staff at the epa, a lot of rollbacks. it has been a really tough time for that agency. budget cuts, staff cuts, you name it. ms. nichols: yeah, epa has really been hollowed out. there are many vacant positions and many strong people with experience and knowledge and commitment left, because they just could not stand the political leadership that was trying to subvert the very mission of the agency. integritytoring apa's and its competence is a key element of the administration being able to meet its climate goals, because while it certainly is not enough to take on the breadth of this problem, the clean air act remains the single best legal tool that we have to regulate the sources and causes of climate change, and it certainly is one important ingredient, especially when it comes to motor vehicles. i think, though, for the agency as a whole, because even though clean-air is usually what gets the most attention, there are many other important programs at epa, not least of which is providing clean water, providing safe, dr

relocating means just restarting the business someplace else. >> reporter: the epa report found that buffer zones would help, which would be virtually important -- impossible. >> we can say without any question that reed hillview is putting dangers of levels of lead into the air. >> reporter: the county's plan for the airport will be a topic of discussion at tuesday's board of supervisors meeting. in san jose, devin fehely, kpix 5. >>> oakland is helping teachers with housing with a stipend of $50,000 is clear, so they can share a two bedroom two bathroom luxury apartment for $350 a month. this is that a restored historic building in the oakland hills. it's all in hopes to keep teachers in the most needing teaching jobs. >> it's stem and special ed, these are areas where it's been extremely difficult. with the low rate of pay that teachers are subjected to, to attract and retain great teachers in these very difficult jobs. >> reporter: we brought you mayor shops announcement live on cbsn bay area. you can access it 24/7 through the kpix 5 up next >>> a new week, new forecast. let's t

decisions how that would be achieved some jobs will be lostome rivers will be polluted so a lot and t epa makes those disions and not congre. that is not representative government. they have departed from the model we were given that they legislate in the ecutive implements to say gahead and you make t law. now there are 18 violations every year witthe force of law by the agencies for every one law passed by the congrs. so that was making e laws today? it is the ftc and t se sec, cpsc, cfpb. who they represent? will represent agencies at all. and the majorityf them may represent the presidents policies to be appointed by the current psident b that isery indirect that was the epa nothing i can do about it that was cleaner by the way and then they authorize the agencies not only to issue the law but to enforce it and then to judge whether the citizen violated them james madison said the functions in one hand is the very essence of tyranny so to be accused of violating one of their regulations if you don't have a lot of time and money you have no chance of getting to a real court to review a

healthcare providers and boost domestic and also required the predent to use his authority is under the epa to report more diagnostic tests, medicine and other medical supplies. i look forward to hearing from the witnesses and again my thanks to the chair man and the senator for holng this hearing and providing this kind of affordable, reliable and robust supply. thank you, mr. chairman. >> in my mistaken view that you are at least temporarily absent, i failed to complement you and thank you for your cooperation putting the hearing together. when we first discussed this, we thought maybe we would be looking back. we have not escaped the challenges that lie ahead. while we are looking at what has transpired in the past, we are doing so in preparation to make sure that we are prepared for today and tomorrow so thank you for yourfo cooperation and assistance and working closely that this hearing takesea place. we will now turn tola the witnes testimony. the order that the witnesses will testify. i now call on you for your five minutesno of testimony. thank you for being here. >> thk you, senat

they ripped apart the epa with executive orders.oe biden will not rip apart the environmental protection agency. he will increase the funding for it because it has been starved for funding. we put something in there that adheres to the mission, which is purely to protect human health and the environment. this administration has been undermining that come and not to an economic advantage for any industry. not dying because of environmental regulation, coal is dying because fracking is much less expensive. that is where we are headed. back,he epa rolled allowed mining companies to dump their tailings on water sources, and those have mayor curry and lead and arsenic -- mercury and arsenic and lead, that has not helped human health and not helped the coal industry. they've have been doing things that will cause long-term damage to the country, but you have in congress, you have a bipartisan coalition that agrees climate change is real and we need to start addressing it. because of joe biden's proven ability of pulling people together it

he is a former deputy at the epa.ed for the chemical company dupont in the early 2000s as they came under question for a toxic man made chemical. it is one of the so-called forever chemicals. dupont used it in the making of teflon and it links to various cancers and unsuspecting americans whose local water supplies were contaminated with it have paid a heavy price. mccabe also worked on the deal that eventually facesed out pfoa. i want to bring in erin brockovich whose involvement in the kell cal contamination suit against pacific gas and electric. she is joining us to talk more about this. that was a record breaking settlement, by the way. she is also the author of superman is not coming. thank you for joining us. we saw this op ed in the guardian that you wrote. dear joe biden, are you kidding me? i should note, you just tweeted a happy birthday to the president-elect. so you're not someone who would consider yourself an enemy of joe biden's but you're really not happy with this person that you see on his transition

