we are, we are ♪ ♪ the world is ours you know them as some of your favorite heros, super heros. and some of the most exciting action packed movie franchises of all times. but behind the scenes, these super heros have heros of their own and important causes this like to support. >> it's important to let people know they're not alone. >> these actors are on the lines of some big battles of domestic disease and poverty. >> you can start from such a small idea and make large changes. >> and whether it comes from a genuine desire to make the world a better place or from a personal experience -- >> me and my mom have a really, really strong connection. >> these three stars are using

their super powers for good, both on screen and off. tonight, meade meet three individuals who are doing truly great things to give back. first up, acting legend, star trek sensation and marvel icon sir patrick stewart. >> he is a leading man. he is a film, tv, and stage legend whose acting career has spanned decades. he is one of the world's most respected actors and outspoken advocate for victims of domestic violence. a passion he traces to his own turbulent childhood. >> when my father came home from the war in 1945 my life changed. i had been living for five years with my mother and brother in tranquility. we didn't have very much but we had peace and quiet. my father came home and things changed pretty quickly. he was a restless man, mood swings. jobs were difficult for him to get. he became a weekend alcoholic. >> patrick says his family

experienced shame and isolation because of his father's abusive behavior. >> i was embarrassed and ashamed about all of this. the best solution was to put your body between theirs, between my mother and father. usually worked. just stand there. witnessing the fights, the anger, and then the raised fists and then the violence. and police called and doctors and once an ambulance to take my mother away. in my house, i would hear policemen say to my mother, who was lying on the floor or somewhere well, mrs. stewart, it takes two to make an argument or you must have done something to anger him. no, no, no. none of those things happened. my brother and i often proposed to mother that she could leave. we could separate her from this situation. but she wouldn't.

she loved my father. years went by. decades went by. but at some point in an interview, i finally talked about my childhood. >> patrick was contacted by refuge, the uk's largest provider of domestic violence services from prevention to protection. the group opened a safe house in west london in 1971 and now serve close to 3,000 women and children each day giving them refuge and helping them rebuild their lives. >> refuge is an organization that has existed in the uk probably almost 40 years now. and this was a place where women and often their children who were at risk of serious domestic violence could take refuge. having grown up in a violent home, i had an instinctive feeling to help this organization. it's now nationwide. and it provides countless safe

houses for women and children. >> as a way to honor his mother, patrick has offered his time, money and support to refuge for years. he also urges those in abusive situations to get help. >> when you're in a situation, the confusion and pain of it can muddle your thinking. and you don't see that there might be avenues, ways out of it. but there are places to go and people to talk to. there are hot lines and you can pick up a phone and say i'm in trouble and need help. when i was a child, i felt alone, there was no one i could go to. and that was difficult and it was like a secret i held on to all through my teenaged years and my 20s and 30s. it was my secret. i had this in my past.

so -- it's important to let people know that they're not alone. they needn't be alone. i went public about this. and used myself as an example, partly to say you can get over this, that there is a life beyond this and there are people who can help you. >> as patrick opened up about his past he began to learn more about his family. through a bbc program called who do you think you are, he learned that his father who had been a decorated war hero in world war ii suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder. >> i learned the most important thing which is my father suffered from severe what they called then shell shock and was brought back to england in 1940. in an aerial attack a nearby bomb explosion -- >> i was given this information on camera and it was a very emotional moment for me. shell shock is called ptsd. there was no treatment for it back in the '40s. none. you were told to pull yourself together and act like a man. nobody had any understanding of the profound effects of ptsd. and the lasting trauma it could cause. after years of representing refuge and talking about my

childhood where my father came off as the village. i became a patron of combat stress, people solely dedicated to helping veterans with post-traumatic stress. i can say i support refuge for my mother because i couldn't help her when i was 7, 8, 9, 10. but i can also help the memory of my father by working for combat stress. space, the final frontier. it was never part of my game plan when i was a young actor. one morning i found myself cast as the captain of the enterprise. >> to boldly go where no one has gone before. >> i knew it was a possibility but what an unlikely thing. a bald, middle aged middle-aged,

shakespearean actor. and after nearly 15 years of 178 episodes and four feature films i then fell into another franchise called x-men. there are similarities between the two characters i play. they are both decent men to begin with. >> now if you'll excuse me. >> they are sensitive, compassionate, intelligent. they are warriors in the very best sense of being a warrior. although i am neither of those two men. but i found i could market my on screen reputation for being all these splendid things into services like refuge and combat stress. >> patrick says it is one of the most important things he does. he did not set out to be a spokesman, he says he is glad that his good fortune and voice

can be used to help others. >> people don't know about the work that these people do. the world is full of ordinary everyday people who are quietly, privately doing great things. and i always think it's wonderful when these things are acknowledged. >> every year we honor everyday next this young newcomer to the superhero world found a grass roots project that moved her. >> when you hear about the more independent smaller non-profits they need to have someone talking about them. to do great things,

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welcome back. elizabeth olsen is a captivating leading lady. on screen this critically acclaimed actress uses her superpowers for good but behind the scenes he is teaming up with real life heroes. >> i grew up in los angeles and went to school at campbell hall. being mindful and socially conscious and aware were things that were cool. i joined amnesty international at my school and that was when i started to, like, realize my own political voice and my own understanding of the imbalance in the world even though i

wasn't able to vote, i was very adamant about getting signatures and signing things and doing marches and protests. >> elizabeth comes from a family of hollywood all-star and says that giving back was instilled early on. as her career soared in the summer blockbuster "godzilla." this year she joined the avengers franchise. during the making of the movie, she took a trip to nicaragua. it changed her forever. >> i was living in brooklyn at the time and the yoga place i went to was going to have a yoga retreat. and it was -- it was during a break of filming avengers. it was cancelled but i didn't cancel the trip.

i'm going to nicaragua. i got the ticket. i'm going to go. >> she traveled alone to a rural village and met two young girls from canada. >> alana and jen are two young women from canada who started a non-profit called the latitude project. they build schoolhouses and libraries. they focus a lot on literacy. they work with communities that need better irrigation systems or just filtration and water at schools, better outhouses for the kids. we went to one school where we refurbished all the desks and handed out very basic things to the kids there. we handed out books and crayons and pens and erasers. and soccer balls. also the parents come and help

so it becomes this community thing and the kids help out. >> the co founders at the latitude project are world travellers and adventure seekers who take time off from their full-time jobs to help communities in latin america. >> they had to check on an irrigation system to make sure that the kids could wash their hands going in and out of school. i went with them. it was incredible for me to see how respected they were. they don't put up the system. they teach the community how to do it. and all the parents help out. and it becomes something that they have, like, great pride in and are thankful for. >> the latitude project focuses on education, health care and clean water initiatives. elizabeth spent a week with them teaching and helping poverty stricken areas in nicaragua. >> it's a very mind boggling

thing when you are on set and the thought you're having for weeks at a time is this is the scene where you help save lots of people and the world, literally. like what does that mean to you? what that like? and it's a weird position to put yourself in and all these other actors have been doing these movies so many years now they know what it's like and this is like nuts. i'm saving a screaming woman and i'm pretending i can help her. it felt empowering to play a character that is not only broken and is this emotional psychological mess but someone who has a lot of confidence and the ability to create change. >> the movie was one of the top

grossing films worldwide of all time. and since then, elizabeth has stayed close to the founders of the latitude project. >> when you hear about the more, like, independent smaller non-profits i think they need to have someone talking about them. especially care about the latitude project. these girls started this five years ago. at that time it was off their own paycheck. they put their own money into it. what they've done in the short amount of time already is so incredible. they are just two very inspiring young women who are perfect example of how you can start from such a small idea and make large changes. >> so whether it's supporting a cause that serves others or helping out behind the scenes, elizabeth wants to encourage other young people to do what they can to give back. >> it's not about feeling guilty for the things you have, it's about trying to support and

changes the things that you can. >> elizabeth was inspired by two everyday people giving back. we hope you will be inspired by cnn heroes going work all over the world. tune in to cnn heroes an later tonight to see some of their life-saving and life-changing work. next up, michael b. jordan's heroics on screen not surprising given his struggles off screen. >> my mom is my heart. she's everything. ♪

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he has been a leading than on the big screen and on the small screen. michael b. jordan is 23 years old. he has starred in the wire, friday night lights and chronicle and the fantastic 4. his star is definitely on the rise. but outside of the spotlight, michael's life has been shaped by a serious family struggle. >> my mom was diagnosed with lupus 20 years ago. as a kid you can't process that. you don't understand what lupus is or how it affects her. >> lupus can be painful and extremely hard to detect. it was excruciating for michael to see his mom struggle. >> we have a strong connection. even though she is sick she has a smile on her face. she has scream highs and extreme lows with lupus. one day she is all right and fine and the next she feels like she has the flu. there is not that much

information on it and no one has real answers. that is the hard part to sit back and watch. all you have to offer is your words or a hug or a feeling. and to me, that not enough. >> as a child, michael spent hours in waiting rooms and doctors offices while she searched for a cure. that cure never came. but a chance meeting changed everything. >> one day my mom wept to a doctor's appointment and i'm waiting for her to come out and the woman said you should get into modeling. without my mother, i probably won't be acting or in this industry. >> after roles as child actor, michael's career began to soar in his late teens and early 20s. as he grew more famous he never forgot about the sacrifices his family made to help him succeed. >> acting is so fickle and such a lottery. i understand how lucky a position i'm in.

