get ready to drive an electric vehicle says the white house as the epa today imposed the most strictollution standard ever on american cars. that will force enormous changes in our car makers and in our garages. limits on cars and trucks. whether you like the news or not, safe to say it's a win for this guy, president xi of china. he has 75% of the world's lithium ion battery manufacturing. smart thinking, right? as well as most of the reserves of the metals needed to produce them. so today though here's the epa administrator at the white house and his response to that. >> this proposal doesn't kick in till model year 27. so we've got some years to ramp up. we hope we can take advantage of that runway and follow the investments of historic legislation to bring manufacturing, especially battery manufacturing here domestically. >> brian kilmeade and connell mcshane here we. first grady trimble covering this live from the white house. hi, grady. >> the biden administration says the proposed regulations will get co2 emissions out of the air by getting more americans in electric vehicles.

epa guidance, the epa scientific advisory board are veryxplicit about what is the -right approach you are thinking about impacts to individuals th different incomes. there is a lot of economic and spute whether it should be scaled me than one forne. one for one is the central case. it is the approa we did in our paper end of the one that epa did in their report. the concerns that noah is ising are valid. i don't think it is about that number specifically. it's about the broader issue of equity weights. if you want to think about that, while valuing impacts tpoorer indiduals, you should not do it with esl. the value of life. you should do it not just on mortality. you should do it on average householmarkets, everything. the more appropriate approach is not to use the same number f everyone, but use the kind of standard economic tools. but then think about the equity concerns separately. w, of course that raises other tricky issues. it introdus some activity into the numbers. i think it is woh discussing. it would have bee far too premature for epa to launch into that out of the gate. >

yet epa allowed imidacloprid on the u.s. market a year later. after decades of exposure, the consequences epa scientists once warned about are now confirmed by the task force on systemic pesticides. >> and unfortunately, these chemicals are often, and i would say most of the time, released before there is adequate information to show whether they are harmful in thenvironment. i think neonicotinoids are a prime example of that. >> epa assesses risk posed by pesticides prior to their release on the market. safety studies are typically conducted and paid for by pesticide manufacturers on their own product. epa says its decisions are informed by the best science available. in addition to studies by manufacturers, epa scientists review pesticide studies from peer-reviewed scientific journals and data from a wide variety of sources when they are available. but studies on pesticide safety that come out after a pesticide is on the market may not be evaluated by epa until a pesticide comes up for review, a process that canake as ng as 15 yrs. farmers lik

yet epa allowed imidacloprid on the u.s. market a year later. after decades of exposure, the consequences epa scientists once warned about are now confirmed by the task force on systemic pesticides. >> and unfortunately, these chemicals are often, and i would say most of the time, released before there is adequate information to show whether they are harmful in t environment. i think neonicotinoids are a prime example of that. >> epa assesses risk posed by pesticides prior to their release on the market. safety studies are typically conducted and paid for by pesticide manufacturers on their own product. epa says its decisions are informed by the best science available. in addition to studies by manufacturers, epa scientists review pesticide studies from peer-reviewed scientific journals and data from a wide variety of sources when they are available. but studies on pesticide safety that come out after a pesticide is on the market may not be evaluated by epa until a pesticide comes up for review, a process that ca take aslong as 15ears. farmers l

>> i think you have to ask the epa wife. the report lays out that the epa has routinely failed to regulate even the regulations they have on the books now, i think that would make enforcing strict permitting near possible.>> we did reach out to the refineries to get a response, chevron sent one back that said enrichment, they disputed the accuracy of the data in this report, they pointed us to cal epa data. it is hard to know what is spin and what is true, do you have any concerns about the data in the aip report?>> i think it is important to say that environmental integrity project is a nonprofit advocacy group, they are investigating big polluters, coal plants, factory farms, and these refineries, and so it is important to keep in mind when reading this report, at the same time, the environmental integrity project was started by former epa attorneys who have insight into the inner workings of that agency, and the other thing i will say is while i cannot speak tentatively to the discrepancies of the data from the epa, to wh

the courts have directed epa's do this and they have to do it. the question is, when will we have the rules in place that we actually know what the rules are? >> i would offer, as long as we look for an expansive definition of what is or is in a jurisdictional wetland under the clean water act, you will have pushback and it will continue to go back and forth. if the army corps of engineers or epa wants to regulate farmland in a way that's specifically excluded by the clean water act and the 44 permit amendment, i suggest they come back to congress and seek that jurisdiction. >> i don't know if i'm supposed to respond, the time is up. the reality is, the supreme court has created this directive and federal courts are directing the epa to do this. it's not like they are doing it on their own, they have court direction. >> single judges have said something about a significance -- a significant nexus. when the decision comes down in days, weeks, months, the administration will reopen the rule and provide compliant rulemaking for that decision. >> i'm