legislation behind them but there is a lot of power to do things in regulatory fashion to energy, through the epa, fuel guidelines for cars and so forth. expand on why energy could be a beneficiary under biden when he said three weeks ago he wants to unwind america's dependence on fossil fuels >> i think there would have been more of a fear of that possibility if we indeed had a blue wave. that is not the case now you will have a lot of senators, people in congress, that their constituents are depending on those jobs when you are looking at the average fracking job being $60,000 a year, i think that will be a tough sell to have regulation added into that area. >>> a quick final thought. a biden administration will have what impact on china is it favorable for alibaba? >> it is definitely favorable. we have had a weakening dollar, and now that china will have less concessions, i think you will see more emphasis on the merging market side of the po portfolio, the alibaba, the semiconductors of the world will do better than the past. i like that part of the world versus some other parts of the world

energy, the epa administrator, there's a lot of places here where it is going to be very important.ional economic council, council of economic advisers as well. caroline: thank you. invesco head of u.s. government affairs, helping drive us forward. romaine: just a reminder to all of our viewers, you can subscribe to our weekly podcast, all the wonderful people we've interviewed in this fancy little audio package. a lot of great ceo's. a lot of great people. definitely check out that podcast. yesterday, you said you took sleep in 45 minute increments. i wonder if you are going to get anything longer. joe: i raided my medicine cabinet and found everything i needed to knock myself out last night and i did not do that. i'm looking forward to one day when i'm certain this will all be over and we can just talk markets and economics for the rest of our lives. no more politics. caroline: that is all from "what'd you miss?" joe: bloomberg technology is next. romaine: have a wonderful weekend, everyone. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ ♪ ok there longer anything one way right off the pot for you there

there is a yellow dot, these are the readings from the epa, it is moderate everywhere. plus and he'll with the east bay valley and the north bay. moderate is not too bad. we have lived through so much worse than this. it would be nice to have green. we were getting used to that. at moderate, there is not much reason things will change much. the creeks buyer is putting smoke in the air. speaking of which, if you consider going to yosemite, because there are no reservations, check the air quality. yosemite is closer to this. when you get there the air quality could be bad. you may not want to spend a lot of time hiking. the creek fire has been going nonstop for two months. there is the forecast. going into monday, that is the official forecast. it will be moderate. in case you have not noticed the temperatures are 10 to 15 degrees above average. it is the entire west half of the country. see the scale. you can see the yellow and the orange, the higher above average you are for this time of the year. let me play this forward. this is monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, n

richmond residents are risk, train tracks run right next to neighborhoods that have been designated by the epa as disadvantaged, because of the many sources of air pollution they are exposed to, including two freeways in the chevron oil refinery. >> this is an absolutely huge deal.>> reporter: amanda pushed for the coal ban is speaking out to defendant. >> we know the particular manner matter, that comes off it is toxic in making people sick.>> reporter: many of her young patients attend school just half a mile away. >> the insides of the classroom are covered in coal dust by the end of the day, and the cars, if that is what is inside the classrooms on their cars, it is in their long as. and it is just the reality of it. >> reporter: a spokesperson for the terminal told us they can't, because of the lawsuit. our cameras were not welcome outside the facility in richmond. >> who are you! you back the richmond mayor had plenty to say. >> it's costing the city a lot of money. >> reporter: he says the sierra club drafted the coal ordinance but won't cover the city's cost of defending it. >> sierra

there were some epa issues. somebody poured some chemicals out back here.st need to dig out some dirt. it's just, the bill was going to be, you know, $2 million. so, we've actually come to a -- well, yeah. lemonis: so, we both heard things. what did -- you heard nothing? ethan: yeah, i guess i just don't remember any of the negatives. lemonis: it's a bit bizarre to me that ethan literally has zero recollection about the feedback that he just received yesterday. and it's either because he's basically tuning everybody out because he doesn't want to hear it, or he's not processing it because he doesn't agree with it. but in either case, not acceptable. can i just borrow this for a minute? jules: sure. lemonis: this has an interesting look to it. ethan: uh-huh. lemonis: these are a lot of feedback notes. this is listening. ethan: mm-hmm. lemonis: this is the difference. and so, ethan, i wanted to give you a little feedback last night of what i got from the team. two comments. one, everybody wanted a camo pattern. it has to exist. the other comment was, what acc

