you write in there that industry groups are praising the epa. some industry groups are praising the epa for finalizing rule that keeps emissions cuts, quote, inside the fence line and gives states flexibility. what does that mean, "inside the fence line?" >> inside the fence line is the technical name for focusing on changes that can happen at the power plant facility, itself, instead of taking, for example, a fuel switching -- i'm sorry, instead of taking an emissions trading type approach where you could trade between facilities or states could trade emissions credits. >> we have calls waiting. we go to our democrats line. hear from matt in miamisburg, ohio. go ahead. >> caller: good morning, everyone. so i believe that since president trump has been into office, it's been horrible for the environment because there's been so many rollbacks. with the epa decrease in funding but also when they got -- what he got out of the paris climate accords, i think this really put this nation back and i really believe we need to bring back some of the obama

the epa has not made that finding and cannot make up finding for this pesticide. only legal action is for the epa to ban it and that is what we are going to make cap and through the courts. it will happen, it is just a question of how long it will take and howow many children wil suffer, how many families will suffer from learning disabilities and acute poisonings in the meantime. amy: patti goldman, stay with us so we can do part two. patti goldman is a managing attorney at earthjustice. that does it for our broadcast. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. e-mail your commmments ♪ >>> hello. a very warm welcome to nhk "newsline." it's 9:00 a.m. on tuesday in tokyo. we begin in japan wherere the prime minister has announced h will take hihis time and think carefully about reshuffling his cabinet as well as the ruling party executives. shinzo abe said he has not yet made any decisions, but many believe the reshuffle will take place in mid september. observers s are eager to finind

the epa has not made that finding and cannot make up finding for this pesticide. only legal action is for the epa to ban it and that is what we are going to make cap and through the courts. it will happen, it is just a question of how long it will take and howow many children wil suffer, how many families will suffer from learning disabilities and acute poisonings in the meantime. amy: patti goldman, stay with us so we can do part two. patti goldman is a managing attorney at earthjustice. that does it for our broadcast. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. e-mail your comments

of the lobby ahead of public health, kate. >> and so the epa has ruled. that can now be done about it? >> well, what we're all going to be looking for next is, you know, what happens in the court. i can tell you that environmental groups have taken the epa to court over this issue. now the big question is will the court step in and overrule the epa on this decision. that we will have to wait and see, kate. >> all right. we'll wait and see and pay very close attention to it. thank you so much, i really appreciate you bringing that to us. >> sure. >>> coming up next, summer scorcher. tens of millions of americans are bracing for dangerous record high heats. look at that graphic. we'll have much more on what this means for you and how widespread it is. that's coming up next. what about him? let's do it. [ sniffing ] come on. this summer, add a new member to the family. hurry into the mercedes-benz summer event today for exceptional offers. lease the glc 300 suv for just $419 a month at the mercedes-benz summer event. going on now. see? romance isn't dead! bu

but if health advocates argue that epa mime merely looks at studies foby the. the world health organization has said it is probably carcinogenic. the european safety says it is unlikely to pose a constant threat while the california epa says it is known to cause cancer. >> in los angeles says it causes cancer, does x amount of a glycoside means you get this disease? >> some more study needs to be done but the studies that have been done are showing serious health concerns. >> reporter: were there are established occupational exposures are is no established safe level for kids for exposure or the amount of chemical inside their body. >> bottom line should kid our parents be nervous? >> no i don't think parents should be afraid, that information gives people power. >> reporter: the center for environmental health advises parents to buy organic whenever possible and talk to your schools about buying organic food and a goal avoiding chemical weed killers on camp campus. as for our results i had the lowest levels of any parent in the study, my daughter had the fourt

the epa banned it for household use.icultural use. this pesticide is already being used on our fruits and vegetables. a ban was initiated under the obama administration, but that was then reversed once president trump took office. and just last week, the agency approved the expanded use of a pesticide that's also known to be highly toxic. this time to bees. it will be allowed for use on some crops for the very first time in areas under the obama administration it was prohibited. now, the epa says the pesticide is the only product that can product crops to prevent economic losses with limited environmental impact, but scientists say both of these moves are prime examples of the epa operating counter to science and putting the interest of the chemical lob by ahead of public health. >>> coming up, cubs fans give a standing ovation at wrigley field. it wasn't for anything that happened on the field, though. >> brewers lost at arizona. olay regenerist faced 131 premium products, from 12 countries, over 10 years. olay's hydrat

