We begin with the weather and the economy. Sunny days at the beach, rainy days at the mauve. Weather can affect more of our behavior than we realize from what we buy or eat to when and where we travel and Severe Weather has a serious impact on the overall economy. Damage upwards of 18 billion in 2016 thats our cover story, weathering the economy wildfires in california, record hie temperatures, storms in the caribbean, extreme weather is not only dangerous but theres a high cost in lives and dollars. Across much of california, wildfires have burned more than 50,000 acres and forced more than 8,000 people from their homes. The u. S. Government spent more than 50 billion last year last year the town of gatlinburg took a 19 million tourism hit after wildfires hit near the dolly parton theme park. Its a frakt of the 240 million the farmers across the country lost in 2016 due to weather and that could lead to sticker shock at the Grocery Store this year expect to pay more for lettuce, cocon
From what we buy and eat, to when and where we travel, and Severe Weather has a serious impact on the overall economy, damage costing upwards of 18 billion in 2016. He ethsnomy. Wildfires in california, record high temperatures, storms in the caribbean, extreme weather and natural disasters arent only dangerous, theres a high cost in life and dollars. Across much of california, wildfires have burned more than 50,000 acres and forcedeople fr. The u. S. Government spent nearly 2 billion fighting fires last year, down slightly from 2015. But thats only part of the economic cost. Last november thre gatlinburg, tennessee, took a 19 million tourism hit after wildfires burned near the dollywood theme park. In march, wildfires in the texas pa agriculture industry 21 million, but thats just a fraction of the money farmers across the country lost in 2016 due to weather. And that could lead to sticker shock at the this year expect to pay more for lettuce, coconut products, and olive oil as weathe
Heart breaking plea to the thieves. And we are also watching the situation in north korea this morning. The u. N. That country with serious sanctions. In response to the missile testing that continues in that country. We will have more on the sanctions and what they are targeting coming up in a moment. And you watched giants last night. The panda, that guy is back. He was back on the field for the giants last night for the First Time Since 2014. And he had a big hit. Good to see. It started a rally in the seventh. We will talk more about that. We are talking about every time i mean, do you think people were mad when he left. He went for money, and he went out to boston and overweight and didnt play well. Hes only 30. Maybe he can get on track here. Im wondering if people are happy to see him, rosemary. They won last night, right . Yes, and a walkoff in the 10th. If we in, the fans are happy, right . Right now anything for the giants is a good thing. So happy to see him back, at least f
I will get started in encourage everyone to congregate again. Thanks to those who stuck with us, at the 2016 cato institute. This is going to focus on the intelligence aspects. We tend to focus on the Fourth Amendment and do medicinmestic. This is really global in scale and so as a result it has implications for the human rights of people around the world but also for our political and diplomatic and economic relationships with other countries, in particular the economic interest of u. S. Businesses who hope to do business around the world. We have allen butler who will talk about the sh rerems case. And talk about cross data, in figuring out what kind of jurisdiction applies with regard to Law Enforcement. Thanks for having me. Im happy to be here today to speak with you about a new International Dimension over this u. S. Surveillance authorities, many of you probably know about the sh rere decision, it was used by businesses to transfer personal data between the u. S. And the Europea
Are laughing at us at 5 00 in the afternoon. Washington journal continues. Us fromrl takei is with the American Civil Liberties aclu, better known as the here to discuss the recent Justice Department decision to reverse course on an Obama Administration directive to phase out the use of private prisons. Why did the Trump Administration make this change and what substantively is it . Guest is a total reversal from the Obama Administration. In 2016 they announced a regard to phase out the use of private grisons after a damin department of justice Inspector General report showing that private prisons performed worse than regular public prisons, and they could not find evidence of cost savings. The findings were terrible, i have to emphasize that. They found there were more lockdowns, nine times more lockdowns, excessive use of solitary confinement, poor medical care. In one case there was a private prison that went without a fulltime doctor for eight months, apparently because it saved th