that much harder. i'm ray suarez. and that's the inside story. ♪ this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm tony harris. global cooperation, world leaders come together in hopes of reaching a deal on climate change. charged with murder the suspect in the planned parenthood shooting make its fist court appearance. and jury selection begins for one of the officers charged in the death of freddie gray. and another college puts pressure on its president over racial issues. ♪

the united nations climate conference is now underway in paris. heads of state from at least 150 nations are among those participating. organizers say the summit is the biggest gathering of world leaders in history. mike viqueira explains why president obama and so many others made the trip. >> reporter: tony it's a short trip with an ambitious agenda, and there are doubts that end in the end and despite the best efforts will be enough to halt the rise in global temperatures. president obama's first stop in paris, an unannounced trip to the paris stage that saw the worst of the carnage two weeks ago. where mr. obama silently paid his respects. [ applause ] >> reporter: later addressing an unprecedented gather of some 150

world leaders. >> submerged countries, abandoned cities, fields that no longer grow. political disruptions that trigger new conflict, and even more floods of desperate peoples seeking the sanctuary of nations not their own. >> reporter: the goal is to get nations to set targets. mr. obama has pledged to cut u.s. emissions by 26 to 28% at the top of the list, china, who's leader has promised to halt chai in's rise in emissions by 2030. >> the two largest economies in the world, and the two largest carbon emitters, we have both determined it is our responsibility to take action. >> reporter: there was an informal meeting with russian president vladimir putin, and a

bilateral meeting with the leader of india who touched on the responsibility of industrialized nations who have grown rich over time while spewing carbon. >> it's not just a question of historical responsibility. they also have the most room to make the cuts and make the strongest impact. >> reporter: still india has also pledged to reduce emissions. and unlike past failed summits where only developed nations were expected to act, the goal in paris is to get commitments from all, including poor or still-developing countries. to help foot the emergeous costs, leaders were joined by microsoft founder bill gates who announced a plan to team in a multi-billion dollars to fund renewable energy research.

still, the result isn't likely to meet the goal set by scientists, limiting goble warming to 2 degrees celsius. >> i believe in the words of doctor martin luther king, jr. that there is such a thing of being too late. and when it comes to climate change that hour is almost upon us. >> reporter: a renewed sense of urgency to do something to stop a climate catastrophe. mike viqueira, al jazeera, washington. >> as world leaders gathered in paris to talk about climate. china was issuing a orange smog alert for beijing. adrian brown reports from northeast china. >> reporter: [ inaudible ] in northeast china is a grim place in winter. more so now because the air quality has just been ranked the

worst in china, which makes it among the worst in the world. in the first five months of this year, it had just 16 days when the air quality was considered good by the country's environmental watchdog. >> translator: the air was very good before. when i was a kid. the sky was very blue. but now the smog is very serious. >> translator: in the old days the winter was very cold, but you stould still see the sun, but now you can barely see it. >> reporter: and the sun was struggling to shine on the day we visited. government leaders have this year declared a war on pollution, and have already made some painful decisions here. >> translator: the central government shut this factory to curve pollution. now we have to find a new location for the factory. >> reporter: more than 3,000 men and women lost their jobs when

the government ordered this plant to close back in may. it had been one of the region's biggest producers of polyester, but it was also one of the biggest polluters. but there are signs that the city is trying to clean up its act. it has been designated a hub for green technology. solar panels are now a feature of the streets. >> translator: we have made a great contribution to the local economy. we have more than 20,000 employees, and have created many opportunities for local people. >> reporter: the technology is not totally clean, though, because solar manufacturing still needs large amounts of coal-fired power from the grid to run these machines. >> translator: electricity is through a generator from a

traditional energy like coal, but we are a responsible enterprise, we properly handle the wastewater and emissions. >> reporter: a start has been great to a green economy is likely to be a long one. adrian brown. the gunman who attacked a planned parenthood clinic in colorado appeared for the first time before a judge. al jazeera's jim hooley has been covering this story from the beginning. jim what happened in court today? >> reporter: tony, the whole thing was very, very quick. it lasted only about ten minutes. it's what they call an advisement, where he was advised of the charges he may be facing down the road. and he wasn't in the courtroom per se. he appeared via video from the detention center where he is being held without bond.