brought him here >> i vowed that epa would take action. >> reporter: today, he returned to make good on that promise proposing a staggering slate of emissions standards for 80 toxic chemicals. >> we're setting a safety standard that we believe is the lowest you can set that is detectable with technology. >> reporter: including chemicals being emitted from the denka plant here in reserve. on our last visit here we met george and his great grandmother, mary hampton, who's been battling for years against to get the denka plant next door to george's elementary school to stop emitting what the epa has long said are unsafe levels of two of those toxic chemicals. one of your neighbors says it's like sending the kids to a gas chamber. >> exactly exactly. >> reporter: we also met robert taylor who had been fighting with her for years. he didn't have much confidence the epa would do anything, so when the agency called the night our story aired and suggested we meet up with michael regan in louisiana, we agreed >> one of the things mr. taylor said to me the first time i came to visit was that t

outbreak >>> nbc news investigates after our report on toxic air concerns near a louisiana school what the epa is now doing about it >>> and it was 20 years ago we lost a member of our nbc news family covering the war in iraq. tonight, my conversation with david bloom's widow about the lives his story may have saved >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening and welcome. the tears of grief that consume nashville, tennessee, just ten days ago over the murders of young children and school staffers are replaced tonight by cries of anger and accusations after an extraordinary move by tennessee house republicans to seek the expulsion of three democratic members for their roles in a gun safety protest on the house floor last week. all day angry supporters and gun safety advocates crowding the statehouse where the gop majority was putting the resolutions up to a vote one by one, declaring the three participated in disorderly behavior when they led supporters in chants demanding stricter gun safety measures. expulsion a rarely exercised right of the tennessee house that

the epa administrator michael reagan spoke on the new proposa just a few moments ago. >> the epa is proposing the strongest ever, federally solution technology standards for cars and trucks. together, today's actions will accelerate our ongoing transition to a clean vehicle future. to tackle the climate crisis head on. it improves air quality all across the country. >> bill hemmer, it was over $64,000 last year. compared to 28,000 average for gas powered cars for the transition and the energy has t be parallel to the transition w can make with our money. >> that is sticker shock as we look at it right now. he's going to raise some money off of this for the green agend certainly that will happen. i just ran into john in the hallway and on monday, mayor adams opened up the charging stations and brooklyn bridge on seven going to check it out pretty went there on tuesday night it was broken and it was surrounded with caution tape. and it wasn't working. >> what happened? >> there is work to do anecdotally. i think the war on cars has bee more evident in new york city than anywhere else in america

some auto industry experts tell reporter skyler henry the epa needs to pump the brakes on its goals. >> reporter: the biden administration announced tough new emissions standards wednesday aimed at cutting pollution and increasing sales of electric vehicles. >> i'm pleased to announce that epa is proposing the strongest ever federal pollution technology standards for both cars and trucks. >> reporter: if the proposed rules are enacted, the epa estimates that by 2032 67% of all passenger vehicles sold, such as cars, trucks, and suvs, will be electric. 50% of vocation vehicles like buses and garbage trucks and 25% of long haul freight trailers will be electric as well. >> today's actions will accelerate our ongoing transition to a clean vehicle future, tackle the climate crisis head on, and improve air quality for communities across the country. >> reporter: the epa says its rules would help avoid 10 billion tons of co2 emissions, about two year's worth in the u.s., but some say the proposals are moving too fast for automakers to handle. >> the question we have to ask right now, are we

the epa has not commented.a is launching an effort to eliminate forever chemicals from the nation's drinking water. could r specificy area that solutions. spencer joins us with a look. spencer: theown as pfas, complex group of chemicals used in everyday products. the source of pollution can change depending on where you live. >> this represents one of the pfas. spencer: toxic samples on the ball represent years of hard work. she and her collaborators at the estuary institute spent a decade tracking chemicals known as pfas . >> they can harm organ systems, the kidneys come of the liver, london breed deductive and immune function. spencer: pfas are in the crosshairs since the epa proposed tight new standards to protect drinking water. sutton says the situation is differt he bayou >> we want to make sure it is a mix. spencer: teams have used techniques like sampling storm runoff's to learn more. the goal, to identify which chemicals are present and where they come from. >> that is where we monitor pfas and look at

