>> he'll leave the park for the final time where they'll take his casket home for a private funeral. >> a great deal more. www.aljazeera.com. www.aljazeera.com. >> this is the moment we finally determine we would take our pl plan. >> planet summit where nations gather in paris and talk about saving the planet. jury selection in one of t in the trial of one of the officers involved in the killing of freddie gray in baltimore.

>> this an al jazeera live in new york city. i'm del walters. world leaders are in paris discussing clim climate change and what they can do to save the planet. they say this is the first time in years where there is hope for real action. >> taking steps that they've been unwilling to take. we've seen commitments from countries around the world, more than 180, which gives us optimism that there is built up momentum behind coming to the kind of agreement that will have an impact on the cutting carbon pollution and effecting climate change. >> the leaders in this picture making this the largest gathering to talk about the issue facing the planet. mike viqueira on the talks today. president obama has had a busy day at the conference and on the

sidelines as well. >> you're right. >> it was quickly down to the business at hand, and that is the cop, the conference of parties, as it is known, much anticipated as the conference on global climate change and 150 world leaders represented there in paris. the president said it is the last best chance for the world to come together and do something about global warming. he has painted a desire future for the earth's environment if nothing is done. disappearing coastal land floods of refugees, economies ruined around the world. there are commitments as you heard josh earnest say from many of these countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions around the globe. that's the good must. the bad news is that those are merely commitments. they're not legally binding. the united states for its part has pushed to reduce it's carbon

footprint by 26% over the next 20 years. even sow scientists say it will fall well short of what is needed to reverse the trend of global warming. president obama addressed the conference earlier today, here's a little bit of what he had to say. >> the generation may not live to see the full realization of what we do here. but the knowledge that the next generation will be better off from what we do here. can you imagine a more worthy reward than that? >> the goal of scientists is to have an increase limited increase in the world temperature to 2.0 degrees celsius by baseline 1880. the scientific community said it will be impossible but the political will is not there.

>> and mike, president obama spending time on the sidelines with president putin from russia, what do they talk about? normallformerly he met with xi jinping, and then vladimir putin as you see here. this is the only photographer evidence that they had a meeting. remember two weeks ago around the g20 the president meeting informally with vladimir putin. according to the white house they provided of the meeting with vladimir putin the president expressed regret over the death of the russian pilot downed by the turkish military, and urged they focus on isil instead of the opposition of the assad regime, many of whom are backed by the united states and it's allies.

>> thank you very much. we're watching several important court proceedings. the suspect in the shooting of the planned parenthood clinic income colorado springs goes before the judge a little later today. and justin van dyke is going to learn if he'll get bail. he faces first-degree murder charges for fatally shooting a black teen 16 times. but we'll begin in baltimore where jury selection is underway in the trial of one of the officers charged in the death of freddie gray. it is the first trial since gray's death last april. al jazeera's john terrett, jury selection began a few hours ago. what is going on? >> absolutely. we learned quite a bit in the last couple of hours. the judge has moved into a phase of jury selection that will not take place in open court. it is taking place behind closed doors. but before he got to that stage he got to three key questions as he asked 75 to 80 members of the

public who were selected to sit on this jury. he asked these questions and they're relevant to the freddie gray case. first of all, do you have relationship with law enforcement? many of those in the room at that point stood up. yes, they did. secondly, do you have strong feelings towards manslaughter or police misconduct? dozens stood up. thirdly, do you have any potentially greater weight for evidence given by a police officer? now that question is asked regularly in court, and it is not particularly unusual, but in the gray case it is, and the reason for that is that we suspect that the majority of the witnesses in this case are going to be from law enforcement. so for that reason those three questions take on an extra weight, an extra meaning in this case, del. >> john, a lot of people are watching this case. what implications could this have for the other five police officers and policing in baltimore in general?

>> well, i think we're in uncharted territory. this is very, very unusual. it was the judge, barry williams, who wanted to do it this way, trying each individual police officers separately. and it's going to give the other pave i think an advantage because they're going to be able to see the case that the city is presenting against this first officer, whose trial begins today. william porter. and in particular, of particular relevance to the other five defendants, their defense teams will be able to look at and hear the experts that the city brings forward. it gives them the advantage. it is very unusual that we find ourselves in this situation. on the other hand, the state attorney who brought thighs charge said look, don't judge us on the case, number one. judge us on all six, which will play out between march, april of next year. and in doing so the city is hoping to avoid any type of rioting that may happen as we saw when freddie gray decide back in april, del.

