Headline Humboldt
Headline Humboldt: August 4th, 2023
Season 3 Episode 44 | 28m 29sVideo has Closed Captions
Congressman Jared Huffman joins us in studio to talk about the Klamath River, and more.
Congressman Jared Huffman joins us in studio to talk about the Klamath River, Trump’s latest indictment, and the plight of missing native women. Also, Eric Black reports on how the Humboldt wind energy project could spark a blue-collar revival.
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Headline Humboldt
Headline Humboldt: August 4th, 2023
Season 3 Episode 44 | 28m 29sVideo has Closed Captions
Congressman Jared Huffman joins us in studio to talk about the Klamath River, Trump’s latest indictment, and the plight of missing native women. Also, Eric Black reports on how the Humboldt wind energy project could spark a blue-collar revival.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> COMING UP ON THE HEADLINE HUMBOLDT NORTH COAST JARED HUFFMAN JOINS US IN THE STUDIO TO TALK ABOUT THE KLAMATH RIVER AND THE LITTEST TRUMP INDICTMENT.
ERIC BLACK REPORTS HOW THE HUMBOLDT COULD SPARK A BLUE COLLAR REVIVAL.
COMING UP ON HEADLINE HUMBOLDT NOW.
>> FROM THE TOP OF THE HUMBOLDT HILL THIS IS HEADLINE HUMBOLDT I'M JAMES FAULK.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
WE'VE GOT A FULL TO THE MOST RECENT INDICTMENT OF TRUMP AMONG OTHER ISSUES.
GIVEN WE'LL SKIP THE NICETIES AND GET TO THE NEWS BUFFET.
YESTERDAY I JOINED CONGRESSMAN HUFFMAN.
IT OPENS TO THE PUBLIC SATURDAY NIGHT.
THE INSTALLATION USES 30,000 INDIVIDUAL PIECES OF PIECES OF ARTED TOO CREATE SALMON HANGING IN SPACE.
IT'S A FUN EXHIBIT TO SEE.
IT'S ACTUALLY OPENING UP TO THE PUBLIC STARTING SATURDAY.
SO ANYONE CAN WALK IN DOWNTOWN YAIRK AND TAKE A LOOK.
I THINK IT'S REALLY POWERFUL IN A REALLY DARK TIME WHEN WE HAD THAT THE MASSIVE FISH KILL IN 2002.
THAT THE BASICALLY WAS PUT AWAY AND PUT THIS THIS ARTIST'S ATTIC FOR ALL OF THESE YEARS.
WHAT A GREAT MOMENT TO REASSEMBLE IN EXHIBIT FOR A FINAL TOUR.
THIS IS GOING TO BE THE LAST APPEARANCE FOR THIS EXHIBIT.
BUT IN A MUCH MORE HOPEFUL WAY THAN THE LAST TIME PEOPLE SAW IT.
>> I WAS SPEAKING TO JOANNA CARR.
HOW VOLUNTEERS AND PEOPLE SPENT HOURS.
EVERYTHING IS HUNG ON THE MONOFILAMENT LINE.
EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL PIECES CAN STAND ON ITS OWN.
IT'S A KID'S VERSION WHAT THE FISH KILL MEANT AND WHAT THE ENVIRONMENT MEANS.
IT WAS REALLY IMPACTFUL.
EACH INDIVIDUAL PIECE INCLUDES A NOTE FROM A CHILD BACK THEN.
I HOPE THAT THE SALMON COME BACK.
EACH OF THESE KIDS PROBABLY HAS A FAMILY OF THEIR OWN.
>> I BELIEVE 30,000 SALMON AND 30,000 INDIVIDUAL PIECE OF ART THAT MAKE UP THE DISPLAY.
I IN UROLOGY EVERYBODY TO CHECK IT OUT.
>> I HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THE DAUBLED TRUMP INDICTMENT THAT JUST CAME DOWN.
A LOT OF US HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS TO HAPPEN WAITING IN THE MONTHS AFTER THE JANUARY 6th INSURRECTION.
SINCE THE APPOINTMENT OF THE JACK SMITH.
IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHETHER A TRIAL WILL HAPPEN BEFORE THE ELECTION OR HOW THAT'S GOING TO WORK OUT.
THE QUESTION WHETHER THIS NADS TO BE TELEVISED.
>> YEAH I DON'T HAVE AN OPINION WHETHER IT NEEDS TO BE TELEVISE.
.
BUT I THINK IT YOU NEEDS TO BE A SERIOUS AND SOBER CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS JUST LIKE ANY OTHER AMERICAN WOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO.
AS THEY WERE PRESENTED WITH CHARGES.
TO ME THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THIS YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM CHARGES FROM TRUMP'S ALLIES THERE'S A TWO-TIER SYSTEM OF JUSTICE.
IF A PERSON LIKE DONALD TRUMP WITHOUT CRIMINAL ACCOUNTABILITY THAT WOULD BE A TWO-TIERED SYSTEM OF JUSTICE.
THIS IS A WONDERFUL AFFIRMATION OF THE RULE OF LAW.
HOWEVER IT COMES OUT.
I'M NOT GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE LOCK HIM UP.
I'M NOT APPROACHING THIS FROM A SCORE SETTLING OR VINDICTIVE THING.
I JUST LIKE THE RULE OF LAW.
IT NEEDS TO PLAY OUT IF ANY YOU OTHER AMERICAN WAS FACING THIS CHARGES.
THAT PUTS PRESSURE TO GET THIS EXPEDITED.
IT SHOULD BE EXPEDITED TO THE EXTENT OF ANY OTHER TRIAL LIKE THIS WOULD BE EXPEDITED.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S SHOULD BE ANY SPECIAL TREATMENT.
YOU'VE GOT MILLIONS OF AMERICANS HANGING ON HIS WORD.
HE'S SO OVER THE TOP.
NO ONE PROBABLY ATTACKS JUDGES AND PROSECUTORS IF THEY'RE FACING.
BOTH THE PROSECUTORS AND THE JUDGES ARE GOING TO BE UNDER A MICROSCOPE, AND I TRULY THE BEST PATH FORWARD TO APPROACH THIS ONE AS THEY WOULD ANYTHING ELSE.
>> I'VE HAD MY MUG SHOT IN THE PAPER.
WHY SHOULD HE HAVE THAT EXCEPTION.
NOT THAT I WANT TO SEE MORE PICTURES OF DONALD TRUMP.
I THINK THAT THE LEVEL OF ACCOUNTABILITY MEANS SOMETHING.
IT'S PART OF THE PROCESS OF GOING THROUGH THE JUSTICE SYSTEM.
IF HE CAN SKIP THAT WHAT ELSE ARE YOU SKIPPING.
I GUESS IS MY CONCERN.
I HAVE A LOT MORE QUESTIONS.
YOU'VE RECENTLY ASKED THE GA O TO LOOK AT THE INEQUAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
CALIFORNIA IS ONE OF THOSE.
ALASKA AND NEBRASKA, OREGON AND WISCONSIN.
CAN YOU GIVE WHAT THIS ISSUE IS ABOUT AND WERE YOU SATISFIED WITH THE RESPONSE THAT YOU GOT FROM THE GAO OR HAVE YOU RECEIVED ONE YET.
>> WHAT THIS IS GOOD AND THIS IS SOMETHING I HEAR UP AND DOWN MY DISTRICT BECAUSE I REPRESENT A LOT OF TRIBES.
THE PL280 ASSIGNED CALIFORNIA LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSIBILITY OVER TRIBES.
TRIBES HAVE NOT GOTTEN -- THEY HAVEN'T HAD THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT.
THEY DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO IT THEMSELVES.
THEY'VE GOT TO JUMP THROUGH A LOT OF HOOPS.
IT'S NOT A PRIORITY FOR A LOT OF LOCAL AND STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES: THEY'VE GOT OTHER NEEDS THAT TAKE PRECEDENCE.
TRIBES ARE LOSING OUT.
