CBS Celebrates 11-Year-Old Suing Trump for Not Spending Enough to Fight Global Warming

RUSH TRANSCRIPT MASON A ░░░░░░░░ of students has been ░░░░░░░░ this battle for nearly ░░░░░░░░ years They re suing ░░░░░░░░ federal government demanding it ░░░░░░░░ more to fight climate ░░░░░░░░ John Blackstone has their ░░░░░░░░ clip starts McRAE Are ░░░░░░░░ ready BLACKSTONE Avery McRae ░░░░░░░░ been passionate about the ░░░░░░░░ for half a lifetime ░░░░░░░░ ve been worried about ░░░░░░░░ change McRAE Since kindergarten ░░░░░░░░ Now at 11 she ░░░░░░░░ really getting serious You ░░░░░░░░ on to sue the ░░░░░░░░ McRAE Yeah BLACKSTONE To ░░░░░░░░ the government of the ░░░░░░░░ States McRAE Yeah Trump ░░░░░░░░ not doing anything to ░░░░░░░░ stop climate change He ░░░░░░░░ a climate change denier ░░░░░░░░ we re going to ░░░░░░░░ that to to the ░░░░░░░░ BLACKSTONE McRae is one ░░░░░░░░ 21 students suing the ░░░░░░░░ claiming it is violating ░░░░░░░░ constitutional right to a ░░░░░░░░ planet by not doing ░░░░░░░░ to limit the use ░░░░░░░░ fossil fuels The case ░░░░░░░░ filed in Oregon in ░░░░░░░░ bears the name of ░░░░░░░░ plaintiff Kelsey Juliana UNKNOWN ░░░░░░░░ It s a disgrace ░░░░░░░░ the government has put ░░░░░░░░ sins and its younger ░░░░░░░░ into a position where ░░░░░░░░ have to go to ░░░░░░░░ court BLACKSTONE The Justice ░░░░░░░░ tried to get it ░░░░░░░░ out but instead in ░░░░░░░░ U S District court ░░░░░░░░ Ann Aiken agreed to ░░░░░░░░ it McRAE My mom ░░░░░░░░ like Your case won ░░░░░░░░ you re going to ░░░░░░░░ forward And I screamed ░░░░░░░░ loud and I was ░░░░░░░░ ready to cry and ░░░░░░░░ was like no no ░░░░░░░░ have to go back ░░░░░░░░ class BLACKSTONE The trial ░░░░░░░░ start later this year ░░░░░░░░ year old aji piper ░░░░░░░░ bring it on You ░░░░░░░░ taking on not just ░░░░░░░░ federal government You re ░░░░░░░░ on big oil companies ░░░░░░░░ UNKNOWN MALE It s ░░░░░░░░ actually that intimidating You ░░░░░░░░ the biggest oil and ░░░░░░░░ companies against you It ░░░░░░░░ like good let them ░░░░░░░░ defeated in court BLACKSTONE ░░░░░░░░ their lawsuit may seem ░░░░░░░░ a long shot who ░░░░░░░░ to fight for the ░░░░░░░░ than those who will ░░░░░░░░ here to see it ░░░░░░░░ Blackstone CBS News Eugene ░░░░░░░░ clip ends]