he's at the epa. he is doing a fantastic job and keeping america clean.nd we appreciate it very much. andrew, please come up. [applause] mr. wheeler: thank you, president trump for your leadership. when you asked me to take the lead at epa one year ago, you asked me to do three things. continue to clean up the air, continue to clean up the water, and continue to provide regulatory relief to keep the economy growing. the president knows we can do all three at the same time. and here's the evidence. from 1970 to 2018, u.s. criteria air pollution fell 74% while the economy grew by 275%. under your administration, emissions of all the criteria air pollutants continue to decline. for example -- [applause] mr. wheeler: yes. for example, the lead and sulfur dioxide have dropped by double digit percentages over the last two years. today, we have the cleanest air on record, and we are a global leader for access to clean drinking water. we are making tremendous environmental progress under president trump, and the public needs to know that. pollution is on the decl

we have refocused the epa back on its core mission.ast year, the agency completed more superfund hazardous waste cleanups than any year of the previous administrations, and set records in almost every year. we have done tremendous work on superfunds. to name just a few examples, we made great strides cleaning up damage near a paper plant in kalamazoo, michigan, something that was beyond fixup. they thought that was never going to happen. and also, the westlake landfill in missouri. we also directed $65 million in grant tos clean up even more to cleanted -- grants up even more contaminated sites in american communities. the vast majority home to lower income citizens. that is some project. [applause] pres. trump: that is some project. and for the first time in nearly three years, we are in the process of strengthening national drinking water standards to protect honorable children from lead and copper exposure. something that has not been done and we are doing it. must month, our epa took the nearly two action decades to reduce exposure

and frankly, the epa shouldn't be heard from him, when i think about it.an agency that's out there doing its work, getting rid of the regulations that are stopping businesses from getting done getting to what they need to do and put in practices that help clean up the environment. america is leading the world in the reduction of energy-related emissions. that's a great story, it's one that you we are to be parroting and talking about and being quite proud of. so thursday when we had a great tribute to american and american military, one of those stories was about american energy, and the freedom that's being delivered around the globe by american lng in particular. >> martha: has been a great story, no doubt about that. the critics, as i mentioned, we talk about the rollback of these regulations, also epa data shows an increase in particulate matter emissions like soot and smoke from the combustion of coal and oil since president trump took office. what would your response be to those who point to that? >> number one, i think they are wrong in their number

our chief climate correspondent is with me and former epa dpin strart under the george w.er governor of new jersey. good morning to you both. so we're going to hear from the administration on this today and we'll get to sort of why they're doing this in a moment. let me just outline for everyone what this administration's own epa said in a report that came out in april. here are the things that are happening because of the climate crisis, hurricane storm intensity, frequency and duration will increase, more intense droughts, warmer temperatures causing more wild fires and this is the president's own epa warned to anticipate a combination of impacts, floods and fires which may be intensified because of the changing climate. from what you've seen the evidence, not the rhetoric, is the trump administration taking this seriously enough at all? >> no, not at all. and they're rolling back regulations in a whole lot of other areas that are making people's lives less healthy. they're a threat so us in so many different ways. the climate crisis is one of us. pretending it doesn't e

hey kpesed 2,600 beaches and deemed beaches potentially unsafe if the bacteria levels exceed the epas recommendations whi could cause swimmers to get sick from even being in the water. and one cause for the bacteria levels, fal good morning to you. the organization says that could be caused by run-ofge sewa leaks and overflows. take a look, this is the list here, ocean city beach, a maryl, had eight potentially unsafe days last year. virginia beach's 15th street site had 40 i dos and rehoboth, three unsafe days. >>> we're committed to bringing you stories howli cte change impacts your family's health and household budget. for a look on this series, open the nbc washington app and search climate change. >>> don't have to look far to see the impact of climate change over the last few days how hot it's been and now we're getting a break. >> one of the longer stretches of hot weather we have had the last coyele rs. because of that long stretch of had weather the pa toe mick a near high record, it was 89 degrees. we have been keeping measurements sin the early 2000s. it was still the warme

