Amy as the high level talks at the u. N. Climate summit begin here in marrakesh, what impact will the election of donald trump have on the worlds effort to combat the Climate Crisis . We will speak to asad rehman of friends of the Earth International and Daniel Kammen, science envoy for the u. S. State department. Then we look at morocco and why thousands of protesters recently took to the streets after a fish seller was crushed to death in the compactor of a garbage truck while he was trying to retrieve fish confiscated by police. And i think what we see now is the tragic, tragic assassination has provided a venue, sort of a breath to bring that together, and maybe have uprisings act ii of of 2011. That was act i and this could be act ii. Amy and we will speak to leading nigerian environmentalist nnimmo bassey, author of the new book, oil politics echoes of ecological wars. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goo
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Our top story oil prices. Rising for the first time in 8 days. Among reasons the American Institute says u. S. Crude stocks fell last week dropping by 3. 9 million barrels. Oil prices right now, up about 2. 5 for wti, 31. 2. Well have more on that story in a minute along with what the Energy Expert told cnbc this morning about where he sees prices going from here. But first heres the other big stories. China central bank holding the line again on the currency of the yuan for the fourth straight session. They did come out better than expected overnight on exports. Till shares in china couldnt hold on to early gains. They dropped in another late session sell off. But we did see green arrows in the rest of asia. The nikkei posted the first gain of 2016 thanks in part to the weaker yen which were seeing in todays session. The yen surging up 2 so far for the year that was a concern for stocks everywhere. Some relief there in hong kong as well. Perhaps the stability of the currency has been
Evaluating all of that information would be to issue an initial determination, initial decision of a defect to takata and the automakers. After that, we would hold a public hearing. How soon can you initiate that . As soon as humanly possible. The key, because we want to protect the American Public, we need to make sure we build the strongest case possible because at the end of the day, if takata and the automakers continue to refuse to act, we are going to have to take them to court. We want to make sure that we have a case prepared that will win in that circumstance. You can build a court case over time. Can you estimate for the committee and through the committee to the American People when your next step will be taken . We have begun our next step of diving into the data. That doesnt answer my question. The next legal step. Not just diving into the data. When will you next do something officially regarding takata and the automakers . I apologize. But at this point, because theres v
The National Freight Advisory Committee had 81 recommendations that they gave to us. A lot of those we can act upon with an existing authority, including thinking about freight multimodally. Our National Freight Strategic Plan really takes that tack. Some of the other things is that theyve recommended to us is figuring out where our data gaps are. Thats where youll see in our conditions and performance report thats upcoming a real emphasis on where our data gaps are. Also theyve aggressed theyve asked us to look at the work force issues. We have a partnership weve been working with the department of ed and department of labor to figure out what the work force needs are in the freight industry and how we can address them. But there is a lot of things we cant do with an existing authorities. Thats why the grow america act proposes a 10 billion Freight Program to find where those national choke points are and encourage multistate planning. Again, thank you for your advocacy. Well, i certa