host: denis hayes. every answer that last question? guest: i think beyond any doubt, greta., there was a true transition in the public consciousness with regard to the environment in 1970. things that were unthinkable in 1969 became unstoppable. in the. week of the first trip, there were one million participants. after that we press the clean air act, the endangers the shoes act, great mammals protection act -- endangered species act. we began to change the way that america does business. host: what sparked this movement? remind viewers what happened in 1969? guest: there were a number of things that began to create this take consciousness that there was something going wrong with the direction of the country, that there was a disconnect between the growth of gross domestic product and what was giving people satisfaction. carson'swith rachel writing the seventh -- spring.nt the oil spill showing that even the most is these communities could not escape pollution. a series of several thermal implosions that created pollution so bad in am

i would like to wish our guest today, denis hayes, a happy 49th birthday. 49 years ago in 1970, hayes helped launch the first earth day. it was a time when america's eagle, the bald was listed as an endangered species. cities like los angeles was routinely enveloped in thick smog and the cuyahoga river in cleveland was so polluted, caught fire. on the first earth day, 20 million people participated in demonstrations in the effort launched a sweeping series of policy changes in the united states including the clean air act, the clean water act and the establishment of the environmental protection agency. today, hayes is chairman of earth day which focuses attention on the state of the earth's hell just health. as he looks for his golden anniversary, he is focused on what he says is the biggest threat or plants health, climate change. he wants next year's 50th anniversary to produce an unprecedented global outpouring of outrage over climate change and other global threats. we will hear more about those plans this morning so please join me in welcoming dennis hayes to the national press

host: denis hayes. every answer that last question?uest: i think beyond any doubt, greta., there was a true transition in the public consciousness with regard to the environment in 1970. things that were unthinkable in 1969 became unstoppable. in the. week of the first trip, there were one million participants. after that we press the clean air act, the endangers the shoes act, great mammals protection act -- endangered species act. we began to change the way that america does business. host: what sparked this movement? remind viewers what happened in 1969? guest: there were a number of things that began to create this take consciousness that there was something going wrong with the direction of the country, that there was a disconnect between the growth of gross domestic product and what was giving people satisfaction. carson'swith rachel writing the seventh -- spring.nt the oil spill showing that even the most is these communities could not escape pollution. a series of several thermal implosions that created pollution so bad in amer

we will bring you over to the national press club, the cofounder of earth day, environmentalist denis hayes will be talking about the 50th anniversary of earth they which is next year and he will be the earth a vote for effort ahead of the 2020 presidential election. live coverage here on c-span. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] the united states will completely with drop in the paris climate agreement next year. there is a crisis of plastic waste in our ocean. to wish our guest today a happy 49th birthday. hayesrs ago in 1970, helped launch the first earth day. the earth was listed as an endangered species. los angeles was routinely enveloped in thick smog and cleveland was so polluted it caught fire. , 20he first earth day million people participated in demonstrations in the effort launched a sweeping series of policy changes in the united states including the clean air act, the clean water act and the establishment of the environ

monday morning denis hayes of president of the bullitt foundation discusses the creation of earth daynd sustainable development efforts. and also political senior writers and the news of the day and their new book the hill to die on the battle for congress and the future of trump's america. watch "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern monday morning. join the discussion. here is a look at what his life on the c-span networks -- is live on the c-span networks. the house has a brief session with an environmentalist talking about earth day's 50th anniversary of the national press club. he is expected to discuss a vote for the earth effort ahead of the 2020 election. later a conversation with stephen breyer who is expected to talk about the court's process for making decisions and his relations with other members of the court. on c-span 2, the senate holds a pro forma session at 9:00 a.m. and then the kaiser family foundation for them on the trunk -- forum on the trump administration's efforts to end hiv transition -- transmission in the u.s. >> 1, 2, three, go. >> monday is the 141st

denies. rupert wingfield hayes is in tokyo - and we're expecting news in the next half an hour?ly. yes, i think that is what is going to happen, it appears to have been held up by the fact the prosecutors office has appealed the bail decision. the tokyo district court decided around lunchtime today to grant him bail for a second time, setting it at $4.5 million this time, his legal team posted that money, pretty much straightaway, obviously prepared for this, they did not have to scrabble around for $4.5 million. they had it ready to go. prosecutors then appealed the decision and that, we think, is being heard right now. i expect, sticking my neck out, i expect the district court to reject that appeal, so, his release on bail will go ahead, whether it will go ahead today or be delayed until tomorrow, it's hard to say but i do expect carlos ghosn to be released on bail very soon. looking at markets. mixed fixture in asia, one of the reasons japan did really well, compared to the rest of asia, the dollar is at a high at the moment, the moment, the gain is relatively weak, that hel

denies. our correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes is following the story.a second time, but at a price. $4.5 million this time? that is right. it looks like mr ghosn could come out of the tokyo house of detention may be in the next few hours. i understand that his legal team has already posted that 4.5 million us dollars with the tokyo district court, so it is possible that the tokyo prosecutors will appeal against his release. it's also possible that they could of course rearrest him and file new charges, but i think it is most likely, the greatest likelihood now that we will see carlos ghosn walk out of the tokyo has a detention again for out of the tokyo has a detention againfora out of the tokyo has a detention again for a second time sometime in the coming hours. and this is becoming ever more complicated, isn't it? with layer upon layer of charges? yeah, i think we should look at this legal close sort of as a warof look at this legal close sort of as a war of attrition does my case, between mr ghosn‘s legal team and the tokyo prosecutors office. they

host: next, we speak to one of the cofounders of earth day, denis hayes. but here is the. first cofounder, senator gaylord nelson on the eve of the first birthday 49 years ago. >> the battle to restore a proper relationship between man and his environment, between man and other living creatures will ,equire a long,, sustained political, moral and ethical financial commitment are beyond any commitment ever made by any society in the history of man. are we able? >

five-term congressman among four people in the scheme in alleged campaign contributions, hayes and the other defendants denyons. >>> provocative new remarks from the 2020 democratic hopeful on faith, politics and president trump. in an interview with usa today mayor pete buttigieg says he may call himself a christian, he doesn't act like one. i find it hard to xhernt on other's faith. it's hard to look at this president's actions and believe that they're under god. he says at least my understanding of the teachings of the christian faith. just this morning the nato secretary general addressing congress, making a case for deeper cooperation between the united states and its european allies, warning lawmakers about the growing threat of what he called a more assertive russia and adding the different 52s in the alliance are not a sign of weakness he says instead a sign of strength. he noted president trump's calm for more military spending by nato allies is being heard. >> military allies must spend more on defense. this has been the care message from president trump. this message is having a real impact. of t