president biden is overseas and the epa director talks about new standards, emissions standards. what a chicken. the president should have been here to announce it himself. it is not palatable with the majority of americans. stuart: four florida republicans have endorsed donald trump, not desantis. reportedly, the call to delay or change their mind, seems like trump is walking away with the nomination. what say you? >> donald trump is the most formidable person in the room, former president of the united states with the most loyal following. i thought his best move was in east palestine when they had that explosion in president biden didn't go, you started to see, you saw donald trump go and you started to see poll numbers take up from there and there's a lot of sympathy for the attacks, the barrage of attacks, they are going after him because he's in front. america loved his policies, his policies work to. there's a reason he is out there but there is tim scott just announced yesterday, governor ron desantis, nikki haley, we have a good bench on the right-hand side of the aisle.

geoff: the epa says so far, air samples show no sign of toxic compounds.or said the old recycling site has long been cited as a fire hazard. mexico's top immigration official will face charges in a fire that killed 40 migrants last month. officials say he should have addressed problems at the facility in ciudad juarez, across the border from el paso, texas. security camera video showed detainees trapped as smoke and flames engulfed the cells. most of the dead were from central american nations. in ukraine, the government in kyiv is vowing to investigate a gruesome video that apparently shows russians beheading a ukrainian soldier, with a knife. the video has been circulating online. its authenticity cannot be confirmed, but ukraine's president volodymr zelenskyy says the act will not go unpunished. >> there is something that no one in the world can ignore -- how easily these beasts kill. this video, the world must see. everyone must react, every leader. do not expect that it will be forgotten, that time will pass. we are not going to forget anything and fo

>> reporter: that's part of the epa investigation. somebody accountable for all of this, and as i mentioned, they got tipped off to this because a fire started at this site and other reports i have seen, apparently there was a cut in the fence at the site. so who knows if someone has been dumping material at this site for years. so there's going to be a lengthy investigation to find out how all of this went unnoticed. we know the site was purchased by a new buyer and they're cooperating with the epa. so a lot of moving parts to this. >> how long could it take for the epa to remove everything? >> reporter: step one obviously getting on site and beginning their assessment. the epa is estimating several weeks but of course they want to amend that depending on what they find at the site and depending on how smooth this cleanup goes. >> and how safe it is to move everything, too. george solis, thank you. >>> the supreme court said the abortion pill miff prisz stone will remain available for now. but the legal questions are far from over. i

epa administrator michael regan laid out the plan this morning.is is historic news for our children. it's historic news for our climate. it's historic news for our future. william: the epa set forth two sets of proposed rules today, one governing cars and light trucks, the second for heavier vehicles like buses and trailer-trucks. if enacted, the epa says emissions from those small and medium vehicles would drop by 44% to 56%. michael: as a father of a nine-year-old, i can assure you that there is no greater priority for me than protecting the health and well-being of our children, ensuring that they have a safe, healthy and reliable future. william: transportation is the largest source of america's greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for around 27% of the u.s.' carbon pollution. supporters say this move by the epa is a welcome addition in the fight to curb the worst impacts of climate change. fred: it's a dream come true for those of us who know we need to decarbonize our society and certainly our cars and trucks. william: fred krupp is presiden

epa makes the decision. it is our job to figure out ways to help farmers comply if they can. >> i understand. those of us in this room do not stand up for our ag, no -- producers, no one else will. how much were you involved in the rewrite of the rule that went into effect, were you able to provide impact -- to the process? >> do you want me to respond in writing? >> respond in writing. we will keep within expectations i said. >> i yield back the time i no longer have. >> it's gladly received. now, i recognize the congressman from michigan. >> great to see you. i'm proud to be the only one from michigan on the side along with the senator, the queen of agriculture, on the senate side. you came to my district in 2021, to the town hall of farmers, on the capital gains tax issue, you are struggled it of saying there should it exception for farmers. i want to make that note. i'm a former c.i.a. officer and pentagon official. i look at things from a national security ladd's. -- lens. reauthorizing the farm bill is

anything environmental in the country before there was an epa. the epa is not created in 1970. there was nowhere go. if you had an environmental problem here in the in rancho mirage your palm springs and you're getting flummoxed not getting action in sacramento, you might send a postcard to douglas and he'd respond and he'd say, give me everything, every information. you can't people, these green grassroots groups, countries start sending douglas reams of their about what's going on local places. and douglas would farm it out to david brower at sierra club or howard zinn i saw at the wilderness society. and then douglas kept hiking and, hiking. he hike in in kentucky to stop a dam and he won. he hike bobby and ethel kennedy along the olympic peninsula of washington state and no road he to the buffalo river in arkansas river where the protest so big people were putting barbed wire the river so canoes or kayakers would get entangled there were shootings on and there's bill douglas canoeing down the buffalo. now i didn't see he's a great supreme court justice. okay. okay, you got

