Opposition to the threat of budget cuts to agencies that fund scientific work. The president tweeting a couple hours ago i am committed but always remember it enhances environmental protection. Jobs matter. Miguel marquez is in washington where demonstrators marched from the mall to capitol hill. Miguel . Reporter ana, This Is The End point for the march for science. Thousands and thousands of scientists and their supporters clog the streets of washington. It was cold, it was windy. Where they ended here at the capitol, what they were concerned about was the general tone from the Trump Administration on science and matters of science on funding. Very enormous ly engaging in
science in washington, d. C. , said they didnt want their work to be sifted through. It certainly had a very political edge to it. Ana . Thank you, miguel. Now to new york where the rain didnt keep away the crowds. Here is rachel crane. Reporter im in a crowded and rainy times square. Lots of umbrellas and lots of homemade signs here. Educate washington. Theres been a lot of spirited and creative posters out here today. There was a rally held at central park that got kicked off with a bunch of Elementary School students around the age of 10 talking about how they loved science was. They had the chance to speak to the Executive Director of the nature conservatory. This is the first time they have
marched in their 65year history pointing out typically the Scientific Community is nonpartisan. They felt the need to come out and hear their voice. This whole day of action start ed on social media. Their march for washington. Rachel crane, thank you. Coast to coast. Lets go to san francisco. People marching in support of si science and against President Trumps environmental policy changes and budget cuts. Sarah . Reporter huge numbers, thousands of people here. They are here to stand up for science, scientific fact, also to stand up against the Trump Administration. Something about the roll backs and they are reminded that in 1970 thats when this all
started, earth day. At that time is when the epa was created. That is not lost on this crowd. You see a number of families coming out here and scientists as well wearing lab coats and bringing very clever signs. A big crowd here in san francisco. It has been a perfect day for this. The heat is rising on the president s environmental policy, the russian cloud still looms over the white house. Cnn has exclusively learned russian operatives tried to use Trump Advisers to infiltrate his campaign, all part of a larger effort to influence the election. Carter page is the same adviser the fbi had been monitoring through a fisa warrant. Today he denied doing anything inappropriate. Are you aware of their efforts at using you to get into
the Trump Campaign . I was never nothing i was ever asked to do or no information i was asked for was anything beyond what you could see on cnn. Theres great depth of reporting, nothing i ever talked about with any russian official extends beyond that publicly available, immaterial information, michael. With me now crime and justice producer to help break this exclusive reporting. The fbi had a fisa warrant to monitor pages communication. Does that mean they know what he was discussing with russian officials . Well, to some extent they may know. They were on his phones. They were monitoring his communication. When news started leaking out,
there was this investigation about russian meddling and some of the trump people may have been targeted, the people they were targeted in the investigation who they were looking at started to change their methods and it became more difficult to monitor them. We dont know if one of those people is carter page. Up to that point the fbi had a good window into what was going on into who some of the people were talking to. Who carter page was talking to overseas, the fbi has a good idea about. Its not clear to us if they know what the conversations were about. But it was enough to concern them to get this warrant. Also that dossier. While the fbi doesnt refer to it the mfgs contained in those documents helped the fbi get the
fisa warrant. They were able to confirm some of the information in the dossier . Thats correct. They were able to confirm some of that. Thats not all . There were addition al piece of information they learned to support the application to the fisa court. They write this memo. They go ahead and monitor someone like carter page. What these people are up to. A good idea who russian intelligence is. Without sort of the kremlin backing. Theres always this feeling that anyone in power in russia or anyone of influence is reporting back to the kremlin. Carter page was talk iing to so
of these people. Your sources are telling cnn there is some evidence of possible collusion but they stopped short of saying theres proof of a crime. Thats a key point. This is something that investigators are dealing with and grappling with because the intelligence is coming from different places. Some is learned by the nsa. Anything that happens within the u. S. On a domestic level comes from the fbi. They have different streams and have seen but can they present that to a grand jury . Can they use that information to proceed with a criminal case and not everyone is certain they can. Theres another threshold level. Theres a lot of Different Levels they would need to go to try and bring any charges. Thank you for your reporting. You saw the marches for science across the globe. The actress who played fig in Orange Is The New Black joins me to talk about why she is making Climate Change her mission. That had the power to whawaken something old. Or painfully dated. Or something you simply thought was lost forever. Because it could form a strong bond, regardless of age. If a paint could give any timeworn surface stunning new life. You have to wonder. Is it still paint . Regal select exterior from benjamin moore®. Only available at independently owned paint and hardware stores. Dont let dust and allergens and lifes beautiful moments. Flonase allergy relief delivers more complete relief. Flonase helps block 6 key inflammatory substances that cause all your symptoms, including Nasal Congestion and itchy, watery eyes. Flonase is an Allergy Nasal Spray that works even beyond the nose. So you can enjoy every beautiful moment to the fullest. Flonase. 