10 am in lima 11 pm in singapore and 6 in the evening right here in moscow the. 27th welcome to r. T. International we start in the u. S. Where a Chemical Plant in south east texas is a blaze following an explosion early on wednesday morning and was 3 workers were injured. The refinery owned by the t. P. C. Group produces thousands of tons of chemical and Petroleum Based products the situation in port neches is still ongoing as Emergency Services seek to bring the fire under control as quickly as they can journalist and campaigner on health and Environmental Issues all over to carol believes that a substantial investigation will be needed to determine any toxicity. Some really quite toxic compounds are used on this site and manufactured on this site i think that really quite a lot of investigation will be needed just to determine the background toxicity in the local area following this since the local community will have a love hate relationship with this plant and these plants are res
Living in the country well those are the headlines and thats it for me for now Daniel Hawkins will be taking the latest news from around the world stay with us here on international. Hello and welcome to crossfire where all Things Considered im Peter Lavelle its an understatement to say america is a very divided country many have even spoken openly about the possibility of civil war what is scaring the country apart what is keeping it together it cannot only be about donald trump what will it take to start a sustained social and political dialogue before its too late. Crosstalk in the political divide im joined by my guest john kearns a new your. She is a g. O. P. Strategist contributor to the daily caller as well as the founder of women for a Great America also in new york we have britchka style though he is a political strategist and tech c. E. O. And in washington cross to arvind bora he is a Libertarian Party president ial candidate as well as author of the book pull out men modern
A scorching op bedri written for teen vogue and titled donald trump is Gaslighting America well the piece became a viral sensation and lauren was suddenly and in demand speaker and guest on t. V. And radio well she is back in the public eye with a new book and the assertion that donald trump 2016 when shook young people out of a coma and reminded that voting bloc that government by and for the people requires their input so will Younger Voters participate in the 2020 election process and who or what will motivate them to do so so lets talk about this with journalist and feminist advocate lauren duca who joins me right here from new york city shes the author of the newly released book how to start a revolution young people and the future of politics Ron Brownstein thanks for having me great so your book is about starting a revolution why do you think we need that right now. I think that for too long weve understood democracy as a thing that we have and not. Thing that we do there is suc
Youve got lots of twitter followers a lot of people you know who who tune in to hear what you have to say on social media do you think that that is influencing young peoples participation in the political process i think that it is definitely having a democratizing force in addition to the harmful forces weve seen of just information and misinformation were exposed to many more viewpoints without a blockade of the gate keeper and that has had pros and cons but i think whats how what are the cons would you say with the influence of social media and getting rid of the quote unquote sort of establishment gatekeepers of politics well you know i dont think thats the one of the problems i think one of the benefits is getting rid of the establishment gatekeepers of politics you know our media and political gatekeepers told us that when wasnt possible and and truly 1st i remember i tell them im not one of them actually yet. I mean i was thats a lot of what led to my personal awakening and i he
A shift in agency and selfdetermination in which young people are deciding that were no longer willing to wait our turn until were deemed qualified to take part in the political conversation right so a lot of let me ask you about that because you know traditionally typically typically young people do have a lower voter turnout rate than older people and to what extent do you think that social media is changing that landscape i mean youre very big on social media youve got lots of twitter followers a lot of people you know who are tuning in to hear what you have to say on social media do you think that that is influencing young peoples participation in the political process i think that it is definitely having a democratizing force in addition to the harmful forces weve seen of just information and misinformation were exposed to many more viewpoints without the blockade of the gate keeper and that has had pros and cons but i think whats how what are the cons would you say with the influ