AND PL280 WHERE THIS ISSUE WHAT WE CALL THE CRISIS MURDERED AND MISSING INDIGENOUS WOMEN.
AND GETTING THE GAO TO FINALLY DO A SERIOUS ANALYSIS WHAT'S WORKING AND WHAT'S NOT.
I CERTAINLY HEAR A LOT ABOUT IT WHAT'S NOT WORKING.
THEY WILL BE DOING THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME.
ONCE WE GET THAT BACK AND WE CAN LOOK AT SOME STATUTORY IMPROVEMENTS AND SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ADMITSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND GIRLS.
>> OR MIP.
>> PEOPLE IT'S SORT OF ATER NUTLEY REFERRED TO.
>> HUMBOLDT COUNTY IS GROUND SERO.
WE HAVE A HIGH NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN MISSING.
YOU'RE IN CONGRESS.
GIVEN THAT THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE TRIBAL GOVERNMENT IS WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN A LOT OF INSTANCES, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE DOING MORE TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS WISH.
IT'S WHAT CAN BE DONE.
>> THERE'S A LOT.
IT'S ALMOST OVERWHELMING TO SORT OF FIGURE OUT WHERE TO START.
IN TERMS OF FEDERAL RESOURCES DEDICATED TO THIS KIND OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
YOU KNOW HOW BIG THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
THERE IS ONE INDIVIDUAL AT THE BUREAU OF THE INDIAN AFFAIRS AND HE'S DOING AMAZING THINGS.
I'VE MET WITH HIM.
HE NEEDS A LOT MORE SUPPORT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
AND PART OF THE PROBLEM IS THAT THIS IS A BL280 STATE.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IT'S THE STATE'S RESPONSIBILITY.
SO WE CAN GET PL280 MODERNIZED AND IMPROVED WE'RE GOING TO NEED A ALL HANDS APPROACH.
STATE NEEDS TO STEP UP AND DO MORE WITH THE TRIBES.
AND THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES.
AND THEN I'M GOING TO BE WORKING WITH COLLEAGUES FOR THE REALLY LONG-TERM OF HOW WE FIX THIS STATUTE.
>> IT'S SAD SAD SITUATION.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT WORK.
SWITCHING TO THE ECONOMY NOW.
>> YEAH.
>> BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS ABOUT THE ECONOMY.
I THINK BILL CLINTON SAID THAT IN 1992.
IT'S THE ECONOMY STEW PDI.
>> INFLATION IS SETTLING DOWN.
WE'VE A MAJOR CRITTER JUST DOWNGRADED OUR CREDIT.
THIS IS ALL OVER THE DEALING MAKING TO RAISE THE DEBT LIMIT.
ONE OF THE THINGS WHAT YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THE DEAL.
THERE WAS A DEAL WAS DONE UNDER THE PRESSURE WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE OUR CREDIT RATING LOWERED.
THAT HAPPENED ANYWAY.
I GUESS WHAT DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT MEANING IN TERMS OF THE ECONOMY FOR THE COUNTRY AND ARE WE OUT OF THE WOODS YET.
AND ANOTHER DOODEMS NEED TO DO BETTER >> AND DEMOCRATS NEED TO BE DOING BETTER MESSAGING.
THE BUT THE CHALLENGE WE ARE SAYING ALL OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO BE SAYING.
HALF THE COUNTRY NEVER HEARS IT.
>> THAT'S INFORMATION SILOS THAT ARE IN EVERY INSTANCE.
>> THAT IS OUR CHALLENGE.
WE NEED TO KIND OF PUSH THE REALITY OF THIS ECONOMY AGAINST SOME NARRATIVES THAT HAVE BEEN RECESSION, AND REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN TRYING TO RUN THIS ECONOMY INTO THE DITCH BECAUSE THEY YOU THINK IT HELPS LOSING.
THE THE ECONOMY IS STRONG.
THE ONE SORT OF BAD MEASURE THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND WE'VE HAD RECORD LOW UNEMPLOYMENT.
WE'VE HAD CONSISTENT GROWTH.