excited. —— a mission. an epa, pilot omission, it keeps them excited. -- a mission. put together the perfect tea m is also to put together the perfect team for extreme space travel. —— the goal. we are looking for the right mix, or given that particular mix of people, one strong personality and free not so strong, what plays out. what roles do need to have a successful team for a space mission and they were looking not just at the functional roles, a commander, a medic, an engineer but also social roles and they found they were just as if not more important for those long duration missions, having somebody providing humourand missions, having somebody providing humour and entertainment. that is way more important. it will notjust be down to humans to decide what the right social mix would be. masses of data is generated, making successful social interactions quantifiable. 0ne social interactions quantifiable. one of the research studies that is actually going on is looking at away to get a little bit ahead of the personality problem by developing an algorithm where y

the epa denied a petition from environmental groups over the use of. if off used by farmers to protect crops. the move may set the stage for a federal court ruling. to his arrest is coming back. it will not resemble the supermarket -sized toy emporiums you remember. the company that bought the brand plans to a open smaller toys are us stores and shopping malls. true kids brand say they will be smaller and offer a carefully curated experience the focus on the hottest products embryo. but the first shops are expected to open in texas and new jersey in time for the holiday shopping season. that is your cbs money watch report. for more, go to cbs money watch.com. at the. stock exchange, i'm marc liverman. >>> fans, air-conditioners, and swimming pools will be busy this weekend. the major heatwave set to strike nearly 30 states. >>> let's take a live look outside, before we take this quick timeout. 58 degrees in san francisco as we take a live look at the ferry building. we will be right back. you got your homework? yeah. yeah? hey, give me a kiss. announce

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with epa because they have not, they suppressed epa comments in the permitting process for polymet. it big thing with polymet is did not have much money as a small company. funding has been infused by glenncore. it is a qatari investment wealth fund. would your concerns over the overall approach to policy, to the administration, what would that be? caller: this is what is making me mad. he is touting the environmental stuff. epasitting here, is corrupt in been suppressing comments the permitting process for these mines, that said this is dangerous and there is no way we can enforce any of these permits. there is no way that this mine is not going to pollute. we have these big corporations. host: i apologize. you went into detail. we will go on to catherine, ellicott city, maryland, republican. catherine, hi. caller: hi. i would like the administration to support the energy innovation and dividend refund act in the house. it is a bipartisan piece of legislation, supported by citizens climate lobby, founding members, george schulz and james baker, two top republican administrators in

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i want to amplify what caroline said, they were told it was safe -- >> the epa. >> the epa no less. story still has not been looked at enough. why on earth for whatever public relations or other reasons the epa told thousands of our heroes it was safe to go someplace it wasn't. look, the least we can do as a nation is be there for them and their families. you know, we just lost louie alvarez. we're honoring him with the key to the city. he not only did his job but then went and stood up for his brothers and sisters even as he was dying. we need to make sure we never have a situation where people serve us, put the lives on the line and then are forgotten. this is a piece of legislation that should not have been a fight. it says a lot about what we have to do better. >> talk about giving your last breath for the cause. i want to ask you about workers rights. it's a been issue. you have a new proposal. tell us how it would work. >> this is what this election should be about in my view. this is both about the future of our country, but it's also about the heart and soul of the democrati

for example, the epa interprets federal legislation and comes up with rules. if you are a polluter, you don't like the epa rules, but under your docket, there was a way to -- no way to go to court and change it. we are seeing that doctrine come under stress. justice gorsuch, and i assume if kavanaugh gets confirmed, he will be opposed to it. in the case of michigan in 2015, people are saying that doctrine of yours is fading away. i wonder if you feel like you need to defend it. justice stevens: yes. [laughter] >> why should it be defended? justice stevens: i think it is sound doctrine. when that case came before the court, it was my third or fourth year. sander was on the court at the time. >> 1984. justice stevens: 1984. when we discussed it at conference, there was disagreement about it. the court of appeals by ruth ginsburg had set aside an agency ruling. they, brennan and berger, among others, thought that was the right thing to do. that judges should look at the issue and decide what is right, not leaning one way or another, whereas, as it ended up in the

the epa intemperatures federal regulation and come up with rules.if you're a polluter you don't like the epa rules, but under your doctrine there's no way to go to court and change. now we're seeing that doctrine of yours really come under stress. and judge gorsuch, and judge kavanaugh if he gets confirmed and a michigan case in 2015. and that doctrine of yours is fading away and i feel like if you still feel like you need to defend it? >> yes. >> why should it be defended? >> because i really think it's a sound doctrine. that's interesting when it came before the court it was my third or fourth year, on the court-- >> 1984. >> 1984. it was in congress and there was disagreement among us and brennan and warren berger thought the-- the court of appeals by ruth ginsburg, i think, had set aside an agency ruling and they -- brennan and berger among others thought that that was the right thing to do, that the judges should look at the issue and decide what is right and not leaning one way or another. whereas, what ended up in the case was that when you'r

