We are going to leave the last few minutes of this so we can take you to washington during four look at Energy Policies during the democratic candidate campaigns. You can find of our coverage online at www. Cspan. Org. Animosityident trumps is one of the reasons why Climate Change has become a top priority in the president ial race. Its also the coverage of increased climate problems. Boehner demands for candidates to formalize plans. On climate town hall was precedented in the seriousness in addressing the issue. The devil is in the details. As details emerge in various plants, a number of questions have emerged. Two frack or not to frack . To nuke or not to nuke . The list goes on and on. We have to ask ourselves what the implications of Climate Energy policy is for, our health and International Relations and we gathered a group of speakers from across the political spectrum who have different views. Lauren is a legislative coordinator for the sunrise movement. She lost her voice and
Hello [applause] outk you so much for coming to strike with us for the climate. [applause] ready . Are we ready . Hey, everybody. Lets get started. Lets do this. We are your emcees for todays strike my name is nadia, im 17 years old, im from baltimore, maryland. I am a founder of zero hour as well is the art director of zero hour. Round of applause for nadia [cheers and applause] hello, everyone, my name is ethan wright im the advocacy director of zero hour, im so glad all of you are here. Well be striking and having great speeches and performances. Thank you again. Can i get a round of applause soto . Too . Thank you. [applause] first we wanted to start with an acknowledgment, were going to introduce come on up here. [cheers and applause] hello, everyone how we all feeling today . [cheers and applause] its a Beautiful Day to be alive here on mother earth, isnt it . My name is jessie and im a proud member of the indian nation. [cheers and applause] we are the Indigenous People of maryl
Heir, everybody. Lets get started. Lets do this. We are your m. C. s for todays strike my name is nadia, im 17 years old, im from baltimore, maryland. Cheers and applause] im with zero hour. Round of applause for nadia [cheers and applause] hello, everyone, my name is ethan wright im the advocacy director of zero hour, im so glad all of you are here. Well be striking and having great speeches and performances. Can i get a round of applause too . Thank you. [applause] first we wanted to start with an acknowledgment, were going come on up here. [cheers and applause] hello, everyone how we all feeling today . [cheers and applause] its a Beautiful Day to be alive here on mother earth, isnt it . [cheers and applause] my name is jessie and im a proud member of the indian nation. We are the Indigenous People of maryland. Our traditional territory follows the Potomac River all the way down to the chesapeake bay. [cheers and applause] i want everyone to take a moment and feel the ground beneath
We did it for the money they did it for the money they did it for the money ey did it for the money they didnt do it for the boys didnt do it for the girls didnt do it for the mothers didnt do it for the daughters didnt do it for me didnt do it for you didnt do it for the weak didnt do it for the they did it for the money hey did it for the money what they did do it for the money they did it for the money thank you so much. My name is caroline. Theres a fundamental problem with our relationship with money in this country. Money is stitch intoed fabric, the foundation of our society. I do think its important to have events like this and stand up to power. We live in a society where money is power. And it dictates everything we do. When you stand out here, youre standing up to money and power. [indiscernible] thank you so much for being here. I really appreciate it. Give it up one more time for caroline rose. [cheers and applause] ok. So were going to be a little interactive now with the
Washington journal continues. Host our first guest this as weg is andrew light, try to understand the impact in response to Climate Change. Want to start with the paris climate of word. Can you explain what that agreement seeks to do and how . Guest sure. I was on the u. S. Team, i was a negotiator for it with the Obama Administration and what it tries to do is really bring the world together so that you get enough commitments are enough countries with enough time to stabilize an increase so that we dont hit the worst impacts and effectively what it does is create a global regime where every country comes forward and puts forward their own initial target. The targets are not forced on them, everyone picks the wrong target and there are these binding rules that require you to die bulge how youre going to hit the target, your progress along the way, things like that. And then it requires countries to go back to the table every five years to make new pledges we can hit so that these stabi