Believed as some of the most powerful people in washington, the science of Climate Change is not in doubt. The National Academies of science of every major country in the world, including russia and china, have all endorsed the main stream view that human caused Greenhouse Gases are trapping heat in the atmosphere and action must be taken to avert catastrophic changes in our weather systems. All nations agree except one, and this is solely because of one man, our current president. Here in california, we follow a different path, enlightened by top scientists at the university of california, stanford and cal tech. Our state has led the way. Scott shaffer is next. Joining us now to talk about the Governor Brown and San Franciscos new interim mayor are columnist at Mission Local jess esconazi. And university of San Francisco Professor James taylor. Welcome, everybody. It was a very emotional and dramatic week at the board of supervisors. Joe, tell us what happened and where we are right n
Believed as some of the most powerful people in washington, the science of Climate Change is not in doubt. The National Academies of science of every major country in the world, including russia and china, have all endorsed the main stream view that human caused Greenhouse Gases are trapping heat in the atmosphere and action must be taken to avert catastrophic changes in our weather systems. All nations agree except one, and this is solely because of one man, our current president. Here in california, we follow a different path, enlightened by top scientists at the university of california, stanford and cal tech. Our state has led the way. Scott shaffer is next. Joining us now to talk about the Governor Brown and San Franciscos new interim mayor are columnist at Mission Local jess esconazi. And university of San Francisco Professor James taylor. Welcome, everybody. It was a very emotional and dramatic week at the board of supervisors. Joe, tell us what happened and where we are right n
Congressman devin nunes of manipulating the contents of the classified memo. President trump allowed the release despite f objectionsm the Justice Department and fbi. This morning, he accused the two agencies of politicizing the investigative process. Joining me now with more on this latest twist is congressman eric slawwell from the east way. What is yourreaction to the release of this memo . Its disturbing that the republicans in the house would to protect the president. Theyre asserting facts not supported by the evidence to protect the president in this russian investigation. Theyre doing it over the objectionof the fbi and in a first world democracy where never before have we seen de political l use police to attack our leaders. So from where you sit on the house Intelligence Committee, what will you at this point . The best way we can clean up the distortions that their memo has made is for the democratic memo to be released omonday. So well force a vote on monday when we retn an
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Murdered in a targeted killing. And paris braces itself for more flooding as water levels are set to peak this weekend. Hello, welcome to the program. President trump has told business and political leaders that his policy of putting America First does not mean the United States will reject free trade agreements with other countries, but speaking at the World Economic forum in switzerland, he attacked what he described as unfair Global Trading practices. Heres our north america editor. Reporter wherever donald trump has gone in davos, the crowds have gone with him and wherever the cameras have been, the president has been pleased to oblige. I hope to bring back many billions of dollars into the u. S. Its already happening and i think that will just continue. How much today . Probably a lot. And that was the theme of his speech. America first, yes, but an America Welcoming the world. President transfer trump i will always put America First, just like the leaders of other countries shoul