Information today. I will talk about the 2020 election with david becker whos and executive director for the center for election innovation and research. Us about the work the center does. We were founded in 2016 after worked for several years leading the pugh election team. E department, forcing federal voting laws. Tot we do now is we work ensure the security of the overall election system in the United States and also worked to improve access and convenience for all voters. Host you are at electioninnovation. Org. How are you funded . By donations and other donors, you are completely nonpartisan and nonprofit. Host looking back to the 2016 election, what is the biggest lesson that you personally learned from that . Guest i think what weve learned, and these are facts that have been presented by both parties, the Senate Intelligence committee, our foreign adversaries are going to try to undermine our confidence in our own democracy and they are going to use whatever means at their di
Nicholas aljazeera off the coast of french guyana its already a popular Tourist Destination but now new york has a new attraction thats loring and sightseers surprisingly its humpback whales which experts say are increasing in number of the cities coast there were 272 sightings of the mammal last year compared with just 5 in 2011 has since allowed me explains why these tourists have come to new york to see a show but not the kind one typically associates with the big city here along Rockaway Beach and brooklyn the wildlife is the Star Attraction this is the main species that we are going to be looking for today. Specifically humpback whales. Not too long ago whale watching here was a hit and miss affair these days its practically a sure thing. It didnt take long at all for the spotters to find what they came for. Like. Oh ok. Thats great news for captain tom palla deano who runs the cruises 4 times a week his family has made a living on the water here since the 1940 s. Now in the fifty
Here to talk about the new documentary. Remind viewers when and why fresh water was contaminated. And 2014 the plant one the city of flint decided to have a new Water Pipeline coming from lake huron surrounding counties and cities. In the interim before the pipeline is fully constructe constructed, state officials in charge of the finances at the time decided to switch the city onto the river and turn off the t treatment water to the plant that was barely operational over the last 50 years. So what needed to happen for that to be successful and whatn didnt happen to make withat switch to the flint river quick. There were a lot of upgrades that needed to happen at the plant, tens of millions of dollars worth o that i guess was not operational in this way and half a century. There is a lot of things that needed to be done and equipment that needed to be replaced and staff adequately trained and what we found is before they made the switch , there is not enough. They didnt have the adequa
Michigans contom mated water supply. As always well take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter as well. Washington journal is next. Host good morning on monday, september 16. Well begin this morning with calls from some democrats to Impeach Supreme Court Justice Brett kavanaugh after the New York Times over the weekend corroborated, they say, previous allegations of Sexual Misconduct and revealed new allegations. Those allegations raising questions about whether Justice Cavanaugh perjured himself during the confirmation hearings last year. Democrats, 2027488000, publicans 2027488001 and independents, 202748800 it 2 2788003 or go to twitter and post comments on facebook. Com cspan. Well get to your thoughts in a minute. Lets begin with the new york piece that ran over the weekend and the headline was Brett Kavanaugh was one of the privileged kids and she didnt fit in with the privileged kids. A story about Deborah Ramirez and her allegations that surfaced
Agents swept through seven chicken plants and arrested nearly 700 people. The raid came on the first day of school, leaving scores o of weeping children without their parents. We will go to mississippi to speak with jackson mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba in mississippi immigrant rights alliance. Then United Nations top climate scientists warn humans are consuming land and Water Resources at an unprecedented rate with the destructive effect of the Climate Crisis increasingly threatening thehe future security ofof hundreds of millions of people. The way we could use food and what we eat contributes to the and of natural ecosystems declining biodiversity. Today, 500 Million People live in areas that experience this. Amy we will speak with one of the u. N. Scientists who authored the report and look at explosive new revelations that u. S. Agribusiness giant monsanto ran a Fusion Center to surveil and discredit journalists, activists, and musicians like neil young who criticized or damn reports