THIS RECOVERY JUST GOES AND ON AND ON IS REALLY SOUND.
BUT INFLATION HAS BEEN A HUGE CHALLENGE AND WE FINALLY GOT THAT UNDER CONTROL.
SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHERE WE'VE BEEN AS RECENTLY AS TWO YEARS AGO AND WHEN THE PANDEMIC AND GLOBAL ECONOMIC COLLAPSE WERE REALLY THREATENING SOMETHING PRETTY CLOSE TO LIKE A DEPRESSION.
WE HAVE COME THROUGH THE WORST OF THE INFLATION.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SOFT LANDING WHICH PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT WAS NOT POSSIBLE.
CREDIT TO CHAIRMAN POWELL AND THE FED.
WE DON'T LIKE THE INTEREST RATE INCREASES SO THEY HAVE TAILORED IN THE WAY THAT THE FED IS SUPPOSED TO DO IT.
TO BRING INFLATION UNDER CONTROL.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD NEWS THERE.
AND OF COURSE THE INVESTMENTS FROM SOME OF THE HISTORIC LEGISLATION WE PASSED BIPARTISAN THE INFLATION REDUCTION LAW AND THE CHIPS AND SCIENCE ACT.
INCLUDING IN RED STATES AND RED DISTRICTS WHERE THEY'RE GRUDGINGLY COMING AROUND MAYBE THIS CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY IS A GOOD THING.
I JUST THINK THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD NEWS.
WE NEED TO AMPLIFY IT AND EXPLAIN IT TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
WE NEED TO AMERICAN PEOPLE TO VENTURE OUT F T OF THE ECHO CHA OF RIGHT WING NEWS.
>> THE HIT THAT THE COUNTRY TOOK.
DOES THAT FURTHER UNDERLINE WE NEED TO GET RID OF THIS PROCESS WHEREBY WE HAVE TO GO TO THE CONGRESS TO DO THIS.
>> WE DO.
WE'RE THE ONLY COUNTRY THAT HAS THAT PROCESS FOR ISSUING DEBT.
I THINK IT SPEAKS TO THE FACT THAT THE DEBT CEILING SOLUTION WE HAD A FEW MONTHS AGO WAS PREMISED ON A BUDGET DEALS THAT HOUSE REPUBLICANS PROMPTLY TURNED AROUND AND DISAVOWED.
SINCE THEN THEY HAVE SIGNALED IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY POSSIBLE THEY'RE GOING TO BE SHUTTING DOWN THE GOVERNMENT.
HOW CAN YOU LOOK AT THAT AND NOT SAY SOMETHING.
WE'RE PROBABLY ON OUR WAY TO A GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN.
THAT'S NOT A GOOD THING FOR CREDITWORTHINESS.
SO -- >> IT MAKES AMERICA LESS OF A GOOD BET.
IF YOU CAN'T TRUST THE GOVERNMENT TO PAY ITS BILLS.
IT SEEMS WE NEED TO GET TAKEN OF.
>> THE GOOD THING WE WILL BE PAYING OUR BILLS THROUGH THE NEXT ELECTION.
>> IT'S GOING TO BE A BUMPY WITH THIS REPUBLICAN.
WHEN THEY'RE NOT FIGHTING AMONG THEMSELVES THEY'RE TRYING TO TEAR EVERYTHING DOWN.
THE ONE THING THEY SEEM TO AGREE ON IS THAT WE SHOULD PROBABLY SHUT THE GOVERNMENT DOWN RATHER THAN FUND IT AT THE AGREED UPON LEVEL.
BUCKLE UP.
IT'S GOING TO BE ROUGH.
I'M GRATEFUL THAT THE SENATE IN A BIPARTISAN WAY IS HONORING THE DEAL.
THEY'RE PASSING GOVERNMENT FUNDING BILLS THAT ARE ARE NOT LOADED WITH ABORTION AND THE CULTURE WAR.
THE OPPOSITE IS TRUE IN THE HOUSE.
>> SWITCHING GEARS AGAIN I'VE ASKED YOU ABOUT UAPs.