if you have a platform to do or say something in a certain way you owe it to yourself and the world to add to, not always take. i think that's really important. for me it's about finding the opportunity and getting to a place to do something that matters. >> when michael heard about lupus l.a. that is helping people like his mom he jumped on board. >> i thought about my mom and how i could use this situation that i'm in to raise money, whatever i could give my time whenever i can just to do something more than just being an encouraging person to my mom. the only thing that made sense was to team up with a foundation that were progressive thinking of different ways to treat it and actively looking for cures. >> the group is it no only looking for a cure but helping those who need help the most. >> they are strategic about what they do. and how to help families get help.

you know, try to educate these patients as much as they can in the families to really understand what lupus is and how to fight it smartly. if you don't have the funds for it, they will help you get the medication, to get the treatment, to see the doctors. i think the biggest way that lupus l.a. helps is they provide grants and money for families who can't afford the medication. it's as simple as it may sound, i just want to raise as much money as i can to put toward research. >> michael decided to tell his mom's story to help the group raise money and bring attention to others a that live with lupus. recently he was honored for his work by lupus l.a. >> it was hard to stand up there and talk about my mom. it's hard whenever i'm talking about my mom in this capacity. i get very emotional when i talk about it. my mom is my heart.

i tried to be as thoughtful as i could and speak from the heart. like i said, i felt like she should be honored, not myself. when you get older you realize life for what it is and you want the best outcome for the people -- >> at the event, michael's entire family came together to honor his mom and support the group that is trying to find a cure for lupus. >> at the orange bowl it was the first time i had a chance to speak about my mom and talk about her at that level in front of a lot of people and stuff like that and basically tell her that, you know, i'm proud of her and how incredibly strong she is and my family was there. it was surreal to see everybody at one table. it was a very, very special night for me and for my mom.

>> as michael prepares to play apollo creed's son in "creed" he still takes time to reach out to those who may have a loved one struggling with lupus. >> you have to keep an eye on them. they want to be as normal as possible especially when there are not answers for the questions. just be there and give time. be present. >> michael says it is his mom's strength and determination that inspires him. and while he may be an all-powerful superhero on screen, the real heroes he learned from are close to home. >> for me and my family witnessing my mom be so strong it inspired us to be strong. at the end of the day, who do you have that is going to have your back? that's your family. my parents endured so much in their lifetime to give us a better shot at life. they're my superheroes.

stay tuned later tonight for the annual cnn heros tribute show. we will honor everyday heroes who are changing lives across the world. thanks for joining us. good night. they are young, hip, and famous. gracing magazine covers, walking red carpets and starring in some of the most popular film and tv shows around. but behind the scene these three famous rising stars have heroes of their own. >> she impacted my life. >> and important causes they like to support. >> when they call me up to host i'm there. >> i think it's about finding what it is you're passionate about. tonight we introduce you to three young stars using their fame for good both on screen and off. >> right here. >> shane mitchell is a model, and social media sensation. one of hollywood's hottest young stars.

a lead on pretty little liars. she can be seen on magazine covers, award shows and in music videos. when she is not in the spotlight, this 28-year-old pours her heart and soul into projects that are saving and changing lives. >> if i'm instagraming a photo with a story, i want people to know and youth all over i want you all to know that you can make a change. you can make a difference. >> millions of shay's flowerers see her as a hollywood sweetheart but her core values were installed in her before she was famous. >> my parents taught me to treat everyone equally no matter where they came from or what they believed in. and that was something that really became a huge part of who

i am today from my parents. i remember my parents instilling the importance of leaving the world a better place than when you came into it. what can i do when my time is over and i can feel good about this. >> shay was born in canada but moved to thailand. in thailand the poverty made a profound impression. >> we arrived at night and i saw this girl hold agnew born. she hit the window and was like please, please. i was like what is going on. i was looking for her parents and somebody's got to be here. that's impossible. how can a little girl be carrying a newborn at 10:30 at night. on this highway. it was eye opening for me that that was happening.

and there was that much poverty. >> as shay's career took off she spent more time abroad and saw children struggling to survive. she teamed up with an international charity called free the children that works to end the cycle of poverty all over the world. >> they set up these amazing schools and going into these communities encouraging these youth to know they have a bigger purpose. it is just incredible to see the difference they are making in these communities. >> free the children works to improve education and living conditions in rural communities. in january 2014, shay travelled with the group to kenya, to meet students enrolled in their program. >> in kenya the girls there were so brave and so strong. they had so much confidence and they had just become empowered because of the programs that free the children offer over there. they taught them education. they learned that they can have an impact in their community. >> thousands of empowered youth -- >> shay helps out at a special free the children event called we day aimed at empowering young

people to change the world. >> you can't purchase a ticket. you have to earn hours of service. you have to work for it. you are getting kids who really want to make a difference in this huge stadium. when they call me to host or speak at a we day event i'm like i'm there. no problem. that is responsibility for me. it is the youth that are going to be making a difference. and by using your voice and social media that we have at our fingertips we have to do this. >> on top of the charities she supports she works with a socially conscious fashion line called raven and lily where style and sustainable go hand in hand. >> they have given job opportunities to over is,000 women in 13 countries. they are being paid fair trade wages and creating beautiful designs that we are able to wear over here by purchasing it on their site. we got to experience what they were doing in um buy which is beading. >> with more than 4 million

facebook likes and 9 million instagram followers she is a social media darling. >> i don't care if you have two followers or 10 billion it is important to use your voice to educate people they can make a difference. i'm fortunate to have the platform that i have on social media and our fans are absolutely amazing. >> came back to tell me he is innocent. >> from being on pretty little liars they are waiting to see backstage photos but they love to see photos of my time in india. they want to know more. i want to educate them on the organizations i work with. >> shay opened up with her painful experiences. >> i was bullied when i was in high school and it was extremely hard. i ate lunch in the bathroom. it was a really lonely time for me.

a lot of the time they are like you were bullied? yes, i was. i think i'm going okay now. i managed to rise above that. i want them to know they're not alone. >> friend of cnn heroes, shay mitchell. >> beyond the work that she does with groups that help women and children she is a friend of cnn heroes. she has long been a part of the campaign to shine a light on everyday people doing extraordinary things. >> the cnn heroes event is my favorite event to attend. everybody in my life knows that this is the most important event to me. i love the fact that we are celebrating these everyday people from all around the world who are doing extraordinary things. and changing their communities and changing lives. every time i go there i'm going to have to bring a box of

kleenexes with me. >> as we prepare for cnn heroes to air on sunday december 6th, shay hopes more people will be inspired by the good work that so many everyday heroes are doing. >> i think with the continuation of this event and hopefully more like it all these people who are going amazing things will have that spotlight. you know, because then other people are inspired and they start working with them and it becomes bigger and bigger. from one person it can grow out to so many more and help so many more people. >> stay tuned later tonight for cnn heros, an all-star tribute to everyday people who are changing the world. coming up next an idol who stole america's heart is giving back to people. >> you can inspire somebody else to start doing something. to do great things,

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welcome back. jordin sparks is 25 years old. she's spent a decade in the spotlight. at 17, she was an "american idol" winner. since then, she has released several studio albums, several singles and made tv and film appearances. out of the limelight she spends her time helping others. >> for me giving back is part of my childhood. my parents were always giving back to the community. >> after her fame on american idol her popularity soared. she spent stretches on the road touring and performing. between gigs on an airport tv monitor she saw a news clip

about the beating and death of a young chicago boy. those images changed her life forever. >> the clip affected me. it was a viral clip of a young boy being beaten up. i remember being so mad and thinking to myself, nobody did anything. and i called my mom bawling and said no one did anything to change it or to help. that turned into the i matter you campaign. taking something that stirs something in your spirit and you go out an try to change it. >> jordin's mad campaign stemmed from her outrage but it turned into a campaign to help others. m.a.d. stands for making a difference. >> the clip really affected me. and i was so taken by the fact that nobody stepped in or nobody helped, you know, and it's that transferred into like we can do this. we can make a difference whether it is in bullying or you know,

trying to raise money for a cancer foundation or planting a tree or reading to kids. we want to encourage kids and young adults and older adults if they see something and they want to change something, they can. you can do it. you don't have to wait for somebody else. you can do it. >> jordin started the mad girls inc. she teamed up with her mom, dad and brother to put a twist on super bowl week. they go into local hospitals in super bowl host cities to lift spirits. >> we have been in dallas, new orleans, we were in new york. phoenix. we go visit a hospital and we have a teddy bear picnic. we go to the hospital and read a book or visit the kids. i pass out teddy bears and we just go make their day. >> there is no issue too small or too large for her group to tackle.

she recently used the m.a.d. campaign to promote awareness for sickle cell anemia and another passion is melanoma cancer. >> wendy was my mom's best friend like a second mother to me. she had gone through melanoma before. and it came back. it went really, really quickly. she found out it had come back in february and she was gone by may. she was here and then she wasn't. it was definitely eye opening to see how quickly it can spread an how fast it can overtake your body. >> jordin says wendy's cancer battle came at the height of her idol success. at the time, jordin wore orange for melanoma awareness week. >> it is my favorite color and it represents her heart and strength and determination and the amazing woman that she was. she really impacted my life.