he had that big mop of hair, but he didn't have that kind of crazy look in his eye that he had on the mugshots taken on friday. and he really, really didn't have much to say. he kept staring down at the floor itself. he didn't have much to say whatsoever, especially when he was asked a few questions from the judge in the case. >> your case has been assigned to division 10. do you have any questions about any of these rights, sir? >> no questions. >> okay. does the public defender wish any additional advisement? >> no, your honor. >> reporter: and tony you see deere is wearing some kind of a vest there. >> yeah. >> reporter: not sure really what that was. they didn't clarify whether

that's a suicide vest, perhaps, or some kind of protection, a kevlar vest just to protect him under these circumstances. we don't have a confirmation on that. but it looked a little different than what you normally see. >> no question. jim, what can you tell us about the charges and do any of the charges carry the potential for the death penalty. >> as i mentioned this was an advisement hearing, and he was advised he was being held on a first degree murder charge. not formally charged, but the district attorney said he will consider the fact that deere may face the death penalty. he would be eligible for that here in colorado, especially with the death of a police officer. and he will consult with federal prosecutors as well.

>> what more do we know about deere, and do we -- it seems the motive for this would be relatively straightforward, but no one is being definitive about his motives. so what do we know about deere? >> reporter: police are not saying anything definitively as you say about the motive. there have been reports that he said no more baby parts to police when he was arrested here at the clinic on friday. that has not been confirmed. he lived in a very remote area of colorado, he lived in what basically was a trailer and rv on six-acres of land. his neighbors said he was anti-social, he didn't have much to do with them. but when he did see them, every once in a while he would hand out anti-obama literature, and go on and on about that.

but they really didn't have much contact with him >> gotcha. jim, thank you. coming up at the bottom of the hour, we'll look at some of the political rhetoric after the planned parenthood shooting. turkey is refusing to apologize for shooting down a russian jet last week, the prime minister says the military was just doing its job. turkey did, however, offer high-level talks with moscow. russia has implemented several economic restrictions including restrictions on food imports. russian air strikes have intensified since the jet was shot down. moscow is being blamed for several attacks on civilians this weekend. 17 people were killed at a post office, and at least four other attacks targeted hospitals. two israeli teens were convicted in the 2014 death of a palestinian teenager.

today there was a surprising plea from the alleged ringleader of the attack. more now from stephanie decker. >> reporter: an insanity plea at the last hour. this is the man accused of masterminding the murder of a palestinian teenager. the two minors were found guilty of murder, but the judge now need assess his state of the mind at the time. >> translator: the suspect's lawyers have delayed his final verdict. he can't get away with this crime. we don't believe he is insane. the crime was well planned. >> reporter: this is surveillance footage from the most of the kidnapping. the three israelis took the 16-year-old from his neighborhood, beat him and burned him alive in a forest. after their arrest, they told israeli security services that they did it in retaliation for

the murder of israeli teenagers in the occupied west bank a month before. the murder ignited the palestinian street with violent confrontations on a daily basis. many believe it is also what sparked israel's war in gaza last summer. back outside the court in occupied east jerusalem security was tight. questions remain will the main ringleader be found guilty and how will the two minors be sentenced. palestinians say they have little trust in the israeli justice system. the final verdict for the ringleader will be announced in three weeks and the sentencing for the minors will follow in january. but whatever decision is reached, it could have a direct impact on an already tense situation on the ground. stephanie decker, al jazeera. the united states says it

has credible reports on an imminent attack on the capitol of afghanistan. officials say the attack could happen within the next 48 hours. up next, police on trial, jury selection begins for one of the officers charged in the death of freddy gray. plus race on campus. demonstrators demanding change at their college. sure, tv has evolved over the years.

