infrastructure including wind and solar and transmission and storage in socially acceptable ways. we need to have good community processes to figure out what areas are more or less acceptable. i agree with you that there should be a lot of reason for optimism about different places to do that. host: there is a gentleman named richard glick who heads i think the ferc, he is up for renomination and that might face challenges from joe manchin. he supports tougher climate change and equity standards, putting him on the outs with mr. manchin. what can you tell about him and the process? guest: rich is a great leader of this power sector. he is focused on reliability in the summer. they had meetings about that. i m obviously not privy to the conversations between the white house and individual senators like joe manchin, but i m hopeful that since he got this far to be nominated, there should be a pathway to get him confirmed. they each have five-year terms. hopefully he will be app
annual anti chevron day protest. it s a global event and protesters do it every year right before chevron s annual stockholder meeting to draw attention to the company s impact on the environment that meeting happens on the last wednesday of may each year. so chevron designed a system to pollute and poison. dozens of people gathered outside the gates of chevron s refinery in richmond to protest what they believe are crimes committed by the oil company. stand up to call out. pollution, human rights violations and demand accountability from chevron s management co. and board of directors. protesters created this temporary piece of art that says stand up to chevron and big oil. paul has the me know is the associate director with amazon watch a nonprofit created to protect the rain he says chevron is causing possibly irreversible damage. but chevron is that holds the distinction as the number one contributor to global greenhouse emissions of all investor owned oil companies
president biden seeks to strengthen economic ties with other asian nations. diaz: plus, battle for ukraine. imtiaz tyab in odesa where russia s war in ukraine is having an impact on foot supplies around the world. diaz: later, johnny cash s hometown springs an unfortunate leak. it s like he s peeing. this is the cbs weekend news. from chicago, here s adriana diaz. diaz: good evening, it is a weekend of weather extremes. more than 100 million americans are impacted in much of the lower 48 states. late today a suspected tornado ripped through arkansas. no word yet on damages or injuries. in colorado today, it feels and looks like winter. but across a swath of the country, it s more like summer. several cities are roasting and setting new heat records, and it s not even memorial day. cbs s michael george is in a muggy new york city. michael. reporter: adriana, good evening. it s near 90 degrees today in central park. add the humidity, feels more like 100. across th
and also this hour, a guest calling out the gop s use of tucker carleson syndrome, saying millions are now vulnerable to it. and a report from the south border, on the wait to seek asylum is now longer, thanks to a judge s ruling on title 42. this is american voices. we begin this hour with the republican party, which in theory, touts that rule of law, life itself. but in practice, prioritizes hoarding power for a select few. we see it again and again from january 6th to overturning roe, even the baby formula crisis. take the conservative power couple justice clarence thomas and his wife ginny new details show that his wife worked to reverse president biden s win in arizona. emails show she pressed arizona lawmakers after the 2020 election to set aside joe biden s popular vote victory and choose a quote, clean slate of electors. emails also argue that quote, legislatures needed to intervene because the vote had been marred by fraud. again, no evidence of widespread voting fr
shooter. that s coming up as well. we want to begin the without breaking news on the infant formula shortage. the issue so severe that new york city mayor eric adams says now declared a state of emergency. adams assigned and executive order that allows the city s consumer protection agency to go after price gouging related to the shortage. but some relief it may be up pallets of new baby formula around the united states. the first landed a short time ago in indianapolis. that military transport loaded with enough formula to feed 9000 babies in 18,000 toddlers for a week. just a week. the shipping was these first successful mission operation fly formula and more is on the way. the importance suspected to fill immediate gaps in this u.s. stockpile. while also by the way buying time for domestic manufacturers to ramp up their production. joining me now is nbc s meghan official who s in indianapolis and stephanie stanton in tampa florida. megan let, me just with you on this one