cancer awareness, anything that we can do is amazing but melanoma is a focus. we always also encourage people to get their skin checked. you never know. >> in addition to cancer awareness and the work she does in hospitals she and her m.a.d. campaign have launched health initiatives in uganda, jamaica and haiti. she visited haiti and was able to help out on the ground. >> the school in haiti is a community learning center. you drive three hours up the mountain to get there. but we got to visit. we asked them what would you guys need? and they really -- they are like we just really need a nurse. we were able to raise the funds to get a nurse's station out there. so now the medications come

immediately. some of the kids, they forego going to school to get the water for their family. we provided cisterns up there to catch water to have the water there means they can have a better education. you realize how much you take for granted when you get to go and visit different places. but you realize how much we don't say thank you for the things we do have or we don't stop to think about wow, i can walk today. i have a water bottle. i'm very thankful for this right now. >> jordin admits that singing is what really drives her. but she has been able to use her fame to shine a light on issues and causes she cares deeply about. >> i have to sing. every day i wake up and i know that there will be a moment where i will be singing whether it's at home by myself or i have a show. i'm compelled to. i was a fan of the show. an then i auditioned because i thought it would be fun. and i made it on the show and i'm like, whoa, i really have to do this now. and that was really crazy. because i just want to sing.

everything else has been this crazy rush and crazy bonus. but i'm still that quirky girl that walked into the audition room. i always want to project positivity. there just so much that is negative that i'm just trying to be a little, light. i always try to post something that is happy or going to make somebody's day or make them laugh. >> jordin was a star at a young age but the journey has taught her the most. her album called right here, right now sums it up. >> right here right now. >> all we have is right here, right now. if there is anything i learned from being able to go to all these places and you know, help and see and just have all these eye-opening experiences it's that you have to live in the moment. you never know when something could happen whether it be cancer or an earthquake or, you

know, you -- my little sister ends up in the hospital again. or you never know. so you just got to appreciate the moment and tell those you love you love them. >> and while she continues to speak out she has advice for young people who want to give back. >> first of all i want to encourage who are wondering how they can change the world to think positively first. everything starts with a thought, a feeling, an idea and you go from there. the small things turn into big things and they have ripple effects. by doing something you can inspire somebody else to do something. it doesn't matter how old you are. you can always make a difference. i say start right now. go do it. >> up next, abigail breslin found fame at an early age in little miss sunshine. she may be all grown up but she has not stopped doing the work that she started as a child. >> for me it's sitting down with the kids and playing music with

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[ screaming ]. >> i won, i won. >> at just so years old, abigail breslin captivated audiences in her performance in the 2006 indie smash little miss sunshine. that role won her an oscar nomination and thrust her into the spotlight. but along with accolades came

the realization that she needed to put her newfound fame to good use. >> my parents said to me you are a very lucky girl and you have a lot that you can do for over other people and you should do that. >> abigail was inspired by a charity called project sunshine. the group has helped over 100,000 children around the world who are facing medical challenges. >> project sunshine has their volunteers go into children's hospitals specifically and do arts and crafts with the children and music programs and tutoring and they also help the families. ♪ >> abigail stepped up and took a hands on role. she gave her time. visiting and getting to know children who are undergoing treatment in hospitals. >> my favorite thing that i have done with project sunshine is going into the hospitals and

meeting the kids. it's definitely one of the things where i have to mentally prepare heart breaking to see children living in a hospital. >> through the years, abigail has volunteered her time and taking part in events to support the group. she makes sure the work is about the kids and their families, not her. >> for me it's about going in and sitting down with the kids, playing music with them or you know, making arts and crafts and writing things out and just having fun with them so they can have a good day. [ applause ] >> i go to their rooms and hang out with them for a bit and talk. and usually it ends up just being me talking with some girl about boys for an hour and a half. and they're like you have to go and i want to tell one more story. >> you are 14 years old -- >> in addition to her many

acting roles, she stars in the television series scream queens. >> ♪ i bet you are going to hear this song -- >> she is also a singer/song writer. and often the kids in the hospitals are the first to hear her new material. >> one of my favorite things that happened was i played one of my songs that i wrote and they were not too impressed. one boy was like, i just really like bruno mars. well i do know how to play bruno mars. he gave me this letter he had written. he was like if you know demi lovato can you get this to her? okay, i'll try. >> abigail says no matter who she meets the courageous kids who are battling medical hardships inspire her every time.

when her friend was battling cancer she applied the lessons she learned from project sunshine to support her friend. >> one of my friends had leukemia since she was 14 until two years ago. when i visit her in the hospital she is like it's so nice to talk about normal things. and so that's what i think project sunshine does best. they've taught me -- these kids don't want to talk about being sick. >> abigail has worked for project sunshine for nearly a decade and has no plans to stop. and she says perhaps the best part of her breakout role as a child star in little miss sunshine was the introduction to the charity with a similar name. >> one of the most commonly asked question is are you trying to breakaway from the whole little miss sunshine image? i'm so proud of that movie and to have been a part of that movie. and i'm so grateful for it. it did introduce me to project sunshine.

i was able to become a part of that. i think it's about finding what it is you are passionate about and find that and research which programs and which organizations are, you know, best suited for you and then see how you can kind of help out. >> all three of these young actresses are committed to making a difference whether it's helping women in poverty stricken areas around the world or promoting cancer research and awareness or putting a smile on a child's face. these celebrities are showing us no matter how famous you are there is time to give back to those in need. thank you for tuning in tonight. and to see more of our amazing cnn heros and celebrities who support the work they do, stick around for cnn heros, an all-star tribute, next on cnn. good night.

. there it is. the deal has been struck. an agreement to limit climate change is done. what's next? a look at what they need to do to make the deal. two arrests in geneva after several days of anti-terror activity. we take you live to the city for the latest details and could call this ted cruz control. republicans in the midwest, they are turning away from trump and turning to mr. cruz. from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm george howell. "cnn newsroom" starts now.

very good day to you. we begin this hour is paris where thousands of delegates are headed home after a successful high stakes round of talks. early saturday, the climate conference approved a landmark deal to curb global warming. >> translator: positive there are no objections, the paris meeting is successful. >> with that it is now up to the 196 nations to hold themselves accountable and put the pact into action. u.s. president barack obama is proud of what cop21 accomplished and said the work is far from done. >> because no nation, not even one as powerful as ours, can solve this challenge alone. and no country, no matter how small can sit on the sidelines. >> all of us had to solve it

together. now, no agreement is perfect, including this one. negotiations that involved nearly 200 nations are always challenging. even if all the initial targets set in paris are met, we'll only be part of the way there when it comes to reducing carbon from the atmosphere. so we cannot be complacent because of today's agreement. the problem is not solved because of this accord. >> john sutter was at that conference and now joins us live from paris. john, good to have you with us. so we were together yesterday to witness that moment where this accord was ratified, a moment of consensus. but now, these world leaders have to take the deal back to their respective countries and try to sell it. >> reporter: yeah. essentially for the deal to go into effect, you need 55 countries and about 55% of the global emissions. you need to have those countries

ratify this on the national level. that happens differently in different countries. they're hoping this can be an executive order as opposed to something that goes through congress because there are a lot of members of congress who would be opposed to this agreement and who express doubt about climates science in general even though the science is fairly sound. that will be interesting. the real question is, how do nations around the world actually carry the ambition of this agreement forward and enact policies that get to us these targets. this treaty essentially sets the goal of limiting warming to 2 degrees or less to 2.5 degrees celsius that's measured as a temperature increase since the industrial revolution. it basically means being off of fossil fuels or carbon neutral in 2050 to 2080 is what the experts i've been talking to say. it's a rapid change in the economy towards cleaner energy. i think that this is a huge

signal to the world to investors around the world, to businesses and government that is this is something that all the countries in the world united and want to see happen. what policies they have to enact to get there remains to be seen. >> let's talk about the details this deal even in limiting climate change to less than 2 degrees celsius . there will be countries or nations that end up with the ramifications of climate change. talk to us about the money that's set aside to help those countries in their loss and damage. >> reporter: yes. so this agreement makes the ambition of putting $100 billion u.s. per year starting in 2020 towards climate adaptation. these are droughts will become more common in some parts of the world. some places are already seeing issues with higher tides from sea level rise, increasing

flooding. there are all sorts of -- people calling climate change a threat multiplier. a lot of the issues that may have existed in the past are expected to get worse as the climate warms. there's been a fair amount of warming. we've warmed about 1 degree celsius since the industrial revolution. there are effects that are being seen. developing countries, those who haven't done much to cause climate change but are seeing the effects and are worried about the long-term future, they want to see that money included in the agreement and promises made from industrialized countries, including the united states, that will support this push. u.s. secretary of state john kerry pledging to double u.s. commitments to climate adaptations. i think this is something that there was agreement on and both sides essentially see that there will be some effects unavoidable and there needs to be financing to help with that. >> john sutter live for us at our paris bureau.

