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19-year-old francisco coc made it all the way to mexico city before he ran out of money to pay smugglers. what do you think you'll do? [ speaking foreign language ] you think you'll try again. that's because like many here in the town, poverty has been worsened by back-to-back hurricanes. not just here, many remote farming communities like this have suffered the same fate. the scars from the storms still visible, the crops they rely on destroyed. the man who owned this home told me he's run out of options and is considering leaving for the u.s. but the u.s. government has put out radio messages warning people not to come. [ speaking foreign language ] so you've heard those ads. [ speaking foreign language ] >> you think it will work?
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winter coc ba is the mayor for this region. i asked him what he would tell vice president kamala harris who has been tasked with addressing the immigration crisis. [ speaking foreign language ] you want her to come here? he wishes the biden administration would offer temporary work visas to guatemalans who need them. and in the meantime he says he's been urging people not to go because of the dangers of the journey, not only to adults but, sadly, to children. we're seeing yet another disturbing example of that along the u.s.-mexico border. take a look at video released by border patrol showing an agent coming across a crying boy near the rio grande. he is 10-years-old and says he's been abandoned by smugglers. you can hear how scared he is, afraid of being kidnapped or robbed. he is now in government custody like thousands of others. officials say that he is from nicaragua and is yet another example of the dangers of human
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smuggling and the desperation of families who are willing to put their child in the hands of strangers. manuel bojorquez reporting from guatemala city. some migrants are making their way to the u.s., considered climate refugees, fleeing towns or villages destroyed by floods or other disasters. there are also climate refugees here in the u.s., the story. >> reporter: used to live in paradise, california. >> our backyard. >> they remember november 8, 2018, to the end of their days. >> started smelling smoke. >> pitch black, scrambling to get out. fire just kept getting closer and closer to the side of the car. >> surrounded in flames, that's when -- that's when it hit me.
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>> reporter: what hit them of course was the camp fire, deadliest wildfire in california history. destroyed 95% of the town of paradise. >> where the steps were. >> reporter: including their home. >> everything from our childhood, our children's childhood, lost everything. i remember turning to ryan saying we have to get out of california. we have to. we can't live like this anymore. >> reporter: the cashmans became climate refugees, people driven from their homes by fires, floods and hurricanes of our worsening climate. so >> some people are being impacted by displacement from the events. >> reporter: he studies the effect of climate change on people and cities.
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>> we think people will be chang changing decisions about where to live, how to live. >> reporter: any examples of that? where that's going on? >> isn't a community in coastal america where we're not seeing some transition away from the coast and moving to higher ground. places like miami, new orleans, san francisco, even in d.c., we see environmental risk from flood shaping property values and where people want to live. >> reporter: of course not everybody has the option of moving. >> it's not easy for folks to just pick up and leave a place. >> reporter: a consultant, researcher and advocate who focuses on climate and racial justice. she says that extreme weather hits communities of color disproportionately hard, yet their residents may be least able to move. >> it's not that folks want to stay in harm's way, but the fact
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they might not have the resources to move, that they have invested all that they have into their home, whether renting or owning it. and then there's also this sense of community, sense of connection, not only with their neighbors but faith community, jobs, kids in school. >> reporter: still 40 million americans do move every year, they retire, they graduate, they get jobs or lose jobs, they fall in love or break up. if you have the luxury of choosing where to live and climate change is a factor, here's the formula. ought to be far enough inland to avoid the rising seas and flooding. far enough north to avoid the worst of the heat waves. far enough west and north to avoid the hurricanes, and far enough east to avoid the wildfires. droughts are becoming more desperate every decade in
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western states, also want plenty of fresh water. where does that leave you in. >> great makes, abundant resources and fresh water. buffalo, cleveland, toledo ohio are primed, there's legacy, history, infrastructure, art. >> reporter: good point. there's more to a city than its weather, also want good schools, fine hospitals, sports and culture, reasonable cost of living and high quality of life. at least one american city fits all these criteria. >> no hurricanes. >> wildfires? >> no wildfires. >> sea level rise? >> lakes look steady to me. >> reporter: welcome to madison, wisconsin. >> coffee shop, pizza place, bookstore. >> reporter: conway is madison's mayor and climate resilience
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advocate. >> we have solar on almost all commercial buildings at this point. we have a goal. >> reporter: people think of madison as cold. >> there's no bad weather, only bad clothing. if you're properly dressed, you can enjoy being outdoors year round in madison. average is getting warmer. >> reporter: five degrees warmer since 1950. tell me about madison in the summer and fall? >> summer, many opportunities to get outside, enjoy the lakes and neighborhoods. in the fall you live in this part of the world and get beautiful color. 270 parks in madison. >> reporter: no place is perfect. even madison. >> when we make another number one for top ten, clearly true for white population, is it also true for people of color?
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answer is almost always no, it's not also true. that's part of our work going forward. >> reporter: madison isn't the only great climate haven city. >> looks like it's nighttime. >> reporter: cashmans moved as far from wildfires as could get, vermont. couldn't be happier. >> beautiful, green, not dry. there's no fires. that i know of. >> just a very functional, athletic, happy, healthy place. >> community embraced us. immensely. with our children, and i knew, i said we made the right decision. we made
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it's been a long year for many musicians, most live performances canceled because of the pandemic, but some a are ba, playining for people getetting r covid-1919 v vaccine. vladimi vladim vladi vladimir dujier. >> reporter: reality has a soundtrack, so performances popping up across the country. yo-yo ma in massachusetts or
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cheapest, oldest medication we have, music. ♪ [ applause ] >> and that's the "overnight news" for this it's thursday, april 8th, 2021. this is the "cbs morning news." executive action. president biden plans to tackle gun violence for the first time since taking office. driven out. how climate change could be playing a role as people in central america leave for the u.s. excessive speed. we now know how fast tiger woods was going when he lost control of his suv and crashed near los of his suv and crashed near los angeles. captioning funded by cbs good morning, i'm diane king hall in for anne-marie green. the issue of gun control takes center stage in washington,
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