trust case and julia olson, executive director, our children s trust. so please welcome our wonderful panel and greet them for us. [applause] and we ll ask bill to begin. well, we just saw, for those of you who haven t heard, an amazing judicial feat today where the ninth circuit in a3-0 in a 3-0 opinion kept the temporary restraining order nationwide in place over the travel ban. and that is [cheers and applause] it s wonderful news, and it s an excellent example about how our courts who serve as the third branch of government check the other two branches, the congress and the executive, when they overstep their bounds. but courts don t just stop actions, courts can cause actions, courts can cause the executive branch to take steps. and that s the basis of our suit. and with that, i m going to turn it over to julia olson, executive directer of our children s trust and co-lead counsel on our case. thanks, phil. and thanks, everyone, for being here tonight. thanks to a
including bill nye the science guy. we ll bring you highlights from our special five-hour broadcast from the march on washington on earth day. and speak with some of those who attended, like dr. mona hanna-attisha, the doctor who discovered the connection between rising blood lead levels in the children of flint, michigan, with the switch to the flint river as a water source. state officials initially dismissed her findings, but she refused to accept their denials. the flint store in the story of science is a science to tragedy.his unreliable we need to believe in science and we need to invest in science. if not, we have the risk of seeing many more. amy: today, the march for science for the hour. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. in france, former investment banker emmanuel macron and far-right politician marine le pen are headed for a runoff after the first round of voting in the french pr
transportation systems, explore outer space, and know the cosmos. amy: hundreds of thousands on every continent took to the streets for the first-ever global march for science, including bill nye the science guy. we ll bring you highlights from our special five-hour broadcast from the march on washington on earth day. and speak with some of those who attended, like dr. mona hanna-attisha, the doctor who discovered the connection between rising blood lead levels in the children of flint, michigan, with the switch to the flint river as a water source. state officials initially dismissed her findings, but she refused to accept their denials. the flint store in the story of s science is a science to tragedy.his unreliable we need to believe in science and we need to invest in science. if not, we have the risk of seeing many more. amy: today, the march for science for the hour. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i