UN Climate Report; 30 Issues: Labor; Limo Safety; 30 Issues: Affirmative Action
The Brian Lehrer Show | Oct 11, 2018
Coming up on today's show:Â
- Coral Davenport, energy and environment correspondent at The New York Times, talks about the new UN report on climate change, which issued dire warnings about the consequences of a warming planet, and the unprecedented scale of what would have to be done to change the course.
- New York Times labor reporter Noam Schreiber talks about the tensions between public sector workers and the Trump administration.
- In light of this past weekend's fatal limousine crash, where 20 people died, Richard Retting, general manager of the Washington, D.C. office of Sam Schwartz Transportation Consultants + director of safety/research, gives tips on how people can vet a company before hiring a limo or party bus, and how to stay safe on the road in a large vehicle.
- Juan Williams, political analyst for Fox News and author of What the Hell Do You Have to Lose?: Trump's War on Civil Rights (PublicAffairs, 2018), and Roger Clegg, president and general counsel of the Center for Equal Opportunity, debate the future of affirmative action under President Trump.