61 changes everything. But only one of them will make a life long dream come true. Great things are ahead of you when your health is ready for them. At humana, we can help you with a personalized plan for your health for years to come. You wish to know how to protect your Sterling Credit score. Se man. My credit is off to a good start, but knowing so many things can go wrong with it. Kinda freaks me out. Well, unfreak yourself out. And download the free creditwise app from capital one. Creditwise gives you a credit score, and alerts you to changes. Even if im not a capital one customer . Nooooo yeah, its free for everyone. Thank you. Gravity, is a fickle mistress. Whats in your wallet . Juswho own them,ople every business is different. But every one of those businesses will need legal help as they age and grow. Whether it be help starting your business, Vendor Contracts or employment agreements. Legalzooms network of attorneys
can help you every step of the way so you can focus on what you do. Well handle the legal stuff that comes up along the way. Legalzoom. Legal help is here. We are seeing global s solidarity for science on the annual earth day more than 600 marches worldwide including this march in st. Paul, minnesota. The Crowd Showing Support for science and evidencebased research. Today is a chance to make others aware of ways each individual can affect change. In the Nations Capital a group gathered to raise awareness for projects that reduce carbon emissions. Joining me now cofounder Dean Lawrence and Cool Effects Spokeswoman you probably know as the actress who Play Iing Fig i the Netflix SeriesOrange Is The New Black. I want to start with you. Thank you for being here and coming into the studio. We appreciate it. Why are you so passionate about this . I remember earth day when i was my daughters age. I have an 8yearold daughter, and my first earth day i remember learning all of these things that were marching for today and going, oh, my god, we have to do something. So you felt it even as a youngster. My daughter can tell you so much about the environment, and i think its so important for our children. So thats really where it started for me. And now its about how many changes can i do . How much action can i do on a daily basis . I want to get your reaction to what the president has said on this earth day taking note. He writes this in a tweet saying im committed to keeping our air and water clean but always remember that Economic Growth enhances environmental protection. Jobs matter. Whats your reaction . Well, yes, jobs do matter and theres plenty of jobs that help the environment and whats being ignored here is that fact. If you think about renewable energy, for example, and the Enormous Growth of wind or solar or some of the other major types of Renewable Energies that weve had in the last several years, tons and tons of jobs are coming our way just because of it. So they dont have to be mutually exclusive, mr. President. And thats job creation as well. There are new jobs which we have to Pay Attention to. And President Trump doesnt always listen to hollywood. So how do you get your message to him . You know, for me i dont need to get a message to him. I need to talk to the people who i care about which are the Average American person who i think the statistics say most humans on our planet and most americans believe in Climate Change. 97 of scientists believe inClimate Change. So i dont really have any de r desire to talk to him. I just want to talk to the people about what we can do to change, and thats what i love. Your organization is focused on reducing carbon emissions. What is the single most important thing people can do in their daily lives to impact that . One of the things i like to echo is what alysia said there are 130 million alarmed and concerned people about Climate Change. We are directing our message at them. Theyre doing what they can. There are so many things you can do. You can eat less meat, take public transport, you can put solar on your house and turn the Air Conditioning off in your car when you travel. You need to be doing all of these things. We believe theres Something Else you can do which is to support simple technologies that help reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions. And what are some of the worst things we are currently doing and may not even realize . Well, i think every american has a 17 ton carbon footprint. And thats per year. So we have people asking us today is that for my entire life. No, that is for this year. And thats the Average American. Americans have the biggest footprint of any group of people in the entire world. We have our cars, our luxuries. We have tremendous use of electricity. Sometimes we leave our lights on. So what we tell people you can do everything you can but you cant get your footprint to zero. Were all damaging the environment with our emissions. So what wed like to do is provide an opportunity and a way for people to verifiably reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions. Help