professor leah stokes, right to get you on the | leah stokes, right to get you on the programme. on the issue of climate change overall, including this piece, where we look back at how the world has warmed since 1880 — a stark visual depiction of the globe�*s warming temperatures. that�*s on bbc.com/news, or simply download the bbc news app — that is, of course, if you haven�*t done so already. turning to the uk now, london�*s fire service says that this was the moment the result was read out. therefore, rishi sunak and liz truss will be the candidates going forward to a final ballot of conservative party members. the ballot will close on the 2nd of september and i will announce the results at 12:30pm on monday the 5th of september. rishi sunak compared... list trusts had 27 votes. that was enough to push any mordant out of the running. the candidates have wasted no time in putting out their messages as they start their campaign to win over their party�*s rank and file. let�*s hearfrom both of them now. who is the best person to defeat the labour party at the next election, and i

professor leah stokes there.now, where the sentencing trial of nikolas cruz, who killed 1a students and three members of staff at his former high school in parkland, florida, has begun. this is a relatively rare instance of a mass shooting gunman facing a jury, as they often either take their own lives, or are killed by police. cruz has already pleaded guilty to the killings. in his opening statement, prosecutor mike satz recounted how the attacker planned the shooting. the murders were especially heinous, atrocious or cruel. three days before these brutal murders, this massacre, the defendant in this case made a cellphone video on his cellphone, and this is what the defendant said, "hello, my name is nick. "i am going to be the next school shooter of 2018. "my goal is at least 20 people with an ar—15 "and some tracer rounds. "it is going to be a big event, and when you see me "on the news, you will know who i am. "you are all going to die. "oh, yeah, i can't wait." 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes has

joining us now is leah stokes, professor of political science and environmental science at the universityf california santa barbara and adviser to the climate activist's group and rewiring america and host of climate podcast a matter of degrees. leah, thank you for joining us tonight. i'll start with looking ahead to tomorrow. president biden is reportedly going to announce some sort of executive action on climate change. we don't necessarily know what that will look like. if you were in his shoes, if you could advise him, what would you announce? what should he be doing? >> well, look, when we say that congress won't act, that's not exactly true. it's senator manchin, it's within democrat, as well as, of course, 50 other senators from the republican party who are refusing to act on climate change. that's really what we are talking about. we have hundreds of representatives from the democratic party in the house willing to act and 49 senators from democratic party in the senate willing to act. so that's the situation we find ourselves in. and president biden needs to use the full force of

leah stokes professor of political science, and environmental science, at the university of californiaanta barbara, thank you so much for your time tonight. thank you for giving us that good news. >> thanks for having me. >> we have one more story to get to tonight, just when you thought sergeant republican members of congress couldn't go lower, they find a way to surprise you. that story is next, stay with us. eed. indeed you do. indeed instant match instantly delivers quality candidates matching your job description. visit indeed.com/hire ♪ ♪ ♪♪ voltaren. the joy of movement. ♪♪ i would say that to me an important aspect is too... meta portal with smart sound. helps reduce your background noise. bring that sense of calm, really... so you come through, loud and clear. meta portal. the smart video calling device that makes work from home work for you. i get bladder leaks. i didn't want to feel like i was wearing the pads i wore when i was twelve. then i tried the always discreet pads. they fit perfectly in the places they're supposed to. look how much it holds, and it still stays thin!

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professor leah stokes is a political scientist from the university of california, santa barbara.d energy policy. i spoke to her earlier and asked if president biden�*s measures go far enough? congress, over the last 18 months has been working around the clock to try to pass a landmark suite of climate investment, somewhere between 350 and 550 billion dollars, thatis 350 and 550 billion dollars, that is a lot of money and it will bring jobs to the united states in clean energy manufacturing. just last week, the senator from west virginia walked away from the negotiating table, despite the fact there was a lot in the package that would have helped the people of west virginia transition towards clean energy jobs. today than biden has tried to move forward with that. i tried to move forward with that. ~ ., , . that. i know there is so much olitics that. i know there is so much politics involved _ that. i know there is so much politics involved in _ that. i know there is so much politics involved in this, - politics involved in this, particularly as we headed to the midterm elections

we talked with leah stokes who has been studying this, and she had a strong reaction. climate crisis is alreadyaving devastating impacts on our communities and families. there is a drought in the western united states that is the worst in a millennium. we're talking 1200 years. that's how terrible the drought is right now. we are seeing heat waves, smash records all across the country year after year. and those heat waves are killing people. we are seeing hurricanes, flooding, you name it. climate change is on our doorstep and the impacts for americans is just devastating. lisa: remember, president biden's original goal was to cut america's carbon emissions in half by 2050 and that is a big goal and something that may buddy -- that might not be enough. but now this is also table. william: what did senator manchin say was the reason he backed away from this? lisa: one man who can stop this because of the 50-50 senate, he said because of inflation. he spoke on west virginia radio today and this is what he said. >> inflation is absolutely killing many people. they cannot b

leah stokes, associate professor of environmental politics at santa barbara, author of "short circuiting-host of the podcast "a matter of degrees." coming up, we take a look at two threats threatening the nation. intense heat and monkeypox in america's prisons. ♪♪ [music break] as tens of millions of people in , democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. as tens of millions of people in the united states live under heat alerts this week, we look at conditions faced by those in prisons and jails. here in new york, two city council members made an unannounced visit monday to the rikers island prison complex, and called it a "hellhole." tiffany caban's district includes rikers, and in a statement she described a "lack of cleaning supplies, lack of medical attention, constant overdoses and other health crises, new yorker after new yorker languishing in intake for day after day with no air conditioning in the middle of a severe heat wave and generally a , persistent wave of what in the outside world would be seen as an emergency taking a week or two to address inside the fac