wherever you're watching around the world including the u.s. on al jazeera america, hello from doha, and this is the news hour from al jazeera. >> it's very sad that i leave this position, and i will leave syria behind in search of it. >> yet another setback for syria. the u.n. envoy resigns. more than 300 people are trapped after an explosion at a mine in western turkey.

barbara farrell with all the news from europe, including as more funerals are held after fighting in ukraine, seven government soldiers are killed in an ambush by pro-russian fighters. >> robin adams with all your sports. they announced the squad four 2014 as they appear to be the first team in 52 years to successfully defend it. the search for a diplomatic solution in syria has resulted in another major diplomatic resignation. just as his predecessor, kofi annan did he's stepping down from the post frustrated in the lack of ending the war. he made that next to ban ki-moon after a briefing in new york about two hours ago. >> it's very sad that i leave

this position and leave syria behind. i have absolutely no doubt that you will continue, as you have, to do everything that is humanly possible to work with the security council, with the neighbors of syria and, indeed, with the syrian parties themselves to end this crisis. >> despite the failure of his mission, his boss, the secretary-general ban ki-moon had this to say as he paid tribute. >> mr. brahimi is long recognized as one of the world's most brilliant diplomats as well as an outstanding proponent of the charter of the united nations. your objective to reach here his extraordinary talents has proven

elusive. it's a tragedy for the syrian people. >> we have covered the story. she's been covering the syrian conflict for years now. we start with the u.n. in new york. as you hear ban ki-moon pay such tribute to bahimi, it can underline this is the most difficult job in diplomacy right now. >> a near impossible task given the violence that continues in syria and the international deadlock around the security council table.

>> they may be part of the problem. i suspect he may raise the issue again and their share of the blame that's been unable to reach peace. we know that he got where many thought he wasn't going to get, which is getting both sides around the table in geneva. those talks broke down, though, because the syrian government side wouldn't in effect agree to a compromise agenda that he'd set up for progressing those talks. why the resignation right now? we probably hear this when he speaks later on to the press, but i think about the syrian president election that he said was going to completely derail the geneva process. the election date has set and happens a few days after his resignation takes effect on the 3rd of june. >> quick thought on replacements. my first thought is there any point in putting in a replacement in when two great

diplomats have failed in this job. who is touted as a possible replacement? >> i've heard the same thing, that you just perhaps alluded to there. some are suggesting here at u.n. headquarters it would be a good idea to keep the post unfilled for a little bit of time to that the enormity of the problem comes to everyone's attention that might force the divided security council to come together. possible names are being discussed. not sure they'll be the man who gets the job. former australian prime minister and the foreign tunisian foreign minister. another name i heard in the last few days is carr, and she's taking the weapons out of syria. she's also an option. >> that is our diplomatic editor

in new york. let's go to beirut now. something james said there about the pact that brahimi got both sides around the table. can we say he had some success there maybe? >> reporter: he did have some success, but he always warned that he cannot actually put a gun to the parties -- to the different parties' heads and force them to agree to a settlement if they don't want to. you always said they were not ready, and they did not make the right compromises. he also always blamed international and regional powers that provided weapons and money to the government and to the opposition forces, because he felt he was tasked with ending the fighting on the ground and reaching a political settlement while the people who commissioned him, like the united nations security council and the arab league, was divided. some of them were actually providing weapons undermining his own mission.

>> just quickly looking at a statement here from the president of the syrian national coalition. they'll be talking about the idea of a political process. those sides are still committed to the idea of a political solution here? >> reporter: well, the u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon today blamed both sides, the government and opposition forces have failed the syrian people. however, if you hear the statement from the president of the syrian national coalition, he says that his coalition is still committed to a political settlement. that he shared brahimi's frustrate with the lack of engagement with the syrian government and he will discuss ways to put more pressure on the government. if you talk to the syrian government, we spoke to one official who wanted to stay anonymous and didn't want to reveal the name. he said they were not surprised by the resignation. brahimi made himself ineffective through his own doing because he