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$1.5 million bail. the judge made the decision after reviewing dash cam video of the shooting. it shows jason van dyk showing a 17-year-old 16 times. the images sparked days of protest when they were released last week. in baltimore, jury selection began this morning for one of six police officers charged in the breath of freddie gray. the man died a week after suffering a spinal chord injury while in police custody. live now to baltimore, and john tear -- terrett. describe the case against the officer, please. >> reporter: the case is basically -- there are a range of charges against him but the key one is involuntary

manslaughter. that the lowest form of manslaughter you can accrue in the u.s. justice system. he was called to check on him. essentially the charge is he was negligent in his care. the defense is likely to be pretty straightforward. there was a new seat belt law where suspects had to be seat belted in, but it was new, and it wasn't applied universally across the city, so that is likely to be part of the defense, and also that freddy gray, the defense will say likely contributed to his own death by violent and aggressive behavior in the back of the police wagon. >> john, how will the intense public scrutiny surrounding this case impact jury selection,

which got underway today? >> it makes it very difficult, and the judge has only just wrapped up his first day of jury selection. he went way over the appointed court time, which is 4:00, wrapping up after 6:00 today. he said has any of you not heard of the case against freddie gray, civil settlement, or cue few in place at the time of the rioting. no stood up. so that takes it pretty difficult to seat 12 jurors and 4 alternates. 12 said they had a family member serving in law enforce ranks. 37 said they had been arrested. and 26 that they had strong feelings about the charges against officer porter and police misconduct. nonetheless the judge is telling us he is absolutely determined to get this trial underway this week, so he has it scheduled for sometime at the end of this

week, and says it go no later than december 17th. >> protesters i understand could be heard inside the courthouse, how would you describe the crowd aside from loud? >> reporter: yeah, well this was a small black lives matter protest. and that's what it was. it was small 35, 40 maximum. somebody had a bull horn, though, so they were extremely loud. they were there as the proceedings were getting away, they went away for a while, and came back as darkness fell. their main chant all night, all day, we will fight for freddie gray. >> john, thank you. college students in new york are taking steps to change what they see as a climate of racial violence on campus. andy joins us now. and andy, what is the latest on the vote?

>> reporter: the student government association is just about to release the results of that online vote here. we're tote that a little over half of the school's students took part. and really this is just another case we have seen on campuses around the country where students are trying to take the faith -- fate of their own a leaders into their own hands. there was a fraternity that tried to hold an off-color fraternity party, that has racial overtones to it, but that was quickly shut down. and the feeling that the president hasn't done enough to address these issues. the student body government president say he has heard the criticisms, that this is all political correctness gone wild, but he insists the complaints here are valid. >> there are so many things said that just reduce the dignity of

students faculty and staff on this campus, and that is just not acceptable. >> reporter: the results of the student vote are non-binding, but if it is no, and then there's also a faculty vote coming up on the same question, if both are no, that would probably mean the board of trustees would have to step in and make a decision on the fate of the president. >> what do the students want that he has not delivered on? >> reporter: well, he has delivered on a diversity officer that he has hired. and he has been going around talking a lot about campus diversity, and how important it is, but just as we saw at the university of missouri a few weeks ago, it's not fast enough for the students. they say there is a climate of racial tension that he has not addressed, and that he hasn't been listening to students and

faculty. so we'll have to see what he says coming up after this vote. >> what is your understanding here that we'll get the results of the vote sometime this evening, or is this something that will drag out another day or so? >> reporter: we're expecting the results actually any moment now, and we just move on from there. >> andy thank you. according to the cdc, gun violence is the leading cause of death for young black men, and the men pulling the trigger get younger and younger. the city of philadelphia is hoping to change that trend. sarah hoye has more on the project called cradle to grave. >> and then he'll see the young man who is pointing a handgun towards his back. he will shoot lamont four times and drop lamont. and then he will stand over him and at point-blank range shoot him ten more times.