john, thank you for your reporting there. this has been described as a sweeping agreement. for an environmental law professor that we spoke to earlier, this is very sobering. here's what patrick parenteau had to say. >> this is more of a political agreement than legal document, frankly. it's important, certainly for the nations to commit to what they've committed to and to commit to ratcheting up the pledges that have been made. but the time frame is very short. the amount of carbon that we're putting into the atmosphere every year on order of 36 billion tons is still going into the atmosphere. it will be there for centuries. the science is telling us that the climate systems of the earth are actually more sensitive than we thought. the rate of melting of the ice sheets, the warm fgt oceans, the sea level rise.

virtually every measurement tells us that things are bad and getting worse very quickly. >> so let's talk a little more about saturday's agreement and what it means in real terms for people in the most vulnerable parts of the world. derek van dam is here to give us a better explanation. >> george, it boils down to the ability of a country to a dant to the effects of climate change. take a look at this graph. try to bring it down as simple as possible. vulnerabilities, people's vulnerabilities increase ten-fold as developing nations with a weak infrastructure and poor economy are impacted by the effects of climate change. on the contrary, vice versa, developed countries have a higher capacity to adapt and cope to the natural disasters that we continue to see. what i'm going to do is try to lay out an example. we're going to compare the united states which has a gross yearly income per capita of around $55,000, u.s. dollars to

the philippines who have an average of $3,000 per person per year. their ability to adapt and cope to climate change is drastically different compared to these two countries. we've had a recent slew of severe weather in the you its starks specifically texas. you'll see the footage here of a tornado that ripped through the willis, texas, region north of houston. this is about 70 or 80 kilometers north of the houston area. this is the result of this particular tornado. there was devastation to a mobile home park. now, we're in the united states. we're talking about the u.s. again, $55,000 u.s. that's the median in terms of an average salary for in particular this country. it's significantly higher to that compared to the philippines, for instance. texas, two tornadoes reported on

saturday. there's still a threat of severe weather across the central sections of both oklahoma and texas. as the storm system continues to move eastward. we'll monitor that closely within the cnn weather center. talking about the flip side of this climate change conundrum almost, we're going to move to the other side of the world. this is the philippines. gross annual income per capita, roughly about $3,000 according to the world bank. so the ability to adapt and cope to natural disasters like typhoons, and remember, we've had an active tropical cena cross this part of the world and we have another typhoon bearing down on southern lieu san during this workweek. this will continue to increase in frequency and intensity. this storm system will produce a lot of rain and some strong winds and guess what, manila,

some of the largest population densities of the philippines is in the path of this particular storm. here's a look at the rainfall totals for this area. we could experience 300 to 500 millimeters of rainfall over the next seven days. that means flooding and coastal erosion as well for this part of the world. it's interesting to just see what it means for developing versus developed countries and how we're going to pan this out with the latest paris accord that has come out of cop21. >> derek, thank you so much. >> thanks, george. while there are disagreem t disagreements on how effective cop21 may be, the u.s. secretary of state, john kerry talked about why it's so important and how it differs from others before it. listen. >> we've reached an agreement that is the strongest, most ambitious global change agreement ever. many of us in paris have recognized that we have to do

that in order to send a signal to the marketplace that can change the direction that the world is on with respect to dependency on carbon fossil fuels. so this agreement does have the abilities to succeed in its implementation where other agreements have fallen short because they weren't global, didn't include everybody. didn't have the momentum behind it. >> the u.s. secretary of state won't be headed back to the united states any time soon. he's scheduled to meet in rome with the italian foreign minister and a u.n. special representative for libya. our senior international correspondent, saari -- sara sidner is there. >> what would this agreement mean for the people of libya? >> reporter: you know, it's important on one hand. it's trying to form a government that works and that can take over the daily duties, what it's

required to do in order tore people to live decent lives. these two rival parliaments, one the islamist party, which is the general national congress, and the other one the council of representatives is considered more liberal. one is into -- having this agreement and saying they have to form a unity government to govern this country, there's only 6 million people in this oil-rich country. they should be doing very, very, very well. but its citizens have been suffering for a very, very long time. not only when moammar gadhafi was in place but since the country has crumbled and it's become a lawless state. people need things like electricity and water and some of these areas are being infiltrated by isis as well. so it is a state that needs true strong government for the people, by the people.

they are working towards that. this could be one step closer to that, george. >> talk to us about this step but other things that may be coming into play because, as you describe it, a lawless place. what all is being done to create stability and security? >> reporter: it's really, really difficult and all of the countries that surround it are concerned. we were just next door in tunisia and they're building a fence along the border with the libya because they have so many of their people who are very frustrated who are enticed by jihadists who are going over to train in libya because libya has become an open air weapons depot among other things. what you also see in the country is militias who control cities. it's not like there's one big government that's helping to take care of and shuttle the country to something that is going to be good for the people. it's a lot of small, tiny

governments taking over certain cities. one of them is the islamic state, which has come into areas and tried to take over and made the reference that this may be their de facto capital if placing like roc a and syria and iraq -- you have a situation where the country is failing its people and this may be a step closer. there is a ton of work to be done. there's a lot of little problem, never mind the overarching problem of terrorists coming into the country. sara sidner live for us in istanbul. thank you for the background and your reporting there. now we move on to geneva, switzerland. the city is on high alert after authorities arrested two suspected terrorists. both suspects had syrian passports and police found traces of explosives in their

car. for more on this story, let's turn to nic robertson who joins us live from geneva. good to have you with us today. what do we expect next in this investigation? >> reporter: the police have said to expect more house searches, more arrests. they say that doesn't necessarily mean that all the arrests imply that the people are being picked up are necessarily terrorists. what they're saying about the two men they arrested, neither of them speaks french. they have syrian passports. the passports do appear to be authentic, they say. as we know, it is possible to get syrian passports, original passports on the black market. for the moment, the police are not saying that they're syrian. only they appear to have authentic syrian passports. they are not saying whether or not the men have visas in their passports allowing them legally to move freely inside europe.

that's not true at the moment. the police are investigating whether or not they have terrorists organizations, not saying which organization, but the implications at the moment does seem to lean towards isis. the reason for that is the police here, the intelligence officials here the last few days have had three separate different terror leads relating to isis, relating to geneva specifically. the concern is here that these men may have been involved in a plot here. interestingly, the police here, the prosecutor in geneva says that the men have traces of explosives in their vehicle. european security source tells cnn that, in fact, what was found in that vehicle were the traces of pre can you remember sore chemicals, that is the chemicals that might be used to make a homemade bomb, the types of things that you can buy in hardware stores, gardening stores, those sorts of things. more arrests coming.

that's what the police say, george. >> very intensive investigation. at the same time, in the backdrop, nic, this is a time when people come together, prepare for christmas, do shopping. how are people in geneva responding to all of this? >> reporter: a huge number of tourists in town here. we're outside the u.n. there are people here in the last hour or so coming to take photographs outside the u.n. there's more security at the u.n. in the center of the town, you have not just the additional christmas shoppers, but it's a day of celebration here. they're celebrating a battle the last time that switzerland went to war, 1602. they have reenactments in the counsel center. people with muskets, they're firing off these replica old weapons in the streets, beating drums, playing tunes on traditional instruments from back in the day. so there's a lot of people on

the streets here. more than there would be normally. the police took a decision in the last couple of days, despite the terror threat, to allow this to go ahead. the people here are sort of not reacting with an excessive fear but in the background despite the celebration that is are going on in the streets today bringing more people out than normal, there is a higher level of policing. a lot of it plainclothesed policing, george. >> cnn international diplomatic editor, nick robertson live for us there. another 23 injured after a fire broke out at a psychiatric hospital. a hospital employee says there were 140 disabled people in the hospital, including 50 who were bed bound. at least 51 people were rescued unharmed. so far the cause of this fire is unknown. you are watching "cnn

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canadian volunteers and kboft officials turned out to welcome a second wave of syrian refugees. they arrived saturday night in montreal. the home of canada's biggest syrian community. many refugees were sponsored by churches and other organizations. the first group arrived on thursday. this is all part of canada's plan to welcome 25,000 syrian refugees by the end of february. south of border here in the united states, we'll talk politics. some may be wondering if donald trump's recent anti-muslim comments are starting to hurt his u.s. presidential hopes. rival ted cruz soared ahead of mr. trump. the bloomberg politics survey

shows cruz opening up a ten-point lead in the u.s. state that is the first to vote in the presidential primaries. mr. cruz and trump will face off tuesday in las vegas at the final republican presidential debate. that will be right here on cnn. the cnn orc poll shows the billionaire, mr. trump with 33% support among caucus-goers in iowa. cnn's senior washington correspondent jeb zeleny looks at the battle lines being drawn. >> trump, still comfortably on top of the republican field, has a new rival nipping at his heels. for the first time, ted cruz signaled his plan at a closed-door fundraiser to take on trump and ben carson. >> i believe that gravity will bring both of those campaigns down. i think the lion's share of their supporters come to us. >> a recording of cruz given to the new york times offers a behind-the-scenes look at his strategy to try what's eluded other republicans, taking down

trump. >> people are looking for who is prepared to be a commander in chief. that's a question of strength and also a question of judgment and i think that is a question that is a challenging question for both of them. >> cruz has been one of the few republicans unwilling to tangle with the billionaire front-runner. as cruz tried to contain the fewer roar. the establishment's only hope, frum and me in a cage match. sorry to disappoint, trump is terrific. >> he said e8 return fire. looks like ted cruz is getting ready to attack. i'm leading by so much, he must. i hope so. he will fall like all others. will be easy. it's a moment trump's been waiting for. >> he's been so supportive. at some point he has to hit me, right? going to be a sad day, but we will hit back, i promise. >> the latest skirmish comes as republicans worry whether they can stop trump. party leaders prepare for a

contested convention. >> ben carson said any back-room deals could push he and trump from the party. in a statement today he said if this was the beginning of a plan to subvert the will of the voters and replace it with the will of the political elite, i assure you donald trump will not be the only one leaving the party. the republican national committee said there was no reason for worry. >> republican voters will choose the delegates that go to the convention in cleveland next july. those people will decide the nominee. that's it. bottom line, plain and simple. >> they try to bring order to the chaotic race. supporters of ohio governor john kasich launched an effort to put a stake in trump. >> they're the most flavorful beef you've ever had. >> he remains squarely on top. trump is at 27%, followed by chris christie at 12 and marco rubio at 11.

