white and affluent drivers are polluting the air breathed by people of color, mr. roth is racked by guilt for how he is driving on the 405 to the valley and it s not only growing his carbon footprint, he s fueling other racist outcomes as well. he said i couldn t help but consider my only complicit while reading a new study from usc researches, found that angelinos who drive less tend to be exposed to more pollution. now the argument is that low income communities of color were torn apart to make way for freeways over the decade, while the whiter, richer, this constitutes environmental racism. environmental racism, it s about policies that practices that discriminate against communities of color by making them live near landfills, sewage plants and polluting facilities. by making people live near landfills? we re making people live next to polluting facilities? well, that s obviously ridiculous. and this is obviously not about race, it s about poverty. and who is to blame
and. then spend those moneys on sustainability projects that make their donors and their cronies rich. also if freeways are racist, the king of bigots must be president dwight d. eisenhower who commissioned the construction of 41,000 miles of highway in the federal highway act of 1956. i want you to meet the godfather of the environmental justice movement, robert bullard. when we talk about infrastructure in the past. infrastructure like highways and roads. that infrastructure was detrimental to many communities, black and brown communities and destroyed a stable community. so we have to be careful not to assume that all infrastructure is created equal. people actually write those lines. of course, what this is really all about is control. democrats don t have any real plans to raise the general standard of living for working people. white black brown. in fact, they re doing the opposite. their wrecking our economy without a control spending and by limiting our oil and gas
investigate the death of a pro kremlin blogger and an explosion in st petersburg. and a return to the moon with the return of artemis to. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s newsday. it is eight in the morning it s newsday. it is eight in the morning here - it s newsday. it is eight in the morning here in - it s newsday. it is eight in - the morning here in singapore and eight in the evening in new york where donald trump is spending the night ahead of his arraignment on tuesday. i want to show you the scene live in new york and as we understand that he is in his suite in the trump tower in and hatton, presumably conferring with his lawyers for what will be an unprecedented moment in us legal history. that s before never that is because never before has a us president sitting or previous face criminal charges. we will be looking at what could happen nextin looking at what could happen nex
we have a special report from taiwan where the government is taking steps to protect itself against what it sees as a growing threat from china. and nasa unveils the four astronauts who will prepare for a return to the moon the crew of artemis ii. it s six in the morning in singapore, and six in the evening in new york, where donald trump is spending the night ahead of his arraignment on tuesday. this is the seen life in new york. he s in his suite in the trump tower in manhattan, presumably conferring with his lawyers for what will be an unprecedented moment in us legal history. that s because never before has a us president, sitting orformer, faced criminal charges. the case is complex and hasn t yet been made fully public. we ll look at what could happen next and we ll be live with our correspondent in new york injust a moment. but we begin with this report from our north america editor, sarah smith. it s not quite a presidential motorcade, but as donald trump leaves h
A stinging setback for donald trump in a civil case just moments ago and very shortly there will be cameras in the courtroom in one of the criminal cases against him. For the first time, we will see inside. Next hour we will hear from secretary of state Antony Blinken just hours after he showed up for a surprise visit to kyiv in a major show of support for ukraine. The hottest summer on record. That is what the new data shows as scientists are tracking the temperatures around the globe and now theyre warning of what this means could come next. Im kate bolduan with sara sidner and john berman. This is cnn news central. Breaking just moments ago, a judge made a ruling in e. Jean carrolls Second Civil Case against donald trump. The judge ruled essentially that it is already settled that trump defamed and sexually assaulted carroll. The trial in january will be used to only determine damages. Also, very soon an historic first in one of Donald Trumps criminal cases. Cameras are about to be