healthy, from methane to a whole range of things the president has done as in my view has eviscerated the epa, the environmental protection agency. there's also things that i want to do that relate to the ability to make sure we get immediate assistance to state and local governments to keep them from basically going under. so it's going to be instead of what in a normal circumstance you'd set your priorities, there's multiple things that are going to have to be taking place at the same time. but the most important thing i think is while i do -- while we try to do all of this, focus on those folks who alwa wheyscrisis hits are the first one hiand when recovery comes are the last one in that's basically minority communities, who have been hurt very badly making sure we get the aid that was voted on the house and passed by the senate in some cases and much of which has not passed, get the kind of help to keep people afloat people- i -an, i remember -- i remember my dad being restless. and i remember one night feeling i could hear my dad, you could just hear the bed moving so the next night i sa

from methane and a whole range of things the president has done that in my view has eviscerated the epa, the environmental protection agency there's also things i want to do that relate to the ability to make sure we get immediate assistance to state and local governments to keep them from basically going under. so it's going to be -- instead of what in a normal circumstance you would set your priorities, there's multiple things that are going to have to be taking place at the same time, but the most important thing, i think, is while i do -- while we try to do all of this, focus on those folks who are always when crisis hits, they're the first one hit, and recovery comes as the last one in that's basically minority communities. they've been hurt very badly, making sure we get the aid that was voted on in the house and passed by the senate in some cases and much of what was not passed, get the kind of help to keep people afloat people -- i mean i remember my dad feeling restless you could hear the bed move. the next day i said, mom, what's wrong with dad she said honey, he's worried he

we also partner with epa, noaa, usaid, the national science foundation, the coast guard, and u.s. trade representative to work with international stakeholders and underscore the importance of public and private cooperation. we are engaging with private sector-led initiatives, including the alliance to end plastic waste, mobilizing billions of dollars to help countries improve their waste management and recycling systems and to create a value chain for recycled plastics. in international fora, contrasting the balanced approaches, we face calls for bands on single use plastics, legally binding agreements on plastics, and measures that would inhibit the market for recycled goods. barriers, bans, and trade restrictions often do not consider negative trade-offs and can reduce recycling by lowering the value of commodities, risking more waste entering the environment. instead, we need innovation, in materials and design, changes in behavior, and significant improvement in waste management systems to reduce marine debris and plastic pollution. these solutions should reflect regional and

after 3 months i was fully fully welcomed and integrated in this come glamour and multicultural it to epa street so it feels good to be here and i always felt great i didn't here and in some way i didn't. feel the little nationalistic. dimension that i also felt in europe i have to say i lived in london for many years and that's out the brits can be very british and sometimes too great there's something about nationalism that's going to trump because in new york where you are we've seen protests against falsely and prematurely declared his victory what do you make of that what was that moment like for you. well it was a typical moment it didn't surprise me his banter is always the same always too fast too loud it's a kneejerk reaction and almost like infantile way and i wasn't surprised by it it didn't mean anything you know you don't have i'm not listening to him for a long time so that was not not new but i was a little bit worried when the it ended in the night of the election and then in the course of it i thought oh my god he has the lead how can this be i was also very surprised abo

epa though he's managed as a celebrity to stay connected to figures even like hillary clinton, as you point out, he seems so unwilling, so unwilling to play the game most other politicians do, what i think robert mcnamara did brilliantly, apologize, express regret and blame someone else. mcnamara's argument, terrible things happened in vietnam, i feel terrible about it, and it was lyndon johnson's fault. why isn't kissinger doing that? why can he not let go? i think that's significant to us, because i think one of the real challenges we face as a country is how do we -- loving our country, how do we accept -- express our own self-criticism? how can we look out into the world? obama struggled with this, not effectively, he struggled with this honestly. how can we see and admit to our mistakes and actually turn that to our advantage rather than try to cover them up? it does strike me perhaps after november -- certainly i hope after november, we will be in that position as a country. how are we going to do that? how can we learn in that sense from what kissinger has not done? again, thes

there's an epa registration number right there.ite to see if you're not finding the cleaning agents you're used to, the bleach, hydrogen peroxide, you can also try shower cleaners as well. we really want people to know there is enough t go around. sometimes you're not going to get your first choice, the brand that you want, but we're not going to see the kinds of situations we did back in march, at least according to the food makers and retailers who say they are ready this time. >> i think we all have a little ptsd. when you see some toilet paper, you just grab it right now. it's not worth risking it. >> stocked up. >> dr. torres, vicky, both of you, we appreciate your expertise and your time. thanks so much. >>> coming up, from the board room to the great outdoors. how companies are getting creative when it comes to holding business meetings in the midst of the pandemic. is that it's totally normal to have constipation with belly pain, straining, and bloating, again and again. no way. more exercise. more water. and more fiber is