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last year west virginia versus epa, that the epa went too far curbing power plant pollution.tration is going all-in on going green, it is also admitting we're not just ready for it yet. >> note, we are in a transition. you can't just flip a switch and go from a fossil fuel energy country to a renewable energy country. that is just not possible because the technology is not ready, the infrastructure is not ready. >> reporter: the infrastructure is a big concern, charging stations are not nearly enough of them across the country, lauren, but the administration is insistent we're going from 6% of new vehicles being electric, to 67% in just nine years. we'll see. >> but we heard granholm say, grady, we're not ready for it and nine years goes by really fast. thank you very much. canary ceo, dan be erhardt. welcome. the average price after ev last year was over $61,000, more than $10,000 more than a traditional combustible engine car. how realistic are these new goals when families across america are already under financial stress? >> well i don't think they're really realistic at

tonight the epa and local officials are monitoring air quality.jor concern over what is burning. >> reporter: a plume of black smoke rising into the air, stretching from across eastern indiana and western ohio. >> so i went outside, and there was a tremendous amount of smoke and a lot of flames happening at this point. >> reporter: officials say the massive fire broke out at a factory in the town of richmond tuesday, spewing so much toxic smoke into the air, it appeared temporarily on weather radar. >> this has been a challenging fire just because it's plastics. >> reporter: the city quickly issued a warning to residents within a half mile to stay indoors. the epa is now investigating whether asbestos-containing materials and other carcinogenic chemicals may have left the site in the smoke. >> fortunately, the contents we're looking for we're not seeing. but we need to keep in mind that smoke is harmful, and we are seeing smoke in our particulate meters. >> reporter: the mayor says the site has been a fire hazard for years and has been fighting in

this is the view from our next guest's home, the epa conducts 24 hour monitoring, evacuation order in thousands of residents. let's bring in aaron stevens, a resident of richmond, indiana. six blocks away from the plant. take us inside your home. when you look out of your window, what do you see, what do you hear, what do you smell? >> it's completely different than what it had been over the last 24 hours or even 48 hours at this time. the sounds, the explosions, the popping have all dissipated. right now the wind is blowing in a more northeastern direction and it has become more of a fog, a light haze, as opposed to the dark pillars of smoke over the last 48 hours. >> you didn't even know there was a recycling plant this close to you when the fire first broke out. what did you think when you saw the tower of smoke and flame? >> sitting in my living room i had observed a fire truck, an ambulance, and one of our police cars going past my house and i got on my phone and check on what type of call they were responding to, and that's when i found out that it was there in the 300 block of

. >>> 13 environmental groups band together and sued the epa for not regulating water pollution. the lawsuit claims the agency did not set limits on chemicals that are in wastewater coming out of oil refineries. chemical plants and other factories. san francisco beekeeper is part of the coalition behind the lawsuit. it claims that the epa has failed to update pollution regulations to keep up with the clean water act. the epa says that since this is a pending litigation, it has no more comment to add. >>> a juvenile gray whale who washed ashore near the san leandro marina last week died after being hit by a ship. to scientists say that they found evidence of blunt force trauma from a propeller. the species has lost nearly 40% of its population since 2019. >>> breaking news from the east bay. this is video from one of our tower camera's. you can see the black smoke in the distance. this is a flaring incident that is happening at the phillips 66 refinery in rodeo. that smoke visible for miles. it was thicker in the past five minutes and maybe a little bit less so right now. we have

the epa says they will holm a public comment period before any of this becomes official. >> but theyexpect to finalize the rules next year. reyna, back to you. all right, hannah things that update there. >> still to come on the kron, 4 morning news, we're talking about more and more people calling on senator dianne feinstein to resign. we are the reasons why the our colleague on her resignation this time. we will be right back. a community memorial was held in concord for a popular bartender who was shot and killed in pleasant hill. >> police say 37 year-old oscar laredo was killed last week as he was trying to stop an argument outside of farrington's bar. yes, several witnesses, the van den a fine. the shooters, the shooting suspect and no arrests have been an out more than $25,000 have been raised for his family. there will be a private funeral set for today. massive sweep involving rest of the south bay san jose. police say 22 people were taken into custody last month. all charges of assault. the dates of the accused assaults range as far back as 2012 right to february of this yea

