Including bill nye the science guy. Well bring you highlights from our special fivehour broadcast from the march on washington on earth day. And speak with some of those who attended, like dr. Mona hannaattisha, 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. Im amy goodman. In france, former investment banker Emmanuel Macron and farright politician Marine Le Pen are headed for a runoff after the first round of voting in the french president ial elections sunday. Macron came in first place in sundays vote, with Marine Le Pen in a close second. The results were a stunning rebuke of frances established parties, marking the first time in six decades that neither of the frances two main parties advanced a candidate to the second round. On sunday, Marine Le Pen, who has campaigned on an openly xenophobic and racist platform, claimed the survival of france is at stake in the may 7 runoff. We made the first step, which will take the french people to the palace. This result is historical. It can mean the immense responsibility of defending the french nation, impunity, it security, its prosperity, and its independence. The french people should see the historic opportunity opening up to them because what is at stake in this election is globalization, which is threatening our civilization. Amy meanwhile, on sunday, Emmanuel Macron urged voters to support him against the threat of nationalists. In two weeks, i want to become your president. The president of all people of france, the president of patriots against the threat of nationalists. Amy u. S. Defense secretary james mattis has arrived in kabul, afghanistan, amid a national day of mourning, following the deadliest Taliban Attack on an Afghan Military base in the last 16 years. On friday, at least 140 Afghan Soldiers were killed after taliban militants, disguised as soldiers, drove onto a military base and opened fire on soldiers leaving friday prayers. Some Officials Say as many as 200 soldiers died. The Afghan Defense minister and army chief of staff have resigned in the wake of the attack. On saturday, hundreds of thousands took to the streets around the world in a global march for science. More than 600 marches and rallies took place one on every , continent, including on antarctica. Massive marches occurred from coast to coast in the united states, as well as in rome, berlin, madrid, vienna, london, mexico city, santiago chile, and sydney, australia. Democracy now was broadcasting live for five hours 10 the massive for science in march washington, d. C. , after headlines. Tensions continue to rise between the u. S. And north korea as north korea has detained u. S. Citizen tony kim as he was planning to fly out of Pyongyang International airport on saturday. Kim, also known by his korean name kim sangduk, had been teaching at Pyongyang University of science and technology. On sunday, north korea threatened to sink a u. S. Aircraft carrier that is conducting military drills, along with japanese ships, in the korean peninsula. President donald trump is facing criticism after he claimed to be a great friend of an italian opera singer who in fact, died a decade ago and whose family has openly criticized trump. On thursday, trump welcomed italian Prime MinisterPaolo Gentiloni to the white house and praised italys contributions to world culture during a news conference. Pres. Trump through the ages come your country has been a beacon of artistic and scientific achievement. That continues today. From venice to florence, pavarotti, great friend of mine. Amy in fact, he died in 2007. Last summer, pavarottis widow and three daughters asked the Trump Campaign to stop using pavarottis music at campaign events, writing the values of brotherhood and solidarity that Luciano Pavarotti upheld throughout his artistic career are incompatible with the world vision of the candidate donald trump. In venezuela, president Nicolas Maduro has called for talks with the opposition amid ongoing antigovernment demonstrations. On thursday and friday, at least a dozen people died during violent antigovernment street protests. Both Government Forces and armed opposition members have been responsible for deaths in recent weeks. Itics of pside mado accuse him of plunging the country into an economic crisis. Defenders of the government blame Falling Oil Prices and an ongoing u. S. Supported Destabilization Campaign against the leftist venezuelan government. In the maldives, 29yearold prominent blogger Yameen Rasheed has been murdered. In his writings, rasheed criticized both the maldives government and islamic extremists. He had receivenumerous Death Threats before he was found stabbed to death in the stairwell of his Apartment Building sunday. Back in the united states, the new york state parole board has denied parole to prisoner judith clark, who drove a getaway car during a 1981 robbery in Rockland County that left a Security Guard and two Police Officers dead. The robbery was aimed at expropriating money from a brinks armored car for the republic of new afrika. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo commuted clarks sentencing earlier this year, making her eligible for parole. On friday, the boards that clark was still a symbol of violent and terroristic crime. Daughterse, clarks harriet clark, said parole decisions that fail to take rehabilitation into account are their own kind of violence and create their own kind of terror. My mother is not a symbol, but the dysfunctional and merciless parole board is, unfortunately, a symbol of the racism, classism, and immorality rampant in our criminal justice system. T its first double execution in more than 16 years today. Death row prisoners jack jones and Marcel Williams filed a last minute request for a stay of their executions with an Appeals Court sunday. Arkansas carried out its first execution since 2005 on thursday, killing ledell lee on. In michigan, the Grand Rapids Police Department is under fire after video surfaced showing Police Officers detaining a 14yearold to unarmed African American boys at gunpoint, forcing them to lie on the pavement as the boys sobbed and said they didnt want to die. Stay on the ground. Keep your hands out. Pay. Come over here. Keep your hands were i can see them and get on the ground. Get on the ground. What do we do . We will give you directions, ok . I dont want to die. Amy i do not want to die. The words of one of the African American boys who were stopped at gunpoint by grand rapids Police Officers friday, while the boys were returning from playing basketball. On florida, 28yearold transgender woman chay reed was shot and killed in miami on friday. Reeds friends described her as a lighthearted woman who loved to dance. She is at least the night transgender woman whose murdered has been reported this year. British environmental activists celebrated a victory when friday became the first full day since the late 1800s that britain did not burn any coal in order to generate electricity. Hannah martin with greenpeace said the first day without coal in britain since the Industrial Revolution marks a watershed in the energy transition. And the winners of the 2017 prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize have been announced. Among them are Community Organizer mark lopez, who forced the state of california to conduct comprehensive lead testing and cleanup of a workingclass latino neighborhood in east los angeles. Guatemalan indigenous leader rodrigo tot, who won a Historic Court case that forced the government to issue land titles to Indigenous People and blocked the expansion of a nickel mine. Indian social justice activist prafulla samantara, who helped organize an indigenous tribe to resist a proposed openpit aluminum mine in the eastern state of odisha. Congolese park ranger rodrigue katembo, who went undercover to document corruption and bribery in the illegal push to drill for oil in the Oldest National park in africa. This is katembo, explaining how he was arrested and tortured for over two weeks during his investigation. They took me a gunpoint. They tied me up and started to beat me very hard. They told me i had brush into my country and i would have to be killed today. I told them into my colleagues had are ready died. I died today, it is not a problem. I am prepared to die. Amy the goldman Prize Winners also include slovenian farmer uro macerl, who organized against the burning of poisonous waste near his farm, and the australian octogenarian wendy bowman, who faced off against a multinational Coal Mining Company and won. And those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. On saturday, hundreds of thousands took to the streets around the world in a global march for science that was endorsed by hundreds of scientific institutions, environmental groups, and unions. The hip hop caucus was also a partner. More than 600 events took place with one on every continent, including antarctica, where workers at the neumayerstation Research Center tweeting a dutch tweeted a picture of themselves holding a sign with a quote from chemist marie curie. It read nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more so that we may fear less. The firstever march for science coincided with earth day, and comes as President Donald Trump has galvanized scientists, educators, and others with his comments calling Climate Change a chinese hoax. Meanwhile, the white houses proposed budget would cut as much as 7 billion in science funding, including the National Institutes of health, which funds medical research. Democracy now was at the march for science in washington, d. C. , where thousands braved rainy a stormy day to gather at the Washington Monument to hear speakers. You can watch our full fivehour broadcast at democracynow. Org. Today we bring you some of their voices. In a minute, well hear from denis hayes coordinator of the , first earth day in 1970, wildlife biologist sam droege from the u. S. Geological survey, mustafa ali, former head of the Environmental Protection agencys Environmental Justice program, and james balog, the filmmaker and ice photographer who founded the extreme ice survey and is featured in the documentary chasing ice. First we go to bill nye the science guy, the engineer known and tv personality best known for pbs series of the same name. Greetings fellow citizens. We are marching today to remind people everywhere, our lawmakers especially, of the significance of science, for our health and prosperity. The process of science has enabled humankind to discover the laws of nature. This understanding has an