those bullets are fired -- >> reporter: retold in detail. scott is the trauma outreach coordinate or. his audience a group of at-risk teens. they have come to the hospital as part of the cradle to grave program. scott helped create. young people in philadelphia, especially young men are at the greatest risk of dying from gun injury. in fact for black men between the ages of 15 and 24, gun violence is the leading cause of death. with gun violence at epidemic levels many public health officials argue it should be taken as seriously as a contagious disease. >> this is a public health crisis. we can count every night that

we're going to see a new gun victim come through these hospital doors. >> reporter: dr. goldberg, the hospital's chief trauma surgeon helped start the program. why do you do this? >> the kids and the students what they see on tv, what they hear on the radio, what they might see on a video game, is what they think happens if they were to sustain some kind of gunshot wound. and we felt we needed to give them the real education. >> reporter: greek philosopher aristotle once wrote that poverty is the root of crime. nearly 26% of philadelphiians live below the poverty line. with child poverty hovering at close to 36%. some 60% of children here live in a household headed by a

single parent, while just 60% of philadelphia high school students graduate. probably a month or two in i turned to dr. goldberg and said i don't know that i can continue doing this. and she said why? and she said i find myself crying and frustrated and upset. she said it's okay to cry, but don't just cry. you have got to do something about it. >> you can see more of sarah's reporting an "america tonight" tonight. still ahead, the climate summit. what can leaders realistically hope to achieve. bill nye the science guy joins me next. and the change the imf made and what it says about china's economy. ♪

the eiffel tower glowed green this evening, signalling the part of the u.n. climate summit. the goal rsz ambitious, reduce carbon emissions and setting a cap on global warming. nick clark reports. >> reporter: getting 147 world leaders to sit down to record the moment, is hard. but this time there is a sense

things could be different. >> a decisive turning point. we need the world to know that we are headed to lower emissions climate resilient future, and there is no going back. the national climate [ inaudible ] is summited by more than 180 countries as of today, cover close to 100% of global emissions. this is a very good start. but we need to go much faster, much further, if we are to limit the global temperature rise below 2% celsius. >> reporter: all of the leaders took the floor. before long, u.s. president, barack obama was at the po popoe poet -- podium. >> i have come here personally as the leader of the world's largest economy and second-largest emitter to say

that the united states of america not only recognizes our role in creating this problem, we embrace our responsibility to do something about it. >> china was at the failed copenhagen party in 2009, since then they have come to the party. >> translator: it is imperative to respect differences among countries, especially developing countries in domestic policies, capacity building and economic structure. addressing climate change should not be [ inaudible ] developing countries to reduce poverty and improve their people's living standards. >> reporter: so we have had a lot of grand opening statements from the world leaders, the question is now will they be backed up by their negotiating time. >> we want our political leaders to recognize that they are dragged their feet for far too long, as a result too many lives

have been lost, too much fertile land has been destroyed. too much floods, droughts, and oceans rising. >> reporter: long days and nights lay ahead as now the hard work begins. >> okay. so some of the wealthiest individuals in the world were also at the summit. bill nye is here, and part of an investment group announced by bill gates, the group is pooling their money to finance research into clean energy sources. gates said carbon emissions will be reduced only if nations have an alternative fuel source. bill nye is here. if they don't have an alternative fuel source, we can't get our arms around it, we can't tackle it. we can't win. >> yes, we can. >> we can.

>> here is my claim. >> yeah. >> both of my parents were world war ii veterans. they were part of the effort to win the war. >> yeah. >> my grandfather, my mother's father went into world war i on a horse, on a freakin' horse. >> uh-huh. >> 20 years later, nobody who was serious about conducting a war did it on a horse. everybody changed in 20 years. so let's do that here. the huge un'em -- unexploited resource is wind off of the coast. and then the big challenge will be to electrify all ground transportation -- >> right.

