do we not invest an equalal amount,t, if not t m, into a shovel-ready techchnolog, so t to speak, whwhich is nature's s way of sequesteriring and storing c carbon? it is a actually by investing in our ecolological infrastructe anand ecosystems, and expanding ththe ability of n nature to sesequester and storore carb, tthat we have the grgreatest opportunitity to do somomething, andnd the wonderful thi is s it's notot only carbon sequestrationon, wwe are also faced with loss o of ecosystems that will afaffect our food security, our water security, we arare losing species on an unprecedentnt rate. so maintaining, restoringng, prprtecting, expxpanding, natural ecosystetems hass multiple benefits.. >> my hope is that the developed countries, those most responsible for climate change, will recognize the enormous potential of restoration. what we've seen in china, in africa and around the world is thahat it's possible to rehabilitate large-e-scale damaged ecosystems. if we can transfer the capital, the technonogy and empower the e local people to restotore their own environment, it'll have enorm

authority did not look for mutual aid, did not call up utility companies in the united states, swi whwhich is what is normally does surprises me. >> reporter: some people including nancy pelosi calling it to be canceled says it does not have the right to audit or review the cost. despite that, white house has 300 contractors on the island simply more faster than larger competitors. >> in the conspiracy theories i get people's questions, they are very legitimate. the contract speaks for itself. it's the ability to get the work done. >> reporter: u.s. interior secretary ryan zinke who happens to be from montana at the white house friday with prescheduled meeting with prum. >> he did ask secretary zinke just for clarification purposes. and he reiterated once again that we have no role, the federal government and specifically he had no role in that contract. >> reporter: the couldn't erupting as almost three quarters of puerto rico struggles without power. he tells us how this san juan has been in the dark for nearly seven weeks since hurricane irma before maria. >> there is it no hope. we don

administration faces withering criticism of its response to the humanitarian crisis on the island, whwhich is home to 3.5 million u.s. citizens. more than a month after hurricane irma hit puerto rico, and three weeks after hurricane maria, more than 80% of the island remains without power and water is in short supply. in a series of tweets thursday morning, trump seemed to hold puerto rico responsible for its own plight, writing -- "puerto rico survived the hurricanes, now a financial crisis looms largely of their own making says sharyl attkisson." trump was quoting a reporter with sinclair broadcasting. he went on to write -- "a total lack of accountability say the governor. electric and all infrastructure was disaster before hurricanes. congress to decide how much to spend. we cannot keep fema, the military & the first responders, who have been amazing in p.r. forever!" this comes after trump's visit to puerto rico last week, when he complained that its recovery had "thrown our budget a little out of whack." on the island, puerto ricans responded with disbelief to trump's latest comments

forest management, very few of us doing researcrch in this area believe t that timber harvestin, whwhichs a certain set of gos and metethods, that that equates to fire hazard reduction. there are very big differences between the way you are going about managing an ecosystem for fire hazard reduction and commercicial timbeber harvest. so this idea that we can, through logging, somehow adaddrs our fire problem, is very babackwards s and very outdated. amy: dr. max moritz, thank you for being with us, fire research scientist with the university of california cooperative extension based at uc santa barbara. we are north, we'rere in marin county near the fifires in northern california. when we come back, we will talk with environmental leaders about what to do about climate change and where they're focusing their organization. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. broadcasting from the community media center of marin in san rafael, california. today is community media day, which celebrates community media center

in terms of your question, the thing about the powers granted to the various autonomous regions whwhich woululd be equivalent to states in n the u.s., differ quite significantly . that is a problem. it was agreed on in the 1978 and constitution and barely changed since then. catalonia is quite more autonomous power than most of these regions, regional governments, but less than they have in the b bath country. a defectiveoost independent state. the critical thing the government is allowed to collect taxes and spend the money on taxes more or less as it will. in the case of catalonia, there's much less control over how the region uses its money. that is part of it. we're also talking about symbolic questions, more human questions. if you'll bear with me a second, there was a government statute passed, approved by both the catalan parliament in the spanish parliament in 2006 which would have granted catalonia significantly more autonomy and given them the right to call themselves a nation. in 2010 after prressure from the political party now in power, the popular party, this statute agree

in my profession of economics, we have a great philosopher with whwhich all economics cours begin. his name is adam smith, and he's famous for the followowing linene: "if everybody pursues his or her own self-interesest, it'll w work ot for the best for everybody." most of you know that that's silly. it's a wonderful rationale to go out there and do what you want for yourself and not care about anybody else, but where that leads is exactly where we are... in a very, very bad crisis. so, let's begin by analyzing this crisis as the crisis of a system. and we'll go on to talk about this system even when it's not in cririsis, because that's as big a problem as the crisis itselelf. but crisis is where we are. 2012 is the fifth year of this crisis. what does that mean? first and foremost, it means that we have in the united states today something on the order of 20 million to 25 million people who either don't have a job at all, have been without a job long enough that they've given up looking-- so-called discouraged workers-- or folks who have to take a part-time job because that's all