UN Climate Report; 30 Issues: Labor; Limo Safety; 30 Issues: Affirmative Action

4 segments
Iceberg floating in the Nuup Kangerlua Fjord in southwestern Greenland, 2017. Greenland's glaciers have been melting and retreating at an accelerated pace in recent years due to warmer temperatures.

Coming up on today's show: 

  • 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.