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To the Point

Trump's new look at civil rights and global warming

To the Point

KCRW

News

4.4583 Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2017

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

President Trump is reportedly ready to pull the US out of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. We look at the possible consequences. On the second half of the program, we hear about cuts in Obama-Era civil rights programs called for by the Trump Administration's first budget plan.

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From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point.

0:08.0

Trump's new look at civil rights and global warming.

0:15.0

Hello again, I'm Orman Alney, and this is To the Point.

0:17.8

It's being widely reported that President Trump will make good on his promise

0:21.5

to pull the U.S. out of the Paris Agreement on climate change. We'll hear what that could mean

0:26.2

for international relations, for America's leadership in the world, and for the effort to put the

0:30.8

brakes on climate change. What's in store for America's economy and the creation of jobs?

0:36.6

On the second half of our program,

0:38.3

the Trump budget calls for cuts in anti-discrimination programs

0:41.5

in the departments of labor, education, and the EPA.

0:45.7

Opponents call it part of a war on civil rights.

0:48.5

Supporters say it's cost-cutting in the name of efficiency

0:51.1

on the way toward what they call color-blind government.

0:55.5

First, here's the news.

1:02.2

Check out KCRW's All News Channel, News 24. Programming from KCRW, NPR, NPR, BBC, and more, 24 hours a day.

1:11.6

Go to KCRW.com slash News24

1:14.1

or listen on KCRW and from the Public Radio International

1:33.4

Program Fund.

1:34.5

Hello again, Mormon.

1:35.2

I'll name back with To The Point.

1:36.4

President Trump is reportedly ready to pull the U.S. out of the Paris Agreement on

1:40.0

climate change.

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