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welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. you're watching "cnn newsroom." good to have you with us. i'm george howell. the headlines we're following this hour. at least 23 dead and 23 injured after a fire broke out at a psychiatric hospital in southwest russia. government officials say 51 people were rescued unharmed. the cause of that fire is still unknown at this time. geneva, a city on high alert after police arrested two people

on terror charges. the pair held syrian passports and there were traces of explosives in their cars. it's not clear if these arrests are connected to the last month's terror attacks in paris. british prime minister, david cameron plans to call for a ban across the european union on high-powered semiautomatic weapons. his office just announced the measure is part of a crackdown on the illegal firearms trade. it's also part of a long-term plan to counterterrorism. right now, french voters are deciding whether any anti-immigration candidates will win in the country's regional runoff election. france's far right national front party is hoping to win control of the region for the first time. it's up to a nation to put into action a sweeping climate reform deal. they passed the agreement in paris. it includes several goals, including limiting warming to 2 degrees celsius, 3.6 degrees

fahrenheit above industrial temperatures. let's turn to the director -- the deputy director of a global civic organization to talk more about what happened in paris with cop21 and it's good to have you with us. you have been working for a long time now on putting pressure on leaders to do more. i'd like to get your thoughts on what we saw that was ratified in paris. >> it really feels this morning like we woke up to a turning point in history. i mean, that deal that you just talked about had the pathway to 100% clean energy, which is what people were marching around the world for a few days ago. it's what, over 3.6 million people signed a large petition for the world leaders. it's been the rallying cry for almost 18 months now. that deal included the possibility of that for the world's people. >> you know, some are saying, while this was historic and while it is described as

sweeping, that it's too little too late. we saw activists outside the eiffel tower who demanded more, that this deal include more. what are your thoughts about that? does it go far enough? >> right now, this deal is very science-based. it's actually the first science-based climate deal in history, which is amazing. so a lot of the language, especially the language talking about net zero emissions by the second half of the century, that's based on a scientific report and that's a huge leap forward. it is just the beginning. right now we have a process in this agreement that lets governments come back, it requires them to come back every five years to ratchet up how they're going to address this crisis. it was the amount of people that were going to agree to this stuff is radical policy. it's going to be up to the people on streets to make sure they do better every five years

from now until we see that beautiful clean future. >> as far as nations being encouraged to do better, talk to us about the deal and its reporting structure and what some say really is a lack of -- lack of making sure that people of the nations are held accountable. >> that's actually really not true in this agreement. that was a big fight between the u.s. and china about transparency. what the deal says is when the government comes back, they have to make a promise about what they're going to do to fix this greenhouse gas problem we have, the poison in the air. they have to come back with a better promise the next five years. there's no back sliding. more importantly, they have to open their books to the world's governments and show concretely what they've done in the intervening period. that process was one of the key things that people around the world were fighting for. in fact, something the u.s. led in fiegt for as well.

>> emma ruby-sachs, we appreciate your insight on what happened in paris. we'll watch how it plays out as they take the deal back to their respective countries to have the deal ratified. another potential environmental victory, a new report by the save of elephant organization says that prices for ivory are plummeting in china. peter knight is the head of wild aid and he spoke to my colleague natalie allen earlier about the significance of this drop in the ivory market. listen. >> it's fantastic news for elephants. we've been working for a number of years now to try and reduce the demand. working people like use ming, a number of chinese stars, backed by the chinese government and cctv. this news is the first firm evidence that we've had that things are changing. >> right. cctv, i read a report has run --

it looks like after the culture has been using and selling ivory that it's getting to people. that must feel good for you and all the work that you've been doing. >> the other thing that's happened is that recently, president obama said they would be ending ivory sales in the united states. it's public awareness and government action, a one-two punch which is what we need to save the elephants. >> the next indicator will be, will this spill over into other countries and what are those countries still buying ivory? >> well, we know in hong kong recently, we know that government changed and is looking at a ban at 90% of the hong kong population wants to see a ban on it. >> this has been an encouraging weekend for climate success and

now we have time china and the u.s. working together to save the elephants. will it do enough? and the question is, is this enough to save the elephants? >> we also got good news from africa. nairobi and kenya have upped their penalties for ivory poaching. tanzania has a new president and they've arrested people there. it's got to be a combination of everyone working together. we need to reduce the markets and up our game of enforcement here in africa. >> so what you're saying is that you believe that's going to happen because with china saying we're done with this, that helps the people of africa protect them as well? >> it is happening more and more government the here are getting more active on this issue. supporting tanzania by providing vehicles for conservation. we think hopefully we can turn the tide for elephants, make this the year that elephant births outnumber the deaths.

we'll turn our attention to the rhinos because they're having a hard time as well right now. >> you're watching "cnn newsroom." still ahead, hundreds of abandoned dogs in turkey. they're finding out they really are man's best friend. details next. i've smoked a lot and quit a lot, but ended up nowhere. now i use this. the nicoderm cq patch, with unique extended release technology, helps prevent the urge to smoke all day. i want this time to be my last time. that's why i choose nicoderm cq.

welcome back to cnn news rooms. i'm george howell. local election this is saudi arabia have taken on an added meaning. women have been allowed it cast ballots for the first time. this move is described as a step forward for equality in the male-dominated kingdom, but others say it is a hollow victory. listen. >> unfortunately, it's more of a symbolic victory. i think it's quite unlikely this will actually mean much in terms of real change for women in saudi arabia. even if women in large numbers are elected to office, we're

talking about a consult tiff council only advisory in nature. it's important to keep in mind the much broader political climate, which is one of extreme political oppression. saudi arabia is one of the top, the worst scoring countries in freedom in the world, which is our annual survey of political rights and civil liberties. that's in large part because its political life is almost non nonexiste nonexistent. given the nature of the bodies that the women would be possibly be elected to, they're not bodies with control over policy related to women in general. they're more municipal councils that relate to roads, parks, civic issues. so while those are important questions, it's not going to be an arena in which women can really push for serious policy changes in regard to women in the country.

a total of 979 female candidates ran in the election but the campaigning was complicated because they were barred from speaking to male voters. now on to istanbul and a woman who spent the last 12 years rescuing hundreds of dogs specifically golden retrievers unable to find homes and new owners. luckily there's a silver lining for some of these goldens. here again, sara sidner explains. >> it's play time. first this raucous crowd greets each other in all manner of ways. then they turn to the humans. all these dogs are here because of this person. they were once abandoned and unwanted on the streets of

istanb istanbul. you won't believe where they'll end up. >> they have no chances. they can't talk, beg or steal. they just want food and affection. >> after seeing the conditions of the shelters 12 years ago in turkey, she dedicated her life to saving domesticated animals. >> i left the shelter and i cried. i said crying is not enough. someone has to do something. i started to volunteer here in shelters. >> she was soon warned of a disturbing trend. the reason you see so many golden retrievers rescued is because people in turkey love the puppies, they're really popular. once they're grown up, they end up putting them out either on the streets or in the forest. that's also why they're goodnatured, because these were people's pets at one time. but their sweetness hurts their

chances of survival on the streets of istanbul where tens of thousands of hardcore stray street dogs live. >> we vaccinate them, neuter or spay them. put them a chip for their identification of the dog. and wie issue the health certificates, their passports. >> that's where the story turns into a very long journey for the goldens, from istanbul, turkey, to atlanta, georgia, usa. turns out americans love their golden retrievers and they found just the place. adopt a golden atlanta. >> it has lists of people waiting to adopt dogs. here we don't find anyone. >> so far adopt a goal en atlanta has taken in 123 golden retrievers go istanbul.

they call them turkey dogs. with all the animosity, this is one issue that has no bite. >> i'm sure plenty of happy dogs at adopt a golden atlanta. good on them. still ahead, a nonprofit in the united states is taking a new approach to youth outreach. how it's using bikes to teach life lessons as newsroom continues. i have asthma... ...one of many pieces in my life. so when my asthma symptoms kept coming back on my long-term control medicine,