was not neutral. they claim that they did not recognize the military gains on the ground and they wanted to see reflected in the political solutions he offered on the negotiating table. brahimi said president assad had to step down or relinquishing some of the powers was a negotiating item on the agenda, and this is something that infuriated syrian officials and the president. >> thank you for that. live in beirut for us on the resignation of brahimi. we move to other news. more than 300 people are trapped after an explosion at a mine in western turkey. an explosion and fire happened at a coal mine on the map there in the town of soma. i'm going to talk to live on the line from istanbul. >> reporter: the latest that we're hearing is 300 to 500

people in the mine from different officials and sources. we're hearing that there has been a rescue effort that is going well so far. there have been 30 miners that have been rescued already, but still, of course, a large number of them are there and are trapped. the conditions we have to see. >> we are seeing some of the latest pictures here of emergency services bringing some of those people out to be treated. can you give me any sort of the background on the history of mining in turkey, any such accidents or safety records, those sorts of things? >> reporter: yes. unfortunately we have these cases often. it was actually in 2010 we lost 10 miners in a northern town. the problem is the safety and security measures are in question, and also we have unregulated mines. however, as they have issued a statement saying that this current one is regulated and

according to the rules. still they have cents some inspectors, and they have to check and they'll see the teams and whether there were some sort of security measures not taken. >> all right. she's there on the line from istanbul with the latest on the situation in turkey. thanks. busy news day for us. in europe, seven ukrainian soldiers killed in the east. barbara has more on that one. >> reporter: the ukrainian defense ministry said the soldiers rode into an ambush by pro-russian separatists. it took place near the eastern city of kramatorsk. paul, what more do we know about this? >> reporter: the details that we know are coming from the ministry of defense in ukraine

in kiev, and they reveal around 1:00 this afternoon two armored personnel carriers were traveling towards a river bridge when they were ambushed by an estimated 30 pro rush ran paramilitaries. it involved in the first instance a grenade launcher, that disabled the leading armored personnel carrier, and the second one tried to should not the leader out of the way or out of danger. a four on five fight then developed. six soldiers were originally killed, eight were wounded. in the aftermath after everybody was evacuated, an extra soldier, a seventh soldier has died. so that leaves seven dead and seven wounded to varying degrees of severity. >> paul, this attack sort of happened while there are more talks to try to diffuse the crisis that actually seems to be getting worse? >> reporter: indeed. i mean, this is the single worst loss of life in this conflict

since the start of it. we've had nine soldiers up to today before today, but they were spread out over single incidents. the pro-russian paramilitaries are increasingly well-organized and well-equipped as well. on one roadblock i saw photographs unverified that one roadblock had an anti-tank weapon equipped on it. at the same time there's attempts to escalate the crisis diplomatically. the acting prime minister of ukraine is in brussels today meeting the european commission. they're discussing a plan by the osce, a four-point plan to disarm, to have national dialogue, emphasizing importance. may at thatth presidential election as way to bring the hole of ukraine together. it falls on deaf ears in rebel strongholds because the people here controlling the civic

buildings here aren't listening. they have effectively declared this wider region as a sovereign state and pursuing their hopes to be absorbed by the russian federation. >> paul live for us in danask. thank you. as news broke of the seven deaths, funeral services have been held for civilians and pro-russian separatists killed in slovyansk and odessa. they held a service for a man that they say was killed by ukrainian authorities two days before. there is concern in kiev that odes odessa, where a funeral was held for a prominent pro-russian separatist, could be the next region to fall. 46 people died in the city on friday. kiev, of course, blaming the unrest in eastern ukraine on russia, and russia has demanded more than $1.5 billion from

ukraine. it's an up-front payment for ukraine's gas in june. the acting prime minister is it in brussels to discuss the crisis with european commission president barosso. they also sign aid financial pact worth $1.3 billion. >> the so-called referendum is illegitimate and illegal. we will recognize its outcome. the rights of national minorities and all persons need to be respected and upheld, but a framework of a united and humanitarian ukrainian state. >> we need to preserve peace and stability in my country. mr. president, you mentioned we need to engage russia, but it seems that russia is already engaged in supporting russian-led protesters and terrorists. we urge russia to condemn them, to say that the protesters are

