goesical power oftentimes hand-in-hand with environmental justice. addressare trying to issues of economic justice, environmental justice, a lot of , basicallyawsuits the strategy of last resort, are getting people educated and informed about what is coming out of the smokestacks and what is happening to can the community in terms of health impact and getting people aware that there are other ways to mobilize and get the enforcement that is needed. again, the fact that the environmental justice movement has come about to really make people aware of all of those components and how things are connected. host: has the democratic party done enough on environmental injustice? guest: let me just say this. the injustice that has taken place over the last decade, or even centuries, has not been democrats, republicans. it is basically people in power. none of the parties have done enough to address racism and discrimination. so the fact that we have laws with allon the books different administrations that come in, the laws on the books, whether talking about c

first, begin by defining environmental justice. environmental justice. caller: environmental -- guest: environmental justice embraces the idea that all communities have the right to equal protection under environmental law. it is the idea that no community deserves to be dumped on or polluted, that it is basically a civil rights, human rights issue. host: when did you get involved in this movement and why? well, in 1978 before there was a movement, i was involved in a lawsuit. i was an expert witness on a case that involved -- right here in houston, where there was a plan to place a municipal landfill in the middle of a predominantly black community. lawsuit on filed a the part of the residence, and i got drafted into that lawsuit and i had 10 students in my research class at texas southern. what we discovered, from the 30's to 1978, 100% of all the were --ed landfills when i say predominantly black, these are all black communities that were created by jim crow. city of eight of the incinerators were located in black neighborhoods. three out of four landf

climate,thoritative on pollution, environmental justice. we are also very approachable, or tried to be is my hope. we do focus on solutions, equity, and empowerment. and i am so grateful to be at a place that i think is one of the only newsrooms that has the entire desk for environmental justice. fore are becoming a go to uplifting voices of environmental justice leaders who are working to build a more diverse and inclusive movement because that is what it is going to take to get all of us onboard to where we see there is a lot to learn from environmental justice. on how particular communities disproportionately feel the burden of climate change and pollution, but there are two sides to that story. there is never a one-dimensional victim story. the equity empowerment we focus on is how we are also agents of change. i think it is really important that we, like mustafa was saying, that we understand they have been leading this work for a long time. when solutions are not bottom up, they can fall into pitfalls. i worked on a story in -- whicha

goesical power oftentimes hand-in-hand with environmental justice. essare trying to issues of economic justice, environmental justice, a lot of , basicallyawsuits the strategy of last resort, are getting people educated and informed about what is coming out of the smokestacks and what is happening to can the community in terms of health impact and getting people aware that there are other ways to mobilize and get the enforcement that is needed. again, the fact that the environmental justice movement has come about to really make people aware of all of those components and how things are connected. host: has the democratic party done enough on environmental injustice? guest: let me just say this. the injustice that has taken place over the last decade, or even centuries, has not been democrats, republicans. it is basically people in power. none of the parties have done enough to address racism and discrimination. so the fact that we have laws with allon the books different administrations that come in, the laws on the books, whether talking about civil

i want to acknowledge debbie, this is an environmental justice project. want to acknowledge john around for being an executive champion, and the department of economic and workforce -- workforce development that has helped us every step of the way. a lot of electives have been acknowledged. and then of course, our park partners, the trust for public. we will get this done. congratulations. to the india basin task force and all of the representatives who have participated in a. five years of planning, special shout out to hunter's point family, the neighborhood association, young community developers, literacy for environmental justice, project level, and morgan heights neighborhood. thank you very much. and no doubt, we are leaving folks out because this project has depth. finally, a very important thank you to the recreation and park team, a special shout out to stacy bradley who helped us acquire this piece of property. and to nicole who has taken this very challenging project and keeps driving it and driving it and driving it and won't let it quit. and