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welcome back could "cnn newsroom." i'm george howell. the groups are decided for the euro 2016 football tournament slate today begin in france. there's at least one matchup getting a lot of attention. patrick snow has more. for the first time ever, 24 countries will compete at next year's european football championships in france. now, saturday's high-profile draw in paris throwing up a potentially tricky group for two-time defending champion spain who will play turkey, croatia and the czech republic. in group b, they have the welsh team. wales playing for the first time ever. the first match of tournament

will feature the host playing romania at the south of france on june 10th. they're also grouped with albania and switzerland, too. >> translator: from these three adversaries, we know two very well. we played against them and they gave us big problems as we weren't able to beat them. the swiss we observed. we know them well. we know the romanians less well but we've watched their qualifications. at the end of the day, that says everything and nothing. >> conspicuous by his absence by the uefa president. the draw playing out amid tight security in the aftermath of recent terror attacks on paris. heavy police presence ahead of proceedings.

with euro 16 organizers with this message for the french public. >> i would like to take this opportunity in the name of uefa to express my solidarity during these difficult times. our thoughts are with all those affected by the attacks of the 13th of november. [ applause ] >> the tournament lasts for a total of four weeks with the final in the south of france on july 10th. patrick snell, cnn. at a time when going green has become a worldwide priority, some italian radio presenters are petitioning for an unlikely candidate for the 2016 nobel peace prize. that candidate would be the bicycle. their argument that bikes, unlike cars, they don't cause pollution and they have no collection to the many wars fought over oil. each kilometer or mile biekd represents 17 cents added to the

world's economy. fittingly, they plan to deliver their completed petition to the norway nobel committee by the -- bicycle relay i should say. impressive. the idea of winning the prestigious prize may seem a little different, there's a nonprofit in the city of atlanta that is using bicycles to help change kids' lives. here's cnn's nick valencia. >> on any given day, you might find shawn walton teaching his students while riding a bicycle. >> i love it. >> the love he has is for wii cycle, the nonprofit organization he started three years ago. >> it's worth it. >> it uses bicycles and agriculture to empower low-income residents, mostly youth to be productive and healthy citizens within their community. out of the atlanta headquarters,

walton teaches health, economics leadership and sustainability. and along the way try to impart a work ethic. chipping away at a problem. >> some of these kids are hungry and they have unhealthy ways. we need to guide them into better ways. >> four students ranging from 10 to 18 are selected to participate in the intensive 40 hours. they're taught bike repair, how to cycle and build discipline. an agricultural educator teaches them. >> with dirt in the ground. i never knew it was made of food and animal poo and stuff. at the end of the month, once the 40 hours are complete, students earn a brand new bicycle leaving them feeling a sense of pride. students are not only the ones proud, but the community is also proud of walton and the work

they're doing. >> wii cycle is important because he's able tone gauge the children through the bicycles and get into their heads and teach them other skills and life lessons. >> they've partnered with we cycle on a number of community projects. he believes that they are helping to fill a void within the black community. >> so many black youth are being incarcerated. they're not being educated. we're not connected economically. equity is an issue. programs like we cycle are addressing these from a fundamental level. >> a level walton says he plans to take worldwide with future plans to start it in miami. we cycle l.a. and hopefully one day we cycle ghana. nick valencia, cnn, atlanta. good stuff there. we thank you for watching this hour of newsroom. i'll be right back after the break with more news from around the world.

celebrations for now. but nations around the around pledge to create a better future for the planet. some experts are waiting to see if their actions speak louder than their words. donald trump finds himself in unfamiliar territory in the u.s. state of iowa. he's in second place but refusing to play second fiddle to front-runner, ted cruz. as movie villains go, they have a lot to live up to. we hear from the star wars bad guys stepping into the hefty footprints, darth vader. from cnn world head quarters in atlanta. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world.

i'm george howell. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. a very good day to you. we begin in paris with the latest on the historic climate deal that was reached in france. delegates from nearly 200 countries are headed back home with a plan in hand to help combat climate change. representatives approved a final draft on saturday and the french foreign minister made that announcement. listen. >>. >> translator: i'm looking around the roonl and i see the reaction is positive. i do not hear any objection. the paris agreement for the climate is accepted. >> our john sutter bass at that conference and now joins us live from paris. john, we were together yesterday when that moment was reached. when he banged gavel to acknowledge a consensus there. now these delegates, they have to take this deal back to their respective countries and try to

sell it. >> reporter: yeah, basically for this deal to go into force, the nations that signed on it, 196. which is incredible to get 196 countries to agree to almost anything. they have to ratify this deal on the national level. for the u.s., that likely means some sort of executive order. other countries have different processes. the real moment was yesterday here in france where countries came together, could have objected to this deal. we saw three nights almost all night long of negotiations to get to this point. i think the world sent a signal that they want to tackle climate change and want the fossil fuel era to end and rapidly move towards a cleaner economy. it's almost hard to overstate how significant that is. this was a fork in the road. if the negotiations had fallen apart as many have in the past. i think that would have been catastrophic for the move to do something about climate change. instead, this momentum was carrying through as president

barack obama said, we live up to this moment. i think this signals a real shift in how countries handle this. it's yet to be seen exactly what policies they'll put into place to achieve this. >> let's talk about what happens next as far as countries like the united states. we'll have to bring this back and have it either debated in the house and senate and passed or i know that you've mentioned there are some who question whether this could be an executive effort. to put this into being. how difficult will it be to make sure those larger countries, the bigger polluters are involved and that they get this deal passed. >> yes. so i think if you look at what's required to meet these goals, this treaty sets out the goal of limiting warming to 2 degrees celsius or well below that. has the number 1.5 degrees in the text which was hugely surprising to me and others.

it's an incredibly ambitious target and requires us to be off of fossil fuel and be carbon neutral by 2050 or shortly thereafter. that's a rapid change in the way we're producing heat and energy in particular and we'll have to cut the rates down. in the united states, for example, climate change is a hugely contentious issue. the science is subtle. scientists agree this is happening and we're causing it. you see many politicians on the republican said of things especially, doubt the science and say this will be too costly to put into place. we'll have to see how they're haggled out in reality. but the truth is, to meet these ambitio ambitions, countries have to put new plans in place. some of the things experts talk about are carbon taxes, putting the price on the pollution associated with greenhouse gas emissions. when power plant in the u.s. is producing energy or in china, that has ramifications in africa for drought, in storms in southeast asia, this was such a

global problem, it requires all the countries to work together to see what's in their self-interest and to hopefully find some financing, some new industries out of that. also to do it on behalf of the rest of the world. >> john, correct to say it will take 55 countries to sign on to this and mainly those larger countries for this deal to actually take effect, correct? >> reporter: yeah, that is correct. 55 countries and totaling 55% of global emission. i don't see that happening. i see that more of a formality. things could change. where it sits now, the moment in paris where you saw him gaveling this agreement through with no objections from 196 countries, that's hugely significant. that was a turning point in the moment. cnn's john sutter live for us at our paris bureau.

john, thank you so much for your reporting there. let's talk just a bit more about saturday's a griemt and what it means in real terms for people in the most vulnerable parts of the world. for that, derek van dam is here. this deal is historic, but there will be effects on countries with climate change. >> it's all about the ability of those countries to adapt to the effects of climate change. we're going to talk about an example between the united states and the philippines. two separate countries versus developing. and weather phenomenons they're dealing with. take a look at the graph. vulnerabilities, people's vulnerabilities increase ten-fold as developing nations with a weak infrastructure and poor economy are impacted by the effects of climate change. on the contrary, developed countries have a higher capacity to adapt and cope to the natural disasters

that continue to impact places like the philippines. and into southeast asia as well as the united states. we're going to compare these two and first talk about the united states. they're contending with unusual late season tornadoes that took place in texas. keep in mind, the average income per person in the u.s. is $55,000 u.s. in the philippines. $3,000. that's per year per person. that's according to the world bank. this is the tornado damage that resulted in texas, u.s. state of texas the ability for this part of the world to adapt to climate change and stronger storms will be relatively easy compared to other countries with a weaker infrastructure and economy. get to my graphic over here. these are the thunderstorms that caused upwards of two to three tornadoes north of the houston

area. roughly 40 miles. still a chance of severe threat. that's not the context of what i'm discussing at the moment. let's hop to the other side of the world, the philippines and talk about their natural disaster. been an active tropical season for the western pacific. guess what? there's another typhoon that has its eye set there. this is a country with 100 million people. lieu zahn is the most populous island. that en konl passes manila. look at the string of this typhoon. it's expected to increase in intensity over the next 24 hours. it will stall out and produce a significant amount of rainfall. i realize we have domestic and international viewers watching us at this moment in time. rainfall rates could go over 3

hurn or 500 millimeters of rainfall. up to 20 inches of rain in a few days' period. you can imagine what that means. flooding potential for that area. that's something we'll monitor clo closely. the fingerprints of climate change written over both of these disasters and these phenomenon. we can't directly attribute to them. but there are certain pieces there that show their face when they're talking about heavy rain and destruction from tornadoes. >> derek, thank you so much. >> thanks, george. another store any france. voting is under way in that country and depending on how the ballots are cast, far right anti-immigration party could win control of the region for the first time. marie le pen cast her vote. her party had a surprisingly strong showing in the first round. the outcome could give her a launchpad for a presidential bid

in 2017. on now to geneva, switzerland, a city on edge after police arrested two people around charged them with terrorism. they were carrying syrian passports and they had traces of explosive in their vehicle. it's not clear whether they're linked to the paris attacks. for more on this, let's turn to nic robertson who joins us live in geneva. nic, good to have you with us. >> reporter: the police have said to expect more house searches, more arrests. in the coming days. today, right now, it's a day of celebration. a street celebration in geneva. you see people like this man dressed in traditional costume from 1602. the last time they went to war. the celebrations in geneva. the police decided to allow these celebration toss go ahead.

