when we come back, kumi naidoo joins us to respond to the u.s.nly session here at the cop summit where they brought in corporate executives from the nuclear, gas, and coal industry to represent their president of the united states. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: "loving mother" by cesaria evora. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we are broadcasting live from the u.n. climate summit in bonn, germany. we just played for you the protest that took place, the revolt that took place yesterday at the u.s.'s only session that , this first cop after president trump announced plans to pull the u.s. out of the paris climate accord. -- but it is a four-year process. if it backers succumb it in dr. the day after the next election day. the official debut of the illicit ministration was at a forum pushing coal, gas, nuclear power. the presentation included speakers from peabody energy, new skill, and a gas exporter. we're continuing ouour converersation with kumi naidoo, south african activist, former head

during our interview with kumi naidoo, david banks lingered just off set, waving to us, but declinedo come on the show. however, just after the broadcast, we raced over to david banks where a scrum of reporters were questioning him. do you believe human beings have anything to do with climate change, anything to do with the warming of the planet? >> from the administrative perspective, i think the president would say the climate is always changing. amy: do you believe human beings are involved with climate change? worry so interested in what i -- amy: your the representative of the trump administration, the first person we have been able to speak about the trump administration. >> look and i think the administration would agree that humans contribute to climate change. i think the question -- by the way -- on amy: do you disagree with the president that climate change is a chinese hoax? i mean, i work for the president of the united states and i support the president's decision. i support the president's decision when it came to withdrawing from the paris agreement, right? the presid