>> john, briefly, how long will the trial last? >> we know exactly, actually, because judge barry williams told us a few hours ago. it will go no longer than december 17th. but as i said there are the other five trials slated to start in january. they will play out through march and april of 2016. >> john terrett in baltimore. thank you very much. prosecutors say that they hope today's hearing in colorado springs, colorado, will offer clues lined that deadly attack on a planned parenthood clinic on friday. this man, robert louis deere shot and killed five others. we're hear about others who were killed in that event. >> why? he didn't even know them. they were just body parts.

my brother was not for abortion. he was not participating in an abortion. >> the third victim who died, the officer, garrett swazey was a six-injury vet of the colorado springs force, and he leaves behind two children. classes have been canceled at the main campus of university of chicago today. someone posted a message online threatening an attack on the campus quad this afternoon. the fbi and school are trying to figure out who posted that threat. and at least 14 people are dead after a major storm that brought snow and ice to the southern plains, as a result it left tens of thousands of people without power. we have more. >> more rain over flooded roadways and rivers in north texas and arkansas where deadly storms hit parts of the southern plains over the weekend. eight people are dead in texas. another six in kansas. some drivers were stuck inside their cars.

including 29-year-old benjamin floyd, his vehicle is seen here. he died after being swept off the road while driving to work. >> he told 911 that water was coming in the vehicle. and then they lost contact with him. >> at this texas farm rescuers had to step in to save these arm animals. >> the horses were up neck deep in water. >> in oklahoma ice and freezing rain are to blame for much of the problems over the thanksgiving holiday. thousands of homes and businesses lost power leading the governor in oklahoma to declare a state of emergency. frozen highways across wichita, kansas, made driving all but impossible. cars and trucks had to be towed after veering off the road. >> and we have more in those areas already hit. >> we just barely cleared out that storm system that impacted us over the holiday weekend. and we're dealing with another

one. where you see the brightestlous, that's where we have potential for snow, especially on the south dakota border. some areas could see up to a half foot and up to a foot or more throughout the day. a lot of these winter storm warnings go throughout the day. some of the watches and surrounding areas and advisories go until tomorrow. we could see some of that lingering, but a lot of heavy snow. there is precipitation, that will make some of those roads slick in places. you need the colder temperatures to do that. a lot of the midwest not getting out of the 30s for today. that will support the cold air for that snow. ahead of us where we have 40s and 50s temperatures have taken a nose dive from last week where there was mild air. but at least it will support rain. tennessee into north carolina, that corridor, could see three or four inches over the next

couple of days. this is how that shapes up. what we have going on this morning as we get through the rest of today and into tomorrow, more of that rain moves across the east coast. so up into the northeast as well. still some snow wrapping back around and even chicago and maybe into wednesday we could see some of that snow. by the time we get through wednesday into thursday, most of this clears out and we have a much quieter pattern except for the west coast. so there is a break on the way. back to you. >> nicole, thank you very much. the latest batch of e-mails from hillary clinton's private server will be released from when she was secretary of state. this weekend she received the endorse of boston's mayor marty walsh. and on the republican side donald trump meeting today with a group of african-american religious leaders but his campaign said that the evangelicals were going to endorse him. he planned a very public news conference after that meeting, but that news conference has been canceled after several of the pastors said they did not

want the meeting to be misinterpreted. puerto rico, why many are fleeing the island and why there is growing influence in one florida city. and the shooting down of the russian jet, turkey's prime minister said that they were not going to apologize.

>> lead paint... plaster that is falling... rodent infestation. >> if it was your own children, you'd have the money to take care of it. >> who does the buck stop with? >> congress is giving back to work after taking time off for thanksgiving. over the next two weeks they'll

focus on one thing, that being the budget. congress has until december 11th to pass the new funding bill to avoid a government shutdown. the issues holding up the bill is funding for planned parenthood and whether to accept syrian refugees. the president of puerto rico is decide building or not it will make it's next debt payment. and many are leaving puerto rico to florida. >> for years the area has been called little puerto rico, and this bakery is a taste of home. but there is nothing small about this puerto rican community. home to 400,000 migrants from the island and growing at a pace not seen in decades. >> carol's family arrived just weeks ago driven from puerto

rico after a deepening financial crisis. >> over there it is hard. here we have better opportunities. i came here july 3rd. i had an interview. then i started working the 7th. it is better. >> one of the first things carol did when she moved was registered to vote. puerto ricos are u.s. citizens by birth and with the estimated thousands of families arriving each month that's significant. >> it's the highest concentration of puerto ricans in the corridor. >> both political parties are keenly aware of the strength voters here have. >> a lot of them are paying close attention to where the candidates stand on helping puerto rico in order to support that candidate. >> this part of florida is pivotal in answer election, but this latest wave of migration could make it more important.

when puerto ricos vote they tend to do so in high numbers. but many don't have a political affiliation making their votes vital. >> something that many are acutely aware of. with so many voters up for grabs they see an unique opportunity. >> winning oceala county could an blueprint for the future elections. and if florida is on the line what we do here can decide who we have as the next president. >> florida is now poised to become the state with the largest number of puerto ricans in the u.s. and it is thought the exodus from the island will continue for some time to come. but with the growing number of arrivals comes influence, something that may help those left behind. andy gallagher, al jazeera.