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we have been fighting battles for environmental justice since i was a mayor. and there is common pain, because whether it is low-lying areas of north carolina where these massive pig farms are polluting areas, or the mountains of alabama where you have uniontown where they have toxic dumps placed there, all these things demand urgency. as a u.s. senator i lead the bill for environmental justice, bringing together activists from around the country so that environmental activists have the power to change the communities and control their own destinies. as president i will make sure we do what is necessary for environmental justice, access to clean air, clean water, and deal with the urgencies of climate change by making sure we rejoin the paris climate accords, re-up our commitments to clean energy standards and make sure we are dealing aggressively with a bold, green future. change we have 10 years to deal with it, but vulnerable communities are going to feel the impact first. this cannot be something where we don't act with a sense of urgency. we have got to b

i live in a neighborhood surrounded by environmental justice -- injustice. my kids drink from bottled water at school because they have led in their drinking water -- lead in their drinking water. that's an injustice. i live in a community that has superfund sites. i have traveled all around the country to environmental injustice sites and introduced a major bill about environmental justice, giving local communities standing to sue to change the things they are experiencing and doing a lot more to compel environmental justice. this is a controversial issue. we do have a problem. there are things i will reverse as soon as i am president of the united states. the methane, mercury rules rolled back, the clean air, clean power plan that was reversed, i will reverse that back. there is a problem in iowa. i was in a community talking about this. -- beingsive corporate put into communities, poisoning water, wells, creeks. this is farming that is an affront to the heritage of. iowa environmental injustice, we see it every way. we have these cancer clusters were chem

ok let's bring in that social and environmental justice campaign at george barton now to discuss the fallout over a stance further mr potter always a pleasure to have you with us we've just heard that the u.k. prime minister to resign may say she hopes the u.k. prominence will welcome the news of thursday's arrest of the wiki leaks founder julian assange and to raise them a deeply unpopular at the moment over the whole break is it. how will this decision or her show of support for the u.s. how would that affect her popularity do you think. can you repeat the end of the question how will her report do you think that showing the orange support for the u.s. and it's starting to get on challenge well as thanks to popularity. i think it's one of those issues that divides political opinion i think people on my side of the fence generally i mean the waters are very much being muddied to some extent by you know accusations of sexual misconduct from sweden a few years ago charges which have been dropped i think many people many progressives recognize that wiki leaks has done a historically in

it was advocated by the literacy for environmental justice, approved by san francisco. rec and park will be operating the program, and has been operating programs at herrington park since 2010. we actually have several programs there. and i'm going to slide over -- actually, can i use this mic? okay. actually, i'm going to backtrack here. the m.l.u. agreement terms that we have is with the port, which is to continue to provide public access hours, at least five days a week, including one weekend day, track and record visitors and usage of the facility, and send monthly reports to the port, work with community stakeholders and develop programming and events that interest the bay view hunter's community. and provide two staff to provide operation of the building. and stored the landscape area adjacent to the eco-center. provide our own services to keep it clean to the public. and share it with the hunter's bay community organization to use for community workshops, and provide free programs at the eco-center to local communities, and over all events. like i said, we have b

we are going to talk about economic justice, criminal justice, environmental justice.onight, i want to answer all of your questions but i wanted to know that the economic plans are massive, trillion dollar plus plans. credit -- itrise is called rise credit. all typesng to honor of work, because how many people here know folks like my mom, who stay home to take care of my father who had dementia and parkinson's? but we don't value that work in my country, those folks should get a tax credit too. i'll expand the earned income tax credit in a way that gives millions of americans an increase in their it, by letting them get more money back from the federal government. we are to create a child savings accounts, every child born in america should get a thousand dollars deposited, and based on your income every year, you can deposit is accounts. but the time you're 18, the lowest income americans have $50,000 to invest in a business, by home, go to school, get training. [applause] it would help millions of americans out of poverty, it would a race the racial wealth graph in a

to me it is the fight for social, economic, and environmental justice. unprecedented an turmoil and we need to find and weho are vulnerable need to leave the environment better for our grandkids than it is for us today. at the white house thursday, president trump and administration officials met with the vice premier of china to discuss trade and the possibility of reaching a deal. this is 20 minutes. president trump: thank you, it is an honor to be with the vice premier of china. we have had tremendous discussions and are getting very close to making a deal. a deal is not yet made. but we are getting closer. nextld think within the four weeks, maybe less, maybe more, something very monumental could be announced. we very much appreciate the letter from president xi, just now i was handed a beautiful letter, i appreciate that. it made me happy to read these headlines that just came out. the deadly supply of sentinel to -- fentanyl, china announces new crackdowns on sentinel -- fenta nyl. branstadter from terry itd they are reclassifying and there will be