>> joe bind's overseas and epa director goes out and talks about the new cafe standards. what a chicken. you know what, the president should have been here to announce it himself but he wouldn't do that . there's no way because it's not palpable within the story of america. >> bad news is the war on local inflationary train. >> i want the fed to pause but i don't think they will because they're so intent on lowering inflation they'll cause the economy to move into a recession. >> we're see ago move back to big tech and a lot because of double digit earning ands a lot being powered by ai and everything is about ai at this moment and big players in ai driving those earnings. >> while people are winning their jams and worrying about inflation, thoughtful investors are putting capital to work. ♪ stuart: it's 11:00 on the east coast and it's thursday, april 13th and check those markets. this looks to be like a rally. there's favorable inflation number this is morning and that is a 2.7% increase in producer price over the last year. that is a significant cut in inflation rate a

the on scene coordinator for the epa says no toxic compounds have been detected in the air.is underway right now to figure out the cause. us consumers continue to see a bit of relief from inflation. however, it remains high data out today shows consumer prices eased a bit march for the ninth straight month. inflation is at 5% year over year, slightly down from the month prior. it's at its lowest reading, though, and almost two years after it peaked last june. however it is more than double where the federal reserve would like it to be. unless there's a big narrative change. it's going to be hard for the federal reserve not to forge ahead with an additional rate hike. investors are expecting another rate hike from the fed in may, as this was the last report before whether a rate hike will occur. well some major league baseball teams are extending beer sales later in two games this season. they say this is because of baseball's new pitch clock rule, which is making game time shorter. four teams have extended alcohol sales through the eighth inning. teams historically have stop

tonight, the epa and local officials are monitoring air quality.ports there% is major concern over what is burning. >> reporter: a plume of black smoke rising into the air, stretching from across eastern indiana and western ohio. >> so i went outside, and there was a tremendous amount of smoke and a lot of flames happening at that point. >> reporter: officials say the massive fire broke out at a factory in the town of richmond tuesday, spewing so much toxic smoke into the air, it appeared temporarily on weather radar. >> has been a challenging fire just because it's plastics. >> reporter: the city weekly issued a warning to residents within a half-mile to stay indoors. the epa is now investigating whether asbestos-containing% materials and other carcinogenic chemicals may have left the site and the smoke. >> fortunately, the toxic compounds we are looking for were not seen, but we need to keep in mind that smoke is harmful, and we are seeing smoke in our particular meters. >> reporter: the mayor says the business has been a fire hazard for years an

on energy, the price of electricity has gone up 24% since president biden took office, and now the epats to increase control on emissions for existing power plants, a first, the president making no changes in his policy as gas prices again continue to rise. the latest fox news polling shows climate change ranks 12th on the list of things people worry about. now we've shortened the list here but you see inflation on the top there, so today national security advisor sullivan says the president can handle inflation as well as other international issues. >> the united states has significant obligations around the world, obligations that relate directly to our national security and to the well being of working people here in this country. we will discharge those obligations. we will do that while at the same time putting in place the most significant set of investments in more than a generation in working people, middle class people in the united states. reporter: so the administration forcefully spinning the president's policies as tomorrow, we expect a video announcement that president bi

the epa is forcing manufacturers to produce. can the middle-class even afford them? biden's climate law offered a tax break but the electric vehicle raised the prices to eliminate the rebate. biden's treasury department will make the rebates hard are to get. you can mandate something all day long but if it's not accessible to the consumers it won't work. even the progressive voices are waking up to the reality. >> in california with the phasing out of gas powered cars don't minimize the financial burdens. i am freaking the [bleep] about the charging station thing. we will take out a [bleep] massive loan. gavin newsom is we have a heat wave on the energy grid. if you have electric vehicle don't charge them right now. >> jason: the biden epa's plan won't just hurt consumers. it will enrich china by giving them a monopoly on the sources materials. do they have a good answer on that? >> most ev's batteries are produced in china. how do you balance the administration's climate goals while reducing reliance on china? >> that's a great question. we have to walk and chew gum

the epa proposal -- also breaking news in case against fox news for the judge has decided and america strong tie, the super bloom, you'll see it, the rangers and their message to all of your home from from the spectacular fields of flowers across this country. ♪ ♪ >> from abc news world headquarters in new york, this is "world news tonight" with david muir. it's feeling that even come a head with you with us here on a wednesday night we begin tonight with the call to 911, the mother in woodville just before that mass shooting at the bank. the suspect depression his own mother on a tip from her sons roommate telling operator her son may be armed and on the way to the bank. she also told the dispatcher her son was nonviolent, doesn't own a gun, apparently unaware, authorities say that he had purchased an ar-15 just before the mass shooting that left five of his coworkers dead. trevor ault leading us often it without mother's call. he's in louisville again tonight. >> tonight, chilling new 911 calls revealing the louisville's gunman's rampage unfolded, his own mother was trying to warn p