>> with electric vehicles -- >> and this is doingab -- doabl? and that is what your new book is about. can i hold up the book? >> yes, please. >> here is the book. >> "new york times" best weller. >> is that good right there? >> really nice. thank you. >> okay. >> but my claim is, if we got on this, we could solve this problem in the same way the great estrogen ration as it was called resolved world war ii. >> but is there are headwinds. >> let's put turbines up in them. furthermore, as of last friday, the "new york times" survey determined that 53% of the people in the u.s. now accept that humans are causing climate change. that's a tipping point, people. >> right. right. >> if you get 53% of the vote, you could be president.

>> but there is another party that still has deniers -- >> that's their bit. >> that's their bit. >> here is what i say. you guys just stop it. turn around and you will be like people who quit smoking. people who quit smoking become the most rabid anti-smokers. i'm a ceo of a non-profit, but if those people on the conservative side want to get elected president, don't they need millennial votes? don't they need the votes of young people? >> right. right. >> can you win without any young people? >> and you are suggesting that the young people are ahead of the older folks on this. >> climate change denial is almost entirely generational. once in a while you'll meet a young person who is in denial about climate change. >> aren't we at a place where the science is locked down -- >> 97% --

>> so what is this debate about in paris? is it about who pays, how much? yes. the deals right? >> the big thing that this is doing for -- for the world is raising the visibility of this issue, so everybody is aware of it. and my claim is if the united states were out in front on this -- >> suggesting that the united states hasn't been -- >> no. >> clearly. >> no. >> right. >> if we had the wind turbin technology, this battery, improved battery or family of batteries that would enable households and large office buildings, and television studios to store enough energy in the day when the sun is shining and wind is blowing, to run them at night -- >> is thenning knowledge there? >> in the case of batteries, it is almost there. if you are a wealthy enough person, like the people that

attended the conference there. they all drive what? a tesla. and now tesla goes over 300 miles. and you can get coast-to-coast in the united states, the equivalent of driving through eight european countries, you can do that now, charging your car up in civilized fashion. so this is just the start of things. we want to electrify ground transportation everywhere. i claim after driving an electric car you are not going to drive any other kind of car. they are noisy, they are loud. it's old technology. >> what is the title of the book? >> "unstoppable, harnessing science to change the world." i'm not kidding. everybody get together. >> bill good to see you. thank you so much. a big announcement from the

international moneta -- monetar funk fund today. >> it's the u.n. which is what most people call it call lobing wally, it's a big political and symbolic win for china. it is adding the u.n. to its basket of reserved currency. the u.n. joins only the u.s. dollar, the euro, the japanese yen and the pound. the imf is a big organization, the biggest shareholder is the u.s., so that is kind of ironic.

a heavy institution is saying china is in the big leagues when it comes to currencies. funds can be exchanged for other currencies or used to provide emergency lending for troubled nations. so when the imf lends money to a country, they can use those currencies. in a lot of ways, tony, this is more symbolic, but it shows that china is increasing its importance in the world economy. the imf did reject the un during the last we view, saying it didn't meet the necessary criteria. this is going to go into effect in 2016, it will make up 11% of the imf's basket of currencies. the dollar is still the big player in the world, tony. it makes up 41% of the basket. >> china has been pushing to become a reserve currency for a long time.

why did it want this so badly? >> china is flexing its muscle. we had 12 nations making up 40% of the world gdp, not including china. china is building out on the islands, it is forcing it's a on to the world stage. this is unlikely to have much impact on short-term demand for the currency of the un, but longer term, the backing of the imf, could propel the currency past the pound. and it had to meet some economic reforms. >> what else is on the big show? >> we're talking about israeli palestinian negotiations towards the peace process. i talked to the minister of education, he is a former new yorker, he is a right-wing politician. he is the head of the jewish

home party. he wants to expand settlements, annex most of the west bank. listen to some of our conversation. there are a lot of israelis who weren't interested in this plan. it's a little bit like when i hear donald trump saying we are going to build a wall on the border with mexico, and the mexicans are going to pay for it. >> this is would unilaterally apply its law. >> spirited conversation. i'll have more of it. he has a 7-part plan as i mentioned in that clip, not a lot of israelis support it, and fewer palestinians do. >> thank you ali. still ahead, funding fight, how

the planned parenthood shooting might impact a potential government shutdown.

