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Specific steps would you take in your first year regarding policies, funding, safe communities, jobs that would help mitigate the impact of climate change in your first year and then what would you want to have accomplished at the end of your first term if elected? >> first of all, we have to do is go back and turn back all of the changes that in fact the president has made from cafe standards to moving in the direction that we in fact deal with providing people who get displaced opportunities t...

Industry. we will own the market. own the market. and we will be in addition to that transferring the technology that we come up with, more than any other country in the world with our capacity selling it to the rest of the world. well be creating jobs. and i just -- the idea that now the one thing you have to do in my view, some people will be displaced, some will be more displaced than others and you cant just say well, what were going to do is automatically youre going to all of a sudden make...

But in fact, its like a city. its a work in progress. but what we combine as privacy and interaction with law enforcement changes over time because of technology, process of political considerations and cultural changes. so, im glad were having this conversation. and aussie civil libertarian, it does freak me out to a certain degree that theres a soft pressure to share more and more information willingly with police. because police have a bad track record of abusing their access to peoples priva...

Wasnt an attempt to get all of the scientists to quit. no, no, no, theyre providing research on these. this was about efficiency. this was about saving money. this was about running the u.s.d.a. as a more efficient, effective administration. that was their move until trump budget director mic mulvaney let the cat out of the bag while talking to a bunch of republicans earlier this month. >> youve heard about drain the swamp. what you havent heard is what were doing. i dont know if you saw the new...

Trump, they said they would have to move halfway across the country or be fired. they called it a cost-cutting mo move. donald trump said it wasnt about getting all those scientists to quit. they definitely werent trying to get rid of the farmers. this was about efficiency. its about running the fda as a more effective situation. that was the move until trump budget director mick mulvaney let the cat out of the bag while talking to republicans at a fund-raiser early this month. >> youve heard ab...

Clean air act. the agency sets the standard for what is considered good air and bad. but even that basic measure is now under threat. >> theyve gotten rid of entirely the clean air science advisory committee that is dealing with particulate matter. >> in fact, the total number of people reviewing air quality standards for the entire country went from dozens to just seven. >> if you dont like the message, kill the messenger. in this case, they dont like the message from scientists so they disband...

Can learn from rwanda as well about increasing efficiency increasing attractiveness for business and foreign investment. kigali also happens to be one of the keenest cities on the african continent. in kinshasa the capital of the war torn democratic republic of congo things are lagging behind somewhat. that doesnt bother barbara to send her friends these supper to rise above the countrys widespread poverty to celebrate high fashion. is a society of entertainers and elegant persons. bobrick is se...

Quickly but of course that would come with great consequence as the eyes of the world are watching whats going to happen here in hong kong. >> there are going to shall rallies in support of these protesters from citizens in other countries. do you think that is the result of the high-profile protests at the airport? was that somewhat a game-changer? >> reporter: that certainly was, natalie. i was in new york when we watched those live pictures unfold, and within hours i was on a flight back here...

And as if none of this actually happened. the fact is, though, is that hong kongs reputation is being hurt badly and there is a collective feeling that the wheels are starting to come off a city that was known as an island of stability and efficiency and safety here in asia. >> it certainly -- ive been there. it is amazing. ivan watson on the scene. thank you very much. meanwhile president trump is talking and tweeting about the situation in hong kong. lets go to our chief white house correspo...

But theres a big obstacle to overcome in replacing oil with solid power and thats dust. in the desert state of saudi arabia there are more than 3000 sunlight hours a year and almost no rain dust coats the equipment and reduces efficiency. so that states we can lose 2030 percent of the output so we need to be removing it and ideally more moving every day because then you dont get that layering effect of the dust right now its super layered on i mean this is this is quite a stiff bristle brush. it...