allow emitters of that pollution to trade credits and decide for themselves what costs that point source polluters are willing to pay for the ability to send carbon dioxide into the air. we ve heard over and over the horror stories coming from our friends on the republican side. as a member of the energy committee in the house of representatives when we debated the waxman-markey bill i heard it over and over again. they told us that electricity prices were going to dramatically spike and that yes, you are going to have a benefit to the environment from reducing carbon dioxide but you are going to have catastrophic consequences for the economy because everybody was going to have to pay for that. well, you know, i guess i can understand how people would believe that if there wasn t any empirical evidence to test their theory. luckily, new england has just that evidence. new england has tested this idea. frankly, the whole world has tested this idea because we ve reduced ozone d
this is the western edition of the broadcast. president trump s national security advisor says the u.s. and china are working on a range of options in response to north korea s failed missile launch early sunday local time. vice president mike pence in south korea on this easter sunday, called the defiant misfire a provocation. he told american troops it was a reminder of the risks they face in the peninsula. more now from ben tracy in pyongyang. north korea has successfully launched at least five ballistic missiles this year, including four of them at once back in march. but their latest attempt was a failure. on sunday morning, what the u.s. believes was a medium-range ballistic missile, launched from the country s submarine base near sinpo, exploded about five seconds after it left the ground. it s an embarrassing failure for north korean leader, kim jong- un, who staged a massive military parade saturday. it was intended to show strength just as a u.s. naval strike
With plans underway to redevelop Lincoln Beach, a recreational haven for Black residents during segregation, New Orleans East communities are split on efforts to rename the road that provided entry.