bay is officially recognized as impaired by the epa for selenium pollution.d that is incorporated into clean water act permits for the refineries is inadequate and the permits allow discharges and the order of over £1100 per year of selenium that are harmful to fish. as a baykeeper says the standards for selenium are the same as they were more than 20 years ago. the lawsuit calls for the epa to modernize those decades old rules on wastewater treatment controls. former governor arnold schwarzenegger has been involved in some do it yourself pothole repairs, schwarzenegger posted this video to twitter, showing him taking matters into his own hands after a pothole in a southern california neighborhood hadn't been fixed for weeks. he wrote that his entire neighborhood was upset about the huge pothole and said it was affecting both cars and bicycles. welcome welcome to do it yourself. i mean, this is crazy. three weeks i've been sog schwarzenegger the charmin ator . alright let's swing back to our bay area, whether another glorious day but a big change temperature

here's nbc's cynthia mcfadden with more. >> reporter: 18 months ago the newly appointed head of the epaur that brought him here. >> i vowed that epa would take action >> reporter: today he would return to make good on that promise, proposing a staggering slate of emission standards for 80 toxic chemicals. >> we're setting a safety standard that we believe is the lowest you can set that is detectable with technology >> reporter: including chemicals being emitted from the danka plant here in reserve. on our last visit here, we met george and his great grandmother mary hampton who's been battling for years to get the plant next door to georgia's elementary school to stop emitting what the epa has long said are unsafe levels of two of those toxic chemicals. >> one of your neighbors says it's like sending the kids to a gas chamber. >> exactly. >> reporter: we met robert taylor who had been fighting with her for years, he didn't have much confidence the epa would do anything. when the agency suggested we meet with michael regan in louisiana, we agreed one of the things mr. taylor said the fir

if congress passes something, it's hard to undo it if the epa issues a regulation, somebody else's epa can undo the regulation there's a lot of uncertainty for business. >> if a gop president comes in, in the next election cycle, i would think that one of the first things they would do would be to overturn this. and we have just seen, with respect to mifepristone, the abortion pill, the power of a federal judge at the stroke of a pen to abrogate, get rid of any regulation of the regulatory agency, in that case the fda, and in this case the epa. >> it would come up in the 2024 presidential election and i'm sure if you're a republican nominee going up against joe biden -- >> you bet your tesla they will. >> you will be banging your drum, that the biden administration has proposed regulations that in theory could hurt business at the end of the day. >> this is kind of -- the rules as written govern, they don't say you have to build more evs, but effectively they do, because they require that the fleet standard of any manufacturer meet certain emissions targets, right? >> and if they don't

congress said the epa epa is a captive agency but it's not captive by farmers so epa said its the red line 1989 could 89. something happened in 1989 and we know it's an environmental insult. the only thing is we had to figure out what it is. they are in a limited number of culprits of chemical toxins that became ubiquitous around 1989. nih is a the 42 billion-dollar budget and by the way those neurological disorders and all these diseases that started. if you are my age he never saw a rheumatoid arthritis. the allergic diseases, food allergies, peanut allergies and eczema. they are 27% of our school budgets are going to special education. it's crippling the middle class in this country and when he did figure out it is. [applause] i can tell you this. when i i am the president of united states of united states i'm going to end the epidemic. [applause]ic [applause] if i have not significantly dropped the level of chronic disease in our children by the end of my first term i do not want you to reelect me. [applause] i'm going to talk about one last subject. so, settle down. i want to tal

it should not be confused with epa's recently proposed standards for vehicles. during the event, administrator regan told atten december that this rule would result in 48% reduction in nox by 2045, 48% reduction in nitrogen oxide emissions. these reductions will improve air quality nationwide. reducing vehicle pollution nationwide is especially personal for us in delaware where more than 90% of our air pollution comes from outside of our state. the heavy-duty vehicles nox rule is good for our health and good for our economy. with that, i want to give my colleagues three reasons why they should vote against senator senator fischer's cra resolution. first, the heavy-duty nox rule enables states to better meet the state's air quality standards. without the rule states would have to make costly decisions and find more and i have ways t- to reduce nox emissions. that's why states, including those in arizona and ohio petitioned epa in 2016 to take action on nox emissions from heavy-duty vehicles. in the same vein i'd like to ask unanimous consent to submit to the, for

