this is diane wilson. >> the lose a t of the powde anthe pellets --asus charng this astic erywhere they havbeen doi this for 27 years. amy: and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. coming up, professor and economist jeffrey sachsh h h h . ♪♪ [music break] amy: "reptile" by the church. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman in new york, joined by democracy now!'s juan gonzÁlez in chicago. hi, juan. juan: hi, amy. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. amy: china is facing criticism in europe after china's ambassador to france questioned the sovereignty of former soviet states under international law during a television interview. the baltic countries -- lithuania, latvia, estonia -- condemned the remarks and summoned chinese representatives to explain the position. the chinese foreign ministry walked back the ambassador's comments saying, "china respects all countries' sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity." the dip

kirk: thank you, i was just sitting here thinking about how i didn't get to talk about diane wilson.when i first started reporting the book i thought it would be an account of an unknown chapter of white supremacy in america, but for all of the discussion of this is a term for between two sides, i realized, nobody was paying attention to the turf itself. this coastline is the hub of the petrochemical industry in america. almost all are chemicals and toxic stuff is manufactured there. for the better part of the 20th century you had a chain of senators and others waving in multinational corporations to set up plants along these bays and in the process of doing this they would impounded freshwater that used to flow into the bays and sell the freshwater to the plans and then give the lancet discharge permits to dump -- the plants discharge permits to dump the water into the bays. there were constant tinker collisions in the gulf. there were massive oil spills. one is coursing throughout the entire length of the book. it took almost one year to catch and lo and behold the fishermen go out

diane wilson of san antonio, texas, was honored for her fight against toxic spills at formosa plasticseading to the largest civil settlement in clean water history. a 34 year battle. i was 40 years old, i had five kids. and i was working in a fish house. now i am 74. it should tell you you're never too old to do this. following the ceremony , the prize winners had a reception at san francisco city hall than tuesday morning. they'll fly to washington d. c for another ceremony wednesday at the kennedy center in san francisco. jana katsuyama ktvu fox two news during this month of april, many high schools and college campuses across the nation are holding events to call attention to and prevent sexual assault, harassment and abuse. data from kaiser shows that sexual violence is very common. 50% of women in 33% of men have experienced some form of sexual violence today on the four we heard from dr naomi adler of kaiser permanente oakland medical center. frequently patients or survivors don't come forward after they had been sexually assaulted because they feel like they did something to bri

diane wilson of san antonio, texas, was honored for her fight against toxic spills at formosa plasticsng to the largest civil settlement in clean water history. a 34 year battle. i was 40 years old. i had five kids and i was working in a fish house. now i am 74. it should tell you you're never too old to do this. jana katsuyama ktvu, fox two news. the warriors head coach steve kerr reflects on the sacrifices and courage of his grandparents how they're credited with helping the say thousands of refugees during the armenian genocide. and warming training getting underway this afternoon that will last through the next few days when the to arrive and what you can expect for your baby area neighborhood coming up in i was stuck. unresolved depression symptoms were in my way. i needed more from my antidepressant. vraylar helped give it a lift. adding vraylar to an antidepressant... ...is clinically proven to help relieve overall depression symptoms... ...better than an antidepressant alone. and in vraylar clinical studies, most saw no substantial impact on weight. elderly dementia patients ha

diane wilson of san antonio, texas, was honored for her fight against toxic spills at formosa plasticsleading to the largest civil settlement in clean water history. a 34 year battle. i was 40 years old. i had five kids and i was working in a fish house. now i am 74. it should tell you you're never too old to do this. and those six prizewinners head to washington , d c tomorrow morning and will be honored at another ceremony wednesday at the kennedy center . mike amazing stories, janet. thank you, the u. s. supreme court ruled that governments in california can now sue major oil companies over climate change, sam mateo, marin and santa cruz counties, along with the cities of richmond, santa cruz and imperial beach, filed the lawsuit in state court six years ago. seeking substantial damages from more than 30 companies. the lawsuit claims cities and counties have been forced to spend more money on sea walls and other climate related projects due to oil companies profiting from products that contribute to rising temperatures and sea level. an attorney for chevron said the company remains

diane wilson of san antonio, texas, was honored for her fight against toxic spills at formosa plasticse largest civil settlement in clean water history. a 34 year battle. i was 40 years old, i had five kids. and i was working in a fish house. now i am 74. it should tell you you're never too old to do this. following the ceremony , the prize winners had a reception at san francisco city hall. then tuesday morning, they'll fly to washington d. c for another ceremony wednesday at the kennedy center in san francisco. jana katsuyama ktvu fox two news, janet. thank you time is 4 24 will. the three day nfl draft begins thursday in kansas city 49ers right now don't have any picks until friday at the end of the third round. 49ers general manager john lynch held a news conference yesterday. and instead of asking him about the draft, most of the questions from reporters focused on players already on the team. specifically the quarterbacks brock purdy, sam donald and trade lines. it's not like we've put it out there that hey, we're taking offers for trade. call 1 800, you know, like it's that's no

kirk: thank you, i was just sitting here thinking about how i didn't get to talk about diane wilson.when i first started reporting the book i thought it would be an account of an unknown chapter of white supremacy in america, but for all of the discussion of this is a term for between two sides, i realized, nobody was paying attention to the turf itself. this coastline is the hub of the petrochemical industry in america. almost all are chemicals and toxic stuff is manufactured there. for the better part of the 20th century you had a chain of senators and others waving in multinational corporations to set up plants along these bays and in the process of doing this they would impounded freshwater that used to flow into the bays and sell the freshwater to the plans and then give the lancet discharge permits to dump -- the plants discharge permits to dump the water into the bays. there were constant tinker collisions in the gulf. there were massive oil spills. one is coursing throughout the entire length of the book. it took almost one year to catch and lo and behold the fishermen go out