finally or next up, environmental protection agency. >> thank you, administered alone and good morning. i'm the director of the office of management. epa is the lead federal agency or in land releases of oil and hazardous substances through emergency support function ten under the national response framework. in addition to request assistance from our states, tribes and local government, partners, some the things epa is currently doing prior to hurricane florence is to determine the status of preparation at chemical, oil, and production facilities that may be in the path of the storm and identify any releases and discharges of hazardous substances or oil caused by the storm. the agency has a different sites under the risk management program and the plan for oil that may be in the concurrent projected path of hurricane were trying to assess any pre-landfall concerns. in addition when working with the states, tribes and local governments to try to identify drinking water and wastewater, infrastructure that may be in the current path of the storm. epa has issued four fuel waivers in north

environmental protection agency made the v.w. diesel fraud public on september eighteenth twenty fifteen but feet of you didn't warn shareholders until september twenty second you claims that. wasn't possible earlier. gets to force to from our point of view this case is only about whether folks wagon met its obligation to shareholders and the markets were convinced that this is the case. isn't about. the court's ruling isn't expected until the end of next year. the european central bank is slowly heading towards an end to its loose monetary policy starting in october it wants to cut its controversial purchases of government bonds by fifty percent to fifteen billion euros per month by the end of the year they'll be discontinued altogether at their meeting on thursday the currency guardians let the key interest rate untouched at zero point zero percent so the loans in the euro zone are remaining extremely cheap the. commission president. wants a greater role for the euro in the world in his speech on the state of the e.u. he called

this is privately owned land this is not government land any less the environmental protection agency finds scientific proof that there is real pollution going on they won't be able to shut this down. and so far there is no proof. there is just. propaganda. is it possible to respect safety measures tracking. down how deep it is advocating this notion and it attempt to avoid all risk of polluting groundwater it seems the success is very unlikely. the question is being raised to express the intention of anti-fashion groups. one thing is certain the practice of hydraulic fracking to be as large quantities of drinking water. can young is the owner of the clip services. company of the facilities to shipping of water for fracking through pipelines and provides water storage and its huge tanks as well. these things are used to hold water for the fracking. thirty five thousand barrels and so they'll pump water from one to the other until eventually it's pumped over to the frac and down the hole. it's fresh water all the water that's running here is coming out of the city water line so it's al

. >> finally, our next up environmental protection agency. >> good morning. epa is the lead federal agency for inland releases of oil and hazardous substances through emergency support function 10 under the national response framework. in addition, the requests for assistance from our states, tribes, and local government partners some of the things that epa is currently doing prior to hurricane florence is to determine the staff's appropriation at chemical, oil, and production facilities that may be in the path of the storm and identify any releases or discharges of hazardous substances or oil caused by the storm. the agency identified sites in the facility response plan program for oil that may be in the concurrent projected path of the hurricane and trying to assess any prelandfall concerns. in addition, we're working with the states, tribes, and local governments to identify drinking water and waste water, infrastructure, that may be in the current path of the storm. epa has issued four fuel waivers in north carolina, south carolina, georgia, and virginia.

environmental protection agency, theiren hostile, mocks decisions, and says what they do is completelyrrelevant. environmental group sues to say, the agency wasn't strong enough, then he is very deferential, very generous and understanding of the agency's expertise. we see that time and again in a whole host of environmental issues, including the ultimate issue, which is whether or not the epa has the authority to regulate greenhouse gas pollution. their israel reason to assume he thinks under the clean air act, the answer is no. juan: in cases dealing with police abuse or human rights abuses, there were nine cases that were split decisions were he was the deciding vote and and all nine cases he ruled against the victims and for the a allegd abusers? >> that's right. seven out of seven. these are cases that have come frequently before the appeals court in, so he is a bunch of these cases. in cases of desk these are civil, not criminal -- and cases of police abuse, the question is, was a police officer operating reasonably enough they should be immune from being held liable? every time

