yo reza aslan, thanso much and sou'rfor being here. aslan: my pleasure.u: recently, we talked with the former head of the sierra club, carl popeo about his ne titled, "climate of hope." he coauthored it with former new york city mayor michael bloomberg. businesses and local governments can battle climate changeals, even when state and national governments won't. ce to have you here. pope: great to be here again. vu: well, inour book, ce to you say that it's time for a new type of conversation about climate change.yo what dthink is wrong with the way it's being discussed now, pope: well, we have like to rabout climate changeion?lk as this enormous problem which requires phenomenal sacrifice and nversation is, "who is going to pay the bill?" that used to be true it's not true anymor right now, climate change is a, and the question is, "who is going to take the lead?" that's a different kind of conversation. vu: and you also point t has talked about very long-te consequences, not something that people can relate to now. pope: that's exactly right, and if you

reza aslan, thank you so much for being here. aslan: my pleasure.u: recently, we talked with the former head of the sierra club, carl pope, aboumahis new book titled, "c of hope." he coauthored it with former new york city mayor michael bloomberg. in the book, pope lays out a vision for how individuals, busieven when state andvernments national governments won't. nice to have you here. pope: great to be here again. vu: well, in your book, you say that it's time for a new type of conversation about climate change. rowhat do you think is with the way it's being discussed now, and how would you like to reframe the conversation? pope: well, at have talked about clchange as this enormous problem which requires phenomenal sacrifice, and the conversation is, "who is going to pay the bill?" that used to be true. it's not true anymore. right now, climate change is an enormous economic opportunity, and the question is, "who is going to take the lead?" that's a different kind of conversation. vu: and you alsoitoint out that a lot o has talked about very long-t

is a fact of lee giving aid to the remnants of aslan next state how ironic that the united states that claims claims to be fighting terrorism and is imposing sanctions on those who defeated isis to those who participated and the war is still ongoing in eastern syria. isis is not completely dismantled yet there is more war effort by the syrian army with the help of the russian army with the help of the iranian forces in order to completely destroy these terrorist organizations. organizations that are affiliated with that are threatening the whole world these sanctions are illegitimate they are illegitimate against syria they are illegitimate against iran they are illegitimate against hezbollah because they are baseless they are not based on a decision made by the united nations or by some actions that are proven to be illegal actions or by direct support for any terrorist organizations. they are the vinci has been dragged into a route between the french president and italy's deputy prime minister who has been trading insults online now rome is reconsidering loaning their master is price

egyptian brokered truce earlier i discussed the latest with artie's middle east correspondent paul aslan he joined me in the studio. well as we heard over there have mass which of course is in control of the gaza strip and monitors what's going on with all the groups that operate there has called for ceasefire incorporation with islamic jihad primarily has been firing a lot of rockets at israel now half an hour before they made that statement they did issue on their twitter account a statement in which they say that israeli strikes were targeting civilians saying that they believe that israel had run out of what they say are military targets and they blame the whole aggression on the israeli side saying that israel started this whole flare up of course a very different narrative coming out from the israeli side where we hear that they're holding no surprise i must responsible they say it was triggered by an incident yesterday in which a rocket landed on the israeli bus that was carrying soldiers and a nineteen year old soldier is in a critical condition and they say there they say has in

aslan: evangelicalism and the republican party have been married as a single force, and this is the culmination of that marriage, and perhaps it's time for a divorce. vu: hello. i'm thuy vu. welcome to a special edition of "kqed newsroom." on this program, we're revisiting interviews from our archives with dynamic, provocative authors. we begin with the politics of health care. cecile richards has been the president and ceo of planned parenthood for more than a decade.

aslan: evangelicalism and the republican partyma have beeied as a single force, and this is the culmination. vu: hello. i'm thuy vu. welcome to a special edition of "kqed newsroom." on this program, we're revisiting interviews from our archives with dynamic, provocative authors. we begin with the politics of health care. fromcecile richards has beenic, provocthe president. and ceo of planned parenthood for more tn a decade. the organization offers low-cost reproductive health-care services