it turned out the epa has standards for safe levels of lead in water and there shouldt be lead and waterwith the clean water act nobodyhould be using lead pipes anymore. that was 1986. >> flint michigan has a lot of old housing stock with a lot of old pipes. and the cdc uses numbers to say how much is the safe level and anybody's blood. of particles of lead. yes and ey say no level is safe but above a certain level we should be concerned about five we should be concerned but we don't need to treat unti 45. so the citizens of flint invited water engineers to come in and test the water and he figed out right away ere was probably led in the water because of the crosion from old pipes. so he tested the water and sure enough very high levels. michigan department had tested the water and claimed it was safe and thathere was no lead into and the way they tested it and it turned out was the told residentsts to let the water run for 30 minutes to flush the water out of the pipes. so of course they got low readings. but the water engineer did his own task and got numbers tt were very very high an

often thought of climate policy as being confined to a few departments, the department of energy or the epaclimate change and climate action impacts every facet of our lives. so the idea here is to make sure that it is central to what the state department does, internation international diplomacy. something to agricultural policies, what the treasury d s does. >> and the pentagon has said in its own reports that climate change is one of the biggest threats to national security. because it is about bases that the pentagon maintains around the world being threatened by climate change. michael mann, thanks so much for joining us. and again the new book is called the new climate war, it is out in january. >>> and coming up in the next hour here, much more on the biden transition. president's continued misinformation and disinformation, his lies. and meghan markle's powerful essay on her miscarriage, grief and her lessons for all of us. o? -audrey's expecting... -twins! ♪ we'd be closer to the twins. change in plans. at fidelity, a change in plans is always part of the plan. so this aveeno® mois

well, the numbers were critical and it turned out to the epa, the environmental productions agency had standards for the state levels of land and water and there shouldn't be. they said no one should be using lead pipes anymore. that was 1986. but all types are grandfathered in. flint michigan had a a lot of stock and then the cdc uses numbers to say how much is the state level of blood in children or anybody's blood. no level is safe but above a certain level we should be concerned about. but we don't need to treat so what happened is the citizens of flint invited a water engineer to come and test the water and he figured out right away that there was probably lead in the water because of corrosion from old pipes so he tested the water and sure enough, there were high levels. by the way the michigan department of environmental affairs tested the water and claimed that it was safe, that there was no lead and the way they tested it it turne turned d this water engineer discovered was they told residents or sent inspectors so of course they got low ratings but this engineer came in and d

back in february, the epa released a report that found led concentrations in the air exceeded national air quality standards. the airport was built more than 80 years ago. >> what's supposed to be a fun growing sport is causing an uproar. neighbors say it's too noisy. pickle ball. >> that's the noise. the courts are located along hopkins street. between apartment complexes and homes. after the city transformed one of the tennis courts, neighbors say the whacking noise from paddles is non-stop. 12 hours a day. one neighbor is worried about the spread of covid and shared a photograph of people lining up there. waiting for their turn to play. >> people that were here to get this set up. they respect the rules. we play with our masks on. >> that noise is what you're hearing now. multiplied by a lot of players is what you hear all the time here. >> 86 neighbors signed a petition urging them to transform them back into tennis courts. so far we haven't heard from the city. >> say pickle ball three times. >> it's a fun sport. >> talking about the rain coming in. >> hanging in there. trying to

one of the rules under consideration, what changed the way the epa justifies regulations and basicallynvironmental benefits that we deal with clean air and water would not count in the analysis but coause the industr, that is extremely concerning. >> alexis, president trump tried to dismantle policy of the obama years. when we look back, will that be most apparent to us when it comes to climate change? >> i think there are a variety of issues that we'll look at. it is a strange lame duck period and that this ais a moment wher the president focuses on their legacy, building and change the narrative. we are looking at a president who has frailailed in serious crisis. we have this interesting bookend to the trump's presidency which the four years of his presidency, single term was focused on, you know, sort of undoing so much of obama's era and now we are trying to stimy of the biden administration. it is a bizarre move but it is very trump. >> very trump indeed. we keep talking about all the things that biden and harris are walking into whether it is the handling o f covid from an econom

it turned out that the epa, environmental protection agency, s standards for what our safe levels of lead in water, and there shouldn't be led in water, and the clean water act sai no one should be using leadipes anymore. that was 1986. but all pipes are grandfathered in. and flint, michigan, had a lot of old housing stock with old pipes. an then the cdc uses numbers to say how much is a safe level of lead in anybody's blood. >> guest: you can do -- >> host: you can do a blood test. >> guest: cdc says no level is a safe, but above a certain level we should be concerned. >> host: above five we should be concerned but we don't need to treat until we are above 45 or a person is above 45. >> guest: what happened ishe citizens of flint invited a water engineer to come in and test the water, and he figured out right away that there was probably led in the water because of corrosion from old pipes. he tested the water and sure enough there was very high levels. by the way, michigan, department of environmental affairs or whatever it's called had tested theater but claimed that it s -- >> ho