and then finally, our next up environmental protection agency rggi cheatham. >> thank thank you, administeree and good morning. i'm director of the epa. epa is lead federal agency for in land release of oil and hazardous substances through emergency support function can under the national response framework. in addition to request for assistance from our states, tribes and local government, partners come some of things epa is currently doing prior to hurricane florence is to determine the status of preparation at chemical, oil and production facilities may be in the path of a storm and identify any releases and discharges of hazardous substances or oil caused by the storm. the agency has identified sites under superfund risk management program and the facility response plan program for oil that may be in the projected path of the hurricane and were trying to assess any pre-landfall concerns. in addition we are working with the states, try to look of its identify drinking water and wastewater come infrastructure that may be in the current path of the storm. epa has issued four fuel waivers in

environmental protection agency made the v.w.el fraud public on september eighteenth twenty fifteen but feet of you didn't warn shareholders until september twenty second you claims it wasn't possible earlier. and gets to force to from our point of view this case is only about whether folks wagon met its obligation to shareholders and the markets were convinced that this is the case the first thought isn't about. the court's ruling isn't expected until the end of next year. the european central bank is slowly heading towards an end to its loose monetary policy starting in october it wants to cut its controversial purchases of government bonds by fifty percent to fifteen billion euros per month by the end of the year they'll be discontinued altogether. at their meeting on thursday the currency guardians left the key interest rate untouched at zero point zero percent so the loans in the euro zone are remaining extremely cheap. commission president. once a greater role for the euro in the world in his speech on the state of the e.u.

federal agencies like the environmental protection agency are really supposed to be, um, managingng these insecticides in a way that causes minimal harm to humans and other animals. >> startining in the 1990s, agency scientists were raising red flags about the mobility, the persistence, the toxicity of these neonicic products, includi t the effecects on pollinators and other wildlife. >> epa documents show agency scientists knew imidacloprid is highly toxic to songbirds, aquatic invertebrates, and honeybees as early as 1993. yet epa allowed imidacloprid on the u.s. market a year later. after decades of exposure,hehe consequenceces epa scientntistse warned about are now confirmed by the task force on systemic pesticides. >> d unfortunely, these chemicaals are often, and i woud say most of the titime, released bbefore therere is adequauate informrmation to sw whether they are harmrmful in the e environm. i i think neoninicotinoids arara prprime example e of that. >> epa assesses risk posed by pesticides prior to their release on the market. safety studies are typically conducted and paid fo

environmental protection agency made the v.w. diesel fraud public on september eighteenth twenty fifteen but feet of you didn't warn shareholders until september twenty second you claims it wasn't possible earlier. gets to force to from our point of view this case is only about whether folks wagon met its obligation to shareholders and the markets were convinced that this is the case and the market for thought isn't about. the court's ruling isn't expected until the end of next year. the european central bank is slowly heading towards an end to its loose monetary policy starting in october it wants to cut its controversial purchases of government bonds by fifty percent to fifteen billion euros per month by the end of the year they'll be discontinued altogether. there at their meeting on thursday the currency guardians left the key interest rate untouched at zero point zero percent so the loans in the euro zone are remaining extremely cheap. commission president. wants a greater role for the euro in the world in his speech on the

forty years of operating the environmental protection agency in this country these are american based companies hard to believe. we still have this industry which is discharging so much waste not just normal ways hazardous waste. in just one supplier to generate more than one hundred thousand tons of hazard of waste in one year. how could we dispose stuff you know in a safe way so how much a time bomb this industry's gonna create. in electronics at this moment in time i believe we're in the dinosaur age. we're using too many resources too many raw materials and the life of a computer is a typically three to four years. for a small company in r. and. a mission is to choose a fair trade computer. in the early days i repaired this component levels on the computers and one of boards. from i noticed that there was huge amount of waste in the computer industry. so we started designing and building up data the brain reuse with computers. this is my father's environmental drill and all my trusty and just and that's just that's just. how can you build a computer made up to stick how could you