an epa spokesperson says as directed by the president in an executive order the epa is developing newndards to accelerate the transition to a 0 emissions transportation future. republican lawmakers point out these new rules and electric vehicles in general could do more to help china than the environment. >> we can do so much better. if we want electric cars we can do that. we knowed to find the critical min nails -- minerals. china is a proxy for us engaging in slave labor, child labor in african mines with no safety or no worker safety standards. no one is producing a fair trade electric car. >> for perspective evs make up 5% of all new vehicles sold. >> dana: a beautiful day at the white house. >> bill: now to the detention of the "wall street journal" reporter evan gershkovitch by russia. it sparked condemnation from western governments and global news organizations as well. a new report saying his detention is a growing pattern of authoritarian regimes arresting americans specifically to squeeze concessions from the u.s. our own colleague benjamin hall with us today. ben, good mo

we carried some of it live as the epa made a big announcement. potential for massive strain on our electrical grids canned people are worried. experts in energy over power reliability. "wall street journal" editorial board how it affects our freedoms wrote the auto industry is nominally still privately owned but it is slowly become a defact owe state directed utility. the meaning of the epas new vehicle emission standards that will force feed the production of electric vehicles whether or not consumers want them. biden's epa administration is doing pr yesterday after some criticism had come out after the announcement. let's watch. >> absolutely no punishment, sarah. listen, we are thinking out for the future. this proposed technology standard for automobiles doesn't kick in until model year 2027 and beyond. >> harris: let's not get confused about this. this is a mandate. and charlie, i remember at the beginning of a lockdown people were fined, 1,005,000 in new york city and across the country if you broke a lockdown. this is a mandate. he wants a

and in the not-so-distant future, what the epa is now proposing.there is breaking news tonight, the case against fox news where the judge has decided and america strong tonight, the super bloom. the rangers and their message to all of you at home from the spectacular fields of flowers across this country. ♪ ♪ >> from abc news world headquarters in new york, this is "world news tonight" with david muir. >> david: good evening, great to have you with us here on wednesday night and we begin tonight with the call to 911, the mother in louisville just before that mass shooting at the bank. if the suspect to foster his own mother on a tip from her sons roommate telling the operator her son may be armed and on the way to the bank. she also told that dispatcher her son was nonviolent, doesn't own a gun. apparently unaware authorities say he had purchased an ar-15 just six days before the mass shooting that left five of his coworkers dead. abc's trevor ault leading us off without mother's call. he's in louisville again tonight. >> tonight, chilling new 911

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now, the vehicle pollution standards proposed by the epa will impact car models from 2027 through 2032. it is designed to protect public health. reduce carbon emissions of nearly 10 billion tons by 2055. it is also expected to according to them save consumers an average of 12 grand over the lifetime of the vehicle. but critics argue this is definitely short siding. is not smart and they say it is not even feasible. and others, it is much worse than that. how about this? ceps proposal to effectively ban gasoline and diesel vehicles is bad for consumers, environment, and freedom of mobility and u.s. national security. it is unconscionable to biden administration would propose this knowing that china controls 80% of global battery production capacity. all this was happening as the president with his son hunter headed off to ireland for some meetings and some appearances. while he was there he faced some questions about the merits of the trip and whether this was some sort of a family gathering of the taxpayers' time partners are personally, the administration disputed that characterizatio

the epa has not yet commented on the lawsuit.king an in-depth look at the nation's aging water infrastructure in honor of earth month. our america, trouble on tap. the first installment of the three-part series airs wednesday , april 22 at 9 p.m. here on abc 7. a spring break destination on the rebound. how communities on the coast are dealing with spring breakers and rebuilding after devastating storms. reggie: the super bloom could mean super allergies that i'm presently feeling. drew: it's a lot of pollen and thanks to the wind today, more of it will be blowing around in creating another day for allergy sufferers, which is not great. another front is working through moving through dry. today, meaning we will have a lot of sunshine but it will pick up the wind once again this afternoon. no fog out there, unlike yesterday with dense fog on the coast and overcast skies. a lot of sunshine today. but today is the coolest day that we have on the seven-day forecast. 10:00 a.m., we are slowly warming. later this afternoon, temperature