think about it, mike, think about bernie sanders as the secretary of labor or aoc as head of the epa. that's what they want to do and aoc had a news conference today saying we're going to push president-elect as she said biden further to the left. we cannot have this for america, mike. that's why it's so important to make sure that we hold the senate in the majority by winning the two seats in georgia in the special election january 5. >> mike: president trump and his allies have filed 30 lawsuits. those on the biden side are not happy about that at all. take a listen. >> to allege to the american public that what they know in their hearts is not true is somehow true. the election that occurred on november 3 by which the voices were heard was somehow illegitimate. that's a serious, serious act of the president to do. >> mike: so the biden said the moves are not legally significant. how do you respond? >> it comes down to the law and the facts. we know that. the president has every right with the appeals, the recount, the legal measures. the election is closer than many people thought.

not just the environmental ones like the epa, according to a report in "the washington post" and consistent with promises that he's made going back to this summer. is. >> the united states owns and maintains an enormous fleet of vehicles. we're going to convert these government fleets to electric vehicles. made and sources here in the united states of america. >> in that same speech this summer, biden pledged to give four million federal buildings green makeovers and build five million energy efficient homes across the country. dana? >> dana: electric vehicles still need to get power somewhere. thanks, peter. next, coronavirus cases spiking across the country. we'll head to one of the biggest hot spots. at humana, we believe your healthcare should evolve with you. and part of that evolution means choosing the right medicare plan for you. humana can help. with original medicare, you're covered for hospital stays and doctor office visits, but you'll have to pay a deductible for each. a medicare supplement plan can cover your deductibles and co-insurance, but you may pay higher premiums and st

the epa and other agencies were notified about the spillage.hat caused that barge to sink. >>> zoom makes a offer to help get families together virtually during thanksgiving. >> how retailers are struggling to predict what customers want right now. >> and bill martin is tracking the complete bay area forecast. he will take us through tomorrow's rain and what lies beyond. ♪ ♪ ♪ heart monitors that let your doctor watch over you, just like you watch over your best friend. another life-changing technology from abbott, so you don't wait for life. you live it. another life-changing technology from abbott, but you can work out anything wowith comcast business.w. get fast, reliable, and secure internet on the nation's largest gig speed network. flexible tools - like wi-fi you control. voice solutions that connect you from anywhere. and expert advice here, here, or even here. be fast. be flexible. bounce forward with comcast business. get started with a powerful internet and voice solution for just $64.90 a month. plus, for a limited time, ask how to g

it turned out that the epa, environmental protection agency has standards for water safe levels of wind waternd it should not be wind and water i the clean water act says no one should be using lead pipes anymore, that was 1986. , old pipes are grandfaered in in. >> flint, michigan had a lot of housing stop with old pipes. the cdc uses numbers to say how muchs a safe level of blood in ybody's blood, you can do blood testing count particles o blood. >> particl of blood, yes thank you. thcdc said noevel is safe but above a certain level w should be concerned. above five we should be concerd but we don't need to eat until were about 45, a person is about 45. but helping the citizens to have a water engineer come in and test their waternd he figured out right away that there was probably blood in the water because of corrosion from old pipes. he tested the water and sure enough there was very high levels. by the way michigan in the departme of environmental affairs had tested the water but claimed that it was safe that there was no blood in it in the way that they tested it, it turned out i

every yellow dot on there is one of the official reporting stations from the epa, this is the stuff on now and they are all reporting moderate at this point. uld like those dots to be green, so we could just call it good, you lived through much worse than this over the course of the summer. moderate air quality is the forecast again for tomorrow. it doesn't look like the stuff is going to get any worse than that. now look at the moon, a unique perspective by the way. this is our new camera on top of the mark. that sits up on top of hill. there's your move now. it's leaning now technically. and another view on treasure island looking back at the bay bridge, but there's more from the top of this salesforce tower and you really get a great perspective. temperatures have come back down into the upper 60s with a lot of numbers getting up to around 80 today as we are way above average and anywhere from 10 to 15 degrees above average and we will do it through thursday, so this map will show you how far above or below average for this time of the year. and there is our 10 to 15 here in califor

