Trust case and julia olson, executive director, our Childrens Trust. So please welcome our wonderful panel and greet them for us. [applause] and well ask bill to begin. Well, we just saw, for those of you who havent heard, an amazing judicial feat today where the ninth circuit in a30 in a 30 opinion kept the temporary restraining order nationwide in place over the travel ban. And that is [cheers and applause] its wonderful news, and its an excellent example about how our courts who serve as the third branch of government check the other two branches, the congress and the executive, when they overstep their bounds. But courts dont just stop actions, courts can cause actions, courts can cause the executive branch to take steps. And thats the basis of our suit. And with that, im going to turn it over to julia olson, executive directer of our Childrens Trust and colead counsel on our case. Thanks, phil. And thanks, everyone, for being here tonight. Thanks to ann and the Commonwealth Club f
Including bill nye the science guy. Well bring you highlights from our special fivehour broadcast from the march on washington on earth day. And speak with some of those who attended, like dr. Mona hannaattisha, the doctor who discovered the connection between rising blood lead levels in the children of flint, michigan, with the switch to the flint river as a water source. State officials initially dismissed her findings, but she refused to accept their denials. The flint store in the story of science is a science to tragedy. His unreliable we need to believe in science and we need to invest in science. If not, we have the risk of seeing many more. Amy today, the march for science for the hour. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In france, former investment banker Emmanuel Macron and farright politician Marine Le Pen are headed for a runoff after the first round of voting in the french president ial elec