a chicago college student is under arrest. the 21-year-old threatened to shoot 16 people, including police officers at the university of chicago. the campus was closed today. the online threat came after the

outrage over the shooting of laquan mcdonald. david shuster reports on the high-pitched political debate. >> reporter: after the shooting after a planned parenthood facility in colorado springs, the suspected gunman reportedly went on a verbal rant after he was being arrested. he said no more baby parts. it's a rallying cry that has been echoed on the political right. >> we have seen that across the country from all sorts of speakers in the last few months. i can't believe that this isn't contributing to some folks mentally unwell or not thinking that it's okay to -- to target planned parenthood. >> reporter: the phrase no more

baby parts, in response to a video posted online, that claims planned parenthood trafficked baby parts. >> watch a fully formed fetus on the table. it's heart beating. it's legs kicking. >> reporter: the video showed no much thing. over the weekend, fiorina and others folked on democrats. >> i would say anyone who tries to link this tragedy to anyone who opposes the sale of body parts is this is typical left-wing reaction. >> god knows that is not what anybody would want.

>> reporter: but democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders saying: the videos put planned parenthood at the center of a debate in washington overgovernment funding. the republican-controlled congress has until december 11th to pass a finance bill to keep the government running. some conservatives want to let the government shut down unless president obama agrees to end federal reimbursements to planned parenthood. and five committees have been investigating planned parenthood since the videos came out. republican presidential candidate ben carson. >> we get into our separate corners and we want to destroy those with whom we disagree, it comes from both sides. so there's no saint here in this

equation. >> reporter: meanwhile the memorials continue in colorado for the latest strijs of violence against a facility or clinic providing abortion. since 1993 such attacks across the united states have now killed 11 people. david shuster, al jazeera. republican presidential candidate donald trump met with african american pastors today. he held a private meeting with the min terse of new york city. last week he said 100 ministers would endorse him, but some members of the african american community published a letter urging them not to meet with trump. >> we had meaningful dialogue with mr. donald trump and we voiced concerns that were sensitive to the african american community, and we asked

questions and the questions were answered and we're a unified front right here. >> trump says the ministers did not tell him to change his tone. this reverend was among those who were invited with trump but he declined. >> our problem is in terms of the absence of policy. i can't find on what thread they would be able to agree with. he has not spoken to anything that reflects the pain of the people they pastor in terms of mass incarceration, aggressive policing. dealing with every sort of societal ill. he has not spoken to it or about it. it's disheartening for me and so many across the country. and i put an exclamation point

behind the fact that 100 white pastors haven't endorsed him, so why 100 black ones would do it, is beyond me. >> so what was your understanding of what the invisitation was to be? was it just a conversation. >> it was supposed to be a press release until i went on parra scope and announced it, and started naming the names of those pastors and told the perisher ins if your posttoronto fc on this list, track him down and tell him not to buy a ticket to new york. >> can i turn to baltimore. >> yes. >> more than 300 murderers in the city for the first time since 1999. the reverend andy young said recently if black lives matter, we need to stop killing ourselves. what is going on? what is wrong right now with the

city we both love? >> an overwhelming sense of hopelessness that life isn't worth living. when you see young people crying not because they are going to college, but crying because they made it to 18, and that is their badge of honor -- what a lot of people lose is that freddie gray was killed six blocks from [ inaudible ] when college wasn't on his mind. 73% of the people in that zip code are on some level of public assistance. >> jobs and education would solve a lot of these ills, am i right? >> absolutely. >> so explain to me -- this is a city -- we both know this is a city that has been run by black people. >> yes. >> with a couple of exceptions, we're talking about two mayors, since i have been on the planet. >> right.

