inin the uniteted states, the saving america's pollinators act was introduced in congress in 2013. earl blumenauer was one of the sponsors of the bill. >> what we're attempting to do with this legegislation is blow a whistle. stotop moving f forwd with the products witithin the next 6 months that has this potential exceedidingly damagagg effect and prohibit their use until we''re able to follow through on the r research to pre ththat they're safe. >>>> but congressional action is unlikely any time soon. in 2014, neonics were banned by the cities of eugene, oregon and spokane, washington on municipal property. the u.s. fish and wildlife servicce announceced ps to ban neonics from all wildlife refuges b by 2016. and the white house launched an initiative to strengthen federal action to improve pollinator research and to protect pollinator habitat. >> there are things that we can't control or not easily regulate, thihings like climatee change, eveven habitat loss are things that we can't control. but things like pesticides we can. >> well, nature is pretty good at fixining itself. but

is pressur ing the united kingdom to unitet quote do the right thing by allowing 10,000 more refugeesfrwn regions every yea. in a recent piece it was saidez the u.k.'s laws are too restrics ive andtr complex. complex, they only let children unite lehildren ree with their parents if they'reeny children 18 or younger, like 18r children, real children. also said admitting refugeeswoup would help the countries they're he rea leaving leaving out the effectee to the countries in which they're coming. katie hopkins is a global hopkia columnist one of our favorite guests and joins us tonight so the position of the u.n., katie, is that great britain doesn'ttot take enough people from other countries.. is that true in your experience >> well, it's certainly thyoe position of the u.n. that we don't take enough refugees and certainly the position of the u.n. that we only allow children who were under 18 and we don't t allow children over the age of don'lo 18, which i think you and i agof 1 would agree 8,anyone sane woulda agree those are actually called adults. i would alsoctuall argue we give 5 bil

just like in the uniteted state, there is anger, contempt for major -- - for the major governg is thetutionstem here congress, , there is political parties. you just saw it in france yesterday, the teat of major parties word barely visible in the election.n. it is happening alall over euru. the same thing that is happening here. here it is happening in a way which is almost farcical because of the kind of actions carrrried out by the leadershihip. in europe, it t is being pursued in a way which is really ominous. i mean, you don't have to look whenack toto find a time fascisist parties actually had power in europe. and we know what happened. and now there are neofascist parties. ,hich are pretty close to power even in places like austria and germany, whihich have someme memories - -- france as well was under the nazis was very prpro-nazi country, rounding up jews faster than germans w want. really ugly record. in seeing these things come back, or just sing a situation in which, according to recent polls,s, a majority off europeas think there should be no more muslims in europe.e. that evokes

instead, she is seeking sanctuary in efforts to remain in the uniteted states with her four childldren and two grandchildren. in new york benjamin , "yellow benjy" melendez, a gang leader who brokered a historic peace deal between rival gangs in the bronx and harlem, has died at the age of 65. melendez was a puerto rican nationalist who was radicalized by a young member of the black panthers. in 1971, he was the leader of the ghetto brothers gang when one the gang's members was murdered. in response, melendez called for the historic hoe avenue peace meeting, which de-escalated gang violence in new york city for at least a decade. and breaking news, a news websites has president trump has decided to pull out of the landmark 2015 paris climate accord. their reporting this breaking unnameded on two sources. it has not been confirmed by the white house or other news outlets. sources -- had direct knowledge made by republican billionaire who has -- globalclimate warming a hoax perpetrated by china. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and pe