>> in afghanistan there is warning for americans to leave the city. there are imminent threats that coul something could happen in the next 48 hours u but they have not given any more details. the tus turkish prime minister said that they will not apologize for the bringing down of the russian warplane. russia has rejected calls for talks between vladimir putin and president erdogan. russia said there will be no tucks until turkey apologizes for downing the jet. turkey's prime minister said that they will not politics for

doing our job and he seems to have the backing of the genera nato as well. we understand there are 90,000 turkish workers in russia. their work permits will not be renewed at the end of the year. most of them will have to come back. agricultural product also not be transported from turkey to russia. these arrangements will end for turks wanting to go to russia, and the expected holiday booking period for the summer, that starts at the end of december when russians start booking their holiday packages, that will be severely impacted. they already took hits with the valu fall in value of the ruble, but it looks like that russians will not be holidaying iunless talks occur before the end of the yea year.

students were fleeing gunshots thinking that it was real. you can see terrified students standing on window ledges of an university in nairobi. the area has seen attacks by extremist groups including one at an university that left 150 people dead. privacy concerns of dna. why practices of collecting blood samples from babies is raising concerns over what that blood is used for. and the plight of the butterfly. the climate change could mean the end of monarch butterflies in mexico.

>> for years the blood of babies born in california have been collected and screened for genetic disorders. those samples can then be sold to private companies where they're used for research. tha >> the birth of a child is a blur of hurried parking, terrible pain and anxiety and a lot of medical forms. when my kids were born in california, we were asked to sign a form that would allow the state to do a little genetic screening using a blood sample. when we looked at it, it made sense. the form allows the state of california to take a pinprick of blood, blot it on a piece of paper and use it to screen for 30 potential afflictions. but it has become possible in the last decade to use that blood to sequence a baby's dna, revealing all the genetic information for a doctor or scientist to see.

those samples are maintained by the department of public health in richmond, california. this place is a treasure trove of genetic information. your average scientific database offers up a maybe a few thousand people at most, but this place has the n of everyone born in california since 1983. that is millions of people's worth of genetic information. >> the thing is those samples are available to more than parents and state health workers. every state has a screening program like this. but california's program makes samples available to law enforcement and to private companies, which can pay to use the samples for gene sequencing and medical research. the department of public health is not respond to request for public comment, but dna information is so unique that privacy advocates have demonstrated it is possible to use online information to cross-reference them and identify individuals.

the resale practice is so alar alarming to some california residents that a bill requiring specifi specific permission were parents for permanent storage. but it failed to pass. doctors have used the database to investigate childhood disease. >> all of us have diseases that run in our families. by sequencing people's dna we hope to predict that. you need data from a lot of people in order to understand that. he said that my kids stand to benefit for buying part of the database than otherwise. >> when your child has these diseases, the parents don't care about privacy. their number one priority is to solve the problem and treat their child. >> researchers are hoping that i

won't ask to have my data detroit because the code of our bodies can help bring more healthy children into the world. >> it is quite the fight to see. millions of monarch butterflying flying from canada to mexico each winter, but the number making that journey is going down. scientists are now trying to lure those butterflies south. >> a sanctuary after a journey of thousands of kilometers. these monarch butterflies have flown from the cold of a canadian winter to the warm temperatures of mexico. >> this is a pilgrimage. they cross thousands of kilometers from canada to here. we keep protecting their areas here in th. >> in the last 20 years the butterfly numbers have gone down. in 19,961,000,000,000 of them made the annual flight to mexico. last year there were around 35 million. the loss is blamed on illegal

tree cutter and use of pesticides and climate clang. the milk weed plants where butterflies lay their eggs have been destroyed. but mexico and u.s. and canada have been planting more trees and tightened the regulations controlling logging and use of pesticide. >> there are few places in the world, two or three maybe, and it's amazing to see these butterflies arrive. >> environmentalists in mexico hope this year these changes will mean millions more monarch butterflies and millions more tourists. >> we can find out later today what students at ithica college think of its president. it will release the details of its non-binding survey of confidence in its president. that vote coming amid protests over the issue of race. the school's faculty will

release the result of their separate survey next week. memorable selfie getting a lot of attention ton line. two canadian brothers snapping this picture after finding the bird caught in a trap. they used a branch to open the trap and also the bald eagle. it appeared to be unharmed and then moved to a nearby tree. today is cyber monday and the surge in traffic causing target's website to crash. anyone who logs in gets this message asking customers to hold. the company based in minneapolis not saying what happened at the site. cyber monday is one of the busiest online shopping days of the year. and they report pay pal experienced similar over loads. the news continues live from london next. you can check us out 24 hours a day by logging on to

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