really terrorists and to leave and vacate the buildings. >> reporter: he's very much standing by the interim government in kiev. that's it from europe for now. now back to doha. >> barbara, see you later on. we have plenty more ahead from doha. the u.s. secretary-general warning of more scenes like that as he paints a grim picture of south sudan. walking in fear, but the bangladeshi activists won't back down. in sports the nets feel the heat, and the miami gives a display for the nba playoffs. a look although the situation in northern nigeria, a security situation daunting according to nigeria as president as he asks for a state

of emergency to be extended six more months. it has to do with boko haram. the thing is this group has high bases in these sorts of places around chad and cameroon as well. it's been a month now more than 270 girls were taken from their school on one of the those borders, and it's thought they're being held somewhere in this area. the planes show where the u.s. sent in surveillance planes and also a team of 30 experts to assist in the search alongside people from britain, france and china who offered to help as well. the deputy director of the africa center at the council joining us from washington, d.c. we thank you for your time. we talk about boko haram being a splintered group, perhaps a little disorganized and having different ideas and not a clear goal of what it wants. however, it has places everywhere and hides out at

borders. it is as effective as it has been, if i can say that. >> boko haram has a large number of activities, and as you say, it is heavily sprintered. on one side of the spectrum there's a group which is believed to be interested in targeting foreigners. it's more on the transnational jihadist side of the spectrum. a lot part of boko haram really resemble more of an african rebel group. we're talking about young, probably very lightly indock natured boys who have weapons and who are basically behaving as thugs more than anything else. it is a diverse group indeed. >> can you say where they get their funding and support from? to carry out attacks like this and sending out the video, they must have a financial backing. >> they were believed to have some financial backing from al qaeda at least several years ago, and it's not clear now what their financial backing is.

they have been involved in some ransom efforts. i think that there was a case where they got about $3 million for a particular european hostage. they also prey somewhat on the local population, but generally speaking, i don't think, for example, that boko haram has the kind of financing that you would see with al shabaab. they're not on that level. >> where does it leave the nigerian government now? they're trying to stay steadfast and say we don't negotiate with terrorists. they have to do something to get these schoolgirls back. >> reporter: i think that the government has really been taken by surprise by the amount of international outrage over this kidnapping. it took them a long time to respond to the fact that the girls were missing. their response was very slow and late. i think even boko haram was caught off guard because it took their leader three weeks to make a video that took responsibility

for the kidnapping. the demands of boko haram are really excessive to request that all of their fighters -- a lot of dangerous people -- be released in exchange for the girls is a very heavy request. it's one that i really don't expect the nigerian government to be sympathetic to. >> on top of that, you have the nigerian cab get getting support from other countries and offers of support. they seem to say, this is a nigerian operation and they need to do the work. perhaps ady connect there? >> in the case of the united states at least, i think policymakers had their hands tied, because we have fairly strict laws in this country including something called the leahy amendment that prohibits the u.s. military from providing military support to foreign military units that have been suspected of human rights abuse. the nigerian military is suspected the kills of thousands

and thousands of civilians, and that make it hard for the u.s., for example, to get on the ground and do what they would normally do. >> interesting stuff. they're talking about boko haram. thank you. half of the south sudan's population could be displaced, starves or dead by the end of the year if violence continues. that warning comes from the u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon. he's calling for an international tribunal to be made. both sides accuse each other of breaking the accord. more than 1.3 million people have fled their homes due to violence. malcolm webb more on the challenges in south sudan. >> nearly a million people have been displaced and many live in camps like this. the rain season has begun and it's wet and muddy. there's an increased risk of

cholera and other water borne diseases. also, this time of year people have to plant the crops when the rains begin. the u.n. says because people are displaced by the conflicts, in a few months time there could be famine. people will die of hunger this year in south sudan, and the only question is how many. that depends on whether the cease-fire is upheld and on the humanitarian response. in iraq at least 28 people have been killed in a series of explosions in baghdad. sever car bombs went off in prominently shia neighborhoods. >> reporter: after a period of relative calm, once again, baghdad burns. the iraqi government had all the massive security operation for the april 30th election, but as that wound down, the attacks go on. in total seven car bombs