environmental protection agency made the v.w. diesel fraud public on september eighteenth twenty fifteen but feet of you didn't warn shareholders until september twenty second you claims it wasn't possible earlier. gets to forced from our point of view this case is only about whether folks wagon met its obligation to shareholders and the markets were convinced that this is the case for thought isn't about. the court's ruling isn't expected until the end of next year. the european central bank is slowly heading towards an end to its loose monetary policy starting in october it wants to cut its controversial purchases of government bonds by fifty percent to fifteen billion euros per month by the end of the year they'll be discontinued altogether at their meeting on thursday the currency guardians let the key interest rate untouched at zero point zero percent so the loans in the euro zone are remaining extremely cheap. commission president john clarke junko once a greater role for the euro in the world in his speech on the state of

in preparation for florence the environmental protection agency is monitoring nine of the nation's most toxic sites known as superfund sites where various chemicals and pest at this tudesrisk spread due to rainfall. that's only a fraction of the sites in florence's path which counted more than 60. what is a superfund site, explain how it works. guest: it is basically -- the easy way to describe it it's one of our most toxic sites, contaminated sites in the country. the superfund program was created because during the industrial revolution we didn't have environmental regulations like we do now. we had industrial facilities, wood makers, plastic makers, pesticide makers, chemical makers that produced a lot of pollution. and they wound up contaminating the ground water and soil around them. then those companies eventually went out of business or bankrupt before they were able to pay for clean cleaning up these contaminated sites. -- for cleaning up these contaminated sites. they come under the jurisdiction of the e.p.a. which has to look for funds and ways to clean them up. we have over 1

environmental protection agency or e.p.a. has announced that they will effectively repeal a twenty sixteen executive order from former president obama that placed stricter limits on methane emissions from fossil fuel operations methane is a heat trapping gas twenty five times more fun twenty five times more powerful than carbon dioxide scientists say the change would effectively result in an additional three hundred eight thousand short tons of methane emissions by twenty twenty five the trump e.p.a. says the move will save the fossil fuel industry four hundred eighty four million dollars over six years while scientists say that specific hurricanes such as florence cannot be attributed to climate change it is making those that do develop stronger by heating ocean surfaces which fuels such storms there is that. we now take the first of two different looks today at the shale oil industry and while she's not going to the beach our tea ceremony is to oco takes a look at sand as a commodity it's being used now more than ever befor

forty years of operating the environmental protection agency in this country these are american based companies hard to believe. we still have this industry which is discharging so much waste not just normal waste a hazardous waste. in just one supplier it generates more than one hundred thousand tons of hazardous waste in one year. how could we dispose stuff you know in a safe way so how much a time bomb this industry's gonna create. in electronics at this moment of time i believe we're in the dinosaur age. we're using too many resources too many raw materials and the life of a computer is a typically three to four years. for a small company in r. and. a mission is to choose a fair trade computer. in the early days i repaired this component levels on the computers and one imports. from i noticed that too was huge amount of waste in the computer industry. so we started designing and building up data of brain reuse with computers. this is my father's environmental drill and all my trusty and just you know such and such just. how can you build a computer without plastic how could you bu

houses and even on children in the book live in chile lead to the creation of the us environmental protection agency who after remember her children were born today are exposed to these chemicals from birth perhaps even before birth now what is going to happen to them in adult life as a result of that exposure we simply don't know. that not only exposed part of the problem showed to do is a much bigger toxic problem that is yet to be exposed and studied in terms of the impact on health impact on nature impact on the planet and that generated a sensitivity especially because she was a beautiful writer and she was an example for the rest of us that environmental pollution is a massive form of kill native silent violence and it has to be dealt with as a massive form of killer silent violence. perpetrated on innocent people and often invisible man or for the pursuit of profit because of looters or not want to internalize these cars and get better technology. strange things can sometimes be seen in the landscapes of the land northwest of burning like a boat stranded in the woods that's because it's near