AND THIS HAS COME FULL CIRCLE.
WE HAVE WHISTLEBLOWER DAVID GRUSCH.
INTERESTINGLY IT'S A BIPARTISAN ISSUE IN TERMS OF THINKING THAT SOMETHING IS GOING ON.
WHEN YOU HAVE A PENTAGON THAT HAS PASSED AN AUDIT IN YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS GOOD WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF DEBT.
THAT THERE'S PROGRAMS THAT ARE BEING ABUSED AND LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY IN TERMS OF THE PRIVATE MILITARY CONTRACTORS.
NO MATTER WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT UAPs.
I SAW YOU GRIN.
>> THERE'S A LOT THERE.
WELL FIRST OF ALL, I'M GOING TO DO NOTHING BUT AGREE ON THE PENTAGON BLACK HOLE PROBLEM.
YOU'RE RIGHT THEY CAN'T PASS AN AUDIT.
WE CONTINUE TO THROW BIGGER AND BIGGER PILES OF MONEY AS THEY FAIL AUDITS.
THAT IS A BIG PROBLEM.
THAT'S WHY I TEND TO VOTE AGAINST DEFENSE BUDGETS.
THE SECOND PIECE IS MAYBE OF TRANSPARENCY.
I ACTUALLY THINK GIVEN THE ATTENTION THAT THIS ISSUE IS GETTING, AND GIVEN THAT THE CONSPIRACY THEORIES THAT IT'S FUELING WE'RE GOING TO BE TOTALLY TRANSPARENCY.
GET IT OUT THERE.
ANYTHING SHORT OF THAT IS GOING TO BE PART OF THE CONSPIRACY.
>> LOOK DO I BELIEVE THERE ARE LITTLE GREEN MEN IN NEVADA THAT WE SOMEHOW RECOVERED FROM AN ALIEN SPACECRAFT.
THAT THE WHISTLEBLOWER ALLUDED.
IT'S ABSOLUTELY FALSE AND I'M CERTAIN OF.
LET'S GET EVERYTHING OUT THERE IN AN OPEN BOOK SO THE WHOLE WORD CAN SEE THIS IS NOT A THING.
>> THEY'RE NOT THOUGH.
TALK TO THE OTHER FOLKS WHO HAVE LOOKED SCIENTIFICALLY WHAT THEY SAW AND 95 PLUS PERCENT OF THE TIME CAN EXPLAIN THEM.
>> IT'S THE 5% THAT THE PEOPLE CAN'T EXPLAIN.
>> THERE ARE NO LITTLE GREEN MEN RUNNING AROUND OR IN FREEZERS IN NEVADA BECAUSE OF CRASHED ALIEN CRAFT.
THAT'S NOT A SECRET WE COULD HAVE KEPT ALL OF THIS YEARS.
IT'S NOT A THING.
I'M NOT SURE I AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT.
I THINK THERE ARE CREDIBLE WITNESSES.
>> THE MORE YOU LOOK INTO THIS AND THE LESS WORD CREDIBLE IS GOING TO APPLY TO SOME OF THESE WITNESSES.
>> OKAY.
RECENTLY SPEAKER McCARTNEY AND WALL EXCHANGED.
MARGE GEE TAYLOR GRANILLO.
BIDEN HAS MANAGED DURING HIS ADMINISTRATION WHEN THINGS TO ACCOMPLISH MORE ON A BIPARTISAN BASIS THAN ANY PRESIDENT IN RECENT MEMORY.
ARE WE MAKING PROGRESS SOMEHOW IN SPITE OF THE VITRIOL THAT ARE IN WASHINGTON.
>> IN THIS MOMENT IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE PROGRESS BUT I THINK IF YOU BACK UP A LITTLE BIT AND ABLE TO SEE WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE IN CONGRESS.
IT'S PAYING.
>> YOU PASSED GUN CONTROL MEASURES.
>> PROGRESS IS IMPORTANT.
>> LOTS OF I THINK VERY ENCOURAGING SIGNS OF PROGRESS.
BUT IT'S NEVER A STRAIGHT LINE.