hopefully, there's an effort by the epa to rein in those waivers. that's an issue that farmers who are caucusing will take into consideration, in addition to the trade issue, if not resolved by february 2020. specifically, the issues of iowans are talking about are more than just agriculture. it is about the fate and future of baroque places and people. it's important for democrats and president trump to purchase -- to continue to articulate division not just for america but for rural america, where poverty rates are higher, an aging population, job growth is not as robust as an urban centers. hopefully, this campaign centers on this very important place to america. david: let's talk about rural america and the democratic candidates for president. we put up a poll for iowa voters that showed former vice president biden is out front. kamala harris second, elizabeth warren third. who is addressing those issues that are important for iowa, the role of rural america? tom: i would say all of the candidates to an extent have begun the conversation. first

rob: here to weigh in deputy assistant administrator for the epa's air office, thank you for coming onhis morning. the number one threat to humanity is climate change. what did you make of this? >> i couldn't disagree more. bernie sanders and aoc getting together to talk about climate change, hard to know where to begin. bernie is trying to make up affect his campaign lost momentum after terrible performance the first debate night where he came off as old crazy and out of touch. and he is destined for aoc to save him from that fact. jillian: they unveiled a new resolution that would declare climate change a national emergency. how far does this go? >> it doesn't really matter. it is a resolution and if it is such a crisis they would be introducing legislation and actual policies but for them it is all about politics and also it shouldn't be lost on the fact this is immediately after donald trump in a great speech on monday laid out all the progress we have made on the environment. democrats do not want to give donald trump a win even in areas where they have historically wanted things

. >> the epa said developing a site remitted a substantial impact, though the army corps of engineersit for an earlier project on the site. spangle decided before the new villages could move forward, a full scale biological assessment was needed. that was october 2016. then this happened. what followed was a series of events pieced together by cnn that shows a developer with connections to the trump administration was able to push his project forward despite environmental concerns. it was just seven months into the new administration, steve spangle received an unusual phone call. >> it was one of our solicitors, one of our attorneys from washington, and she told me that she had gotten a call from a high level political appointee within the department of interior who informed her that our position out here in arizona was not the position of the administration. >> spangle says the lawyer from the interior department told him he needed to reverse his earlier decision on that environmental assessment for the project. >> i felt i had a duty. i worked for the administration, i have to do wh

if he irkas about legacy, you know, richard nixon signed the epa -- created the epa, signed the cleannd water act. other than teddy roosevelt, he's one of the champions of the environment, it's one of the bright spots on richard nixon's the will and moment of all of those cabela shopping republicans that are intimate with the cycles of nature and seen what pollusion is doing to their favorite spots and be the president that goes back into paris and rallies people to figure out solutions because there are a ton of them we're not talking about. >> happy birthday, brooke. >> thank you, will. >>> just a short time ago, the house voted yes to legislation extending the funding for the september 11th victim compensation fund for another 71 years. that is threw 2090. it comes weeks after the bill received nationwide attention due to impassioned pleas for support from surviving first responders and comedian jon stewart. he celebrated the hard-fought victory for funding with john fuel and other supporters. >> not many people around this country can say they went to washington, d.c. and made the

his epa, trump's epa, canceled the children's environmental health and disease prevention research programrolled back fuel economy standards, a move, believe it or not, that even u.s. auto companies pushed back on, saying we should try and reach higher and get better fuel economy standards. his budgets have proposed pretty significant cuts in u.s. financial support for u.n. climate initiatives and his america first energy plan has panned renewable energy, focusing instead on fossil fuels, including coal. blake burman is live at the white house and as the president gives his thank yous, blake, why do you feel the president right now, why he's focusing this moment on his environmental record and what else is going on? reporter: it's a good question, because we are not expecting any sort of news or any sort of announcements to be revealed here. at least that's what senior administration officials said in the leadup to this. we are expecting to hear from the president, him sort of touting environmental achievements from the u.s. over the last years, even into decades and also really how his ad

