. >> reporter: a report by climate justice organization 350.org and a physicist at macalester college in minnesota found the line 3 expansion would increase the state's existing annual greenhouse gas emissions. >> we don'teed any more oil pipelines. you know, it's the end of the party. who wants to be holding the last fossil fuels pipeline? >> reporter: in its latest effort to stop line 3, last december, honor the earth joined the white earth and red lake nations, and the sierra club, in filing a federal lawsuit against the u.s. army corps of engineers. the lawsuit argues that the army corps didn't adequately assess the potential for exacerbating climate ange when it approved the permit, nor its impacts on indigenous treaty land rights. tara houska is couchiching first nation anishinaabe and the founder of the indigenous-led giniw collective. >> treaties are in the u.s. constitution as the supreme law of the land. you know, it's time to honor the treaties in a different way. >> reporter: she says the replacement pipeline opens up new areas of the state to potential spills that could p

joined now via skype from minneapolis by duchess harris she's a professor of american studies at macalester college in minnesota and author of the book justice for george floyd madam sank you for being with us here again on al-jazeera so again we did see some upsetting images there again we've been watching it just for the viewers just joining us now. images from the police a body count as well as other footage shot by witnesses there we had the testimony all of the witnessed charles mcmillan who pointed out that he actually did try to speak to their insurer been telling him that what he thought he was doing was wrong was wrong how important do you think testimonies like bat the interaction from people that were witnessing what was going on how important do you think that will be in this trial. i think the testimony is incredibly important i think it's one reason why the defense team has to be on a sidebar right now because it is their job to try to discredit. them in just testify and that's going to be very difficult to do because what you see as a reasonable person and often in the court of law i

that is harris professor of american studies at macalester college in minnesota and author of the book justice for george floyd that madame thank you for sharing your views with us thank you thank you so much for having me. or will take us back to that trial in minneapolis as soon as it starts again but let's take a quick look now at some of the day's other news around the world start in france which will widen lockdown measures that have been in place for paris and some of the regions of to the entire country from saturday in the last hour president to man when mccrone told the nation in a live address that the new restrictions would need to last for at least a month to 7 this is due to the remarks of the paul we decided on the 18th of march to take further measures alongside the curfew in almost 20 regions 2 weeks after taking those measures the numbers a clear yes the strategy had its 1st effects but clearly these efforts a very limited as the epidemic surges in some ways we're facing this excel aeration gita the new variant we will lose control if we do not move now in the upcoming