anna kalinsky, let's begin with you.alk about what your grandfather found as an exxon scientist. >> absolutely. like i said, my grandfather worked for exxon for about 40 years. in 1977, he gave a presentation to top exxon management. he laid out very clearly that the planet was warming, that this was because of rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, and that those levels were rising because of the burning of fossil fuels. at the time he told exxon that humankind had five to 10 years to start really making the hard decisions regarding climate change or the situation could become dire. nermeen: anna kalinsky, how many other scientists at exxon at the time in the 1970's were doing comparable research, copper bowl research to what your grandfather did? >> i don't have an exact number for you, but we know at the time there were other scientists at exxon doing climate research and other organizations in addition to exxon were receiving similar briefings. exxon ceot to play rex tillerson's response. >> we will continue

thank you also to anna kalinsky the granddaughteter of james f. , black, who worked for decades as a ientist at exxon. he alerted company executives to the original scientific findings of climate change in the 1970's. sheet ,anna, question the ceo of exxon yesterday at the exxon shareholders meeting in dallas where she is speaking to us today. we w will be back in a minute. ♪ [music break] amy: the lead singer burned her birth certificate on stage at her bill two known as the bathroom bill was passed. she cannot as transgender in 2012. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. 11 states are suing the obama administration over its recent directive saying students have the right under federal law to use the bathroom that corresponds to their gender identity. nine of the 11 states have republican governors. texas attorney general ken paxton announced the lawsuit wednesday. >> two hours ago, the state of texas filed a lawsuit against the u.s. department of education and the department of justice regarding their directives that