but it's not just the epa, or the special envoy on climate.etary of state john kerry, that biden is seeking to prioritize climate change. every agency and every employee from the top down is going to need to prove that they are "climate ambitious." that is the venting question that reportedly biden's inner circle is learning when they are deciding whether or not someone has a spot in a biden-harris administration. molly? >> molly: it'll be fascinating to see if things move forward. no doubt the energy sector will be looking closely. happy thanksgiving to you. critics accusing the media of judging over the cabinet picks. just how the press reacted and what it says about transparency going forward. ♪ if you have postmenopausal osteoporosis and a high risk for fracture, now might not be the best time to ask yourself, 'are my bones strong?' life is full of make or break moments. that's why it's so important to help reduce your risk of fracture with prolia®. only prolia® is proven to help strengthen and protect bones from fracture with 1 shot every

sanders as the secretary of labor or elizabeth warner secretary of the treasury or a ocs head of the epa, that is what they want to do it aoc had a news conference today saying we are going to push president-elect biden further to the left. we cannot have this for america and that is why it is so important to make sure we hold the senate and the majority by winning those seats in georgia in the special election on january 5th. >> donald trump and his allies filed 30 lawsuits and selection day. those on the biden side are not happy at all about that. >> to the alleged to the american public what they know is not true somehow true, that the election that occurred on november 3rd was somehow illegitimate and that is a serious, serious act of a president to do. >> reporter: the biden side arguing moves by the trump legal team are not legally significant. how the response? >> it will all come down to the law and the facts. the president has every right to the legal measures. closer than people thought, pollsters involved got it. the american people have a right to feel confident in the electi

he passes a national environmental policy act created the epa. the environmental protection agency. he passed the clean air act, the consumer protection agency act. the federal the noise pollution and control act. the equal employment opportunity act. the federal election campaign act of 1971. the employment retirement income security act. the occupational safety and health act, which is always a constant target under republicans ever since. workers in dangerous occupations like coal mining or who were exposed to hazardous substances like asbestos were big fans of all of these things. these were very popular things. republicans held applause. the republican president said fortune magazine was putting cuffs on capitalism through corporate regulation. nixon's blend of republicanism and radicalism confused the "new york times." it was congenial to the errors of populism. the eras of populism, era of new deal, these people of the country-western marxist liked it a lot. this cemented the white working-class electorate. these people never voted republican in their life. they voted for ric

it's not just the epa that biden wants to focus on climate change, apparently his inner circle is betting candidates for positions throughout their administration by asking how climate ambitious they are. >> dana: something to watch indeed. hillary vaughn, thanks for the report. with millions out of work because of the pandemic, demand at food banks is surging and so is the need for help. feeding america predicts that more than 50 million americans will have gone hungry in 2020 so in other words, that's one in every six people. we are seeing our is a long coast-to-coast and boston executives are calling this the worst crisis they've ever seen. in texas, cars lined up for miles. and people desperate to feed their families are lined up for blocks. brad paisley has opened up a free grocery store in nashville and we talked about it before. i wanted to check back in with you because howe has made changed in the last few months? >> it's good to talk to you. it's been unlike anything we've ever seen. when we opened up this little venture we decided it was a way of giving dignity to people and pr

the department of agriculture and epa and natural resource place that they don't want the team of obama that's been undone and this is something they are fighting not just but they want to be able to do work to lock out their policies into place before biden gets there. that's what's going on in trump's head and the actual bro bureaucracy that outside the white house they're trying to make policies and lock it in place before biden gets there. >> john, it is such an important point that jennifer makes about what they have been able to use this 16 days for. you know mike pompeo now knows to tony blinken is coming in. mike pompeo has 16 days to do whatever he could to hide whatever he can legally or illegally from tony blinken and the in coming administration, the biden administration and all across the government. who knows what's been going on in the commerce department and all these departments in these 16 days when they all known it is all over and i am leaving and i got to clean up my fingerprints here. >> right, lawrence, i think one of the things we all rightly focus on the corrupt

i work at the epa the official said startled. one employee was asked where he gets his news.fox news seemed to meet with his satisfaction. the threaten to destabilize in the fragile period during the hand over to the next administration. i'm joined now by professor of public policy. former secretary of homeland security and former governor of arizona. thank you so much for being here. really appreciate you. let's talk about this. this young man this 30 year-old guy in charge of prn nel for the government. got into trumps good graces bringing him a sandwich. while there was a meeting taking place. he was a delivery guy. true story. trump was enthralled with him. now he's the head of personnel. doing a purge of the government. how dangerous is this really strange turn over to president-elect biden is going to be for the american people? >> you're right. it is really strange. and at least from the press accounts it looks as if officials are being asked questions almost like a loyalty test. to see whether they can keep their job. and there's real risk to destabilizing the most im