epa cases for example, nlrb cases, environmental protection agency, labor relations board, securities and exchange commission will get more of those cases involving agencies of the government here in d.c. as a percentage than you would get another courts and that includes separation of powers, controversies that traditionally relating to national security cases we have guantÁnamo related cases in our court. there are cases related to government operations, separation of power, administrative law, agencies that are bigger percentage of our docket. i want to underscore they do important work and have important docket in distinctive characteristic in terms of the ninth circuit and the circuit has a good deal that the 11th circuit has a very -- all the circuits have an important docket. i just want -- i want to underscore d.c. has a lot more separation of powers, but i have a lot of friends on the other court of appeal that i don't want to diminish the work they do because it's very important work in what they do as well. >> appreciate your answer. those of us who live in the ninth circui

also available for questions, we will have the national flood insurance program and the environmental protection agency. with that i will turn it over to noaa for a weather update. >> good morning. my name is chris swansly. i work with noaa's national weather service. at around 7:15 this morning the center of hurricane florence made landfall at wrightsville beach, north carolina. it's currently a category 1 hurricane, with 90 mile an hour winds, moving slowly at 6 miles an hour out of the west. currently, there is a tornado watch in effect and will likely continue into tonight. storm surge along the carolina coast will continue into saturday and in some areas, sunday night and into monday morning. expect higher levels of higher tides, stirring high tide cycles and the next high tide cycle around the carolina coast is around noon today eastern time. i do want to emphasize that this is only the beginning. florence is a very slow mover, will continue to trek along the south -- the north carolina and south carolina coastline for the next 24 to 36 hours. it will not get to columbia, south carolina until sun

we didn't have an environmental protection agency until people lost their seats in congress. that is what needs to happen. people need to lose. more new people need to win. >> the book traces your life. "every day is extra." and fascinating about your childhood and circumstances of how you were raised and your service in vietnam and in terms of your life in the political sphere, what is the thing that changed the most. >> the disrespect of facts and disrespect of others. the ability to have compromised and worked in a bipartisan fashion seems to be shattered by extremist elements who come in and terrorize their own members of their own caucus. it began in the 1990s. it carried on into the tea party. and the same process of polarization has taken. so if you don't have a baseline of facts to start with, and all you do is go to your own comfort level news we are in trouble in terms of making our democracy work. >> secretary john kerry, the book is called "every day is extra." >> it is not a policy book. i look at woodward's book. it states the problem and summarizes. what i have

. >>> the environmental protection agency internal watchdog said the epa had no proper justification for spending more than $3.5 million on round-the-clock security for scott pruitt. the inspector general's report said the costs were more than double those of his predecessor during her final year at the post. pruitt left the epa and there were a range of scandals with allegations of abuse of office. >>> on the gulf coast, tropical storm gordon is strengthening and is expected to become a hurricane before making landfall somewhere around or near the missa. -- the mississippi coast late tonight. we have more about the emergency declaration and the advisories issued. >> reporter: folks along the gulf coast are making final preparations for gordon. informed tropical storm near the florida keys, slashing the state with heavy rain and high wind in the southern area on monday. >> i couldn't see. >> it was flooded. >> reporter: the storm is gaining strength over the gulf as coastal residents from florida through louisiana gather supplies and fill sandbags, hoping to keep out the water. >> i'

you should know as this storm develops, the environmental protection agency monitoring about nine hazardous waste sites. they're concerned that massive storm surge and flooding could release toxic and hazardous materials from these sites. last year at least 13 toxic wave sites were damaged after hurricane harvey hit texas. >>> we'll have mitch mcconnell's bare knuckle description of the fight his party is right now in trying to keep its senate majority. oscar mayer deli fresh ham has no added nitrates, nitrites or artificial preservatives. now deli fresh flavor is for everyone. like those who like... sweet. those who prefer heat. and those who just love meat. oscar mayer deli fresh. a fresh way to deli. and it's also a story mail aabout people oscar mayer deli fresh. and while we make more e-commerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country, we never forget... that your business is our business the united states postal service. priority: you but allstate actually helps you drive safely... with drivewise. it lets you know when you go too fast... ...and brake too hard. with feedbac