again, i live in a neighborhood surrounded by environmental justice. wheree 3000 jurisdictions kids have twice the level of lead as in flint, michigan. it is easier to find unleaded gasoline than unleaded water. i traveled all around the country to introduce a bill about environmental justice, giving local communities standing to sue, change the things they are experiencing and i'm going to go a little further because this is a controversial issue. we have a problem and there are things i'm going to reverse pessimism president of the united states. the methane, i'm going to reverse that back. clean air, i'm going to reverse that. these massive corporate capos are being put into communities that are poisoning water and wells, poisoning critics. this is an affront to the heritage of iowa the way it is driving up family farmers, so environmental justice we have seen in every way were chemical companies put this into the air. we have cities that have worse air days in beijing. denver -- it is getting worse in america. don't get me started about asthma rate

environmental justice, we see it in every way. we have cancer clusters. cities that have worse air days than beijing. denver had 50 days that were oure than regime because air quality is getting worse in america. asthma rates? don't get me started. it is the number one reason kids miss school. this is something i have dealt with as a mayor, a senator. please, give me the power to your president. we are going to make sure we hold polluters accountable. and, we create the incentives we should have to do the right thing. companiesanies, coal have all kinds of incentives, tax breaks and more. areeed to make sure we adding incentives to do the right things. everything from farmers, incentivizing them to do things like cover crops. we need to make sure we are incentivizing investments in green technology. we need to do what countries are doing incentivizing driving vehicles that are electric. providing incentives for us as consumers. so we see the quicker electrification of our automobiles. we need a president that is willing to use that to clean up our water a

as united states senator, i led the bill for environmental justice, bringing together activists from over this country to put in teeth so activists have the power to change their communities, to control their own destiny. as president of the united states, i will make sure we do what's necessary for environmental justice, access to clean air, clean water, and to deal with the urgencies of climate change by making sure we rejoin the paris climate accords, reup our commitments to clean energy standards, and make sure that we are dealing aggressively with a bold, green future. and finally, let me just say that with climate change, we have ten years to deal with it, but vulnerable communities are going to feel the impacts first. so this cannot be something where we don't act with a sense of urgency. we've got to be creative in the way we're going about it. both here by investing in green technologies, giving those tax breaks we given to tax companies and oil companies now to green companies and renewable energy companies. and -- >> all right. we have been listening to cory booker, presid

. >> remember, the passion for social justice, the passion for environmental justice, the passion for the passion to do the right thing is itself a sustainable resource. thank you very much. >> the recipients included an attorney in africa that stopped the destruction of more than a half million acres of forests and a woman in macedonia was honored for her work for protecting an endangered religious and a woman in portland, oregon, was recognized for rallying a community to stop an oil export facility from being built in the pacific northwest. >>> just ahead, a court appearance for the man accused of killing three people in three bare cities. up next, what he told a courtroom will he unexpectedly spoke out during his hearing >>> plus, president trump, house speaker nancy pelosi, chuck schumer all in the same room today. i am doug luzader in washington. we will tell you why coming up >>> berkeley police investigating a sexual assault report at a frat house in uc berkeley. why berkeley students say this is unfortunately part of greek culture on the university campus. campus. >>> good mo

i looked at the environmental justice movement. which is very strong today.f these post-world war ii era. i looked women forced the men to look outside of their own comfort zone, the people who are involved in the environmental justice movement today who are african-american, latino, and these movements are largely led by women. the environmental movement as a whole to look outside of its comfort zone, these white areas like in the san francisco bay area or the santa monica mountains where people of color could not afford to live. these were expensive homes. the dunes, it is phenomenal. they have been saved, but people who live in towns like wilmington and los angeles county or richmond which is in of northern california, san francisco bay area, these people lived under environmental threats all the time. these women deserve a lot of credit. they created this movement but the movement has moved beyond them today to other issues. rex i do a lot of things that have architectural components, we restore france and do color consulting on buildings and it is one of

