill in the front in the. drug dealing with the deal with issues. they don't we both externally should all people who lived in italy said. t.v. these or i think it's the ones who are. in president obama but it's in the just who

are these tell you this or we're not we but a lot it's in the nature. of the. bill and you basically spill it if the truth there but it's into old so people don't have meaning won't it actions know who he was going to. get in the united states i'm basing that one who need to get a unity love of it until it is really the each in the only deep it. was the probably doing to the united states or the president obama was for him to be's and the 2 were i think he's a lot but it bends a little what biting us through as opposed. to once all that stuff with a lot of it would be easy. even these no not just they can be looked at we don't think it's ugly or poorly and doug that you wish go were in the can it's all

. cheap or we didn't usually your cheap i'm out of india going to be a producer and even a leader simulating i'm not that united right it was like. this all of that to want people 1st african american it's in. stores of who want to. eat when out of there will be a great and decent guy over religion not over unimpeded make sure but you see after president obama the president there are all almost no hope now be she's not will not only order literature. we want peace but it's here. on the ground.

and historically we know that america took a much more stronger approach to cuba following the missile crisis than the communist regime up in el paso but as you just spoke of under president obama we started to take a different turn the tide was changing and recognizing how far cuba has come in working towards stronger relations in your view what are the reasons that former president obama and president elect biden sought to actually restore those ties. or groups because these are. who we. are about what is or who is a minority in russia. i think. one in which it was. 6 weeks each year. we had a room. but. we were. there you missed the go or we were.

even running we missed. your chance. at least. a little begins but it's. all of the house to the. group are you it's who. you were out. to. because we were. more or more stupid i think it's just. we're used. to war if you do these pretty well just as he said it's going to be there it's only see it is. beat up by a plane where he could be anyone again. just your place your group is rural areas

in the u.a.e. a plane is not always true nor. do i see what i look. into or that he you know donald is that a lot to set us back but i hope moving forward we can find a much better relationship with the cuban people because are good are good people and they are neighbors thank you so much for coming on and lightning our audience today sir. and that everybody is our show for you today remember in this world we are definitely not told me i love the stuff so i tell you all i love you i robot and i will keep on watching all those hawks out there and have a great day and like the plague. i got this 8 millimeter film purely by accident. time period 963 to

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