current law cars built starting in 2022 must be able to get 36 miles per gallon, but the environmental protection agencytrump administration wants to lower that, setting a new standard to 30 miles per gallon by 2020. california officials argued revoking the state's ability to set their own emission standard is unconstitutional. the meeting is expected to go until 10:30 tonight. >>> acres of grass could be transformed into a new ikea store in dublin. >> so say it will be nice, others a nuts answer. >>> plus, the legal twist in a vallejo kidnapping case one >>> live where you live, this is "abc 7 news." >>> an already-bizarre 2015 crime, a kidnapping in vallejo, now has another twist. >> one day before the accused rapist and kidnaper was set to cross-examine his victim, he's requested a public defender instead. >> matthew mueller is serving a 40-year federal sentence for kidnapping. abc 7 reporter melanie woodrow has the story. >> reporter: the man accused of kidnapping and raping huskins was expected to cross-examine her and her husband tuesday. he changed his mind, requesting a public defender instead.

they will be at a u.s environmental protection agency hearing in fresno.ther public comment on the trump mileage plan . the proposal would freeze mileage standards at levels mandated by the obama administration for 2020 instead of continuing to increase them to 36 miles a gallon by 2025. opponents say that would undercut efforts to reduce unhealthy emissions that are significantly contributing to climate change. environmental groups plan to protest outside that hearing. >>> let's get you back to sala and a look at the roadways. >>> right now we have slow traffic on the altamont pass. let's go . 580 is slow even before the split. the tracy triangle in 205 is also backed up from mountain house parkway getting to the area. we already have busy traffic once you get to dublin if you're grommet -- if you're driving to the nimitz freeway we have a crash at southbound 880. now it has been removed. we still have some activity in the area with a crew on the scene. we hope to get some pictures the soon. you can see traffic is going to be okay if you are driving on in

and did a lot of good things as president, you know, started the environmental protection agency, something not know or remember. >> stephen: lowered the voting age. >> yes, lowered the voting age. >> stephen: could never be nominated as a republican, maybe not even a deputy point. >> you are probably right about that, but, you know, he had a real obsession with trying to go after his opponents and trying to, you know, really consolidate his power and he had people around him in the white house who enabled that and he got himself into real trouble, and i don't think we can make a comparison yet because there was a very thorough investigation of president nixon at the time that i was part of, and it drew conclusions so that even republican members in the congress understood that they had to take action, and we are not at that point yet with this president. >> stephen: well, nixon had these people around him who you say enabled him. >> uh-huh. >> stephen: we hear stories from an nonnous open ned "the new york times" from bob woodward's book that the people around him, many of them are actuall

forty years of operating the environmental protection agency in this country these are american based companies hard to believe. we still have this industry which is discharging so much waste not just normal waste a hazardous waste. in just one supplier to generate more than one hundred thousand tons of hazard of waste in one year. how could we dispose stuff you know in the safe way so how much a time bomb this industry is gonna create. in electronics at this moment of time i believe we're in the dinosaur age. we're using too many resources too many raw materials and the life of a computer is a typically three to four years. for a small company in and. a mission is to produce a fair trade computer. in the early days i repaired this component levels on the computers on the one imports. from i noticed that there was huge amount of waste in the computer industry. so we started designing and building a database of graven reusable computers. this is my father's environmental drill and all my trusty and just you know such and such just. how can you build a computer without plastic how could

