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Even as the Student Movement rises, gun manufacturers are targeting young people. Well speak with the intercepts investigative journalist lee fong. We will also talk about how the Supreme Court would deal with t courses key courses and to the ko brother we ha made mo progress the st five years than i had in the previous 50. Amy then it has been six months since Hurricane Harvey flooded houston, the most diverse city in the united states, home to the nations largest refining and petrochemical complex. You talk about the invisibility and you talk about where the population lives and not only a disaster in terms of the flooding. You talk about a disaster in terms of the environment, pollution, the health threats, the potential for the kinds of impacts that we will see for years to come. Amy we will host a roundtable discussion with dr. Robert bullard, the father of Environmental Justice, and the sierra clubs bryan parras about andthe executive director Goldman Environmental Prize winner h
Even as the Student Movement rises, gun manufacturers are targeting young people. Well speak with the intercepts investigative journalist lee fong. We will also talk about how the Supreme Court would deal with t courses key coursesnd to the kochrothers. E haveade more progress in the la five years than i had in the previous 50. Amy then it has been six months since Hurricane Harvey flooded houston, the most diverse city in the united states, home to the nations largest refining and petrochemical complex. You talk about the invisibility and you talk about where the population lives and not only a disaster in terms of the flooding. You talk about a disaster in terms of the environment, pollution, the health threats, the potential for the kinds of impacts that we will see for years to come. Amy we will host a roundtable discussion with dr. Robert bullard, the father of Environmental Justice, and the sierra clubs bryan parras about andthe executive director Goldman Environmental Prize winn
We will also talk about how the Supreme Court would deal with t courses key courses and to the Koch Brothers. We have made more progress in the last five years than i had in the previous 50. Amy then it has been six months since Hurricane Harvey flooded houston, the most diverse city in the United States, home to the nations largest refining and petrochemical complex. You talk about the invisibility and you talk about where the population lives and not only a disaster in terms of the flooding. You talk about a disaster in terms of the environment, pollution, the health threats, the potential for the kinds of impacts that we will see for years to come. Amy we will host a roundtable discussion with dr. Robert bullard, the father of Environmental Justice, and the sierra clubs bryan parras about andthe executive director Goldman Environmental Prize winner hilton kelly. All that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Syria
Heat waves hit cities the hardest. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Authorities in the us city of houston have described the flooding caused by Tropical Storm harvey as catastrophic. Meteorologists say the storm in the biggest to have ever hit the state of texas. So far more than two and a half feet of rain has fallen in houston, with the city warned to expect to be deluged by up to a years worth within the week. Five people are reported to have died in the rising floodwaters. Emergency services in the area are overstretched and 3000 soldiers have been mobilised to help people to safety. 2000 people have been rescued, including the residents of one care home, who were evacuated after images of them in waist deep water were shared on social media. President trump is due to visit the deluged city tomorrow. 0ur north america correspondent james cook is in houston and has this report. Nearly three days after Hurricane Harvey smashed into texas, houston is still struggling in its wake.