TO PROGRESS.
THERE ARE BUMPS IN THE ROAD AND STEPS BACKWARD AND SOME OF THE UGLINESS IS ABSOLUTELY A FEATURE OF THIS COCAINE.
THIS TWO-YEAR CONGRESS.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
A COUPLE OF MORE QUESTIONS.
WE'VE GOT ABOUT TWO-MINUTE.
YOU VOED BENS HOUSE BILL 311 TO SAY WE'RE STILL CLOSE TO ISRAEL.
>> YEAH SO LOOK I'VE SUPPORTED AID TO ISRAEL.
I CONSIDER MYSELF PRO ISRAEL.
WE'VE SEEN THE CURRENT ISRAELIS THE NETANYAHU COALITION TAKE SOME TERRIBLE TURNS ON WHAT WE REFER TO AS OUR SHARED VALUES.
TALKING ABOUT THE RULE OF LAW.
TALKING ABOUT THE BASIC DEMOCRACY.
TALKING ABOUT THE HUMAN RIGHTS AND LIVING CONDITIONS OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE.
ALL OF THIS WHICH CURRENT GOVERNMENT IS AWFUL ON.
SO WHAT I TOOK EXCEPTION WITH THAT THE RESOLUTION THIS WAS JUST MEMORIALIZE THE 75th ANNIVERSARY OF THE STATE OF IFRS.
BUT IT HAD SOME LOADED LANGUAGE PRAISING THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT WHICH IS DEEPLY TONE-DEAF WHAT YOU LOOK AT WHAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY DO.
THE GOVERNMENT IS A HUGE THREFT TO THE STATE OF ISRAEL.
IT MENTIONED NOTHING ABOUT A TWO-STATE RESOLUTION.
WE ALWAYS AFFIRM OUR SUPPORT.
THIS TIME IT WAS SILENT.
THOSE TWO THINGS TAKEN TOGETHER.
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS IN TEL AVIV.
>> AND THEN LASTLY THERE'S BEEN SOME TALK ABOUT A GOP PLAN.
THEY'RE FACING AGAINST TWO OTHER DEMOCRATS.
BUT THE IDEA YOUR BENEFITS FOR SOCIAL SECURITY WOULD BE CUT.
WHAT ARE THE CHANCES THAT WOULD BE PASSING THE HOUSE.
ARE WE SECURE WITH OUR GOVERNMENT.
>> I DON'T WANT ANYBODY WHO'S IN THAT AGE RANGE TO WORRY ABOUT LOSING SCOUCK OR MEDICARE BENEFITS.
BUT THIS KEEPS COMING AROUND.
IT'S JUST ONE OF THESE THINGS MOST REPUBLICANS WOULD NEVER WANT TO GO THERE.
BUT THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT BLOC TIM SCOTT A BIG FAN OF PRETTY STRUCTURAL CUTS.
IT'S THE KIND OF THING THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP TRYING.
THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP MAKING RUNS AT SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE.
AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RE-WINNING THE FIGHTS WE FROM THE '30s AND '60s.
>> AND THAT'S MAYBE THE KIND OF VICTORY THAT THE DEMOCRATS WOULD LIKE IN TERMS OF ELECTORATE POLITICS.
>> THESE ARE VERY POPULAR PROGRAMS.
>> THAT'S ALL WE'VE GOT.
>> THANKS.
>> WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THIS SHORT BREAK.
A BLUE COLLAR RAW VILF COULD SOON SWEEP HUMBOLDT COUNTY.
WITHIN A DECADE 20 MILES OF WEST OF YAIRK.
THE HUMBOLDT PAY DISTRICT IS INDUSTRIALIZING THE SAMOA PENINSULA.
BLUE COLLAR WORKERS ARE STRUGGLING.
ALL OF MY CHILDREN HAD TO GO OUT AND WORK SOMEPLACE ELSE I HAVE TO LEAVE OUT OF TOWN.
I'VE GOT THREE KIDS AT HOME.