"the new york times" is reporting former environmental protection agency administrator scott pruitt is in talks to work as a consultant for the kentucky coal tycoon joseph craft iii. pruitt was forced to resign from the epa amid an onslaught of corruption scandals and widespread opposition to his campaign to roll back key environmental protections, including regulations around coal mining. he has been replaced by an x coal lobbyist andrew wheeler. in news on the u.s.-backed war on yemen, secretary of state mike pompeo has certified that the governments of saudi arabia and united arab emirates are taking sufficient steps to protect yemeni civilians, meaning the u.s. will continue providing crucial mid-air refueling and other military support for saudi arabia's war on yemen. in a memo, pompeo cited the u.s. training of the saudi royal air force to justify the decision, which flies in the face of widespread evidence that the coalalition is indiscriminately killing yemeni civilians, including children. in august, a coalition airstrike hit a school bus, killing 51 people -- 40 of them child

there has been a lot of concern especially today when the environmental protection agency came out withtatement saying they thought they found a second breach and now we ran over and spoke to the company. the good news is we're here. we tracked them down and they did give us a statement, pull up the quote from a spokesperson here at duke energy and said the e.p.a. was referring to a same event, not a second breach. they wanted to make that clear. not a second failure. there is a lot of water and ash that has washed from their property into an adjacent industrial property and that they had seen a visual 100 ction of about a 25 by square foot area where some material settled. sort of reiterating this was not a second failure but more of the same containment area that had been breached earlier. there were a lot of concerns. i asked david fountain, the north carolina president of duke energy when the first site was breached and here is what he had to tell me yesterday. david: it's nonhazardous. we believe that most of the material was contained on site and we certainly have confidence that

things that could mean anything these days t could be an sis is assistant secretary in the environmental protection agencylissa: right. >> they have got to drop this and get it behind them. it is becoming a complete distraction. there is much better things to do including the hurricane. this is just turning into a wheel spinning exercise. melissa: so i love the president's tweet. it is third one, you guys, the white house is a smooth-running machine. we're making -- a smooth-running machine? if that were true, it wouldn't be so much fun to watch. it is a lot of things that are fantastic and crazy. it is not a smooth-running machine. >> kind of like being at a drag race. >> i love it. >> you take off, you don't know whether the cars will go straight or not but they're going 250 miles an hour. it's a lot of fun. it is a machine. it does function. it does operate. they just announced today they're closing palestinian authority office in washington. national security advisor john bolton gave a speech denouncing international criminal court. they are getting things done. melissa: yeah. >> i don't think they're

"the washington post" reports that federal workers have left 1600 the environmental protection agency since president trump took office, a mass exodus that has shrunk the epa's workforce to levels not seen since the reagan administration. among the epa workers to depart the agency was scientist ann williamson, who left after 33 years saying -- "i did not want to any longer be any part of this administration's nonsense." a top united nations official is warning that a all-out syrian government ground offensive against idlib province, the last major rebel-held territory in syria, could lead to the worst loss of life in the 21st century. >> there needs to be ways of dealing with this problem. that don't -- the next few months in idlib, the biggest loss of life of the 2 21st century. the tsunami that many, the atrocious famine in s somalia in 2011 the killed another 250,000 people. we must -- it is not acceptable to have huge loss of life in idlib over the next period. amy: in afghanistan, at least 20 people have been killed in a suicide bombing in the eastern province of nangarhar. no gr

the epa's internal watchdog is criticizing the environmental reduction agency for sending -- environmental protectionr sending round the clock security for scott pruitt. theyctor general said failed to document why he needed more than $3.5 million security spending and more than double that of his predecessor. report foundt -- lack of training personnel sonel slowedr -- personnel slowed the response to hurricane katrina -- maria. maria killed nearly 3000 people and damages are estimated at more than $100 billion. --sident rouhani sunny speaking to a group of oil officials on tuesday, honey said oil is on the front line of confrontation and resistance. the u.s. wants to reduce iran oil exports to zero with renewed sanctions in november. global news, 24 hours a day on air and on tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am jenna dagenhart. this is bloomberg. caroline: "what'd you miss?" friday's deadline came and went without an affidavit. canada says they are still trying and negotiations are set to continue on wednesday. president trump took t

forty years of operating the environmental protection agency in this country these are american based companies hard to believe. we still have this industry which is discharging so much waste not just normal ways hazardous waste. in just one supplier to generate more than one hundred thousand tons of hazard of waste in one year. how could we dispose stuff you know in a safe way so how much a time bomb this industry's gonna create. in electronics at this moment in time i believe we're in the dinosaur age. we're using too many resources too many raw materials and the life of a computer is a typically three to four years. for a small company in r. and. a mission is to produce a fair trade computer. in the early days i repaired this component levels on the computers on the one imports. from i noticed that there was huge amount of waste in the computer industry. so we started designing and building a database of brain reuse with computers. this is my father's environmental drill and all my trusty and just you know such and such just. how could you build a computer made up to stick how coul