>> to think about what it is like to be an american is the fight for social, economic, and environmental justice. in turmoil, and we to fight for those who are more vulnerable and our environment and ensure that the world we have today is at least as good for our kids and grandkids. >> voices from the road on c-span. dan chris walt -- host: daniel griswold serves as the trade immigration project codirector at the mercatus center and is joining us to talk about issues related to the border. good morning. mr. gaffney: good morning -- guest: good morning. host: what is the long-term and short-term impact if the border should be close? guest: huge for tens of millions of americans. new mexico is our number three trading partner and number two market for u.s. exports. there is $1.5 billion a day in goods crossing the border. 15,000 trucks a day crossing the border. i have seen them lined up. half a million people cross the border every day legally to work, to shop, to visit family. if the border was shut down it would be devastating for border communities. like laredo and el paso. but it would affect

think about what it's like to be an american, to me it's to fight for social economic and environmental justice. our planet is in dire parol. i think we need to fight every day for those more vulnerable and for our environment and to ensure the world we have today is at least as good for our kids and grand kids as it is for us today. >> voices from the road on cspan. members may consider a two-year federal budget. watch the house live on cspan. the senate will debate on nominations next

to think about what it is like to be an american to me is to fight for social, economic and environmental justice. our planet is in dire peril. our country is in unprecedented turmoil. i think we need to fight every day for those more vulnerable and for our environment and to ensure that the world we have today is at least as good for our kids and grand kids as it is for us today. >> voices from the road on c-span. >>> joining us for the first time on this program, representative andy barr, republican from kentucky. he serves the sixth district and on the subcommittee on oversight and investigation when it comes to financial services. good morning. >> good morning. >> you're the ranking member of that subcommittee. >> right. >> and there is an issue rising from that concerning taxation of financial services companies. can you explain that for us? >> so we have heard from our democratic counter parts that they will be proposing -- and i think a bill may have been filed -- to impose a tax on financial transactions. and the stated purpose of this legislation is apparently to get at high frequency tr

and texas southern university professor robert, often referred to as the father of the environmental justice movement discusses the movement. and douglas brinkley, richard norton smith discusses c-span's new book "the presidents." be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern wednesday morning. join the discussion. >> here's a look at our live coverage wednesday. on c-span at 10:00 a.m. eastern, the brookings institution takes a look at nuclear deterrence with david tractenburg who serves as deputy defense undersecretary for policy. that's followed by a discussion on u.s. policy toward iran from the hudson institute at noon eastern. on c-span2, massachusetts democratic representative seth moulton visits bedford, new hampshire, after announcing his candidacy for president earlier this week. later, the national commission on military, national, and public service holds a set of hearings on registration requirements for the selective service system. after that we'll bring you a discussion on the affect of china's trade conflicts on the international financial system. and o

to me it is the fight for social, economic, and environmental justice. unprecedented an turmoil and we need to find and weho are vulnerable need to leave the environment better for our grandkids than it is for us today. at the white house thursday, president trump and administration officials met with the vice premier of china to discuss trade and the possibility of reaching a d

the eco-center was a programs and commitment to environmental and social justice, through education, retaining our history, engaging the community, creating local and green jobs, and a space for life-inspiring students. for the last six years, my team at apri, has worked hundreds of hours, poured in sweat, equity and love into the eco-center. our hope is we get to see the vision of our supervisor sofia maxwell, green actions' marie harrison, and tessy ester from hunter's view, who fought tirelessly to provide social justice to our community. so we are in support of the transition and m.o. u., and we're committed to continuing to be a community partner. i want to take a moment to think folks, like kim kiefer, who is not year, alongside brenda, one of the biggest green users' fans. phil, you're so genuine when you provide opportunities for our community, and i recenter appreciate. and also thank carol bott from the port because we have worked on this for years. >>> i'm very much happy to see the efforts of leadership. so in closing, we're hopeful with the right leadership, our communit