each sprayer uses epa approved solution that kills the virus. tik tok can operate in the u. s.now. the commerce department said the shutdown order would not go into effect pending further legal developments. the trump administration had been threatening to shut it down alleging the chinese own video sharing service collected data on millions of americans. >>> based on the way that people are posting on social media, it seems that chef size egos have increased during this pandemic. what to the polls say. >> with all this cooking nearly 2 in three americans say they have boosted their cooking game, that is according to a new survey. they are so sure of their cooking more than 40% say they are ready to take part on masterchef. >>confidence. i am not in the percentage. >>i know. >>i can cook and i have boosted my cooking but i am not going to say i ready for masterchef. >>i believe in you. you can do it. side note, michelle and i looked at each other and we agree -- we agree that we love your outfit. looking good. >>thank you. i am a tending a virtual gala later. black-tie from the

it turned out that the epa had run out protecons, had standards for what are safe levels of lead in water and there shouldn't be lead in water and the clean water act said no one should be using lead pipes anymore, that w 1986 but old pipes were grandfathered in. >> and flint michigan had a lot of other in their heights and the cdc uses numbers to say how much is a safe level of of it any children's blood. [inaudible] particles of ad, thank you the cdc says no level is safe but above a certailevel we should be concerned but we don't need ttreat about 45. so what happened was the citizens had water engineers come in and test the water and figured out right away that there was probably led in the water because of corrosion from old pipes. and so he tested the ter d sure enough ere wa very high levels. by the way, michigan the department of environmental affairs had tested the water and claimed that there was, that it was safe, that there was no lead in it and the way they tested it it turned out and this water engineer discovered was they told, they sent their inspectors in and they let the

the epa, which was against the base of the party and going to china. johnson and race. you would not have bet that he would end up playing that role. and you wouldn't have bet on the evening of april 12, 1945, that truman would be a great global figure. the great news is that have presidents who want to learn, who are open to new experiences and seeing the world not only through their own eyes but the yis of adversaries and allies and advisers and have guts that in fact if you are president of the united states you're not playing just for the next week. you're playing for the next generation. >> reminded us this week that lbj told her he was jealous of truman for being able to sleep at night after the tough decisions. everybody stay put. we'll continue our conversation. still ahead. our conversation with former secretary of state. whose own family felt the impact of communism in europe firsthand. firsthand.that'll really take you back. wow! what'd you get, ryan? it's customized home insurance from liberty mutual! what does it do bud? it customizes our home insurance so

it is the epa, which was against the base of his party and going to china. lyndon johnson and race. you would not have bet on november 22nd, 1963 that, lyndon johnson would end up playing that role. and you would not have bet on the evening of april 12th, 1945, that harry truman would become a great global thinker. so, the great news is have presidents who want to learn, who are open to new experiences and seeing the world not only through their own eyes but through the eyes of their adversaries and allies and advisers and have some guts. that, in fact, if your president of the united states, you're not playing just for next week. you're playing for the next generation. >> doris kerns goodwin reminded us that lbj said he was jealous of truman for sleeping at night after the decisions. everybody stay put right here. we're going to continue our conversation. still ahead, our conversation with former secretary of state madeleine albright whose own family felt the impact of communism in europe firsthand. you're watching a special hour of morning joe. we'll be right back. we'll be right

strongest,roduce the greenest steel in the world to make sure our auto fleet can meet the increasing epaards for mileage in our trucks and other vehicles. i cannot overstate the importance of a facility like this, because if it gets built in a country like china, where there is no environment of standards, no labor standards, no any kind of standards other than pumping out as much as you can, the environment and workers rights be dammed, it needs to be staying in this country. this battle in braddock is the battle you speak of. these companies need to be helped to secure this investment and the american way of life and the steelworker way of life here because we cannot all work for google as much as a lot of people would want. i am 50 years old. i do not want someone telling me, hey, go learn coding. we cannot all go work at facebook or learn to code. if we can do it in a way that is environmentally sound and that preserves these union, family sustaining jobs, we can do it -- we have to do it. taylor: what policy will ensure that success? lt. gov. fetterman: recognize that china men is a

it turned out that the epa the environmental protection agency has standards for water safe levels of lead in water and it should not be led in water in the clean water act -- nobody should be using lead pipes and when i was 1986 bowl pipes are grandfathered in. >> flint, michigan had a lot of houses with old pipes. and then the cdc uses numbers to say how much is a safe level of blood in anybody's blood, you could do a blood test. >> particles of blood, yes, thank you. the cdc says snow level is safe but above a certain level we should be concerned, about five we should be concerned but we don't need to treat until about 45. what happened the citizens invited a water engineer to come in and test their water and he figured out right away that there was probably blood in the water because of the corrosion from old pipes and so he tested the water and sure enough it was at very high levels and by the way michigan of the environmental affairs had tested the water and claimed that it was safe, that there was no blood in it in the way that they tested it, it turned on the water engineer di