last month, our epa took the first major action to reduce exposure to lead contaminated dust.ucture act along with these great gentlemen right here. we worked very hard on that, very, very hard. and it wasn't easy. to further approve and improve drinking water infrastructure and support other critical projects. our administration has directed over half a billion dollars to fix lake okeechobee, the herbert hoover dike. i was out there three months ago with your new great governor and senator actually from florida. we had our two senators. we had rick scott and marco rubio. and our great new covenant, ron desantis. we were all out and we made a certain commitment and the commitment has already taken place and they are fixing lake okeechobee. people are very happy about it in the florida everglades. we are destroying the ecosystems in the everglades, and i also signed legislation authorizing 100 million this site red tide. it's bad. toxic algae that damages coastal areas, causing havoc and we have a way of straightening it out and we will get it done. we join today bruce roebuck,

the epa reacted angrily, calling it a pr stunt. coming up, we take a look at why california has been able to write its own standard since the 70s. it has been 15 years since the last federal execution. there are 62 inmates on death row. president trump has been a vocal supporter of capital punishment. >> we have to bring back the death penalty. >> experts say a legal protocol must be in place in order for executions to take place. something that could take months. >> american support for harsh punishment is eroding. we are seeing that those jurisdictions that are seeking criminal justice reform are seeing lesser use of capital punishment. >> the last federal execution was 2003. they were convicted of kidnapping and killing that --. than dumping bodies in a reservoir outside of yosemite. governor newsom is speaking out against the executions, saying the death penalty has been a failure, discriminating against defendants that are mentally ill, black or brown or can't afford legal representation. last march, governor newsom signed an

. >> reporter: epa has 100 properties that would be deemed affordable if they are to sell, most in neighborhoods like this, new properties come online when owners decide to sell or when developers come in. the city is mandating 20% of new development be affordable housing. the lottery ranked the finalist for this property, 1 through 60 starting with number one, the process begins to see who gets the condo. >> if the family that ranked at the top of the lottery can qualify for would be buyers, must go back try again affordable housing in the land of 7 figure sales. jesse gary, ktvu. >>> a daughter's plea for justice coming up what the grieving family and police are saying about a drive-by shooting. >>> what ice is saying about a raid that's happening right now. >>> we are keeping an eye on the mueller testimony hearing in washington dc. these are live pictures. the special counsel is getting ready to answer questions. the hearing is due to start in just over 35 minutes from now. we are in the room and we will be right back. >>> robert mueller is at the u.s. capitol, preparing for his 5-hour testi

. >> scott prosecute uitt is doint job within the walls of the epa. we're setting records. outside he's being attacked very viciously by the press, and i'm not saying that he's blameless, but we'll see what happens. >> i'm very disappointed by the attorney general, but we'll see what happens. >> we'll see. he's a very fine man, but we're going to make a decision some time tonight. i felt very badly because secretary price is a good man. >> i mean, scott, we get that "we'll see" response a lot, don't we? then you have secretaries zinke, you've got price, pruitt, you've got attorney general sessions, they're all gone. >> yeah, in some of those cases, don, those people were actually executing the president's agenda. i don't think there is any doubt that pruitt was doing exactly at the epa was donald trump wanted. the difference for acosta is a lot of people who are inside the oval office with the president talking about his agenda daily do not believe acosta is even doing that. and now you pile the epstein thing on top of it, it strikes me that his enemies here in the personne

that's according to a new study from the epa.reenearchers found that bet 1999 and ty2015 poor air quali contributed to cancer, lung disease and heart attack. the leading cause of pollution during that time, you guessed it, carsd power plants. >>> 5:18. we're learning about a new study that suggests that some of our favorite beaches rig here in the region might be potentially unsafe for swimming. now, this is accor to researchers with environment america. they tested more than 2600 beaches just last year. the organization deemed beaches potentially unsafe if the bacteria levels at the beach recommendations which could cause swimmers to get sick from being in the heter. one cause for t bacteria levels is fecal contamination. the organization says that could be caused by run-off, sewage leaks and overflows. right now we want to show you that local list. ocean city beach, maryland, had eight potentially unsafe days. 15th street virginia beach had four days and rehoboth had three potentially unsafe days.re wommitted to bringing you st

george bush's epa told them the air was safe. all the while they are breathing in toxins from crushed steel and , and itd electronics was killing them from within. more firefighters have died since 9/11 then on 9/11. we have to lift up those voices. i realized it still wasn't enough. jon stewart spent two whole episodes on the 9/11 first responders. msnbc, cnn covering it nonstop. newspapers, front page. but it still wasn't enough. so i went into the lions den. i went to fox news and met with roger ailes. why are you not supporting the 9/11 health bill? you say you are the party of first responders. where are you? and i convinced him, and learned the second truism in politics. when you have jon stewart on one side and fox news on the other side, you're going to win. so when we finally held the vote on the 9/11 health bill, it passed unanimously. so i take on the fights that others won't. the second bill i took on was the repeal of don't ask, don't tell. i can't tell you how hard that was. there were democrats who said to me, why