there are more police than normal out on the streets. it's early hours yet, but this town, the square in the old part of town, you can expect this to be full of marching bands and people out enjoying the atmosphere here in the little cafes. if you come over here, you'll get an idea of what people in this city are learning about these two suspects arrested with apparently authentic syrian passports, traces of explosives left in the car. local newspaper headlines here. the escalade -- high surveillance. syrians it says arrested when they had a puncture in their car. what we know about these two arrested men is that the police are investigating them for connection toss a terrorist organization. also we're hearing from a european sources on this that perhaps not cases specifically of explosives but chemicals that

could have been used to make explosives. this a very serious investigation, ongoing investigation. you hear the bells. this is a city celebrating its history and the last time it was at war. but also facing now a new threat and more surveillance out on the streets. here you have another man in his traditional costume from 1602. no defense against the threats of isis these days. but in the background here, you can expect to see more police presence. george? >> nic, good to see people going on with typical customs and everyday life. at the same time, an intensive investigation is under way in geneva. nic robertson live for us there. thank you for your report. in southwest russia, at least 23 people are dead and 23 injured after a fire broke out at a psychiatric hospital. a hospital employee says there were 140 disabled people inside. including 50 who were bed-bound.

at least 51 people were rescued unharmed. the cause of that fire is unknown. you're watching "cnn newsroom." and still to come, police arrest a man in california that they claim intentionally set fire to a mosque. details on that story. plus, new battle lines being drawn in the republican race for the white house. donald trump faces up to his ted cruz problem. you're watching "cnn newsroom." believe it. at&t and directv are now one. which means you can watch in the house, in a treehouse, or even in miss pepperpie's house. pause in your pjs and hit play during a pb&j. nice! and enjoy some cartoons instead of listening to dad's car tunes. (dad) ♪meet you all the way! get the best of both worlds. directv at home and 2 wireless lines. from directv and at&t. iand quit a lot,t but ended up nowhere. now i use this. the nicoderm cq patch, with unique extended

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welcome back to "cnn newsroom." i'm george howell. the fbi has concluded their search of a lake in san bernardino, california, near the site where people were killed in a terror attack lech days ago. ana cabrera tells us what investigators may be looking for. >> reporter: divers have spent days combing this lake, searching for any evidence connected to the killers, tashfeen malik and syed farook. divers have found a number of items in the lake, although fbi officials aren't confirming what the items are, nor whether they can confirm if they have to do with this case. one fbi official telling me they find a lot of stuff because this is a public lake. they have to do further investigation to determine whether it is part of this investigation. but we have learned a little bit more about how they're conducting this search.

it is slow and methodical. they have specialized equipment that protects them and helps them to see under this water because of extremely dark and murky water. it's deep, up to ten feet deep in places, we've learned. these divers are trained professionals and they're doing a grid search to leave no stone unturned. we do know that tashfeen malik and farook were in this area on the day of the shooting according to what authorities have said on the record. they say they got a tip that led them here. they've scoured the park area. but really, the lake is what's left. did the shooters ditch anything? one thing that's been missing since the beginning is the hard drive from the couple's computer. that's something that they are really hoping to find. perhaps it's in this lake. the other thing i want to remind us of is the victims in this tragedy. we know many of the victims are being laid to rest, including shannon johnson, the 45-year-old

ed mcmahon i called a hero saying he died trying to protect one of his co-workers. >> that was ana cabrera reporting. according to the woman he shielded from the bullets, shannon johnson's last words were, "i got you". also in california, a man is in jail accused of setting a mosque on fire. 23-year-old carl james dial, jr., has not been officially charged. but he was arrested on five counts, including suspicion of arson. a hate crime and felony burglary. the fire happened friday. several people were inside that mosque praying when police say it was set on fire intentionally. julie bueller from affiliate kmir has this report. >> the smoke has dissipated and the flames are gone. but the damage remains on the outside of the islamic society. the acting iman of the mosque, eight years ago when he moved to the area for a new job. he's been muslim since 1970.

>> it's a feeling of sadness. but not despair. you know, though we're sad that our mosque was affected, we intend to fully get back to normal here shortly. we do consider this an act of terrorism like anything else. we do understand that there's a very small handful of people who do this type of things on both sides. we just want message to be out there that we do not condone any of this type of behavior, criminal activity coming from any side. >> the mosque suffered considerable damage to the entrance and smoke damage throughout. while theer in the process of cleaning up, they don't have the cost of repair. they'll be boarding it up to prevent further damage. there's no timetable to return to this building and he'll be speaking to his group for

another place to worship. >> we can worship anywhere. we can worship in the parking lot if we so desire. the building offers us protection from the elements and a symbol, the fact that we're here. we're a people of resolve and i'm sure that we'll pick up the pieces and fix the building and move on. >> this attack is a stark contrast to the expression of tens of thousands on their pilgrimage across the coachella valley. that's what america is about. >> what makes america great. you have the right to worship in your own manner. it really doesn't matter who likes it or doesn't. >> that was julie bueller from affiliate kmir reporting. turning now to u.s. politics. presidential primary season kicks off in about seven weeks and republican candidate donald trump has now fallen sharply behind his rival ted cruz in the key state of iowa. in a new des moines register politics poll, mr. cruz has a

ten-point lead in iowa, which is the first state to vote in the primaries. cruz and trump face off on tuesday in las vegas at the final republican debate this year. that will be held right here on cnn. the battle lines are being drawn between the front-runner and his closest rival. cnn senior washington correspondent jeb zeleny takes a closer look. >> trump, still comfortably on top of the republican field, has a new rival nipping at his heels. for the first time, ted cruz signaled his plan at a closed-door fundraiser to take on trump and ben carson. >> i believe that gravity will bring both of those campaigns down. i think the lion's share of their supporters come to us. >> a recording of cruz given to the new york times offers a behind-the-scenes look at his strategy to try what's eluded other republicans, taking down trump. >> people are looking for who is prepared to be a commander in chief. that's a question of strength and also a question of judgment and i think that is a question that is a challenging question

for both of them. >> cruz has been one of the few republicans unwilling to tangle with the billionaire front-runner. as cruz tried to contain the fewer roar after his private words went public, he tweeted, the establishment's only hope. trump and me in a cage match. sorry to disappoint, trump is terrific. >> trump appeared in iowa, said he'll return fire. looks like ted cruz is getting ready to attack. i'm leading by so much, he must. i hope so. he will fall like all others. will be easy. it's a moment trump's been waiting for. >> he's been so supportive. at some point he has to hit me, right? going to be a sad day, but we will hit back, i promise. >> the latest skirmish comes as republicans worry whether they can stop trump. party leaders prepare for a contested convention. at a private meeting this week in washington. >> ben carson said any back-room deals could push he and trump from the party. in a statement today he said if this was the beginning of a plan to subvert the will of the

voters and replace it with the will of the political elite, i assure you donald trump will not be the only one leaving the party. the republican national committee said there was no reason for worry. >> republican voters will choose the delegates that go to the convention in cleveland next july. those people will decide the nominee. that's it. bottom line, plain and simple. >> they try to bring order to the chaotic race. as other candidates hope to gain traction. supporters of ohio governor john kasich launched an effort to put a stake in trump. >> trump steaks are the best tasting, most flavorful beef you've ever had. >> mocking one of the old businesses. trump steaks. >> he remains squarely on top. 'new poll in new hampshire shows trump is at 27%, followed by chris christie at 12 and marco rubio at 11. >> that was cnn senior washington correspondent jeb zeleny reporting. as we've seen time and time again, donald trump has a way of

rile up his adversaries. one might top them all. remember when he was posing with an eagle on n. a photo shoot. jeanne moos reports, mr. trump seemed to be caught a little bit off guard. >> donald trump is great at weighing it. now he's prey for comedians thanks to an eagle >> the eagle is agitated because his dead brother is on donald's head. yeah. >> the video is from a "time" magazine photo shoot with an eagle named uncle sam. his owner, jonathan wood, helped to set up the shots. >> how is my hair? >> more than feathers got ruffled. you ended up handling trump's hair. >> it's real. >> the bird became a headache when the donald invaded his territory by reaching. >> it takes a little courage to

work with a bird like that. he is the most difficult bird that i have to work with. >> uncle sam, the eagle, was hit by a car more than 20 years and wood helped to rehabilitate him. now 27 years old, he's blind in one eye and off balance. but you can't call the bird a left winger. he had part of his left wing amputated after the car accident. turns out uncle sam has also snapped at stephen colbert and bill clinton. >> he's an equal opportunity fighter. >> trump eagle photos were part of a cover story back in august. so "time" magazine decides to release the outtakes about four months after they were taken. around the time trump was criticizing the magazine for picking angela merkel as person of the year. trump tweeted, i told you "time" magazine would never pick me despite being the big favorite. they picked a person who is ruining germany. instead of being picked, trump is being pecked.