exploded within hours of each other in areas of city that are majority shia muslim. baghdad operations command, the force responsible for securing the city, was quick to blame fighters to bisl. whoever is responsible, the effects are the same. people are angry and frustrated. >> translator: so many explosions took place in sadr city and elsewhere. we don't know why they're taking place. >> reporter: removed it's a reminder they're set to go off at busy places and marketplaces. so far no one has claimed responsibility for the attacks. they threatened to attack shia communities in baghdad and across iraq. one of the worst attacks took place. a man drove his car to where i'm standing right now and had a work with the mechanic and said, can you look at my car. i'll go away, grab some lunch and come back.

he went off and the car exploded, and this is the aftermath. even after a bomb of this seize, workers cleaned up the neighborhood. it's a sign of how common place the attacks are that the cleanup operation is handled as efficiently as it is. what's more difficult to do is clear up the mess that these attacks cause. the former israel prime minister was sentenced to six years in prison. he was found guilty of taking bribes in a controversial real estate deal during his team as the mayor of jerusalem. corruption allegations forced his resignation as prime minister in 2008. the egyptian government has frozen the assets of morsor. he's now been on hunger strike in an egyptian prison for 113 days. he's been taken from his prison cell to an unknown location. two days ago his lawyer asked them to transfer him to hospital. given recent blood tests showed the 26-year-old may be dangerous

close to death. of course, three al jazeera journalists have been held in egypt for 136 days. they're accused of conspireing with the outlawed muslim brotherhood, the group declared a terrorist organization by egypt. al jazeera rejects all the charges and is demanding their immediate release. a number of political kidnapping in bangladesh is on the rise. more than 50 activists have gone missing this year alone. human rights groups blame the abductions on security force the. >> reporter: the weeds tight to the body didn't work. still they floated up. the seven men has been abducted. two days later their bodies were found in the river. all was involved in local politics. a local counselor's wife knew he had enemies. >> translator: i can't imagine

that they could kill seven people like this. that's takes a lot. you need so many people. you just can't kidnap and kill them all with your bare hands. torturing them like this is not an easy thing to do. >> reporter: if it hadn't sailed, she might not have known. dozens of people are reported missing in bangladesh since the beginning of the year. they're usually not heard from again. when the seven bodies washed up, it shocked the whole country and may have pushed the authorities into taking action. they accused security forces of committing over 1,000 murders in the last ten years, but no official has been prosecuted for the crimes. he's a police chief in charge of investigating the seven murders. he prompises this time will be different. three military officers have been forced into retirement after being linked to the abductions. >> i'm quite frustrated. if i get anybody, anything, i'll

prosecute accordingly. i don't find any problems, and i'm not distracted by anybody else. >> reporter: most people abducted belong to opposition parties. their leaders and activists now move about only in groups. an opposition leader says he's often harassed by the security forces as he arrives at the party headquarters police show up to ask what he's doing. >> translator: to tell the truth, our lives are not normal anymore. we don't sleep in our homes. we don't walk in the streets by ourselves. whenever we go outside, we make sure we have people with us. >> reporter: politics in this country has often been violent, but with the latest abductions, bangladeshi politics may have become more dangerous. in the news ahead, keeping expectations low. we'll have more on brahimi's resignation and the tough task. past the point of no return.

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you're on the news hour on al jazeera with the special view on al jazeera america joins us at this hour. these are the top stories. u.s. envoy for syria brahimi announced his resignation at a briefing in new york. more than 300 people are trapped of aan explosion in a mine in western turkey. the explosion and fire happened at a coal mine in the town of soma. ukraine's defense ministry said seven soldiers were killed in an ambush by separatists. let's look more at bra mihm's resignation. the u.n. envoy to syria. he was tafshged with an end to