>> so why aren't -- why aren't more blacks in baltimore prosperous? why isn't that city thriving with all of that accomplished black leadership? what is the disconnect here? >> is we made black mayors, but not made black millionaires, so what young and jackson were able to do in atlanta, should have been replicated. when you have the headquarters of under armor, and the next last distribution or amazon, and we're 45 minutes from the white house. >> black folks, we haven't asked for enough, what does that mean? >> we have been so enamors with the position that we forgot. >> jury selection is getting underway right now, and i'm

wondering if dew process is going to be enough for blacks in that city, or there does need to be a conviction? >> there has to be a conviction, and i think we have got to know the difference between an indictment and a conviction. there was great jubilation in our city. people were dancing in the streets as it were, not realizing that the indictment is not a conviction, and i think it will be a woeful day on the criminal justice system if nobody pays the price for an innocent young life that was snatched away in its prime. so i'm praying with baited breath that we finally see justice in america. >> good to see you again. >> thank you. i'll see you at home. hi, tony coming up tonight at 8:00, the growing presence of isil in libya. we're going to take a look at what this means? in washington a rare case of

compromise and democrats and republicans move closer to a deal to fund billions of dollars in highway infrastructure projects. plus puerto rico running out of money and time. they are just hours away from possibly defaulting on a debt payment. how things got this bad and what it means for the people of puerto rico. plus a book at the new documentary which includes interviewing with all 12 living cia directors. >> we visit violence on our enemies. >> reporter: the executive producer of that documentary tells me about the pressure and the ethical dilemmas faced by those men. >> john thank you. up next a blast of winter. dangerous conditions across parts of the country. where the snow and ice are headed next.

♪ to the cleanup is underway in the midwest after powerful storms killed 14 people. oklahoma was one of several states hammered by an ice storm over the weekend. kevin is here with a bit of a look at the storm and where it is headed next. >> that's right. ice storms like that, we have seen in atlanta, georgia, that can be crippling. they are expecting $60 million --

>> just for the ice storm. >> just for the ice storm, and now we have another one producing quite a bit of snow across the area. take a look, we're talking about snow coming down at about 2 inches an hour across this particular area, of course stopping traffic, transportation, across the region, and we're still going to be seeing it as we go for at least the next 24 to 36 hours. very dangerous situation in this syria. this is going to be moving up to parts of the great lakes. take a look at the system here. you can see the area of low-pressure spinning across nebraska. anything to the east we are talking about rain. and the temperatures look like this. omaha is 32. so the snow line is right about here. now here are those warnings. you have got to watch these

winter storm warnings in place, those are the most dangerous, and that's where we expect to see between six to eight inches of snow in the next 24 hours. so a very big storm system here. we'll see a lot of rain out here towards the east, and a lat more snow towards the north. the big problem is going to be also, not only the snow, but also the rain. take a look at the forecast here on wednesday. anywhere down from texas all the way down -- excuse me, from maine all the way down to texas is going to be seeing very rainy conditions. it is going to cause a transportation nightmare. >> so the cold temperatures will move into the east as well. >> yes. >> thank you. ticket sales for the los angeles lakers are skyrocketing now. and for a good reason. people are paying for a chance

to see kobi bryant. he announced he will retire at the end of the season. he helped the lakers win five championships. the nba commissioner called bryant one of the greatest players in the history of our game. for sure. that's all of our time, thanks for watching. john siegenthaler is back today's news right now. tony thanks. we begin with the climate change summit happening in paris just weeks after the isil attacks. they meet to talk about the man made conditions that are creating a global crisis. mike viqueira has more. >> reporter: good evening, john, for president obama it's a short trip to paris but with an ambitious agenda. but there are doubts that the efforts will be enough to halt the rise in global temperatures. president obama's first stop in paris