i started my advocacy working for the southeast alliance for the environmental justice because pg&e wanted to build a bigger plant there. and so neighbors and community members got together and we fought. and we were able to make sure they didn't build another one, but not close that one. so when i became a member of the board of supervisors, that is one of the things that i, along with my community and pg&e, even, and the p.u.c., were able to close some of the old deficit and most polluting power plants in california. and we have the southeast sewer plant, again, home in our district. a lot of people have real plants and flowers, and we have the sewer plant in our district. while i was on the board, we, along certainly with the p.u.c. and the city decided to redo that plant and make it state of the wart. and that started certainly in my district, and i was able to meter with them able to meet with them and talk about the design and where it should be locator, and i was able to go to florida and look at new process dealing with sewage, and able to go to sweden and look at their state-of-th

i've been the director of environmental justice for 45 years and i served three generals. some of them were cowards, they would gang up on a black woman who is just mourning from the death of her mother. and we went to the naacp and we went to some of the housing and none of them are here. house negros, i repeat. so let's not talk about slavery. lead not talk about some women going everything in a convoluted manner when today in san francisco, the city that knows how, they are screwing our own black women. thank you very much. >> good evening, mr. chairman, and members of the board, ladies and gentlemen. my name ii'm amos brown, seniorf the church of san francisco and i'm president of the national association for the advancement of colored people. i wish to introduce my remarks against the backdrop of the poignant words of robert frost and i quote him. the woods are lovely, dark and deep, but i have promises to keep. and miles to go before i sleep. and miles to go before i sleep. we have often uttered friends soothing, braggadocious words about san francisco and we've sung

environmental justice. donald trump wants to divide our country up based on the color of our skin.n our religion and sexual orientation. what we are going to do and the is exactlyople want the opposite. we are going to bring our people together. black-and-white, latino, native american and asian-american, gay and straight, nativeborn immigrant, men and women. that is what this campaign is about. it is about bringing people together an agenda that works for all of us. and when i talk about justice, let me tell you very exactly, very specifically what it means. it means that we will no longer tolerate a nation which has more income and wealth inequality than almost any other major country on earth, and it is were set anytime in the 1920's. i know that the media doesn't talk about it, but we will not accept these situations in which the three wealthiest families in america own more wealth than the bottom half of the united states. 20% of our children are living in poverty. 30 million americans have no health insurance. income goesll new to the top 1%. -- that is not the america we wan

. >> to me it is the fight for social, economic and environmental justice. our planet is in dire peril, our country is in unprecedented turmoil and we need to fight every day for those who are vulnerable and our environment and to ensure the world we have today is at least as good for our kids and grandkids as it is for us today. >> voices from the road on c-span. >> donald trump delivers remarks at the national republican congressional committee's annual spring dinner. a few headlines from the dinner. abc news writes donald trump tease up 2020 fight with swipes at biden. cbs news has trump vows to take back the house is on the hill, trump marks green new deal is done by, quote, young bartender ocasio cortez. here his speech with a couple brief introductions. ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the chairman of the national republican congressional committee, ladies and gentlemen, chairman tom amer. ♪ >> that's what i'm talking about. good evening fellow republicans. are you ready? are you ready? thank you for joining us tonight and supporting the natio

honored american belief in justice, economic justice, social justice, racial justice, and -- environmental justice>>[cheers and applause] donald trump wants to divide our country up based on the color of our skin, based on our gender, based on where we were born, based on our religion and our sexual orientation. what we are going to do and what the american people want is exactly the opposite. we are going to bring our people together. >>[cheers and applause] black and white, latino, native american, asian-american, gay and straight. native-born and immigrant men and women. >>[cheers and applause] that is what this campaign is about. it is bringing people together around an agenda that works for all of us. and when i -- when i talk about justice, let me tell you very exactly, very specifically what it means. it means that we will no longer tolerate a nation which has more income and wealth in equality than almost any other major country on earth. and it is worse now than at any time since the 1920's. you now, i know that not a lot of people talk about it in congress and the media doesn't talk abou