the conflict, but there were reports he was increasingly frustrated over the lack of progress. in a moment we'll speak to an ambassador. first this report. >> reporter: from the very beginning when he was first given the job to try to bring peace to syria, brahimi admitted it was a very tough task. he didn't want to raise the hopes of syrians. >> i'm not in the habit of making grand promises and raising expectations. >> reporter: in a long career, the veteran diplomat has helped solve problems. he brokered the agreement in 1989 after the civil war and he was there when a new afghan government was created after the fall of the taliban. after all these efforts in syria, a period of nearly two

years, there's been little progress. the death toll continues to rise. they believe it's over 150,000. the number of refugees has increased greatly to now over 2.5 million. as the fighting continued, international and regional players were slow to react. the momentum was lost. brahimi's growing frustration was compounded by the deadlocked security council where they have been unable to agree on any new action regarding syria. the sole diplomat's job was already impossible when the arab league stripped syria of the seat intending to go to the opposition. it's unfilled. >> every day i wake up, and i think should resign. >> brahimi met with both sides in the conflict trying to push for a cease-fire in a transitional government. both sides make a commitment to

sit down together during two rounds of talks this year. always a realist about the enormous challenges, even he seems frustrated by the lack of progress. >> i'm not sure i can impose an agenda on people that don't want it. how can you put a gun on their heads? it is their country. this is a huge responsibility they have. >> reporter: there are more victories for brahimi. safe passage for civilians from the besieged town of homs, but the convoys were attacked. syria announced it will hold presidential laekszs in june, and the announcement that bashar al assad will seek a new term dealt a new blow to brahimi. like the previous envoy from u.n. secretary-general kofi

annan, brahimi has quit. it appears they cannot achieve any progress. some of asking who can? >> as promised we speak to the former u.s. ambassador to syria joining us from washington. thank you for your time, ambassad ambassador. the sad things from the point of view of people in syria is it played out how it was going to. brahimi came with great credentials, but he knew how difficult the task was. it was impossible from the outset perhaps. >> yes, i think you're right. brahimi, as you said, is a realist. he knew from the outset that it was a very, very long shot that get these combatants to make any kind of agreement that would stabilize the situation and lead to political change in syria. nevertheless, he saw responsibility to take on the task when asked. he did it as well as he could.

also, he found that what he suspected all along, that neither side is ready to make peace with the other. indeed, both sides still count on a military victory. >> this is the thing. he made the report himself. he can't put a gun to their head. you wonder if the position itself is a redundant position anyway. >> yes. you know, one likes to keep the door open for diplomacy. so it's not a bad thing to have a u.n. envoy assigned to this task. realistically, does anybody really believe this thing is going to be settled anytime soon? bashar al assad is riding high and running for another term. he believes he can win a military victory. the opposition is in disarray, but still formidable. they have to sort things out

among themselves. even though you have the u.s. and many of the other powers are doing with at the legitimate representative of the syrian people and the opposition, you have very, very radical groups that don't acknowledge his leadership and that will go their own way. >> as a person with a life in diplomacy such as yourself, what do you think is the way forward here on a diplomatic path? is it worth replacing brahimi? can someone out there possibly make a difference? >> as i said, it may be worth replacing him only to have somebody to step in when an opportunity arises and well acquainted with the players. at the moment there's no prospect for a settlement of this conflict. in my opinion, the u.s. administration, for what it's worth, would like to see a realigning of the balance of the power so that the legitimate opposition could win some

victories against assad and could suppress and the radical islamists and force the armed forces of syria to confront the fact that assad cannot lead them to military victory. >> so it will go on to theater, the former u.s. ambassador to syria. thank you for your time, sir. >> thank you. we're back to european news now. barbara. >> thank you. the international criminal court is to examine claims of war crimes by british soldiers during the war in iraq. the allegations of abuse dogged the six-year british deployment, which ended in 2009. the icc announced it's reviewing new information it has received about the case. the u.k. says it completely rejects the allegations that there was systemic abuses carried out by the british armed forces in iraq. we're joined on the line from the european center for

