he is joining us from honolulu. how does somebody from the university of illinois and up in hawaii -- bnd up in a white? -- bnd up in hawaii? caller: we also much potential of hawaii being that leader on energy and environmental issues. we found the foundation 10 years ago with the same theory of change that we can be a model for the globe. host: i want to go back to the economic model. is clean energy comparable to fuel? is that a higher cost to the consumer? caller: hawaii is on the cutting edge of the stuff or really a vanguard. our current electricity prices are between $.25 and $.30 and higher on the big island. we rely on imported fossil fuel. mostly oil. oil is up and down. it has always been up and down, but the projects going in today for solar. solar at night that is being stored in batteries is less than $.10. when you compare that to what we are paying for fossil fuel, it is a no-brainer. it is cheaper to put in solar plus storage than to invest in any new fossil fuel power plant. what is exciting is when

who studied to be a micronesian hash tag joins us from honolulu also in honolulu we have a need to she's a journalist on civil beat that's an online news site and she wrote those articles that we mentioned earlier that gave us so much attention in hawaii and beyond and in portland oregon we have kathy jett no kitchener she is a poet artist and activist as you'll see co-founded a dedicated to finding solutions to climate change and other environmental issues threatening the marshall islands it's good to have you here. with doing that. your face was just changing. passion and steam coming out of your head i could i could feel it but this idea of. going to the u.s. in particular. why they go in the first place. because the contract with the association which. at least for callao we became a sovereign nation or but in free association it gave people the ability to come to the united states we don't have to. really work for the status it was just we can come to the united states to work we can attend school and the same kind of in other make news. and why he is so obviously a go because it's

who studied to be a micronesian hash tag joins us from honolulu also in honolulu we have a need to have she's a journalist on civil beat that's an online news site and she wrote those articles that we mentioned earlier that gathered so much attention in hawaii and beyond and in portland oregon we have kathy jett no kitchener she is a poet artist and activist as you'll see co-founded a nonprofit dedicated to finding solutions to climate change and other environmental issues threatening the marshall islands ladies it's good to have you here as we were doing that first. your face was just changing in potential passion and steam coming out of your head i could i could feel it but this idea of. going to the u.s. in particular. why would they go in the first place. because the association which. at least we became a sovereign nation or but in free association it gave the people the ability to come to the united states we don't have to. really work. it was just we can come to the united states. school and the same kind of. obviously. but yet not quite as big as the united states but sure so wa

he is joining us from honolulu. how does somebody from the university of illinois and up in hawaii -- bnd up in a white? -- bnd up in hawaii? caller: we also much potential of hawaii being that leader on energy and environmental issues. we found the foundation 10 years ago with the same theory of change that we can be a model for the globe. host: i want to go back to the economic model. is clean energy comparable to fuel? is that a higher cost to the consumer? caller: hawaii is on the cutting edge of the stuff or really a vanguard. our current electricity prices are between $.25 and $.30 and higher on the big island. we rely on imported fossil fuel. mostly oil. oil is up and down. it has always been up and down, but the projects going in today for solar. solar at night that is being stored in batteries is less than $.10. when you compare that to what we are paying for fossil fuel, it is a no-brainer. it is cheaper to put in solar plus storage than to invest in any new fossil fuel power plant. what is exciting is when

host: >> joining us the a skype from honolulu. thank you for being part was acer: on saturday, or look at how hawaii is dealing with the challenge of homelessness and affordable housing. this is 15 minutes. >> we will turn now to the issue of affordable housing. we will turn to hawaii office of planning director leo asuncion calling on skype to talk about the issue. good morning. what do you define as affordable housing in the united states? es? hawaii, there is always by the numbers. we can use the area median for a, but it is also person to say what is affordable? hawaiiyour mortgage and -- 30% of your mortgage? in hawaii it is 40%-60% of your income towards your mortgage and transportation. we stick to the high numbers, but look at how we do it locally in what is affordable for our residents. especially for us with a high cost of living. host: what is hawaii doing to help people find affordable housing? is the state doing anything out of the ordinary to make sure people have a place to live? caller: the state is trying to partn

honolulu, they used to be plantation towns. they already are urban, if you will. there a metropolitan, but is old stock. there might be an old office building. right across the street fromoffice there is a 12-story used to be office building that a developer just got her permit to renovate that into affordable rentals. ironically, right next to a new condo that used to be a parking lot that goes above 25 stories. the prices, when they opened, because they were not required to do anything affordable private capital did it, they are upwards of $600,000 to $800,000. you have pockets of land, and parcels, and buildings, and even vacant land that used to have something on it that the use may be terminated 10 years ago and is just vacant land. we're looking at these types of properties to see if we can do urban infill. host: how much does the state of hawaii work with the federal government on the affordable housing issue? we were mainly through hud her our public housing, roughly of 0% to 32% of area median income. that segment starts to include the homeless as well, those who are 0% median income. that is our main conduit. we also work with different federal grants, if you

honolulu divisions. he joins me today from salt lake city. mr. montoya, thank you for being with us.nt to to you about the s of what the f.b.i. could be looking into right now. talk to me a little bit out what f.b.i. investigators would be doing in an investigation like this right now. >> well, first and foremost, they will be talking to as many people as they can. i think it was important that the doors opreed earlier this afternoon in terms of what and who they can pursue and in their pursuit of information and, keep in mind, this is a background investigation, not so much a criminal investigation, so it's not about proving who did what, it's more about finding or disproving or not finding derogatory information. so they will be talking to, rdong others, deborah ramirez, dr. mark judge, some of these others that have been identified publicly as individuals who may ve information. it could also extend to visit who are former classmates at yale who can talk about more than just potential sexual assaults but, you know, his drinking habits, his other kinds of behaviors, perhaps when he

us what that is? caller: we have a lot of areas, especially on honolulu, they used to be plantation towns. almost metropolitan, but then there is old stock, like an old building. right across the street from my office there is a 12-story used to be office building that a developer just got her permit to renovate that into affordable rent homes. newically, right next to a condo that used to be a parking lot that goes above 25 stories. opened,es, when they because they were not required to do affordable, private capital did it, they are upwards of $800,000. you have pockets of land, parcels, and buildings, and even vacant land that used to have something on it that the use terminated 10 years ago and is vacant land. we're looking at these types of properties to see if we can do urban infill. host: how much does the state of hawaii work with the federal government on the affordable housing issue? caller: we work mainly for our public housing, which is defined roughly of 0% to 32% of area median income. include theto homeless as well, those who are 0% median income. that is our main conduit. we also work with different federal grants, housing grants. that would be through our state housing an