to make to the 1973 law, we have to first time guest on "washington journal" to talk about it, jonathan wood have senior attorney. good morning thank you for joining us and we also say hi to jason rylander at the defenders. good morning to you as well. remind us in the audience with the endangered species act is and how successful you think it's been in the last 40 years. >> it is one of the world's most successful wildlife conservations. it is been responsible for bringing back iconic species like the bald eagle, grizzly bear the manatee, humpback wha whale, her remarkable record of 1600 species on the list only 11 have been declared extinct since the listed track record we can be proud of. host: with that being said, do agree with the ministration it's time for changes? how come? guest: the truth is, is partially successful, it is been good for preventing extension. 99% are actually understated because most of the species that are gone extinct will probably extinct before the state. but at the same time we are not recovering species at the rate the people want. less than 3%, has been repor

our guests will be jonathan woods and jason rylander. they will talk from either side of the issue about making changes to the endangered species act from 1970 three. later in the program, a discussion of how trade and tariffs are impacting farmers. lots more time for your calls. watching "washington journal" this saturday, august 17. we will be right back. >> today on "book tv," live coverage from the mississippi book festival featuring author talks on american history, the civil war and the south, race ,nd civil rights, true crime and world war ii. then sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern, "afterwords," with journalist natalie wechsler. >> and off have the background knowledge to understand a reading passages in the first place. it is not that they cannot make an inference. they make inferences in their lives all the time. toddlers can make an inference. that's not the problem. so much as they lacked the background knowledge and vocabulary to understand the passage, and that has been a big problem. >> watch "booktv" every weekend on c-span2. ♪

coming up this morning, pacific legal foundation senior attorney jonathan wood and defenders of wildlife senior staff attorney discuss changes to the endangered species act. then bloomberg talks about the impact the trade war and carrots are having on farmers across the u.s. watch c-span's washington journal live at 10:00 eastern this morning. sunday'so join us for washington journal as we talk about the 50th anniversary of woodstock. education secretary betsy devos criticized the palestinian bds movement which promotes boycotts against israel. the paneldevos, discussed how to combat anti-semitism on college campuses. this is one hour and 20 minutes.

this morning, pacific legal foundation's senior attorney jonathan wood and defenders of wildlife's jason rylander discussed changes to the endangered species act. later, bloomberg news reporter mario parker looks at the

jonathan blake reporting. still to come on the programme... we'll speak to former escort helen woodhave sex with her. she has written a memoir and we will talk about that later. she has written a memoir and we will talk about that later. more than 253,000 people have signed a petition calling for legal aid to be provided to all families at inquests into terror attacks. it was set up only a month ago by the boyfriend of nurse kirsty boden, known as the angel of london bridge. she was stabbed to death while trying to help save the life of another victim of the attack injune 2017 in which three men wearing stab—proof vests drove a van into pedestrians at 50mph on london bridge before attacking people around borough market with hunting knives. they killed eight people and injured 48. nowjames hodder is fighting for the rights of all families in similar attacks, including those of manchester arena, to be given legal aid for the inquests. we can talk to him now. good morning, thank you for coming on. good morning. before we talk about your petition, i would love you to tell our audience a

not only the one that's happening in our neck of the woods with dorian, but developing and getting worse in hong kong. jonathanprotests that have suddenly turned nastier. jonathan. >> neil, it's been an incredibly intense day of protests. our crew, as we showed you earlier, the producer and cameraman were in the thick of it today as the hong kong police and protesters fought running battles. they were building barricades on main street in the heart of the city of hong kong. they were setting fires. riot police came in and served volley after volley of tear gasment and they changed the water in the water cannon at one point to contain blue dye. that not only drives them back, but it marks them so then the riot police can find them more easily later as they comb the streets trying to find out who the leaders and organizers of what have become very violent protests are. what we've learned about all today, neil, is that these protesters, despite the marches being deemed unlawful by the hong kong authorities, despite the hong kong authorities wrangling up many of the leading organizations of the demonstrations, the