constitutional and human rights. it was his organization and the organization with lawyers in the u.k. who put the evidence together. sir, thank you so much for joining us. just explain to us why you think it's necessary for the icc to hold this preliminary investigation. >> yeah. hello, and good evening. we're talking about systemic torture, so it's not one random event or incident one year in iraq. we had been covering a time period from six years, the incidents happened all over the british-occupied zone in iraq and this leads us to the conclusion that this is not only systemic but those who are responsible are in the highest position in military and politics in the u.k. the u.k. courts, yes, they took out some investigations, but they never investigated those who bear the most responsibility

for this torture, systemic torture. >> let me tell you what the ministry of defense said. further action through the icc is unnecessary. what you call a few investigations are actually dozens of investigations, because the ministry of defense set up a specific team to look into allegations of abuz by british forces during the time in iraq. british forces say they're investigating themselves and not hiding when it comes to this. >> no, they're not hiding it, because you cannot hide it. we're talking about 100 cases. that's not the point. we're not talking about inquiries but about criminal responsibility. there have been only four court-martials so far in the last 11 years, so it's overdue that not only some -- a low-rank soldier is investigated, but those who are really the commanders and who have command

responsibility. i have never heard any word within the system, within this inquiries about command responsibilities. this is a concept of criminal responsibility. so the icc has it in the statue, the u.k. signed the statute, and so the u.k. is now obliged to do it in their own court or the office of the prosecutor in the hague will continue its investigations. now the door is open. thank you. >> thank you. europe's highest court has ruled that some people should have some say for internet search results for their own name. they ruled that links to outdated data should be deleted if someone asking them to be. google said the result is disappointing. dominick cain reports. >> reporter: for years sites

like google enable users to navigate around the web accessing information about people and places wherever they are. with so much data on the net, there have been issues about who controls personal information online. on tuesday the european court of justice in electrics electrics elmburg wanted it out that he said was out of date and embarrassing. in long and legally dense language, the court gave its response. >> translator: a search is obliged to eliminate from an internet search results based on a person's name and links that contain information relating to that person. >> reporter: the man that brought the case called the decision a liberty for victory. >> translator: if you say to me that by using the ano, ma'am

mitt of the internet you can insult someone and say anything you want to them, with all due respect for me that is not freedom of expression. freedom of expression is every idea passed along and appreciated. >> that is not how google sees it. in a statement google said this is a disappointing ruling for search engines and online publishers in general. we now need to take time to analyze the implications. for its part the european commission welcomed the decision as did many social media users. >> there isn't really any option on there to contact google to ask them to remove old pictures of yourself or any information about yourself basically. >> reporter: the court of justice's ruling is likely to change that. dominick cain, al jazeera. that is it from europe. now it's back to doha. >> thank you so much for that. scientists are warning vast

glaciers in western antarctica appear to be thawing based on satellite measurements for the past 20 years. >> reporter: for years we've been warned that the mighty frozen continent is melting. now, two separate studies paint a sobering picture of what's being described as an irreversible, unstoppable fall. i glacier system in western ant cart ka previously thought to be stable has started to retreat. this shows the six big glaciers in the sea that are being affected, and the reason say the researchers is global warming. the glaciers sit on the continental shelf below sea level. warm ocean waters cause ice from the coast to thin from beneath. as that melts, the ice above retreats into the sea. the sticks glaciers in question hold enough ice to raise global

sea levels by 1.2 meters. their disappearance would also destabilize neighboring sectors of ice sheet. >> if it collapsing into the ocean, we're talking about 10 to 15 feet, this is going to effect billions of people around the coastline throughout the world. >> reporter: it's areas such as these most tleltenned. ever year people in small islands in the pacific and low lying coastal nations see their land gradually disappearing. the fear is one day all of it will be underwater. most scientists agree that a rise in ocean levels is inevitable given our current trajectory, but they urge people and governments to do as much as possible to slow down that process. jerrold tan, al jazeera. let's go to new york and talk to michael from the program