the epa and other agencies were notified about this village.no word on what caused the barge to sink.'s to they announced a new pilot program to date to help teachers and keep them working in the sea. today's press conference was held in front of the paloma at oakland hills where six residents currently live. the high cost of living has led to a teacher shortage in oakland and across the state. this pilot program aims to provide affordable housing for new teachers and give stipends to current teachers to help the city recruit and then retain teachers in oakland. >> this is history in the making right now in oakland. we do not know of any other place that is piloting these kinds of interventions to significantly increase particularly teachers of color teaching and staying teaching in our public school system. >> educational officials say, the pilot program is exactly the economic support teachers need to not only begin their career, but to sustain their position for many years to come. >>> more after the break. the trumpet ministry expect withdr

justice state and epa will be high on the list the transition team offers this statement on the subject president trump's policy actions, saying while no decisions have been made about executive actions and no memo has been sent to the president-elect, he has the same levers at his disposals to address the crises facing the american people. meanwhile, president trump is expected to go on a pardoning and firing spree during his final weeks in office. already a couple agency heads have seen their fates ended, that being nuclear scientist lisa gordon-hagerty and energy regulator neil chatterjee. others expected to be fired or resign, chris wray, and gina haspel as well as the secretary of defense mark esper. nbc news says esper prepared his letter of resignation. >> all right kayla, we values that breaking news about the biden transition team announcing its advisory board to shape its approach to the outbreak who do we know is on this board and really what kind of work can they do before he officially takes office >> well, brian, we're going to have to get used to an earlier news cycle the

healthy from methane, to a whole range of things the president has done, in my view has eviscerated the epanvironmental protection agency. there are also things i want to do that relate to the ability to make sure we get immediatal assistance to state and local governments, to keep them from basically going under. so, it's going to be, instead of what in a normal circumstance, you'd set your priorities, there's multiple things that are going to have to be taking place at the same time. but the most important thing, i think, is, while i do -- while we try to do all of this, focus on those folks who are always, when crisis hits, the first one hit. and recovery comes, the last one in. that's basically minute majority communities. going to hurt very badly. making sure we get the aid that was voted on in the house and passed by the senate, in some cases, and much of which is not passed. get the kind of help to keep people afloat. people, i mean, i remember -- i remember my dad being restless. i remember one night, i could hear my dad. you could just hear the bed moving. i said, mom, what's wrong

departments where people really know what they're doing, like the department of interior, agriculture, epa, some of the natural resource places, they don't want biden to see all the of the work of obama that's been undone and this is not because they want trump to continue to be president but they want to continue to do work to lock their policies into place before biden gets there. so there's what's going on in trump's head and then there's the actual bureaucracy that outside the white house is relatively skilled and they're still trying to make policy and lock it in place before biden gets there. >> john, it's such an important point that jennifer makes about what they've been able to use this 16 days for. you know, mike pompeo now knows that tony blinken is coming in to the state department and so mike pompeo had 16 days to try to do whatever he could to hide whatever he can, legally or illegally, from tony blinken and from the incoming administration, the biden administration, and all across the government. you know, who knows what's been going on in the commerce department and all the

iturned out the epa the environmtal protection agency has standards for what are safe levels of lead in water. there should not be led in water. the clinical water act said no one should be using lead pipes anymore. that was 1986. but old pipes were grandfathere in. and flint michigan had a l of old housing stock with old pipes. and the cdc uses numbers to say how much is a safe level of lead in anyons lead. you can do a blood tt and count particles of blood >> particles of lead. thankou. so the cdc says no level is safe. but above a certain level we should be concerned, above five we shod be concerned. but we don need to treat until we are above 4 so it happened is the citizen of flint invited a water engineer to come in and test their water. d he figured out right away there was probably lead in the water because of corrosion from old pipes. so he teste the water ensure enough there were very hh levels. by t way micgan department of environmental affairs or whatever it's called tests of the water. but claimed it was safe. that there was no lead in it. and the way they tested it, tu

it's the epa, which was against the base of his party and going to china.yndon johnson and race, you would not have bet on november 22, 1963, that lyndon johnson would have end up playing that role and you would not have bet in 1945 that harry truman would have become a global thinker. the great news is have presidents who want to learn,er who open to new experiences and seeing the world not only through their own eyes but through their adversaries and their allies and their advisers and have some guts that in fact if you're president of the united states you're not just playing for next week but for the next generation. >> doris kearns goodwin said that lbj was jealous of truman for being able to sleep at night after the tough decisions. everybody stay put right here. we'll continue our conversation. still ahead, our conversation with former secretary of state madeleine albright whose own family felt the impacts of communism in europe firsthand. you're watching a special hour of "morning joe." we'll be right back. special hour of "morning joe. we'll be rig