May 2, 2018: Hour 1

May 2, 2018: Hour 1

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NPR’s Phil Ewing joins us to talk about the increasing pressure on Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein from supporters of President Trump. Also, scientists at Louisiana State University have built a massive model of the Mississippi River Delta to discover the best way to restore the fragile ecosystem, which is grappling with coastal erosion and sea water damage. And we talk with the director of the Ocean Conservancy’s Trash Free Seas program about ways plastic products like single-use straws are damaging oceans and harming marine life. That and more, in hour one of Here & Now’s May 2, 2018 full broadcast.