on energy environment at the joent center for political and economic study. thank you for your time. i note that you provided strategic advice to governments on these sorts of situations. what would you advise on this particular situation? how acute is it? >> i think now is a moment for governments to accelerate the efforts they plan and put forward on the road to the paris negotiations in 2015. really, we need a robust commitment of new resources to build in the adaptation and mitigate capacities. they need to make communities and municipalities more resilient to the coming problems we will see in due course. in the lifetimes of viewers and listeners. >> we've used the word unstoblable and inevitable. this is going to happen? >> indeed. this is not just something new. this is not a debate in the

science. this is a reiteration and reinforcement of many conversations on multiple tracks. the u.s. released its national climate assessment the first time in a decade the report came out. the previous president to obama failed to produce a national climate assessment. shortly on the heels of that came the final report of the intergovernmental panel on climate change, the ipcc, which further underscored the fact we're beginning to witness the unfolding climate crisis and catastrophe work irts way around the globe. what's important is this problem is an uneven problem. it affects communities unevenly and affects those on the margin of society and those that are poor and have the most to lose. it affects them first and worse. >> i'll get simplistic here, so forgive me in advance if you will. i want to know about this. as you lose ice in one part of antarctica, request there be

growth of other ice elsewhere and offset the balance of what we're losing? >> well, look, the western antarctic ice shelf is a massive, massive formation of ice. really the implications are poorly understood for what it means. it means rising sea level. take a place like miami where if you see a 5 foot rise of sea level, you lose miami beach and put a quarter of miami underwater. you see a 10 foot rise of sea level in miami, and all of miami is gone along with the beach as well. so really the implications of this large body of ice entering into the ocean are literally catastrophic, and it will play out over years, possibly decades. the fact is that now is the moment to step up efforts to building resilience in communities not just in the

united states but in after rake ka and asia and latin america and europe as well. really committing real resources to get around the problem, and now is the moment to dial out of the old 20th century technologies and really ramp up investments into the new 21st century technologies that we know about. >> in doing so, we carry it on as families prosper. >> we're going to the white house. president obama is awarding the highest military honor, the medal of honor to kyle white. he's the seventh american to get the award who served in iraq and afghanistan. the president has been praising his bravery and courage under fire. let's listen. >> as a soldier on the ground described what was happening. they knew him by your call sign, charlie 16 romeo. we know it was kyle who was 26 old and only 21 months into hiss

military service. earlier that afternoon kyle and the 13 members of his team, along with a squad of afghan soldiers, left an afghan village after meeting with elders. the americans made their way back up a steep hill, the cleef rising to the right and a slope of rocky shale dropping on their left. they knew not to stop. they had to keep moving. they were headed into an area known as ambush alley. that's when a single shot rang out and then another and then an entire canyon erupted with bullets coming from every direction. it was as if, as kyle said, the whole valley lit up. the platoon returned fire. how quickly emptied a full mag sfwleen as he wen he went to lo second, and an enemy grenade exploded and knocked him unk-. he came to with his face pressed against a rock, and as he moved

to get up, enemy rounds hit a rock just inches from his head sending sharp nell and rock shards across the face. most of the unit were forpsed to go down the cliff, but kyle saw a tee mate trying to treat his own that thorred arm, what cain later called the smallest tree on earth. i'm sure that's how it felt. kyle went through enemy and began to apply a tourniquet shielding cain with his own body. kyle saw another man down, marine to reach cover. kyle remembers thinks it's just a matter of time before i'm dead, and if that's going to happen, i might as well do that. he ran to box and pumed the injured marine to cover. worried he's expose hit to more

gunfire, kyle retreated. the enemy rounds followed him. he pulled out again and he retreated to distract the enemy fire. once more, he went out over and over thinking to himself i'm not going to make it. kyle could feel the pressure of the rounds going by him, but somehow miraculously they never hit him, not once. one of his teammates said it was as if kyle was moving faster than a speeding bullet. finally, kyle succeeded to pull his comrade to cover. tragically there on that clip sergeant box succumbed to his wounds. in his final moments he certainly found solace in kyle white. he was there by his side. that other injured soldier, cain, was still out there and sustained an injury to his knee. kyle ripped off his own belt for