. >> brian: the epa will release new strict emission -- 67% of all new car sales by 2032. ambitious? yes, ev's make up 5.8% new cars right now, we have to pick up the pace a little. co-host of big money show. what will stop us from getting to 67%? what is hard about that? >> probably the ion, whatever you need to make the battery issue batteries are in huge shortage in demand. we are mining that in china, not the u.s. >> brian: we have to buy the battery in china? >> the materials you do, and talk about the batteries and get them back to the u.s. we always talk about the cart before the horse. everyone wants a cleaner planet and want to do the right thing. if we go to ev's, are they clean? if we're mining minerals that are dirty and calling the ev's clean, look at the supply chain to be sure it really is clean. >> brian: jackie taylor says you talk about the cart before the horse. how is this in our national security interest? >> the green push in general, solar panels, a lot of them come from china, as well. you are selling out this country so china can profit from this,

we reached out to the epa that confirmed new orders standards are being reviewed.e u.s. peoplesupreme court limited the agency to corrects limits from power plants. this will have challenges from republican critics republican attorney generals that already sued the biden administration over climate policy. >> if the biden administration goes through with these new regulations they are meant to decapitate the natural gas and coal plants across america which produce over 50% of our electric power. >> reporter: but, the white house's climate envoy john kerry says the rising cost of gas and oil could level the playing field for renewable energy. watch this. >> we're seeing the price of wind and solar coming down still, even as the technology is getting better and it is going to be far more price competitive than oil and gas, if they have to spend huge amounts of money for carbon capture and storage and utilization. >> reporter: now these proposed rules could be unveiled for public comment as soon as this week. david, we'll send it back to you. david: lydia, thank you v

>> first of all, when he mentions the epa, don't forget, the epa doesn't leapt us forget how proud theyial report, they stated they observed norfolk southern putting track over contaminated liquid and soil and drive right through. i think the epa's just as guilty in this case. why didn't they stop them? they're supposed to protect us. will: rick and and dj, that's still concerning but also inspirational when you see a community coming together and hopefully at some point, we could only hope, it would be seen by the president of the united states. thank you both. >> thanks, will. >> thank you. will: coming up, former president donald trump giving a thumbs up despite the indictment against him. a former fbi agent who quit the agency because she says the justice system became politically weaponized reacts next. there are pedro was born with a cleft lip and palate that threatened his future and impaired his speech, but his cleft condition didn't define him. he's playful, smart, loving. pedro is like any child you know and love. children like pedro need your help. thousands of children are b

the epa is considering changing rules for power plants here in the u.s. will hear from officials as to how that could impact your electric bills and temperatures going up. we're looking at some 60's at the coast today, which doesn't sound so bad. >> but 80's further inland. now that's getting a little bit warm. we're going to see even hotter weather in the days >> welcome back. 9.14, on this tuesday morning at the golden gate bridge behind it. a little earlier there was like nobody on the bridge getting more things but hey, it's going to be really, really nice day. if you're about to get out the door. i do. i need a jacket was going say earlier. we needed one, but i think maybe now why not? john? good morning at this point. step out there. feel it out for yourself for a second because couple of us are holdouts be at this point. most of us have climbed well up into the 60's in some cases. >> so not necessarily jacket where the anymore your view outside at the east bay hills right here. still looking nice and green. enjoy that while it lasts because we are

. >> mireya: it was not until 1989 that the epa formally labeled parts of north st.un site. then in 1997, the army corps of engineers army corps of engineers tok tokyo lead dust tk the lead as part of the formally utilized sites remedial action program or whose wrap. >> we are charge with making sure that if there is contamination associated with those early activities that we find it and remediate it in accordance with our authority and records and decisions. >> mireya: they both worked on n the team leading the car's cleanup effort. that process is called remediation. so samples are tested in an on-site lab and any contaminated soil is identified, stuck up, and shipped to a facility in idaho by rail cars. the army corps of engineers has until 2038 to finish the clea cleanup. how much has been cleaned up so far? >> over a million cubic yards. that is around 12,000 railcars. >> mireya: but the presence of radioactive material does not automatically mean a property will get cleaned up. >> we have a remedil -- those are thresholds. based on risk levels that are determi

bay is officially recognized as impaired by the epa for selenium pollution.ortunately, the local selenium water quality standard that is incorporated into clean water act permits for the refineries is inadequate and the permits allow discharges and the order of over £1100 per year of selenium that are harmful toe standards for selenium are the same as they were more than 20 years ago. the lawsuit calls for the epa to modernize those decades old rules on wastewater treatment controls. we reached out to the epa today, and officials there said they have nothing to add coming up tonight . possible delays at sfo this spring the impact for travelers they're also ahead tonight in san francisco police sergeant is making strides in his recovery after a tree fell onto his car during the winter storm. times and new video released today of officers responding to that mass shooting. that louisville, kentucky bank what we are now learning about the five people who were killed. give your small business one tech solution that checks all the boxes. it's all here with the comc