road in flagstaff, arizona.ear lanes of tourists flock here to visit the grand canyon, marvel at the spectacularly vast gorge carved out by the colorado river. it is a window into the southwest region's geological and native american past. today the site of an ongoing battle over uranium mining. last year, company called energy fuels resources was given federal approval to reopen a 96 miles from the grand canyon's popular south rim entrance. a coalition of native and environmental groups have protested the decision, saying it could strain scarce water sources in the desert area and pose serious health effects. embers of the knob of donations are all too familiar with the dangers posed by uranium mining because their tribal lands are littered with abandoned mines. to 1986, 3.9 million tons of uranium will or were chiseled and lasted from the plains of this region. over the years, more than 1000 millsand for processing closed but the mining companies never properly disposed of the radioactive waste piles. leading

>> i am from flagstaff. >> they have public employee pension issues. >> but your point the officer held by liberal democrats. how do we get to that point? there has to be some opposition how can we change that? it will not be overnight. >> you were from arizona basking a california sensitive question. the republican party in california is no where near the status of arizona where you dominate it is almost reversed registration for the republican party in california is the all-time low of about 150 year history. 29%. that looks terrible if i was a younger republican california with the political future i would say to myself if i was not a conservative before a republican why would i joined this party? i will not have any future and a the bay area it is worse and in santa monica it is ahead of republican with registration. however believe it or not have the of the elected officials who hold non-partisan offices where the party is not revealed on the ballot are republican. house. only where the party is revealed on the ballot in a partisan election the republicans start losing elections. n

i'm actually from flagstaff arizona and i was wondering. >> flagstaff and -- are. >> how do you suggest that we as young americans would advocate that? >> environmental laws are greatly outdated reticular in the state of california. it took donald trump something like four years to get a flagpole approved for his hotel in rancho palos verdes because they thought the american flag would be a blight on the view plane. it took him three years to get ficus tree plants approved to put in front of this golf course so the golfballs wouldn't go through and hit people going by because the government didn't like that particular plant. they thought there were other plans. but we don't acknowledge particularly in california is the great success of our clean air act laws already. in california over the last 40 years automobile pollution in the los angeles basin has been reduced 99%. people don't talk about that. we used to have things called stage i, stage ii, stage iii smog alerts in the l.a. basin. they haven't had a smog alert since about 1989. the reality is that most pollution and i'm going to

flagstaffe will be at at northern arizona university. march 14 in santa fe.day come a in denver, colorado. check our website at democracynow.org. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. e-mail your comments to outreach@democracynow.org or mail them to mail them to mail them to (narrator) toward the end of the first millennium b.c., a complex society sprang to life in mesoamerica-- imaginative, literate, philosophically-inclined tholvi cture and sophisticated. out of the primordial forest and sunk its roots into the soil. today, we know the region by its countries-- mexico, honduras, el salvador, belize, and guatemala.

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broadcastingill be from flagstaff.heck our website at democracynow.org. -- as the number of immigrants deported by president obama approaches 2 million, the congressional hispanic caucus plans to vote on a resolution asking the president to stem the tide had this comes after several senators called for forutive action by obama needless deportation. presidentroups called obama the deported in chief. far from capitol hill, documented immigrants have increased pressure on obama through acts of civil disobedience. hundreds gathered at the us-mexico border to support a group seeking reentry into the united states. in twothe third action years were people deported from mexico try to return to the united states without legal documents. another action is planned as part of the #bring them home campaign. >> much further north, near tacoma, washington, a hunger strike inside the northwest detention center that started with as many as 750 participants has reportedly entered its 6th day, though its unclear how many people are stil

my name's jeff milebeck, i'm the general manager of a transit authority in flagstaff, arizona, and i just want to say thank you to the administration for the restoration and an increase to the bus program. it's critical to the bus industry and you've listened and don't want to let that go without saying thank you. >> great. well, thank you, and we appreciate it. now, this is the proposal in the fiscal year '15 budget and a major part of what we want to see in authorization. so, again, if you like it, advocate for it because, you know, it's not something that, you know, myself or the secretary deliver on our own. so, again, thank you very much for that support, and we'll all need to make sure that that happens going forward. >> thank you. yes, sir. >>ed good afternoon. my name is brian smith, i'm the director of planning in kent, ohio, and also a member of leadership apta 14, required to give that a plug. [laughter] and i, too, would like to thank you for the budget that the president has put out and your support of it. wanted to let you know that i just got back from the hill, meetin