Law and litigation for more than 28 years. Hes a former chair of the cincinnati bar associations environmental olaw committee and graduate of the new college of the ba at Ohio State University of law. Jd cum laude. Rob received the International Livelihood award commonly known as the nobel prize for his years of work on pfo a. Please give a warm savanna welcome to rob billott. [applause] good morning. Thank you so much for inviting me here. With t to thank everyone the book festival. This is really an amazing event and im honored to be here. Its moving for me to be part of this group and looking through all the otherfolks that are here you are wondering this guy is a lawyer. Whats going onhere . And thats what i want to talk about today is why i ended up writing this oobook exposure and whats the story about and why i believe its an important story forall of us. You know, i think most of the people in this room have probably heard of flint michigan and the lead crisis, right . Im curio
Seal killed during a weekend raid in yemen. His remains were brought back to the united states. Chief petty officer William Ryan Owens died after the raid against al qaeda. The president joined members of the family for a private ceremony. Earlier today the White House Press secretary commented on owens sacrifice. I dont think you ever call anything 100 success but what he did for this nation and what we got out of that mission, i think, i truly believe, and i know the president believes, is going to save american lives. The u. S. Official says three senior Al Qaeda Leaders were killed in a raid netting valuable information on al qaeda. A federal judge issued an emergency order in los angeles blocking parts of president trumps travel ban. It applies to anyone trying to enter the u. S. On a valleyed immigrant visa at the 7 countries with a valid visa. They are not allowed to tell airlines to stop people from boarding planes bound not u. S. President trump wants his Supreme Court nominee
How long will it be cold . Well have the answer in the full forecast in a dozen minutes. Within the last hour we learned new information about the man that police say shot a bart Police Officer in the arm today in hayward. Devin fehely found a witness who helped the injure officer. Devin is at the hayward bart station. Devin. Reporter thats right. Now, bart police say that this situation escalated quickly. They were trying to question the suspect when they say he pulled out a weapon. Bart police say they spotted the suspect inside the parking garage near a uhaul truck that had a busted window. An officer asked him to put his arms on his head. He reached into his waistband and produced a weapon. Reporter that triggered a shootout between the suspect 27 yearold charles getting and two bart Police Officers. One suspect he has been shot. Thats all the cops shooting his last bullets and thats all i saw. Reporter he saw the conclusion of the gun battle as one of the officers bloodied from a
Records but here we have another alternative recording history i want to hold your hand. Those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan january first brought new calls for brotherhood, new leaders and something new at the days most famous parade. All of this, in the hours after the world welcomed the new yeari sreenivasan in city after city, the arrival of midnight triggered celebration in the opening moments of 2014. Crowds in london, new york, and chicago braved the cold to catch extravagant displays of fireworks