>> JASON SCHENKE IF EXTINGUISHED DURING THE TIMBER AND PLAN TO REVIVE 180 ACRES THAT FORMERLY PRODUCED PRODUCTS.
THEY'LL REMOVE THESE DOCKS BUILD A HEAVY LIFT WIND TERMINAL AND TURBINE PRODUCTION.
AND ASSEMBLY.
IT'S WE WILL RECEIVE MORE OF THE MANUFACTURING PRODUCTS FROM ABROAD THAN IN THE LATER STAGES.
SO THIS INDUSTRY NEEDS TO BE BUILT FROM SCRATCH.
JAPAN IS WAY AHEAD OF US.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF COUNTRIES IN ASIA THAT ARE MANUFACTURING THESE SPONTS.
>> SO YOU CAN SEE BLADES BEING MOVED BY TRAIN.
BUT EVEN THAT BECOMES CHALLENGING.
THIS BLADE IS OFFSHORE TURBINES.
SO THE ONLY WAY TO MOVE THEM IS BY SHIP WHICH MEANS THEY HAVE BE MANUFACTURED IN A PORT.
BECAUSE YOU CAN'T MOVE THEM ACROSS THE LAND AND THEY HAVE BE MOVED BY SHIP AND MANUFACTURED NEXT TO SHIPS IN PORTS.
SAN FRANCISCO THEY'VE GOT 60 ACRES THAT SHIP THOSE COMPONENTS FROM THAT AREA IN SAN FRANCISCO UP HERE.
>> THAT CONSTRUCTION ATTACHING BLADES TO THE HUB AND STACKING THE APPARATUS ON TOP OF TOWERS.
CROWLEY WILL OVERSEE.
BOATS WILL TUG THE TURBINES TO SEA STANDING UP.
BECAUSE THE ERECT TURBINES WOULD SLAM INTO THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE.
OUR PORT IS CLOSE AND CAN SUPPLY EQUIPMENT FOR HUMBOLDT'S WIND FARM ALONG WITH THE OREGON WIND ENERGY FARMS.
THOSE LOCATIONS BOAST THE U.S.'S MOST FREQUENT HIGH WINDS.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF SHIPS GO OUT TO THE TURBINES.
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET UP ON THE PONTOONS AND THE FLOATERS, AND MAINTAIN ALL OF THIS.
A LOT OF TECHNICIANS, DRONE PILOTS IT WILL BE A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE WORKING TO INSPECT THIS EQUIPMENT.
AND THEN A LOT OF IT IS UNDERWATER SO THERE WILL BE JOBS RELATED TO DIVING AND DRIVING SUBMARINE DRONES TO INSPECT LINES AND THE FLOATERS.
EMPLOYMENT OPTIMISM ABOUNDED IN APRIL.
THE HARBOR DISTRICT CELEBRATED ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PORT.
BUT GOOD VIBES WHEN AN EMPLOYEE FOR IGNORING HAD SEXUALLY ASSAULTED HER.
CROWLEY ALLEGEDLY REQUIRED THE VICTIM TO TRAVEL WITH HER BOSS WHO THEN ALLEGEDLY RAPED HER.
IN RESPONSE THE COMPANY WROTE WHILE WE TAKE ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT SERIOUSLY WE WILL VIGOROUSLY DEFEND OURSELVES AGAINST A LAWSUIT.
IN JULY BLUE COLLARS DEMANDED GUARANTEES.
IT NEEDS TO HAVE STRONG PROTECTION FOR LOCAL WORKERS.
WE HAVE A ROBUST WORKFORCE HERE AND WE NEED PROTECTION TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LOCAL FOLKS HAVE A GOOD SHOT AT THIS.
IT'S UNCLEAR WHEN CROWLEY WILL GUARANTEE LOCAL HIRING UNTIL AUGUST 25th THE HARBOR DISTRICT IS SOLICITING INPUT HOW TO HANDLE WIND TERMINALS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.
>> ERIC BLACK, HEADLINE HUMBOLDT SAMOA.
>> BEAUTIFUL PACKAGE PUT TOGETHER BY ERIC.
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