a tourniquet and soon got his hands on a working radio. the voice of charlie 16 romeo came into base. crouching behind the lone tree kyle began to call in air strikes to take out enemy positions. kyle stayed with specialist shilling as night fell, and cain was too badly injured to move. kyle was starting to fell the fog on his own concussion set in, but he knew he was cain's best chance to get alive. he ordered the afghan soldiers to form a security perimeter. he called in a medevac and made sure cain and the other injured were on board. only then did kyle allow himself to be lifted out. as the helicopter pulled away, kyle looked out the window watching the darkness as they pulled away from the single tree on a cliff. when you're deployed, he later said, those people become your family. what you really care about is i

want to get this guy to the left and to the right home. this family was tested that day. not a sing one escaped without injury and they gave their lives and the last full measurement of devotion and we remember them today. sergeant box, captain ferrara, specialist joseph m. longcore, sar gents jeff ris misman, and corporal lester g row kay, and kyle's best friend corporal sean linesman. some of the families are here today. i'd ask them to please stand so we can recognize their extraordinary sacrifice. [ applause ]

the legacy of these fallen heroes endures and the courage and strength of their unit. we're proud to welcome those who fought so valiantly that day. specialist cain shilling, the soldier that kyle saved and members of the second battalion company of the 173rd airborne brigade, will you please stand. [ applause ]

>> we honor kyle white for his extraordinary actions on that november day, but his journey from that day to this speaks to the story of his generation. kyle completed the rest of a 15-month deployment in afghanistan. he came back home and trained other young paratroopers as they prepared to deploy. when he completed his service, kyle decided to pursue a different dream. with the help of the post-9/11 g.i. bill he went to college and graduated and today works for a bank in charlotte, north carolina. when kyle walks into the office every day, people see a man in a suit headed to work, and that's how it should be. a proud veteran walking into his community contributing his talents and skills to the progress of my nation. kyle will tell you that the transition to civilian life and dealing with the post-traumatic

stress hasn't always been easy. more than six years later, he can still see the images and hear the sounds of that battle. every day he wakes up thinking about his battle buddies, and if you look closely at that man in the suit on his way to work, you notice the piece of war he carries with hem tucked you wered his shirt sleeve. the stainless steel bracelet around his wrist etched with the name of his six fallen comrades that will always be with him. their sacrifice motivates me, he says, to be the best i can be. everything i do in my life is done to make them proud. kyle, members of chosen company, you did your duty, and now it's time for america to do ours. after more than a decade of war to welcome you home with the support and the benefits and opportunities that you've earned. you make us proud, and you make -- you motivate all of us to be the best we can be as americans, as a nation to uphold

our sacred obl gauges to your generation and all that have faced that measure of danger and the willingness to incur it. may god bless you and may your courage inspire and sustain us always and may god continue to bless the united states of america. with that, i'd like to have the cite takings read. -- citation read. >> the president of the united states of america authorized by an act of congress march 3, 1863 has awarded in the name of congress the medal of honor to specialist kyle j. white, united states army. specialist kyle j. white distinguished himself by acts of gallantry at the risk of his life above and beyond the call

of duty while serving as a radio telephone operator with company c, 2 battalion airborne 03rd infantry regiment, 173rd airborne brigade during combat operations against an armed enemy in afghanistan on november 9, 2007. on that day specialist white and his comrades were returning to the outpost with village he woulders. as the soldiers traversed a narrow path, pinned against a steep mountain face, they were completely exposed to enemy fire.

you have specialist white exposed himself to enemy fire to reach the soldier and provide medical aid. after applying a tourniquet specialist white moved to an injured marine to provide aid and comfort until the marine succumbed to his wounds. specialist white returned to the soldier and discovered that he had been wounded again. using his own belt specialist. white was able to stem the flow of blood and save the soldier's life. noticing that the radios were inoperative, specialist white exposed himself again himself aa radio. he was able to stifle the

enemy's attack and provide medical aircraft to as rescue h, soldiers, and specialist kyle j. white, extraordinary properism and selflessness above and beyond the call of duty keeping within the highest it was of the military service and reflecting greacredit upon himself, company c, 173rd airborne brigade in the united states army. [applause] >> president obama