Jane Fonda has been arrested on the steps of the U.S. Capitol Building as she and dozens of others protest climate change.

Surrounded by dozens of other climate activists she was arrested Friday on the steps of the Capitol Building. 

U.S. Capitol Police said 16 people were arrested for unlawfully demonstrating on the East Front of the U.S. Capitol. All were charged with D.C. Code 22-1307 crowding, obstructing or incommoding.

Fonda and the other climate activists -- most of them aren't even old enough to vote -- are demanding that lawmakers take action to address what she calls "an existential threat."

"We have to be sure that the crisis that is climate change remains front and center like a ticking time bomb," Fonda said. "We don’t have very much time, and it's really urgent."

The focus will shift every Friday, ranging from the Green New Deal to fresh water and forests.

Comments:

Jean -Francois

What a character, she is a true Legend!

Jordan Smith

She has more energy than I do and I’m in my 20s...

Amy David

I love how she hugs him.

Julie B

We need to stop buying the junk that the corporations keep slinging at us....my entire neighborhood is covered in Halloween crap...manufactured abroad, flown across the globe and trucked.  Stop.

CJ S

Jane, don't forget about all us millennials! We too also inherited this mess along with our younger brethren. And, WE CAN VOTE!

Benyikoko

I love Jane ... she is so youthfull still!!!!

Edgle Bennett

I love her!!!!!  Thank you, Jane Fonda!! God bless you!!!

JUMUIA YA WASISIOONA ZANZBAR ZANAB

We love the way you are always truthful with reality especially when establishments are wrong you quake and quake good. Here in Zanzibar the short rains (mvuli season) suddenly these past few days rains feroushly as if it were long  rains (Masika) keeping us down at tortoise pace speeds