part one:

Trump Says America’s Oil Industry Is Cleaner Than Other Countries’. New Data Shows Massive Emissions From Texas Wells The oil industry touts Texas as a success story in controlling climate-warming methane emissions. The state’s regulator, however, grants nearly every request to burn or vent gas into the atmosphere.

reporter: Martha Pskowski covers climate change and the environment in Texas from her base in El Paso. 

part two:

24 years since 9-11
the assassination of Charlie Kirk
the state of the US economya conversation with:

Bill Curry  was a Connecticut state senator, comptroller and two time Democratic nominee for governor who served as Counselor to the President in the Clinton White House.

Harold Meyerson is editor at large of The American Prospect.