>> after that trump was like i'm banning all bald eagles from america. >> guess whose time has come for bird of the year? jeanne moos, cnn, new york. after facing off with that eagle, donald trump will face cnn's chief washington correspondent abdomen host of state of the union jake tapper at 9:00 a.m. eastern time and 3:00 p.m. in london on cnn. still ahead this hour, hundreds of abandoned dogs in turkey are finding out they realry man's best friend. heartwarming story straight ahead. just days before the latest star wars epic hits the screen, there's a revealing interview with members of the dark side. that story in this broadcast as it continues around the globe this hour on cnn worldwide. discover card. hi! so it says here i can redeem my cashback bonus for cash. do i need to have a certain amount? nope, you can redeem your cashback for any amount, any time. that's great.

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welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. you're watching "cnn newsroom." it's good to have you with us. i'm george howell. the headlines we're following this hour. 23 people are dead and another 23 injured after a fire broke out at a psychiatric hospital in roirk. 51 people were rescued unharmed. the cause is still unknown. at least 12 people were killed and 50 wounded by an explosion at a busy market. this happened in a mainly shia area of pakistan's northwestern region. there has been no claim of responsibility for the blast at this point and it's unclear whether it was a suicide bombing. the prime minister there said

they must plan for a ban on high-powered semiautomatic weapons. his office announced it's part of a crackdown on the illegal firearms trade and part of a long-term plan to counterterrorism. >> it's up to 200 nations to put into effect a sweeping climate change deal. delegates passed the agreement saturday in paris. it includes several goals, including limiting warming to 2 degrees celsius. that is about 3.6 degrees fahrenheit above pre-industrial temperatures. authorities in geneva, switzerla switzerland, charged two people for terrorism. they had a car that had traces of explosives in it. it's not clear if they were linked to the terror attacks that happened in paris, france. both suspects in geneva had syrian passports. it's an alarming revelation in light of a new intelligence report that says isis may have captured a syrian government

passport machine and boxes of blank passports. with phony travel documents, terrorists can hide their international travels. here's cnn's renee marsh. >> a flu intelligence reports warns isis has the capability of creating fake passports. >> where the syrians process passports. they have blank passports and the means to print them and fake them. this is obviously another level of concern that we have to pay attention to. >> u.s. officials are also concerned isis may have access to biographical data and fingerprints for syrian citizens that could be used for phony i.d.s. >> the intelligence community is concerned that they have the ability, the capability to manufacture fraudulent passports. that's a concern in any settling. >> following the paris attacks, investigators found fraudulent syrian passports on two of the

terrorists. the u.s. government has since expanded its efforts to flag to other countries suspected documents terrorists could exploit to travel. a syrian refugee in paris told "out front" just how easy it is to obtain a fake syrian passport. >> cost you about 700 euros. >> or less maybe. >> i could have one of these -- >> by your name, if an american name. even not arabic name. >> anything i want? >> your photo, your name. anything you want. >> state department spokesman john kirby said the department has been tracking the terror group's ability to make passports. >> we have been aware of reports not just in the press that they may have obtained this capability. obviously, it's something that we take seriously. >> that was renee marsh reporting for us. in baltimore, the police

department there has canceled all officers' leave next week. this in preparation for possible protests following the trial of one of their own. the william porter trial resumes on monday with closing arguments and jury instructions. he is the first officer to be tried in the death of freddie gray. authorities say mr. gray broke his neck in april as he was being transported in a police van with porter. cnn's jean cazares reports from the courthouse. >> the defense has rested and now on monday jury instructions and closing arguments in the criminal trial of baltimore police officer william porter. porter is one officer, one of six charged in the death of freddie gray. it all began on april 12th when freddie gray in west baltimore was arrested and put into the police transport van. defendant william porter was an officer that was there that day and the heart and soul of the prosecutor's case are the six stops that that transport made with freddie gray inside before

it got to the police he headquarte headquarters. somewhere along the way, freddie gray suffered a catastrophic neck injury to his spinal cord. it's a prosecution theory that especially on stop number four where william porter said to gray what's up? gray said help or help me up and he asked do you need a medic and gray said yes. william porter did not call for a medic and did not put a seat belt on to restrain freddie gray. prosecutors say that's criminal negligence and april reasonable police officer in the same position would have called for a medic and put a seat belt on gray. the officer said he knew freddie gray on streets and saw him every day. freddie gray when he was arrested never wanted to go to jail and would say anything he could to get out of it.

jean casarez, cnn. there are new details in the investigation of a biker shootout in texas last may. that shootout left nine people dead and 177 others arrested cnn's nick valencia has more on what happened that day. we warn you that some of the video that you'll see is graphic. >> it is a violent showdown. newly obtained footage by cnn, video shows the moment between the bloody shootout between rival biker gangs in waco, texas. it picks up with an argument in the parking lot already in progress. you can see members of the motorcycle clubs huddled to the left of the camera. off camera, bikers from the bandit owes and coe sacks, two arch rivals, they argue after one is nearly hit by a motorcycle according to witnesses. the rivals point the finger at each other as to who started the

fight. then chaos. you don't have to hear the gunshots to feel the intensity pick up outside the twin peaks restaurant. some duck for cover. in the background, others run from the slaughter. in perhaps the most graphic portion of the surveillance tape, a man in a red bandana sneaks up on another biker and appears to strike him in the throat. the two wrestle on the throat before a third man joins in. the man in the red bandana is hit in the head. he lies motionless as the men he was fighting walk off screen. in the foreground, more bikers run from the epicenter. one man checks the blood dripping from his arm, another falls to the ground after appearing to be shot. the agony is all around. >> according to a document passed on to cnn, four of the nine bikers who died were hit by .222 caliber ammunition. has to what really started this all, it's up for debate. we mentioned the argument in the

parking lot. others have told police that the feud between them was brewing way before the day of the shooting. in interviews with police, bikers said it was over a long-standing dispute about fees that they wanted collected. others say it was all about respect. nick valencia, cnn, atlanta. you're watching "cnn newsroom." still to come, a big first in saudi arabia. for the first time, women are voting in the male-dominated kingdom, but they had to get men to drive them there. we will look at how the role of women is evolving in saudi society and what is still holding them back. plus, how abandoned dogs in turkey are having no trouble finding new happy owners. that store a head at "cnn newsroom." and quit a lot, but ended up nowhere. now i use this. the nicoderm cq patch, with unique extended release technology, helps prevent the urge to smoke all day. i want this time to be my last time. that's why i choose

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it is being considered a giant leap for women's rights in saudi arabia. women voted for the very first time in the conservative male-dominated kingdom. they're also being allowed to run for public office for first time. when it comes to campaigning, it's been tough for these political pioneers because female candidates are not allowed to speak to male voters. cnn's becky anderson has more between the struggle of tradition and progress. >> i've spent years helping the middle east and the gulf region and the issue of women's rights in saudi arabia often comes up. the kingdom is an absolute monarchy. they abide by a strict -- a male

guardian to travel to work, to attend higher education or to marry. but saudi arabia does have a very young population, median age there just 26. many that i've spoken to say the role of women in the country is evolving. 2015 marks the first year the saudi women were allowed to campaign for public office. to register to vote at the municipal level. two years after king abdullah that women must make up at least 20% of the shura council. it's an appointed body that advises the king on major issues. more saudi women are joining the workforce. only about 19% of them currently perform paid work. the saudi government says the numbers have raised from 23,000 in 2004 to over 400,000 in 2014. now, women are still required to

cover their hair and wear long clothing in public. in many malls and hotels these days, women are seen without head scarves. perhaps the most visible sign of women's rights is that they are not allowed to drive. the women i've met there tell me they're often frustrated by the west's focus on this and feel it ignores the other positive steps they say have been made. but proponents for change say allowing women to drive would be a big step towards opening other doors of opportunity. >> becky anderson reporting from abu dhabi. now on to istanbul, turkey where a woman has been rescuing dogs, specifically golden retriefrs, unable to find homes and new owners. meanwhile, a silver lining. sara sidner explains.

>> it's play time. first this raucous crowd greets each other in all manner of ways. then they turn to the humans. all these dogs are here because of this person. they were once abandoned and unwanted on the streets of istanbul. you won't believe where they'll end up. >> they have no chances. they can't talk, beg or steal. they just want food and affection. >> after seeing the conditions of the shelters 12 years ago in turkey, she dedicated her life to saving domesticated animals. >> i left the shelter and i cried. i went again and i cried. i said crying is not enough. someone has to do something. i started to volunteer here in shelters. >> she was soon warned of a disturbing trend. the reason you see so many

golden retrievers rescued is because people in turkey love the puppies, they're really popular. once they're grown up, they end up putting them out either on the streets or in the forest. that's also why they're goodnatured, because these were people's pets at one time. but their sweetness hurts their chances of survival on the streets of istanbul where tens of thousands of hardcore stray street dogs live. >> we vaccinate them, neuter or spay them. put them a chip for their identification of the dog. and we issue the health certificates, their passports. >> that's where the story turns into a very long journey for the goldens, from istanbul, turkey, to atlanta, georgia, usa. turns out americans love their golden retrievers and they found just the place.

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