. >> reporter: the city of irvine said levels reached 90 percent of the epa maximum allowed under thewater last summer. the well was turned off for months later. the city says the water meets all established dragging water standards. university of california san francisco scientists, venus inglett says when it comes to chemicals like tce, d'arnaud safe levels of exposure. >> chichy water standards and guidelines that we have now are many decades old, and they do not account for the latest science that shows that pregnant women and children more susceptible to tce. >> millions of pounds tce are used every year for manufacturing and degreasing. the chemical can migrate from industrial sites into surrounding communities through the soil and water. it can even turn into a clear order list the vapor that goes up into the homes above.>> we know it can cause cancer with any route of exposure. what that means is, whether you breathe in and, her brother you drink it in contaminated water, we are concerned about all of those exposures. >> you think this is something that can cause your son's ca

the epa says putting the air on is much more efficient. this says opening the windows puts more strain our car's engine. >> i always run t. >> all the time! >>> a school district going to extreme to get parents to pay up for their kid' school lunches. >> this story is getting a lot of chatter online. rouly 1,000 students a pennsylvania school owe a total of $22,000. to get that money, administrators sent a lett ome to parents saying if they didn't ldpay, they couose custody of their kid in a court battle. >> this might be a bit too heavy for some people. no one wants to take their kid away from them or todvocate that, but we were not getting a response. >> i guess that is one way to do it. the school is issuing letters of apologies saying it went too far. ho who will watch all of those kid? s paying that bill? see you can do that! all right. they learned their lesson there. >> they did. >>> 4:55. new on "news4 today," you're seeing the back-to-school sales in stores. we are working for you with which items that expts say you should buy rig

the epa said the air was fine, so they kept on working. >> you all said you would never forget. well, i'm here to make sure that you don't. >> with some of his last breaths, he addressed members of congress. >> you come down here the day before my 69th round of you never forget to take care of the 9/11 responders. >> lou didn't have that 69th round of chemo. he went home and went into hospice after three years of fighting 9/11 related cancer. >> if i can help just one more first responder, then it makes it all worthwhile. you know, it sounds like a cliche, but it's the truth. >> lou alvarez stepped up, just like he did after 9/11. harry smith, nbc news, new york. >>> the refunding bill unanimously passed the house panel where alvarez testified and senator majority mcconnell said theeg will go to a floor vote this august. >>> it's been a weekend to enjoy the outdoors and that will continue into the start of the week as well. 76 degrees right now. overnight lows expected to drop down into the 60s. i will have a look at what you can expect. plus, your 4th of july forecast coming up

we are live about the san francisco commute with details on california's big detour around the epa. >>> california has some of the worst traffic in the nation. it is not easy to keep the air clean. they're moving to rollback some of the environmental standards. leaders are maneuvering to cut the fat out of the equation. >> we approached on multiple occasions with an offer of compromise. a few months ago, they stopped communication altogether. >> reporter: the white house in california leaders have been at heads for two years. the trumpet ministration has pushed to rollback emission standards. california gets to set its own standards and has refused to rollback. stanley young is with the california air resources board. >> we decided, he would just go directly to the car companies and development agreement with them that made sense both for california and the rest of the nation. >> reporter: the governor announced a deal between air resources board and ford, honda, volkswagen and bmw. they make up about 30% of all cars sold in the u.s. they require all cars to run at a minimum of 55 mil

