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Public health of 21 million floridians. >> this is next level from a debate about vaccine mandates. this is face-to-face, human-to-human, you know, screw you. >> yeah. it's a part of the bet that republicans are making and it's a cynical bet, which is that americans are frustrated with the way that the covid pandemic has gone on longer than any of us had hoped and that they're hoping that the covid politics will ultimately be problematic for biden. that's why you're seeing republican candidates campaign against vaccine mandates, campaign against mask mandates, you know, running against these -...

"the killing of the environment " by state practices and policies — "but, please, let us be realistic. "who have been and who are likely to remain "the guiltiest in this? "well, start with the permanent members "of the un security council." again, it's about being realistic, not wasting your time. i think being realistic is using the power of the criminal law, including at the international level, to protect things we care about — to protect human beings and to protect the environment. exactly the same exact argument as the one you just recited to me were raised by reasonable people agains...

I don't think that's the case. in 1996, the international court ofjustice in the hague, for the first time, said the protection of the environment is part of international law. so the next stage is to ask oneself the question if we're going to use the law at the international level to stop people mass killing, should we use international law — criminal law — to stop people from causing massive damage to the human — to the environment? so, who's in your notional crosshairs? is it the chinese, building their coal—fired stations? is it the president of brazil who continues to allow loggin...

We've had four crimes. the old one, war crimes — 19th century. then three invented at nuremberg — crime of aggression, waging illegal war, genocide, crimes against humanity. they all focus on the protection of the human. there's a gap and we're facing that gap right now in the face of climate change, the face of biodiversity, marine pollution. there's a gap in relation to the protection of the environment — it is not protected by the criminal law. and the proposalfor a new crime of ecocide — which, incidentally, is notjust supported by me, but by the pope, secretary—general of the un...

Let us be realistic. who have been and who are likely to remain the guiltiest in this? well, start with the permanent members of the un security council. again, it's about being realistic, not wasting your time. i think being realistic is using the power of the criminal law, including at the international level, to protect things we care about — to protect human beings and to protect the environment. exactly the same exact argument as the one you just recited to me were raised by reasonable people against rafael lemkin in 1945. they said it was a nonsense. prosecutors said "go away, don't bo...