roads that are important for our evacuation purposes? where do we have trailer parks? in hurricane andrew way back in the 90s that was one of the most devastating places where people lost their lives was in those trailer parks. so we need to know where those soft spots are and we need to figure out how to move those people. in some cases, it s even the opposite. in miami, neighborhoods are being overtaken by wealthier people, lower income neighborhoods, who are moving to higher ground and moving those lower income residents out and pushing them back into the places that are most dangerous. monica, thank you for joining us and thanks for the work you do. the founder of our daily planet and former principal deputy administrator at noaa. don t forget join us september 19th and 20th for msnbc s climate forum 2020 in partnership with georgetown university and our daily planet. chris hayes and i are going to hear from presidential candidates including michael bennett, cory booker, pete bu
and as you know from some of your msnbc previous reporting, sometimes in states it s even harder to overcome the pressures from the oil and gas industry and the influence that they have. the only people that the environmental protection agency is protecting are the oil and gas industry. it s hardly draining the swamp to roll back a rule like this. monica, good to talk to you as always. monica medina the former deputy administrator of noaa and co-founder of our daily planet. don t forget join us september 19th and 20th for msnbc s climate forum 2020 in partnership with georgetown university and our daily planet, chris hayes and i will hear from the presidential candidates including pete buttigieg, cory booker, and others as well. big pharma is starting to face consequences for its role in the opioid crisis. hit by thousands of lawsuits across the country one company is even reportedly in talks to settle for billions of dollars. but will it be enough to help the millions suffering from
insults, as he sees them, he will not accept this aid. that s crazy because last week he admitted brazil doesn t have the resources to fight the fires and he s now enlisted the brazilian military to help do it. but these fires are over a vast area of the amazon. i mean, the amazon, 60% of it is in brazil. most of it is on sort of the edge of the amazon as deforestation creeps in because first they cut down the rain forest. they let it dry. then they burn it. and that s what you re seeing now. so he doesn t have an extra he can t afford to turn his nose up at $20 million. he needs every resource he can get. and he is saying no to it. thanks very much. anne thompson. all right. join us september 19th and 20th for msnbc s climate forum 2020 in partnership with georgetown university and our daily planet. i ll be joined by chris hayes as we hear from the presidential candidates on climate change. we re following breaking news right now. a federal judge has just blocked