projects around the world that are doing the work on the ground. And ill just say i work in new york and l. A. , and i fly back and forth a great deal. And as an environmentalist, it is the hardest thing for me. Its really hard because i know that it affects my carbon footprint. And one of the things i love about cool effect, i can go and its not like, oh, im putting money to this random thing, i can go on the site and see, oh, im helping fund wind power in costa rica. Im helping fund this Super Cool Project that takes poop in india and turns it into fuel. And thats so cool to me and it makes me feel good and it educates me and it helps me educate others. And its rewarding as you say. So theres a sense of satisfaction in making a difference. Im sending a random check. Oh, i see what im doing really specifically. Thank you for coming on, a s alysia and dee to talk about the impact on our daily lives. Thank you so much for having us, ana. I want to show you some video. This is the march of penguins. It happened today in california. How cute is this . The aquarium holding this Mini March For Science featuring five fearless african penguins. Victors are reading up signs. African penguins are here to say. If it sound familiar its probably because of the 2006 documentary by the same name. Thanks for being with us. Were back in just a moment. When you have allergies,
live claritin clear. The baby she was holding when a male passenger gets up, things get pretty heated. Here is how it plays out. [ woman crying ] just give me back my stroller, please. Hey, bud. You do that to me and ill knock you flat. You stay out of this. [ inaudible ] come on. You try that ill knock you out. Ill knock you silly. You dont know what the story is. I dont care what the story is. You almost hurt a baby. You dont know what the story is. You keep looking at me. Keep it quiet. See exactly what you did. Maybe youll get videotaped, too, and be all over the news. This comes two weeks after
united airlines made news, police dragging a passenger off a plane. With us now from washington, d. C. , to discuss this new Airline Debacle is jason maloney, president of j. Rock price. The Flight Attendant is suspended while they investigate. The airline says the family was upgraded to first class the rest of the trip, the woman and her family. How would you rate americans handling of this incident . I think american has done a very good job. This is an airline that takes its responsibility seriously. Not too long ago, four years ago, it was a major partner of disney and marketing its planes, its movies. It cares about its Family Friendly mantra and brand. Of course its going to be seen actions and words will be seen in light of how united handled last week and i think theyve done a fairly good job. Theyve taken action quickly. They suspended the employee, presumably the gentleman in the video, and theyre investigating. And thats the best thing you can do. A smart company, when something bad happens to a competitor, says what would we do if we were in the situation . They practice and prepare. Im sure theyve had statements like this in the very event theyre faced this week. As you point out things like this dont happen in a vacuum and there was the event that is still fresh on everybodys mind involving united airlines. What do you make of how this incident was handled as it unfolded as you watch this video . Well, im trying to be very clear about what were seeing, and i dont want to jump to conclusions. I Credit American not just for its statements, its actions. I see Flight Attendants and staff helping that mother, and it looks okay right up until the individual loses his temper because whats clear in the video is an employee engages in a hostile manner with another
passenger and thats whats wrong. Thats clearly whats clearly bad behavior in the video. Im disappointed no one has offered to take the child out of the mothers hands. I think she had two children on that airline, twins, in fact, and im disappointed there wasnt more done. Lets be very careful about what were seeing. Looks like some good things for American Airlines employees and, unfortunately, some bad behavior. Im kind of laughing to myself and its nervous laughter because if im in that mothers shoes i have traveled with young kids and it can be so stressful and overwhelming and then to be in that situation just to escalate it to that level, i cant imagine. I hear you. Ive done it, too, and flying with kids is a pain in the assigned seat. Oh, my, indeed. The way the passenger reacts to come to that mothers defense. We arent trying to say he reacted in a way that maybe he should have. He escalated the confrontation as well, it seems, by watching the video, in terms of with the Flight Attendant saying hit me kind of thing. Do you find it surprising he was not taken off the plane . Well, im not exactly declaring him a saint. I think pulling back a bit what were seeing theres a lot of tension on flights these days and, of course, everybody has a cell phone and a camera and i think theres just a moment where everybody ought to be taking a deep breath and observing these are stressful times for passengers and for crew. I think American Airlines, if they continue on the path that theyve chosen, theyre going to make another statement closing this matter, concluding the investigation and talking about perhaps what theyre going to be doing with regard to training, maybe empowering staff on the planes to make more decisions for themselves. Airports and airlines are very rigid places, but i think you might get better Employee Morale if, say, they were empowered to
accept a stroller on the plane, make life better for the passenger