. >> remember that the passion for social justice, the passion for environmental justice, the passion for change, the passion to do the right thing, is itself a sustainable resource. >> reporter: their vision helping to keep that passion for protecting the planet alive. >> [ applause ]>> reporter: and the six prize winners will be flown to washington dc, where there will be another ceremony on wednesday.>> in the city tonight with beautiful city hall behind her, thank you. >>> struggling to find an affordable place to live, hear from a councilman who says he is a victim of the so-called google effect. >>> a man accused of killing three people in three berry -- bay area cities. >>> is sprawling homeless encampment, in santa cruz, elite decision by a judge.>>> and all of the giants' runs came on one hit against the dodgers, was it enough? we will find out. with the united explorer card, i get rewarded wherever i go. going out for a bite. rewarded. going new places. anytime. rewarded! learn more at theexplorercard.com. learn more did you know comcast business goes beyond fast with a gig-

. >> remember that the passion for social justice, the passion for environmental justice, the passionon to do the right thing is itself a sustainable resource. thank you very much. >> the recipients included a lawyer in africa who stopped the destruction of more than a half million acres of forest. a woman in macedonia was honored for protecting an endangered lynx, and a woman that lives near portland was recognized for rallying her community to stop an oil export facility from being built in the pacific northwest. >>> the time is 5:56. the ghost ship warehouse trial in oakland starts today. what we know ahead of opening statements this morning >>> and presidential candidate joe biden kicked off his campaign with a big rally in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. we will look at that event as a new presidential candidate poll has come out this morning. so with xfinity mobile i can customize each line for each family member? yup. and since it comes with your internet, you can switch wireless carriers, and save hundreds of dollars a year. are you pullin' my leg? nope. you sure you're not pullin'

i'm from the environmental justice and we got the facility filled. i had the opportunity to be the park's first naturalist and programmes manager in the 2 thousands. 200s. 2000s. i think this will see its full potential. i have a lot of confidence in the programming that rec and park provides. i'm very excited about the presence of rec and park because they also have natural resource management experience, which i think will be good for the park. i think this is a really great thing. i think this is a really great thing for bayview, a great thing for the future of india basins and the idea of collecting that area to the future india basin development and i strongly encourage the port commission to approve this. thank you. >> thank you. >> brinda cartagina. >> good afternoon. i'm by the san francisco recreation and park's department, the volunteer division that will be overseeing the programming aspect of the ecocentre at the park. so i definitely want to continue to relay the same information you've heard. we're excited to be continuing on and extend

castor is a national leader in clean energy, environmental justice and coastal protection. she was recently appointed to chair the select committee on the climate crisis which held its first hearing last week. i am very thankful to amy harder for moderating the discussion today. amy is one of the top journalists on energy and climate issues. she's widely respected across the political spectrum is uniquely balanced and influential voice. she covers climate and energy issues as part of a regular column for x he is called harder line. without further a do please welcome amy and kathy. [applause] >> good afternoon, great to be here. thank you for taking the time to be here. this is one of the first if not the first appearance since you've been chairwoman of the committee so thank you for that. you have a tough job. you are leading a select committee with no subpoena power, no legislative power which leads to criticism that it is just for messaging and 2020 political purposes. democrats leading the permanent committees are getting a little bit over the jurisdiction issues. the l

that's economic justice, social justice, environmental justice, racial justice. applause] >> martha: we want to get you some questions about -- we want to get to some questions about immigration. >> senator sanders: immigration? >> martha: immigration, and let's talk a little bit about the border. the president, as you know, has said the capacity for asylum seekers that were full of the border in terms of housing, and its overflowing, bad, untenable situation right now, he has suggested, and it's been very controversial of the past few days, sending some of those people to sanctuary cities, which have said in the past that they have open doors for immigrants, and they have open doors for immigrants. so the overflow that we have no capacity for, where do you think they should go -- >> senator sanders: first thought, first thought, i mean, this president -- lemme get into this. i've talked enough about him. we have a problem at the border. we have a problem at the border. a serious problem. correct me if you think i'm wrong, the problem is that we are now seeing de