ban on the sale of pesticides that we know harm a child's brain because of our current head of the epa that, whether it was the chemical executive, the oil company executive met in a houston hotel room with dow chemical executives, i would think america would go want a presidents who looks into these things deeply. >> you laid out a detailed answer and you apologized for the wording there. i interviewed candidates. i can tell you that's a little different than what we hear from certain candidates. i guess to press new the follow-up and to be have this conversation in the depth that it warrants one of the questions is one that's often posed sometimes about republicans knocking, for example, climate science which is these are your views. where do you come down on how get your cues from on medicine or science. in a related issue, there was this is question on vaccinations. you just mentioned the well-being of children and pesticides. you had cast skepticism on vaccinations. i wonder if you could better explain where you come down on that given the science and concern that vaccinations do

featuring a magic trick turning vapes into cigarettes >> it's not magic, it is' statistics >> reporter: the epa rolling it out this month getting kids to think twice before trying cigarettes >> i didn't think i was addicted until i would say a few months in the 9th grade >> reporter: caleb and philip n 3.6 million teens and preteens year now trying to encourage others to stop in high schoolse currently addicted >> no child should have to deal with a nicotine addiction. >> reporter: tomorrow caleb's mom is set to testify in front of congress over the role juul has played in getting kids addicted to nicotine apologizing to parents >> the product is not intended for them >> reporter: they shut down their facebook and instagram accounts now ads from the government hoping to push back against a growing epidemic gadi schwartz, nbc news. >> up next for us tonight, a violent arrest by immigration agents raising some questions tonight. >>> i.c.e. agents are under the spotlight tonight after the violent arrest of an undocumented kansas city man while he sat in his car with his family miguel almaguer has

the active ingredient lycos eight is also considered safe by the epa. >>> as amazon has prices on so- called prime day, protesters are demanded that they cut ties with i.c.e. activists protested, demand that they in their contracts with i.c.e. they say that their web services and facial recognition technology, enable deportations the breakup families. >> this is actually one of their core businesses. it provides a technology of cloud services that allow i.c.e. to have lots of data about people and then use that to target people. >> protesters also accuse amazon of mistreating its warehouse workers who are immigrants. they say the website runaway success comes at the expense of people packing the goods. in response to the criticism, the amazon spokesperson called for closer regulation of its technology. writing quote as we have said many times, we continue to believe strongly, companies and government organizations need to use existing and new technology responsibly and lawfully. >>> so far there have been no signs of massive raids. resident trump had talked up the raids, he said were

. >> reporter: according to the epa residential and commercial greenhouse gas emissions account for nearly 12% of all greenhouse gas emissions in the united states. in berkeley, it accounts for 27% citywide. she points out this ordinance runs parallel to statewide efforts to reduce carbon use in buildings. >> state law said in 2030, 50% of the building stock should be electric. they have to adapt sooner or later. >> reporter: she is one of four city councilmember sponsoring this ordinance. it only needs one more vote to pass. it is up for a reading next tuesday night. >>> tonight, another new bombshell report against pg&e. >> the wall street journal claims the utility knew for years that is power lines could spark wildfires and did nothing to fix them. the journal said pg&e was aware the power lines could fail, but delayed repairs . it goes on to say, the utility rank the upgrades as low priority compared to other work like substation upgrades. the report also says dozens of steel towers needed to be replaced because they were being used past their life expectancy. in its report, the wall

also something that is a bit of a pattern with the trump administration because it also exists in the epa where there were appointments of high-level people who were lobbyists for energy corporations and people who flat out said they wanted to undo the epa and put in positions to run it. >> what do you make? do you think democrats will come at this guy? >> i certainly hope so. i hope they've learned the lesson it is important to have real scrutiny of these folks. and where appropriate, go through the process of actually making sure they are not confirmed. >> everyone stick around. we have more to talk about. coming up, bracing for tropical storm barry. will the already taxed levees hold up as the storm turns toward the louisiana gulf coast. >> then -- >> that woman were being called these names under an american flag. we cannot allow for this. >> dramatic testimony by -- congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez and why some were in tears and emotional on the other side. this is the couple who wanted to get away who used expedia to book the vacation rental that led to the ride ♪ which took t

so far the epa agrees. >>> san francisco's plaza has an extra farmers market, part of an effort by san francisco mayor london breed to make that area more inviting. for years there has been a farmers market on wednesdays and sundays. people in the neighborhood have told the mayor, they want to see more. >> all they talk about is a farmers market and how they love the farmers market. i wanted to make sure that we provided an extension of that and an opportunity for local people to showcase their talents. >> the new fridays farmers market has more than food, there is also merchandise and arts and crafts. >> the most exciting thing about this, for an area that has some challenges, this is such a good example of the city and local partners in small businesses coming together to revitalize the neighborhood . >>> new changes could be coming to outside lands in san francisco which could make the air a little smoky. we are in golden gate park. >> reporter: even though no original marijuana is legal it is still against the law to consume pot and public. san francisco is on the verge of making a

