. >> it just becauause it's direcy women were excluded, it is in our hands to c create another historynclude ourselves and not in which we can'n't t -- reconnect with the >> itrer forces of the e earth. is time to be respectful. all of your organizations, whether they enhance or wings or roroots, be honest and courageos ♪nd caring and compassionate. 04/17/17 04/17/17 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! >> in the past two weeks, the world witnessed the strength and resolve of our new president in actions taken in syria and afghanistan. nonorth korea would do well noto or the strength of the armed forces of the united states in this region. amy: vice president mike pence travels to the border of north and south korea as tensions escalate between washington and pyongyang. will anyone listen to china

. >> it just becauause it's direcy women were excluded, it is in our hands to c create another historynclude ourselves and not in which we can'n't t -- reconnect with the >> itrer forces of the e earth. is time to be respectful. all of your organizations, whether they enhance or wings or roroots, be honest and courageos ♪nd caring and compassionate. [drum beats, animals calalling] emcee: ladieses and gentlemen, please welcome a author, activi, and entrepreneur paul hawken. [cheering] hawken: hi. ha ha! nice to see you, too. my god. i--i was--i was talking to janine backstage, andnd i was saying, "you know, this is the one audience where we actually get nervous." [laughter] and i think it's--we--i don't know. she'll finish the discussion, but it's because you guys are jujust so amazing. w 'e going, "oh, my gosh!" you know, when you go to an audience and you don't know anybody, it's so much easier than when it's "i know him." ha ha! it was about 18 years ago, i introduced janine, uh, to interface, who you're going to hear from. um, the carpet company founded byby raray anderson, anand, y

. >> it just becauause it's direcy women were excluded, it is in our hands to c create another historynclude ourselves and not in which we can'n't t -- reconnect with the >> itrer forces of the e earth. is time to be respectful. all of your organizations, whether they enhance or wings or roroots, be honest and courageos ♪nd caring and compassionate.

. >> becauause of the unusual number of rare childhood cancers, the community demanded answers. and the finger pointed back to ciba geigy and the toxic waste drums union carbide dumped at the farm.m. a decade earlier, two wells at e f farm had been tested and trichloralethylene was found. >> once it was found coming from the farm, the government absolutely dropped the ball. that ever should have let happen and let the people drink that water. >> the e.p.a. and union carbide adopted a remediation plant. it's a superfund site. we will let these chemicals go into the public drinking waters and aerate them out and then the water will be safe to drink. someone said, why don't we put carbon filters on that water just to make sure nothing gets through. they said it's going to aerate out, you don't need carbon. well, that was a mistake that cost lives. because it turns out the only thing, there was a lotot of oth stuff in the water they weren't looking for because they weren't on e.p.a.'s priority pollutant list so the group included other chemicals, thyrene and acilorirites is kno to c

[cheers] in t that battle,e, losing is nn optionon becauause if lose thts fight, w we will p pass onaw 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