able just to feed and care for the worlds billions, built great cities, establish effective governments, create Global Transportation systems, explore outer space, and know the cosmos. [cheers] the framers of the constitution hashe united states, which become a model for constitutional governments everywhere, included article one, section eight, which refers to promoting the progress of science and useful arts. [cheers] its intent is to motivate innovators and drive the economy by means of just laws. They knew without a progress of science and useful arts of engineering, our economy would falter. Without scientifically literate citizens, the u. S. Any country, in fact cannot compete on the world stage. Yet today, we have a great many lawmakers, not just here, but around the world, deliberately ignoring and actively suppressing science. Their inclination is misguided and in no ones best interest. Our lives are in every way improved i having clean water, reliable electricity, and access to electronic global information. Each is a product of scientific discovery, diligent research, and thoughtful engineering. These Vital Services are connected to policy issues, which can only be addressed confidently but understanding the natural laws in play. Understanding by the natural laws in play. Consider science the purview of a special or separate type of citizen, one who pursues natural facts and generates numerical models for their own sakes. But our numbers here today [cheers] science isrld that for all. Our lawmakers must know and accept that science serves every one of us, every citizen of every nation in society. Science must shape policy. Science is universal. Science brings out the best in us. With an informed optimistic view of the future together, we can, dare i say it, save the world [cheers] mayor lindsay had shut down fifth avenue and basically we filled it all up. Earth day demonstrations began practically in every city and town in the u. S. Come the first massive protest against the pollution of the environment. Was thenally, earth day largest and missed ration ever in american history, and we had an estimated 20 million across the country. We are challenging the ethics of a society that waith silly 6 with only 6 of the population, accounts for half utilization. Were destroying our lands and seas. Effort. Adrenaline a people were worried about pesticides. They do not think of themselves as having anything in common. After earth day, theyre all part of an environmental movement. Denis hayes. This is a science march, so i assume you all knew there was going to be a quiz. This is about last novembers election. Meltmerica somehow vote to the polar eyes caps until the coral reefs and acidify the oceans . No do we vote to reduce the epas budget by a whopping 42 . No did we vote to defend safety acting water by one third . Do we vote to illuminate environmental work and Chesapeake Bay and puget sound in the gulf of mexico and the great lakes . No well, that is what we got. [boos] 47 years ago on the first earth day, 20 million regular everyday americans, including millions of angry students, rose up and storm the political stage and amended demand at a clean, healthy, just, resilient environment. Later, to my astonishment, we are back in the same spot. We have a president , Vice President , cabinet and the leadership of both houses of congress who are all climate deniers. [boos] they are scrubbing Climate Change from federal websites and ordering federal employees not to use the words Global Warming in any communication. [boos] this is not conservative politics. This is the inquisition gunning for galileo. It is now Crystal Clear that the man who lives right there did not come here to drain the swamp. He is filling the swamp to overflowing with conflicts of interest, with the white house that reeks of greed and sleaze and mendacity. America has had 45 president s, but we before have never had a president who was completely indifferent to the truth. Donald trump makes Richard Nixon look like diogenes. Are racing now toward a climate cliff and our coal loving president is punching the accelerator. Minimize are marching across america and around the world so many of us are marching across america and around the world. Our job is clear. Today is the first step in a longterm battle for scientific integrity, a battle for transparency, a battle for survival. So dont leave here thinking that you came out in the rain all of you, this awesome crowd, standing in the rain freezing and thinking now you have done your part. Because you havent. Not yet. Thisthat first earth day, earth day is just the beginning. [cheers] and in that battle, losing is not an option because if we lose this fight, we will pass on a desert lit, impoverished planet for the next 100 generations. Can remembergh i when people all over the earth saw america as the worlds best hope. Today, right here, right now, all of you, lets commit ourselves to becoming the worlds best hope again. [cheers] i am about to take you to jamaica real quick. I want everyone to say come and get up stand up stand up for your rights it is time to stand up, like the legend are marley said, get up, stand up, stand up for your rights. 35 years ago in north carolina, a small but committed Africanamerican C