. >> and then next up, environmental protection agency. >> thank you administrator long.morning. i'm the director of emergency management. in addition to requests for assistance from our states, tribes and local government, partners, some of the things that epa is currently going prior to hurricane florence is to determine the status of preparation at chemical, oil and production facilities that may be in the path of the storm and to identity any releases and discharges of hazardous substances or oil caused by the storm. the agency has identified sites under super fund, risk management program and the response program for oil that may be in the current projected path of the hurricane and we're trying to assess any preland fall concerns. in addition, we're working with the state -- >> all right. you have been listening to this news conference, along with officials from other responders who are waiting for hurricane florence, waiting for this storm to pass through. they have talked about how they prestaged so much support and so much relief for when the storm is over. they

the environmental protection agency today issued new rules making it easier for oil and gas companiesto release methane,h wh a particularly potent greenhouse gas. coral davenport has been covering this story for the "new york times." >> great to be with you. rangham: so the obama administration, the earlier administration had said to oil and gas companies, monitor the methane that's leaking out of your operations and do what you can to cap it. before we talk about what the trump administration has done, remind us, why do we care about methane? >> usually when you talk about the greenhouse gasses that warm the planet, you think about carbon dioxe, the stuffhat comes from driving cars, burning coal-fired power plants. methane doesn't get as much attention. it's % ly about the human cause of greenhouse gasses, but it matters a lot because methane is 25% more powerful than carbon dioxidetr at ping that heat. so there's a lot less of it, it's noedt cay as many sectors of the economy, but once it gets out there, it's aeally potent driver of greenhouse gas warming. it's sort of a super dwrow

environmental protection agency misspe5 more than $llion on security for former chief scott pruitt. e.p.a.'s inspector general reported that finding today. e office said the costs included travel for pruitt's 19 bodyguards. his predecessor had six. pruitt left in july amid scandals over his spending and other alleged abuses. and, on wall street, amazon briefly joined apple as the only mpanies valued at $1 trillion, then, retreated below that mark later in the day. overall, the dow jones industrial average lost pointso close at 25,952. the nasdaq fell 18 points,0 nd the s&p 50ipped four. still to come on t newshour: the ancient casualties of a museum fire in brazil. nike takes a risk by featuring colin kaepernick in its latest ad campaign. billie jean king's legacy on and off the court, plus much more. >> woodruff: there's a new book about the trump white house that useshe term "nervous breakdown" to describe what's chppened inside the executive brf government. it's just one of many elements that add up to ae,ritical pictn the book by journalist bob woodward, titled "fear." the award

last week, the environmental protection agency proposed weakening a similar rule on emissions from public and private lands. and, on wall street, gains in tech, bank and energy ocks outweighed worries about a trade war with china. the dow jones industrial average gained almost 185 points toos near 26,247. the nasdaq rose 60 points, and the s&p 500 added 15. still to come on the newshour: itimplis of the sexual assault allegation against supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. rithe president announces s on another two hundred billion dollars worth of goods imported fromhina. a honduran man is deported without his ughter after entering the u.s. illegally, and much more. >> woodruff: we begin with supreme court nominee brett a kavanaug the allegation that he sexually assaulted someone in high school. senators jousted today overa plans foblic hearing next week, and the president weighed in as well. >> honestly, i feel terribly for him, for his wife who is an incredibly lovely woman and his beautiful young daughters.th is not a man that deserves this. >> woodruff: president trump defended his