LIVE IN CARNEY, TRACEYIE STRAHAN
>> THE PRESIDENT SOUNDING
CONFIDENT.
THANK YOU.
>>> RIGHT NOW TWO CLIMATE
>>> RIGHT NOW TWO CLIMATE
PROTESTS IN THE CITY.
ONE ON THE WEST SIDE AND OTHER
ANOTHER ON THE EAST SIDE.
ANOTHER ON THE EAST SIDE.
THERE IS A SIT-IN STAGED IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE WEST SIDE HIGHWAY.
HOW IS IT LOOKING?
>> Reporter: AT THIS POINT ROADS
ARE REOPENED, ADAM.
ARE REOPENED, ADAM.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE ARE
STANDING NEAR THE WEST SIDE
HIGHWAY WHERE THE PROTEST ENDED
IN THE LAST HOUR.
IN THE LAST HOUR.
IT’S BEEN AN ACTIVE MOMENT WITH
CLIMATE CHANGE DEMONSTRATIONS OF
BOTH SIDES OF MANHATTAN.
HERE IS VIDEO FROM THE EAST
SIDE, ADAM, WHERE YOU CAN SEE
PROTESTS R PROTESTERS
PROTESTERS ON FDR BLOCKING
TRAFFIC BETWEEN 8 THIRDS AND
9:30 AM.
9:30 AM.
THEY GOT CHAINED TO EACH OTHER
AND ALSO USED CARS TO SHUT DOWN
THE HIGHWAY.
THE HIGHWAY.
OVER A DOZEN WERE ARRESTED.
HUNDREDS OF PROTESTERS
PARTICIPATED REPRESENTING
SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS, EXTENSION
THE SUNRISE MOVEMENT CALLING FOR
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO ACT NOW ON
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO ACT NOW ON
CLIMATE CHANGE AND, ADAM, ON THE
WEST SIDE HIGHWAY OVER HERE,
TOO, NEAR 34th STREET AT LEAST
TOO, NEAR 34th STREET AT LEAST
15 PEOPLE GOT ARRESTED AFTER
BLOCKING THE ROAD.
SOME DRIVERS AND COMMUTERS WERE
UPSET WHEN THEY REALIZE THE
ROADS WERE BLOCKED.
ROADS WERE BLOCKED.
I CAN TELL YOU ALSO OTHERS
SHOWED SUPPORT FOR THE RALLY AND
HAD WORDS OF MOTIVATION FOR
CLIMATE CHANGE PROTESTERS.
WE POKE TO ONE OF THE ORGANIZERS
EXPLAINING WHY THEY DECIDED TO
EXPLAINING WHY THEY DECIDED TO
SHUT DOWN TWO OF THE MAJOR
SHUT DOWN TWO OF THE MAJOR
TRAFFIC AREAS IN MANHATTAN THIS
MORNING.
>> BECAUSE WE NEED TO GET BIDEN
TO FULFILL HIS PROMISE.
BIDEN PROMISED TO CUT EMISSIONS
BIDEN PROMISED TO CUT EMISSIONS
IN HALF BY 2030 AND NOW THE
LEGISLATION THAT CAN MAKE IT
HAPPEN, EVERYTHING HANGING ON
THE FUTURE, OF THE LIFE ON THE
PLANET IS HANGING ON WHAT’S
HAPPENING AND THAT HAS BEING
NEGOTIATED DOWN.
>> Reporter: THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT
PROTESTERS TOLD ME, ADAM.
PROTESTERS TOLD ME, ADAM.
THEY WILL CONTINUE TO PUT
PRESSURE ON PRESIDENT BIDEN
UNTIL HE FULFILLS WHAT THEY SAY
IS HIS PLEDGE TO CUT U.S.
IS HIS PLEDGE TO CUT U.S.
EMISSIONS BY HALF BY THE YEAR TO
30.
THEY ALSO TOLD ME THIS IS NOT
THE END, THE PROTESTS WILL
CONTINUE, EXPECTING THE NEXT ONE
NEXT FRIDAY.