epa,er you look at our own which he has emasculated, cut down, and essentially left for dead. look at the u.n. right now, they say 11 years. 11 years left to deal with this problem. if you think about it, we're going to have less than that if we win back the presidency, fewer years than that. democrats want to until january, 2021. you make your own judgment. i believe the most comprehensive plan put forward in this campaign, you can check it out on my website. i hope you read it. but in the interest of time, i want to point out two things. what sets my plan apart from others -- and there are good plans put forward -- i focus on the fact that it's not enough just to get to zero emissions by 2045 or 2050. ladies and gentlemen, we are responsible for 15% of the pollutants in the air, 15%. the rest of the world is responsible for 85%. that's why i spent so much time talking about why i would immediately join what barack and i put together, the paris climate accord -- [applause] [cheering] two, what ismber not known about that accord, written into the accord, we wrote in every coup

an epa spokesman slammed that announcement, though, calling it a pr stunt. >>> tonight the b.a.r.t. board has voted to expand its program to help the homeless find shelter and resources. the plan is to bring homeless outreach workers to the stations in alameda and san mateo counties, including at sfo. that is a step up from the two outreach workers that are currently in contra costa county. the board also voted to bring elevator attendants to the montgomery street and embarcadero stations. b.a.r.t. first brought these attendants to the civic center and powell street stations last year as a test. now, the goal is to keep the elevators from being used as bathrooms. and so far they say this has turned out to be one of their most successful programs to date. the board hopes to put these attendants to work this fall. >>> a deadly form of cancer has led to a global recall of breast implants. tonight r ra ra met with victims now speaking out. >> i had to take some sort of action. >> reporter: it's been two weeks since 50-year-old sacramento mom you lean had her textured breast implants rem

. >>> california taking a big detour around the epa. for major automakers have made a deal with the state. for honda, volkswagen, bmw and volkswagen all pledging to tighten up their standards for vehicles sold in the united states. the white house and california leaders have been at loggerheads for the past two years. especially with the trump administration pushing to freeze auto emission standards. california gets to set its own standards. >> so, we decided, that we would just go directly to the car companies, and develop an agreement with them that made sense. both for california and for the rest of the nation. >> with the deal, all cars will run on a deal for a minimum of -- in exchange, the carmakers get what they want. a single, national standard. >>> your train home is often a few minutes late. but san francisco's near new central subway is running a year behind schedule. that's right. kpix 5, melissa walker, went deep need union square to see how far they have come, and how far they still have to go. >> reporter: munich wouldn't

the epa has also granted emergency permission to 18 states under certain circumstances to spray insecticide considered highly toxic to bees. >>we will defend the environment, but we will also defend american sovereignty american prosperity and we will defend american jobs. >>a survey which track tell farmers pay for honeybees to pollinate their crops was suspended in 2018. and another survey on honey production was scaled back. now a 3rd be related database aimed at tracking how many bees are being lost is being suspended. >>keeping the statistical studies going is very important so that we understand what's going on and you can make the resources available to to try to solve the problem you need to have a data you need to have a database in says in fact rb joe friday daryn factor bees are not thriving just part of the trump administration's rollout of its own environmental plant. >>my administration is now revising the past administrations misguided regulations to better protect. the environment and to protect. >>our american workers. the usda said the critical data collection suspension w

were justice roberts i would try to have a better trade where i would have said i will kill this on epa grounds but why not get 7 justices that is permissible. talking about challenge to the constitutionality of the mandate. not a good deal in my opinion. >> why don't you ask your questions in order? >> obviously they don't use the term slaves but this is purely historical question of whether there was any controversy who should be counted as a slave and whether plantation owners would say i have 1000 -- working for me. to bolster the number of people under who could be claimed, comes to mind because after the civil war when slaves were free the southern representation for the bounty on using war. does anyone know about the county of slaves for representation purposes. >> done by americans. and what methods were used. in article 1, not only about slaves and freeman. and added to the number of free persons including those bound to the service for a term of years. and and and and 3/5 of a person, madison addresses this in federalism. and the south wanted it. the senses was disputed from t

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